ESPN and TSN hockey reporters get into war of words over possible Max Pacioretty trade

It seems no one is immune to the constant barrage of arguments on Twitter, and that includes those who cover hockey for a living. That was the case with ESPN's Greg Wyshynski and TSN's Frank Seravalli Wednesday evening as the two got into a battle over TSN's report earlier this week that the Vegas Golden Knights were shopping Max Pacioretty.

"Checked in on Max Pacioretty being shopped by the @GoldenKnights and I don't believe he's in play," said Wyshynski. "Even if he was, I believe his [no trade clause] would cover some of the teams being mentioned as destinations."

Seravalli, who was the one that reported that Pacioretty was indeed in play, fired back immediately.

"One problem, Greg: my report wasn't about Pacioretty's NTC, or the difficulty of a deal, and it didn't include any destinations. Have the Golden Knights been trying to trade Max Pacioretty? The answer to that is yes. That's the report. That's it.," said Seravalli.

Seravalli didn't stop there.

"BTW, if you want to pretend to be @ddale8 (CNN reporter Daniel Dale who is known for fact-checking politicans on Twitter), by all means. Bring it on. We can start with your divisional alignment, which was wrong from jump street - and we're not talking about the Flyers omission."

ESPN has aired a story Tuesday crediting Wyshynski with a rumoured realignment of divisions in the NHL due to travel restrictions. The problem was, the Philadelphia Flyers weren't included anywhere.

That was when Wyshynski fired back with a Tweet that he has since deleted. Of course, nothing truly disappears as several people provided screen shots.

"Man, Sportsnet will never hire you with that kind of attitude," said Wyshynski.

Wyshynski put out one final response after deleting the Sportsnet quip telling Seravalli he had not been addressing him with that Tweet.

One problem, Greg: my report wasn't about Pacioretty's NTC, or the difficulty of a deal, and it didn't include any destinations.

Have the Golden Knights been trying to trade Max Pacioretty? The answer to that is yes. That's the report. That's it.— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) December 9, 2020

BTW, if you want to pretend to be @ddale8, by all means. Bring it on. We can start with your divisional alignment, which was wrong from jump street - and we're not talking about the Flyers omission. 👍🏻— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) December 9, 2020

for anyone that missed Gregs embarrassing reply pic.twitter.com/lhTP3PJkg3— Ah yes, the Leafs. (@LeafsAllDayy) December 9, 2020

Frank's right on with NHL Return in July and now. I too, know for a fact Max is being "shopped". Literally just got off the phone with the Asst. GM of a team that's talking to Vegas about Max and he was told by the Knights that they're fielding offers and will get back to him!— MurphysLaw74 (@MurphysLaw74) December 9, 2020

Buddy, I've been asking myself the same thing. (Go Raps!)— Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) December 9, 2020

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