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Caleb said that it would be pretty cool quote unquote to play for his dad in the National Hockey League a lot of really interesting quotes to come from the piece including how he said he felt the interview went well with the Vancouver Canucks they did indeed ask him

a series of questions about playing for his dad.

He made note of the fact that he has not played on a team that his dad has coached since he was 12 years old playing minor hockey right here in BC on a spring team.

And that was the last time that he actually remembers Manny coaching him.

Now, there's something interesting here that he very consciously said, and I'll read the quote.

This is me being Caleb Malhotra now.

I kind of separate dad and coach and I'll talk to dad, but I'll talk to coach a lot about a lot of different things in my game, whether it's about the team or just specific things in my game.

I call both my parents before every game and usually talk to dad more about the hockey side and what he thinks I need in the game, whether it's moving your feet, staying on the defensive side of pucks, making sure you're not cheating.

We talk about the penalty kill and face-offs a lot.

So there was that sort of compartmentalization where there's hockey coach Manny, and then there's dad Manny, which is a tough thing to do for a kid.

Because obviously those lines blur, especially when you're younger.

And maybe you don't have this either emotional maturity or just the regular maturity to understand that you need to do that.

Now, will it extrapolate and play out at the NHL level?

Remains to be seen.

But I thought it was interesting that there's already those defined roles because he's going to be asked a lot about that if he goes to the Canucks.

And I think, and I'd say more distressingly, if he gets fast-tracked into the NHL this year, which I really hope they don't do that.

Yes.

What happened to the best way to go fast is slow?

Yeah, that was a great line, and I hope that they adhere to that should they take him.

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