Phanuthier said:
Huh? Let's try to keep this on topic. Where did I say Dave Nonis was gonna withdraw Sami Salo from the tournament? Answere: No where. Who knows what Nonis wanted, but he should be fully informed with what's going on with his players. This type of disrespect to the NHL is exactly what I'm talking about. Dave Nonis has no right to tell Team Finland what to do, and he has no business to tell Sami Salo what he can do, but he is open to his opinion and I believe he is fully within his right to be fully informed should one of his players be injured. If that's not the case, and Nonis wanted to butt in, then I'd agree with you, but that clearly is not the case. Let's try and talk about the topic and not me, ok?
As for whether these players are assets to the organization, tell me what an investment is. Tell me what a NHL organization's assets are. If you still disagree, then I digress.
NOW you want to stay in the topic. Before I pointed out your contradiction, you were more than eager to hijack the thread to throw some stabs about the Kipper situation. How ironic.
"he is fully within his right to be fully informed should one of his players be injured. If that's not the case, and Nonis wanted to butt in, then I'd agree with you, but that clearly is not the case."
Why is that not the case? Because Nonis shouts louder? The article clearly states Team Finland had informed Canucks about the injury. It did not enclose what information they had been able to report yet, but the main point is clear....they were informed. And they will be informed when there is more info. I bet they have informed already, since Salo is not playing tonight...so they must know now what kind of injury he has.
You are just saying (and this is not the first time) that you would trust an NHL GM's word, or even a North American journalist's word over ANY european no matter who they are. If Dave Nonis says, "there has not been enough co-operation" you take that as a fact, one that no euro ***** can deny. Even though you can read from the exact article that Canucks have been informed, you still go on and on about Nonis being upset "so team Finland must be keeping him in the dark".
Did it ever occurred to you that medical tests take time? Especially during olympics where there are thousands of athletes around? You might not get a full diagnoses in 10 minutes to please an over eager NHL GM. He was informed that Salo got injured. He has probably already been informed how badly because they have concluded that Salo will not be able to play tonight in the semifinals.
But in your opinion the impatience of one GM is 100% proof of Team Finland disrespecting the whole NHL.
Should the world stop turning when Nonis calls? And how many times him and his staff need to be informed about "Hey, Salo got injured" before it stops being disrespecting?