God, don’t this guys every get carpel-tunnel…

Posted by Tony from Mid-Michigan on 02/23/07 at 07:21 PM ET

I got fooled on this one, too. A reader e-mailed me claiming that Melrose had made that claim, however, three readers sent me links to Melrose’s interview, claiming he never made that statement of Guerin to the Islanders.

Almost all my readers who send in radio reports to me have been on the level, but occasionally a troublemaker will sneak one past me.

I’ve since removed the report. My apologies for any confusion it may have caused.

Posted by Spector from Charlottetown, PEI, Canada on 02/23/07 at 07:35 PM ET

Eklund is guilty of being at the end of “the telephone game” and reporting it as his own source. I have seen him lift things from message boards that personality X said Y and his own sources have confirmed. However, what gets Eklund in the end, is that message poster misheard what was originally on the radio. So like I said…the telephone game.

He does this time after time after time.

If it isn’t that, he rephrases things seen on KuklasKorner.com or somewhere else minutes later (see the Souray material for an example). If anyone ever wanted to, and was observant enough, they could nail him with time stamps as circumstantial evidence. I would wager 90% of the stuff Eklund posts is ripped off from somewhere or fake. I have seen it too many times. However, he has enough believers/paying customers to keep doing it.

Posted by Doubter on 02/23/07 at 07:47 PM ET

The odds are that Eklund gets one trade correct?

E-0

Posted by PuckHound61 from Speckville USA on 02/23/07 at 07:50 PM ET

HFBoards posters used to e-mail him rumours, and Ek would run with them.

Posted by Petey on 02/23/07 at 07:50 PM ET

Still obsessed, eh Paul?  How are those spreadsheets going?

That timestamp conspiracy that you’re so concerned with… our new server was set to Central Time. 

I’m still waiting for you to forward me that stuff you’d said you send…

Posted by Chris DeGroat on 02/23/07 at 07:53 PM ET

Chris, this will not turn into a war of words.  You never emailed me, so stop turning things around, again.

Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 02/23/07 at 07:54 PM ET

Paul,

I responded to your post when you asked if I wanted to see the what you’ve got with “Youv’e got my email”.  Feel free to go back and look it up if you don’t believe me.

Posted by Chris DeGroat on 02/23/07 at 08:03 PM ET

I just did, what don’t you understand Chris in the words email me.
My readers do not want to tread his stuff, if you have something to say that is on topic of this post, feel free to do so.
Otherwise, you comments will be deleted.

Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 02/23/07 at 08:08 PM ET

Paul,

I don’t have your email address, therefore it would be hard for me to send you an email.

As for this particular post… if you truly aren’t on a witch hunt and are interested in the truth regarding Eklund, you’d edit the above post stating that the questions about the timestamps have been answered.  Then again, if you actually cared about the truth you would have emailed Eklund himself asking about it rather than trying to make something out of nothing on your blog.

Posted by Chris DeGroat on 02/23/07 at 08:14 PM ET

I will edit the post Chris, when the explanation shows up on HB.  Why the change and no notification of it?
My email address is located onthe left sidebar under “About”.
The last email Dwayne sent me, he said he would never email me again, that answers your question.

Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 02/23/07 at 08:19 PM ET

It wasn’t a “change”.  The site was moved to a new server and they had it set to Central time zone because that’s where the server is located.  I’ve put in a request to move it to ET and I believe it is fixed already.

Posted by Chris DeGroat on 02/23/07 at 08:22 PM ET

Dude,

Paul’s email address is on the left sidebar of every page on this site.  Even the most neophyte websurfer knows there is usually a contact link to be found somewhere.  I found it in approximately 8 seconds.

Posted by KohoDonuts88 from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada on 02/23/07 at 08:22 PM ET

I just responded to an email from a long time reader of KK and wanted to know about Guerin.
I said who knows where he could end up, maybe even on Long Island.
But the point of this post was Melrose never said anything about Guerin.  Check the tape from WFAN.

Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 02/23/07 at 08:47 PM ET

I have to say that I am a nobody with a very minor blog of my own and Paul has responded to all my e-mails quickly and professionally.  It is also very easy to find the e-mail address and contact Paul but it is near impossible to find a way to conatct “ek” or whoever he is.

Posted by doman from Erie, PA on 02/23/07 at 09:03 PM ET

This is fun to read.

Posted by Tuba Guy from Royal Oak, MI on 02/23/07 at 09:18 PM ET

Doman,

The ‘contact us’ link on HockeyBuzz is pretty easy to find.

Posted by Chris DeGroat on 02/23/07 at 09:23 PM ET

Sportsnet tried to cover up his face, but it could still be seen. The person many people thought Eklund was, was in fact him.

He has been revealed as Dwayne Keith.

Band web site: http://greyeyeglances.com/
CD on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Further-Grey-Eye-Glances/dp/B00001NFUH

TSN image:

Other photos:
http://www.cooldog.com/gallery/DwayneKeith

Posted by Dwayne Keith from Pennsylvania on 02/23/07 at 09:33 PM ET

Hey, DeGroat’s back!

Chris, I know you’re busy defending your boss after he made the understandable mistake of confusing a rumor “from more than one source with ties to the players or teams involved” with a rumor started by a caller to a sports talk radio show—I mean, hey, maybe it was a longtime listener and a first-time caller, right?

But if we could jump back for a moment to a previous conversation on these boards:

“Eklund” began collecting money from his readers back when he claimed to have written for NHL.com and The Hockey News, having worked for NHL teams and the NHL itself. He later collected money from his readers while claiming that he actually had nothing to do with hockey after college, making his “own fame in a completely different world until the lockout came.” 

Once more, with feeling: Which work history is the correct one? And if the correct one is the current one, is the earlier one a fabrication?

Posted by Greg Wyshynski from DC on 02/23/07 at 10:11 PM ET

Greg,

I have already answered that question.  JJ was able to comprehend my answer.  What is wrong with you that prevents you from being able to comprehend it?

Posted by Chris DeGroat on 02/23/07 at 10:17 PM ET

BTW, Greg.. I turned off email notifications for this post.  If you have something else to ask me, feel free to email me.  If you don’t have my addy, you can reach me through the tips addy on my website.

Posted by Chris DeGroat on 02/23/07 at 10:18 PM ET

Keep the comments on topic.  If you want to talk about who Eklund is, please do it here...

Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 02/23/07 at 10:20 PM ET

gotta love Eklund. he once stated on flyers message board that he was talking right infront of Miroslav
Satan’s agent and said he was a flyer.

Posted by FlyersFan on 02/23/07 at 10:39 PM ET

Chris, if you feel like providing an answer to my fairly simple question in a more private forum, I can be reached at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Now, I’ll quietly move on before Kukla goes all HF Boards mod on me and locks this up

Posted by Greg Wyshynski from DC on 02/23/07 at 10:46 PM ET

I;d never lock it up Greg, have too much respect for the KK readers.
Just want it to stay on topic.

Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 02/23/07 at 10:52 PM ET

Hey guys, you are all right.  I am no do gooder. I suck

Posted by Chris Degroat on 12/07/07 at 03:57 PM ET