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Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?
with your hosts, Steve Dangle, Adam Wilde, and Jesse Blake. Let's go! Tobias Trayvon, Jacob Vanacek, Vlad Drevetsky, all members of the noted Alan Walsh future, and all joinees of the Agent Provocateur podcast out yesterday. If you want to know about the draft, specifically Tobias Trayvon, I should just mention, is the top-rated goalie of the whole draft. You see, he's the big guy, right?
He's the big guy. Yeah, he's really nice guy, too. Van a check, I believe, just committed to a university today. I think. Yeah, they were talking. They're talking behind the scenes. I forget which one it was going to be, but they had. I also forget this. Yeah. But yeah, they were all like really well spoken because, you know, sometimes Alan's a lot of Alan's clients come from check, right?
and i actually messaged him like so because like i remember when david and adam your check were on uh david's english was pretty good adam's english was pretty good but you could tell sometimes there was like they were there was like we're uploading this file we're trying to understand what you're asking okay now i can tell you what i'm going to say um uh i said alan how's the how how is their english and he said better than yours can i play my favorite part from the podcast yeah of course so uh yeah podcast out now go listen this is my favorite part
What's really interesting about all three guys here is that last year was their first year playing in North America. Was that a big adjustment, guys? I would say the biggest adjustment was the food. Because we know the Czech food is way better than the USA food. Yeah, I totally agree. Having chicken parma and Alfredo sauce every single day is... I found my love in Chipotle, so I'm in Chipotle.
Now, do you get the guac, Toby, or do you just say no? I put guac. I think I put everything they have there. They look so disgusted with him. They look so disappointed. This is really going to hurt his future on the national team. It's just that he's sure the Czech food is better. Oh, they know. I don't know if they're wrong. It's a common. It's a thing.
I remember working with Andrei Sochenko when I was doing KHL stuff. Like a lot of the Russian guys would come over to the OHL and they'd be like, I gained 20 pounds. Yeah, because I wasn't trying to. I just did. We don't have the same restrictions here that they do in Europe. And we should. Right. We should. We perhaps should. Yeah. So it's not just that Canada doesn't.
It's not that Canada wouldn't. It's just that the Americans won't. And we don't really have a choice because we've got to send stuff there. Right. So that's the Americans are like, fuck regulation. Everybody get fat. Let's go. It sounds like all they all they feed junior hockey players is chicken parm. Chicken parm. Every day. Hope you like chicken parm. Get ready to learn chicken parmies.
They should get them Eric Carlson's meal. It worked for him. Yeah, that's just chicken raccoon feet. I don't even know what you call it. Now, I just want to say a big shout out. Coaches with phallic names. Mike Babcock was hired in Edmonton. Why did the camera go to me? But the Leafs lost their own Mike, Mike Dick. has gone to the Vancouver Giants. He's an assistant coach for the Marlies.
So goodbye, Mike Dick. Calder Cup champion Mike Dick. That's right. Goes to Michael Bublé's Vancouver Giants. That's right. Michael Bublé, because he owns them, right? Yes. He does actually own them. Yes, he does. Yeah, like people forget that, but he did buy them. Jesse, I want you to bring up this next thing. Because we saw this online.
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Chapter 2: What adjustments do players face when moving to North America?
Now, there was a trade yesterday involving a noted Alan Walsh client named Zachary LaRue. Oh, were you done with the phallic names? Oh, do you want to go with the phallic names? Yeah, okay. I want to shout out the Edmonds and Euler. Oh, because they love a dick. They're on five straight phallic coaches. There we go.
Chapter 3: How does the draft impact player trades?
Mike Babcock. chris knob lock knob polish the knob uh j woodcroft yeah maddie just uh maddie reacted out loud you want me to do something for each of them yeah the hardwood j wood hardwood croft that's horrible uh dave tippett dave just the tippett uh and then we got ken hitchcock which explains itself yeah You know, if you were looking for a serious hockey show, you found it.
My trade breakdown, this is it. You found it. No, no, scroll up. You forgot about Tim Peener. They also had head coach Tim Peener. Oh, my God. Anyway, we saw this online. So there was a trade yesterday. And it was between Nashville and Colorado because Chris McFarlane used to work there. So he wanted to go get Jack Drury, needs Jack Drury.
Now, the thing about Zachary LaRue, who is also a noted client, was also an agent provocateur, is he's a crazy person. He's an actual nutcase. And he's a really nice, crazy person. Like, he was great on the show, but he's crazy when he puts on skates. Oh, yeah, he's like a lot of hockey players. Nice off the ice criminal on the absolutely.
And I think the abs could use a little bit more of that in the playoffs. And he's also quite young, so that'll be useful. I really like that trade for Colorado. Yeah, but the other name mentioned. which broke a heart, at least one heart in Nashville, was Fedor Svechkov. Man, this tweet is... This tweet's amazing. Unreal.
So Taylor, the Predhead, at the Predhead on Twitter, said, please bury me in my eight Svechkov jerseys. Okay. Now, Fedor Svechkov... Eight? Eight of them. Svechkov, three of them look identical. They're all number 40 Fanatics Nashville Predators jerseys. The two yellow ones in the second row, I assume, are Preds jerseys. Could be Milwaukee. Oh, maybe it's Milwaukee. I don't know.
You play a lot with Milwaukee. The black one, the top right is definitely Milwaukee, and the top left, I think, might be Junior or something. Yeah. Better Svechkov, by the way. 19th overall pick in 2021. It was those weird draft years, though. Like, I'm not totally surprised that some of those guys didn't work out. They were Svechkov and Leroux were selected in the same first round. Oh, really?
Svechkov was 19th. LaRue was, I think, 27th. Overall, they're both 23. They both have two years left on their contract. And combined, they are $2.125 million. Well, Steve did a trade video on it.
I certainly did.
I do like the Jack Drury pickup on the other side, too, for Nashville. Because they need anyone to take a face off. He's the best player in the trade immediately. Yeah. But... Colorado gets two players for less than they were going to have to pay Jack Drury, which I think is really good for them. Oh, absolutely. But yeah, anyway, I just want to show you if we can bring it up one more time.
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Chapter 4: What insights do we get from the press conference?
Like, you think insiders make stuff up and you just take execs, coaches, and players' word like it's gospel? They lie. Of course they lie. Not all the time, but they lie. Here's how the way... And then Brady Kachuk happened and I'm like, see? Here's how you decipher it.
You decipher it with, if they're talking about the past, likely they're telling you the truth because they're comfortable enough to tell you what happened. If they're talking about the future, don't trust it. No. And that's agents, players, GMs. Oh, you found it. Wow. You want to hear from Mark Bergevin? I'm going to Google. Give it. This is Mark Bergevin talking about PK Subban.
Man, look at how much younger he is. And the organization made us an eight-year, $72 million commitment to PK Subban. There's been a rampant speculation about what his future is with the organization. Are you willing to guarantee that he'll be back here next season?
Well, my intention is not, if you're going that way, to trade P.K. Subban. P.K. Subban is a big part of this team. And we have a lot of good players on this team. Obviously, missing Kerry was obvious. But P.K. Subban is an elite defenseman in this league.
Jeff, what about the commitment that PK made to the city earlier this year and his financial contribution to the children's hospital? That's the owner. And the outcry, I'm sure, as you said in your message that you've heard from Twitter about the idea that he could not be back here next season. Yeah, obviously, Mark explained very clearly where we stand with PK.
And as it relates to your comment about off the ice, everything that he's done to have an impact in the community has been wonderful. And we haven't seen a player make such a big commitment in the history of our team. So, Jesse, what day is that press conference from? I can tell you uno momento. April 12th, 2016. Hey, right before my birthday. Oh, okay.
So it was further away from the actual trade than I thought because the actual trade was June 29th, 2016. Two months? Two months. Yeah. Two and a bit. But there was a press scrum at the draft, I think, where that trade was made. And Marc Bergevin is like surrounded with microphones. That's what I'm thinking. That one did happen. You're not wrong. Okay. But they repeated it.
Yes, several times they repeated it over months. I think the point here is for months there was rumors that Subban could be traded after signing that giant contract. Bergevin always committed to saying that P.K. Subban's a big part of this team. We want to keep him. And then he was traded. He didn't even say that we want to keep him part. He's just like, he's very good.
And the trade is one for one. Yeah. One for one. Bob McKenzie, one of the most popular tweets of all time. Yes. Did you see the trade, Adam? There was a trade just now. Shut up. No, there wasn't. Oh, sorry. Here it is. Here it is. Oh, I got him. It's a middle finger. It's a middle finger. I Googled it. I got him. Funnily enough, there has been a trade. What? Valerie Natushkin has been traded too.
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Chapter 5: What are the implications of Zach Werenski's contract situation?
It's not great, but we can play it. Saw the quote from yesterday, which I think is all you really need to know. Yeah, it's right there, Jesse, from Brian Hedger. Um, well, I'm going to play it. It's a minute long that you got to remember. These are NHL GMs. They're not on air people. And this is not miked in the same way. So the clip that I have for you is just somebody recording from an iPhone.
Zach is a really important part of our team. Yeah. Yeah. But, but listen to it anyway. Yeah. Listen to it anyway, because I think it says a lot without saying a whole heck of a lot. Here we go. This Don Waddell. I think for right now, uh, there's some matters that we're dealing with that should probably stay internal.
Um, my plan is still to meet with Zach here in the near future and see where he's at. But, uh, you know, we've had, uh,
Chapter 6: How do agents influence player contracts in the NHL?
some conversations with his agent but there's been no definitive plan for sure okay and is it your sense that it perhaps depends on what occurs this summer which you're able to do in terms of whether he's willing to extend or what happens next season or what do you think that means going to be about yeah no i i'm sure that plays a part but i think it's more of you know uh do you want to play here
you know, long term, you know, obviously we can't get into contracts because he's got two years left, but just want to get a good sense of where he's at and We'll see how that goes. So he said, I would like to keep this in house and then proceeded to tell you everything. So which is nice.
We're waiting to find out if our best player who is under contract for two more seasons is committed to the team that he's on. Does that sound familiar to anyone else? Zach Wierenski is their best player. Oh, you mean Brady? No.
Chapter 7: What impact does the trade of Alex Tuck have on the Capitals?
Best player, two years left. Oh, Matthews. And he's not sure. There's a report, anyway, that he's not sure. Now, that's real, by the way. We've been hearing Wierenski stuff for a long time. Right. Even in the season. Who's his agent? Who is it? Is it? Is it Judd Moldaver? Same agent as Matthew. Whoa, guys, pay attention. Pay attention.
Agents like the agents have a strategy and they like to stick to it. Darren Ferris for like all the criticisms I've levied at him. Is it very least honest? Yep. I like to walk my clients to free agency and then get as much money as possible.
Chapter 8: What insights does Craig Leipold provide about Quinn Hughes?
And Bowen Byram, it was on the market. He's a UFA after next year. He goes for a King's ransom to Chicago and he's going to sign for an insane amount of money. Well, Alex Nikishan today, who is a Ferris client, but I hold on on Bo Byram. Kiprio said on his show yesterday, well, he's going to wait and see what happens with Quinn Hughes first. What the like, what are we talking about? Yeah. Yeah.
Because he's Darren Ferris, and that's what he's going to do. Nick Robertson is sitting there waiting to hear what Kirill Kaprizov signs for. Bowen Byram is a very good defenseman in this league, but what are we talking about? Right. He doesn't have multiple Norrises, but I think what it is is that it's like, well, if he's worth that, then I'm worth. Right? You use that as sort of the background.
Why did Chicago make that deal? I know. Holy cow. But he says he wants to stay. All that to say, agents... have strategies, they have playbooks, and they stick to them. So that's what Ferris does. Judd Moldaver loves putting jersey numbers in contracts. Go look at his clients. Yeah, I know. Yossi did it too. Matthews had it. He doesn't have it anymore. Yossi had it. Carter Hart had it.
And did Wierenski? Yeah, Wierenski, I'm pretty sure, had it. I think. Or has it?
Mm-hmm.
There was the Matthews report, and what is going on with Rurensky is identical to CJ's Matthews report. Right. There was a made-up lie that he made up for clicks. What are we doing, fellas? This is real. Well, would you not then hold back Matthew Nyes if that could become available? Oh, that's my point. Yeah. Adam cooking with gasoline. Well, like that's that to me.
It's like, well, even the second overall pick, I might not get a guy as good as that guy. No, no, you trade everything for Zach Wierenski and it's going to cost more than nice.
Yeah, for sure.
It would be centered around that. Yeah. Yeah. He's got to be the piece, but like you got us. Well, Jesse, is that necessarily true? Because maybe Wierenski says, yeah, I'd like to come to Toronto because Austin, I'd like to play with Austin and they are friends and they, he braids you. He's got trade protection. I think it's still another tier of player.
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