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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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I know. I know. Have we considered calling Gary Bettman to be like, hey, we have a mailbag tomorrow. Can we do the mailbag on Friday? Can you pause the draft for a minute? Can you pause the draft for 25 minutes while we do mailbag Friday? We know how long those Zooms take. Can you just do an extra long one when I think Columbus is up? Yeah. We'll do the mailbag during then.
No, I was going to say we're only one sleep away from the draft. But then somebody... I said something about we're only a few sleeps away the other day. And somebody called me a boomer on the text inbox. So I'm like...
saying you're you're a couple sleeps away sounds very boomer okay i'm like all right i can't say that anymore what can we say you get you call so what am i taking a nap on friday like maybe i'm a couple of sleeps away maybe you're just an unk then you know you're washed yeah that's what happens nowadays you say anything wrong you're called a boomer you're called an unk it's it's tough man you get into your 40s and people just start cutting you down no matter what you say
To be fair, did you not do that when you were 20? Yes, very much so. Very much so. Getting older. All right, let's get to the open, which is brought to you by FiberTech. 18 years old getting drafted tomorrow. Oh, my God. So excited. Yeah, I can't wait for tomorrow. And the open is brought to you by FiberTech, your exclusive dealer of house or roll luxury plumbing fixtures.
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Chapter 2: What insights does Ryan Johnson share about the upcoming draft?
So this is, you know, third public posturing for Ryan Johnson. And this was the most guarded one that we've seen.
It was. It was guarded. But at the same time, the thing that stands out to me again is the fact that he didn't shut the door and he didn't make the declaration of, well, we value these guys so much. We're not looking to trade these guys. He's a big part of our leadership group. Like he mentioned the value of having good veterans.
And I think he's right when saying you have to be somewhat patient, too.
and you know you can't be moving all your guys at the same time that there's a sequencing to how these things go and as people mentioning as San Jose lost 10 nothing long go look at them now you know trade Ronic while you can do it that's mad in Vancouver and others mentioning the same thing and I'm not saying that they're against doing it I think again they're very much open to these sort of things now are they aggressive enough I
I think that comes down to how you view things and what you want to see and perhaps what else you want to hear from the front office. But let's see what happens there over the next few days. Is there anything else you wanted to cover on what... What he had to say, RJ?
Not really.
That's essentially it.
I didn't think he said a whole lot today.
No, like even on the draft pick stuff. And, you know, I just took what I took from what he said is that he's talking to 31 teams. He's open on every single player. And at the same time, he was guarded enough not to reveal his hand specifically on any one player. And he didn't also lock himself into a corner by saying, I'm not moving this guy or this guy's this important to us.
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Chapter 3: How do veterans impact the Canucks' draft strategy?
You can see why he'll get overlooked. Yes.
For the size reason. But... As far as like functionality of knowing where to be, having a certain level of compete, because you can't have the size issue and not have like that dog in you to like, hey, I'm going to fight for the puck and I'm going to be in the spot. There's enough of that in his game to offset the size. Now, could he get stronger? Of course. But you see like he knows where to go.
He knows where to be. He knows how to be an impediment to other players. Yeah. Is he the cleanest offensive player? No, but he moves well enough. But to me, it looks like there's like a lot of offensive upside to Ryan Lynn's game. And when we talk about like Dax Rudolph versus Ryan Lynn, to me, it's just like a size question. Yeah. I think people get enamored with the profile, the size profile.
I get it. Like, again, we're talking about Ryan Lynn at 5'11". And Dax Rudolph is what? 6'3", 6'4"?
Mm-hmm.
So it's an easy look to say, hey, I want the 200-pound guy versus the 175 guy. But for me, I just don't understand. It's like if you're looking for the next Lane Hudson, he doesn't move like Lane Hudson. But if you want the overlooked undersized D-man, this is the guy.
Yeah, no, I get that. And there's a lot of reasons to like him. I think people know by now who I love in this draft. Carson Carls. That's my guy. That's my son. I love Carson. He's number one on my list in that sense. And I wouldn't take him first or second overall. Again, don't confuse this with ranking him first. It's just the guy that I really like.
And I just love Carson Carls because of the physicality he brings and the fact that he's a total package. And I think he's one of those guys, too, that's wired the right way. And I think those things matter in a big way. I just see Carson Carls, no matter where he lands, is going to be a top-pairing D-man. And he's going to bring a bit of everything across the board.
And I just love having a player like that, especially a Canadian kid, a Western Canadian kid that is going to leave it all on the ice every single shift. I just love guys like that. Imagine us tomorrow.
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Chapter 4: What are the implications of trading veteran players for the Canucks?
Okay. Who is it? Morozov. Is it? Yeah. All right.
I just, for all the defensive reasons. Mm-hmm. I have the same concerns of like, is there enough offensive upside? I don't know if the raw production will be there, but I feel like there's enough flashes. You can say, I think somebody can draw or give him the opportunity to draw a little bit more offensive flair out of his game. But like the defensive floor is so high.
Yeah. Yeah. I'm 100% with you. I have Morozov in my boy category.
I should have played this better because I feel like you're going to steal the next guy.
I got Vigo as my son, too. Oh, right. Like, Carl's and Vigo, and I have one more guy, but Carl's and Vigo are like, I just love watching Vigo Bjorkman. And, I mean, I don't think the Canucks take him at three, but it would be hilarious and so delightful if they did. Okay, I'm into the boy category now. All right. Wyatt Cullen. Okay. I have him, too, in my boy category.
Is this going to be one where it's like, we overthink this? Like, the draft community, or the...
The draft board gets overlooked? He is, to me, and again, not the exact same player, but he is the Matt Boldy of this draft. I was going to say Caulfield. So, same draft. Same draft. This guy that, you know, is probably not going in the top 10, but is going to be a star and he's going to go in the teens.
Like, those two guys in particular, because it was 12 and 16 for Caulfield, or 15?
I think, yeah, something like that.
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