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Chapter 1: Which NHL team should HalBro adopt for the playoffs?
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Chapter 2: What insights does Canucks analyst Landon Ferraro provide?
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We are coming to you live from the Kintec studio. Step strong with orthotics and footwear from Kintec. Okay, so all 16 playoff teams have been determined. Correct. Right? Okay. So we all know who's going to be playing for the Stanley Cup. Correct. Who are we officially cheering for now? This is adopting. We're adopting. Yeah. You and I. Who's going to be our team now? There are some problems.
Okay. Okay. Now, Buffalo, who I think a lot of people would like to see do well, there is a risk, slight risk. There's always a risk.
about what happens if they win the Stanley Cup are we going to have regrets okay if we've cheered for them and then the Canucks are the only team left in the sad club it might be a small risk but there's a risk Montreal I love the players on that roster I think there's so much fun to watch um I love the crowd, the energy. That team is fun to watch. They're great. They're a great story.
I'm on board entirely with you. If they win the Stanley Cup, the Canadian drought has been broken, but it's not by the Canucks like we want, right?
I'm willing to table Montreal for now. That's okay.
I see the risk, but it's okay. There is risk. Montreal was the last team to win the Stanley Cup, so I guess it would be okay. It's got to be Buffalo. Hold on. Hold on. This is your problem. You just make your decisions too quickly. It's not a smart decision. It is. What about Pittsburgh? Is it just a waste of time to cheer for them? Are they going to be so... Not by Philly.
I think they'll be the favorites against Philly. But do they have any chance of actually getting to the Stanley Cup final?
Would it even be worth cheering for them?
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Chapter 3: What are the risks of adopting the Buffalo Sabres?
Yeah, same. I definitely don't want Minnesota. Vegas, Edmonton, Anaheim, I don't want any of the teams in the Pacific Division. Utah, meh.
I think Utah would be hilarious because when they got to the Stanley Cup final, a lot of American fans would be like, there's a hockey team in Utah? Yeah, a lot of Canadian fans would be like, there's a hockey team in Utah? That'd be pretty cool.
Yeah, that's crazy. So, I mean, what do we... Okay, so we've narrowed it to three. What do we think here? Is it Pittsburgh? I don't know. There's something that just doesn't like... I guess Pittsburgh's had that success before. They've won cups? I don't know. But I think it's Buffalo, Montreal, or Pittsburgh for me. I think there's way more risk in Buffalo and Montreal if they get it done.
It's like that immediate, what have we done? This is tough.
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A lot of people are on Montreal.
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Chapter 4: Why do the hosts consider adopting the Montreal Canadiens?
I know. It's the one tax on this decision. My heart. But Montreal is the least concerning for me to win the cup, to break the drought.
I'm not too worried about Buffalo winning a cup, honestly. I'm not. It's the first time they've been to the playoffs in 14 years.
Who do you like on Buffalo, though? It's just a fan base.
It's the fan base thing? Yeah. The amount of times that we've gone to Buffalo.
Don't you think Buffalo just getting in the playoffs, that's enough for them?
You don't want to overfeed them. Well, that's also a safety valve for adopting them. The thought that, hey, we're just here, maybe not for a long time, but a good time.
But doesn't ultimately, you can't use logic in this decision, right? Like you're going to cheer for who you want to cheer for, whether or not you've made this decision. And I think that first game in Montreal is going to be like crazy.
In a hockey sense, I feel a kinship with Buffalo.
okay because of all of the sad club reasons sure because this is a fan base that has gone through so much and we have detailed it and spoken about it countless times on our show how many times have we been like we're gonna go check in on buffalo this is why buffalo has to win the cup because it would be hilarious for the canucks to be the last the only side club that is the
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Chapter 5: What are the pros and cons of cheering for the Pittsburgh Penguins?
Do you have a team that you're... Don't even have to do it officially. It can be like a paper adoption or something. But a team that you're going to be particularly rooting for now that the field of 16 is set for this year's Stanley Cup playoffs?
I don't know. If you take out the top teams, you guys brought up Buffalo. I'm excited to see them in there, but I'm really excited to see Utah. You know, like the speed and skill that they play with, that to me is, I mean, that's fun hockey. I love big hits and all of that.
But like at the end of the day, watching a guy buzz around and make him plays at top speed in playoffs when guys are really trying to get in your way and do all that, like that's, I want to see where all those young guys are at and what damage they can do because they're a team like, I think they can catch some teams that think they're going to be an easier out than they are.
Okay, I wanted to follow up on that because you've obviously seen Utah play a bunch of times this season. And I think in a very weird way, there's still that element of newness. It almost feels like an expansion team, even though it's not.
And I think a lot of people are looking at this and saying, well, they haven't been to the playoffs in a while, obviously carrying over from the Coyotes organization side of things.
They're a collection of good players, but is there a great player on Utah?
Yeah, and then where would their ceiling be in the playoffs?
Well, the thing that makes, like if I'm on a team going into the playoffs and you're looking where you're going to play and teams that you'd want and all that, like the thing with Utah that makes me nervous is the pace that they can play with and the skills that they make.
Like it's a lot of give and goes, a lot of cutbacks, a lot of ways that you can get caught up taking a tripping penalty, taking a hooking penalty, etc. Little things like that, and their power play is extremely good. They went on, I think it was a five-game stretch of scoring two or more power play goals a game not too long ago here.
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Chapter 6: How do the hosts feel about the Colorado Avalanche in the playoffs?
I think for the most part since the trade deadline, they've had some pretty good efforts in there and some good fight. They've had games that obviously have not gone the way that Even in a situation where you're not expecting them to win, they can't lose the way that they did. They go down three times, they come back three times and end up winning in a shootout.
The fight and determination you have to have when there's only three games left in the year and they don't matter to care that much. I brought it up yesterday, but
Watching Curtis Douglas get his first goal, obviously seeing how excited he was and all that was great, but for a team that for a season and a half here has been talking about culture change and playing for each other and caring and all that stuff...
to me, watching him celebrate that goal and then watching the rest of the guys celebrate with him immediately, then on the bench, in the locker room after the game that the clips come out and his interview with Murph, like, to me, that change has already started. Like, those guys were genuinely happy for him.
And to see that from where, you know, conversation was even two months ago, like, yeah, do they have miles of road to cover still? Of course they do. But to me, like, that looked like a team that's starting to kind of figure that out. And that's what you're hoping for at the end of the year here.
Okay, Landon, I got a tough question for you, but I think it's going to be one that's going to be debated. With the Canucks trying to evolve their culture and they've shipped out a lot of veterans and they might ship out some more.
Let's say, that's a hypothetical, let's say they're not able to or they choose not to trade Elias Pettersson and he comes back next season and there's no real change to his game. can that affect culture in a negative way when you've got this highly paid veteran that isn't pulling on the same rope?
Yeah. I mean, it definitely plays into things. I think it also really matters how he interacts with the group, how he works in practice, how he works in the gym, all of that. Like if,
he's you know if all those teammates can see he's doing everything he possibly can coming into next year and through the year if he's here and you know his points aren't there still but he's doing everything he can yeah guys would be you know annoyed that their best player isn't playing at that level but it's not something they'd hold against them at that point, right?
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Chapter 7: What did the hosts learn during the episode?
Next time we do this, we will be focused on the offseason. Thanks again, bud. Yep, have a good one, guys. Landon Ferraro, Canucks analyst here on the Halford & Breff Show on Sportsnet 650. Okay, we got a lot more to get into on the program. Final half hour of the show is on the horizon. That means it's what we learn time. Get yours in. Dunbar Lumber text message in basket is 650-650.
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Chapter 8: What are the final thoughts on the Canucks' season and playoffs?
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Find out why nobody beats the Duik deal. Visit them on Marine Drive. Visit them downtown. Visit them in Richmond and visit them online at theduickautogroup.com. Yeah, you had a bit of a stumble early on. I said they can oft reduce your debt.
Like I'm writing a Shakespearean sonnet. What's it supposed to be? Often. Oh, okay.
So I wasn't that far off.
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All right. You know what? Started off the show with a mistake. Bookending it with a mistake. You should remind people of that mistake. I should. What was the mistake? It's self-loathing. Okay, so I came on the air this morning. What? I can't believe you did this still, by the way. I came on the air this morning. Did it again. And I said... So I says to Mabel, I says...
That's why we're not streaming to start the show on the flagship station for the Vancouver Canucks Sportsnet 650. I went into this long rambling soliloquy about how it was the penultimate game of the Vancouver Canucks season. And they had a chance to finish the business in L.A. and sweep California. And then there was this awkward pause.
And Jason Brough, to his credit, I think you were almost going to sit on it, but you're like, nope, I should say something. He said, and to be fair, you asked the question. You didn't admonish me. You asked, is tonight's game, Mike, not in Vancouver? Then there was another awkward pause. which coincided with the cold, terrifying realization that that game indeed is being played in Vancouver.
The team flew home yesterday, isn't even in Los Angeles anymore. What's more, the Kings aren't there either. They're here.
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