June 25, 2026: Canucks vow to pick at #3 and keep some vets, trades not imminent
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What is the Canucks' plan heading into the NHL Draft and when does the team go on the clock?
Sakaris and Price for June 25th, 2026. A presentation of Bet365. Welcome, everybody. Download the app today. Must be 19+. Please play responsibly. I'm Blake Price alongside me, Jeff Patterson. Riding shotgun yesterday and today with Matt Sakaris away and enjoying the frivolities of the World Cup despite the disappointments. Four-time Junior Award winner Mike Rodgerson hitting switches and conducting things. And... getting over yesterday still it's uh it's it's too bad although some things broke canada's way we'll get to that in just a second some things continue to rankle me but uh it's just more than anything i'm just i'm sad that the festivities might be a little less festive than if canada was still hanging around here oh for sure uh
A knockout stage game in Vancouver.
Oh, would have gone off.
Incredible. You know, the weather's supposed to turn here a little bit. Is that truly going to dampen? That's true. You know. What's the motivation to get off your couch and get down to a watch party if it's pouring rain?
If they had won and it would have been July 2nd, that's on the outside edge of where the weather is supposed to improve.
Right, but this weekend is looking a little spotty. It is. Yeah, it'll be interesting to see sort of the mood around town. But as we said yesterday, they're still in this thing. Like, yes, it was a loss, but now it's all systems go, full steam ahead, down to Los Angeles, take on South Africa, take out South Africa. And move into the round of 16.
More on that in a little bit here. But we also have the impending, I won't say doom, excitement. Excitement. Impending excitement of the Vancouver Canucks at the NHL entry draft. Of the entire National Hockey League at the NHL entry draft. Draft day eve now. We are T-minus 28 hours or so. So what is it? Drill down, folks. As you hear this poll question, think about truly what it is that you're most excited about. This weekend from the Vancouver Canucks. Is it just their first round picks? They got two of them, remember? Three and 24. Or are you more excited about the wheeling and dealing for more picks? And for whatever else. Maybe there's a young prospect thrown in there for good measure. But with every trade that comes down, that's not the anxiety, the excitement builds for when the Canucks will finally...
pull the trigger on something that bolsters this rebuild in some way, shape, or form.
We have a trade to announce. That's right. Every time you hear that this weekend, you're going to think, is this it? For me, it's the draft picks. They've come this far to be the day before. We know that they're picking in the first round. It's just a question of ultimately, do they stick with the ones they've got? Does that change in some fashion? But they're coming away from Friday night with at least one, and I do think multiple first round picks. And so I just kind of feel like the season that was, the buildup to the lottery, that didn't go the way they wanted. Here we are. I just want to put some names now to these spots, to three and 24, if that's ultimately where they stick. So I'm going to vote the draft picks.
I'm going to go for trades because I think given the atmosphere and environment that is out there right now, You can't be on the sidelines just watching. There has to be something, some other shoe to drop. And I think the Canucks even have an avenue to get another first-round pick. At that point, I would vote their three first-round picks. But right now, I'm going to say the trades and the prospect of that third first-round pick has got me more intrigued. You can cast your vote on all of our socials, of course. And we'll update you on that on tomorrow's show, which we should say... Yeah, what is the plan? Will be a draft afternoon show here for the Vancouver Canucks. We'll come up right before draft time and take you through the entirety of the first round for the Vancouver Canucks.
I don't think we're going to stick around for 32 unless the Vancouver Canucks have another pick in the late stages, but we'll certainly get you to 24 and it should be a lot of fun.
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Chapters
3 chapters
1
What is the Canucks' plan heading into the NHL Draft and when does the team go on the clock?
0:13–26:43
2
What did GM Ryan Johnson say about potential veteran trades and roster philosophy?
26:43–1:15:34
3
How concerned should fans be about Thatcher Demko's recovery timeline and goaltending decisions?
1:15:34–1:23:46
Speakers
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