Thomas Drance

You make space for Pronger.

It's the laughter, right?

Like he was obviously a...

apex level sort of predatory defensive defenseman, physical player.

But like that, that video, every having worked with him in Florida, knowing him well, that photo of him smashing Justin Bieber against the boards in a celebrity game where he's like laughing so hard as he just smashes this guy.

Everything I've heard about him is that, that it was often done with a laugh like tongue in cheek.

And then it was also, you know, vicious physical play.

Yannick, I mean, you've been in this market now for years,

Almost 20 years.

I mean, 15 plus years since you first got called up and obviously you've made Vancouver your home.

it like I think there's an argument to be made that this is the worst Canucks season of all time even worse than some of those expansion teams in the 70s based on regulation wins a variety of other factors but how do you sort of stack it up with some of those lean years that this franchise had in 2017 2018 is this the worst Canucks season you've ever seen since you moved out here

This week is always a tough one for teams at the bottom of the standings, especially in a Canadian market where speculation is going to rage about management, about the coach, about the future of various Canucks players, and obviously hockey operations leadership, both behind the bench and in the executive suite.

Yannick, you've...

You obviously were very consistent all season that you thought it would be counterproductive for the team to change coaches in mid-race.

But what would your reaction be if Jim Rutherford meets the press Monday of next week and there are no changes after this season?

So fair to say, based off of your interactions with him as a teammate, you're not particularly surprised that he's taken so well to coaching.

You know, it's funny, just watching those teams, I had the same reaction about the Alain Vigneault firing and the Torts firing Yannick.

He was like, wow, Grant said something self-aware.

It must be a cold day in hell.

No.