Trade Rumors and Free Agent TalkTrade rumors, transactions, and free agent talk. Rumors must contain the word RUMOR in post title. Proposals must contain the word PROPOSAL in post title.
Move Hockey Buzz to the invalid list...add LA Times to invalid list as well... The latter doesn't even care if there's a hockey team in the area or not...
It's Puckrakers, the Columbus Dispatch blog. They are a credible source as the Dispatch is Columbus's newspaper and they have part ownership in the team. Portzline has personal access (text message, phone, personal interviews) to players, coaches, and GM's. Just be wary of speculatory posts because it has recently been off. It is valid, though, because it can put up exclusive quotes and is usually the first to break Jackets news.
NESN and Boston.com are two very valid sources for Boston. Murph and Haggs (I forget which works for which media source, not even sure if they work for Boston.com and NESN) are reliable on the Bruins boards too. They were the first ones to mention the signing of Derek Morris last season and the Horton trade a month or so ago. I want to say they were the first with other moves for Boston but I just can't think of any at the moment.
Some of the sources in the valid list are indeed valid, but should probably have a * next to their name because they can post wildly inaccurate stuff as bonafide fact (Brooks, RDS, HockeyBuzz jump to mind).
Some of the sources in the valid list are indeed valid, but should probably have a * next to their name because they can post wildly inaccurate stuff as bonafide fact (Brooks, RDS, HockeyBuzz jump to mind).
These are valid sources in terms of confirmed trades, signings etc. not rumors.
True some of them post wild rumors but I consider them valid when a trade is confirmed, or a signing is confirmed.
It's Puckrakers, the Columbus Dispatch blog. They are a credible source as the Dispatch is Columbus's newspaper and they have part ownership in the team. Portzline has personal access (text message, phone, personal interviews) to players, coaches, and GM's. Just be wary of speculatory posts because it has recently been off. It is valid, though, because it can put up exclusive quotes and is usually the first to break Jackets news.
I think Aaron Portzline, who seems to be the lead reporter on Puck-Rakers, sometimes posts things on his Twitter account before they hit Puck-Rakers, so it could be a good place to look for a giveaway should something be about to go down with the Jackets. I think the rumored Bieksa/Filatov deal was posted there first...while that hasn't happened (yet), it was later confirmed on the Dispatch's blog that the CBJ & Canucks were talking.
Strick is usually the one who gets the latest Blues news first though.
Yeah, JR is more reliable because he doesn't post anything until it's 100% confirmed. Strickland is usually first but sometimes wrong because he jumps the gun.
Unfortunately, there aren't any good sources for breaking news, which is why virtually anything involving the Sabres takes a while to break and we end up waiting days for cap numbers for Sabres signings.
general rule of thumb:
journalist affiliated with real print media (or online version) = good.
twitter feed (unless that of a journalist) = bad.
blog or fansite where anyone can write an article = bad.
i followed the trade deadline closely this year and found that almost everything was broken by a local beatwriter first, and then the anonymous twitter junkies followed.
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I guess it will help some users before posting a thread "with link"
