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Originally Posted by Hes
I hear stuff all the time.. Second hand through my dad's pub buddy.. who is an NHL scout.
Vast Majority of the time it is false. He has hit on two things before.
I am not going to vaguely post stuff i hear. Most likely it is wrong.
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This is the one thing that I think people always make a mistake on with rumors though...even if it's wrong doesn't mean it's fake.
And people having such a negative reaction towards posting a rumour is why people don't want to share what they might be hearing from a "source" because they just get shat on if it's not true.
There are 31 NHL GMs that are constantly discussing players and trades daily. My guess is that less than 0.5% of what gets discussed actually ends up being a trade.
Just because a rumour doesn't pan out it doesn't mean it was fake. Just means that they couldn't come to agreement on a deal that made sense.
As long as the rumors aren't about a players personal life or a personal issue surrounding a team then there should be no issue with people sharing rumors and nobody should have any expectation that all rumors are going to end up being true.
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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
DOn't agree.
If you have info, share it. Don't need to poke the fanbase about how they would've exploded if such and such and such and such had happened but won't now.
This forum would benefit from less idiotic trade proposals, not more.
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The reason people end up being vague with stuff though is either because they don't feel right sharing the details of what somebody told them in confidence.
Or in the case of Hes they know that it's likely not going happen 100% and don't need to deal with the response of being called a ######## by people like you on this forum who are taking it all too seriously.
It's all in fun and he gave us a little teaser.
If he had just ghosted the thread after that and dissappeared then it would have been a troll, but he was willing to share more info once pushed. Nothing wrong with that.