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Chapter 1: What happened in sports yesterday?
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Good Lord, what is happening in there?
Mark Strumpf, stretch pass. He has Chicago caught. Nibbets with a hat-trick. And the overtime winner, Simone Nibbets. Atwood with speed. He's got McDonald with a two-on-one. Atwood shoots. He scores!
William Atwood! You heard the monkey. Make the trade.
For Byram, one-tire scores! Bo Byram, overtime winner. Hey, hey! I've been in Reno for six weeks.
Did I miss anything? Good morning, Vancouver. 6-0-1 on a Wednesday. Happy Wednesday, everybody. It is Halford. It is Braff. It is Sportsnet 650. We are coming to you live from the Kintec Studios in beautiful Mount Pleasant in Vancouver. Jason, good morning. Good morning.
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Chapter 2: What were the major NHL trades discussed?
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as Jason mentioned, it's a busy show. We got a lot to get into today. It begins with our guest list. It's the Duik morning drive brought to you by the Duik auto group. It begins at six 30, David Amber hockey night in Canada sports that NHL host is going to join the program wild day across the national hockey league. Yesterday. There were a ton of trades.
There was a controversial coaching hire yesterday. And we didn't even mention this in our notes, Jason. News of potential expansion in the National Hockey League. Lots to get into with David at 6.30. 7 o'clock. Frank Cervalli, our NHL insider from Victory Plus. Four pretty significant deals yesterday, which regular Zach got all of them into the intro. Well done, regular Zach.
Also, when are the Canucks going to get in on this action? When are you going to make some of them trades? We'll ask Frank at 7 o'clock. 7.30, James Sharman, soccer analyst for Sportsnet and the Footy Prime podcast.
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Chapter 3: How did Mike Babcock respond to questions about his past?
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Without further ado, regular Zach, let's tell everybody what happened. Hey, did you guys see the game last night? No. What happened? I missed all the action because I was... We know how busy your life can be. What happened?
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What happened?
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So, so much happened yesterday that I don't think we're going to be able to give justice to any one topic today. We're going to shortchange them all. during a slow summer day, we might spend the entire segment talking about, you know, the Chicago trade to get Bo and Byram.
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Chapter 4: What are the implications of the Chicago Blackhawks' trade for Bo Byram?
The closest he came to, I think he said it was like, sometimes my tone is off. And then he was like, and we work on that.
He said, if you make people feel uncomfortable, you want to work at not making them feel uncomfortable. And I was like, was that an apology? Does that count? Is that close enough? That doesn't count. Let's hear now. And I want to get the question from Rashag in here. I think it's an important part, just so we've got the context of what was asked and how it was answered.
So here it's 59 seconds in length in audio. The question and answer where Mike Babcock was asked, Hey, Mike, what did happen in Columbus?
I just wanted to go back to Columbus or just maybe looking for some clarity there. You issued a statement after the guys on the podcast had talked about you looking at players' phones and such. And you basically said, you know, this was irresponsible of them to be suggesting there was anything wrong with it.
Then within a few days, when the PA looks into things, you know, you're essentially exiting that scenario and John Davidson and saying you made players very uncomfortable. Mike, what happened in Columbus and why did you choose to walk away?
Well, I chose to walk away really straightforward, and I appreciate the question here. It was very evident before the year started. I hadn't benched anybody. I hadn't talked to anybody. I hadn't sat anybody out, and it was evident that we weren't together as a staff right from the get-go. My wife gave me a call, and she said, it's time to get out of there. I had been retired.
I was pretty good at it. I got back to being retired.
Ah, yes, that classic Mike Babcock accountability. Once again, shining through on media day in Edmonton.
I appreciate the question and also I will kill you.
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Chapter 5: What are the latest updates on the Canucks' strategy?
And, you know, it wasn't great. In Buffalo at times. But there were also times where you're like, oh, his game's coming together. And, you know, this is the Bowen Byram that was a top draft pick. But in Buffalo, he was always going to be behind Rasmus Dahlin. Mm-hmm. So now he's going to Chicago where he will be behind nobody.
And he can be the number one defenseman and he can get all the top power play minutes. He can be out there in all situations. And how is he going to manage that? I don't know. I really don't know. And I think Chicago's in an interesting situation because They were getting a lot of criticism yesterday for how much they gave up to get Bowen Byram. Um,
I want to know what's the latest on Bedard's contract situation. How's he feeling about the direction of the Chicago Blackhawks? He's already played three seasons and missed the playoffs in all three. His entry-level contract is done. Even if he signs long-term, we've now seen that it doesn't necessarily mean that he's going to stay all that long unless Chicago puts together a winner.
And I wonder... are moves like this being made because Conor Medard himself is getting a little impatient with missing the playoffs. You know, he missed a lot of stuff last year. He didn't get picked for the Olympics. And sometimes a player... will fall victim to his team, right? You know, but people were like, well, I want to see him in a pressure situation.
He hasn't played like that in Chicago, right? Well, yeah, because they haven't played any pressure games.
As for the other team in this deal, the Buffalo Sabres, what do the Buffalo Sabres do now? Byram is gone. It's widely expected that Alex Tuck could be involved in a sign-in trade. Today. Yeah, that's been out there.
I think that's going to go out. That's probably going to happen.
So that's been out there according to multiple sources. So they would presumably have a fair bit of cap space to play with how they will address the team with that cap space and what they've got. They've also got a little bit of ammo now going in to today or to Friday's draft as well. They got two first round picks and a second round selection.
That's for a team that broke their playoff drought a year ago, won a playoff round, and we're within one shot of getting all the way to the Eastern Conference final. Interesting times in Buffalo.
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Chapter 6: How are the San Jose Sharks preparing for the draft?
after the trade they made with the Ottawa Senators. What were the details on that trade?
William Eklund was traded to the Ottawa Senators by the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday, as you mentioned. Sens also got another forward in the deal. So in exchange, it's the number nine pick at Friday's draft, which Ottawa had acquired from the Florida Panthers in the Brady-Kachuk trade.
So now all of a sudden, you're looking at a San Jose team that currently has the second and ninth overall picks overall. at this year's draft. And according to longtime NHL insider Chris Johnson, former friend of the program, now that he works on the other side of the aisle, he threw out there yesterday that the Sharks might not be done moving around in the first round.
Because you remember, they traded down in the first round to acquire Kesselring from Buffalo earlier. I think they went from 20 to 27. Now they've added the ninth overall pick. And apparently Siege was saying that a lot of teams are calling San Jose on the second overall pick at Friday's draft.
There were reports out there as well that the Sharks were very much in on Bowen Byram. Possibly willing to use that ninth overall pick in the trade. So think about this. Eklund was traded to Ottawa to replace Kachuk. Yes. Okay. Um, Most people now expect the Sharks, if they're going to pick number two and not trade that pick, they're going to take Stenberg to replace Eklund. Right.
But that still leaves them in need of a defenseman. And if they are getting a little antsy about, you know, okay, we had a good season last year, right? It was, didn't make the playoffs, but it was good. And then, but we still, we need to fix our defense. That in Vancouver is like, heroic, heroic, heroic, heroic. Why not call them about heroic? Why not get that ninth overall pick?
Plus, plus, right? Because the Byron return was so impressive.
Yeah.
that, you know... Anyway, let's get to the Canucks in two secs because I want to talk about two more teams. Okay, where do you want to go next?
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Chapter 7: What potential trades are being discussed for the Canucks?
We can talk to Frank about that. If Robert Thomas is available... obviously a center that could fill the needs for a lot of teams, either looking for an upgrade on their 1C, or if they've got a 1C, they need a 2C. I think about a team like Montreal. Does Dylan Larkin need to be traded first to set the market on that? I don't know. I don't even know who the better player is.
Dylan Larkin or Robert Thomas probably depends on who you ask. I think those are both guys that are like, Yeah, they're 1Cs, but I don't know if they're 1Cs on a Stanley Cup winning team, but if you put them behind a legit 1C and you had them as your second line center, you'd be feeling real good about your top six center depth.
Hey, Jason, you did a really nice job of running through every single thing that happened yesterday. Now we turn our attention to the Vancouver Canucks, and let's do it with a little bit of audio from Elliott Friedman yesterday. This is on Oilers Now out of Edmonton, and we'll start with Frege's report on Elias Pettersson.
You know, the one thing I had heard about Pedersen is that when Jim Rutherford was the GM of the team, he was like, we need a comparable center in return. I don't think, and this isn't a shot at Rutherford or anything like that. I think it just shows the different priorities. I think that this new management group doesn't see it that way.
If they can trade Pedersen, and first of all, somewhere he'll go, because he has the say, but I think if they can do something for him, pieces or players to grow with them, younger players, high picks, prospects, someone they think can be with them through their rebuild and be an impact for them, I think Vancouver would do that. I think their goal has changed a little bit.
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Chapter 8: What should we expect from the upcoming NHL draft?
I look at St. Louis with four first-rounders. I could be just completely making that up, but you wonder what they're doing with all that.
So it has always been wild to me that there have been players in Vancouver, whether it's Chris Tanev or Elias Pettersson, where... It was like, yeah, if we're going to trade this guy, we need to get basically the same type of player back in the trade. And I was like, that's not how trades work. But if we trade a center, we have to get a center. Yeah, like that's not how it works, right?
It's just not. But... Okay, so I'm glad to hear that the Canucks have... Change their tune on that.
Evolved in their thinking?
Well, Jim Rutherford was just desperate to keep a viable team together. So he's like, well, if we trade Elias Pettersson, we need to get a center back. But that, what? Anyway, it makes no sense. So fortunately, we're not in that era anymore. I think this is a selling opportunity that the Canucks really need to take advantage of. It is pretty crazy out there right now. Cap space to burn.
Expectations in certain markets being raised. Teams are out there taking some risks. There is a sense of desperation and urgency in the market. And this is something that the Canucks have to look at. And B, we need to be active in this. Yep. I know you got to take things slow to get there fast, which was, you know, the spin or the words from the Steens when they were introduced.
But there are also times in a market where you have to look at the market and go, this is a perfect opportunity to be a seller. And that's what the Canucks are now. There are the matter of the no-move clauses. Pedersen obviously has one. He controls where he goes. Is Philip Peronic absolutely dead set on staying in Vancouver? And if he is, why? Big question.
Why? Why? Why would you want to stay here? You could ask that philosophical question of Philip Peronic, I think, to open negotiations. They're like, first question for you, Philip, why? Why do you want to be here? Why would he want to be here? Other than the fact that his stuff is here and he's comfortable. Why would he want to be here? Does nothing competitively for his career. Nothing.
He would be five years. I would say five years before you've got a realistic chance of being a team that does something in the playoffs.
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