OK, I just visited this Ecklund's blog for the first time. For those of you who read the thread, I bashed the people who cared so much about this guy that they would "out" him on another board. I still think that they care too much, but here's my take on him.
First of all, anyone who believes that Ecklund really has contacts and pays for his site are...well...I don't want to be banned. But think about it...if the guy really were who he says he is, and if he had the contacts that he says he does, and if he really wanted to be seen as something more than just a rumor-mongering fanboy with a blog, then wouldn't his site look better? I mean seriously, look at it. It's the default template from blogspot.com. That thing literally took 3 minutes to set up, if that.
Second, he mentions that one of the perks for signing up for his rumors for $10 a month is "private chats." Uh, ok. Who in their right mind wants a private chat with this guy? Seriously. It's like he took it directly from a porn website, only instead of talking dirty, he will tell you secret rumors that he doesn't blab on his site.
Third, ignoring for a moment the sheer ridiculousness of the concept of some fat hockey tool chatting with you for money, why on Earth would you pay for that? You know good and well that if it's a big rumor, he's going to post it on his main site. He's not going to hide anything major and tell you in a private chat. He's trying to build a reputation for himself by breaking big rumors, even if he has to make them up and hope to get lucky.
I visited his site for five minutes and it's obvious that he's full of crap. Any of you who have been to his site know it too. So let's drop it, ok? He's a tool, he's a fraud, all that. We don't need to know who he is.