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Morning Line- Eric Duhatschek on Kevin Allen

11/17/2014 at 10:40am EST

"One of the biggest stories that has been broken in the past 30 years was Mario Lemieux coming out of retirement. That was a clean kill by Kevin. Nobody else had it. Local guys didn't get a whiff of it. National guys didn't get a whiff of it. Kevin got it. You only get stuff like that with one part asking the right question at the right time, but also having a lot of people in your sphere who trust you and to tell you things.

"Today, everybody is an insider. It is the most over-used term, "NHL Insider." Before that term became virtually meaningless, Kevin was an insider. The only way you can do that is if the people you talk to develop confidence in your integrity and your reporting skills. You need to form a level of trust before people will give you information to be an insider."

-Eric Duhatschek on Kevin Allen who will receive the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award today. More on Kevin Allen from Corey Masisak of NHL.com.

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