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How Hockey Rumor Misinformation Spreads
by Alanah McGinley on 03/03/09 at 03:35 PM ET
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From James Duthie in yesterday’s post at The Good, The Bad and The Duthie:
At this time of year, the population of hockey “Insiders” explodes like rabbits on Cialis.
Whenever trade deadline approaches, we suddenly become a nation of Bob McKenzie wannabes. It’s like the old Flintstones episode when Fred gets cloned by aliens, and there are thousands of Freds running around Bedrock, robotically chanting, “Yabba…Dabba…Doo.” Except here, they’re Bobs, not Freds, and it’s: “Yabba…Dabba…Deal.”
Every blogger living in his parents’ basement apparently knows exactly where Chris Pronger is going, and who is coming back the other way. He knows this because this dude in his Psych class told him. And the dude in his Psych class knows this because his roommate once dated this girl who moved to California and works at a Hooters near Anaheim, where the Ducks equipment manager’s cousin was having wings and beer last Tuesday, and told her the Pronger deal was done. So she Twittered it.
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Every blogger living in his parents’ basement apparently knows exactly where Chris Pronger is going, and who is coming back the other way.
Name one, you coward.
Posted by Earl Sleek from Anaheim, CA on 03/03/09 at 03:47 PM ET
To be fair, though, the bloggers who “know” where Pronger is going because they have “sources,” as opposed to those who know where it would make sense for him to go, based on hockey needs and salary cap space and other facts, might actually live in their parent’s basement. 
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 03/03/09 at 03:47 PM ET
Duthie is just joking around, and fair enough, ‘cause we all know there are a few notable of loonies out there.
But still, not a fair generalization, I agree. For instance, I would never judge the entire MSM based on the average Bruce Garrioch rumor update. 
Posted by Alanah McGinley from British Columbia on 03/03/09 at 03:52 PM ET
Every blogger living in his parents’ basement…
Now, that’s just a g-ddamn low blow, man.
Posted by SYF from Las Vegas, NV on 03/03/09 at 03:52 PM ET
It would seem the point of this article is to brag about how NHL players call him and dismiss/belittle bloggers who remind him that he’s really not that special.
Posted by Mike in Idaho on 03/03/09 at 04:18 PM ET
More accurate would be sitting at your desk trying to kill some time between meetings. So in reality I get paid to read this stuff just like Duthie does and I probably have a better view.
Posted by Hockey1919 from Montreal on 03/03/09 at 04:23 PM ET
Eklund Rumour Generator
http://www.geocities.com/crazy_weatherman/randoms/rumourgen.htm
come on people create your own rumor
Posted by FlyersFan on 03/03/09 at 06:24 PM ET
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Pretty tired of hearing blowhards like Duthie spouting “blogger living in his parents’ basement” B.S......
Posted by Tony F from Virginia Beach, VA on 03/03/09 at 03:43 PM ET