What about the media? They posted on a players website (essentially bypassing traditional media) to deliver a carefully scripted message. In the process denying the media the opportunity to discuss, interview, and entertain different scenarios. Just so they didn't have to answer the same question?
This at a time when Ed Willes had to step back from his job so that younger writers could have a chance? It just doesn't seem right of them.
Defending the media's right to ask the Sedins the same question (but maybe in a slightly different way) over and over again?
That's called lazy journalism in my opinion.
So with the article, the Sedins established a informational baseline in terms of what their future plans are with the team.
Any journalist that asks a question that can be answered by reading the article is and should be called out as a dumbass.
edit.
err.... in my opinion obviously.
So here's my perspective.
If you want to cover the Canucks.... IE... if you want to play in the deep end of sports journalism then it's sink or swim.
The quality of news these days is being massively diluted due to social media and more and more we're seeing lazy click-bait crap being presented as "news".
I, as the consumer, have to wade through all the crap to find the good stuff so I love it when the Sedins put forth an article like this because like I said, any journalist going forward that asks a question that can be answered by a quick google should be ridiculed.
Journalism is not supposed to be easy.