Frank Corrado: Good guys that play hard and want to be there - let's go. Chef's kiss on the new structure of development camp
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Terrison Price from the Historic Wall Center. And our next guest is TSN's Frank Corrado, who joins us after a pretty eventful opening to free agency and even neutral zone there between the draft and free agency. Frank, the NHL got a little bit fun. It got a little NBA-y here this year. And it was, I think...
How did the NHL's 'silly season' drama play out during this free agency window?
I hope that everybody took note, not that you make trades just for the entertainment purposes, but I hope that the league makes sure that they lubricate the wheels of change every year because they stayed in the headlines for an extra couple of weeks.
I know. It felt like for the first time, hockey and the NHL actually had a silly season. We see it in the NBA. In my mind, that's a term that's coined in Formula One, silly season. They talk about who's going to go where. And it feels like the NHL really had their own version of it, and it was captivating. It's the time of the year where if you live somewhere where it's not warm all year round, you're like, I want to do stuff. I'm outside. I'm doing stuff with the family. But there's a part of you that says, I don't want to be too far away from my phone. I want to check because I could hop on Twitter and see an absolute bombshell of a trade at any given moment. And that's what it felt like for at least a week, maybe a little bit more.
So it was an exciting time in the league where no games were actually being played.
What are we supposed to make of the Zach Wierenski thing in Columbus this week? Like, he wanted out, there was a trade on the table, he didn't want to go to Dallas, now they love each other and they just want to move on happily.
It's such a weird thing, and you know what? It's a really good question because it feels like when it gets to that point, how do you go back? People obviously both ways have said things that didn't leave the other side feeling great, and it's like it probably starts to get personal at that point. You're like, how do you possibly come back from it? And I don't know if you guys have experienced this in your own careers or personal lives, but I know there's been conversations that I've had in hockey where – whether it was with a teammate or a coach or whoever, it kind of gets to that point. And then when you talk a little bit more, it's like everyone lets their guard down and you feel free to like say stuff and digest stuff and there's no more judgment involved.
There's no more being offended and you actually get somewhere. And on the other side of that is like, it feels like there's a real understanding and respect, but you got to get through. It feels like a category five hurricane in order to get to that point. And I feel like that's probably what's happened here with the Wierenski thing and the Columbus Blue Jackets. I don't think there's a guarantee still that he stays there past that contract, but at least they're at the point where it's like, okay, everyone said what we needed to say, and we're probably better off for it now. And it's easier to digest coming back and play.
My theory is that there's a common foe, that Dallas leaked it out and they came together against the common foe. I can't believe Dallas did that. Can you? No, I can't either. Are we best friends again? We are. And then they ride off into the sunset. But Marchenko, they say Marchenko's showing up to training camp too.
Yeah, and I know that's another name that... Listen, I think there's an element to this where players can't control if their names are out there because there's some greasy stuff that happens behind the scenes. I wouldn't be surprised if every once in a while there's a power broker agent that sees a player who's involved with someone else and somehow says, yeah, that guy's involved in trade talks, and now that player might have a little bit of... on what's going on with his own representation. I'm not saying this is happening in this situation. I'm just telling you big picture. These are weird, greasy things that happen in the NHL. And so sometimes that's how a name ends up out there. The other thing you can't control is
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Chapters
4 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:02–0:24
2
How did the NHL's 'silly season' drama play out during this free agency window?
0:24–7:07
3
What happened with the Zach Werenski trade talks and how did Columbus handle the fallout?
7:07–21:17
4
Why did the Canucks re-sign Luke Schenn and what role will he play in the locker room?
21:17–25:31
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