Larry Brooks or John Glennon?
John Glennon of The Tennesean cleans up Brooks's mess:
On another topic related to Russian hockey, Continental Hockey League president Alexander Medvedev said Monday he wanted to correct a report that had opened some eyes in North American hockey circles. An article in the New York Post late last week said the KHL was planning a universal draft prior to the 2009-10 season, one that would include all players in the NHL. The article also said the KHL was planning to offer $1 million bonuses to players playing in the NHL this season.
But Medvedev said Monday that the 2009-10 draft would be limited to young European players and that no bonuses would be involved.
I've checked all Russian hockey sites to find Medvedev's Monday quote and there was nothing. Where John Glennon found it is a mystery. He gave us no links. Apparently Medvedev personally called him on Monday.
Who would you believe more, Larry Brooks or relatively unknown John Glennon? Tough call, but I want to remind that it was Larry Brooks who first reported that Nylander had a rotator cuff injury last season. Neither Tarik nor Corey, the Washington Capitals beat writers, knew about it or had any clue about it. When Corey Masisak from the Washington Times approached Nylander and asked him if Larry Brooks was right:
Dec. 13, 2007, by Corey Masisak: "I asked Nylander about Larry Brooks' assertion in today's New York Post that it is a rotator cuff injury, and he shook his head and said, "He thinks he knows everything, but sometimes he doesn't know anything."
Turned out Brooks was right, Nylander had a season-ending rotator cuff surgery.
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