Chapter 1: What led to the Vancouver Canucks firing Adam Foote?
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Chapter 2: Why is Bruce Cassidy's coaching future in Vegas uncertain?
We will... Preview and talk about that a little bit later on. Also, Montreal, Carolina, that we'll get started on Thursday. We will have a thought line here today. Elliot Friedman, Dom Schrammati, Kyle Bukowsk is with you. But we'll begin with a bit of news off the hop.
Elliot says on Tuesday out in Vancouver, less than a week after being hired as general manager, Brian Johnson's already made his first set of changes. Adam Foote is out as head coach after one season off. along with assistants Scott Young, Kevin Dean, and Brett McLean.
I know you have been a believer that if you fire a coach after one season, it is an organizational misstep, and I'm completely with you on that. But they just get the sense with how tumultuous not only this year, but the last two years have been in Vancouver.
There is a real sense with a new regime for a fresh start, and making changes to the coaching staff seems to be a part of the desire to get that fresh start.
I think that's exactly what it is, Kyle. I would also suspect too, if you really think about it,
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Chapter 3: What changes are happening with the New Jersey Devils' coaching staff?
the Sedins and Ryan Johnson were officially introduced at the end of last week. And for Adam foot to be fired on the first working day or first business day after Victoria day, don't you think Kyle, they'd pretty much made the decision and for, and we're waiting to tell foot first, like am I way off base to think that.
And didn't you get this and kind of some of the things that Henrik said, but didn't say in our interview with him, um, that, you know, something was going to be coming this week or would hear more this week of kind of what the plans were. It certainly gave you pause to think about that as well there.
Yeah, so I think this was a decision that was made as they took the job. They probably had a good idea.
Chapter 4: What is the latest on Boone Jenner's contract situation with Columbus?
If not, they'd already decided to do it. And yes, you know how I feel about firing a coach after one season. But Kyle, clearly it's we're starting over.
Chapter 5: How are the Conference Finals matchups shaping up in the Stanley Cup Playoffs?
The ownership has accepted a rebuild. And honestly, of all the things that Henrik Sedin said on our podcast, the thing that surprised the most people who know the Aquilini family is that the Sedins had the juice where other people haven't had over the year to say, look. It's either a rebuild or this is not for us. And the answer was, it's a rebuild.
Of all the things Henrik said, that is the thing that resonated most with people who know the Canucks. Anyway... I would have thought it was the grouse grind line. People laughed and they said, that's Henrik. They said if he would have said anything other than that, they would have been shocked. But... It's a fresh start. They're starting over.
This is more about this is a new era, a new day, as opposed to anything else. Now, I was on with Sadshaw and Biknazar on Tuesday night, and we were talking about the decision. And I don't know about you, Kyle, but it sure looks to me like this isn't much of a search beyond... Manny Malhotra. And I think a lot of people will be surprised if it isn't Manny Malhotra.
First of all, Ryan Johnson and his availability said, we've got to sit down and talk to him and see how he feels. And number two, the thing that really interested me, Kyle, is that I've heard like in the scouting community out there, they believe there's a real legit chance that the Canucks take Caleb Malhotra at three. Who knows? There's six weeks between now and the draft.
Lots of things can happen. But talking six weeks out today, if you were to tell people in the amateur scouting community that Caleb Malhotra is going to the Vancouver Canucks, they would believe you without a question. That said... Ryan Johnson was asked about that, and his answer wasn't, well, we'll have to sit down and talk to Manny and see how he feels about that.
It was, I'm not concerned about it, and we're going to pick the best coach. If you're really concerned that that's going to be a problem, that is not going to be your answer. And so they're going to sit down with them. They're going to talk to them.
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Chapter 6: What questions do listeners have about coaching decisions in the NHL?
And the final thing, Kyle, is that we talked about on the last pod about familiarity. Ultimately, I think Ryan Johnson beat out Evan Gold as the decedent's choice because they know him. They know him. They've worked with him. They helped all combine to win a Calder Cup championship a year ago. They know Vancouver's prospect base together. They know the organization together.
Chapter 7: What insights do the hosts share about player contracts and management?
Who else is part of that group that won a Calder Cup championship, knows the prospects, knows some of the kids who graduated to the NHL already, and knows what they have? And is someone the Sedins have spoken glowingly about? They basically called him a player coach when he played.
And there were times the coaches didn't even have to go into the room on a team that was one of the NHL's best in the early 2010s because whatever they needed to say, Malhotra had already said it. Kyle, if he is not the coach of this team, I'm going to be very surprised.
Further to that, Ian McIntyre wrote a piece that's up on Sportsnet.ca right now off of Tuesday's news. Here was his lead. When Ryan Johnson needed to hire a minor league coach for the Vancouver Canucks two years ago, he described his search process this way. Quote, there was a bunch of names on one list, and then there was one name on my main list, and that was Manny. End quote.
Chapter 8: What final thoughts do the hosts have on the playoff series ahead?
That about says it all right there. There's more to the piece that Ian wrote, but he could have ended it right there.
Please give us the clicks. Ian and the website sportsnet.ca needs the clicks. I don't want Kyle getting an editor's note from Rory Boylan saying, thanks a lot, Kyle. Now no one is going to read this piece.
Yes, it gets better from there. Let me let me assure you, that's just that's just the appetizer.
That is just the tantalizing tuna tartare of the entire dinner. The entree is still to come. So I think everybody is on the same page here and they don't have enough of a resume, this regime, the Sedins and Rian Johnson regime. to really have us prepare for what they're going to do. But one thing we are learning early is that familiarity matters.
And they're not just picking people because they know them. They're picking good people over other candidates because they know them. I don't think anybody is saying that Rian Johnson is a bad hire, but I think we are saying that what edged Rian Johnson over Evan Gold was their familiarity with a good candidate.
And I think, Kyle, their familiarity with another good candidate is the reason that most of us are betting on Manny Malhotra to be the guy. We'll see how it goes, but I think we're all kind of expecting this to go in that direction. We'll be shocked if it doesn't. Shocked. Not appalled, but shocked.
Yeah, and Johnson also mentioned on Tuesday that Cammy Granato, Emily Castonguay, they aren't going anywhere. They will continue in their roles within the organization going forward. And, you know, as you mentioned, Ali, I think it was about Vancouver in particular. You know, at the end of the season, there's a lot of uncertainty. Just don't leave people hanging.
And as Johnson said, you know, like everyone's scattered now. They've gone in different directions as the offseason has begun. And he said he just... We wanted to get this done now. So for those that wanted to seek opportunities elsewhere, they had sufficient time to do so.
Always the right way to do it.
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