Jeff Marek: Looking ahead at the newly acquired 2030 pick, and a review of the Canucks post season moves
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What is the Canucks' newly acquired 2030 first-round pick and why does it matter?
This is Kirsten Price from the Historic Wall Center in Vancouver. We head to Toronto where Jeff Merrick is standing by daily. The Sheet here on the Nation Network. He did the big free agency special yesterday. It ran long, believe it or not. And he has great expertise in the 2030 and 2031 NHL draft class. This is just the man for the job. As he calls them, 2012s. You guys are insane.
And 2013s. Great show yesterday, and I was just howling in my car. Listening to you guys go for Jeff Patterson. Listening to you guys prattle on about the 2030 or 2031, because it's top 10 protected draft. And I'm like, dollars and donuts. Matty's going to send me a text. What do you know about the 2012? And sure enough. And sure enough. So I do have a 2012 draft. to sound like a douchebag hockey dad and so i i do know but i only really know the group in ontario like i'm not savage enough like i'm not savage although i i am gonna throw one name at you for the 23 deeds this is gonna be so bad for me i'll tell you a quick story i remember uh stan butler i think he would have been uh with north bay at that point it was an ohl trade deadline
And I called him up afterwards and I was like, so how do you think you did? And he goes, I got home and my wife yelled at me. And I'm like, why did your wife yell at you? He said, I walked in the front door and my wife was so mad. She says, do you realize you just traded an eight-year-old? It's one of those OHL deals that like you see that like, or do you see it in all the junior hockey leagues that extend like nine years down the road? She's like, you are insane. There's an eight-year-old out there somewhere that you just traded. Have you no shame? And that's kind of what the Marcus Pettersson trade kind of felt like yesterday.
Two things. Number one, in defense of our program yesterday, hey, we cover everything, Jeff, an inch wide and a mile deep, brother. If we need to go down the 2030, 2031 NHL draft classes, we will.
I heard you talk about RJ Celebrini. Yeah, that's right.
Did you hear how excited I got about RJ? So my question is, when do the Canucks start to make the move to move up? that pick in the 2030 draft to get RJ Celebrini.
Can you make a trade to remove the trade protection, I think? That's right. That's what we're looking at, yes.
And will for the next four years, actually. We have four years to work on it.
It's it, you know, I thought... I thought one of the good points that came out might have been Patterson or might have been one of you two guys who brought up the great point. That might just be the final piece of a puzzle at that point. That might not even be a pick that the Vancouver Canucks need. Was that yours? Okay, good job. Attaboy. I know. Pat yourself on the back. I don't know. Don't throw your shoulder out patting yourself on the back there, Blake. Oh, there you go. All right. Well done. So can we start off by doing total way too geeky hockey talk here for 2012s and 2013s? Because there are a couple of names that I want to float by you guys. And there's some with some NHL connections. You guys already mentioned RJ Celebrini.
Now, I know the Ontario group. I'm not savage enough to know the kids in the United States and Quebec. and and and the western loops but um so you mentioned rj celebrating yeah he's of course top of that 2012 draft class but there is like if you go to if you go to lead prospects then prospect in ontario for the 2012 is clive machinter my kids played against all these guys and he's excellent big tall kid north york sorry what's his name clive machinter can you spell it for us please C-L-I-V-E-M-A-C-H-I-N-T-E-R, Clive Machinter. He's an outstanding player, plays with North York. He's a tremendous player. There is a Tristan Reynolds who plays with JRC, who is excellent. There is a Liam Crump who plays in the OMHA with YSE.
He is excellent as well. That YSE team is a little bit stacked and just added a the son of Rafi Torres, Ty Torres. My kid used to play on his team into that mix too. So there's- We got to get Rafi on the show.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the Canucks' newly acquired 2030 first-round pick and why does it matter?
0:02–8:52
2
How realistic is trading to remove the pick's top-10 protection to draft RJ Celebrini?
8:52–10:54
3
Which 2012-born draft prospects could the Canucks target with the 2030 pick?
10:54–11:45
4
Which Ontario 2012 prospects (Clive Machinter, Josh Hackett, Ty Torres) are getting NHL buzz?
11:45–24:44
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