Elliotte Friedman's Tough Week

[Deadpool8812]

Well...it does say THOUGHTS not RUMOURS

 

[Korpse]

It's not his fault you confuse his thoughts and musings to be fact or even rumour.

He continually fails to differentiate fact and fiction, while this isn't necessarily entirely his fault, he does share the blame. This doesn't happen with Bob McKenzie because Bob cares about how is words are interpreted and does everything he can to separate the two. Friedman shrugs it off and at times uses it too his advantage to develop more buzz. 'Stealth team' has become his most common phrase.

 

[CupInSIX]

31 reasons to fall asleep lmao

You make like 10 threads in the trade forum the day he drops his column.

 

[Rebels57]

His speculation is almost always wrong, but he still has inside sources so when he breaks something, it can be trusted.

 

[yvrtojfk]

The 31 thoughts is a really dumb piece of his and will continue to deteriorate his credibility.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

He has no Soul

 

[Iceman]

Always find it funny how triggered people get over insiders. Like how are they hurting your life exactly?

Like Doug MacLean’s saying goes, they’re not telling you that it’s true, they’re just telling you what they’ve heard.

By filling our eyes with nonsense when we want to browse proper NHL content.

 

[BoredBrandonPridham]

An epidemic of this time is the inability people to classify the intent of information. You need to do a better job of knowing when someone is intending to give first hand facts (eye witness), insider facts (second hand info), insider speculation (someone with internal info speculated that), speculation (someone without insider info / I speculated that), opinion (emotional response).

That is on you to determine. Look at the wording:

It is my sense that (speculation)

Word around the league is that so and so will be traded (insider speculation)

A source close to the team has indicated that so and so is on the trade block (insider fact)

A quote from a person / imminent event (first hand fact)

Consider job titles:

Insider / Analyst: mostly speculation, should have insider facts / break trades now and the

Reporter: should usually just deliver facts

Columnist/colour panelist: Outsider speculation and opinions. Their job is to provide an angle and entertainment, not to be correct.

When I was in elementary school we were taught how to classify information, and those concepts can be applied to a lot of different industries. Is this just something we forget over time? Just be better at this.

 

[kingsholygrail]

Alain Vigneault’s name is popping up, too. If Florida makes a change, that could be a fit.(F3)

 

[qwerty]

By filling our eyes with nonsense when we want to browse proper NHL content.

I’ve found that the “off” button or the “mute” button has been quite an effective solution over the years.

Everyone sees the game differently and their opinions are just as valid as any poster here. Everyone here has an opinion and not everybody agrees with one another. They’re just there to fill dead air or otherwise it’d just be same damn commercials every 5 minutes.

 

[krutovsdonut]

imagine how much of his week is spent trying to come up with 31 thoughts. and pity the poor intern who has to compile a week's worth of his dictated texts into a draft.