June 4, 2026: Meeting Manny Malhotra; Canucks' prospect dinner dates galore
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Matt Securus and Price for Thursday, June 4th, 2026. Presentation of Bet365. Check out Bet365's three-goal early payout. When your team goes up three, you get paid. It's that simple. Download the app today. Must be 19+. Please play responsibly. Matt Securus alongside Blake Price, Mike Rogers, and Hittin' Switches and Conducting Things. On the day the Vancouver Canucks named the 23rd head coach in franchise history, it is a familiar name, a former player, and of course, Abbotsford Canucks championship-winning head coach, Mr. Manny Malhotra. So here we go. We got a new presence. We got a new GM. We got a new head coach. Yeah, he's got to round out his staff. Yeah, we're waiting for an AGM to replace the role that Ryan Johnson has left.
But Really, beyond this date, we're now talking about players again, Blake.
Yeah, yeah. Still a little bit of tweaking of the bench and AGM, but it's going to be about the players going into the draft. I mean, the next 27 days includes the draft and the opening of free agency. Not that the Canucks are expected to be major players in buying big-name UFAs. There aren't such things this year. But they do have a couple holes to fill. They do need another, probably a veteran defenseman, a P.O. Joseph type.
Decision on Teddy Bluger, of course.
And there still may be more holes created if they happen to do any draft floor deals. So we don't even know what their shopping plans could be in free agency. We'll see.
Let's get to our top story. It's brought to you by Yellow Dog Brewing, Neighborhood Brewing, Foolish Winery. Manny speaks on Caleb, on Pedersen, on style of play, on being the first South Asian head coach in the NHL. And on motivating a team that will lose, the 23rd coach in club history, another former Canuck, much like his superiors in the GM and president's chairs, said he is committed to incremental daily improvements, that he's big on energy and body language, and that tough times... will reveal character. He said he didn't want to dwell on ex-Canucks running the organization now because today's players tune out when conversations begin with, back when I played. And that his job is to be respectful of their own journeys and have them discover the joy of hockey and the privilege of playing in the National Hockey League.
What did Manny Malhotra say in his first press conference as Canucks head coach?
He believes in finding and maintaining positivity, that that's part of growth and development, and that he will introduce a structure with a clear understanding of expectations, competition, and accountability. In the Canucks room. Overall, just your thoughts.
Also emphasize playing with speed. Well, yeah, style of play. Which is going to be interesting because this isn't a team overly blessed with speed. So you wonder if his managers took note of that and will try to give him a little bit of that to work with. I mean, he came as advertised. We do know him fairly well already from his time as a player and from the limited availabilities. We've seen him as an Abbotsford head coach as well. So I don't think a ton got revealed today. I think the rubber will ultimately hit the road. When we get the first question answered, and that is, is his son playing on the team? That'll be the first sort of item off the to-do list. And then we'll see them a little bit later when they actually hit the ice.
Overall, I thought it was very much in lockstep with Henrik, Daniel, Sadin, Ryan, Johnson, not just in terms of the organizational alignment, but in terms of the broad strokes, a little shorter on specifics. but very clear-eyed in terms of the job ahead, the challenges ahead, because we do know it is going to be a long road here. How long? We'll see. But Manny very much nodded back. to the challenge before him and what needs to be done.
And to be clear, I think the lack of detail is just a now thing. I think once we're into training camp, I think he's going to be open to divulging, uh, a few of the state secrets. Yep.
Uh, so let's get to the elephant in the room, his son, Caleb, a top prospect for the 2026 NHL entry draft. And of course there is a very real chance that the Canucks select him number three overall.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:13–2:48
2
What did Manny Malhotra say in his first press conference as Canucks head coach?
2:48–26:59
3
How did Manny address the prospect of coaching his son Caleb Malhotra?
26:59–50:13
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What did Manny say about Elias Pettersson and unlocking his performance?
50:13–1:06:41
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How will Manny’s coaching style, systems and emphasis on energy affect the Canucks?
1:06:41–2:01:36
Speakers
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