Hansen, Pronger, and Playoff Pressure
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What are Jannik Hansen's thoughts on the Vancouver Canucks' current season?
Hey, what's up? Welcome to Canucks Talk on Sportsnet 650. Jamie Dodd, Thomas Drance here. Drance, of course, also covers the team for the Athletic. We are broadcasting live from the Kintex studio. Step strong with orthotics and footwear from Kintex 650. 650 is the Dunbar Lumber text line. And this hour of the show is presented by Waffle House Diner. Enjoy chicken and waffles. The Waffle House Special Classic Full Breakfast and more. Dine in or order on your favorite delivery app. Breakfast done right. What's going on, Drance?
Not much, buddy. I'm excited. This is the last Canucks home game. Correct. It is appropriately raining. Yes. This season is nearly over. It is fan appreciation night. Yes. And you know what? The fans should be deeply appreciated. This year, more than most, fans have really stuck with this team. I think the atmosphere at Rogers Arena has been... way more consistent than the team's form has deserved. I think the attendance numbers, like the amount of people in the building, like this has not been a grim season from a atmosphere at the building perspective. This has not been empty seats. This has not been the late 90s.
How does Chris Pronger evaluate Adam Foote during a rebuild?
This has not been the 1980s in Vancouver. This has been, you know, not as boisterous as the market often is when the team is worth watching and paying for. Yeah, of course not. But given the circumstances, man, like... If you ever, now, look, we're going through or the Canucks are going through season ticket renewals now. We'll see what this looks like in year two, year three of a rebuilding process. But I also think there's an argument that this is probably the darkest moment in the rebuild. Right. I mean, next year, at least you'll probably have Braden Coots on the roster. Like you'll begin to have hopefully have a top three pick on the roster. Hopefully have the number one overall pick. But 25 percent of that.
Yeah. But in any event, you're going to have like the fruits of the suffering are going to begin to work their way into the NHL. in the years to come, which should provide entertainment value, especially given, you know, what we know about the ceiling case for those types of players, right? In the depths, what I would call the depths of the rebuild, man, the amount that this fan base showed up to watch this team, I think should embolden this organization to do what's necessary. Like, it really seems like the fears about how painful rebuilding could be in this market were... I don't want to say lies, but that's probably fair, at the very least, haven't been realized to any significant extent this year.
And I think if the high pick this year is Key and Brinkoots, to a lesser degree, because if it was going to be another year of this, then I think concerns about attendance and fan engagement would be totally valid, and I'd be right there. And who knows? Again, we all know the odds, right, that there's a 55% chance that they're going to be picking third. But if they do pick first or even second, The excitement around that is going to build so quickly. And even third, if it's somebody who can step into the lineup next year and come right in, if it's Keaton Verhoff or whoever, or Reid or even Malhocher or something like that, but somebody who's there and present, the excitement around that player is going to build incredibly quickly as well.
Although it's very critical in my mind, especially because I'm still a Verhoff, should go third overall. Let's ask Chris Pronger. Pronger has some strong... Sorry, I don't know if you've done the bookkeeping.
Yeah, I was going to get into it, but so... So we a little bit of a different show today because we are going to speak to Chris Pronger in the 1230 segment. Ryan Clark from ESPN is going to join us at one.
What internal options are being considered for the Canucks' coaching staff?
And that means right now, a little earlier than normal, joining us on the Able Auctions hotline. He's brought to you by the Metro Ford. He is former Canuck Yannick Hanson. Yannick, thanks for doing this. Thanks for accommodating us and coming on a little earlier. How are you?
Just because you got a Hall of Famer coming, I get pushed?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are Jannik Hansen's thoughts on the Vancouver Canucks' current season?
0:28–1:39
2
How does Chris Pronger evaluate Adam Foote during a rebuild?
1:39–4:05
3
What internal options are being considered for the Canucks' coaching staff?
4:05–5:49
4
What team awards are being given out and who are the potential MVP candidates?
5:49–7:49
5
What pressure points exist for NHL playoff contenders this season?
7:49–10:32
6
How do underdog teams like the Canucks impact the playoff landscape?
10:32–12:53
7
What insights does Ryan Clark provide on NHL playoff matchups?
12:53–15:50
8
What are the implications of the Canucks' fan support this season?
15:50–1:10:29