Cam Robinson: New staff, new direction...new budget? And a Braeden Cootes update
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
It's a care some price from the historic wall center. We head over to Vancouver Island where Cam Robinson is the director of everything at elite prospects.
Who is Cam Robinson and what role does he play at Elite Prospects?
And he's just back from a little vacation on Cortez Island. Welcome back. Nice to see you. How are you doing?
I'm doing well, yeah. We got home late last night, and so I'm wrapping my head around real-world stuff again here, talking hockey again, not just sitting at the beach and chasing toddlers around and sunscreening everybody. So it's good to be back, though.
Make sure they have their sunscreen. Yeah, we're going to snap you back to attention here. That's right. Yeah. Much has happened with the Vancouver Canucks camp since we last spoke to you. First of all, I saw you tweeting about Ryan Papiano, the new head coach of the Abbotsford Canucks, who comes with quite a reputation and, of course, has a long history in developing players in the Alberta Junior League, including Kale McCart. What do you know about him? What can you tell us about him?
love the hire love the hire you know he's been talked about in coaching circles for a little while now is like a rising star like somebody to get your hands on get him out of brooks and get him into your system and have him work the way up the ladder and be i'm surprised the penguins let him go like that was when when he was in wheeling um it was like oh okay well now he'll coach in the ahl for them and then he'll be their next replacement or the guy to watch coming up through that organization so i like to hire a lot um I think he's one of these guys that really can get the most out of his players through communication and kind of that new age coaching style where you have to relate with players.
You can't just bark at them or be an X's and O's guy. You kind of have to be an all-encompassing mentor. And I think he checks a lot of those boxes. So as soon as I saw that, I was like, that's a terrific hire.
I was going to make you spell his last name right here for us, but I won't do that to you. But I did see you. It looks like you didn't get it correct in your tweet there. So we're all on that. Exactly. Would you like to buy a Val, J-Pat? He's got several for sale there.
I don't have enough money.
One of the discussion points, Cam, when the Canucks rolled out their NHL staff and now with the AHL coaching as well, not a lot of big league experience. But when you're 32nd and last and you're trying to build something from the ground up, is that an issue to you? Can that in some way be a strength that the coaching staff can grow with a young program as well?
Yeah, I mean, like, if anybody's wondering what the Canucks are trying to build through their coaching style, I mean, they're telling you, right? They're telling you. They're betting on teaching and development and continuity, right? Bringing guys up that found success at the American League level. Obviously, you know, with Manny and Jordan Smith and Jason Krog, like, those guys, they won a championship down there. And they're trying to see, you know, they're giving people that they're familiar with an opportunity to grow into bigger roles, right? and bring all those great tactics that they had at the younger levels and see if it translate to the NHL level. And I think that the most important thing is that they're targeting good people.
And so sometimes that's people they know well that have been in the organization for a long time or that they played with, right? With Ryan Johnson and the Sedins. So people they're familiar with, it's all about culture, I think too. So yes, obviously it also saves at the bottom line too when you're bringing in people who don't have NHL experience. Ryan Mouginelle, though, is another one, right? Just won AHL Coach of the Year. He's not someone they're familiar with, but again, he's someone that I've heard is like a really quality person, good character, not just an X's and O's guy as well, too, like a really good communicator. So I think that we're starting to see a real theme here for what they're doing, and you're absolutely right.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:02–0:11
2
Who is Cam Robinson and what role does he play at Elite Prospects?
0:11–4:10
3
What makes Ryan Papaioaanu and Ryan Mougenel notable AHL hires for the Canucks?
4:10–9:57
4
Can a mostly inexperienced NHL coaching staff be a strength during a rebuild?
9:57–20:36
Speakers
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