I think one of the problems for Friedman is he is on the fan 2x per week and doing radio hits in all the cities and those stations want to hear about the local teams. I remember when he would speculate and then disappear from the fan for months because he would say something like “I wonder if the Pens might listen on Malkin” and then these transcribers who post his radio hits would take things out of context and he would get crap from teams and agents.
I think now as the main insider on SN he is encouraged to stir that pot with speculation. I don’t like that he says the Flames offered GaudreU without knowing for sure as that can cause issues that are not needed here.
On the other side of the coin you get Chris Johnston on the radio and he never has anything on the flames and generally gives a pretty boring interview for an insider.
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