Chapter 1: What recent changes occurred in the Canucks management?
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Chapter 2: How did the Canucks perform in the NHL draft lottery?
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Chapter 3: What impact does not winning the draft lottery have on the Canucks?
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Our next guest is a presentation of bells and whistles. It's Randy Janda here on the Halford & Brough Show on Sportsnet 650. Morning, Randy. How are you? Good morning, gentlemen. I'm not literally hungover, but the draft lottery hangover is real, boys. All right. I was going to say, where do we start?
Do we start with Pierre Dorian being named general manager and getting dismissed by the general public in one day? Do we start with Jim Rutherford stepping down as the president of hockey apps? Or do we start with the Canucks losing the draft lottery? I think I know where we have to start now, given your hangover.
How do you feel hangover aside of what happened yesterday at the NHL draft lottery, Randeep?
Yeah, listen, it's disappointing for a franchise that has never won this thing.
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Chapter 4: Who are the potential draft picks for the Canucks this year?
Guys, for every hit that I've done over the last year with you guys, for every post-game show, pre-game show, what the Vancouver Canucks need, and it's still possible, is a game-breaking talent. At number one, you can almost guarantee that you're going to get the best shot at getting that player. You don't win the draft lottery, and it creates... A massive question mark there.
And listen, one draft lottery does not change the game. You need four or five impact players at the top of your lineup, whether it's defense, whether it's a centerman, whether it's a winger to make it happen. So not winning here is not like, you know, the end of the world. But when you get the highest odds and you don't win the draft lottery, it certainly hurts.
And then on top of that, the Toronto Maple Leafs win, right? Like that's the real kick in the groin for Hans Molmann, right? Basically ball in the groin. Like that's the moment where you're essentially saying you don't win and the arch rival on the East Coast does. So it's certainly, you know, I think there's intrigue going into the draft.
I don't think it's a slam dunk of, you know, which players are going to go where, but certainly, you know, less than what, if you want to say just over 12 hours later, about 16 hours later, it still hurts. in the sense that the Canucks don't win because you need players, you need really good players, and you probably need four or five of them.
Do you think San Jose is going to pick a defenseman at number two, which would leave either Stenberg or McKenna for the Canucks?
Yeah, that's the game-changing pick for me. They don't have many defensemen. In the long term, outside of Sam Dickinson, Shakir Mukmadula, and a couple of second-round picks they made over the last two years, they don't have much coming through the ranks either.
So that's the team that, if they go for Keaton Verhoff, if they go for Chase Reed, and I think Chase Reed would make a lot of sense in San Jose, just given where they're at right now and what they need.
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Chapter 5: What coaching changes are being discussed for the Canucks?
That's the team on two fronts, guys, that can really shake up the draft. A, if they take a defenseman... And B, if there's a team maybe in the 3-4-5 slot that really loves Ivor Stenberg and they want to move up, if you're San Jose and saying, hey, do you want to give us an extra pick? We'll move a spot or two down if you really like this guy.
I think on two fronts, if they're interested in defense and they could absolutely shake up the draft by taking somebody there or even making a move back one or two steps
is there an argument to be made that the Canucks should look to do that? In terms of moving down? Yeah. Moving down, yeah.
Yeah.
Moving down, I think a part of it is dependent on is obviously Stenberg there at number three. If you have a chance to take him, you still need that game-breaking talent. Now, if that's not the case, if you're comfortable with a player, maybe a couple of steps back. Let's say the Rangers and Chicago is really interested in a player at number three.
I think you have to consider it because, as we know, the top two players in this draft are the ones that everybody's watching, are the ones that are looking at and saying potentially, you know, not to the level of McDavid, Matthews, that level, but still franchise players at the wing position are at least going to be a part of your, you know, top two or three players moving forward.
Now, if you can't get those guys, we know draft lists are varying, right? Some people see Chase Reed up there. Some see Verhoff. Some even see Caleb Milhotra at number three.
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Chapter 6: How does the Canucks' draft strategy reflect their future plans?
So, you know, one of those players, you're pretty confident to get somebody else at three, I would consider it, Jason, just because the Vancouver Canucks need more than one player.
Now, if you can't get that one player at three and you have an opportunity to move back one or two steps and you can still get the guy you want, I think you have to, at the very least, consider it if you can stockpile some draft picks.
We've talked a lot about the draft. We've talked a lot about what the Canucks' front office is. Could look like we haven't really talked much about the coaching situation. Does the way the draft lottery went make the Manny Malhotra situation even more pressing now that the Canucks easily could take a player like Caleb Malhotra third overall?
Yeah, this is a challenging one because I think on merit alone, Manny is worthy of a coaching job in the NHL, right? Like a head coaching job. We've seen at the AHL level what he was able to do. We know across the league he's got a lot of fans, and it's going to come one way or another. Now, how much is it tied to his kid? I don't see that ā
To me, if he is the guy, I don't care if you're taking Chase Reed at number three. I don't care if you're taking anybody at number three. The situation doesn't necessarily change for me in the sense that If you believe in him as the next guy, to me, it doesn't matter who's available at three there.
So could it be an interesting story if they truly see Kelo Malhotra as a player that can feature to be a leader on this team, a two-way centerman, and he is better than everybody else? Yes, but I don't think it really makes anything clearer or makes anything more confusing because With Manny, his merits are there, guys.
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Chapter 7: What are the listeners' reactions to the Canucks' recent performance?
And, you know, with his kid, a heck of a player. Unfortunately, they lost to the Barry Colts in the OHL playoffs. But, you know, another player that is going to feature. Now, the fear that I have, and it's not specific to Caleb, it's also up to, you know, any other centerman, is the premium position matters.
But you don't want a situation where it feels like just because it's a premium position, you're looking at number three because he's a centerman. You know, we go through the Barry Hayden conversations, the Barry Cook-Kiniemi conversations in that draft year. Of course, it's a premium position, but you don't want to feel like you're reaching to get that centerman.
This is a multi-year process with the Vancouver Canucks, and you have to treat it that way. So if there's a better defenseman or a better way... best player, and I understand the center position is a premium position. I'll leave that to the draft analyst to talk about whether Caleb is a number three or not, but I think you have to be very careful because we've seen that.
The reason Quinn Hughes fell to the Vancouver Canucks was because some teams were reaching on centermen that probably needed to go a little lower and benefited the Canucks there, but you've got to be careful at number three because it's such an important pick.
I know the CHL is... has become slightly watered down with a lot of good players going down to the NCAA. And it's a real challenge for scouts and journal managers at the draft to look at the production of a guy like Caleb Malhotra in the OHL and go, okay, would he be doing that five years ago or whatever? But I got to say, 15 playoff games, 13 goals and 13 assists,
I mean, that's very, very impressive. And I would like to know the full story on Caleb Malhotra. Like, how was he in the BCHL last season not really making a huge impact, at least points-wise, goes to the OHL and becomes one of the stars of his team, like one of the leaders? I remember when Cale McCarr was drafted last,
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Chapter 8: What did the hosts learn from the listeners about Vancouver sports?
And he just had this, like, crazy run-up. Like, nobody had really heard of this kid playing in, like, the Alberta Junior League. And then all of a sudden, people are like, there's this kid in... Where was he? Brooks or something like that? Brooks Bandits? And it's like, you got to watch him. And then all of a sudden, you know, like, his stock just...
went right through the roof to the point where he was taken fourth overall right before Elias Pettersson. And, you know, I have a lot of time for this story from Caleb Malhotra. I'd want to know more about it, obviously. I'm not a scout. It's not my job, but they got to find out about it. But I also think you just have to consider the lineage that Caleb Malhotra comes from.
I mean, his dad was a professional hockey player. He's now a head coach. Like, that tells me that he's going to know the game pretty well. And his dad, high character guy. And by all accounts, Caleb Malhotra, high character guy. His mom is Steve Nash's sister. And she was a great athlete. Like... Genetics matter. It's not controversial to say that. You look at Celebrini, pretty athletic parents.
I think he's a really enticing story. I don't know if he's good enough to go third overall, but I really want to know more about him.
Yeah, the range is kind of interesting because you've gotten him at three on some boards. You know, I see our colleague Sam Cosentino has him. Going to the Vancouver Connection has updated mock drafts all the way to number 10, you know, to another team, right? So...
What's intriguing about him is, yes, he's got the lineage, which, if anybody's talked to Manny Malhotra, I've had a conversation with him, you know, he's a high-character guy, and it seems like Caleb is very much that as well. Six foot two, over 180 pounds, like... He's 17 years old, but he is, he's very much growing into a man's body.
You start talking about his production at the regular season level to put up 80 plus points in the 60 game season. Sure, right? Like that production kind of came out of nowhere because you're right. With the Chilliwack Chiefs, he didn't have that. But what's interesting is his clutch game ability. He scored eight game winners this year, which speaks to, you know, doesn't shy away from the moment.
The other aspect is the playoff goals, right? Like when you're trailing In terms of goals in the playoffs with, you know, Caleb had 13, Linderoff had 18. I think Brian Bellows had 14. Also a very high skilled player back in his day. That tells you something. Now, the question I have, Jason, is the when you started off with the point you started off with.
what is the OHL compared to four or five years ago? How do we look at these numbers? And, you know, I think saying Caleb Malhotra is a very good player is not wrong. He is a very good player, but when we're talking about, you know, in relation to a chase read in relation to a Keaton Verhoff, who got players who are, you know, playing at a different level, obviously, you know, I think with,
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