Canucks Central
Mailbag Thursday: Darnell Nurse, Leaving Games Early and Requesting Trades
11 Jun 2026
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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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What do the people have for us this week? We will start with this one just in an East Van. What kind of draft capital can the Canucks obtain in a Darnell Nurse trade?
I don't think much. Because I don't think, number one, he would want to come to Vancouver.
Yeah. Again, I would do it if you were getting a big reward. Yeah, of course. But... You need the prerequisite of him signing off on coming to Vancouver. And if you want to change the scenery, is the change of scenery just get out of Alberta to go to BC? Or is the change of scenery like, hey, I still want to be competitive. I'm still going to make a lot of sheets here.
Or is it going to be a right situation? I'm also very skeptical. Teams are lining up here.
Yeah, I don't disagree. At the same time, is his value as depressed as we assume? Because none of us are really high on him, right? I look at it and say the only way I touch that contract if I'm another team is if you're giving me something for it. But he's played 21 minutes a game last year. He's been averaging 22 and a half minutes per game his entire career.
Production-wise, it was a down year for him, 24 points, but generally a guy in the 30 to 40 point range every year. He can play on the power play, has scored 16 goals in a season, scores double digits quite often. Is there somebody that looks at that and says, we'll take that on for next to nothing?
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Chapter 2: What are the implications of acquiring Darnell Nurse?
Yeah, again, I would still value layering the long-term draft pick capital. Okay, maybe you can't get a second and third this year. We talk frequently about, hey, is this the draft you want a lot of picks in? Can you get a future second and a third? Do you play this out to 2028? If you don't care about the timeline...
try to be in a spot where like the assets are continually like Ferris wheeling in.
Yeah, absolutely. I love sequencing it because I mean, Canucks have 10 picks this year and you can certainly add more high picks if you get them. I'm not saying you don't, but I'd love the idea of having more picks in the future years to your point, be able to layer those draft picks. But yeah, I don't know if you're actually getting a second and a third from Ottawa.
I think you can get that value potentially in a trade, but it would be involved prospects. And we mentioned yesterday on the show, if you can check it out on the podcast, we actually mentioned some names of players that they have that fit that mold as B prospects. So probably along those lines would be more realistic with Ottawa.
Next one comes from Lorenzo. How much salary is off the books now that Alvin got hired by Seattle? Was his salary holding up some of the hirings in the front office? I don't think he had a high-end salary across the league. Can you read the question again? I just want to be clear. For Alvin's salary. Yeah. Okay.
How was his salary, whatever he was getting paid, was that holding up what the Canucks are trying to do in hiring other pieces of their current front office?
It's impossible to say. Listen, I do think the Canucks are not spending tons of money in that sense. We know how some teams spend droves of money on certain things. I don't think the Canucks are at that spot. But I'm also not completely sold that they're waiting for Alvin to get a job before loosening the purse strings up. I don't know if that's actually what's going on.
And Alvin's getting hired. He's not getting the full salary he got with the Canucks. He's not getting a GM salary. He's getting a GM salary. So that's saving you some money. But I don't think that's the actual holdup. I don't think it's them waiting for other guys to clear before they pay guys and whatnot. I don't think that's exactly what's going on. I just think that they're...
Listen, I am hopeful that they do spend more money on the front office. I hope they do certain things, but I'm not sure that we should expect them, regardless of what happens, that they're going to go out there and have a six-man front office with AGMs.
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Chapter 3: How does Darnell Nurse's contract affect his trade value?
Well, the funny thing is the Spurs had done such a good job with blocking out and playing defense and doing all those little details. And then your watch just... You're caught just watching the ball. My watch has ended.
My watch has ended. Honestly, no, the watch had just begun because we're all ball watching. And OG was like, I... And I got work to do.
And it was a reverse that happened just like a few moments before that when Josh Hart didn't box out Castle, who went and got the rebound and got fouled and hit the two free throws that got them back into the lead. So it was like they made the mistake by ball watching and then the Spurs made the same mistake by ball watching. But it's also an incredible play by OG and also a bit lucky.
What an athletic play. Athletic play. And it's also some good fortune because he's just trying to get a hand on it, right? And it ends up going in. But man, just unreal scenes in New York last night.
I love the Larry David reaction on the Josh Hart miss. Oh, my goodness, man. He almost died. I was worried for his health, man. He was going through it. Next one. Sorry. Next one from Woodrow, the eligible bachelor. Have you ever left the game early only to be shocked when you saw the final score? No, I'd never do that. I've never left a game. I've only left one game early.
It was a Diamondbacks-Dodgers game in Arizona. And the reason we left early is because at the start of the game, there was a two-hour delay because there was bees behind home plate, like a bee's nest. And so they had to call someone in to remove it. And then by the day, it was like 10, like normal game time when we left. Dodgers were up. And then the Diamondbacks came back.
They won on a walk-off home run. And you missed it? We missed that. Oh, okay. That's tough. That's tough. I think maybe as a kid once, at a Canucks game, there was a late comeback. I can't remember which game. A comeback by the away team?
I've left slightly early before, but generally, I don't like leaving. What I will do sometimes if I'm at an event, depending on where you're sitting, and it's like, okay, let's beat the exit. We did that at one of the UFC fights, remember? Right before, as they're about to...
make the decision with like, let's just book it up and we'll see the decision on the screen and then we'll get out of the building. I've done that where I'm like strategically trying to get out of the crowd quicker, but it's literally like for seconds towards the end. I don't really like leaving sporting events too early.
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Chapter 4: Can the Canucks secure draft picks in trades?
But yeah, I'd say Jamie, he's a lawyer, maybe him. He's just getting transferred to law. No, he's just traded to law. He starts negotiating his deals. I got to create leverage. I can see that with Jamie.
Jamie Dodd's available? He's on the market? Is 650 going to send us something? Are they going to attach? How many draft picks to move Jamie Dodd? We'll take on Jamie if you're sending us Fast Eddie as well. Yeah. We need something out of this. Basketball Phil, what are Josh's cat's name? Oh yeah, what are your cats? Sushi and Miso. Sushi and Miso?
So when we got Sushi, his name was Sushi, and we were like, oh, that's a cool name. And then when we got Miso, he's like the color of miso soup, and we were like, oh, it fits. There you go. They're both the worst. They're both the worst, so you're not happy with them? No, I like them. When are you getting wasabi? We've got to find a green cat. And then we can. Or just a spicy cat. True.
These ones already are. It's fine. Next one. If Nurse was to okay a trade to Vancouver, who says no if the Canucks offer Thatcher Demko for Darnell Nurse? Who says no? Who says no? Well, also, Thatcher Demko asked to say yes to go to Edmonton.
Yeah, probably him. No, I mean, would he go there to try to win?
Yeah, if you're Thatcher Demko, what a great opportunity.
Yeah. I think... Does that make sense for the Canucks? I mean, so what's an easier asset to trade in a year? Darnell Nurse's contract or Thatcher Demko? I think Nurse.
Oh, I was going to say Demko. Like, again, pending health. Yeah. I'm just kind of assuming that Demko isn't going to be healthy. Yeah. I'm also making an assumption that this team is going to be bad, and I don't know if this environment is going to be good for Darnell Nurse. Yeah.
Yeah. Well, I mean, yeah. I don't know if Nurse is the guy I make that deal for because like moving Nurse. Yeah, I guess retaining half the salary on Nurse probably gets you a better asset than trading Demko.
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Chapter 5: What are the pros and cons of leaving games early?
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We have some news from the National Hockey League. The Hart Trophy has been handed out. Yeah. And it is... Nikita Kucherov.
And how close was this vote? Razor thin. He got 72 first place votes. Connor McDavid got 68, the way the point system works out. 1,436 points for Nikita Kucherov, 1,426 for Connor McDavid. That is razor thin. Mm-hmm. So, congratulations to Nikita Kucherov. That goes Kucherov, McDavid, McKinnon, Celebrini, and Nick Suzuki. But it is very, very tight there between Kucherov and McDavid.
Yeah, that is very tight. I mean, I'm a big fan of Kucherov, so much so that I'm trying to trade him from Tampa.
oh yeah no but he had a tremendous season the playoffs last couple years haven't really gone his way like for Tampa in general regular season award regular 100% I'm just saying so I mean that that's one thing that kind of takes the wind out of his sail a little bit but he had a magnificent season
Yeah, it was unreal. I think you had four awesome candidates this year. Now, if San Jose got in, you could convince me very easily about Macklin Celebrini being the Hart Trophy winner. But again, we're talking about a difference of eight points between McDavid winning the Art Ross and Kucherov, who played less games.
Is there an element of like McDavid should get it every year and like something sensational needs to happen for someone to unseat him?
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Chapter 6: Who is most likely to request a trade from the Canucks?
You know? He might be like the Elias Pettersson. The DPD? Yeah. DPD had a rough year. I don't think Jamie had a rough year. He's...
physical presence right like if you want to talk about that that dog in them i might say jamie's philip ronick just steady steady little little bit of snarl people want to name him captain but we're like i don't know can we just wait a year i don't think he wants it either you know he doesn't want to talk to media yeah
Oh, man. He's a Zach Cassian, is what somebody texted in. No, I don't know. I don't buy that one. He's way too clean for that. Yeah. And I mean that in a good way. No criticism. Yeah. None.
650, 650. Jeff and Maple Ridge. In my lifetime, I'm going to experience the Olympics and World Cup in my home city. Incredible. Haters going to hate. Love live sports and major sporting events coming in. Yeah, for sure.
Yeah, I mean, listen, I love soccer. I love the World Cup, so I'm excited by it. I can't wait for the match tomorrow. I enjoyed watching the Mexico match today. I'm excited for the match tonight, Korea playing Czechia. It's not the most exciting matchup for the casual fan, but nonetheless, I don't know, man.
It's the World Cup. I love soccer. It happens every four years. I'm a casual soccer fan, and I am fully enthralled.
Lino is the professional soccer player in our midst.
Am I?
Yeah. Well, you probably play it at a higher level than we did.
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Chapter 7: What factors influence a player's decision to request a trade?
Good. Then you're on my side. Defend me.
Nah.
I'll let you fight the stupid fights.
One thing you should learn about Arash is that he's very stubborn. Who amongst us? There's just no point in shaking him with this FIFA thought. And to be honest, anytime it's been brought up on our show, there's been a lot of people on his side.
More on mine.
It's a mixed bag.
A lot of hockey fans don't like soccer, but a lot of hockey fans are also soccer fans. And one thing we get a lot, just anecdotally, when we have conversations outside of hockey, if we talk basketball and soccer, we get some responses, but a lot of times like, oh, I don't care about basketball. I don't care about soccer. Talk hockey or whatever it is.
Like football is the one that generally people are cool with, if you're talking NFL or CFL even. But soccer is the one you get a lot of pushback from. But I just think that's kind of like the hockey fan. A lot of them just don't like soccer. That's kind of how I view it, which is funny because if you go to Europe, like in Sweden, people love soccer and hockey.
Like in the summers, you play soccer and the winters you play hockey. And that's kind of what you did. You split half the year playing soccer, half the year playing hockey. So everybody was like a big fan of both sports. It hasn't been as much here. Now it's growing, I think.
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