Dimitri Filipovich

my concern is and just to lay the biases out scott and i are both charter founding members of the zach benson fan club us against the world in 2023 scott it's been a it's been a fun few chapter meetings uh we'll always have that we will always have that and one thing i've been critical of

In discussing Canucks amateur scouting, because obviously a fair bit of their underperformance in the six seasons or the six drafts since Judd Brackett left has been that they've only made 35 draft picks, right?

Despite being a regular non-playoff team, it's 26th in the NHL.

So that's a big part of the story.

But one thing I've still been critical of, even accounting for that context, has been

The prioritization of traits and positional value ahead of drafting good hockey players, Klimovic over Stankoven, Yermo over Sortov, Belander over Benson.

Is Malhotra over Stenberg the same mistake?

Politically.

Okay.

One, McKenna.

Two, Reid.

Three, Canucks take Malhotra.

Four, the Chicago Blackhawks step up and pick Stenberg.

What's the conversation going to be like in December in Vancouver when Stenberg has 25 points in his first 35 games playing on Conor Bedard's wing?

You mentioned the Ruck Twins from a Soyuz British Columbia.

They are Canucks fans.

The Canucks also are managed by now co-presidents who happen to be identical twins that played their entire hockey careers together.

Should the Canucks be the team that goes for the, you know, the twins double tap in this draft class, Scott?

Scott, one last one, and we only got a few minutes here.

And so it's a big question, but I'm going to ask you to be concise.