A journalist had his media pass taken away for asking a question about Junior Team Canada

What we’re reading is that a reporter from The Athletic has been asking questions in Carolina and Vegas in connection with Team Canada junior players. The Hurricanes did the right thing by allowing their members to answer the questions. content-ads]However, on the Vegas side, it was a different story. Coach Bruce Cassidy wasn’t given the OK to talk about the one-on-one situation with the reporter, and prior to a press conference with the coach, the reporter in question from The Athletic was ejected from the club’s practice arena not only for media availability, but also for the evening’s game. Basically, the club didn’t like the fact that the reporter “imprisoned” Noah Hanifin in a corner in order to question him on the subject. It’s a serious situation. Freedom of expression is at stake here, and the questions were related to the subject. If the journalist had, for example, gone to Florida to ask a Russian player about a controversial law in Manitoba, that would have been one thing. But here, it was related to hockey.

En coulisses

Obviously, we only know one side of the story. But in light of what’s been published, we understand that the Golden Knights didn’t want to take the heat for the situation. You have every right to want to sign a player from Team Canada Junior. But clearly, you have to respond when it comes time to comment on the matter.