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The brothers Hughes appear to be synchronizing their contracts, which is bad news for the New Jersey Devils, who are trying to sign electric defenseman Luke Hughes to a new contract. The NHL trade rumor is about to explode with Hughes talk. Also in the Daily, the dark horses to make Team Canada, Montreal buses will not say \u201cGo Habs, Go\u201d for an unbelievable reason, Kirill Kaprizov is asking for an unbelievable sum from Minnesota, and as the off-season ends, are the Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> too good?<\/p>\n And I\u2019ll show you the anatomy of a BS hockey trade rumor, the type that is currently surrounding Tyler Bertuzzi in Chicago. Here\u2019s how it started\u2013a blogger suggested the Buffalo Sabres would like a veteran forward with an affordable term, and Bertuzzi fit the bill. The blogger is a nice enough guy, but he\u2019s not a newsbreaker or someone steeped in sources. From there, other bloggers write a story connecting Buffalo and Chicago, because the original blogger is reporting talks or \u201crumors.\u201d After that, it hits the aggregator sites, which write that multiple reports indicate talks. <\/p>\n Then, fans see several headlines without reading the story, and they discuss it on message boards: \u201cI saw that Buffalo wants Bertuzzi.\u201d The Instagram \u201creporters\u201d who merely create memes and pictures of reporters\u2019 work as their own method of writing (and Gen Z takes these people as reporters. It drives me nuts) create Bertuzzi Trade Talks memes, and it keeps going. <\/p>\n Quite literally, that is how these things start in too many cases; all from one blogger who typically writes a high volume of 300-word stories merely suggesting a fit. That\u2019s the anatomy of a rumor. And that\u2019s also why I cringe when many of you ask, \u201cWhat are you hearing??\u201d <\/p>\n Unless I get something from an agent, an exec, sometimes a scout, or a player, I\u2019m not hearing anything but noise. I\u2019ll report whatever I\u2019m hearing if I trust it, so you\u2019ll see my report before you have to ask (and yes, early in my writing career, I had a longer contact list of coaches, executives, assistant executives, et al\u2026 I realized that even they sometimes get it wrong and even a few had to be removed from the list for intentionally being wrong). <\/p>\n Pittsburgh Penguins<\/p>\n Pittsburgh Hockey Now: Summer is over after this weekend. So, how did the Metro Division, including the Penguins, do? We laid out the Metro Division power rankings, and are the Penguins too good<\/a>? <\/p>\n Steelers Now: Whew\u2013here is everything on a plate. Derrick Bell\u2019s mailbag has everything from the rookie evaluations, WR trade targets, and 2026 draft potentials. It\u2019s heavy-duty Steelers analysis<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pittsburgh Baseball Now: On the diamond, the Buccos rallied past the Red Sox for a win. Paul Skenes got to .500. Blah bah. John Perrotto put Oneil Cruz under the microscope, and the Pirates\u2019 fielder is 100 ways perplexing. Here\u2019s JP\u2019s analysis as only he can do it on the Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a>.<\/p>\n Philly Hockey Now: Penn State is playing an outdoor game. Our Will James is a PSU alum, and he is geeked. He\u2019s also dreaming of a Penguins-Flyers outdoor game at Penn State, too. Here\u2019s the full story and Will\u2019s daydream. It\u2019s a good read on Penn State<\/a>.<\/p>\n NHL Trade Talk, News, & National Hockey Now<\/p>\n Sportsnet: So here\u2019s what\u2019s going down. Luke Hughes wants a five-year deal to coincide with the expiration of big brother Jack\u2019s eight-year deal. New Jersey is saying, nope. You get a three-year deal or an eight-year deal<\/a>. <\/p>\n I\u2019m not sorry to rain on their parade, but this stuff about brothers and friends trying to rig their contracts or rig situations to play together is disrespectful to the privilege of playing in the NHL. I understand not liking certain situations or living in certain cities\u2013that\u2019s what free agency is for. It wasn\u2019t designed for players to create their own little club. <\/p>\n Vegas Hockey Now: There\u2019s more fallout from the Mitch Marner interview with TSN this week. What is really gaining news and more stories are coming out, were the death threats and invasions of privacy in Toronto. It sounds like a nightmare, and it sounds like a big reason he\u2019s now with the\u00a0Vegas Golden Knights.<\/p>\n It was weird enough a couple of years ago when one Pirates knucklehead heard I was at the game and went up and down every aisle until he found me to confront me about hating the Pirates (and challenge me to a fight?!). I can\u2019t imagine that being a regular thing. Short speech: Don\u2019t be a lunatic. <\/p>\n Worst Seats podcast: Michael Russo of The Athletic has a podcast, and he dropped some big news about Kirill Kaprizov\u2019s contract ask. It\u2019s bigger than Draisaitl, into McDavid territory. He wants $16 million<\/a>?!<\/p>\n NHLtraderumors.me: On Jeff Marek\u2019s latest podcast, The Sheet, one of the things he touched on was Conor Zary\u2019s RFA situation in Calgary. It seems Zary is more serious about signing long-term than the Calgary Flames. That\u2019s probably bad for the player<\/a>.<\/p>\n Montreal Hockey Now: Ahem, Mr. Dubas. Marc Dumont looks at the quickly rising Habs roster, and there\u2019s one weak spot: Defense. The Montreal Canadiens<\/a> need defensemen.<\/p>\n And in a story that can only happen in government. The saga of Montreal buses reading, \u201cGo Habs Go\u201d on the digital signboard has hit a roadblock. At first, they couldn\u2019t display the slogan because the transit authority didn\u2019t believe it complied with the strict \u201cFrench only\u201d directive from the language ministry. However, the language police wanted Go Habs Go! So, the transit people complied, only to realize they can\u2019t do it because it would cost a barrel of money. 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