[johnmac44]

Originally Posted by CarlaMuller

None of me believes that every time a player steps up his game, if I called them out, that I was a factor EVERY time. That is foolhardy and I get that. I stand by the fact my blogs are read and there have been effects in some things I have written.


The press so absolutely has an effect on players. It is a public statement that is read by many and asked directly to those who have direct access. The blogs I put here are verbatim what goes up on Hockey Buzz. While I appreciate that site is not thought of well by many here, it doesn't change the reality that the site gets a million hits a month and gets more traffic than near every other hockey site other than TSN. The traffic at Hockey Buzz is closer to TSN traffic than any other hockey site. That just is.

Talk to players in Canada, Toronto and Montreal especially, and ask them if they are effected by the press and articles written about them there. I may not be a paid hockey reporter; but I know for a fact that I am read by more people than the paid sports writers when it comes to the Kings. I don't need anyone to believe this statement. I have no intention of proving it. It just is. Believe it or not; either way, is fine by me.

With this, I have said all I plan to say to those who question me, what I say and what I believe.

Then why do you continue to respond?