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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
No, there is nothing factual about a rumor until we get confirmation the discussions actually took place. We don't now what is being discussed or if any discussions have gone down. It's all hearsay. That's kind of the point. Some media types suggested the Flames are hips deep in this Eichel thing, when they may or may not. An ex-player suggested the Blues were interested in Tkachuk and the package he heard was the one listed. That was picked up by media types too. Both are rumors and remain unverified. We won't know until a deal goes down and someone is able to confirm if there was something on the table from the Flames, or what was on the table from the Flames. That is the whole thing about rumors. They are all innuendo and not based on facts.
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What a pointless post.
I said a rumour is factual if a deal is being discussed. You just repeated the same thing back after earlier saying a deal has to come to fruition for a rumour to be factual. Which is it?
And I never said the Eichel stuff was a factual rumour, but Eichel doesn't have to end up in Calgary for it to be a fact that the two teams have been talking.
Plus I'd give some rumours more credit based on the frequency and the sources, two things that I believe we see in the Eichel discussions.
Add in the fact that Treliving is in on everything and it becomes less of a threshold to be a factual rumour.
Are you really suggesting the two teams aren't talking? Talk about a salmon and upstream.