It's common knowledge that Dhaliwal only talks to agents?
It is common knowledge that Dhaliwal has agent connections which is why he typically breaks signings and things like that because he gets his information from the agents, not the team.
Dhaliwal is a credible source for the Canucks, full stop. Why would that change due to the context of the draft? He's either an insider with legit sources that has a proven track record, or he's not.
This is so illogical and obviously false. Of course the context matters. Frankly, this should be beyond debate, and the idea that you are either an insider with legit sources
for all contexts or not, is ridiculous. Of course you have have some insiders with more credibility in different contexts. Like, Faber is somewhat of an insider in terms of prospects but that doesn't mean he has the same credibility in terms of trades. I honestly can't believe you are even debating this.
Again, Dhaliwal historically has been most accurate in reporting on free agent and college signings and other similar things. He has been far less accurate in reporting on trades or other things like that where the source is from the team. The reasons for this are twofold: first, Dhaliwal's sources are typically agents; and second, the Canucks management, in general, have been very tight lipped.
The onus is on you to prove that he's not in terms of the draft. That the context of the draft and his restriction to only agents (if true) limits or distorts the information he is getting about the draft. I haven't implied any of this, you have.
The onus isn't on me to prove anything. You have made the initial assertion that we should rely on Dhaliwal's rumour in terms of concluding that the Canucks are interested in certain players. You have the onus of proof since you are making the initial assertion.
In addition, I stand by the fact that teams' draft lists are very rarely leaked, and that Dhaliwal hasn't historically been accurate on that type of thing. So, the onus is on you to prove why we should take Dhaliwal's rumour seriously.
On Drance: I figured. All you had to say is that you don't buy into his rumours. Or, any rumour about the draft. It's when you said no one should that it gets contested. Dhaliwal is a legit insider that has broken Canucks news that fans have relied upon. I am giving him that same due. You don't have to.
I am very skeptical of any draft rumours because, as I have stated multiple times, teams' draft lists are very rarely leaked. We know this because mock drafts are terrible and are almost never accurate and that's because teams keep their draft lists very confidential. It makes no sense to leak these which is different from other contexts where teams intentionally leak things for leverage. And it also differs from other contexts in that there is only one relevant party in terms of leaking, and that's the team. We aren't dealing with other teams or agents.
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@MS already noted this, but obviously teams are interested in all of the players ranked to go in the first round. They are all great prospects. This is meaningless and there is zero reason why a team would ever tip their hat as to their prospect list, so it would need to be some kind of accidental leak. And these leaks just don't happen very often, and seem to happen even less often with this management group.
And on Dhaliwall, I think he's credible in certain context. Like free agency.
