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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Do you actually think that NHL GMs depend on reporters to get their information about what is going on? Everything that gets reported is not news to anyone in NHL hockey ops. I suspect GMs just roll their eyes at "insider reports!"...
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Uh no... I think in certain there are vulnerable relationships between team and player and media noise can be enough to nudge things into uncertainty and compell teams to make moves. BT certainly benefited from this in the Hamilton trade and in this case if he has a relationship with Lebrun and wants a shot at Hanifin, I could easily see him dropping a couple of plausible half truths in his lap and seeing where things land.
It doesn't matter what Hanifin or the Flames are telling each other right now, if there is any mistrust thrown into it, the trigger probably gets pulled.