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Chapter 1: What motivated Richard Seeley to return to British Columbia?
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Chapter 2: How does Richard Seeley view his new role with the Vancouver Canucks?
A lot coming up here in the next hour of the program as well. But let's go to the Able Auctions hotline and welcome in our next guest. It is Richard Seeley, Vancouver Canucks AGM and the GM of the Abbotsford Canucks. Richard, thanks so much for joining us. First of all, congratulations on the gig in Vancouver. What's it been like as a BC boy coming back home, getting settled in?
What's this entire experience been like coming back home?
Well, first off, yeah, thanks for having me on and really excited to be back in British Columbia, back home. And yeah, incredibly honored, humbled, excited to be part of the Canucks and moving forward.
Well, I'm sure that the last little while has been a lot of friends and family, you know, trying to pick your brain and being excited about it.
Chapter 3: What insights does Richard Seeley share about working with the Sedins?
What's it been like this last little while getting situated and also obviously coming back home and people being excited for you?
Yeah, no, it's been fun. It's been interesting for sure. It's, it's a lot right now. You're coming in and, uh, you know, just getting set up. I'm glad the first week is out of the way, but I met a lot of great people. Uh, nice to get, uh, have some of those conversations of wherever everything stands and, Obviously had a few of those with RJ before coming here.
And it's been a great opportunity, honestly, to be able to connect with people that have helped me along the way or people that I want to say, you know, that I've helped along the way. It's been a pretty kind of authentic way to do that.
Chapter 4: How does emotional intelligence play a role in player development?
So that's been enjoyable as well. And yeah, a busy time around here. So it's exciting to get to hit the ground running.
Is that a necessary component, having that familiar nature of what this city and this province can be like? We use words like passionate or intense, or you can also say enthusiastic nature of their fandoms. Obviously with the Twins and RJ having a lot of skin in the game, being with the organization for so long.
Just that understanding the nature of what the uniqueness of this opportunity can be within the Vancouver Canucks.
Yeah, I think it helps. I think anytime you're going into a situation or an organization, having a little bit of familiarity with it, obviously it's, It's great history and culture and the meaning and how important it is to the city and the province.
Chapter 5: What strategies does Richard Seeley use to build relationships with players?
I think it's huge. I think that helps. It just helps you understand how the fan base is and what kind of impact it can have. And I know that from growing up in Powell River and being in British Columbia and being a Canucks fan, you know what kind of impact the team can have on the community and the province. So I think it only helps.
And obviously, something that's been talked about quite a bit here is character in terms of people that are joining the organization. And also, we've heard RJ and the Sedins speak very eloquently about what this organization means to the province. And for somebody like yourself, who's from British Columbia, you mentioned growing up being a Canucks fan.
What's it been like in the very early stages, working with RJ, working with the Sedins, and trying to get together here in terms of where you guys are moving and the things that you guys are aligned on?
Yeah, I think a lot of those conversations happen initially as we're kind of in the stage of learning about each other and the processes and where everything's at and their thoughts on building and where the organization's at.
Chapter 6: How does Richard Seeley plan to create a seamless transition for players from AHL to NHL?
Excitement starts to build, I think, speaking... You know, listening to RJ, you guys will see the same thing. You listen to RJ, you listen to Daniel and Henrik. Some of the things they talk about, the way they communicate, it draws you in, doesn't it? It makes you excited about what's going on. And I think that's part of how they are as people.
And that was one thing that really drew me to this and got me excited was just how they speak and how they view the organization and knowing there's a lot of work going in, but a lot of that battle is who you're doing that work with. I think it draws you in and creates a certain level of excitement, and it did for me, for sure.
Do you have personal philosophical pillars of leadership?
Chapter 7: What lessons did Richard Seeley learn from his time in LA that he applies now?
You've been in important roles. You've been a captain for teams as well. I'm just curious, your own personal tenets that maybe align with what they're talking about as well.
yeah i think you know honesty and integrity um i think it's important to show at the end of the day uh there's a lot of moving parts in organization but at the end of the day we're managing and dealing with humans and i think more and more of the hockey players and staff we deal with they they they need and want to know you care not just about what they're doing at work or on the ice about you know building a relationship a little bit what goes makes them tick and goes
goes on behind the scenes, maybe what's going on with their family. And I think that that connection is really key. But working with, you know, integrity and honesty and having a strong work ethic, I think is key.
You're going to be in a position where there's lots of fun conversations, whether it's a player being called up or there's lots of difficult conversations, whether a player is being traded or being demoted to work on their game in Abbotsford. I think when you You come from an area that the guys and the staff you're working with know you care about the organization.
Chapter 8: How does Richard Seeley perceive the challenges of rebuilding the Canucks?
I think those messages and those conversations are a little bit easier.
We talk so much about, obviously, analytics and the eye tests and quantifying things and trying to come up with different ways to evaluate players and help them develop. But how important is the emotional intelligence portion of what you do when working with players?
I think it's really important to be self-aware, you know what I mean, understanding my individual strengths and weaknesses. I think that that is key in understanding, and I think even in scouting and looking at the game, there's human biases that are involved, and that can kind of tie in some analytics where I'm a constant learner.
For me, I think being curious and learning, you know, you'll hear a lot of coaches talk about how, you know, they've learned from some of the best. Are they stolen a drill from somebody else or a system from there or a key quote? It's not so different in my position where you're always trying to learn.
And I think, you know, as analytics and some of the data being available and the evaluation of our games at different levels is, is important to take in. It's not the be all and end all, but it's definitely a portion of the decision making pie. And it's also, it helps my, you know, your, your eye when you're watching, when you're watching live, there's, there's human bias involved.
So I think it helps balance that out. And I think it's always good getting a different perspective.
How do you challenge yourself when it comes to the bias? Because that's such an easy thing to fall trap. And even myself, when looking at things like how do you check yourself on the bias?
Well, you know, sometimes you might get outliers where, you know, maybe you're looking at a player and you'll look at them and you read a few scouting reports, you'll watch a couple games yourself, and you might see certain things that human, like you might see a guy warm up or you know what I mean?
Maybe not finish a check and kind of human bias is something that aligns to you a little bit more. And you might, you know, you might be a little harder on that player. And then you might have a unique perspective where somebody is not necessarily looking at and, and maybe analyst says, say he's doing,
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