General Hockey Talk - Injuries, signings, factoids + other news from around the league

Dash wrote:NHLSourcesSay is one of the least credible ones out there IMO. Dallas Dave I like. And obviously TSN staff are the best of the best.

I take it these are Twitter names?

Yeah they are. Though on Twitter it is Dallas_Dave

Basically they are all rumours.... and the fun is just to get discussion going. Some of the fun is debunking the rumours.

Dash wrote:Yeah they are. Though on Twitter it is Dallas_Dave

Basically they are all rumours.... and the fun is just to get discussion going. Some of the fun is debunking the rumours.

NHL Sources Say is definitely one of the least credible sources, tho'. They have Gonchar going to SJS in the week before 1 July 2010 last year, & remained adamant about it until the moment he signed with OTT.

And that's just the first mis-rumour that comes to mind. There have been others.

Dash wrote:NHLSourcesSay is one of the least credible ones out there IMO. Dallas Dave I like. And obviously TSN staff are the best of the best.

They had got their act together a little I had found, but obviously they were just grasping at straws.

I like Spector too. He's constantly posting rumours which regardless of truth or not, are a compilation of things he reads in blogs and papers, in which he replies with his own analysis.

Dash wrote:I like Spector too. He's constantly posting rumours which regardless of truth or not, are a compilation of things he reads in blogs and papers, in which he replies with his own analysis.

I like Spector's sources more than I do him. He's such a naysayer when it comes to everything. But his site is undeniably very useful.

Yeah that's actually a better way of putting it.

Anyone think the NHL is closed for business today? Are we going to see any Family Day trades?

Bobby Mac confirms that Penguins could offer up Alex Goligoski for help up front. Also suggests AK27 could be a target.

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With Letang, Martin and Michalek, Goligoski may be logical bait to get a top-flight offensive winger. Pens could also add Kovalev from OTT.

Souray cleared waivers....

Calgary has waived Nik Hagman.

Dash wrote:Calgary has waived Nik Hagman.

Huh. Wonder if anyone picks him up. I actually like what he brings to the table, largely, although he is substantially overpaid thanks to the bad deal TOR signed him to.

rooneypoo wrote:

Dash wrote:Calgary has waived Nik Hagman.

Huh. Wonder if anyone picks him up. I actually like what he brings to the table, largely, although he is substantially overpaid thanks to the bad deal TOR signed him to.

I don't think that contract was too bad at the time though. He'd come off a 27 goal season in Dallas. It's really only this year his game has fallen off a cliff. He had 25 goals last year for Calgary and 22 for the Leafs the year before.

I love it. Al Montoya is starting again for the Islanders.

So far, in 3 his appearances with Long Island, he has stopped 59 of his 62 shots against.

Needless to say, Montoya's best friend right now is probably Nabokov. Haha.

Keep it up, Montoya, this was probably your last chance, unless you make the most of it.

Anyone remember what I said when that trade was announced?

Crazy prediction out of nowhere - Montoya scores today.

Islanders are playing well. They are all over the Panthers; Vokoun has been using his posts wisely, twice.

Moulson scores. It was coming, you could feel it. Too much pressure. 1-0 Isles.

Isles to the PP.

When these young forwards mature, the Isles are going to be good. They need to draft a defenceman tho'.

And Moulson scores again.