Answering this question yesterday was pretty difficult, because it would have been all guesswork. However, today they practiced with:
You missed the point. They're semi-officially saying they're not coming, apparently before even asking, because I can't see how they can be keep asking and nagging before the series is even over. The coach/GM is not a psychic and you are not either. Imagine if it now turned out that a player that was "not coming" suddenly speaks to some Finnish media that he wants to come.
This is indeed what is happening. It's true, the NT management does not harass the players mid-series, at least as long as they are still building the team themselves. But it changes once the initial team is named. After that, it becomes important to know if there are any potential comers, because they need to know if they should leave any roster spots open, and at what positions. (Last year, it was reported that Haula would have come after the second round if Vegas hadn't advanced, and this was before it happened.) This is often handled through the players' agents, who are in good positions to make the preliminary inquiries without disturbing them too much. They can also handle the preparations if the answer is yes, because in these cases the player often needs to be on the first plane out.
I think it's good to Kakko be on the PP2 (to start at least). This way he can be the playmaker. If he was on the PP1 to start, he'd likely have a net front (etc.) role. Same goes for Kaski too.
I bet Rantanen is injured
He is, it is not even a joke. He would've not come even if he had a contract because of injury.I bet Rantanen is injured
Oh, full of world beaters such as Henrique,McCann,Turris...............players of that ilk.
That's nice..........but the rest of the roster is mostly pretty damn meh, the U.S and Russia certainly have far more firepower, on paper anyway.
And you can scratch Tavares off this list now too, word has just come down he has suffered some oblique injury and is flying back to Toronto.
Russia always come with these kind of rosters. They rarely win anyway because they dont play as a team.
What lies spewed out by media? If anything, they've been doing their darnest to downplay it, almost been bending over backwards to understand the players' reasons, even those that do sound a little feeble. Now, there are plenty of random Joes off the street who are raving about this in social media, but that's not the same thing.
I have, it's even less inspiring. Still, anyone insinuating that they are going to be taking on some Canadian juggernaut this year must be smoking some pretty good shit.
It doesn't make it ok to sound false alarm just because they eventually tell the whole story. So the question is why do they put their headlines the way they do? Because they are skilled at what they do and people who are only focused on the "sensational stuff" is what I'm concerned about.
