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It couldn't be better? I want to get right to the poll questions.
Here are the Panthers over the Hurricanes by a score of forty three.
The Florida Panthers are going to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since
nineteen ninety six, when they were swept in that Cup final by Uve Croup
In the Colorado Avalanche, him Mark Crawford. Yeah, Mark Crawford was the
head coach group, getting the overtime winner in the game four to clinch Colorado.
It's first Stanley Cup. So Florida onto the Stanley Cup Final, which
has a whole lot to do with, of course, Sergei Bobrovski and Matthew
Kochuck. He scores their winning goal last night, his third winner of the
series. Second in playoffs scoring right now. He's been so effective throughout the
whole playoffs. People talk about him not scoring in the five games against the
Leaves. He did get five assists in that series, three assists in the
first game. He's been absolutely fabulous in Vancouver hockey fans, members of Canuck
Nation, we know how you feel about watching Matthew Kochuck performed so well,
not only in Calgary, but of course now in his first year with Florida.
That leads to our bet ninety nine dot net poll question wreck. All
right, let's get to it. The bet ninety nine dot net poll question,
who should feel worse about not having Matthew Colchuck in their lineup? This
one's close, This one's close. Fifty seven percent say the Flames, forty
three percent say the Canucks, and let's delve into this, Donny. In
two thousand and sixteen, folks, the Canucks took only u Levy fifth overall.
With the next pick, the Flames took Matthew could Chuck sixth overall.
And that is therein lies the problem. He could have been a Vancouver Canuck
and that is why we got the pull question up. I thought you were
gonna take a shide. I'm going to tell you why they didn't take Matthew
Colchuck, whether you like it or not. Done. The last time the
Vancouver Canucks have taken a defenseman in the first round prior to that draft,
only eu Levy was in two thousand and five, Luke for Dawn, eleven
straight years in this city, the Vancouver Canucks took a forward in the first
round. Two times they took two forwards in the first round. It has
been heavy forwards for eleven years, Johnny, eleven years before the ou Levy
pick. So I can see why they took Olie u Levy. What I
don't see is why they took the wrong defenseman. Mikail's Serge chev ninth overall,
Charlie McAvoy fourteenth, Jacob chickern sixteenth all three year difference makers and we
know what has happened. So if Mariel Lemieux was available at that fifth spot,
you don't take them because you haven't drafted defenseman for a long time.
They picked the wrong guy. Like you're saying, take the best player available.
I'm telling you they haven't taken a defenseman. And eleven years down eleven
years? Was it the right choice of the wrongs? Was the wrong choice?
Wrong choice? Anyway you chop it up like you're right, they should
have taken another defenseman. Macavoy would have looked just even brother. There's a
long list there. Um. But what I don't understand with with Matthew Kachuck
is I don't you love you played for for the same team London won the
Memorial Cup. That's Kachuck. What did he do that year? Do you
remember what he did at the end of the season, scored the winning goal
in overtime for the London Nights. Does that sound familiar? The guy's a
clutch player. He plays his best hockey. Uh, you know well,
and I know that people in Calgary might I disagree with that. He didn't
have a great playoff last year, but we're seeing what we're seeing now.
He's matured into this clutch playoff performer. I just it's just for me.
The team that should feel worse about not having Katchuck in the lineup is Vancouver
because at least at least Calgary, Calgary saw something with him, They had
him in their lineup for at least a little bit. Couch didn't have him
at all at all, right, at all. They value Matthew Kachuck more
than the Canucks dead and even though he left Calgary, at least they had
they placed some value on a player that's clearly one of the most viable players
in the National Hockey League. And I realized it's another regime, another era.
It was the Banning era, not the Rotherford Alvine era. But it's
it's pretty painful to watch that guy do what he's doing right now. For
members of CONNOC nation, it is and London. The answers Vancouver and London
was in Red Deer at the Memorial Cup. Donny Canucks had all their scouts
there, the whole nine yards. Mitch Marner too, was he just pushing
the puck up to the superstar forwards and they were doing their thing. I
don't know, it's just what you're saying, they should have taken the best
player available. I'm saying they should have taken the best defenseman available. The
screwed up. Here's one for you. A circuit Chev's camp. He got
an interview from the Canucks, but it was a token interview, same with
Kachuck says his interview did not go on. It didn't go well with it.
They had zeroed in on I was told they had zeroed in on you.
Levy. Brent Utter, the coach a Redyar at that time, had
given them a really good recommendation of you know, obviously they were in red
ear. They could see with their own eyes Jacob Chicker and I was told
the Canucks didn't feel he had the hockey sense. He led all defensemen in
scoring what a couple of years ago, Donnie. Uh So, Anyways,
it just look, it's a it's a big whiff. It's it's it's it's
they're gonna I don't know what to say. Well, people who would say
Calgary, you know, well you had him and you lost them because he
had a coach that didn't get along with it. Ever, anybody Darrel Sutter,
and you don't know what would have happened with with Vancouver. Like he
come, he comes to Vancouver. He wanted out of Calgary, he wanted
You don't know what would have happened with Vancouver. Maybe he would have been
happy in Vancouver than he was in Calgary and wouldn't have gone on to Florida.
Yes, say hey and Donny, we complained about the Canucks are not
hard enough to play against. He would have solved that issue if you would
have come to Vancouver big time. He's got it all. He's got the
scale. Look at the patients on the Winner last night, Donny patience,
patience. He's got great hands, he's got skill, he's got toughness,
he's he's everything you're wanting a player, I don't want everything. I don't
want to pile on somebody because a lot of people pile on this player.
But the Canucks. My understanding of the situation talking to people is that the
Canucks felt they had Matthew Kuchuck at the time, Jake for Tannon and Jake
that's right power forward who at times, like in his junior career anyway,
could be an agitator. Big drove to the net, at least in juniors,
and we didn't. Nobody ended up seeing any any of that at the
NHL level. They thought they had Matthew Kuld. We all thought that was
Jake was going to be that of that ilk. Yeah, and and it
it never had It didn't work out and again didn't work Hate to pile on
on somebody like like Jake for Tannon, but my understanding of the situation is
that's that's what we have that guy. Yea, we have Matthew, we
have them. We don't need we need it. We need a young defenseman.
And not only did they pick the wrong player, if you want to
extend it, we talked about it earlier, Um they picked the wrong defenseman.
Well, yes they did. I'll even go back to last year and
LOOKRAMACKI to pick. Everybody was saying, get a defenseman, done it,
there's nothing in the system. And they took a forward. Um you know,
but eleven straight years the Canucks took a forward and then they took you
Levy, and so you can understand, I understand why they took you Levy.
Uh, get some defenseman and they're all in the difference makers. They
were expecting a difference making defenseman at fifth overall done and then we get it
with Matthew Kachuck as well. And I remember this from from that day.
Yeah. Um, the knock was his skating And to this day you look
at him skate and he's not a he's not a beautiful skater. It's not
fast. Gets the job done, gets it done, like whoo, who
cares that you know about? You know how he looks skating? How fast
gets the job done? Bottom line, we see the stats, we know
what he does. It was it was the wrong call. He's a big
guy in front of the net, that's got it all. He does all
his damage around the front of the net, behind the net, the side
of the net. He's so wonderful to watch. Um, Okay, moving
on and we'll deal with the poll question more later. But Rod Brenda Morris
from Campbell River, home of quincim Communications, we love it felt for him
last night. Yeah, I mean he looked so stunned after that game.
Four loss, all four losses by one goal goal after a great, great
Carolina season, Rod Brenda Moore post game last night, after yet another one
goal loss to the Florida Panthers. That's the unfortunate part of this is he's
gonna look back and Aryone's gonna say you got swept, and that's not what
happened. I watched the game there, I'm cutting the game. We're in
the game that we didn't get. We didn't lose four games, we got
beat but it's you know, we were right there and just could win the
other way in this We could in the four games the other way. And
tonight, you know, the way it ended is tough. Getting appenalty like
that, that's tough, you know, especially what was let go and then
you go, that's that's gonna that's gonna sting. But not to take anyway
from the other team because they played hard. But um, you know,
I think we took a huge step this year. Um, you know,
coming this far, like I said, with what we were missing, it's
pretty pretty impressive. Like I said, great season, you know, second
overall, a couple of playoffs series victories, and then that the four one
goal losses, the two overtime losses in Carolina and it's over and you look
at everybody they were missing, and they ran into injury problems yesterday with Nason
and slaven Or by the way, What a hit? What a hit?
Sam Bennett, them going down, you know, you forget you know,
patri Retti and Sechnikoff never played a game in the Slayoffs. Travan behind it
came back, didn't look the same. So there there was a whole lot
there that led to Rod Bryndamore looking stunt and he's taken some heat because they
did get swept. They did, They did get swept. It hurts,
but I think anybody with the brain could figure out where Rod was coming from.
There. It's just like it. It's it's they got swapped. But
it didn't feel like they were. They were competitive in all games. It
wasn't a wipeout. I think they outshot the Panthers in every game. Doney,
last night again, Bob Barowski. Let's give credit to Bob. We're
giving check credit. Let's give their goaltender credit. Doney. You only gave
up six goals in four games. Three of them were in the last game.
So Florida ends up scoring its winning goal on a power play. Chuck
gets the winning goal on a power play. He mentioned the penalty to Jordan's
stall that led to the led to the power play. The trip played must
have for his ling. The thinking is that, okay, it's it's a
playoff game. You dial back what you're going to call. That was in
that was in Florida's end, right, So that that undoubtedly led to the
thinking of the official who made the call. I would have waited a beat
to make that, and of course my NHL officiating experiences fast, but I
would have waited a beat. Florida got possession, like Foresling was able to
advance the pucks time, like there was a beat there where maybe maybe you
wait, if if if the pucket turned over. I know it's easy to
say where I'm sitting right now, but I could see why Rod Brittamore might
be frustrated. Technically, no doubt about it. It was a trip.
I don't know about the situation if that was indeed the right call. The
other thing is so the goal of counted. Yeah, well they reviewed it
because Sam Bennett it had a stick. Well, my take on it is
that I Freddy Anderson lifted Bennett's stick and then Bennett retaliated by trying to spear
him in the groin area, put a stick between his lips and uh,
but there's no way the NHL was taken, it would have been considered a
tikie tack called by a lot of people. They reviewed it. They reviewed
it, Donny, and there was some there was something going on in front
there. If they have, if they had disallowed that goal, I would
have understood it. But given the whole situation, I guess there you go.
It counts that Florida goes on to the to the Stanley Cup Final.
But again I think what happened was that Bennett was retaliating for Anderson messing around
with the patients. Donny, it's unreal. Yeah, I agree. You
know, a big guy, great myths. Um, look at that.
Yeah, it's so fun to watch that guy play hockey and he loves hockey.
Um. And he said the other day it's fun coming to the rink
and Florida and that's a bit of a shot at you know who in Calgary.
C Yeah right, yeah, okay, Um. Later on the show,
we want to talk about the fact that Kachuk and Barkoff no problem touching
the Prince of Wales trophy. We'll do that. There's a cannock angle to
it as well. If you remember ninety four, you'll you'll know what I'm
talking about. Uh, okay, we got time for Rick here, right,
No, we don't, we don't. We'll do that later. We've
got I want not some business here? Oh business, Okay, Ryan,
we'll get You've got some knack scoopage just a little tid it's nothing. Okay,
we'll save that for l All right, let's go. Let's go here.
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show. We mentioned Rick with some Canuck news. You'll never guess who Kevin
b X thinks should be the next GM of the Toronto May please, we'll
get to that. John Shannon will join us just after eleven o'clock. John
remembers ninety six when Florida went to its last Stanley Cup final, Doug McLean
like, yeah, it was his buddy coach back then. And I'm gonna
wonder how many times John thought over the years, how many times anybody who
follows hockey thought over the years that Florida would be moving out of Florida,
that franchise was seemed to be in trouble. It's funny you'd watch games from
Florida and to me, the building in Arizona seemed, and this is relatively
speaking, way more vibrant than the one in Florida, Like all the all
the expansive seats were all they're always empty, yes, Splorida. And I
always thought to myself, everybody talks about the Coyotes leaving, well, what
about what about the Panthers? Will talk to John about that big ride.
That quitter guy will join us later this hour and up next Lions BC.
Lions open up their preseason this weekend in Saskatchewan. We'll talk CFL with Farhand,
We'll throw the kuducks in there as well. He's next, Farhand Lalsy
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He's in Ottawa, Farhand, thank for doing this. How are you.
I'm good, just sitting here at the CFC Prospects game. They're behind
me. That's part of the athletic complex here at the University of Ottawa.
The players are out in the field and uh yeah, it's the top high
school football players in Canada. I've got a chance to call this game for
the last three years, so it's it's gonna be fun. And this one's
an interesting one because they've also got a youth game the next day here in
Ottawa as well, and my son's playing in that, so that'll be fun
to get to sit around and have some some father time as well as work
time. All the best to uh look, the big question farhand. The
Highak Parade takes place Saturday in the West. Have you found have you found
a Grand Marshal? Because Rick and I are well aware you must be desperate
because you asked us. Yeah, you know, we did. My wife
actually thinks so much of you done that. She said, you know,
could could Donnie and Rick do this? And I said, well, you
know I should ask. Rick's actually a news guy. You go for all
the viewers out there to tell you how big time these guys are. I
didn't even get a response for a week now, but you did get a
response. I did, But I'm assuming you guys must have thought I meant
to send that to somebody else. You texted us and Whistler. You texted
us and Whistler not a good time, Not a good time. Well,
there's no parade in Whistler, right like you can come here. Rick,
you were You need to get back to your roots. You're an NWSS grad
or at least you're not sitting in a car. I'm not sitting in a
car and a parade and having people throw eggs at me. Nah, not
gonna happen. You know what, I've done the Marshall thing before. It's
a lot of fun. You can take yourself way too seriously. Just you
know, just wave, do the queen thing and just just wave a little
bit like that. Man, and I though I thought they were desperate asking
us. You were the Grand Marshal one year. My god, a few
years ago. Yeah. Look, I was a Citizen of the Year in
Newst as well, so I attributed to my hometown. Oh my goodness.
Well, yeah, I don't feel so bad because if I go into that
the High Act parade as the Grand I'm from Burnaby, Yeah I'd be I'd
be in big trouble. But I've adopted new Ust as my hometown. You
know, I lived there since two thousand and two. It's it's a great
place to live, it's a great place to raise a family. And of
course, you know, and yeah, we could have done we could have
done. Rick in the moje no and there's just so many marketing possibilities are
gonna come with that because both are news guys and both went to high school
there, and yeah they are. Okay, let's let's move on from the
Grand Marshall title. Let's farhand BC. Lions training camp continues in cam Loops.
You're good at that. Lions training camp continues in cam Loops played their
first preseason game and says catch and we haven't talked about this week and I
feel bad about this, but the Lions go out and get Wait a minute,
wait a minute. This is where Rick asks, how do the Lions
move on from Nathan Ork? Is that the question? No, it's who's
gonna win the Great Cup? He's gonna win the Great Cup? Who's gonna
win the Great yea, yeah, and you've told us the last seven weeks.
But they acquire Canadian defensive lionan Jonathan Congbo. He played down in the
NFL last couple of years with Denver, I believe, and Great Cup champion
with Winnipeg. What do they have in Jonathan? Yeah, they've got a
talented guy, right. I mean he was able to make a a difference
as a rotational pass rusher. The tears that he was in Winnipeg, but
you know, he obviously got a tremendous amount of experience in Denver last year
just being around the best players in the world. Got a chance to get
defensive snaps in three of those games, you know, So I think we're
gonna get the best to Jonathan Congbo. He's not a kid, he's not
a rookie. He's now a bit more of a refined football player and he
wants to play. And I think that's the most important thing is that he
could have bounced around the NFL and he probably would have had some additional interest,
but he wanted to get on the field and play and he thought that
that was an important thing for his development. So for the Lions to do
that, I think it's a great opportunity for them as well, because now
they can really do some things with the ratio. You know, they can
maybe commit to three players on the defensive side of the ball, because along
with Congbo, you've also got Francis Bemy, who was their first round draft
pick and he's looked fantastic and training camp. So you couple that with guys
like Matthew Bets and David Menard and then Nathan Cherry, who was their first
round pick a year ago. And you take all of those guys, and
all of a sudden, you've got five six legitimate Canadian defensive linemen that you
can rotate through three spats or two spots at the very least, along with
a Canadian linebacker. And if you go with three, that gives your flexibility
either on the offensive line or at receiver to add some more American depth.
So I think to get a guy like Congbo is a huge deal for their
ratio, their flexibility, and just their defensive improvement far ahead. I always
think the two preseason games isn't enough for young kids trying to make football.
You don't have like an Avesburd These kids can go to Avesburg develop all you
you got a small taxis quad practice roster. Is there any thought to happen
more than just two two preseason games? Yeah, I mean, you know
they move from three to from four to three, and I think that was
sorry, four to two, I should say, And you're right, it's
difficult. But you know, we're seeing such a trend even in the NFL
now of less and less in the way of your starters playing in preseason.
Yeah, right, so you're going to see in most cases of starters play
half of a game total, right, even in the CFL. So can
you get enough of an evaluation on your younger guys? And they do controlled
scrimmages and things like that, you know, but I think one more evaluation
opportunity probably isn't a bad thing. And you're seeing in the NFL they've expanded
to seventeen games, and they're talking about, you know, three preseason games
only now, and you just see such little in the way of starters being
risked to injury by playing them in the preseason. So, you know,
I don't know that you're going to see more. I don't know that the
CFLPA would allow it, but I think this is kind of power for the
course for where football is headed, right, less meaningless games, less meaningless
exposure to injury and risk, and try to find a way to do that
in a controlled practice setting. All right, NHL down to their final three
teams Florida. They beat the top three teams in the regular season to get
to where they are. I mean, this is no fluke. They beat
the three of the top four teams in the regular season, but are you
still surprised as an eight seed they've done this. Yeah, it's hard not
to be, you know. And I debate this for Tom and Drants all
the time because they won the President stro for a year ago. Yeah,
and you know, if you look at them, they've had a track record
of success and here they are this season. They needed like a Chicago upset
against Pittsburgh just to get into the playoffs this year, and then they were
down three one and we're on the verge of being eliminated against Boston and then
they wound up coming back and doing what they did. So you know,
it does speak to the roster. But this isn't the exact same team,
right. I mean, when you look at that Matthew Colchuck trade, that
was a franchise altering trade for them, so that was going to take some
time to get figured out. But you know, you look at Dad,
you'll get a coaching change in the last couple of years. So this is
a different team and maybe the team that had some regular season success. So
I do think that what they're doing right now that makes it even more impressive
because it's not simply enough to say this is the exact same team. They
just stubbed their towing the regular season. So what they're doing right now is
impressive. Their top players are playing their best, They're not relying on goaltending.
You know, I think it's a complete team. And I don't know
how Vegas season, but I think they should be favored over Vegas right regardless
of how the sports books see it. And I think we're right now.
They're probably underdogs Evan TA today, but the way they are playing right now,
and I think they've been outstanding. And look, you could certainly make
the case that Carolina outplayed them in three or four games, all of these
being one goal games, two of them being overtime games, and one essentially
was an overtime game with the goal with four seconds left. But the way
these guys are able to play in big moments, the way Matthew Kutchuck's playing,
these guys are you know, I don't like cliches, but they sure
look like a team of destiny, you don't take no question about it.
A lot of grit there far ahead. We asked you this every week along
with Rick asking you who's going to win the Great Cup twenty twenty three.
But the latest on SFU's football program good and bad. Right, Like you
know, when we last talked, there was a lot of encouragement with the
with the advisor and that's been good. And you know, we asked the
university to give a small olive branch to these players by opening up the locker
rooms and also giving them a chance to get access to strength and conditioning programs,
right because there still are going to be a lot of people, a
lot of players that stay at the school, and I think the university admin
was willing to do that, but I think there's been some push back in
the athletic department, so there's been some mixed messaging. They haven't gotten into
the locker rooms yet, they haven't gotten that access to the strength coaches,
even though we thought it was headed that way, and I think they need
to do that. President Johnson talked about re establishing trust. Something small like
this does that, and then when you have this mixed messaging and the pushback
from the athletic department, it takes away that trust. So hopefully they can
get that sorted out, because these kids deserve that opportunity given what they've been
through in the last six weeks. Okay for ahand one more if you don't
mind, and you and I share something in common, we both got in
trouble earlier this week from the folks on social media Delaney's okay, tiring Langley
inbox and all that because we talked about the late great Jim Brown and didn't
bring up what he did off the field, which reportedly was awful abuse of
women. But just your memories of the late great Jim Brown on the field
at the very least. Yeah, you know, and I'm not here to
dismiss the minimize anything that happened and with him off the field. I know
they were. They were all allegations and charges and and ultimately not not a
lot of that stuck, which didn't mean something didn't happen. So I'm not
trying to minimize that at all. But your question was what he did on
the field, the concentration of time that he played because he cut his short
for for you know, non injury related reasons. Um, the two best
I've ever seen, right, And when you look at what Jim Brown did
in his time in Cleveland, if he had stayed that year, you know,
when he was still tired because essentially, Um, the owner of the
time said, but he you know when they said no, get back here
right now, he said, no, forget it, I'm gonna step back
and I don't want to play anymore. They probably won the first Super Bowl
that year, right, But this guy was an incredible player. He did
in so many different ways physically and when you look at just his overall athletic
ability, right even what he did as a lacrosse player and the things.
This guy was a tremendous, tremendous athlete. So it was certainly a loss
for the NFL to lose him as early as they did. You have to
consider him. I mean that period of time, you could make the case
for greatest player ever that you know that wasn't a quarterback. I mean,
I know, we give that, we give that Moniker of the Goat to
Tom Brady because of the number of Super Bowls he won. But the best
player ever, the most physically dominant player ever, may have been Shambron.
Yeah, well, said fan, thanks for this. We didn't have the
greatest transmission on that last answer. No shortage of people in the inbox saying
you've never sounded better. Thanks for this, frand appreciate it. Thanks you
guys. We'll talk next toek it'll be cleaner. Okay, No, it
was fine thanks to farandology of TSN Lions again Saturday in Saskatchewan. They play
the following Thursday, a preseason game BC Place against Calgreathan. Their home opener
is the seventeenth June seventeenth, Edmonton. We still don't know the band.
Should ask farhand that they're working on it. Well, you know something,
I can they're working on it. There's still they haven't got it. I
know, you know something about the connection. We'll deal with that next,
along with an update of the poll question and some talk about, you know,
touching the Prince of Wales trophy or the Campbell Conference bull Hurricanes touched the
Prince of Wales trophy the last night. We'll see how that works out.
That's next. Donnie Delhi the team on check, Oh so nice, and
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more with Tina Turners passing in DTMC at bet ninety nine dot Net Pole question.
The Florida Panthers are on to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time
since nineteen ninety six. They sweep there urricaanst Matthew Kitchuck, including last night
three game winners in that series two and overtime. Our bet ninety nine dot
net pole questioner who should feel worse about not having Matthew could check in their
lineup one thousand votes already it's hopping, and it's popping as well. Even
Stephen almost flames fifty seven percent Canucks forty three And just to give you the
background, the Canucks took all of you Levy at five, Donnie, and
two sixteen Chuck, when at six and we've told you eleven years prob you
think you thought it was the right choice. I didn't say that. I
said to you they hadn't taken a defenseman in eleven years. It was time
to draft a defenseman in the first round. The Canucks had gone eleven years
without drafting a defenseman in the first round. Two times it took two forwards
done in the first round in the past eleven years. So that's why they
took a defenseman. They just picked the wrong guy, picked the wrong defenseman
in the wrong approach. I think you always go, this is just me
the best players player. You can trade him, right if you feel you're
two stacked, well, so do you want to go twelve years in a
row before in the first round. No, but what happens is you you
draft a forward, and if you have a surplus of forwards, that's a
pleasant problem. You trade them for a defenseman. Simple. Why wasn't I
in charge of the Canucks back? I have no idea. Why haven't they
called you and hired you? Well, Canucks aren't calling us all these things.
We're on their bleep list. Yeah yeah, but believe me, the
owner doesn't like But we still talk about the vancorrect. We still talk about
them. You have some happen to the graphic Ris, just stop it,
Duc there's not the major. I got it. I finally got four times
said I don't know if Derek still has it or not. No, just
there's nothing major. I'm just giving it update. Right, you need to
promote yourself that God, there's no promotion. I'm just giving an update.
I finally got to Millstein. You know, Dan, good guy, a
friend of ours, friend of the show, friend of the show. Dan
is finally talking about Donni crats off of a tally Stop get it out of
there, right, just set it out of there. I'd like you two
in that what's that called the hood or what's it called the front? Front
loader? Front loader? Yeah, you two in the front that that looks
good. I believe that was Mario and Richmond. That sentence Mario and Richmond.
Who's the guy birthdays today? Island? Joe has been Quiet's ghosted us?
Yeah, well what could you? That's very hip of you. Is
that what the kids say? Yeah? Wow, I never heard. I
just heard ghosting on what the kids say? Dan? That's what the kids
say. That's what Dan Milsty was doing to you for something. Hey stop,
Dan Milstein never ghosts me. Dan's a good guy. He likes me.
I got to him this morning. He's finally telling us why Vitally Cratsop
signed in Russia's gonna get a ton of ice time down their first line power
play. He's had a tough a cup, tough See. This is what
you guys do, by the way, is it Dad? Everything ready to
go? And then you guys, is the khild down there? Where it
is? Down there? What did I say? You sit down there in
the kh I think that what else is it right there? I equivalent in
of a minor league. That's what Rick was referring. So overseas u KHL
in Russia. Can I finish like Mexico. Yeah, he's had a tough
couple of years in the NHL, so he's twenty he's only twenty three.
It's time for a reset. And Donnie Dan was communicating with the Canucks that
they didn't get caught off guard with this signing in Russia. They are going
to qualify him. Dan confirmed and yeah, Canucks are going to qualify and
watch his development over the next two years. Now, I want to bring
this up because this guy rips the Canucks signing. Eliam mccalf, I want
to tell you something right now. Mccaf knee surgery February second. I just
want to tell you he's going to start skating in August. Donnie, no
setbacks so far. They shut him down. They no, no, they
shut him down on January twenty seven. He had surgeby five days later.
I just want to tell you there's been no setbacks. He continues to see
doctors. Right now, it looks good to start training camp for mccaf,
So that's good. The other one I want to tell you is Milstein says,
go back to that first. Let's go back to mccamp. Why did
he play huh like, oh, because he loves hockey, Donna talking,
But he's got a bum knee and they have him. He played the majority
of the season. He played hurt. He played hurt, he loves hockey.
Didn't want to come out of the lineup. Probably not a good idea.
Kip it, Donny. It's your first season with the Canucks. You
just signed as a UFA, So what do you mean you want to shut
it down two weeks into the season. Come on, if it's a serious
knee injury, which apparently it was, Yeah, shut him down earlier.
So anyways, all all signs look good. Dan says, no setbacks.
That's the key for me. Donnie Milstein also says Andre Kuzmenko is going to
start preparing for the upcoming season next week. It's the earliest he's ever prepared
for a season because there were conditioning issues, right, I were that.
We only don't know that for a fact. The coach never came out and
said he's you know, I'm just telling you he's starting his earliest next week
talk. It's made it very clear to these guys, don't go home and
eat apple pie and cherry pie all summer. Donny, and you know that,
By the way, cherry pie is the best. Anyways. I'm just
telling I don't think it's the best pie. But we could go on cherry
is There's nothing better than cherry pie, Donny, Are you kidding me?
Apple is good, you put a little ice cream on, but cherry pie.
But cherry pie is the best. Anyways. The key is the key
is cuse make was gonna start next week the earlier cherry but right, okay,
cherry pie is you know what I mean? Top three. I had
a cherry tree back to Little Ricky. I. I used to go up
that tree and just sit there for hours and just munch on those cherries.
We had the same thing. Cherry tree was my neighbor Tim and I got
sick one time in the tree. What yeah, like vomiting. I would
sit just nothing better than a cherry tree. My mom had no cherries for
the pie because we we had a huge cherry tree. It was great.
We had two. I'm better than you all had two. Okay, that's
a that's you had one more thing. No, there's nothing else. You
just started something. I interrupted you because Mako start working next week, and
you know what that's the plan. Nobody can come into camp out of shape.
Cherry pie. Hey, that would be good conditioning, though climb trees
can't. You can't lose because you're you're you're working. You're working on your
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know, I know, I'm already gonna get in the inbox enough with this,
but I gotta do it. I gotta bring it up. Lost the
seats again, I stop last Oh my god, I'm tired of this crop.
I brought it up on Tuesday when we returned. But there is there's
an update, so I need to provide it to the people. Last night
was the season ticket holder seat relocation event. If you have season tickets at
Rogers Arena, you could go last night potentially move your season tickets or what
happened. So, of course the main topic of conversation was the seats themselves.
The seats. So our good pal Clay I Move has provided some great
detail on what happened or what is happening with the seats. He's actually posted
a seven minute long YouTube video with all the details, so if you want
to check that out on Clay's YouTube channel, you can get all the details
there. So this is from Clay. Here's the photo, one of the
photos, so you can see there's two actual seats here in this photo furthest
from furthest from the camera. There's seats with no like buttons. She either
flat back, they're smooth, there's nothing there. Closest to us are the
ones with the buttons. These closed seats are part of the sixty seat VIP
seating section. Buttons the big difference. Well, I think there's more cushion.
It's like a captain seat. So sixty seats VIP section. Okay,
now hold onto your hats. These seats. You have to lock in for
a three year commitment on these seats, okay. They range from seventy five
to eighty five thousand dollars over the three years, you get access to all
of the Canucks games and every event in Rodgers Arena. Basically, if you
have these seats, you also get access too. I'm gonna show you another
photo. Here this new tunnel that's been built right next to these seats.
Yeah, here's the tunnel here, the Oilers esque tunnel. So this tunnel
here, you go down here, you're gonna be able to see the players
go out onto the ice if you're one of these VIP folks and there's gonna
potentially be what are you looking at eating area down there? That's not the
area you're talking underneath. Yeah, you're gonna go down here. They've got
to cover up Like Edmonton, they're trying to copy Abinton where the fans can
see the Oilers. Yeah. So the other thing, the other thing they're
copying here is seat licensing is starting to get into Rogers Arena, which is
you Now, no, you don't just buy a ticket, you buy your
seat, You pay a license fee on the seat. That's where these VIPs
are. You're you're buying a license to own the tickets on the seat.
So, uh, when it comes to the rest of the seats in Roger's
Arena. It was confirmed last night. They're basically gonna have one section done
a black seats. It's gonna look hideous. This yes, that's it,
one section total over by the time the puck drops on the preseason. Why
bother with the one level down black seats. It's a great question, Donnie
Umphite Gray. Apparently it's gonna be three years of redoing the seats at Rogers
Arena. This is year one, then the next two off seasons they'll be
doing the rest. Now, the one thing that's gross about this. If
you had season tickets in this section where these new VIPs are getting to have
their cushing little area, you've been booted out, you've been told thank you've
you, you've had season tickets in the building seats it open, doesn't matter.
You either have to buck up to the VIP level of seventy five to
eighty five thousand dollars or you gotta go elsewhere. So there's no one year
committed with these seats. Well, that's not right. No, you gotta
move. That's not right. So again, I said it on Tuesday,
and I'll say it again. Francesco Acquilini, Michael Doyle, A lot of
Canucks sports and entertainment and only care for the most part about the people that
can pay the most money in the building. I get that, which I
know you have to. This is to the extreme. This, it's ridiculous.
I have a buddy that went last night. Okay, he's a three
hundred level season ticket older. He's been a season ticket older for I think
it's close to twenty years now at this point. Okay, loyal customer.
But he's in the upper deck. But he's there every night, he buys
all the merchandise, he does it all, and yet his seats are likely
not being replaced with until three more years. Meanwhile, you expedited these people
that are going to be you know, again, I'm sure they're blue collar
fans that are gonna have merchandise on. I'm sure they're gonna be up cheering
and really providing a great environment in the lower bowl. You had to get
their seats done immediately. Well off, again, I understand I talked about
the uh you know, I don't know the fifteen times you brought brought up
the seats. I understand taking care of your your best customers, but this
three year commitment and and for what did you say seventy five to eighty five.
Eighty five? Come on, it's a ten thousand dollars difference if you
want an aisle seat, if you want an I'll see ten thousand dollars more.
Which again, which I who doesn't want an ill seat? Ten grand?
I don't know. And look at I understand how business works. They
have to have levels of customer I get that. Full heart of my problem
is with a lot of what the Canucks do. They care more about the
people. That's where all the money is. Why are you so shocked about
because you can't forget the other people and that's what they do. The sad
part, Ryan is I think you're banging on. The sad part is not
the sad part. But reality is those people are still gonna stick around.
I know and and and the owner knows that. Hoey fan and the owner
knows that and takes advantage of those people. And he he he hasn't been
hit like he's they were hit in the eighties. If they were down to
nine, ten thousand and eleven thousand like they were in the eighties, he
would be he would be much different. But it's never gonna happen. It's
it's a it's been eleven years of bleep pocket but the rink still packs.
So he can't do this stuff. I just, you know, like I
just can't believe he can't relate to everybody, like anybody, like Amar Vancouver,
like Amar Dolman, like this a Vancouver. This is not gonna go
over well with with a lot of people, but they'll probably still They're gonna
be done on every game. Anybody who gets booted out of that section has
to get a little kiss yep, I'm sorry, apparently not Apparently, it's
tough luck. Sorry, you either have to write this check or you gonna
move elsewhere. And again, that's that's my beef with it. I totally
understand you need to have sweet sections, you have to have all these clubs
they've got there. If you want to have this, that's fine. It's
more revenue for the team. I get all of that. But it's it's
throwing everyone else to the wayside that I got a problem with. And like
I said, Mark, we're gonna get some stories in the inbox. There's
people that went last night that they've said that they were told straight up,
here's the new amount you pay on your seats or you're moving your seats.
Well, keep in mind too that the team has had this run of on
ice success that I totally fifty yard line in football, same thing. Those
guys get a lot of special stuff, extra stuff. It's it's it's everywhere.
But yeah, but okay, one more thing here from me anyway,
is there a model for this elsewhere? Like I said, this, the
seat licensing thing, the three year commitment, that just seems the licensing thing
is now everywhere. I'm out of touch when it comes to this sort of
stuff. The licensing thing is everywhere. It's season, it's in Seattle,
it's in Edmonton for the Oilers. That's they're trying to milk every dollar they
can out of people owning seats. And I again, I understand it.
I know how business works. Like I say, it's it's the feeling out
of the ownership group is where I have the main beef with. There's a
lot of this stuff looking after the high end client and not worrying about the
guy like Donnie who's been covering the team since forever. You don't care because
they don't pay eighty five thousand dollars over three years for seats and that's what
bugs me. Coming out. Next. John Shannon joins you guys to talk
about the Stanley Cup Final. One of those teams is set Florida. Wonder
if anybody's paying eighty five grand for seats in Florida. Let I guess probably
not. There were still there were still tickets available last night to walk up
to that game. Yeah, I mean, I don't know. It's not
the perfect franchise, no, but hey, look at the building was packed
and looked like that good vibe. You gotta give him credit for that,
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He's been to a Memorial Cup or two, John Shannon, how are
you, sir? I'm great. Memorial Cups fantastic. Yeah. Yeah.
It is one of the great events for nine or ten days and really in
so many ways you get such a sense of the future of the game by
being around the four teams and it's a blast. I did I think four
of them in the mid of the last decade, and I just it became
a real treat. Yeah, for people who haven't been, I always describe
it as the Canadian version of the Final Four. I love that. You'll
you'll get alumnis from the ALM, from the four teams involved. There,
there's a there's a lot to be seen. Good party, Hey, John,
Florida is moving on to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since
ninety six. That was early in their existence. We all know the visuals
of the empty seats in that building between ninety six and now, what were
there times and you thought like, how how long can this franchise last?
There? Well, I think we had a lot of conversations about what was
going on in South Florida, like we had conversations about what was going on
in Arizona, you know. And and the biggest difference between the two was
that ownership was able to find a way to have an arena built, albeit
not in the greatest part of the urban areas of South Florida, whether it
be Fort Lauderdale or Hollywood or Miami. But it's out. It's out near
the Everglades and on the way to Alligator Alley. But it's still a big
building and they can still sell it out and they have done some good things,
particularly this playoff. So you have to cross your fingers and hope that
this will be that watershed moment when they say the team has arrived. What
do you think people people in Vancouver are thinking some things as well, But
what do you think people in Calgary are thinking? Watching with Matthew Kitchuck is
up to well. Matthew Chuck was not going to sign long term in Calgary.
He told Brad trill Living that and Brad trill Living did him a favor
and in doing so, we all thought Brad tur Living did a solid job
and getting a pretty good return with Jonathan Huberd and Mackenzie Wieger and a couple
of other assets. So I mean, we were all saying that Brad tur
Living should win the Manager of the Year before the season started for what he
did that didn't contemplate what was going to happen with the coach and was going
to happen with the players interacting with the coach in Calgary this year, plus
some pretty mediocre goaltending most of the season. So from that point of view,
funny, I look at that line a little differently when you think of
Matthew Kachuck, Sam Bennett, another Calgary Flame guy, and and Reinhard Well,
Paul Reinhardt played a lot of pretty good years in Calgary as he did
in Vancouver, and Sam, you know, who's really a north Shore kid
more than anything else. But you know, there's there's a connection with Calgary
with Reinhardt as well because of his dad. So that that whole line would
drive Flame fans nuts in my opinion, John, you mentioned Brad tree Living.
He's in Toronto this week interviewing for the May Beliefs GM job. He
is serious candidate in your eyes. Or give us a little recap of what
you're hearing in Toronto who's going to replace Dubis? Well, I think that
there's a lot of people suggesting that Brad is the odds on favorite to replace
Kyle. I just think it's too early to decide that. I certainly you
know Brad would interview well, Brad is a solid States Brendan Shanahan would have
a plenty of time to be able to speak with him this week. But
to me, you know, when you consider that, Brendan Shanahan said he
really started to look in earnest after Kyle Dubis's press conference on Monday of last
week. So he's had ten days to look at candidates and we're gonna make
a decision this quickly. That doesn't make much sense to me. You know,
they still have some quality people in the front office that can do certain
things, whether it be prepared for the draft or even sign some guys to
contracts or build negotiating practices for contracts and guys like Brandon Prittiman, Lawrence Gilman.
So from that perspective, I don't know why Brendan Shanahan would be in
that much of a hurry to sign somebody right away unless he got the sense
that this was going to be the only guy available, or this was the
only guy for the job, and I just don't see that. What do
you see it on? Well, it looks like they're down to the final
stages. Who's going to be the new owner there? John? In your
eyes? Well, We've talked about it on this show and I've talked about
it on other shows. I've always thought that Michael Landlawer was going to be
the inside track. The fact that he's been to the Board of Governors representing
Montreal many times. He has a familiarity with Gary Bettman and Bill Day in
the NHL office. I think that Anne Lauer has basically been vetted already because
of his partial ownership of the Montreal Canadians. So from that perspective, I
think that Anne Lauer has always had the inside track and just now is trying
to agree on that what that final figure is. The other two groups,
the Kimmels and the Enstopoless, both Toronto millionaires billionaires, are going through the
same process. But my money's still on Michael Landlawer. I'd be shocked if
it wasn't him. Hey, John, getting back to the Leafs general manager
situation, and maybe Pittsburgh's In this conversation as well, Kevin Bix has been
talking with Elliott Freeman and saying that why isn't anybody mentioning his old boss,
Mike Gillis. Has his name been thrown around there at all? I have
not heard, obviously, Mike Gillis. The last time Mike Gillis's name was
brought up was to be the executive director of the Players Association, where he
has been a consultant for the last eighteen or nineteen months. But I have
not heard Mike's name in terms of the Pittsburgh scenario or even the Philadelphia scenario.
The one thing I could tell you is that it becomes a question of
relationships, and it's one of those things that you wonder now where what Mike's
relationship is with the guys in the New York office, with Bill and Garry,
and how would that affect things? You know, John Henry and the
people at Fenway Sports Group that own the Penguins now are doing things a little
differently, I think, And if you guys have followed the track, but
the guy in charge for Fenway is David Beaston, who is Paul Beaston's son,
the former or Chairman of the Blue Jayson CEO of Major League Baseball.
So David is working for John Henry in that group, and he's going to
pick the new president of hockey ops and general manager, and whether it's Kyle
Dubis or Eddie Oulchik, who I believe has talked to the team. You
know, there's going to be some big changes in Pittsburgh and hopefully try to
re engage with the fan base there. But I have, in all honesty,
I have not heard Mike's name, and Kevin's probably very right that Mike
Gillis deserves an opportunity. Hey, back back to last night and the Hurricanes
lost to the Panthers. You know, four one goal losses. Do you
understand where Rod Brendamore was coming from. I'm not sure he expressed it all
that well, but he felt it wasn't a sweep. He took some criticism
for that because you know, it's a fact it was a sweep. But
do you understand where he was coming from? Sure, when you consider that
you had two overtime games, and then you might as well have called last
night an overtime game as well. Right with four point nine seconds left in
regulation to score the goal and the other game was a one nothing shut out
by Sergei Robowski. Carolina missed Andre Spshnikoff last night. They missed Jacob slaven
for most of the game after the Bennett hit. They never addressed and we
did talk about this around deadline, guys, they never addressed finding a sniper.
You know, every other team has a sniper, whether that's Mark Stone
in Vegas, Jason Robertson in Dallas. You know, Carolina was a great
team, but every once in a while you need that unique player to be
able to say, boys, jump on my back, I'm going to get
us to the goal. Right now. Matthew Kachaka has become that guy in
Florida. They don't have that body and haven't had that body in Carolina ever,
and it's something that I think at some point they have to address.
They thought Max Patchoretti was supposed to be that guy, but his achilles issue
popped up again and so that was a problem. But even at the deadline
where they could have gone out and found a sniper, they didn't and it
really hurt them, particularly in this series. Yeah, hard to watch what
patch Retti went through on the ice and certainly last night Slaven Slaven as well
we are live, John, thank you want to see something? Rick?
Sorry? What did you think of Craig Craig Conroy in Calgary? John tell
us Live? What do you thought? What do you think of that?
Well, it's nice to see good people rewarded for hard work. You know,
here's here's a guy from upstate New York that people say, well,
Americans don't like to play in Canada or live in Canada. Well here's a
guy that has made the commitment to living in southern Alberta, has worked his
tail off within the organization. So that's that's a positive. I think part
of the Cell job too, was at a key time that they're going to
get that guy out of Cologna named Jerome Acginla to come out and work with
the organization. I think that will be a positive. So from that perspective,
I think rewarding people for hard work is something we haven't seen very often
in our league and our sport for a long time. It's nice to see.
And by the way, ritten by the way, ye strawberry rhubarb for
pies for pies, not cherry strawberry rub Sorry, we had Donnie and I
had cherry trees. We sat up in those trees for hours. Hey,
guys, and I grew up in the Okanaga Valley on an orchard. I
know all about cherry trees, apple trees, and peach trees, but strawberry
rubarbs at the top of the list points up there. Rick enjoys a good
cobbler as well. John. Thanks, I'm not touching. I'm not touching
that. You two guys were. You were snorting water out your nose there
at one point. I don't want to do that, not the first time.
Thanks Sean. We'll talk to you next Thursday. Jeers, he's right
about Thanks. John shown strawberry us great too sour for me. Rubart,
Oh, it's good the with strawberry. That offsets the sour of the Rubart
rub It works. He's right about the Calgary connection with with the Florida.
We're moving on here, but obviously good Chuck and Bennett. I know Sam
Reinhardt never played for the Flames, but there's the Reinhardt connection with his father,
one of the great Flames of all time, also played for the Canucks.
All right, we'll update the poll question and talk about that trophy.
Situation. Next, Donnie delayed the team on check. Donnie and Dolly.
The team is supported by able auctions dot c als in your business where you
can help? All right, Ricord preview of what's to come? Oh yeah?
During is it just me? Look at this? I want to get
this in First, Johnnie, This is Lap and Jada with the new waddling
dog mascot named Bow. Brandon sent me this with the D and D hoodie
there as well done, but they got a new mascot, a lovely beautiful
dog. Donnie, you know dogs better than I do. But that's Bow
Beauty. Good name. So more of those types of photos during Is It
just Me? In a couple of segments. Meantime, let's update the Bet
ninety nine dot net pole question. As the Florida Panthers move on to the
Stanley Cup Final for the first time since nineteen ninety six. Matthew good Chuck
with three game winners in the series the sweep versus Carolina. Oh yeah,
our Bet ninety nine done that pole question? Who should feel worse about not
having Matthew coot Chuck in their lineup? The connects are the flames and pretty
close flames leading a fifty eight percent already thirteen hundred votes. My vote goes
to the Flames because at least they had in the lineup at one point.
But you were mad the connections, Yeah, but you were also pissed the
Canucks didn't take Well, I'll tell you what. We were doing a show
at Rogers Arena for that twenty sixteen draft, and when Jim Banning said Lindon
Knights, everybody just that little split second, everybody just assumed it was going
to be math. It was only a levy. There wasn't a lot of
applause. No, people were really surprised, stunted and as it turned out,
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Now, it's a lot a lot of second It's just leave it,
Ryan, you gotta be better yourself a piece of cherry pie. Just leave
that thing alone. The player coming into the conference finals was arguably the oddest
going in the playoffs. Joe Pavelski of the Dallas Stars. Will the Stars
stave off the Golden Knights tonight? That is the question. M stave off.
That's the one word I don't get. Well, it's two words,
but stave off. I mean you don't use it every day of the week.
Staved is a playoff. Whee Okay, So let's talk about what happened
last night. One of the things that happened last night in Sunrise, Florida,
Brooks Kepa all sorts of celebrities there watching that game, watching their Panthers,
the Peas defeat the Hurricane four three late goal, of course, four
point nine seconds left. John Shannon just talked about it. By Matthew Chuck,
what patience he showed on that goal. So the question always is when
a team wins a conference final, in this case the Eastern Conference, would
the Panthers touch the Prince of Wales Trophy? Right? They did. They
did. Not only did they touched it touch it, they prayded it around
with it like it was the Stanley Cup. I have no issues with this.
Well, they got here by beating three of the top four teams in
the regular season. Donnie forgot about superstitious. They're confident, and they're basically
saying, we don't care, bring on the next guy, We're gonna win
the Cup. I have no issues with that. I agree with you.
I'll get to that in a second. But five of the last seven teams
who have won the Stanley Cup, including the Tampa Bay Lightning, have touched
the Prince of Wales Trophy. I'm wondering if this thing is has gone the
way of the Dodo Bird. Last team to not touch the Prince of Wales
Trophy and win the Stanley Cup. Are you with me here? Oh yeah,
the twenty eleven Boston Bruston. So it's it's been a while. Listen,
you're at home. You don't know what's going to happen in the next
round. Has some fun with your fans. So I think you touch it
in this case, parade around with it, which not every team does even
if they do touch it. I didn't didn't have a problem with it at
all. Yeah, I loved it. That's confidence. We don't care,
you know. We just beat Toronto Boston to get here, you know,
and the top teams in all of the NHL to get here. We're confident.
We're okay, okay, We'll see what happens with the Clarence Campbell Bull.
We assumed that Vegas is going to win that series up three games to
none, game four tonight against the Dallas. Will they touch the Clarence Campbell
Bull or not. The Canucks history with the Clarence Campbell Bull. Stan Smeal
touched it in nineteen eighty two. They did not win the Stanley Cup that
year as they were going to beat the Islanders as well as as I state
the obvious, Daniel Sedine did not touch it. In twenty eleven, they
end up losing that Stanley Cup final and then you have the most infamous knock
comment. But with the Clarence Campbell Bowl back in ninety four, we got
the footage your guys, Brian Burke with the NHL head office presenting the Clarence
Campbell Bowl to Trevor Lindon. Now, why they don't glue this thing?
I have no idea. The lid fell off, and my understanding of it
reading the stories that that wasn't the first time that happened. I don't remember
it, but that's the most famous or infamous time regarding the lid falling off
the Clarence Campbell Bolts. Trevor had some fun with it, and on they
went to the Stanley Cup Final, which they lost to the New York Rangers.
Remember that yet? I remember that that was and some of the best
photos in Cannock's history are from that series. Donnie, Yeah, yeah,
yeah, that was quite the moment it was. Trevor again had a good
laugh with it, and you know, just just seems strange seeing Brian and
burked him at the NHL who had worked had worked for the Canocks and moved
on to Hartford. But of course that they knew each other. The lid
comes off, and I guess, do we know if they welded it together
and glued it together? Have they used gorilla glue, gorilla glue, glue?
Yeah, what's that? Crazy glue? It's Glue's what? Grilla glue?
You don't know what gorilla let's you see the all? I know it's
crazy that amongst the best ads on TV. Crazy glue was good. It
was good. The guy with the hard hat and steel beat, Yeah,
that's it. But the gorilla in gorilla glue. You haven't seen this?
Stir up? Just no crazy glue. How do you not see that?
Show me google crazy glue, show a picture. It was good stuff to
pure crazy glue. I tell you, Donny, it was good stuff.
Yeah, you know what. You don't mess around with that stuff, right
well crazy glue, No you don't. Yeah, but it was you wants
you wants? You want some stuck uh crazy glue for rob A five thirty
five results were really bad. But the glue we used in elementary school,
that that was weird. Yeah, you don't want to use like you know,
la PEG's paste around the peges. That's pages. Yeah, look at
this, Yeah you know this? This is yeah gorilla glue. No,
I don't know. You haven't seen that. I haven't seen this. I'm
a crazy glue guy. They're good at It's not about stuff. It's really
lot stuff. I don't know anything about that. It's a good name.
You get that on your fingers or other body parts? Yeah yeah, Try
eating cherry pine after getting grilla glue on your fingers. Not possible. DTMZ.
Next we'll talk some more about the late great Tina Turner. Donnie and
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end of the show yesterday eighteena Turner passing away Wednesday at her home in Switzerland,
eighty three years old. She'd been suffering from a long illness. She
struggled with high blood pressure and kidney issues. An official word of the cause
of death, but we're making that assumption. Her ups and downs are well
documented. She was born You talked about this off the air yesterday, born
Anime Bullock and Nutbush, Tennessee. She shuttled between various relatives as a child
and abusive father, followed by an abusive husband, Ike Turner, leader of
the Ike and Tina Turner Review. She split with Ike in nineteen seventy six,
and if you've seen the movie What's Love Got to Do With I have
seen it, my lord, what she went through. She split with Ike
in seventy six when their group was on the road in Dallas. It was
a night she talked about in a conversation with Terry David Mulligan on Good Rock
and Tonight back in nineteen eighty five. It was seven years of realizing what
I was into seven years of thinking that I could not survive that to I
believe me very long. And the one trip that I was in rude and
we had one of our big explosions. And when we arrived at the hotel,
we actually were opening at the Dallas Hilton, and we arrived and it
was all kinds of chaos because we were late, and I cut a nap.
I mean we were late. He went to bed and I said sleep
out and I left. I had to leave. That was the time nothing
was planned. I took no baggage, I took nothing. I took absolutely
nothing. I had maybe a small purse with a credit card or something,
and that's all pretty scared. Yes, I was very much afraid, and
it worked up. She started a solo career that rocketed skyward with the eighty
four album Private Dancer. Tina went on to become a superstar in music and
part time actor as well. Now, as far as her connection with Vancouver
goes, we saw her talking with Vancouver Terry David Mulligan there, but she
performed in Vancouver at least seven times. I could be wrong, but I've
got it at seven, most notably with Ike Kerner at Basitas in East Vancouver
nineteen seventy four. That was an East Van nightclub I believe was on on
Hastings and it was several nightclubs in one and she was there. This is
the one I can't believe. Tina Turner. I can Tina performed in nineteen
seventy five at a dance at BC. I t what like a school dance?
Yeah wow, And they were getting ready for a three night stint.
The old Vancouver rights will not remember this place, a three night stint at
the Cave. I'm on hornby. Big acts used to come to that place.
There was the Commodore in nineteen eighty three and later on after private dancers
sold out shows at the Coliseum and GM Place again. Tina Turner, the
Great Tina Turner, a superstar if there ever was one, leaving us at
the age of eighty three. Very sad. God rest or saw birthdays.
Seven birthdays on this May twenty fifth. The line is set at six.
Do we have some artwork? Here was Pete and Calgary, right, Ricky.
This is Pete and Calgary filling in for Island. Joe for now Island,
Joanna sabbatic on the island. The line set at six by Floppy disc,
Rams computer Repair and Casino and Jerome Idaho, Jerome, Jerome Idaho.
Um and that Graham there he looks like you would have a floppy disc.
Floppy disc. We we thank because Pete and Peton Calc a good guy rock
and roll seven birthdays. Former Saturday Night Live cast member from Scarborough. His
movie characters include Charlie Mackenzie, Wayne Campbell, Austin Powers Sharks defenseman who is
the nephew of the Canucks GM replaced by Patrick Calvin. Benny Benny, Benny
Benny, former New York Rangers enforcer from Staten Island. You have to get
this. This is old school. He was the first ever native New Yorker
to play for the Rangers. Remember Nick also played for the Flames Oilers Leeds
goalie from thunder Bay. He won Stanley Cups with the Penguins in twenty sixteen
twenty seventeen. Also played for the Ottawa Senators. He's heard a lot.
Matt Murray check right winger. Selected by Boston twenty fifth overall Canuck fans at
the two NAS half. There you go. College and Pro Football Hall of
Fame linebacker out of New Mexico Oh five NFL Defensive Player of the Year.
He wore the number fifty four during his thirteen NFL seasons, all with the
Chicago Bears. Yes, yeah, what you said that? Bang, We're
gonna give it to you. Professional hockey player from Chicago. Has helped the
USA win six gold medals at the Women's World Championships and gold at the twenty
eighteen Winter Olympics. The first woman to compete at an NHL All Star Game
skills competition. Oh I know this k thanks to This is Fair KCS.
Yeah, we had her on the show. Actually, yeah, yeah,
I remember this. Kendall Cone Schoolfield. Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah yeah.
Nick Fatio, Nick Fotio was he was tough, tough, tough.
Yeah, a different era, but it was. I think he talked with
a bit of an accent as well. But to have a native New Yorker
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very excited there, Rick, Oh, I took a deep breath. Somebody
just brought in a big cherry pie. Cherry trees were the best. Can
we get that? We got a ton of pictures. Let's go go,
Let's go Ryan. Where we're going first? Okay, hold on a second,
let me get this. We're going overseas. I love going overseas.
You know I love overseas. Okay, this is our good friend Bruce from
abbasburd Vancouver and also Abbspur Canuck season ticket older catching up on Donnie and Dolly
podcast while on the beach Biza, Spain. Uh it's one of the bally
Eric Islands and uh what is it? Biz? See? I was close,
I was close. Just wait bellly Eric Bell. I don't know.
Yeah, I don't know why looked like I know that anything about Spain,
I don't. Okay, it's one of the Belli Eric Islands Biza. I
was close, right, you were You were in the neighborhood. So that's
Bruce from Abbsburn in Spain. All right, where where we're going next?
We're going to the Canton State University of New York. Okay, this is
Heggie from Chilliwack. My son Brady plays hockey at Sunny Canton in New York.
Huh, it's not Sunny Cant what s u n Y. Can't that's
a university name. Yes, so snu it says Sunny. No, it
says it's all says say s u n n Y. Okay, so maybe
it is Sonny there. Yeah, Sonny Canton is pretty famous, isn't.
No, No, this isn't Canton. Okay, this is a different Canton.
This is in New York. Anyways. My daughter Brooklyn play softball at
my not state university in my not North Dakota. And my dad Ron aka
Grumpy with the Brooklyn and my not love the show boys. Head you from
the whack. Look at this, all these pictures so beautiful. Um,
can't thank you enough. Good stuff. That's in Canton in New York and
my not state in my not North Dakota. All right, let's go on
hockey circles. Yeah, exactly, great pictures. Thanks a lot. That
was Hedgie from the wat Sonny Canton. It's Ryan, it says Sonny s
u n Y. That was excusable. Yeah, no, it's not because
it's all caps. So he's clearly Okay, okay, sorry I forgot,
But I don't know about this university in Canton, New York. So you
can understand my point. I didn't even know there was a Canton, New
York. I didn't know there was. I thought it was like there's a
seven million spring fields. Yeah. Do you know where else there's a lot
of we should talk Cloverdales. Yeah, well really yeah, yeah, there's
a lot of Cloverdals in the US. We'll look at Hollywood. There's two
Hollywoods right Florida in LA. Where what state is Cloverdal in? You said
there's a lot in Washington. Well, we'll look it up. What else
you got? I know the Cloverdale here, Ryan, let's go one more,
dude, go there all the time, Ryan, get it up there.
It's there's a Cloverdale Washington, d C. Oh, but I don't
see there's a clover Daloverdale, Washington, d C. There's a Cloverdale school,
there's a Cloverdale business park in Seattle. Let's move on. Okay,
yeah, man, you're really excited about the Cloverdales in in the us of
a right, get the picture all right? This is uh Harsunder from Richmond,
Ryan Donnie. I don't know if you've ever taken a carnival cruise,
but he went from La to uh In in Sanada. No in Sanada?
In uh Sunny. I think it is in Santa No. Is it you're
Canton. I'm butchering names all over the world. I don't know. I
don't think it's in Sanata. He's got one of your shirts on Incanada.
I was close. I was in the neighborhood. Anyways, this picture is
in Rosato, Rosato, Mexico. And anyways, he was really excited our
Sunday. He's been that cloudy there. What's going on, right, Donny?
A lot of times you go to Mexico Hawaii, it's cloudy. They
don't promise, since they don't say, hey, Donnie's coming, and we
promise. Son, I've had more luck on the west side Mexico. I've
never been to Mexico. Yeah, well you haven't been anywhere. Yeah,
you haven't been outside of Chiliac. Anyways, thanks so much for the support.
Yeah, absolutely the shirt. Thanks Sarah Sunder from Richmond, and he's
in Rosarto, Mexico, and he's wearing that Hawaiian shirt. And we're getting
a lot of people asking us if we're going to have a Donny Doli Hawaiian
Alla Rick on Fridays. One step at a time. We got the white
bucket hat, one step at a time. Okay, all right, all
right, let's cross um Tony and Victoria. Is it just me or will
those VIP seats at our Rodgers be bought up by big businesses for their execs
and clients who aren't true fans. They will brag about owning these teams,
but many will remain empty during games and mostly for other events and shows.
We'll find out, Tony in Victoria, these are the seats. Uh yeah,
they're they're gonna be a whopping number. What is it, Ryan for
these seats? Seventy five to eighty five thousand dollars? On? I thought
that when they frustra Donny, weren't the sweets seventy eighty grand? Oh?
Yeah? And now we got we're getting to the point where the seat the
sweets were seventy or eighty or ninety grand. Now we're at a point where
the seats are seventy five you get, you get a close up of players
going on the ice, So I mean, come on food. Yeah,
they're apparently building some kind of restaurant downstairs as well. Unbelieve here's my thing.
So you're building this area, You're gonna go on about the seats again.
Here you're building this area. Where's the announcement of the area where you're
making an affordable section? And well, good luck with that, And well,
what are you doing for the guy in the end zone in the upper
deck. You do something for everybody, do something for everybody. In three
years, all the seats are being replaced. Apparently, whatever is it?
Just me? I missed the coliseum days when you pay five bucks for parking
in the alley walk up and pay twenty five bucks for blue seats and Donnie
and Donnie and I can relate to this. That's Jerry and camoops. I
remember going to a Canucks game. Seven bucks Donnie for the ticket program,
one dollar, uh popcorn, coke, everything within ten bucks? What can
you get for ten bucks at a Canucks game? Now, Donnie? Nothing?
Can you get water pots? I'm in the minority here, but I
missed the parking and side bucks in someone's garage. Yeah, just it was
just a slice of old than go on. I did it with the kids,
Yeah, yeah, the p I did it just because, you know,
this is what we used to do all the time, which is really
quite It's quite a gamble on your part parking with someone's Yeah, random yard,
it really is. But you know what, I don't remember anything.
I'm sure something. Maybe there's one example of something really bad happening, but
I didn't. I didn't hear anything better times Yeah, what happened to him?
Randy and Oliver? Is it just me? I'm so sick of this
you Levey Kachuck debate. If the Canucks draft Kotchuck then they finished his few
spots higher in the standings the next few years and Petterson and Hughes aren't available,
I'd take Petterson and Hughes over Katchuck. Yeah, if you're looking at
what Matthew kachucks in the Stanley Confinals, Yeah yeah, yep. We've had
one Buggle playoff run in eight years. What would you would you take Katchuck
over Petterson? Oh? Boy, I love Katchuck. I love both Kachuck
brothers since the day they entered the NHL. They're just every team would love
to have those two guys in their lineup. There's a lot of fire there.
Go Is it just me? But you guys are being confused by the
Canucks suspect drafting shouldn't be a surprise. It's been this way from the start.
Look how heavily invested we are in Europe today and twenty eighth on the
depth chart for Prospects Day from Couch and Lake Couch and not happy with the
scouting. But the scouting, Donnie, Uh, what do you say about
Europeans? Hold on a second, Look how heavily invested we are in Europe
today, meaning European player European players. Yeah, well it's interesting. I
know Ryan, and I think even you Rick don't want to do I mean
maybe Europe. What do you talk? I love? I want more Canadians.
Florida and Vegas have a lot of Canadians in their lineups. Las Vegas
has got fifteen Canadians on the roster. Don where are they going? They're
going to the Stanley Cup finals. Still the best hockey nation? Um?
Is it just me? On signed surprises hasn't come up before, But Kachuck
needs to put his mouth guard in properly can't stand seeing him chewing on that
thing all game. I thought Patrick Kane was bad for that sort of thing,
Like, you know, is that thing really helping you in any way?
It's it's gotten to this point where it's not about protection frame, it's
just a habit. Yeah, I don't think it's It means you see him
playing and the thing is not in his mouth. Yeah, but I think
k Chuck takes the cake. It's never I mean, I haven't relieved examined
what dry cidles up to, but it's never where it's supposed to be.
Something's working though. We'll wrap up the show in the poll question next fitting
some more. Is it just means Donny Donny the team on check m and
we talk about Tina Turner, oh close and a collaborator with David Floe bet
ninety nine dot net poll question. Absolutely, let's Ryan get her up our
bet ninety nine dot net poll question, who should feel worse about not having
Matthew Kutchuck? And they're line up. The Canucks are the Flames and winning
right now, the Flames at fifty eight percent, Canucks at forty two,
fourteen hundred votes already and of course, the Canucks took over the U Levy
in two sixteen, Donny and the next pick, the Flames took Kachuck.
A lot of people saying, well he left the Flames k Chuck. He
probably would have left the Canucks two, but I think there was a coach.
We don't know that coaching issue in Calgary which led to his departure.
We don't know that. We just don't know. Yeah, business before we
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Sycolus nus Nick? Is it just me? But shrewd acquisitions allow the Panthers
uh to have three of the top four picks in the twenty fourteen draft,
and they're all playing pivotal roles in this playoff run. He's talking about ec
Blad, Ryan Hart and h Bennett Bennett. Yeah, boy, I love
Bennett and he's playoffs at physicality. He's not the biggest guy in the world.
Well no, he plays an edgy game. But do you remember what
happened before the draft in twenty four He couldn't do a push up, couldn't
couldn't do a pull up, and everybody made a big deal about it.
I think he's managed to rebound pretty nicely. I don't think there's a guy
in the Vancouver media sports that could do a pull up, Donnie. I
don't think so. Not nobody in this studio. Maybe deaf, that's it.
He takes the Crocs off. He gets yea, I said, Croc
by the way, go probably be the worst draft pick ever by any GM.
Was Benning taking your Levy over Chuck? Just stupid? Quit them?
Joe not happy. Hey, listen, I gotta write the worst ever.
Come on, well, we'll hold it. It was. It's up there.
If if, if you Levy and Vertannon would have become different speakers,
Donny, it could have been everything could have been different, Everything could have
been different, right, But there have been other bad draft picks. There's
no other by other teams and the Cannucks. Sure leeboard, Polosack, you
want to get into that. Okay, you know you know Neil Yakopov up
and up in Evanson, the late Doug Wickenhiser with with Montreal. There's another
bad draft picks by other teams, Believe it or not, Cannuck fans.
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