Mailbag Thursday: Demko Bump, Rebuild Impatience and EPL Teams
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It starts at 3.30. Draft gets going just after 4. So we're previewing the draft quickly, getting into the draft. We don't have time to do a mailbag tomorrow. But we can't go through the whole week and not do Mailbag Friday. I feel like we gotta speedrun these now. Yeah. We have a... Yeah, we got to get through. We usually have mailbag overflow, so we're kind of cool and calm about it. We're like, yeah, we can be relaxed. You don't want to stay an extra half hour? It's mailbag express today.
You got to talk in 1.5 speed, Vic. You're used to it.
I listen in 1.5 speed. I don't talk in 1. Actually, I do talk fast. not yeah not that me trying to talk at 1.5 while listening at 1.5 oh that'd be challenging do you ever listen i guess we should you know i'm just going to start with questions actually well technically yours was a mailbag question something i know well it's not important though these ones are more important uh canucks truther with the manny bump and healthy thatcher demko are the canucks still a bottom five team next year
I still think they're going to be a bottom five team, but there is a pathway in today's NHL with how, especially like, I think being a contender is harder than ever. Being a borderline playoff team might be easier than ever, given the fact there are still 32 teams, but I think the bar is a bit lower. There is a world, of course, where things just pop together and they're closer to the playoff bar than the first overall pick bar. But if I'm looking at their roster still and looking at injuries are still inevitable to some degree, I still look at this as a bottom five team.
Yeah, I would say like 5% to 10% chance of them being one of those borderline playoff teams. All right, next one from Lorenzo. Would Quinn Hughes land you a top five pick had you kept him until now? Would that not be more preferable than what they got from the Minnesota Wild?
Yes, but would Quinn go to Chicago? He wanted to go east. Chicago is kind of east. It's more east than Minnesota. Is he going to a bad rebuilding team? He's just going to work his way one up the standings every year. To your point, I think from a location-wise, I think it would fit the category. But would the team fit the category?
Do we think Chicago would just do it and be like, hope it works? Even if he wasn't going to sign there?
I don't know if they make that trade without some assurances.
I mean, what assurances do they have right now?
Well, I mean, the reporting is that they've spoken to Byram's camp and he's open to signing a contract. You don't know for sure what the number is going to be, but they're open to signing him. But you'd rather have Hughes. Yes. Okay. In theory, if Chicago was a legit destination for Quinn, he would accept the trade. The fourth overall pick is a better asset than anything the Canucks got on the Quinn Hughes trade.
Yes.
Plus, they're giving you more. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it was a second round pick and you know, like the overall package, like the Canucks.
I care less about the rest. Sorry. I mean, like Chicago would have given you more than what Buffalo got. Yeah. You probably got a little extra acid or two on top of that. I think you have to get like a good prospect as well. Yeah.
You know, but it's one of those things, too, though, and this is kind of something that happens in the NFL, where the contracts of the quarterbacks, they set the bar, and the next quarterback, even if he's not as good as the previous one, gets paid more.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:10–4:42
2
What is the Manny and Demko bump and its implications for the Canucks?
4:42–5:54
3
Are the Canucks still a bottom five team next year?
5:54–8:30
4
What trade value does Quinn Hughes hold in the current market?
8:30–17:00
5
Will the Canucks make any trades before the NHL draft?
17:00–24:13
Speakers
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