Chapter 1: What were the highlights from the NHL playoff action yesterday?
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Chapter 2: What key stories emerged from the NFL Draft?
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Okay, we got a big show ahead. We got a lot of guests. Let's do the guest list. It's our Duik Morning Drive brought to you by the Duik Auto Group. It begins at 6.30. Nick Shook from NFL.com, one of our favorites, is going to join the program. Round one of the NFL is in the books. Two big stories from the draft yesterday. One, Fernando Mendoza, of course, going first overall to the Raiders.
And the second was the Mike Vrabel-Diana Rossini controversy taking center stage and taking up a lot of oxygen in Pittsburgh where the draft is being held.
That story was drafted second overall.
I think it was drafted first overall. It actually had its own press conference prior to the draft yesterday. Nick's going to join us at 6.30 to talk about all that. 7 o'clock, AJ from AJ's Pizza is going to join the program. A reminder, as Jason mentioned, it's Ask Us Anything Friday. $100 gift card to AJ's for the best AUA. Send them in. 650-650 is the text line.
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Chapter 3: Who is Nick Shook and what insights does he provide?
Pizza is the emoji. And Ask Us Anything is the challenge. 7.30, Kurt Miloski is going to join the program. GM and head coach of the Vancouver Warriors. We're going all local in the 7.30 slot today. Kicking off with the Warriors. Playoff lacrosse is back at Rogers Arena. The number one seeded Warriors take on the eighth seeded and the hated Halifax T-Birds. I know you hate them, Laddie. Yeah.
All right. Yeah, I say I hate them. Tonight, 7 o'clock, Rogers Arena, round one. Sound fired up.
Round one of the NLL playoffs. Let's go. Kurt Malosky is going to join us at 730. 745, Stephanie Labey is going to join the program. Olympic gold medalist. You'll all remember her. Backstop Canada to a gold medal in the Olympics. Vancouver Rise sporting director. The Rise begin their title defense also tonight as they will take on hated AFC Toronto at Swan Guard Stadium.
7 o'clock from beautiful Swan Guard Stadium, Jason. The crown jewel of Burnaby. Steph LeVay is going to join us at 745 to preview the NSL season and the Rise season.
When was the last time you were at Swan Guard? Oh, good question.
We drove by the other day, and my kid asked me if I had ever played there, and I was like, yes. We played a Commonwealth Cup final, U11, back in 1991.
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Chapter 4: What controversies surrounded the NFL Draft this year?
Now, I've played there since. We actually trained there because... our regular field at Burnaby Lake was undergoing construction. So they're like, hey, do you old guys want to run around on Swan Guard? Did we ever. How's the pitch? It's amazing. Nice. It's a great facility, actually. So we'll talk Vancouver Rise at 745. 8 o'clock, Rick Dollywall is going to join the program.
I won't say everything. that Dolly's going to talk about today. But of course, we will discuss the GM search, Ryan Johnson, and some other tidbits as well with Dolly as we get into all things Canucks at 8 o'clock. I'm not going to run it in reverse on the guest list. We have too many things to do. So 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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Chapter 5: How are the Ottawa Senators performing in the playoffs?
Yeah, I did like that clip. That was very good. Imagine Dom not bringing anything to the table. Anyway. We were going to just start with the Stanley Cup playoffs and everything that happened at the NFL draft.
But then the most recent 32 Thoughts pod did include something of an update regarding the Vancouver Canucks general manager search, which is, as far as I can tell, very thorough, still ongoing, no resolution in the near future. kind of starting to mimic what the Nashville Predators GM searches looked like. So Frege gave us some stuff to chew on.
We thought, hey, let's lead the show with it here now. Elliot Freeman on the latest with the Vancouver Canucks GM search from the most recent 32 Thoughts podcast.
Vancouver, who are the names that have been reported so far? Doan, Ray Whitney. I think that's true. I believe they've done a formal interview with Ryan Johnson, Kevin Adams. Dom, are there any names I've missed that have been reported already? No. No. Okay, thanks, Tom. I think it's going to be a long list, and I think they have spent most of this week and a good chunk of next week.
I think it's going to be like the Nashville process. Introductory conversations with a lot of people. And then cut it down. And I don't think we're at a point yet where they're cutting it down. I think they're going to talk to a lot of people. And what I'm curious about here in the end is how the structure is all going to work. But we'll get to that another time. I made a mistake already, Dom.
I made that comment about three different lists on Oilers Now with Stauffer. I should have known better. I did not intend for that to turn into a tire fire, but of course it did. One thing I wanted to mention about Seattle, Patrick Alvin, the former Canucks GM, I wonder if he ends up there. I know a lot of people have suggested Minnesota because he's got a history with Bill Guerin.
He also has a history with Jason Botterill. So I think Seattle could be possible for Alvin too.
Okay, so lots to unpack there. We may as well go chronologically from the start to the end of the clip. So mimicking what the Nashville search has looked like, and I'm assuming he means the duration of the search. If you're going to accuse Nashville of anything in their GM search,
They're certainly not rushing it because it was announced in February that Barry Trotz was going to step down as general manager and the search for his successor would be underway right away.
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Chapter 6: What are the implications of Brady Kachuk's performance?
And now we are, Chex notes, April 24th and they are still without a general manager. So they've certainly taken their time. It's been a very thorough search in Nashville.
Yeah. And I mean, the one thing that I'll take from Fried's comments is I have I'm wondering the same thing that he's wondering is just how it's all going to work when all is said and done. Right. When they've when they've hired everyone, how is it going to work and is it going to work differently?
better or more fluidly than the last time the Canucks had a regime change and they bring in Bruce Boudreau and then they bring in Jim Rutherford and it turns out that Jim Rutherford doesn't really want Bruce Boudreau as the coach and that was kind of it wasn't pretty that whole thing and I'm sure the Canucks have learned from that well I hope the Canucks have learned from that and
And it's, you know, if they just bring in a GM and Jim Rutherford stays on for the season, that becomes problematic, right? I think because everyone will wonder, well, okay, who's in charge, right? The same thing we wondered when Patrick Alvin was the GM.
And even if Jim says this new person is making all the hockey decisions, we'll still be like, so like, you're not gonna, you're not gonna have any input. Like, are you his boss then? Like, who does he report to? Cause if he reports to you, then you still have influence. Now, Let's say there's a new GM hired and Jim Rutherford doesn't stick around. Okay.
So is there a new president of hockey ops or is there a new executive and what's the reporting there? And is the executive who's hired in the quote unquote higher position than the GM the Is that guy okay with the new GM that's hired? And everything. Like, I just want for this all... My preference, really, is that...
that there's a new executive that loves the new GM and that Jim Rutherford moves on from the Canucks because I think it's time for that to happen. And I think as long as, um, if Jim stays on, people will always wonder like, okay, what's your influence in this? Like he joked and it was a, it was a good nature joke. I thought, you know, um, it was funny when he said it like, um,
I'll, you know, go to Canadian Tire and help build the practice facility or whatever, right? I mean, but I don't think anyone will believe that if Jim Rutherford sticks around that he's just going to focus on the practice facility and he's going to stay out of hockey-related decisions. And it's also like, what's the point then? Yeah. You know? Why? You know?
And if he stays on, you're kind of like, all right, so you're having influence on this team then, right?
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Chapter 7: What are the Ottawa Senators' offseason challenges?
They don't prove us wrong, Jim Rutherford. But... the uncertainty with him in that position is twofold. Like you said, is he still a position and figure of authority? And then whether he is or isn't, the question is like, when does he leave? And when do you get a replacement in place? By the way, the name Ray Whitney came up in that clip.
And I do want to just very briefly discuss this because Ray, This sort of came about yesterday and the day prior. And it started... I'm not sure if it actually started with, but it got a lot of oxygen courtesy that Spittin' Chicklets ecosystem because Whitney's pretty tight with Biz and Keith Yandel from their time together in the Coyotes organization. He's extremely close with Shane Doan.
Also, there are ties. to Jim Rutherford from their time together in the Carolina Hurricanes organization. Whitney and Rutherford won a Stanley Cup together in 2006. Whitney's got a long and decorated NHL career. He played over 1300 games. He played for almost two decades. His role as an executive... is pretty minimal.
He spent some time in the Canes organization as a scout, some time in the Coyotes organization also as a scout, and then he was a coach of one of their junior teams.
Yeah, the Whitney and Doan thing is kind of odd, right? They just seem like they're buddies.
They're like, it'd be cool if we like, should we go run the Canucks? I think they did that, what you're talking about, at the Spangler. I think Doan was the head GM and Whitney was the assistant GM, but I think it was like, wouldn't it be cool if we ran a team? They're like, yeah, let's do it. So it was pretty fun at the Spengler Cup. Yeah. Which lasts four days.
I think this might be, this might be more challenging to run an NHL team, but his, his name is obviously out there. And when you start to connect the dots, you understand why he's got a lot of connections to people within the organization and people interviewing for spots with the Canucks organization.
Okay, so let's park the Canuck stuff a little bit and move on to what happened last night in the NHL. My main focus was on the Ottawa Carolina game. Ottawa hanging on for dear life.
and uh certainly hanging on now they're hanging on now it was logan stank of in the stank oven open the scoring for the third straight game in this series canes take a commanding three nothing lead against the sons the senators with a 2-1 win in game three uh your boy jason blake who you really like that line jackson blake they call him jason blake that's his dad jackson blake uh that line with the stank oven
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Chapter 8: What did Nick Shook think about the first round of the NFL Draft?
You know when I first watched him was late in the regular season. Remember Carolina had that game against Philly? Yes. And Philly, I think they won it in the shootout. That's how Philly clinched their playoff spot. But Jackson Blake... was unbelievable in the overtime and just down the stretch. I was like, who is this guy? I really, I really didn't know who he was.
I like, I'd kind of heard his name, but I'm watching him and like, this guy has a ton of talent. Uh, at any rate, uh, the Sens, man. You know, the conversations around this team, assuming they go out to Carolina and don't have a miracle comeback, are going to be really interesting. Because Brady Kachuk and Tim Stutzla have been, in the words of Travis Green, average in this series.
And the Sens had a five-on-three power play yesterday against Carolina, which... Might have been a top five worst five-on-three power play I've ever seen. It's terrible.
Terrible.
It was horrible. It was passes to nobody. It was lost battles. It was losing races to the puck in a five-on-three. At home. Getting outmanned?
How does that work? At home, those are like momentum-killing, energy-sapping power plays.
And, you know, I think the Sens offseason... The most obvious guys that people are going to talk about are Brady Kachuk. Because there's... I mean, let's face it. There's always these trade rumors with these American players now. And he's got two years left on his contract before he can become an unrestricted free agent.
this is when the Quinn Hughes chatter really started to pick up in Vancouver because this is when Jim Rutherford made his comments about, you know, I know everyone thinks that Quinn wants to go play with his brother in New Jersey. And I was like, yeah, we think it, we didn't say it out loud though. And you know, there's always going to be these rumors. I mean, his Brady's brother, Matthew,
was one of the trendsetters. And, you know, they're going to have to figure out, number one, if he really wants to stay. And number two, if they got the right mix of guys here. The other guy that's going to get a lot of conversation is Linus Allmark and whether or not they can rely on him down the stretch. He's been good in the playoffs, but I think there's going to be a conversation there.
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