June 10 2026: Do the Canucks need the pick to play? Babs back? Canada roster turmoil
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Secure some price for Wednesday, June 10th, 2026. Presentation of Bet365. Check out Bet365's three-goal early payout. When your team goes up three, you get paid. That simple. Download the app today. Must be 19+. Please play responsibly. I'm Matt. This is Blake. Mike's in there hitting switches, conducting things. Thanks for joining us on this glorious Wednesday in the city of Vancouver. I think summer begins today. I hope you're right. Weather's improving. I've been wearing long sleeves at home. That's just not right.
It was cold yesterday afternoon.
Very cold. Yeah. Do you want the Canucks' third overall pick to play in the NHL next season, yes or no? It's our daily poll question today. You can vote at the Sakaris and Price X and YouTube channels. Look, talked about it yesterday. lot of voices that are involved with a first round pick, particularly a high first round pick. You would have to think that this owner, who has been a slave to immediate gratification and revenue, wants whomever is selected third overall in the lineup next year, a shiny new toy to sell the public in the early stages of this rebuild. We know the Vancouver Canucks have gone down this path before. It wasn't immediate for Jake Furtanen and Jared McCann, but they were both teenagers that got rushed into the lineup.
And it did not help the Vancouver Canucks. It did not help their developments. created entitlement, particularly with Vertanen.
Now, there is some context here. The Canucks could very well have an NHL rookie on opening night, not the third overall pick, and that being Braden Kutz, who of course made the team out of camp last year. Correct. And is that scratch enough of an itch for you, the fan, for the owner, that, oh, we're still going to have the bright-eyed, bushy-tailed first-round draft pick just last year's, not this year's? More context, many of the candidates are college commitments already. They can get out of it. They can sign a deal and just say, I'm not coming. Carson Carls is already intimated he'd be open to doing that. He's scheduled to go to North Dakota. Reid to Michigan State, Caleb Malhotra to Boston University.
Ivar Stenberg's ready, willing, and able. Gavin McKenna likely the same.
Ivar Stenberg would really be the only one here, lest Gavin McKenna be selected first or second overall, and I think Gavin McKenna will be selected first or second overall. Is there an off chance that Keaton Verhoff, after one year at North Dakota, would jump?
I don't think the team would want him to. I don't think the team would want him to. I think they would say, no, no, no, you're in a good spot. Just do one more of those and we'll talk.
Could a total stunner, Viggo Bjork, be an exception there?
Do the Canucks need their 3rd overall pick to play in the NHL next season?
I don't think he's NHL ready myself. I think you'd want him to take a step.
Okay.
I think Kutz is a big thing to remember. You get to unwrap a new toy still. Yep. Even though he's got a little sneak peek.
I voted yes because from a fascination point of view, but only if the guy is ready. And for me, that means only Ivar Stenberg.
Of course, I would love Ivar Stenberg at number three overall. I'm saying no. I think the likelihood of Kootz and Lekromackie full-time and all that sort of stuff is all possible. I think you're going to get the itch scratched of a young player in the lineup. I think you're going to get that. I don't think you need to force the issue and put all of your hopes and dreams onto, well, A, Ivar Stenberg, but anybody. Let everybody develop.
And JFresh Hockey has been busy this morning producing player cards for draft prospects. Let's bring up the Caleb Malhotra card right now, Mike. So there it is, the graphic on the screen, those of you on visual platforms. Projected chance of becoming a star in the NHL, 13%. That ranks 9th. Amongst this draft pool, projected chance of becoming an NHLer, very high at 83%. But still 10th. But that still only ranks 10th. And a star is defined as top 20% of war, wins above replacement per 82. Amongst forwards, 15% amongst forwards. defenseman becoming an NHLer is playing 200 NHL games.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:13–3:40
2
Do the Canucks need their 3rd overall pick to play in the NHL next season?
3:40–21:38
3
Which prospects (Malhotra, Reid, Verhoff, Stenberg) are NHL-ready and who should the Canucks target at #3?
21:38–54:49
4
Why are the Oilers reportedly considering Mike Babcock despite his controversy?
54:49–1:58:31
Speakers
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