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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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And as always, Woodley is a presentation of White Rock Hyundai. What's happening, Woodley? How you doing, man?
I'm doing good. I apologize for being a half hour late. I'm not going to blame the cell reception because I'm on the carrier that pays us all now. Things happen every once in a while. In fairness, I am in a somewhat remote spot right now. The downside, the upside is that Lena fixed it instantly and got me on a video call with Wi-Fi because she's a rock star. The downside is that
Does this mean people are actually looking at me? Because face for radio, boys, this is a problem.
No, we can see you. I'm not sure you can see us, but we can see you.
Yeah. I can see you. You guys are looking good as always.
Well, that's also a downside.
You got to see us.
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Chapter 2: What are the Canucks' new front office strategies?
Right. Like, so, um, it is confidence to, to, it is comp, it adds confidence to hear them say that, um, to sort of have that extra layer and be, and because when, when they say it, you believe it, right? Like there's a, there's a layer of honesty to these guys that, um, I do think we can take their word. It doesn't mean they're not going to be tested down the road.
If they have earlier than expected success, it doesn't mean they're going to have to try and force or persuade patients down the road. There are still other things that remain to be seen. We've seen so far a commitment financially to doing this the right way because that's the one thing. You can't stop spending money in a rebuild. Right.
And we've got the Canadians on right now and everybody's watching it and everybody's pointing to them as sort of maybe a model of this rebuild. Take a look at the staffing that they have. Go to their staffing pages. Look how deep it runs in the player development, skill development side, the stories.
that have come out of Montreal over the past four years, about the different types of people they've brought in as tools to give players tools to get better. Skills coaches, skating coaches, mindset coaches. Having young players means... bringing in the resources to make sure they develop properly. It's not just about going young and cheap and fast. You have to give them all the tools.
And I'm not saying it won't happen. I'm saying that's sort of the next test, the next wait and see how deep this commitment runs, to hear that ownership is committed to it in terms of patience is an important thing. And like I said, when the Sedins say it, you believe it. The next step is to see whether they're committed financially beyond just salary for the players themselves.
There's the element, too, of, again, they haven't been tested, to your point, but their demeanor strikes a serious contrast between the previous group's demeanor. And they haven't had been tested with any fires, but they feel like they're far better suited to handle the fires when they arrive of what this market can be.
And just the level of transparency, it seems that they want to operate with, not that they have to disclose everything perfectly, but I just think there's going to be just better handling of how to manage situations.
You mean they're not going to be having to put out fires that they started themselves like the previous regime did?
Precisely, yes.
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Chapter 3: How did the Sedins influence the Canucks' rebuild?
And one was, um,
the the winning goal in game three right off the rush against the grain backhand actually a hell of a play by thomas hurdle but um he gets himself ahead of it and it's hard to access you got to let that play move ahead of you so you're pushing into that lane as soon as you get ahead of it as a goalie it's tough to access that shot back against the grain and so you also don't expect it on the back end so
But at the end of the day, it goes down as a low danger goal. The only two he gave up. He finishes the playoffs right around expected, which is below what he did in the regular season. But to me, the bigger point is that this is a team that dominated during the regular season. They got great goaltending off a pretty high expected save percentage, off a pretty high sort of floor.
And the floor sunk in that round, right? Like Scott Wedgwood's expected save percentage in the regular season was 894%. His expected, say, percentage against the Vegas Golden Knights was 871. Okay, so the environment changed significantly. And you didn't build the team as good as Wedgwood was. And honestly, a few more games played, and I think he's in the Vesna conversation.
The numbers say he should have been anyways. That's how good he was. But, you know, he outperformed a really goalie-friendly environment.
environment crater to your point i i don't know how many people realize like that vegas took a little dip against colorado in terms of what they were creating five on five and slid like you know like point zero zero one below buffalo but up until then up until that last game actually they were number one in the stanley cup playoffs in high danger expected goals four five on five like they are creating dangerous chances they they may not get a lot of shots but
but they don't settle for low quality. They create quality. They're leading the playoffs. They're top four defensively and not giving it up. They have the highest discrepancy, like the highest, you know, positive differential in terms of expected goals for five on five high danger versus expected goals. Again, like they are winning this with how they're playing.
And since the end of the first round, and we talk about goaltending, their guy's been the best guy in the playoffs since the end of the first round.
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Chapter 4: What confidence do the Sedins bring to the current Canucks regime?
No quantity, but there was quality. And it's really tough to sit back there, especially as a goalie who's pretty active, moves a lot, that requires a little more timing. And when you don't have that sort of consistent,
quantity of shots to keep you engaged in the game and all sudden it's a it's a good look and now you've added pressure and the game is that like there was just a lot to that playoff series that went against Colorado and so could the goaltending have been better was it better during the regular season absolutely but there was a 23 point swing and expected save percentage um
the success you had playing a certain way, what changed was the way you played in this, like the environment, everything just changed. And, you know, at the end of the day, Vegas is full value that they did that to the abs. Maybe injuries were a factor. But, you know, even with those two back, I mean, even, even last night, that was like the, that was Vegas's best game of the series.
You expect them to maybe have a letdown. Not a chance. They wanted to close him out. That was so impressive. And like I said, Carter Hart was a little below expected in the first round. Had some moments that weren't great. Since then, he's quietly been the best goalie in the Stanley Cup playoffs by the numbers I have from ClearSide Analytics, second round and on.
Five goals saved above expected against Vegas alone.
So you mentioned as well the environment that Vegas creates. Now, historically, you've done, like, great work on, like, it's a slot line. It's the net front stuff that the teams take away. With the way they're built down the middle and the way William Carlson has helped defend and Eichel, we spent a lot of time talking about Eichel today as well. Is there, like, specific ones that they eliminate?
Because it feels like they don't give up a lot, but is there, like, in particular, like, one style of... high danger chance that they just are a cut above everyone else?
Well, it's actually going to be a little difficult to do on the fly without losing our Wi-Fi here. I'm just worried about overtaxing the Wi-Fi where I am by pulling up multiple things. This might make for bad radio. I test Wisebic. Everything's to the outside. Yeah. But they don't get pulled. They don't chase. They don't get pulled apart, and they don't open up seams.
Like how much, how much East West, how much slot line stuff did you see high, low anywhere? And the other part was like, look where their defenders are as much as they're collapsing. And there's a lot of talk about block shots and they did a ton of that. but they're in the right lanes. Like look where their defenders go.
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