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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
What we just have to call Thomas Grant's erotica. Smoke. Thomas Grant's erotica. Cozy. Thomas Grant's erotica. Expected goals. Thomas Grant's erotica. 803 on a Friday. Yeah, Thomas Drance on a Friday.
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We are coming to you live from the Kintec studio. Step strong with orthotics and footwear from Kintec. Does Drance have, you know, we all cheer for Canada, this World Cup, Canada, number one. But you and I also support England. I think Brendan Batchelor does as well. I made a big decision on that, by the way. Does Drance have a team?
I'm shelving the England gear until Canada gets eliminated.
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Chapter 2: How does Thomas Drance analyze the Canucks' recent performance?
That's a good call.
Canada only.
I'm not, because if I'm going to a bar to watch England, I'm wearing my England stuff. Limey coward.
Okay, let's go to the Able Actions hotline now. We're going to ask Drance. Thomas Drance from The Athletic Vancouver joins us now on the Halford & Brough Show on Sportsnet 650. What up, Drance? Answer the question, please.
Yeah, England as well. I mean, you know, my... Grandmother was from Lincoln. Lincoln, Nebraska? Oh, yeah. Cool Huskers. Lincoln, sure. And her dad, so my great-grandfather, who I never met, was like a... very high level player, you know, bat back like a hundred years ago, like for a club team that like might've become Lincoln FC with the weird dwarf.
But yeah, so the, I think it's an imp actually, I think it's an imp logo. But yeah, so yeah, no, I yeah. So I'm, I'm,
very standard Vancouverite I cheer for England usually at the World Cup and I like the idea of just cheering for Canada outright until they go out this time now that it's like a serious team and the World Cup sort of qualifying round is kind of watered down making it pretty easy to advance.
I think we're now just expecting like we're expecting Canada to play elimination games this time for the first time.
That would be a massive disappointment if they can't get out of this group. Okay, who is this guy, Richard Seeley, that the Canucks just hired?
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Chapter 3: What insights does Drance provide about the Canucks' new hires?
But the fundamental takeaway is that a second liner is worth a flat amount, regardless of whether they play wing or center. And that kind of holds across different bands. Like we don't pay centers more than we pay wingers. We don't pay right-handed defensemen much more than we pay left-handed defensemen. This isn't like left tackles and wide receivers versus running backs and linebackers.
Like we have to stop good players, good players, not positional premiums, good players, not centers, good players. And I think if there's a chance that you can get a better player out of Patterson on the wing than the third line caliber center we've seen him play like at center, I think that's worth a shot, especially if you're going into this season with like options.
If you're going into this season sort of relatively set in terms of NHL level center depth.
We're speaking to Thomas Drance from the Athletic Vancouver and Canucks talk here on the Halford and Breff show on Sportsnet 650. I only ask and throw you on the spot, Thomas, because I know there's no throwing Thomas Drance on the spot.
Yep.
Jake DeBrusque. And we'll talk about one, the potential move to Ottawa, I suppose. We had a lot of people texting and asking what a return would be. And I'm not going to lie. I had no idea what it would look like because I don't know how much of the value in the trade is getting off the contract.
Alfred was like, that might require me to think about Jake DeBrusque for 10 minutes. And I can just ask Drance because I'm sure he's done the work.
I was not willing to do it.
I'm still not. Drance, go ahead. Yeah, I mean, you know what? I have thought about it only a little bit, to be honest with you. I probably will do a deep dive at some point and come up with something more interesting. The Jake DeBrusque return, I would still expect you to get an asset, maybe a player in an asset.
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Chapter 4: What are the implications of budgeting in the Canucks' management?
Who is the best player in Mexican history?
Cuetmo Blanco was one of them back in the day.
Hugo Sanchez. Hugo Sanchez was in the mix. So has any player from Mexico ever been a top five player in the world? No. No. Never. That's got to be part of it. I mean, okay. So, like, never having, like... Rafa Marquez was one, too. Superstar guy, but also maybe not having... Chicharito? Maybe not having the depth that some of the other teams... I'm just trying to rack my brain. I know.
You just want to say... Chicharito. But a top five player... What's his name?
Chicharito? Okay, here's... Chicharito. Okay. To counter your argument, there's lots of countries that haven't had a top five player ever. Google also says it's Hugo Sanchez. Hugo Sanchez is one of them, yeah. A lot of countries haven't had a top five player currently going.
And they've won the World Cup?
No, but they made it, like, into the semifinals.
Right. Right? Mexico hasn't made it to the semifinals. The furthest Mexico has ever gone is the quarterfinals, and both of those came when they were hosting.
Yeah.
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Chapter 5: How does the Canucks' coaching staff impact player performance?
You know, you can compete with your buddies and have a match. I don't feel like I can fully compete in hockey anymore.
Yeah, that's fair.
Especially against some of the young kids that I'm playing. Like I can't even catch them to like slash them, you know? Do you ever play golf for money? Not really. Yeah. Because for me, losing a match without money on the line, I'm still going to be pissed.
So there's this great backstory about when Michael Jordan really got into golf. And then everyone was like, oh, he's the ultimate competitor. And golf was the toughest challenge, and he wanted to master it. And I was like, there's a tiny part you're leaving out. It's that Michael Jordan also loved gambling.
Yeah.
He loved, like, that was golf for him.
These guys just love the action.
Yeah, that was golf for him. Golf was another vehicle to gamble.
Yeah.
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