Don Waddell Reads This Blog!

by Jonathan Willis on Sep 10, 2008 4:14 PM MDT

With a tip of the hat to Illegal Curve, I'm rather surprised to pass on the news that the Atlanta Thrashers are apparently trying to sign Marek Malik.

If this goes through, it would be the second time this summer that I've been stunned by Don Waddell. Waddell's a guy I have never been terribly impressed with, but I had to give him credit for signing Jason Williams to a bargain contract. If he picks up C&B favourite Marek Malik at a reduced rate, I may need to start watching the occasional Thrashers game out of respect.

Another tip of the hat, this time to Dashing Silver Fox of HFBoards for passing along this rather lovely article on Eklund by Greg Wyshynski. Among some of the nastier body blows delivered to everyone's favourite fake rumour monger:

Is defending your site's plagiarism by claiming that it's your sources who actually plagiarize any defense at all? Doesn't it just speak to the incredible lack of even basic ethical standards and moral intuition in your character?

We'll try our best to cite our rumors (or at least reword them) on our weekly chat at 1 p.m. EDT, so please join us. There are good writers on Klessel's site; hopefully some day they'll be willing to trade the traffic and attention they receive for a semblance of professional respect they'll never earn while taking a paycheck from an embarrassment. Oh, sorry: An entertainer.

A couple of days ago, Lowetide joined the OilersNation site, and the comment was made that perhaps he should have considered HockeyBuzz.com. While both are commercial sites, to my knowledge OilersNation has never stooped to making up material or plagiarizing the work of other writers. There isn't really a comparison: OilersNation is occasionally goofy, while Eklund is blatantly immoral and unprincipled.

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while Eklund is blatantly immoral and unprincipled

Besides being a fraud, Eklund is also barely literate and seems to only have a passing understanding of hockey, the salary cap and the CBA.

Why anyone would bother to read a single word he writes these days is beyond me.

by Kent W. on Sep 10, 2008 4:59 PM MDT reply actions

He is a fairly keen businessman, though.

Note how his rumours will include major players from hockey markets with dedicated fans...this summer and fall he's been repeatedly posting a completely nonsensical recently-extended-for-five-years-with-NTC-Horcoff to Montreal "rumour" every week or two.

Sure, it's complete nonsense...but I bet it generates hits like hell.

by dubya on Sep 10, 2008 5:17 PM MDT reply actions

He is a fairly keen businessman, though...

Sure, it's complete nonsense...but I bet it generates hits like hell.

Oh, I'm sure it's pretty lucrative for him. It bothers me personally that he gets away with it, and I'll gladly link to articles intelligently ripping him forever and ever and ever.

by Jonathan Willis on Sep 10, 2008 5:30 PM MDT reply actions

That's funny what you say about ON, Jonathan. The citation on your use of TSN's stuff on Jokinen is ridiculously hard to identify. I don't think it's really comparable to Eklund in that I'm pretty sure it was unintentional for you but it really should be clearer.

by mc79hockey on Sep 10, 2008 11:38 PM MDT reply actions

Waddel looks at his team: need to improve PK, need a first line RW, and improved defence at EV.

J. Wiliams RW 2.2M
top 30 EVG/60
top 20 EV 1ASST/60

M. Reasoner 1.0M
#1 +3:00 TOI PK forward in the league.
#35 faceoff% minimum 500 faceoffs

Mr. Malik ???M
top 30 PK dman
#13 dman EV GA/60 in the league.
#7 Dman with +15:00 EV TOI

All that for probally less than 5.5M

by rickibear on Sep 11, 2008 5:59 PM MDT reply actions

Personally, I think that if, say, Lowetide, Jonathan, the IOF folks, and Tyler (just to name a few; the names aren't important) got together and ran an ad-supported blog site to make a few bucks, I'd read them a lot more happily than I'd read OilerNation. :P

by Lord Bob on Sep 11, 2008 7:43 PM MDT reply actions

citation on your use of TSN's stuff on Jokinen is ridiculously hard to identify.

I'm not exactly sure what you mean - if you're talking about the comparison made between Olli Jokinen and Gilbert Brule made here, it was referenced from THN, and the material was linked in the heading.

I've always made an honest effort to quote/link material I cite, and if I've missed anyone, I'm very sorry about it.

by Jonathan Willis on Sep 12, 2008 9:45 AM MDT reply actions

I concur Lord Bob. (I'd even send them money.) I just found it easier to read the comments on their own sites, it makes me less mad in the morning.

by B.C.B. on Sep 12, 2008 1:57 PM MDT reply actions

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