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Chapter 1: What factors contributed to Manny Malhotra's promotion as head coach?
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We're doing well, and it is finally official.
Chapter 2: What challenges could arise if the Canucks draft Manny Malhotra's son?
Manny Malhotra, the next head coach of the Vancouver Canucks. Not a surprise, Yannick. I mean, we've talked about the possibility with you before, but it is a done deal now. What's your reaction to Manny taking over behind the bench?
Yeah, happy for him. I don't think it was, like, it was obviously the first choice, and outside of somebody coming in and blowing them away, he was the guy they were going with. And I think the only... I wouldn't even call it hesitation, but the only thing we've talked about is, like, what if they draft his kid? That's the only hiccup that could be in this. Otherwise, it should be Manny.
So, like, again, that's their guy. And then now they move forward. And now, again, now the next thing will be, like, what happens at the draft here? Because, again, it is still... tantalizing, interesting to see what happens there, whether or not they go that route or not.
Chapter 3: How does coaching in the AHL differ from the NHL?
And all of this could have been for nothing if they draft somebody else. But again, time will tell.
Yeah, it's going to be intriguing just to see how that rest of the draft plays out as well, what happens with the first two picks and then, of course, with the Canucks.
But, you know, RJ did mention something today where he said, we learned a lot about Manny when they won the Calder Cup, but last year, maybe even learned more about him as a head coach when everything went awry and they had emergency call-ups to the NHL and he wasn't really, you know, dealing with a full team or anywhere near a full team.
What can you learn from a coach when losing like that occurs?
Well, everybody looks good when you're winning, right? And everybody's patting everybody's back and then you're so good and so great and your communication is awesome and then you're great. But like when things go wrong, that's when you can kind of tell personalities, traits and all of those things. And again, we aren't privy to all of those things because we don't follow Abbotsford that close.
But apparently, again, you keep developing the players you get. And yeah, he would have gotten the same kind of response as Vancouver did because Vancouver took seven, eight of his players. And now he's grabbing seven or eight players from Benoit that aren't NHL standard or the players he had in the past. But can you develop these guys? Which is really all that matters at that level.
And if that's the case, then it's great.
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Chapter 4: What is Ryan Johnson's vision for the Canucks' organizational alignment?
There's never been any questions about his leadership, his communication, and his preparedness. So again, it's good to see both sides of the coin before you jump into bed, so to speak, because there will be tough times. It will not be smooth. Never say never, but they won't win the Stanley Cup next year. So that's where there's going to be tough times here.
How does he deal with that and those things? And again, you get a full year of them having a very hard year in Abbotsford.
What does a coach need to do to keep that buy-in and keep that culture consistent, even when, as you said, it could be very tough times for the team next year?
Yeah, you've got to get better every day. If you're not good today, you need to get better tomorrow for a year from now. So you get a lot of young guys. You know there is a much steeper curve in terms of how much better they can get than if you have a veteran team that you're trying to kind of get over this hump where most of them are probably already at their peak, some are past.
But you've got a bunch of 20-year-olds, 21, 22, 33-year-olds. Like, you know they're going to get better, stronger, faster. So you will have better days down the line.
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Chapter 5: What should Vancouver look for in building its coaching staff?
But, yeah, it's tough right now when you're in it.
When RJ was talking about Manny becoming the coach as well, there was a lot of conversation about structure and starting to teach that, enjoying the process and being a part of that process. We've talked a lot about habits, preparation with this team over the last couple of years, and unfortunately, not in a good way.
That message, we continue to see the alignment, whether it's Sedins, whether it's RJ, whether it's Manny. With Manny and you knowing him quite well, how important is the process to him?
Well, Manny shows up in phenomenal shape. When he showed up and he was the... At first, when he retired from hockey and he showed up again, he would be the guy who would skate the injured guys. And I was one of those guys at one point and he would do the skating drills with me.
So I would take my lap or whatever you call it, my turn, and then he would do it just as hard as he could and push himself to the point where he's leaking as well after a session. So that's Manny. He applies himself, and that's where you can hope that when these guys show up, and that's the beginning. You can talk about systems and how we want to play and all of these things. Show up prepared.
Be in shape.
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Chapter 6: How does Ryan Johnson plan to handle the captaincy decision?
and then show the commitment, the will and desire to work hard, and everything else will get sorted out as we go.
So it's an interesting situation for a new head coach to be coming into Yannick at the start of a rebuild. You know, we don't expect the team to push for a playoff spot next year, right? But within that context, and look, normally we judge coaches. How much did you win? How much did you lose? That's not going to be how we're judging Manny next year.
What does success look like for Manny Malhotra in year one as the Canucks head coach?
Do they compete? Does this team come out and they compete? They're understaffed and underskilled, but the will and the desire to win, is it there? Does he instill that in them? That's an easy one because we should see that from game one to game 82 that, yeah, we might lose because we don't have as much high-end skill and the players right at the peak or at the top.
But these guys, they compete and they battle. That's an easy one.
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Chapter 7: What are the latest updates on the NHL All-Star Game format?
The other one is you've got to start looking at all these younger players, the 22-year-olds, the 3Ds, these guys. How are they keeping developing? Are they getting better? Are they not just a fifth or fourth defenseman? No, they're a fourth or third now. And then again, what is she going to get out of the veterans? What is she going to get out of EP40?
What's she going to get out of a passer and a de Brusque? So it's a little bit more in terms of what can a coach pull out of individuals, maybe more so than the wins and loss column.
We have a part of the story.
Chapter 8: What insights did Kevin Woodley provide on the Stanley Cup Final?
Manny's the head coach, but the assistants, that's still an ongoing conversation. For a coach that hasn't coached at the NHL level as the main guy, how important is experience and having experience on that staff for Manny moving forward here?
I think Manny could pick just about anybody and he would get them on the right page. I'm not worried about the assistants who's running the power play, PKDs, whatever. Manny is is good at delegating, he will have a hand in everything and make sure everybody's on the same page. You got him in there now, which is the big one.
Let him find guys he's comfortable with, guys he wants that have the same philosophy that can relay his message without him having to tell them to do it kind of thing.
One of the things that both Ryan Johnson spoke, we haven't heard from Manny yet. Right. But Ryan Johnson talked about holding players accountable and we're going to set the standard and the players are going to tell us, OK, whether or not they're truly bought into this and the ones that aren't bought into it, we're going to try to move them out.
And obviously the coach has a role in that as well, whether it's reducing ice time, scratching guys, whatever the case is. From your experience, is it easier to have those kind of hard and fast rules and accountability in the AHL where there's a lot less media attention, players aren't making as much money? Is it easier to do that there than it is in the NHL?
Oh, for sure. It's almost impossible to do it in the NHL if you're trying to win. Your best players, you need them on the ice. Even if they're not doing exactly what you want, you'll live with with some of these things because hopefully there's more positives than negatives.
The thing about the Canucks season coming up here is that you can treat it in the same way as you treat an American League season. It's development. And if we lose two more games than we should have, it's no big deal. If it means that I can now not punish, but like hold guys accountable
No matter what they make, no matter if they're our leading scorer, if they don't back check, if they get out of lanes when they're supposed to be blocking shots, you sit them and you tell them this is why and it's everybody who's got to do this. And then you hope that they'll buy in and then it just filters out.
So I say you're a little bit easier this year in terms of holding guys accountable at the NHL level than you normally would. Because it's like I said, it's almost impossible to do because you need those guys in the lineup.
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