Interesting sourcing on a Comcast New England Bruins story

NathanFournier87 · Sep 5, 2012

Yesterday, CSNNE.com ran a story of Keith Yandle wanting to play for the Boston Bruins. The report started off by saying sources say...which is fine but the second half of the story is what irks me.

While it wasn't the first time that Yandle's name has been linked to the Bruins, a tweet over the weekend from @HockeyyInsiderr brought it back to the surface when he tweeted:

"Also hearing that the #Bruins are actively shopping for a top pair d-man to partner up with Chara. Interested in Yandle and Bouwmeester."

He later tweeted:

"At this very moment, my Boston source informed me that the #Bruins do not have an offer on the table for Bouwmeester, but have 1 for Yandle."

Whether or not that is true remains to be seen. But one thing is for sure, Yandle wants to play in Boston.
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http://www.csnne.com/hockey-boston-bruins/bruins-talk/Source-Yandle-would-love-to-play-for-Bru?blockID=767553&feedID=10944

For those who don't know HockeyyInsiderr is a twitter account run by a 17-year-old living in Montreal which was uncovered by a 16-year old in Ontario who actually works in hockey as a junior A scout.

Now, who is AD? AD is a male from Boeleil, Quebec who is listed as being fluent in both English and French. His high school he attends or did attend not long ago was found too, but will not be said publicly. He appears to be an avid hockey fan, especially of the Habs, who enjoys reading the tweets of, well, hockey people such as Louis Jean and Bob McKenzie. His Facebook picture makes him appear as if he is between the ages of 17 and 22 (note: see bottom of page for new info). And the fact he appears to be kissing a lobster in his profile picture doesn't exactly make him seem normal, either. He also appears to have played minor hockey previously. As mentioned, he also credits himself as being a Freelance Writer who is self employed and only works on his own.

Now am I saying I'm certain that this is the identity of hockeyyinsiderr? No (hence the reason I'm not releasing the full name of the person or his school). But it does sound like it very well could be. However, we may never know for sure as the question-marked man would likely deny it and will most likely never release his full name. But the bottom line is, has hockeyyinsiderr ever worked or been anywhere close to working in the NHL? Nope. Has he ever played in the NHL like his Facebook bio says? Nope. Does he have any sort of legitimate contact within the NHL? Absolutely not.
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http://kyriacou22.blogspot.ca/2012/08/who-is-hockeyyinsiderr.html

Maybe Jonathan is wrong about who HockeyyInsiderr really is, but in either case I find CSNNE quoting a source who doesn't have any credibility with any anyone who covers hockey is being lazy with their reporting. #CONFIRMED

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