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Canucks Talk

The Whiteboard: Let RJ Cook

13 May 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

20.18 - 44.171 Jamie Dodd

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44.191 - 48.376 Jamie Dodd

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Chapter 2: What are the latest developments in the Vancouver Canucks front office?

48.936 - 59.547 Jamie Dodd

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65.973 - 67.855 Thomas Drance

All right, now, fellas, hey, let's focus up, huh?

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68.122 - 87.97 Jamie Dodd

It is your daily deep dive into what's up with the Canucks for today, May 13th. And the headline is, we don't have any official news still yet, but it sounds like we have a very good idea now of what the Canucks front office is going to look like after this search concludes or after the announcement is made official.

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88.523 - 108.945 Jamie Dodd

based on reporting from Elliott Friedman yesterday, Ryan Johnson is going to be the general manager. And again, according to Elliott Friedman, it sounds like, and this is not official, so we'll have to see eventually what happens here, what unfolds, sounds like Henrik and Daniel Sedin will come in above Ryan Johnson in the hierarchy. Now,

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110.343 - 120.259 Jamie Dodd

It's interesting because the way Friedman framed this yesterday, it was he had assumed it was going to be like the Sundin-Chaika dynamic, right, where Chaika has the final say and Sundin is there an advisor.

Chapter 3: How will the Sedin twins influence Ryan Johnson's role?

120.42 - 137.127 Jamie Dodd

And he said it doesn't sound like that's going to be the case. I still do have questions about exactly where the authority is going to lie, the reporting structure, all of that, because it is still possible for the Sundins to be co-presidents of hockey operations, right?

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137.427 - 150.988 Jamie Dodd

but for Ryan Johnson to be the one primarily responsible for making hockey decisions and charting the direction of the franchise. And that would be... That's still what I expect, by the way. That wouldn't be the Chaika Sundin dynamic, but it would be, as we talked about yesterday, the Keith Jones-Daniel Breer dynamic.

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151.008 - 165.831 Thomas Drance

That's still what I'm expecting. But, you know, this is what I was reporting on Monday, right? Was that this was still a moving target, that the sides were still discussing it, and that it could go, as far as the Sedins being presidents, it could be more like an advisor setup. Like, what I'd heard on Monday, and it was really the only...

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166.537 - 183.752 Thomas Drance

good bit of intel I had this week as the cone of silence descended for everyone but Elliot Friedman credit to him was that the twins role was still being discussed internally right and so it seems like they've landed in a more expanded spot

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Chapter 4: What is the expected authority structure within the Canucks organization?

184.306 - 199.036 Thomas Drance

the twins clearly willing to spend even more time, right? Commit even more significantly to this organization, which, by the way, is a huge part of this, right? I don't know if we've dwelled on that enough, right? Like, these are guys with more money than God, great lives.

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199.096 - 201.1 Jamie Dodd

They're taking on a real...

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201.08 - 227.61 Jamie Dodd

a like a lot of responsibility a lot of responsibility yeah and and and it's risky and it's significant and it's a huge time suck especially when you consider they were already working for the organization in a full-time capacity doing something they were really good at and appear to enjoy yeah and you know it's not even like well i wanted i really wanted to get back into hockey they were in hockey they were helping the team they played in their entire careers with

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227.59 - 234.618 Jamie Dodd

in a way that really suited them, and now they're choosing to take this on. Like, that's a big deal. To step up to the plate to this degree is really significant.

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235.198 - 240.384 Thomas Drance

These are guys with huge amounts of pride in this organization and what this organization can be.

Chapter 5: What challenges does the Canucks organization face in rebuilding?

240.424 - 266.404 Thomas Drance

They're believers. Like, they believe in the Canucks as an entity, as an institution. And good, because I think so do we. So do our listeners. But sometimes it feels like the organization doesn't. To be totally honest with you, sometimes it feels like the organization's ambition for itself does not match the aspirations for it from its fans and from the marketplace.

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266.544 - 283.757 Thomas Drance

And so my gut would be the Twins... are such, like, holistically complete people with such a unique sense of self-awareness. You know, I mean, they were basically offered this job. Friedman noted this, but, I mean, this is well reported from back in 2021.

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Chapter 6: How do the Sedins' commitments impact their new roles?

284.438 - 302.002 Thomas Drance

They were basically offered this job in 2021 and said, eh, we're not really ready. Like, that speaks to something really telling about the character of an individual and their own self-assessment and their own sort of rigorous process in terms of like, what am I ready for? What will make me happy? What do I want? Right.

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302.363 - 320.202 Thomas Drance

And this is something that I think is true to who they've been as people, you know, from their charitable contributions, the way they are as family men, the way they are as teammates that never had a bad day thing, how committed they've remained to fitness, right? Like these are complete, fully developed people. I'm so serious. It matters.

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Chapter 7: What lessons can be learned from the Sedins' previous career decisions?

320.582 - 327.165 Thomas Drance

It does. It's impressive. I'm not a fully developed, complete person. You're probably closer. Yeah, you love junk food.

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327.185 - 328.166 Jamie Dodd

I really do.

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328.247 - 334.898 Thomas Drance

Yeah, there's no way the Sedins would ever eat as much McDonald's as you do. I eat very healthy at home. Right. Yeah.

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Chapter 8: How can the Canucks maximize their rebuilding strategy?

334.919 - 337.864 Thomas Drance

Fair enough. So your lunch is your cheat meal. Yes, yes.

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337.884 - 354.356 Jamie Dodd

But you don't have a cheat day. You have a cheat meal. No, that's not true. I ate leftovers today. Delicious, healthy leftovers. Good for you. Yeah. What were the leftovers? It was like a chicken stir fry. That sounds fantastic. I'm not going to lie. Broccoli, some carrot, like a ginger soy thing going on. It was great.

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354.457 - 371.067 Thomas Drance

I'm here. I'm at home alone without my wife. Like I've become, I've become completely feral. And, uh, one thing, one thing is like, I went to buy my, I was like, I was like, you know what? I'm just going to go to the grocery store and buy some stuff for like, for like easy, like chicken and salad, protein and salad.

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371.087 - 378.841 Thomas Drance

So I went and bought a rotisserie chicken and then I went to the salad and I was like looking to like figure out other vegetables to buy. And I just bought like three of those pre-made salads.

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378.941 - 379.682 Jamie Dodd

Oh yeah. Yeah.

379.702 - 381.325 Thomas Drance

And I was just like, it was perfect. Perfect.

381.642 - 388.75 Jamie Dodd

Rotisserie chicken, pre-made salad, and like a loaf of your favorite bread. Your favorite crusty bread. That's pretty much all I bought. That is bachelor dinner right there.

388.77 - 401.265 Thomas Drance

That's literally all I bought, except I bought eggs as well. It's bad. I'm like immediately my divorced father. Yeah. It's crazy. Anyway, the... Sorry, let's get back on track. The Sedins are fully developed people.

401.285 - 408.053 Jamie Dodd

The Sedins are much better people than us. Much better people. They would never do that. They're making a salad from scratch. 100% of the time.

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