TheAussiePosse Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=2606 And purportedly Bonk too - maybe in the same trade? (To make room for Dumont) My thoughts: Grabeshkov? Bruno Gervais (hails from the QUE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombTHEice Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 *ROFL* ... Yea, please trade away Komisarek just to make room for a guy like Dumont. I mean, that's pure nonsense - Komi is making 947k, it wouldn't help anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-Love Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 I won't even respond to this nonsense. nuff said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thib46 Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 I won't even respond to this nonsense. nuff said Some wishful thinking on the part of some NY Islander Fans and nothing more!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
House11 Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 i'd rather have Bonk and Komi ..... Grebeshkov blows ... he couldn't even make the Kings even with they're mulitple injuries on the blue line .... and when he did play he blew ... caughed up the puck constantly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigRedC Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Sorry man, this is garbage. Who would fill in for him, Dykuis? We have absolutely no depth on D, and why make room for a foreward by trading a defensemen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlétique.Canadien Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 What does this guy do? Pull names out of a hat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonus Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 i think eklund here makes it painfully clear why HW discourages threads dedicated to rumour sites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olematelot Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=2606 And purportedly Bonk too - maybe in the same trade? (To make room for Dumont) My thoughts: Grabeshkov? Bruno Gervais (hails from the QUE? This ia a joke, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombTHEice Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Who would fill in for him, Dykuis? Sorry but Dykhuis is already playing here in Austria ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_faerie87 Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=2606 And purportedly Bonk too - maybe in the same trade? (To make room for Dumont) My thoughts: Grabeshkov? Bruno Gervais (hails from the QUE? He's a decent AHLer I suppose, but pure junk at the NHL level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habs rule Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 montreal is not trading a defenceman making 1 mill to make room for a forward. dump bonk yes komi no! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koivu-11 Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 No Comment... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortcat1 Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 heeheeheeheeheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee............ :lool: :king: :hlogo: :king: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAK Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 i think eklund here makes it painfully clear why HW discourages threads dedicated to rumour sites. maybe we should start a stupid rumour thread that would dut all the rumours in one space and it would stop spamind the other threads. http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=2606 And purportedly Bonk too - maybe in the same trade? (To make room for Dumont) My thoughts: Grabeshkov? Bruno Gervais (hails from the QUE? heres where your eklund-the-guy-with-all-the-connections-in-the-league takes his info http://rumorsnhl.blogspot.com/ the guys name elephant man....well that's no bob mackenzie the guys probably a 50 year old virgin who lives in the basement of his parents home..ditto eklund Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drivefor25 Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 who thinks up this verbal diarhea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuRy Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Just a thought while all of you are bashing the only people that give us rumors... Maybe the point was the Islanders are interested in Komisarek, not the Habs want to trade him. Need I remind you Garth Snow is the Islanders GM. He probably went through the list of players who come from Long Island and decided: "This Komisarek person seems to be a good player, let's try to get him.. hyuk hyuk hyuk." As for Eklund, he reports what he hears from his contacts... his contacts may be wrong but more importantly, those rumors encourage discussion. Let's all remember rumors are just that... rumors. Most of the time, nothing happens. I do agree that their rumor/fact ratio is not good, but at least they don't make people pay for the rumors, he posts them publicily, unlike hockeynations.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigRedC Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Sorry but Dykhuis is already playing here in Austria ... I was wondering where he went Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAK Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 . As for Eklund, he reports what he hears from his contacts... his contacts may be wrong but more importantly, those rumors encourage discussion. Let's all remember rumors are just that... rumors. Most of the time, nothing happens. I do agree that their rumor/fact ratio is not good, but at least they don't make people pay for the rumors, he posts them publicily, unlike hockeynations.com. what contact... he just took a rumour from elephant man...is that his contact..puhlease I do enjoy talking trade rumours but we should make a record of all the rumours that we heard that were true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Nasty Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 (edited) Elephant man took it from Eklund...90% of what he says has already happened or another site posted it. FYI, the Islanders signed Sean Hill today...hopefully this was their back-up plan to Komisarek. also it appears Owen Nolan is signing with the Coyotes. Edited August 15, 2006 by Mr. Nasty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 I find it amusing that everyone rips apart Eklund and other rumour guys so frequently. The others because they offer us something to talk about when nothing else is going on, and Eklund because he is plugged in. I know, I know, virtually no one wants to believe it because little of what he suggests ever becomes reality, but that doesn't mean that he isn't reporting the absolute truth as he hears it. He's stated in the past (for those of you who only read what you want to read and ignore the rest) that he doesn't know himself if he's actually being used or not. I mean, what a great way to float an idea to judge reaction from the public or players - toss a bone to the rumour man who is heard throughout North America. Or, more to the point for Montreal considering Gainey is in charge, how great to be able to feed the Eklund guy with a bogus rumour to throw the scent off what's actually going on. Eklund is not naive or ignorant, he's a guy who hears a pile of stuff from legitimate contacts in the NHL. 99% of it is what goes on everyday in the NHL between GM's. "Hey there Kevin Lowe! I really like that Ryan Smyth character. What would he cost me?" *laugh at the other end of the line* "He'd cost you Markov, Ryder, your left arm and first born, that's what he'd cost you." Someone overhears the conversation - in part - and reports to Eklund that the Habs are talking to Edmonton about aquiring Smyth in a package that might include Markov and Ryder. Nothing incorrect about what Eklund is reporting, but it's just typical GM talk that happens every single day. Eklund does have league resources - of that I'm convinced. Does he get legitimate info? Maybe in about 35% of cases. Those are the ones where a trade is discussed and may even get serious. Most of those don't go through either, though. Some last minute change of mind or some failure to find common ground at the last detail derails most legitimate trades. So sure, his ratio for being correct to incorrect is pretty low, but that doesn't mean what he reports isn't happening or that he's creatively making up stories. I think what's most annoying about Eklund are all the frikkin whiners who complain everytime they see one of his ideas on a forum board. If you don't like what he has to say, don't read it. You say stop wasting bandwidth by posting Eklund stuff, I say stop wasting my bandwidth by pasting your whining. Eklund's stuff is as legitimate as anything else and I enjoy discussing it with people. I don't however like reading the sad sack rantings of people who like to *think* they know more about hockey than a guy who has connections on most teams in the league. As was mentioned by someone earlier this thread, it's highly possible, and I would go as far as to say likely, that Garth Snow has looked around and identified the type of player he wants and Komisarek fit that bill to a 't'. The (e3) indicates a few sources and I can name a few off the top of my head. First, someone on the Island - and even the biggest skeptic amongst you would have to admit that getting a New York kid to play with the Isles would be a great selling point and I would suggest that at least half Snow's staff would have said as much. Second, that Montreal has been contacted by Dumont (and vice versa) to determine where they each stand. Well, surprise surprise, that's in the "legitimate" media. Third, that someone in the Islander offices probably understood that Montreal would have to cut salary to pick up Dumont and WOW how convenient would it be if Komi was to become available as a result. Three people talking about the possibilities, all three in connection with NHL clubs. Now, generally his (e3) means more than just double talk and heresay like that, so I'm assuming that someone either in Montreal or New York has gone a little further and has made an inquiry - whether it be official (probably not) or unofficial. That person then comments to Ek who subsequently puts it on his boards. OR, maybe Montreal is planning to do something completely different and Gainey set up a leak so readers of Eklund would be focussing on that rather than what was going to really happen. Either way, the info came from legit sources, and that is ALL that Ek claims to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlétique.Canadien Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 I know this guy whos sister's boyfriend who talks to the pizza guy knows Ribeiro's mom and she said Ovechkin was coming to Montreal for Corey Locke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortcat1 Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Haven't you guys read the thread on Eklund's taking over a couple of major internet hockey sites and being hired by the Canadiens? :?- :?- :?- Good grief! Get with it guys!!!!! :king: :hlogo: :king: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigRedC Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 I know this guy whos sister's boyfriend who talks to the pizza guy knows Ribeiro's mom and she said Ovechkin was coming to Montreal for Corey Locke Man, your connected B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huckleberry Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 I wouldn't trade Dumont for Komi straight up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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