Rumor: Watters: Phoenix rejected Toronto boatload for Yandle

[Kurisu]

"Pay attention to me!" - Bill Watters

 

[BertCorbeau]

Was this trade offer like a year and a half ago or something?

 

[Kbs]

anyway to tell that is actually bill watters? i dont see that its verified..also im not a fan of him but even this seems to be far fetched for him to post unless it was from 1 year ago then its somewhat believable

Bob McKenzie, Dreger, Kypreos, and a bunch of other reporters are following him.

 

[RealisticLeaf55]

Watters is just an angry old man who is upset with how well the Leafs are doing. God only knows how many times he has been fired by the Leafs newspapers, management and radios.

 

[Leaf Rocket]

Yea...He's an idiot. No question about it.

 

[rojac]

anyway to tell that is actually bill watters? i dont see that its verified..also im not a fan of him but even this seems to be far fetched for him to post unless it was from 1 year ago then its somewhat believable

The account has over 10,000 followers, is followed by several broadcasters, and promotes an upcoming appearance on an XM Sirius radio show. Seems pretty real.

 

[ShLou Foot]

Good ol' Wilbur, I'd say it's senility but he's been suffering from this for a L-O-N-G time.
He has a tendency to remember things a little differently than anyone else.

 

[stakesishigh]

Nonis would never ever trade Kadri at this point.

 

[rojac]

Was this trade offer like a year and a half ago or something?

I imagine likely. My guess is he's gonna talk about failed trade offer durring the radio appearance he talks about just before that.

 

[Leaf Rocket]

Nonis would never ever trade Kadri at this point.

No one in our franchise was close to trading Kadri from what it seems. Except when the Mike Richards Sweepstakes happened.

 

[Rockinz]

NO CHANCE Kadri was involved total BS

 

[Morguee]

Who is it that Watters knows that would be privy to this information. He has not been an insider or even relevant for years. I find it hard to believe that he would be the only one outside of the direct channel of communication to know this and let it be known.

 

[Murphy Blue]

Well, thanks Phoenix?

 

[legendinblue]

We all should troll him on Twitter. But then again we would give him what he wants so let's just laugh it off/

 

[The Magic Man]

Bob McKenzie, Dreger, Kypreos, and a bunch of other reporters are following him.

They should stop following him. What a low life.

 

[Parkdale]

My first thought was that this must be a fake Bill Watters twitter account. On reflection, it might be legit. If this was a trade proposal a year ago, it might be credible. At that time both Kadri and Frattin were not the prospects they are today. And both names were bounced around a bit with the Luongo rumors. If true and I don't discount it, the Leafs are fortunate that they took the time to see more of their prospects before shipping them out...in line with what Nonis said when he took over the GM position. Right now of course, Kadri is about as untouchable a Leaf as there is on the roster.

 

[indigobuffalo]

The account has over 10,000 followers, is followed by several broadcasters, and promotes an upcoming appearance on an XM Sirius radio show. Seems pretty real.

Tosh.0 recently did a segment where he discussed the fake Tosh.0 twitter accounts and some had over 100K followers.

I would not place value on who is following what, or the number of followers.

It is a logical fallacy to assume that popular opinion is correct on the basis that there are a lot of people who agree.

 

[Warden of the North]

I could see PHX asking for that, not us offering it

 

[Smif]

This is ********, he also said Philly offered Giroux for Paul Ranger.

lol, that actually happened. Confirmed by the Tampa GM at the time, Brian Lawton.

 

[realgoodleafs]

Could have been true if it was before the season started but not at the deadline.

 

[Duffman955]

Ya, OOOOOOOOKKKkkk there.

If these "insiders" just pull **** out of there ass, I could be a good one.

I wouldn't even trade Kadri straight up for that 1-dimensional defenseman.

 

[Pierre Gotye]

lol, that actually happened. Confirmed by the Tampa GM at the time, Brian Lawton.

Also remember Giroux wasn't highly thought of in Philly, and Ranger was once an up and coming defenseman. I can see that offer being floated.

Clarke wanted to draft Trevor Lewis, who LA ended up drafting that year. They saw Giroux as runner-up selection.

 

[Dr Turk]

lol, that actually happened. Confirmed by the Tampa GM at the time, Brian Lawton.

Oops, my bad. Still an idiot though...

 

[7even]

Tosh.0 recently did a segment where he discussed the fake Tosh.0 twitter accounts and some had over 100K followers.

I would not place value on who is following what, or the number of followers.

It is a logical fallacy to assume that popular opinion is correct on the basis that there are a lot of people who agree.

Those are incongruous. Tosh.0 is a popular public figure, and those are inviting of parody.

This is Bill Watters. I think we're pretty safe in assuming.

 

[indigobuffalo]

Those are incongruous. Tosh.0 is a popular public figure, and those are inviting of parody.

This is Bill Watters. I think we're pretty safe in assuming.

It matters in the sense that just because the guy says something and Mackenzie/Dregger et al. are following the guy doesn't make it true.