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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Everyone's feeling it. Feeling great. Feeling great. I can't wait for the next match. We've got to wait all the way till Wednesday to watch Canada play again. But the great thing is there's like 50 matches between then and now. Between now and then. So we have a lot of soccer to watch. We're enjoying Scotland and Morocco. Brazil, Haiti later.
Yeah. I also like the inconsistent nature to the schedule that it hasn't been like 9 a.m. first match, 10 a.m. first match. You know, it's keeping me on my toes. Yeah. No, it's good.
Some days you have to go get some errands done. Yeah. It's like, so you know what? Today there was no match until noon. I'm like, great. I can get some stuff done. Woke up early and raced out of the house.
I was like, I got to get some things done here.
Get my stuff done and then I can get home and watch as much as possible before coming into work here today. And so enthralled by the World Cup, of course. Let's get to the open. Brought to you by FiberTech, your exclusive dealer of house of roll luxury plumbing fixtures. Visit their state-of-the-art showrooms and experience centers in Surrey, Vancouver, and Kootenai, or check out FiberTechBC.ca.
We'll get to the Canucks rumor roundup. We're going to do some of that now because the rumors are coming in fast and furious at this time of year in the offseason, with the draft being a week away. So we'll get to that coming up in a moment. But the big news in the National Hockey League today...
was the Toronto Maple Leafs acquiring Darren Radish, the breakout defenseman who had a massive season for the Tampa Bay Lightning, to an eight-year contract worth $8.5 million. And what they gave up to acquire, the pending UFA, who would have been a UFA in less than two weeks, was a fifth-round draft pick.
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Chapter 2: What are the current rumors surrounding the Vancouver Canucks?
Again, I think it's a big commitment to making an eight-year contract to a 30-year-old player.
external too so okay we can see how that goes but the other question too is is this about moving pieces around because you know there's been a lot of morgan riley rumors out there yeah is this radish in riley out or is this to bolster a defensive group that's probably needed a bit of juice to it well if you if you keep o'reilly and you keep mccabe and you keep
Carlo and Tanev. And now you have Radish. And Edmund Larson. I mean, on paper, you're like, well, that's, you know, those are six legitimate defensemen. You can't say the guy who's the worst is still number five at worst. Yeah. That's good. But I do think they're probably looking to move Riley out. And as much as Riley has struggled, like, who's the better overall defenseman, him or Radish?
Now, Radish has the better offensive pop on the power play. That's where the utility is higher. If you wanted the power play boost, that's where you're getting it.
Chapter 3: What recent acquisition did the Maple Leafs make and why is it significant?
This is probably the motivation behind it.
Yeah. in terms of overall value, it's not too dissimilar. I probably take Radish because of the power play ability over Morgan Riley, but it isn't this monumental upgrade necessarily. And the thing that it made me think about here is how good do we feel about the Canadian teams as a whole? Like, what is the future outlook? How do we power rank the future outlook of Canadian teams?
And I think this is very obvious, right? the Habs are number one. If we're power ranking all seven Canadian teams, the Habs are number one with a bullet. Don't even bother bringing up another team as the one that's number one in the power rankings.
And I would even say, like, if we did try to place these teams in the NHL-wide landscape, they would be in the ascending group of, okay, they're here to be consistently competitive, and you don't see a lot of roadblocks of why it might go wrong moving forward.
I think there's also some exciting teams here as we talk about the next six, but you kind of do the exercise of, hey, how sustainable and how long-term is this going to be?
Well, and this is where it's fascinating because the Habs are number one, and I think they're in their own tier. And I think there might be two tier drops. And because on paper, you look at the Sens, you're like, well, the Sens aren't that dissimilar. Yes. But the thing that's hanging over the organization is, does Brady want to stay there or not? And that's your captain.
They do have some things sorted out.
It's nice to have Sanderson all locked up. That's very strong to have. And so there's going to be a hit, but it's not... Losing Brady is a seismic thing, obviously, but if the Leafs lose Matthews, it's like, okay, there's a lot to be replaced here. Who's going to play number one center? At least with Sanderson, you've got two huge things sorted out.
Yeah, and to your point, even if you move Brady, you're probably not having this precipitous fall down the ranks because you still have so much else on your roster and you feel so good about it that... They might take a step back, but they'll still be a playoff team.
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Chapter 4: How does Darren Radish's contract impact the Maple Leafs' future?
Part of Ottawa is like a projection. Yes, they made the playoffs, and the last couple of years, but you're still waiting for them to take that step. The Oilers have taken the step. They might just be at an expiration date that they didn't anticipate, but at least they have gone to it. But to your point, it's all tenuous. It's... Okay, what does next year look like?
The Babcock thing pending, like, has to work right away because if it doesn't, if 97 starts looking sideways and saying, like, you know what? It was nice here for a while, but... It's not going to be long-term.
So, I mean, we put the Habs. Let's say Oilers sends two, three, however you want to go with it. Who comes in at number four, the Leafs or the Jets? I still say the Leafs with the high end. I still like their high end better than Winnipeg's high end. And I think the division, as much as, again, I know Farrows and others are texting in about the Panthers.
I still think the Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning are 1-2 in the division. The third team, whether it's Buffalo, Toronto, or Boston... But also the wild card's a bit different, too. Exactly. But the Central Division is such a gauntlet already. The Pacific Division, well, you know, we know that's a bit of a charade for the time being.
And who knows if Anaheim's going to take a step back or not based on how things have gone for them. But... I think the Jets to me are still the ones that I'm like, I'm not sure I feel great about where they're at and whether they actually have a chance of knocking on the door and being more than what they've shown.
But to me, those three teams still go above Vancouver and Calgary in terms of their current outlook. The future outlook is a bit different potentially. But I honestly, I might put Winnipeg 7th. Like as far as like future outlook. Is it because you don't believe that they'll do what they need to do?
Yeah, and look, this happens in sports. Teams just miss, right? Honest attempts, they get to conference finals, and you just miss and you deal with the ramifications of losing. But what feels stable right now in Winnipeg? Like, that's the bit I keep kind of looking at and saying, with all the American players kind of exercising some leverage...
we were kind of on like the beginning timeline of where Brady is to now with Connor Hellebuck.
Yeah.
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