I can't imagine that Francis doesn't have any connections to the team and/or agents. The guy's been in and around the game in media for so many years, I'd be shocked if he doesn't hear a ton of info from a large number of people when it comes to the Flames.
Do the accusations come about because he's a bit of a pot stirrer sometimes when interviewing players/management and some posters get upset with the way he does this, and thus try to take shots at his connections as an insider?
Personally, I like Francis and think he's really good at his job. Don't like some of the articles he's put out in the past but that was because I was such a big fan of Johnny, specifically, and wasn't happy to hear speculation about him and the city of Calgary. Francis is also a good human when you look into the kinds of things he does around the city, which tops ant disagreement I have with the click-generating content he sometimes puts out.
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