Cam Robinson: Updates from the combine in Buffalo. Are the Ruck twins really worth it?
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So here's some price from the historic wall center. We now go to Buffalo and the national hockey league draft combine where Cam Robinson of elite prospects is attending the director of everything at EP, including a recent scouts pool that we're going to get to. But first we've got to get the combine intelligence on the Vancouver Canucks. He's been working the rooms. He's been working the cocktail parties, uh, Cam, what are you hearing on the Canucks in this first-round pick?
Well, I think like most teams at the top, they kind of hold the keys to everybody behind them, which doesn't sound like you'd say that every year. But it really does feel like... everything's a little in flux up to Vancouver. I think what happens after that is going to be fairly stock for a few picks, but they do, they do hold the cards after Toronto. And then after San Jose decides what they want to do. So kind of the buzz around is that obviously, you know, we know who they took out for dinner. Um, But I do think one name that wasn't on that list that they might end up taking out for dinner, we'll find out here in a couple hours, is Keaton Verhoff. You know, there is just kind of talk amongst people here that, and I think that maybe his camp has gotten wind of that as well, is that Vancouver does like Keaton Verhoff a lot.
I'm not saying that's going to be the pick at three. But they have a lot of interest in this player. And they're not alone. There are a number of teams that still value this player as a top three pick. And that was exhibited in that scout poll that I did too. So I think he's a viable candidate to go very high. If San Jose chooses to go defense, he might be the guy, even at number two.
So you can see the Canucks taking Verhoff third.
I'm not saying that, but I do think that internally there is a substantial faction in the organization that thinks that he should be the pick at number three.
Explain to everybody why the Canucks take Gavin McKenna to dinner. It seems like pie-in-the-sky thinking, but just in case. It's our poll.
Do you see any scenario where the Canucks wind up with McKenna?
Not at three, I don't. I really, I think, I mean, there's always a tiny little bit on draft day that something could go wild, right? Something could go if Toronto decided to go center, perhaps, right? Maybe they go, you know what?
What are the Canucks' top targets and is Keaton Verhoeff a realistic pick at No. 3?
We want to build around Caleb Malhotra. And that would shock everybody. And then San Jose goes up and goes, well, we need a defenseman. And then they take Chase Reed or Keaton Verhoeff or Carson Carls. Then Gavin McKenna would be there. So that's really the only way I could see that happening.
Matt Sandin was there at the World, too. He watched Denver go off at the World live and in person. I mean, is there a chance that that shakes up the draft, too?
Yeah, I mean, there is a world where Stenberg could go one, but then I think San Jose. Oh, gosh, you know, like, yeah, sure, sure. It could happen. It could go Stenberg, defenseman, McKenna. Those things are within the realm of possibility. I would just be very surprised. And so for Vancouver to take him out for dinner, I also thought that was quite interesting. You know, oftentimes teams will talk to players individually. that they don't really have a realistic chance of drafting, just to get a book on them, right? Just to have that five, six years down the road, if you're looking at acquiring that player, you have a book on them already. So it makes sense why Gav is sitting down with nine or ten teams.
But to go out for dinner with them, you know, maybe that's a tell. Maybe that's a tell that they think something weird or wild could happen. Maybe they're knocking on the doors. Can we move up? I don't know.
They also took Chase Reed to dinner. Mm-hmm. Do you think that's real, or do you think that's getting a book, as you say?
I think it's real. I think it's real, and I think it should be real. Chase Reid is number three on my board. He was number three on a few teams' lists that shared with me. I think a lot of teams, I was talking to a couple of them yesterday, and they just readily shared that they felt Reid is the best chance of having a number one defenseman out of this class.
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Chapters
5 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:03–2:35
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What are the Canucks' top targets and is Keaton Verhoeff a realistic pick at No. 3?
2:35–9:35
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Why did Vancouver invite Gavin McKenna to dinner and could he actually fall to the Canucks?
9:35–16:47
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Is Chase Reid a legitimate top defenseman despite turnover concerns?
16:47–24:18
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How do scouts compare CHL, NCAA and European competition when evaluating prospects?
24:18–24:23
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