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09-22-2009, 10:13 AM
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#2926 | | Banned (ABWS)
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why is there a Canucks Logo carpet in the middle? Players drips sweat during intermission!
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09-22-2009, 10:14 AM
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#2927 | | Hypa owned my ass at least once
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Originally Posted by HachiSix  He only managed to net 40 points in 66 games in the Moose! Not exactly mind blowing numbers here. He did manage to pot in 30 goals though. Didn't Nonis pick him? So don't hold your breath. *cough* Patrick White *cough* lol.
Definitely a work in progress. | +1.
I actually liked Grabner's game last night. Though he didn't score any goals, he was pulling the trigger a whole lot last night.
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09-22-2009, 10:15 AM
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I liked how Tyler Glass played. And why did AV put Wellwood as a shooter in the PS?
He already used is go to move on the penelty shot during the game, shoulda given a young guy a chance.??
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09-22-2009, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by MR_BIGGS I liked how Tyler Glass played. And why did AV put Wellwood as a shooter in the PS?
He already used is go to move on the penelty shot during the game, shoulda given a young guy a chance.?? | I was hopeing for Rypien, Burrows and Coho.
I atleast got to see ONE of my selections.
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09-22-2009, 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by 7seven Canucks new dresssing room | Interesting, it's not rectangular - kinda like a "knights of the round table" thing.
But carpet in a locker room? And no diagram of the ice rink?
The players are definitely getting treated differently within this organization.
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09-22-2009, 11:27 AM
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#2931 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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Wow I wonder what rank we're gonna be on TSN. There's only 8 more spots left and Canucks is not up there yet. http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?id=11926 | |
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09-22-2009, 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by jayman555 | The Oilers & Wild are ranked ahead of the flames? Did they just toss shit at a board and see what stuck? I'm not a fan of the flames but come on now.
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09-22-2009, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Gumby Interesting, it's not rectangular - kinda like a "knights of the round table" thing.
But carpet in a locker room? And no diagram of the ice rink?
The players are definitely getting treated differently within this organization. | It was designed circular to foster team bonding, so no player feels left out by being placed in the corners and away from the rest of the team. The old dressing room, the corner stalls couldn't see the tvs or the white boards too well either. The Rangers new dressing room is also designed circular. Quote:
“It’s state of the art,” said defenceman Kevin Bieksa. “They went above and beyond here and did a great job. I also think they did some research into the circular shape and found that, if you don’t have a square room, you can’t put Darcy Hordichuk in a corner.”
“Obviously this is really top of the line,” added captain Roberto Luongo. “Everybody can see each other and everywhere in the room and I think that was the whole point of it. It’s really nice.”
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Originally Posted by quasi The Oilers & Wild are ranked ahead of the flames? Did they just toss shit at a board and see what stuck? I'm not a fan of the flames but come on now. | Actually, it was when the panthers are ahead of all those teams that shocked me.
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09-22-2009, 11:48 AM
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“It’s state of the art,” said defenceman Kevin Bieksa. “They went above and beyond here and did a great job. I also think they did some research into the circular shape and found that, if you don’t have a square room, you can’t put Darcy Hordichuk in a corner.”
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09-22-2009, 11:57 AM
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wow that looks nice
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09-22-2009, 12:24 PM
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Eklund is the biggest douchebag hockey reporter to ever walk the face of the earth. He singlehandedly delivered the finishing blow to the weak sportsnet hockey round table.
Regardless, the shit he writes is pretty entertaining as the very small percentage of fans with a single bit of knowledge will not trust this guy, but its always a good laugh. So today, i flip thru his blog and i find this post.
He tries to defend his morals of reporting rumors and how its all fun and games, but still defends that ALL his sources are credible. amazing.
I have bolded some pretty interesting key points in the article..
discuss abroad, this is fun LOL http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Eklun...papers/1/23132 Quote:
I am going away from hockey rumors and blogs today briefly.
The rumor business is a cruel and evil mistress.  These past two weekends I got smoked and burned by two rumors from totally reliable sources. The whole process was crazy, and got me thinking. Believe me when I say to you that I take this stuff really hard. I spent the weekend and much of yesterday talking to a few of my closest writer friends in the industry about what went wrong and how I could have done better. Their advice was really solid and I took it to heart. I have many sources out there who I trust on many different levels, but the number one most important quality about a source to me is their character. Neither of these two sources had ever wronged me before, and in this case even I don't think of this as a setup to screw me. Their lives are far too important in hockey to go out of their way to make me look bad. So that was why these situations were baffling and even somewhat disturbing. It wasn't like these sources to tell me with such confidence that I could go with something...Which later turned out to be completely wrong.
Where I feel I made my mistakes was in how I wrote my stories. I sounded too definite and I should have known better that no matter how close a source is to the situation things can and often will change on a dime. So in the future I will try and curb how definite I am even if the source is the person directly involved in the deal. You see, quite simply, if things change I need to remember that the first thing on their mind isn't, "Wait, before I go and jump on this offer I must inform Ek!"
Many of the folks I talked to when I asked them for their opinions told me that due to the site's popularity I shouldn't be changing a thing. That credibility may not matter in running a rumor site. I disagree completely. For those of you who really do know me, you know that I don't work that way at all. I am very hard on myself. I need to keep growing and learning from my mistakes or I will get bored and move on. So I will continue to learn more from these mistakes and hope to be better for you as a result. My goal is still the same.
Whenever I start to question myself, I always go back to my basic adages the surround what it is that I do. How I define myself. How I have tried to carve out my own particular niche in the hockey world.
#1- I don't source people so that I can obtain better info since my sources can be comfortable that their name won't be attached.
#2- I know that everything that is ever leaked is leaked for a reason, so I do my best to separate the rumors that people want me to put out for their own agendas.
#3- I don't call out other professional writers even if they take shots at me.
#4- I don't play the "I got it first" game if someone else posts something from my particular blog. I don't assume that the person got it from me even if I am the only person currently writing about it. I don't assume that the person is reading me.
#5- If I do see it first somewhere else I will give credit where credit is due.
#6- I aim to treat my readers with the same respect that I would give a professional hockey writer with whom I would sit and have lunch.
#7- I don't blog just to generate traffic or to be controversial. I don't go negative.
#8- I don't write gossip or post stuff regarding off-ice activities.
#9- I don't blog on rumors that involve possible firings of coaches or GMs
#10- I don't write blogs that go after others in the hockey blogosphere on a personal level even if they have attacked me personally.
#11- I don't censor rumours as long as I feel they are from sources "in the know" and are not completely agenda driven. My thinking here is that I would rather give you the chance to look at what is being discussed instead of me telling you what I think should or should not happen.
#12- I don't bother defending myself to obvious haters and trolls.
#13- I don't focus on breaking news since TSN and their resources and staff will always be ahead of me there. So instead I focus on what they maybe can't do as a mainstream outlet. I focus on bringing you what is being discussed in the earliest possible stages of the discussion, fully knowing that 95% or more of what is being discussed will likely never see the light of day. When I have broken something big it has generally just been because I was talking to the right source at exactly the right time.
The purists among you will be quick to point out that those 13 adages are often very contradictory to the tried and true ways of journalism. And you are 100% right. I went to college for journalism. I still have the AP Style book circa 1987. I am forging into a completely different world here.
If Television reporting is about entertainment, and Newspapers are about factual information, then where does the internet fit in? I have been called an entertainer by many and when asked if I see myself as an entertainer I often respond that I do, but I always add that I am an entertainer not out of choice, but rather because people come to my site to be entertained. Using that argument I believe all sports reporters to be entertainers. We cover a SPORT after all. I remember buying the Daily News and Inquirer as a young adult and reading the sports section to be entertained.
There was a time when we bought newspapers to be informed. Before the internet and before the availability of every hockey highlight you would wake up and read the paper to find out what happened last night in the NHL. Now I read the paper to find out what happened in the war and with the government. I don't read that for entertainment, I read that to be informed. I suppose the casual sports fans read the paper to be informed and watch 24/7 news to get their War news. It depends what you choose to follow during your day. Sports is entertainment. Sports writing is as well. At least that is my opinion.
Perhaps this is why I have found that the TV Hockey people tend to relate more to what it is that I do.
On TV, sports don't pretend to not be entertainment like sometimes it does in the newsprint. The Internet is a new world and its own animal. The internet brings the information of newspapers and entertainment of television together, but neither turns out to be the internet's discerning characteristic. If newspapers provide information and television provides entertainment the internet provides engagement and interactivity. That is the difference and it is why news and TV have struggled mightily to cross-over to the web. Newspapers have failed for a variety of reasons, but the biggest is because of the people who have tried to put the "newspapers on line" when they should be building "websites." It is a huge difference. I have had discussions with old-school newswriters who get spooked by all the comments they receive when they write. They ask to have no comments. It makes them uneasy to get real-time feedback that is uncensored.
And we run into issues as well when we get into the fights about "Who broke what story?" This is a discussion I have had very often with mainstream writers and I plan a podcast to bring some big-name people to the table to discuss this.
In this age of Twitter, the whole concept of breaking news is dying (if not already dead) The reality is that everyone is a reporter and everyone has a voice. If I am told by a source that something is happening and then I write it, should I then take several hours and scour the net and Twitter to see if anyone else was told the same thing before I post it? If possible I check TSN or NHL.com, but after that, where do I draw the line?
One reporter nailed it to me the other day, and it has become my latest Mantra. "We worry about breaking stories to our readers, not the world." That is a statement I couldn't agree with more. When I read an exciting story I don't always remember or care where I first read it. I just want to read it. In the days before the internet and better communications a story would break at all different times in all different papers and rarely did anyone accuse anyone else of stealing their story. It all went to press the night before and sat around until someone woke up and picked up their paper and at that very moment the story broke to that individual. The timestamp wasn't 1:23 PM. It was Tuesday. And everyone was fine with it.
What hasn't changed is how those stories came to be. Reporters calling sources and putting together pieces of a puzzle. That is the fun part of my world. We still do it that way. You can read other sites and twitters as much as you want and not get 1/10th the information you will get from a well-placed source. Racing the clock makes us sloppy. The fighting each other over mere seconds makes us look amateur. I admit that.
Therefore the best way for me to do what I do is to not focus on breaking stories but instead get you information from the inside as quickly as I can. So that you can interact with that information and make up your own mind on a rumor. But I need to be more careful with how I phrase things so as to give you that opportunity more fully. There are many little changes that I can make that won't affect what you come to me for. I will never stop putting out every rumor that comes from a legit place, but I am going to try and stay away from the word "imminent" as well as timeframes (ex: in the next 48 hours). Even if those exact words were said to me, using those words just traps me into a world in which I have zero control. Everything happens too quickly in the NHL. The Heatley trade to San Jose litterally happened in a few hours after months of trying.
My end game and hope with Hockeybuzz is simple. By following my own guidelines doing it this way, my readers all get a chance to see a little more into the inner workings of the hockey world than they would otherwise. I do firmly believe that. If I didn't I wouldn't waste your time.
I believe that if you read my stuff on a regular basis and apply your own hockey knowledge and logic then you are more informed and are also far more aware of what is coming. I get great emails saying stuff like, "You never said our team was going after this player, but based on what you were saying it felt to me like the atmosphere was right for them to get him." More often than not a transaction doesn't happen exactly as the rumor, but often enough that rumor played heavily into what eventually happens. Again, the Internet is all about interactivity and engagement.
I think of my readers as a friend who I talk to each day on the phone and I talk hockey with. That's why I also share some of my personal life, and many times this past year I have drawn a great deal of strength from your kindness. Been a crazy year! I had my appendix burst, my father pass away, and my dog pass away...All in the last 11 months!
Some of you can't take this leap and I can tell are just fristrated. You want this to be the NY Times and you want me to be checking up on every source, sourcing every rumor, and only printing facts. If that is you, then I am not the right person for you to be reading. The internet is likely not where you should be. This is a breathing, living space, faults and all.
Thanks for reading this. I will return this evening with a fun new feature regarding trade rumors and teams whose windows of opportunities are changing.
| its true, 99% of the shit he blogs will not see the light of day on TSN becuz eklund is bullshit
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09-22-2009, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by 7seven | i like it! who's the camera man and why is he so jittery? hah. it's almost like he's literally sneaking in there for a look.
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great game last night! i totally regret going to get my laundry with 10 seconds left in the game 
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09-22-2009, 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by darthchilli Eklund is the biggest douchebag hockey reporter to ever walk the face of the earth. He singlehandedly delivered the finishing blow to the weak sportsnet hockey round table.
Regardless, the shit he writes is pretty entertaining as the very small percentage of fans with a single bit of knowledge will not trust this guy, but its always a good laugh. So today, i flip thru his blog and i find this post.
He tries to defend his morals of reporting rumors and how its all fun and games, but still defends that ALL his sources are credible. amazing.
I have bolded some pretty interesting key points in the article..
discuss abroad, this is fun LOL http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Eklun...papers/1/23132
its true, 99% of the shit he blogs will not see the light of day on TSN becuz eklund is bullshit | The funny thing with Eklund is that no matter how many people hate him, he still gets the page visits and ad revenue. If people stop going to his blog, that'll be the end of that...
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09-22-2009, 12:58 PM
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Line up for Wednesday Game: Quote:
Alex Burrows-Ryan Kesler-Cody Hodgson
Darcy Hordichuk-Dave Scatchard-Jannik Hansen
Mason Raymond-Alex Bolduc-Matt Hope
Tanner Glass-Mario Bliznak-Steve Bernier
Michael Funk-Alex Edler
Evan Oberg-Brad Lukowich
Yann Sauve-Kevin Bieksa
In net: Roberto Luongo
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Ohhh snap! Hodgson on line with Kes and Bur
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09-22-2009, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by rb The funny thing with Eklund is that no matter how many people hate him, he still gets the page visits and ad revenue. If people stop going to his blog, that'll be the end of that... | the fact that alot of americans love hearing his bullshit makes the game a bit more popular
its horrible
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09-22-2009, 01:23 PM
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#2942 | | Say NO to blade grinders!
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Originally Posted by darthchilli the fact that alot of americans love hearing his bullshit makes the game a bit more popular
its horrible | haha you have a serious hate on him eh? There's no doubt that the stuff he posts rarely come to fruition. But something you have to keep in mind that all these rumours are just that, rumours and initial conversations. And usually 99% of the time conversations at those stages often fall through or change.
It's just a fun read that's all it is.
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09-22-2009, 01:38 PM
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#2943 | | RS.net, where our google ads make absolutely no sense!
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Originally Posted by CRS | I mean I would love to see Hodgson on the team, but I'm starting to think if Juniors is a better option for him. Don't want to screw up the development of our top prospect. I really hope he picks up a point on Wednesday, or at least a positive +/-.
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09-22-2009, 02:25 PM
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#2944 | | y'all better put some respeck on my name
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Nice dressing room indeed. I wonder if the players lounge has been updated as well.
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09-22-2009, 02:34 PM
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#2945 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Originally Posted by Gumby Interesting, it's not rectangular - kinda like a "knights of the round table" thing.
But carpet in a locker room? And no diagram of the ice rink?
The players are definitely getting treated differently within this organization. | In terms of providing $$$ and lavishness... It's nothing compared to the McCaw era. I don't think Aquilini can even afford a private jet.
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09-22-2009, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by will068 In terms of providing $$$ and lavishness... It's nothing compared to the McCaw era. I don't think Aquilini can even afford a private jet. | Like the same private jet he lent Luongo when his wife was preggo so that he can fly down there to tend to her?
That one that he doesn't have?
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09-22-2009, 03:37 PM
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#2947 | | Say NO to blade grinders!
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Wasn't McCaw mega cheap?
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#2948 | | y'all better put some respeck on my name
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I think he means a larger private jet that can carry the entire team like the 727 the Canucks had back in the 90's. I don't think any NHL team have there own private jet, most use Jetz or MiamiAir.
And a bit off topic but my friend was just telling me right now on msn that he met the Flamers last night at the Roxy. He said Jay Bouwmeester was hammered.
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Originally Posted by Jah Al Zawahiri I think he means a larger private jet that can carry the entire team like the 727 the Canucks had back in the 90's. I don't think any NHL team have there own private jet, most use Jetz or MiamiAir. | The Red Wings do, or used to...
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#2950 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Originally Posted by HachiSix Wasn't McCaw mega cheap? | He was a billionaire from .com com/tech age. The guy just piled money into the canucks and was TOO trusting of the basketball and hockey operations. Kind of Mark Cuban during his first few years as a Mavs owner. Keep in mind, he agreed to give Bryant Reeves a 7 year $60m contract because the all-knowledgeable Stu Jackson said so. He was losing 10-20million a year as well. IMO, the one who saved the Canucks and kept it here in Vancouver for as long as it did from the mid 90s.
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