Because at Bleacher Report anyone could write articles. Also this was written yesterday and I haven’t seen it anywhere else.

so we’ll see how credible this one is. It’d about 1 M more then I wanted to spend and 1 year longer then I would’ve liked, but I’d rather keep him then lose him.

even if they aren’t true

Would DW really want to be on the hook for 9M if Blake gets hurt or retires? Maybe 4.5M over 2 years… but I’ll put 1000 FTF dollars down and say that this rumor stays a rumor if the numbers are as advertised.

At the bottom of the Fanshot where it says “Around SB Nation” it shows this. Ranger fans really want Cheechoo.

I really, really, really doubt this is true.

First of all, its been on Bleacher Report for how long? Two, three days? And yet no other media outlet has picked it up. I know Blake is going to hit 40 next year, but you’d think there would be at least some small mention by TSN or somebody.

Second, $4.5M per year for two years? He was good, but not that good. Especially with his insistence on getting at least one interference/hooking penalty per game. Like others said, if its $4.5M over two years (cap hit $2.25M), then that is awesome. Its still risky to give a 40 year old guy a multi-year contract (since if he retires the cap hit stays), but Blake still has the skills and the pay cut is great and will work well with the cap troubles.

I’m sure there is some credence to it, but I am reluctant to comment further considering Bleacher Report is written by junior high schoolers.

and bums.

If this goes down I might lose faith in Wilson’s abilities as a GM.

$4.5M over the next two years limits his ability to improve the team this offseason, as well as throwing a huge curveball in the plans (read: my plans) to re-sign the multitude of free agents we have next season. Setoguchi, Pavelski, and Marleau being the notable ones.

Coupled with the fact that the cap is rumored to come down a year from now, and I’m going to be livid. Let’s hope this Bleacher Report is from the cheap seats*.

*God I’m funny.

there’s nothing on the sharks site, or nhl.com. and theres nothing on the ducks or kings sites about the pronger trade. until it goes official, bleacherreport.com can kiss my @$$.

However, I do not believe the money. This source seems unreliable, I said it many times already, but he reported that Robert Esche was garnering interest from NHL teams, so I will take it with a grain of salt.

rumor denied.

who is this that is reporting it

i didn’t resign yet you bitch

somebody with the account name “Rob Blake” left this in the comments section that is classic