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Chapter 1: What latest Canucks news does Rick Dhaliwal share?
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Chapter 2: How does the team plan to address Curtis Douglas's future?
We've got a few, what we learned, but we could use a few more.
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With news that Moist Bombito is healthy enough to be in Canada's starting roster for the World Cup, should he be in the starting 11, or should they start Luke Dufusio? What? Did you say Moist? I thought he was hurt, by the way. Christian Jack reporting this morning from One Soccer. Say the name again.
Chapter 3: What insights does Ryan Johnson provide about the team's strategy?
Moise. M-O-I-S-E. There's no T on the end of it.
Oh, I thought you said Moise.
No, I don't care for that word. That threw me off. Yeah, I know. I got you. Anyway, I was joking. I don't expect you to answer that question. Hey, listen.
No, but, Alford, I want to start there with you. Yeah, let's do it. The buzz. The World Cup buzz.
Chapter 4: How is the Canucks management handling contract negotiations?
Love the buzz. Is there a buzz, though? Like, I... Look, we're sports guys, right? We are. Yeah, and my feed is, 90% of my feed and the DMs I get and people at me are asking me about Curtis Douglas. You know, are they going to resign him?
Yep, I hear you. What a nightmare feed you've got. I hear you.
I hear you. I hear you. But, on a serious note, like, we're in a hockey town. It's a hockey country. The Canucks are always going to be number one.
Chapter 5: What are the implications of the World Cup on Canadian soccer?
But I'm not feeling, and Alford, you can certainly combat this, but I'm not feeling the buzz for the World Cup. Are you?
Locally? No. I mean, there's a lot of... You know what the weird part is? There's a lot of visual evidence that the World Cup is on. But then I hear... It was funny. I was following an Australian journalist who had made his way up here. And he's like, where are all the socceroos? Where are all the yellow jerseys? The World Cup starts today. Australia's got a game.
And I know their game's not for a little bit still.
We asked A-Dog because A-Dog lives downtown. And we were like, are you seeing lots of people from Australia or Turkey?
Chapter 6: What lessons do the hosts reflect on regarding player performance?
Yeah.
Right, but Adog did say you walked down Gramblin like that. Well, yeah, I pass through it every day to get to work. It looks really cool. They've done a good job, I gotta say.
Again, to my point, like a visual representation of the World Cup is on, but Rick, you know what? I won't combat you. I have not felt the buzz. Yeah, I don't feel it. No one's asked me about Curtis Douglas, but I know they've... Do you want to start there? I guess it's a pretty decent radio segue.
I don't want to start with Curtis Douglas. Where do you want to start? I want to start with Ryan Johnson and how busy this guy must be. In fact, Drance has just published an article to The Athletic where he has an interview with Ryan Johnson and he talks about all the stuff that's on his plate and it's kind of why...
Chapter 7: How do the hosts evaluate the current state of the Canucks?
you and I, Halford, have made fun of the people that have texted in and said, like, you need to fix the analytics department. Where are the hires in the analytics department? I'm like, they got a few more things to take care of that are more meat and potato stuff than the analytics department. Like, I think, personally, it's important that Abbotsford has a coach next season.
And I think it's important that Manny Malhotra has assistant coaches. We can get to the analytics department later because this is going to be a long rebuild.
You're bang on. There's a ton of stuff on Ryan Johnson's plate. I think he's swapped right now. There's hirings to be made. He's looking for an assistant GM. The most important draft in franchise history is a couple of weeks away. July 1st is coming up. You're dealing with your own free agents. So this guy's got a ton of stuff on his plate.
Chapter 8: What final thoughts do the hosts have about the episode's discussions?
A new AGM hire should not be that far away, though. It shouldn't be that far away. There are trades to make, okay? Teams are calling on Jake DeBrusque. DeBrusque is absolutely cost control for teams. He's got a lot of term left at a very good number. He's a guy who can score over 20 goals every year. He's great on the power play. 19 of his 23 goals were on the power play.
That's great, but that also means you're not producing much five-on-five. For the Canucks who are trying to fix their dressing room, it makes a ton of sense. to move DeBrusque, who made it very clear he doesn't want to stick around for the rebuild. He's never asked for a trade publicly. He did that in Boston. We know that. He didn't get along with Cassidy, right?
But you don't want that reputation everywhere you go. Boston, I want out. Vancouver, I want out. Then all of a sudden, teams are like, okay, why does this guy want out everywhere he goes? Look, if the Canucks get a third-round pick and a B prospect for DeBrusque, you're absolutely taking a run. But in terms of Ryan Johnson, you're right. There's so many things on his plate right now to do.
And I really hope he hires somebody with experience for that assistant GM. Canucks are leading the NHL in rookie hires. Presidents, rookies, GM, rookie, coaches are, you know, coaches are rookie. Even though Jim Rutherford made all the big decisions, Patrick Alvin was still there doing the day-to-day things. They had good chemistry from their days in Pittsburgh.
But I think and I hope that he gets experience in that position. I remember I told you guys a couple of weeks ago, Paquin had Brian Burke, Burke had Nones, Gillis had Gilman. It's really important to have that right-hand man and have a good one to boot. So I'm really going to be interested to see exactly who it is that they hire and with that assistant GM role. Have you heard any names?
Names have been tough to come by. Like, it's tough to come by the names. Like, look, we also do know that probably because they got to pay Rutherford, Alvine, and Foote next year, they're probably not paying a ton of money for these positions, right? So, you know, are economics playing a role? Probably. I mean, if you want to know the truth, probably.
That's probably why you haven't heard a lot of names. I did hear a name for Coach and Abby. You know, Ryan Papiano, a couple of people told me to keep an eye on for him. He's a longtime coach with Brooks in the Alberta Junior League, and he was in Wheeling of the East Coast Hockey League.
One thing about Ryan Johnson, there is not anybody in the American League or the East Coast Hockey League that guy does not know. Papiano's got a long track record of developing elite players, helping them reach their potential, and contributing to a winning program. This guy coached Cale McCarr for two years in Brooks before Cale went fourth overall in the draft.
He's a good up-and-coming young coach. I'm still hearing Jessica Campbell's name around the Canucks. I'm not sure for what job, but that's a name that was surfaced a week ago in Vancouver. So, look, they got decisions to make, Jason, and and how they make them and who they make, it's going to be fascinating for me. You're just not building a championship team on the ice.
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