Extra Ericsson - August 4th, 2021 (Originally Posted July 20th, 2021)
if there's some extra chatter, there's some extra Ericsson
by Francis Ericsson (@EricssonFrancis)
Hello, readers. It’s July 20th, 2021, around 4:30 in the afternoon. Tomorrow is the NHL expansion draft, but I’m not here to talk about that today. There is chatter out there, that I am hearing before anyone else, that the Calgary Flames are going to trade for Buffalo Sabres forward Jack Eichel.
It’s legitimate because it’s coming from me. Francis Ericsson. I’m in the PHWA. I talk to everyone inside the Flames organization. I talk to Rollie Cyr, E.V.P., Event Centre and Revenue Development. I talk to Gordon Norrie, V.P., Sports Property Sales & Marketing. I talk to Ziad Mehio,V.P., Food & Beverage and Information Technology. If there is an executive with a headshot listed on the Flames website, I have talked to them. So that’s just a nod to my credibility and my rapport with the front office. I have won awards.
I’m hearing Jack Eichel to the Flames. If you don’t read this for like 15 days or something, rest assured that this news was reported here first. Darren Dreger is calling me right now to confirm. Gotta go. You don’t leave Darren hanging.
Francis Ericsson is a long time member of the Flames PHWA chapter, and an institution in sports journalism in Calgary. Any resemblence to any other Flames media personalities are purely coincidental, and in no way takes away from the legitimacy of his reporting.