Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Chapter 2: What recent news involves Shane Doan and the Vancouver Canucks?
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What a freaking boost. Good morning, Vancouver. Six o'clock on a Thursday. Happy Thursday, everybody. It is Halford. It is Braff. It is Sportsnet 650. We are coming to you live from the Kid Tech studios in beautiful Mount Pleasant in Vancouver. Jason, good morning. Good morning. Adog, good morning to you. Good morning. Laddie, good morning to you. Hello, hello.
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Chapter 3: What insights does Craig Morgan provide about Shane Doan's leadership?
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Yeah. What were some of the flagged texts? Well, there was only one. Okay. Just one singular flag text. And it read, movie theater popcorn, overrated. Or underrated. So it was obviously an exciting question. We all need to know. Make sure you hit that one. It's going to be tough. It's a big dog. However yesterday's show went, obviously it's going to be a tough one to match, but we will try here.
Are we going to get to that later in the show? I don't know. I took it out of the flagged area.
Chapter 4: How has Shane Doan influenced the culture in Arizona hockey?
Yeah. And I put it in the will not talk about area. I actually do have some comments on movie theater popcorn. Oh, there you go. Okay. I think it's both overrated and underrated. How can you both explain? Does that not defy the laws of overrated and underrated?
Because I love the first part of movie theater popcorn, especially when you're hungry and you're in the mood for it and you get the fresh butter on top of it. And then the last half of it,
is is a real i don't know it's an ordeal it's a challenge it's right and i have to finish it i know but like yeah you do if there's food in front of you you have to finish what you're talking about you've spent 27 on this medium popcorn you're i'm gonna eat it so uh is that what their show does i've got a spoiler for you by the way as we're completely wasting time off the top but it's fine it's our show i'll run it into the ground if i want you know it's not actually butter
on movie theater popcorn well you can ask for real butter yeah but do you know what it is if you're if you if you have a few bucks in your pocket salt water you're getting up to 35 bucks what is it it is butter flavored coconut oil and something called flavicol you can actually buy it i've seen it give me some of that flavicol yeah great for you yeah flavicol does not look good when it comes out of the container look at look at what you've done now what
You are wasting time. Yeah, I know. But if movie theater popcorn is overrated and underrated, would that not just make it rated? Yeah, see, I've wondered about that. If it's both and then it's just perfectly rated, it is exactly what you expect.
Like in the Halcyon days where Sat and Dan were really getting into overrated and underrated, did it ever just come to a conclusion that it was just rated? I love how you made fun of the fact that this was flagged and how ridiculous the fact that it was and now we spend 10 minutes talking about it. Leaf texting it is overrated. Okay. Thank you. Excellent.
We're going to have to bump Craig Morgan to get more to this. Oh yeah. Craig Morgan, the Duik morning drive, uh, our morning guest list brought to you by the Duik auto group. It is going to begin at six 30 and it is going to start with Craig Morgan. Now you might ask me, might be asking Craig Morgan, what's going on with the coyotes coming back? Not quite. Uh,
Noted Arizona hockey insider, former Coyotes beat writer Craig Morgan is going to join us to talk about Shane Doan. For those that missed it, the Canucks have asked the Maple Leafs for permission to speak with Shane Doan about joining their front office. We don't know in what capacity. We don't know in what role.
But we're going to talk to Craig Morgan about a very interesting character in Shane Doan. He does have a fairly extensive history as an executive in both Arizona and Toronto. So we'll talk to Craig Morgan about that at 6.30. 7 o'clock, Adnan Virk's going to join the program from MLB Network. The Jays had their modest three-game win streak end last night.
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Chapter 5: What roles could Shane Doan potentially fill in the Canucks organization?
we'll join Jason quick. We'll join us. Sorry. It's seven 30 to talk about that. And then at eight o'clock, it's the Drancer Thomas Drance from the athletic Vancouver and Canucks talk. He has been putting in the work lately in these early days of the Canucks off season, all over the expansive interview process that they're using to hire a GM and maybe possibly Jim Rutherford's replacement as well.
We'll talk to Drancer about all that at eight o'clock. So we got a big guest list. We got a lot to get into, not going to run it in reverse without further ado, laddie. 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? You missed that? What happened?
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And you actually asked me while we were playing a little intro music there, did Shane Doan work in the Coyotes front office? Very briefly. He worked in the hockey operations department for two years with the Coyotes before being hired by the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The Maple Leafs, of course, the team that the Canucks had to ask permission to speak with Shane Doan, a special advisor to the GM in Toronto, and now an interview candidate for the Canucks. That was mentioned and, of course, reported by Elliott Friedman yesterday. He was special advisor to Brad Treliving. Now he's just special advising, I guess, nobody there. He's just advising.
Yeah, yesterday first came the report from Elliott Friedman about that seeking permission. I think the permission has been granted. And then there was this additional tidbit from Ian McIntyre who put on social media regarding Friedge's report on Shane Doan. I guess it's IMAC reporting this, Jim Rutherford has left open the possibility he could leave as president soon after hiring a new GM.
The Canucks may be looking beyond the GM role as the interview candidate. So this is kind of what...
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Chapter 6: What challenges does the Canucks front office currently face?
I mean, we might be wrong about this, but this is kind of what we came to the conclusion of yesterday during our show where we worked through the process of, like, why do they have multiple lists of candidates? And some are experienced and some aren't experienced. Like, what's going on here? And then we thought... Thanks to some of the help from the texters.
Well, maybe the Canucks are hiring a general manager and that general manager is going to be like a fresh face, got some new ideas kind of guy. Sure. But they're also going to have, whether it's a president of hockey ops, I don't know, but more like a senior executive manager. That is going to bring some experience to the game. Or in the case of Shane Doan, experience and maybe some PR help.
Because the Doan hire could, in theory... be similar to the Trevor Lindenhier, save for the fact that Doan never played for the Canucks. But, I mean, I do like the idea of a popular, high character, and likable guy to speak on behalf of a franchise that needs to be a lot more high character and likable. Sure. You can't get, you can't, you know, you can't let it get
All the attention, this high character and likable. I mean, it kind of reminds me of, you know, you can make a mistake sometimes when you overly focus on one area. And I'm reminded of when Gillis was fired and then they were like, well, what did Gillis not do well? Well, he didn't draft well. They need a guy that knows how to draft. Course correction.
So they bring in Jim Benning and they're like, oh, he doesn't know how to do anything else, though. That's the problem. Now, people will also obviously point out that the Linden hire didn't work, which is fair enough. Everyone has to be aligned. And, you know, that's just true of any front office. If Doan does end up getting hired by the Canucks, it will be interesting to see in what capacity.
Maybe it's not the president's job. Maybe it's not because the thing with Linden was like he was the president of hockey ops, which meant that Benning reported to him. And I always thought that's a little bit odd. Like Linden's been out of the game for a while and Benning hasn't. So are you going to give the guy that's been out of the game for a while the final say on hockey decisions?
And we all know how the Linden thing ended. Maybe it's something else for Dillon, like the special advisor role he had in Toronto. I just think overall, I was excited to hear this news. without knowing what capacity Shane Doan could work for the Canucks in, just because I think it's always good to get quality people working for your organization.
Yeah, I like having a guy with that much experience, and I've dealt... Actually, I think I interviewed Doan once. I like a guy that's well-spoken, very well thought of in NHL circles, and has a pretty robust... resume.
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Chapter 7: What are the implications of Shane Doan's hiring for the Canucks?
I like that he is a very decorated former player. I like the fact that he's worked in a lot of different roles with different organizations. He's got a network of former teammates and guys that he's played against throughout the National Hockey League. I do think there's something to be said for putting together a collective of individuals that could maybe work in tandem.
Now, some will bristle against that notion and say, hey, you need to have a clear designation of who's on top, who works underneath, the order of command, all of it. But I would push back and say sometimes when you have that, that can get convoluted too. And we saw it with Jim Rutherford and Patrick Alvin. There was never really cleared definement of roles.
And we saw a lot of stepping into each other's lane, taking stuff off each other's plates. Maybe this is the way to go. By the way, just an additional tidbit is that Frege did say whatever the potential role the Canucks have for Doan,
pre-interview is unclear he's never expressed the desire to be a full-time gm okay so there's but i mean that could change but we're just going on what we know already and then uh freach did say don't could definitely be part of a group which is where i got that collective idea from right i'm gonna throw this out to the listeners what do you think about uh a triumvirate of shane doan
Ryan Johnson and Manny Malhotra. Ryan Johnson would be the GM. Manny would be the coach. Shane Doan, some executive role. I mean, you throw the Sedins into that mix, and that's an all-world group of good guys, you know? And I know there will be people who will roll their eyes at this line of thinking and
But consider all the young players the Canucks are going to be bringing into the organization over the next few seasons. I think having a group of former players like that, all high character, good guys, would be really valuable to this rebuild. Yeah, I do too. I think some goodwill, maybe even more than that, would go a long way. I don't know how good... Those guys would throw a party.
I don't know if they'd be really good at throwing... It's hilarious. It'd be a very wholesome party. It's hilarious that Shane Doan doesn't swear and rarely drinks. Not just because of that, but do you know how much discipline and confidence in yourself... it would take to play professional hockey for years and years and not drink or swear? Yeah. I think the swearing thing is like a bigger deal.
Mark Shifley also famously does not swear. Mark Shifley doesn't? Yeah. Gosh darn it.
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Chapter 8: How do the hosts compare Shane Doan's potential impact to past hires?
Sorry, guys. Well, Doan says fudge. Yeah. He says fudge. And I actually watched... He did one of those barstool going out for play golf with Witt and this and that. And I think he was... He might have been playing with Ray Whitney, actually. Oh, okay. I can't remember who he was playing with, but, like, he missed a putt, and he was like, ah, fudge it. Right?
It's like, are the Canucks going to have Ned Flanders as their president of hockey ops? That would be incredible for this show. If we had the Ned Flanders of the NHL as, like... Peanut butter cups in his office. Right? Player gets down up there when they're in trouble.
Yeah.
And Landers is a boring old bitty. Ned! That was Shane Doan when he had that one drink that one time. I was more monster than man. It was his first and last Blackberry Schnapps. Anyway. Oh, this has to happen now. I have no idea where this is going to go. It sounds like the search is very expansive. But that news yesterday...
it was outside the box from what the names that we had previously heard. And it was intriguing because of the history that don't has. We'll talk more about this with Craig Morgan coming up at six 30, but we should probably, there's a lot of people texting in that love that idea. Yeah. Graham from Hardy talking about the three guys on top that Jason just talked about.
And yes, inject it in my veins. There's a lot of people texting in and they'd be like, yeah, let's do it. Logan from Langley. Don't RJ Manny do it. Yep. Someone also said that would make a fantastic third line. Well, if they, yeah, worst case scenario, there's some injuries. I mean, it would be all right. Okay. Let's get to some of the action from last night in the national hockey league.
Only three playoff games on the slate. And again, for those of you that went to bed early, uh, Quinn Hughes of the Minnesota Wild, after getting out to a commanding lead in that series, has now fallen behind 2-1. But I want to start with what's going on in the Pittsburgh Phillies series.
Trevor Zegers, a goal and an assist for the Flyers, who took a commanding 3-0 series lead against Pittsburgh with a 5-2 win in Game 3 at Xfinity Mobile Arena. You know how Zegers loves playing at Xfinity on Wednesday night. There were a lot of storylines to take from this one, but I'm going to go right to the Pittsburgh Penguins after a 5-2 loss.
And in a series where they've been soundly outplayed, they decided to direct their attention to the officiating and how poor they perceived it to be. There was a comment from Brian Rust saying it felt like it was a WWE match out there. And then the head coach, Dan Mews, got up to the podium yesterday and took umbrage. Yes, umbrage with the officiating because Sidney Crosby
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