Rob Williams: What's the deal with Manny Malhotra? And World Cup events proving to be too pricey?
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Harrison Price from the Historic Wall Center. We welcome in Rob Williams, Rob the Hockey Guy, the National Sports Editor of the Daily Hive, and it's Offside Sports Vertical. Are you starting to get worried as we record this late morning Thursday?
Is Manny Malhotra still the Canucks' top coaching candidate and why the delay?
Is there any part of you that's starting to get a little bit worried or suspicious about where Manny Malhotra and things are going?
Now that you've framed it like that, maybe a little bit, but no.
Well, they went cheap. They're trying to go cheap, right? And Pinota and Earth are talking about this now. Is there a chance where you go so cheap where you just discourage the guy from taking the game?
They've just been so obvious that Manny's their guy that would just, they'd really have egg on their face if they somehow didn't run him under a contract here. The thing I wonder about as well is just like, does Matt, we're talking so much about do the, does the team, is the team okay with Manny coaching his son? You do wonder like, is Manny okay coaching his son, right? Like on the other side of things, like not even for himself, but like, protective parent probably thinking, geez, why would I put Caleb in a situation where maybe it's uncomfortable with his teammates or makes his entry into the NHL any harder than it needs to be? I think we were all expecting an announcement this week. It's Thursday.
Is it going to happen? The only part that makes me That doesn't cause me to worry. Every time the Sedins and Ryan Johnson are interviewed, they're dropping hint after hint after hint that it's still going to be Manny. And we haven't heard any new reports of other coaches being interviewed and any of that.
Well, and you make a good point about... You know, even if the team is fine with it, does Manny have a problem coaching Caleb for the reasons you outlined? And let's remember, that's a decision that's a broader constituency, I would suspect, than just Manny and Caleb as well. I mean, I would think Joanne, Caleb's mother, Manny's wife, probably wants to say in that, if not other parts of the conversation. But so much can change.
The best laid plans on draft day can go out the window the minute the Leafs decide they're going to trade down and reap some reward. I mean, you can't not hire the coach or take a job in Manny's case because you think that there's a possibility that they might draft them. I mean, you can state in the meetings, I don't think that we should draft them if I, if I sign on the dotted line, but I mean, I, that can't be the hanger, but it has to be the money, which makes absolutely zero sense because they're going to be saving money on, on salaries here going forward.
Yeah. I mean, I guess we'll just have to wait and see. I just, I, I would find it hard to believe that they just can't come to a resolution here. I just feel like, that if they've identified him as their guy and they've communicated that out in the media the way that they have, that they just cannot... like the vibes are so high right now. Like just don't, you know, don't ruin it by, by nickel and diming your next head coach. So I, I, that seems hard to believe, but yeah, with every passing day, I think that those whispers will, will get a little bit louder and, and, you know, we're less than a month now until the draft. It would be very unusual to not have your coach, uh, picks well ahead of the draft and going into free agency.
So yeah. So concerned right now? No, but yeah, like every day, I think you get a little bit more, you know, you furrow your brow a little bit more every day at this point.
Yep. Let's ask you the poll question. Should they look at moving up to number two? If you move up to number two, you're guaranteed you're either getting McKenna or Stenberg. Should the Canucks look at that, Rob?
I guess you don't close the door on anything. It just would seem a bit of an unusual move to me. Because you're not going to get that for... for nothing, right? Like you're going to have to, you're going to have to give up something to do that. I think you wait, I think you wait it out.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:02–0:19
2
Is Manny Malhotra still the Canucks' top coaching candidate and why the delay?
0:19–5:07
3
Could Manny coaching his son Caleb create locker-room or family conflicts?
5:07–7:59
4
Why might the Canucks hesitate to finalize a head coach before the draft?
7:59–19:49
5
Should the Canucks consider trading up to the No. 2 draft pick and what are the risks?
19:49–24:14
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