Ryan Johnson

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194 appearances 6 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 2 Jul

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Sekeres & Price Show · June 2, 2026: Malhotra's the Man-ny! RJ talks on coach and EP40 · 2 Jun 2026 podcast

I think maybe because you guys see that there's a connection between, you know, Daniel and Henrik and myself and Manny that, hey, you know, a bunch of just some buddies getting together to do, that's not the case here.

This is more of a mission.

something that we see an amazing opportunity to change a franchise, to build it the right way, to get it sustainable.

And I think just it'd be, was Manny looking for, and it was a matter of time, and he and I have discussed it over the last few years.

I felt when I bring in somebody, especially at the American League level,

It's on me a little bit to prepare them for their next opportunity, whether it's with us or with another team.

I take a lot of ownership in making sure that I put them in the next best place moving forward.

I really felt, and I didn't have to sell Manny on this, our discussions have led to this naturally, but I really feel this is an amazing opportunity for a coach that has the makeup and the

everything that I could want in a coach that's going to start the process into this rebuild and working with players and growing to where we want to go.

Well, I think it's, it's a great question and I'm going to answer it completely honestly.

Um,

in the initial discussion with Manny on this position is it was just very clear that each component and decisions and hirings or drafting, none would impact the other, uh, based on any certain type scenario.

And I mean that in the sense of, I had to be very honest and clear with Manny that, um,

I want him as the head coach of the Vancouver Canucks.

The Vancouver Canucks also sit in a position that his son is possible in where he sits and where the evaluating has gone on throughout the year with our group, that there is a possibility at what percent, I can't tell you, but that the Vancouver Canucks select Caleb.

I wanted to make sure that we weren't sitting there June 20th and Manny was in a spot where he said, hey, RJ, I really wish I would have known that was a scenario or I really wish there was just a little bit more clarity when we had the initial discussions that this might be a possibility.

So I wanted to make sure that he had time to talk with his wife and with his family, understanding that that

would be a possible scenario and that there was no hesitation on him moving forward and taking this position.

And I felt that was, I owed him that to have that conversation.

And in regards to the draft, as we're going through the process and obviously decisions still being made, we're at the combine here going through interviews.

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