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It couldn't be better? Cracking season is over. Stars over the crack
in two one in Game seven, Pete Duboor, It's an interesting character when
it comes to women, when it comes to the National Hockey League period seven
and oh career. In Game seventh, he bounces around, but he never
has a problem finding a job. Five teams since two thousand and eight.
So the Stars go on to the Western Conference Final, which starts Friday in
Vegas, taking on a Vegas team that he coached his old team when the
Stars played Vegas in the Western Conference Final in the Bubble in twenty twenty.
Craig Button is going to join us later. I just want to ask him,
Wait, why is it that Pete Dubor, you know, gets jobs
over and over, gets let go and then never has a problem finding a
job. Maybe because he's seven and old in game seventh, maybe that's part
of it. Former Vancouver Canuck prospect Pete d Bor by the way, Yeah,
well that surprised you. He was a player at one time. Yeah
yeah, back back in the day. He also coached at the nineteen ninety
Memorial Cup and Cowloots. So there, take that, m But I believe
he was traded. There was there was a trade involving Paul pay attention to
me here, I am. I'm going way back Paul lawas I remember Paul
Lallace, right, Conucks traded him to Toronto for the rights to Pete Dubor
and he played three seasons in Milwaukee when the Canucks had their farm team in
Milwaukee, the Admirals. Yeah yeah, and remember the Jack mckelhagen and Mike
Murphy were well took turns being the head coaches down there. Remember February twenty
seventh, nineteen eighty nine, that trade traded from the Leaves to the Canucks
for Paul Lallace. There you go, Pete, Yeah, yeah, yeah,
congratulations Pete. So what can we've We've talked to about this before,
but what can the Connucks look ian for? Nance is going to join us
from KGr down in Seattle in our third segment, what do you think a
connuckstion learned from what the crack and we're up to? Well, first,
we talked about this before a little bit. First the crack and roll four
lines, there's no number one on the list. Number one on the list.
They don't play guys twenty six, twenty seven, twenty eight minutes like
the Canucks do. And then the other guys don't get four lines, three
defensive pairs, speed, speed, and the other tenacity. They play as
a team. The other thing is Johnny. Their blue line is massive.
I saw the stat on Alexeiak last night, number one of the NHL.
Although he had a bit of a rough goal of he did, but number
one of the hit for hits in the NHL Playoffs, Number two for block
shots, same size as Tyler Meyers. They're both six seven, two fifty
and Alexiak I know he's thirty. But there's just a massive blue line.
Donny, We've talked about Seattle's blue line, but there's so many things the
Canucks can learn from Seattle. Question and I can't look. The Canucks do
have Tyler Myers, who's hyeah, you know, has one year left his
contract. I wouldn't call them the most popular Canuck Nope at this point.
So there is some size in the blue line. Who knows what's going to
happen with him. But I always go back to Rick talk and the last
time the Canucks played Vegas at Rogers raiding the regular season, raving about Vegas's
you know, big, beefy, tough, well skilled blue line, he
could tell he was he was envious. Nothing against Quinn Hughes or anybody else
on the Canucks blue line, but you can tell Rick Hawk it really values
those types of defenseman and and Donnie, the Canucks quest forever to get bigger,
stronger, harder to play against. How when is the last time it
was a tough Canucks team in this city, you know, and the other
teams said, oh boy, we're going to Vancouver, It's going to be
a tough night. I haven't said that for a long time. Jason Bruff
is our friend from Sports That six really a great tweet last night, because
did anybody have these four teams as the final four? As the four teams
in the conference finals. This is Jason from last night. We're giving him
credit. He never talks about our show. Never. What's his show called?
Morning Ruff and Rough Rough. They never say anything nice about us.
But why are we saying nice stuff about them? Well, we're giving them
credit here because we're better than they are. Yeah as people, Yeah,
life moves fast. Stars, Panthers, Hurricanes and Knights had not played a
single game in their current markets when a Canadian team last one the Cup nineteen
ninety three. So Dallas at Vegas that starts Friday, Florida Carolina starts the
day before Thursday. Is this a positive for the for the NHL? No
Original six team? Original six? And you know, none of none of
the teams New York really large hockey mad markets, Nothing from New York,
nothing from LA. They always want those Um, Colorado's a great hockey town.
You know, Detroit is all these, you know, Saint Louis,
We talked about Buffalo's great hockey market, Um, all these. Pittsburgh's a
great hockey market. None of those, Donny. But here's the thing.
The NHL can't sit there and say we want these markets the final four.
Hey, these teams to can but it's not. It doesn't work that.
It doesn't work that way. These teams are left standing because they've worked their
asso off to get to the Final four. And you got to give them
credit on Well, that's the way I look at You're there, you're there,
The NHL is there, and you want those You don't want the markets
to fail time and time again. They're there, they're having success. Uh.
In the case of well, you're building a final you're trying to build
a foundation there and this this certainly helps us. In the case of Carolina
and in Vegas, you know they've been to Stanley Cup finals before, but
it just seems that those markets have well, Vegas is so young. It's
just such a strange situation. But Carolina won the Stanley Cup back in the
two thousands. It was a blip and now there's more of a foundation there.
This this will mean a whole lot there, buddy, who did you
have anybody like I? I oft to give myself credit. I picked Carolina
to be in the Stanley Cup Final. The unfortunate part is that I also
picked Calgary to Calgary a final. They didn't make the plan. That's not
that that surprising Florida, anybody, Vegas? Maybe Dallas, I don't.
I don't think so. It's surprising. Uh, and these teams certainly deserved
to be there. I would call it a positive for the NHL because we
for Gary Bettman at the very least, he's trying to grow hockey North America
wide. This this definitely won't won't hurt. No, I won't hurt.
And the ratings are not going to be great and we're gonna wind about Oh
the TV ratings are out. Oh no, Look at the numbers are low.
But if you go back to when the Kings and the Rangers were in
the final, it's not like it exploded and went up three hundred percent.
It is what it is. I mean, there are some states in the
US that are just not hockey towns. But there are states in the US
where hockey is immensely popular, is just not universally there. Well, maybe
those other states get there because of years years that King's Rangers final. By
the way, one of the problem with that final was that you knew who
was gonna win. Yeah, Like the king Kings were powerful at the time,
and you know, York solid team one quist in gold there was there
was a lot there, but not like not like the Kings. It was
pretty obvious who was It is true, you know, because you know it
was second in average attendance this past season. Go Carolina. Yeah, so
for people that dump Oka, I have a problem with Florida, But for
people that dump Carolina, it's turned out to be a pretty good hockey market.
It has. And there's one moment for me with Carolina that sticks out.
This is goes back three or four seasons when they made the playoffs for
the first time in a long time, and there was a YouTube video of
people in the stands crying. Yeah, and I like, they care that
much and the people have suffered for a long long time with that franchise,
And it made me think differently. You know, we tend to think,
well, only we care about hockey. When you go to these you go
to these other markets in the States, or are just ending any place in
the world really where where hockey is fairly big. You realize it's not just
about about counter but that that video stuck with me. People hugging and crying
and just how much they care. It turned out to be pretty good.
Not number one sport there, but it's turned out to be a pretty good
market. And I think when you go back to the start, when when
they were located in Greensboro and this temporary building and and just what are you
doing? Hartford seemed pretty good to me, even though it was located the
arena was located in a mall. Eventually made the move to Raleigh when the
Stanley Cup their parade, their Stanley Cup parade was look look ridiculous. But
things are a lot different there now. It's grown and they've been in the
playoff. Rod Brendamore, I don't care what anyone says. Is the best
coach in the National Hockey League for me? And he just keeps looking at
They got three top six forwards out and there's still Donny. They're in the
Eastern Final without those those three top six forwards because they got one hell of
a coach and Carolina had an outdoor game this past year too, Yeah,
when you were talking about and they did a great job of the marching band.
Yeah, they did a very copy things. It was. It was
pretty. Uh, it was creative and well received. As for Florida,
it's hard to judge Florida. Look I I and look hockey in Florida going
way back. Are you kidding me? But what have they had to cheer
for? Nothing? Ninety six and the rat hole stretch before they turned it
around here? Oh ten, I mean at least that and just you know,
the location of the building. But bottom line, not a whole lot
of winning. Now now they're winning, They've got a I would say,
a superstar in their lineup and it's been pretty The other thing about Florida is,
I think for a lot of people in the Vancouver market, if you
had to pick one of the four teams to pull for, or as I
often say, vote for, would you not pick Florida because of one of
the guys in charge of the organization right now, Roberto Laco a great tweet
by the other day, Dansky works for He's an analyst. Analyst. There
you go, Canucks connections you have speaking of the Canucks news on Jonathan LACARAMACKI,
uh yeah, okay, so, uh yeah, Donny, Jonathan lacaramack
he signed a two year deal with or Rebro today in the Swede. Okay,
once more, just quickly, Oh, she was upset at you,
she was upset. Got it? Okay, now stop, let me get
not or Bro, not Orbro or Rebro. I got it, I got
it. She's fantastic. Thank you now, LACARAMACKI. Two year deal.
You know her name Lisa, Lisa or Jennifer. I don't know anyway.
Can I go? Don't play it again? All right, America, LACARAMACKI
see again. Unbelievable. Let me go, LACARAMACKI. Two year deal with
the Rebro. He can leave for Vancouver anytime, Donnie. Four teams were
after him in the SHL. Can this is the Sweetish Elite League, Swedish
Elite League. Canucks had a big say and where he ended up. Very
early. They told Lacarramacki's agents in both Sweden and North America they wanted him
one more year in Sweden. Canucks GM Patrick Alvin is friends with Orebro coach
Joanne Hedberg, former Canucks Cooleague and and the and the GM there Nicholas Ericson
anyways, Canucks draft pick and defenseman Eli's Patterson plays there. Canucks picked the
best place for LACARRAMACKI to continue his development. Ericson says Lacarramack He's got all
the tools, all the tools Doney to be an elite player. They love
his goal scoring ability, So there you go. I also talked to uh.
Lacarramackis a Swedish agent, McHale tell Quest, former NHL player. He
said they very happy with Orebro again in the Swedish Elite league. It was
I referred to the other day the Swedest first of the same thing. It's
the same league, it's the top league. I was wrong and that was
pointed out in the Delaney's Okay tire in Langley inbox. He had the impressive
post season, not so much the regular season where there were some health issues.
Uh in the uh what'd you call the second division? Us? Your
guard what's your guardens rights? Your gardens? Okay? Um? So there's
that. That leads to well one other thing Archer's Sea loves before we get
to the poll question yeah, Archur Sea loves Ryan. You got the safe
at the World Hockey Championships. I'll tell you this kid is uh, he
is really impressive, Donnie. This is the save that led Latvia to their
first ever win over the Czech Republic at the World's UM I don't know,
like this kid's twenty two. Uh he kissed me vibes of Demco at same
age and just like Groin is hurting watching this. By the way, there's
no way you and I can do that. There's no way anyone in the
media can do a ninety nine percent of the sports media is out of shape
in the city. There's a way of yeah, yeah, yeah, there's
no way you can't do that, not even a road hockey. Very impressive
it is, and and that game was in Latvia. In Latvia, this
kid is a good one. I Canucks did really good with this guy in
his development is going through the roof. Okay, so with the news about
Lacaramacki, the news about Sea Lobs is doing some special things at the World
Championships. Our bet ninety nine dot net poll questioned, every game begins at
bet ninety nine dot debt. Oh boy, does it ever? Our bet
ninety nine dot Net Pole question, do you consider Jonathan LEACARAMACKI the Canucks best
prospect? Fifty uh four percent say yes, forty seven percent say no.
You're getting this rounding up around first teacher and the apoper ripped into me.
I got a round it out better. Hey, look, I just told
you about Sea Lobs. I've got Sea Loves and Lacaramaki head to head,
tote to toe battle. I like these two. I think they're tied in
terms of being the top prospects. I like both of them. Well,
the other name, other other names we can throw out there. Do you
still consider Hooglender a rath bull and prost at this point NHL game? So
yeah, yeah, but five games this year, Donnie. You know,
he's a young kid in Abbsburg. He might go back to Absburg next year.
Danilla Klemovich is another kid. I'm going to be interested to see his
next steps next year. Two years in Abbsburg as one of the youngest players
in the INN, he'll still be playing jet should, he could be still
playing junior. So I want to see this kid take the next step next.
Ar Deep Bains jet jet Wu and I say jet Wou because well,
Ryan Johnson GM of the Abs raving about him talking about Yeah, there's a
possibility he could take that. Next step. Next step is the NHL.
Yeah, and they're going to get a contract done with jet wou here soon.
Keito HORROSSI I think has to be in there. Well he looked very
good. Yeah, like so calm at the NHL, cool, calm demeanor.
Philip your Hanson. You haven't talked about Donnie the kid from Sweden.
He's a right shot. D keep an eye on him. Col m acward
Cole McCard um two rattu. You haven't mentioned no, But for me it's
sea lobs. And look, Mackie, see you know, like with all
due respect, there's not a whole lot there, no right no, And
that's why I think it bothered so many people, adding me when they made
made the deal, not a lot here, Philip, when they made the
deal for Philip Herna and got rid of that second first first round choice.
The cupboards are bare because the previous regime kept trading first round, second round
picks for three years. Out of this regime did the same thing, right,
Donny the one trade that's it business, that's right. Look at this
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getting a how to push back on Delany's okay, tiring Langley inbox me saying
that you know Vancouver fans, you'd think they'd be pulling for Florida amongst the
final four NHL teams because of Luongo Nick from VIC pointing out, well,
what about Dallas and Jim Nil? I thought Dolly rooting for the eighty two
alum, and we mentioned Pete Dubor being a former Canucks prospect. But people,
Jim Nail overtime hero against Chicago nineteen eighty two, now in charge of
the Stars, and Jim Nail was toughest Nails boy, he could drop the
gloves. And Jim Nail eighty two team my favorite team of all time.
I don't care what anyone says. Look at Ryan shaking his head. Ryan
the eighty two team. You you had to be there in eighty two to
understand how the whole city was. He wasn't born yet, I know that,
but he shouldn't laugh because I said the eighty two team. That's wrong.
Are you you love the eighties? Taylor loves the nineties? This is
what happens. Yeah, find out what Thomas Drans is. I'll tell you
this. Thomas Drans from the Athletic. He used to work for the Flora,
right. Uh, Thomas Dratz joining a stout from the athletic. How
are you, sir? I'm doing well, guys. Wasn't Colin Campbell also
an overtime hero during the nineteen eighty two run time? Yeah? He was
definitely. Yeah, he scored the He scored the game in Game two or
three against the Kings the night after the fire alarm went off and the eighty
two teams listen to that, Ryan, you see that, Thomas. But
I'm I know my history. I know my history. Anyway. My point
is is that the nineteen eighty two team, after after Colin Campbell's um involvement
in the twenty eleven Stanley Cup playoffs, I think they've announced their right to
be like regarded as, like, well, the heroes of nineteen eighty two.
It's like, yeah, that that kind of went out through the door.
Colan with the Big Budge, Jim, the old he's done a great
job. He has he has well, Okay, let's let's let's start there.
Then forget Florida for a second. But I was gonna mention Colin Campbell
and the old Stan Mkita like bubble help, Oh yes, help. You
refer to the Stars Game seven effort against Seattle, a two one win on
Twitter as championship caliber stuff. How come it was a close game and Game
seven's often are it was a nervy game. It was a fast game.
Honestly, I thought it was entertaining, is all get out. I was
riveted watching the game last night. And yet if you look at the balance
of scoring chances and the quality that Dallas was generating, the stress that they
were putting on Grubauer versus what they were surrendering. I mean, it was
a clean night in front of Jakeer, clean enough to eat your supper off
like. It was a really stellar defensive effort in which Dallas was also generating
almost at will against a Kracking team that's been able to tilt the ice really
effectively all season long. You know, the Kracking still played well, like,
they still managed to generate their down low activity, their speeds still played
through the neutral zone. It was by no means a blowout game, Like
it was a really strong effort from the Kraken, it just kind of didn't
matter because Dallas was completely in control all game long, and that's sort of
what you need to do. They pitched a perfect game with their season on
the line, and I think that's, you know, the sort of thing
that always gets my attention at this time of year. Boats very well for
Dallas in a really tough test against a Golden Knight's team that you'll remember they
beat in the Western Conference Final back in the twenty twenty bubble. Thomas,
take us you worked in Florida for the Panthers. Take us into what kind
of hockey city that is? And I mean, Donna and I talked about,
you know, does anyone care there, Like, I mean, just
give us a little insight into hockey in Florida. It's tough down there,
Like there's no question it's tough, you know. I remember, for example,
we were going to name Alexander Barkov captain on a Monday, and that
Sunday I was down in South Beach and hanging out with some friends and getting
ready on my way back. You know, approving some of the creative and
on and on and looking forward to hosting this big media day. You know,
it's like, well before the heat season, you know, there's no
there was no Dolphins, like, there was no nothing that mattered. And
I was like, Okay, we're gonna have a good turnout. This is
gonna be great. And I'm driving back and I hear on seven ninety the
tickets South Florida sports talk radio down in Miami. You know, Dwayne Wade
plans to announce that he's going to play one last season, right, And
I'm just like, oh, great, great, Like that's it. You
know, I'm not getting inches in the newspaper. I'm not having any television
stations turn out like this is. So you know, you're very much back
seat in a lot of ways to some of the other sports brands down there.
And the list isn't necessarily what Canadians might expect. It's like number one
is the Dolphins with a bullet The Dolphins are very much like the Canucks are
locally where like you know, you turn on sports talk radio and it's like
they'll they'll do two hours on like the safety depth of the Miami Dolphins,
right, and then and then number two is the Heat, and it's the
Heat are obviously a championship team, m hugely successful. Generational fans are beginning
to form in South Florida around the Heat, despite how transient that community is.
And it's like then you have like you have you have m football,
right and like the NC double A football, and then you sort of have
like reps. You know, like the high school football is a really big
deal down there. Some of the high school basketball is a pretty big deal
down there, and you know, sort of then you get to kind of
like the Marlins and then you get to the Panthers, and so you know,
it's it's a big lift down there, especially because the arena happens to
be in Sunrise, which is on the you know, borderline lands of the
Everglades. Like literally you can see swamps from the office windows at the at
what we used to be called the BBNT Center but is now the FLA Live
Arena, and so you know, it is a challenge. But but all
of that said, like in the Panther's backyard up in Coral Springs and stuff,
like, there are real hardcore fans. There is you know, a
season ticket base that is like relatively vibrant, family based a lot of young
people play hockey. You're getting people like Shane Gostas, bear like Andrew Peake
who are Florida Junior Panthers that have come through grown up around that team.
You know, I think you're even beginning in that small pocket in the interior
to have some sort of generational support. But it's really hard to make inroads
in Fort Lauderdale and certainly in Miami, given how far the arena is away.
That's really sort of been one of the big challenges. I think if
the arena was downtown and the team was successful, because that's the other thing.
When I was down there, we were at the tail end of a
run in which, you know, the team had only hadn't won a playoff
round since nineteen ninety six. You know, it had been twenty plus years
since the team had won a playoff round when I was working there. You
know, the success that they've had helps a lot, But I do think
the arenal location remains like a fundamental existential challenge for the for the franchise,
and one that you know, I think is going to need to be addressed
significantly if the club's going to be viable and put in roads like put put
sort of the sort of stamp required to have a like real longevity as a
sports franchise in a major metro area, just as opposed to the suburb where
actually the team index is pretty well, Thomas, we're talking prospects today for
the Canucks because Lacaramacki signed in the SHL. But the Hockey News had the
Canucks rank twenty eight out of thirty two teams for prospects. They got a
long way to go, they got a long way whole surprise, right,
Yeah, how do they change? Well, I mean then you trade a
first and a second. You know, well in a draft that a lot
of veteran talent evaluators are saying is the strongest since twenty fifteen, at least
in the first round. Um, you know that's tough, Like, that's
tough. I mean you you watched last night, right, so last night
the Stars are like the template team. And Tom Gallardi came on your program
what about a month ago, six weeks ago and talked about his distaste for
rebuilding. And when Tom Gallardi expresses distaste for rebuilding, I think it's fair
to take it seriously because the Dallas Stars are like the template for the successful
retool now right. I mean they've made misguided contract commitments to older players,
guys like Jordy Ben and Tyler Sagan, and yet they've managed to continue to
have success and keep coming despite you know the fact that they haven't done a
tear it down at any point and have made some unwise commitment to guys who
are a little too old and have still found a way to put it all
together. Well what did it take to do that? Right? Number One,
they had the twenty seventeen draft, or yeah, the twenty seventeen draft
where they win the draft lottery from eleventh and snag Miro Heyskin in third overall.
So a ton of lottery luck, improbable lottery luck at that, and
the sort of lottery luck by the way, because you can't move up to
third anymore that no longer even exists. But they were able to take advantage
of that. But it wasn't just that. They then trade up into the
first round and take Jake Ottener in the twenties. So they got a star
goaltender, without question, the best goalie remaining in the Stanley Cup playoffs,
guy who started sixty two games, the only workhorse still standing and he was
great last night. Again, they get him in the twenties, and then
they get a superstar level player, although he's been a little bit snake bit
through the playoffs in Jason Robertson, you know, in the second round,
like several picks after where the Canucks take cole In. That's essential, like
you need if you're going to retool successfully to hit on these types of players,
like well outside the top ten, White Johnston scores the game winner,
right, that guy was picked in the twenties, right, Like, and
he's already in the league. They've got Logan stankovin coming. He's going to
join the team next year after he you know, competes credibly for the Memorial
Cup with the Cameloos Blazers in a couple of weeks. And he's a really
good player. Like, he's a really good player. They've drafted extraordinarily well,
and that's been key, Like their ability to get Robertson, Ottener,
hay Skin and Johnston level contributors with more to come into the lineup has allowed
them to burn the candle at both ends to defy the natural gravity of the
NHL system and continue to actually get better even as they're they're sort of old
core players, you know, get older, become bit contributors, and become
increasingly inefficient in terms of the caps spend allocated to them. It's a really
neat trick that Jim nil has picked has pulled off here. He deserves a
ton of credit. But you have to think about the strategy of it all,
right, which is if you want to try and replicate the Stars,
first of all, you're going to be relying on an awful lot of luck.
You're going to be relying on nailing, you know, draft picks and
a few things that are probably somewhat outside your control. But also you're going
to need the draft capital to do it. There's no way to be the
stars if you're trading draft picks. Those draft picks need to be star players
for you three or four years down the line. If you're going to pull
off what the Canucks consistently say and clearly with their actions are intent on pulling
off, like by their own standard, you know, the model of what
they're trying to do here allae stars. You can't do better than that.
The model of what they're trying to do here requires them to approach things differently
than they have over the course of the past year, which is, you
know, certainly something that I find a little bit frustrating, but more than
that, just I think it should clarify the challenge ahead for Patrick Alvin and
Jim Rutherford. They need to nail this eleventh overall pick at the very least,
especially given that they've decided not to take three kicks that they can in
the first forty five picks at the twenty fifteen n Challengry draft. YEP,
totally agree on that. Thomas. Thanks so much for this, sir.
We'll talk to you next week anytime, gentleman. Be well, you bet
Thomas transformer Florida Pathers employee now working for the Athletic. In the first segment,
you ripped into me about the heronic trade, and then you asked Thomas
a question basically saying that you endorsed that trade. Yeah, I didn't say
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It's Ian Furness from KGr Sports Radio as the cracking of Seattle lose Game seven
two one down in Dallas. You're looking tanned, Ian, what's going on?
It's warm out, Donnie Rick, It's it's warm I actually I did.
I did a radio show Friday at Seahawks Mini Camp and and we do
it on a cement with a canopy kind of over and it's just raped.
I looked at I looked at myself. Later, I was doing a stand
up for TV. Donny, you can appreciate this, and I said,
I wonder if I need todet. Oh my, I was like red.
I was like, like like that color. Yeah it was. It was
a little sketchy, but yeah, how are you guys? Very good?
And I didn't say you look bad. You look great. Thank you.
Well, let's not get carried away. Your opinion of the Kraken's performance in
game seventy. Well, I think they're just out of gas um. And
you know, the good thing about game sevens, a seven game series is
opposed to like the NBA has one of those five game series and baseball the
same thing. I think in a seven game series, most of the time,
the best team wins. I think Dallas was a better hockey team top
to bottom and had a better high end talent along the way. But you
know, they gave it a go U. I mean, it's what you
expect game sevens if you're I know, you know, everyone likes to put
a little wager on here or there. Now it looks like the under is
always the play in a game seven these days. And you know, they
got held off the score sheet and really didn't happen. The quality chances they
had either went wide early. They just they couldn't get their game going.
They couldn't get their four check going. And that was kind of a case
in all the all four losses for them in the series. They weren't able
to play the game that they want to play, and Dallas was and and
you know, Grubauer kept a minute, he was sensational. And again you
lose by one in a game seven and the second year it's not too bad.
I referred to what the Krack and have been up to the last few
weeks as a run, and somebody gave me some pushback on that. Look,
we're in Vancouver, you know, two rounds that that's a playoff run.
To me, what do you think the Kraken's playoff run did for hockey
in Seattle, especially when it comes to the fringe fan. That was the
most important thing. I mean, I kind of was thinking all along,
and we talked about this on the radio, on TV and different you know,
different mediums that we had my opinion, one guy's opinion, but I
think it was shared by many of the organization. You get to five or
six games that first round, get a little bit of excitement, get a
couple of wins, get the place, you know, get the city kind
of feeling good about the team, and get that fringe fan, like you
mentioned, Donnie on board. And they took that to fourteen games. I
mean, so I understand the bitterness in Vancouver about people pushing back on the
run. Fourteen games over the last month, it is pretty darn good for
a second year team, and we'll take that all day. That was the
most important thing. Though, you know, there're seventeen thousand people in the
building every night. The TV ratings were pretty they were just kind of even
all year, you know, they didn't vary, and you can just say,
Okay, there's your there's your fan base, right, that's that's who
it is. And same with the radio ratings. And then all of a
sudden the playoffs. By about the third game in the Colorado Series, third
or fourth game in the Colorado Series, massive spike in the TV ratings,
massive spike for the radio. We can see streaming numbers and all those things
they can judge that by. And you walk around town anywhere in the suburbs,
and you saw more cracking gear than anything. And it was about a
three to one margin compared to say Seahawks, Mariners or anything else. So
it was they captured this city's attention the way they play hard. No real
superstars, sorry your buddy Blake across the street. Uh, it just this
is a team that just got going, and it was the most important thing.
I think we've listen, we go back to last year, Donnie,
how many times did you and I come on here. I would just say,
this team's unwatchable and it was. Yeah, it just was. And
for a new team to be unwatchable and the free we don't expect Vegas but
be a team that captures outside of the hockey fans attention. They couldn't do
that. They flipped the switch this year and uh and have really kind of
taken over this city. Is awesome in long playoff for it runs always reveal
things, and one thing that it revealed was your goaltending Philip Grubauer, who's
been criticized since you know, it wasn't great last year. You talked about
that on our show. But now you've got Martin Jones the UFA. Grubauer
looks like the old Grubauer. What's going to happen there between the pipes?
Well, Jones is gone. Chris Drieger's under contract. He was out all
year with an ACL injury. Remember he tour that last year in the World
Championships. He was playing at the end of season. He's still done it.
He's still in Coachella Valley in the American Hockey League. So they've got
They've got Drigger. They signed two young guys as well. Uh, well,
one guy's a little older European goalie and the other guys draftees. So
I mean they've got goaltending depth. Jones was here as a stop gap for
for Drigger Grubauer. You know, I think the only completely ever have about
him and probably I mean, frankly every goaltender in hockey these days. It
feels like is consistency, right, I mean it, And I'll take him
over what Edmonton's got all day. I'll take him over what Toronto's got going
on. And you know, I mean even you know, Vancouver, you
guys have an elite goaltender and and you know, wanted to get you not
much right, so like like you need you need, And I only bring
that up in this sense. Look at the playoffs. If that're jmco was
playing right now, he'd be the best goaltender period, you know, unless
let's gonna go with Bob down in Florida. But I mean it's it's it
was a weird I think it's been a weird playoff for goaltending, don't you
guys. It's just strange we keep looking at I mean, Andrew got pulled
twice in this series and Grubauer came out once for load management when the game
was decided after two periods. But but Andrew got yanked twice. Uh,
and he was okay last night. He was good last night, but you
know he he I wouldn't say he had his best game. He pitched to
shut out until the final seventeen seconds, but that was more the guys in
front of him. And yeah, I heard a lot of h Seattle doesn't
have any superstars. Ah, you know, they're an average team. They're
not gonna make the playoffs next year. I'm not in that boat. Do
you think the future looks bright in Seattle? They got a ton of draft
picks coming. Yeah, you know they've got some Okay, the offseason questions
or what do you do on defense? They've got two of the top four
are restricted free agents in Borgan and Done, So those are two big you
know, I think you try to bring both those guys back. Done may
have it may have cost himself a few sheckles over the playoffs. He wasn't
great. You know, he put up some points in the Dallas series,
but I mean Borgan and Alexeiak and alexiax you know one little missy last night
aside, he was the best defenseman was Alexeiyak and he and Borgan are a
great pair. Larson and Done are really good. They played together, I
mean they played all these all three pairs played together for the most part all
season. Carson SUSY's unrestricted. I assume they bring out Ryker Evans up and
let Susie Susie walk and then up front, guys aren't pretty good shape.
I mean, as far as UFAs and our phase are concerned. The only
guys they have that you would consider a top six guys Morgan geeky and he's
kind of more of a fourth flyer with guys are healthy, and Ryan Donado
is the same way. So they'll probably bring Shane right up. I think
they want to move Weinberg and you can put Shane right in that second second
center position. Tyke Cartshay was a revelation in the playoffs as a rookie.
I mean, he was phenomenal. He's got a spot on the roster next
season, and Mattie Beniers is only going to get better. They didn't have
Barakowski in the playoffs. I mean, think about that, and you know,
we saw what happened when McCann went out. It was a struggle with
him without him offensively, but you know, he had a hell of a
year, So yeah, they don't. I don't think they have superstars,
guys, they don't have superstars in the true but they've got a bunch of
really good players and they're very deep. Yeah, great point about Biakowsky.
Hey, and thanks for doing this. Next time you're on, I'm sure
you'll look can and fit as well. We can talk some Seahawks, Mariners,
whatever the case may be. But thanks for doing this on short notice.
Well fellas any time until Dran's not to cut into my time next time.
Can the guy be more long winded or what? Holy smokes? Twenty
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but they were without one of their best forwards. And Donnie Mattie Beniers will
be a superstar someday. Give the kid time. He's only nineteen. Watch
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by the way. Absolutely, Let's jump into Judge Gate now. Yesterday in
Toronto, some some of the well actually spearheaded by Buck Martinez and Dan Shulman
on the on the Sports that broadcast for the Blue Jays, they were winding
out of Toronto. They were a little perplexed as to what was happening with
Aaron Judge, and as they were bringing up this item, he proceeded to
smash a home run. Let's play the clip. This is how it went
down yesterday to run all right, Bucks, So you and I looked at
each other at the same moment, right when we saw this three pitches ago.
He's looking to what is that? Where's he looking? Where's he looking?
And he did it more than once. Yeah, it's really really unusual.
But you and I both looked at each other where he saw that?
Did you see what I saw? And you don't want to go, you
know, throwing allegations around without no one, But now, I mean you
know what he Yeah, I have had guys looked back when I was catching
and you obviously could see it, and he he couldn't see the catcher with
the way he was looking right there. I just did it again. He
pummeled up. He hit it a country mile for his second home run of
the night. So Judge asked about it post game. Now, before this
happened. By the way, Aaron Boone was thrown out of the game for
arguing with the ump even though the Yankees were up big at the time.
They were up six nothing at the time of the home run, so Aaron
Boone thrown out of the game. So asked about it post game, Judge
said, the Yankees dugout was chirping, and with the score six nothing,
he had been encouraging his teammates to be quiet. Said that's why he was
looking at the dugout. He was glancing over, like, guys, come
on stopping enough, you know, yapping about the umps or whatever you're yapping
about. We're up decently in this game. And by the way, the
Yankees have had a tough start to the season, so they need wins when
they can get them. Now, Dan Shuman's a friend of the show,
very good broadcaster. I love when he says, though, we're not to
throw at allegations, but let's continue to show Aaron Judge looking over the dugout
and bringing this up. Baseball is so bizarre because signs stealing is very public
in that it happened, and within baseball, the only thing that's over the
line is when you have the Astros banging on a trash can or the Red
Sox using an Apple watch, and they're you know, doing things like that.
But if you have a guy in the outfield with binoculars, it seems
to be okay. It's like it's like it's like right of passage exactly.
It depends on how you do it. Look at. I say this about
guys using steroids, and yet people still keep getting popped for an Endows tattoos.
Junior not long ago, he got suspended for a banned substance. Maybe
not steroids, but band substance. I still I do find it hard to
believe though, that after everything that went down with the Astros, a team
would be stupid enough to have some kind of scheme going on where Judge should
be looking over at the dugout to get some kind of signals, some kind
of signs. Well, especially with the score six nothing exactly. And while
you mentioned tough start to the season, I guess every game you might you
might consider important. But the way he was looking wasn't a look that you'd
give to a dugout that was on you. It looks suspicious. It didn't
give them that it looked like he was trying to get info. Like you
can see it there when he's looking over it's it's like he's it's like he's
trying to to get some kind of But then ki is that why right now?
I really hope because again this goes just has something to do with Aaron
Judge being a pretty good ball player. But this goes back to the Astros
as well, Doney, Like, that's one of the things people knocked the
Astros for. You didn't need to do it. He had a team loaded
with talent. Did they really need to have trash cans being banged on?
There? You go, right, But the same thing regular with this.
Judge is an amazing baseball player. Look, he just got a massive contract
because of his amazing season last year in the Bronx. He's a very good
baseball player. He doesn't need to do this. So I'm I'm gonna take
him at his word, but I'm gonna let you know, people's situation is
strange. Well, and people are going to roll back and his other at
bats right in other markets at home, Well, yeah, is he doing
this? Well? Is he doing this? It would it would be other
members of the team as well. That is well, that is well,
because then you'd have then you have some suspicions. I could tell you one
thing, Rob Manford and the and everybody in MLB, this would probably be
the first file on his desk today for them to look into this, because
they would want to get ahead of this and not have another situation. And
let's be honest, you might want to look at other teams as well.
This is a bigger deal because it's the ant Yes, oh, absolutely,
obviously, for sure. I mean right now, the Oakland Athletics, they
might go down as the worst baseball team of all times. Statistically they are
awful. They've get they're on the move, they've get to win ten games.
But if they were doing it, would people notice as much? No,
not nearly as much as with Aaron Judge. But I do agree with
you, Donnie. There was a bit of really this is coming out of
Toronto. They're complaining about it like some kind of science stealing, some kind
of something going on. Really, but I mean it's it is interesting and
like I say, it caught up the eye of everyone in the baseball world
and the sports world. Last night, well for Buck Martinez to say he
has never seen it before, and he's been a he's been around baseball for
a very very very long time, so that is an interest to comment for
sure. Um, and I got my buddy who's a Yankees fan, texting,
Man, he's gonna be all upset and angry about this coming up next,
TSNs director of Scouting Craig Button joins, you, guys, latest,
Craig's list is out. Who's at number one? You you ponder that during
the break? Rick, still doesn't you hear? You will hear Craig's answer
on that. There has been some movement when it comes to a player that
we talked about last week that the Canucks might be Yes, Connor Badart has
fallen to number eleven and Craig's list. We'll tell you about that next.
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The latest Craig's list is out. Ye, Craig Button, Thanks for
doing this, sir, how are you. I'm really good. I'm doing
really well. I mean halfway through May. I just can't believe that when
this part of the year for me April first and I just go, okay,
three months, we'll hit July first, and on July second, I'll
come up for air. I'm halfway there. It's just amazing how quickly it
unrolls. Yeah, the finish line is right in front of you, Craig.
I'll be before we get into into Craigslist. The vote for the Ted
the Tempee Entertainment District is being held today, or at least the results will
be. I think it'll be released later a time. If it goes against
the Coyotes and against that arena. What do you think happens to that franchise?
Greg? Yeah, you know what, Donnie, it's a great question,
you know, and the owner, you know, who's got a casino
license and you know, trying to build the arena around that casino and to
build uh, you know, really an entertainment district. With the Coyotes being
a big supporter, I don't know where they go from here. I don't
know where he goes from here. I mean, obviously he has a plan,
you know, he feels strongly about putting an arena and entertainment districting there.
I was told on the weekend that the city of Phoenix is the one
that are really trying to gum everything out because they know with a new arena,
with an entertainment district and you know, and and and everything that goes
with the casino that they're worried about losing revenue from ox that might not go
to their arena. So you know, we see that in municipalities and whatnot,
and you know, but but at the same time, you know,
I've all still you know, been told and I'm not an insider, I'm
not one. It's it's people that I trust that it feels like it will.
So you know that there's just not enough real uh you know, serious
objections that would prevent it from going forward. It's just selfish interests that are
right now, uh you know, at the forefront, and they should pass.
And it looks like the hopefully there's a new arena. But if they're
not, I don't know where they go from here, GANI I mean,
we've seen the fits, the starts, the stops, the spurts for two
decades, and you know, I would have to imagine that the NHL would
have to look seriously at what the next steps would be for the franchise.
All right, Craigslist, it's out. In last week week we talked about
Swedish right handed defenseman Axel Sandeen Pellica as a player the Canucks might grab at
number eleven. However, he's moved up to number five on your list.
How come, Well, it doesn't mean he won't be there at eleven.
I mean, you know things, I'm not trying to I'm not trying to
predict the draft here. I'm trying to assess who I think the best players
will be once they have the opportunity to play in the NHL three to five
years when physical maturity takes it. But you know, I was really lucky
doing You go, try to find a highlight of him going into end.
Try to find a highlight of him having a al mckinnis booming slopshot or you
know, playing the game with an edge like Chris Pronger. He wasn't that
type of player. But what Sergey zubof did is he beat you up with
his brain. I mean there wasn't a play in any area of the game
and any zone against any player that he couldn't make. And I'm watching Axel
Sandeine Pellicer for the last eight months. His progression has been significant and watching
him more and more and more, I'm not I don't like to just put
out a name like Sergey zoobop is a type. I'm not saying he is
Sergey Zuba, but that type of player who controls the game in every single
regard. So when I see that type of defenseman to control of the game,
that's that's why I have him in my top five. I believe that
he has every quality to be a top player. And when the game in
the NHL is played, you know with in an orderly fashion, where you
pick up your head, you know where everybody is that you got to make
plays quickly, You gotta make plays under pressure. But Axel, Sandy and
Pellica to me, does all of that. And and like Sergey Zoobach,
don't ever underestimate how competitive they are. Still waters run deep. That was
the case with Sergey. It's the same thing with Axel, Sandy and Pellica.
Craig Guy at eleven where the Canucks pick you, I love it.
You got matthew Wood, big, huge kid on a Nanaimo Victoria is Lee's
University of Connecticut, one of the youngest players in the NCAA. What do
you like about him? You know what? A couple of well, not
a couple of things, like I'd like that. There's a lot of like
about matthew Wood. And you know, he's got this excellent skill package.
I mean, he can skate, he can handle the puck, he can
make plays. He's got this great range with his size, It's almost like
he makes things look easy, you know. Coincidentally, you know, he
playing at the University of Connecticut is also where Tage Thompson played, and I
see some similarities. I see some similarities at the same stage of the game,
you know where you know Tage needed some time to develop physically and get
everything coordinated. I think Matthew is similar. Matthew is able to stretch opponents
and stretch defenders and create opportunities for himself because he's got great hands, he's
got great awareness in and around the net, and that size and length just
keeps everybody at bay. I think he's got enormous potential Chell once everything comes
together physically. In my view, I don't think he'll be there at eleven.
I don't think he'll be there at eleven for the for the Vancouver Canucks.
But that type of player, they don't come around. And you know,
one of the things that's always impressed me about Matthew is that the harder
the competition, he is a player that's always risen up to that level.
It's not like the level as he became higher and more challenging that he had
he had problems. He has risen to it in a big significant way,
a really really good part. You know I talked about him like that,
right and you're probably going, hey, you don't have him rank hind that
could be the case. Craig Kyle Dubas said yesterday that if he is still
the GM of the Maple Leafs, he would treat somebody big, and he
said he's open to anything. You talked about it last time you're on our
show. But there could be some big changes in Toronto this summer. Craig,
Yeah, I think changes are necessary. You know, one of the
things, and you know, you know how it is at this time of
the year. Okay, who would your trade? And everything I know as
a manager and being a management I can't begin to tell you how many great
trades we made in our own minds the offices. But you have counterparts out
there that might not share the same views as you, right, So you
know, one of the things that I think you really have to do is
is identify what you're looking to do. Listen, you want to trade Austin
Matthews, easy to do. You want to trade Willing You're easy to do,
Mitch Marner, easy to do. You know, you can trade any
number of players, But what you're ultimately trying to do is is build your
team. You're trying to build your team, So what does the team need
and what players if you're considering trade, and what did they bring and that
becomes eye opening. You know, when you're a manager and you're thinking,
Okay, I'm going to focus manager. I really think that this would be
a good fit. And at the end of it, managers know and conversely,
you get calls that might surprise you to go, let's explore that a
little bit. So it's easy to trade good players and to Toronto Maplease have
lots of good players. The objective is what do you want to do with
your team and how do you want to build it. You know, think
about the Tampa Bay Lightning and go back a few years when they traded JT.
Miller. JT. Miller was a good player in Tampa, but they
were looking to do some different things. So you know, they traded them
for a first round draft pick and you start to look back and go,
wow, I mean, was that a good trade for the Tampa Bay Lightning
in terms of getting a pick for JT. Miller? Well, maybe not
player for player, but it was with the objective of what they were trying
to do in the bigger picture and in a salary cap world, that's how
you have to treat it. You want to trade those guys you can you
might not get what makes your team better. And I think that is the
caution that you have to proceed with when you're looking to make changes, because
the wrong change is now you might set your team even further back. Yeah,
they use that first round draft pick, if I'm not mistaken, to
get Blake Coleman, who helped him win his Stanley Cup. Blake goes on
to couch very very very quickly. Craig uh Pete de Bore. We refer
to this earlier, and I wanted to ask you this, but seven and
Oz in Game sevens. He's coached five teams since two thousand and eight.
He's never out of a job. What's his gift as a head coach.
I think there's a lot of gifts that he has. You know, I
think that Peter is very clear in his direction, and he's very clear in
what he's looking for. Uh. You know, Peter can also be to
that point of uncompromising, like this is the way it's going to be,
and if we're not going to play that way, we're gonna have big problems.
He commands a room, he commands a team. Now that might also
be the reason he's on his fifth team, or he's had so many teams
since two thousand and eight as well. But you know, when when you're
looking for a good coach, something coaches like like they're going to have a
certain time frame to to to make the greatest impact on a team, and
I think Peter has done that. And then that time frame, you know,
comes to an end and you move on. I think you just have
to realize that. I think Peter realizes it. I think the Dallas Stars
realize that when they hired them. But when you're looking for somebody to come
in, that is very exactly how he wants to play. You know,
commands a room, uncompromising, sometimes to a fault, but it gets results.
You know, when players hit that point and a team hits that point
where they're going, Okay, we're going to endure maybe a little bit more
of authority and I use that word and from a coaching point of view to
try to win. You know, players become accepting to that, and I
think that's where Peter has has real success. Pat Burns when Coach of the
Year with three different teams. He lasted three years with all of them,
but didn't mean he wasn't He's a Hall of Fame coach, and I think
Peter has a lot of those same quality. So, Craig, as we
actually go here. You said earlier that the Craigslist isn't a addiction of the
draft. Are you saying that NHL general managers don't look at your list and
make a pick based on that? Like, I am shocked. I can't
believe it. Well, it's I can't share that, but I mean,
I mean, I give the list goes to all the general managers and that
will be each team's final list. If you want to know what every team's
list looks like in the NHL, it's an exact replication of Mink. That's
that's what I thought. So the Cannocks are picking wood. The Cannocks are
picking wood. Well, if everybody follows the script, Rick, you know,
that's the way it should be. Good. Craig, thanks for this,
appreciate it. We'll talk to you next week. Thanks, Craig.
Button craigs list it's out on the TSN website if you want to check it.
Check it out. You were surprised at Connor Badard was first on that
list, Oh I was not. Okay, pull question. We'll update that.
I also want to talk about the NBA Draft lottery. Got some old
footage from nineteen eighty five. I want to I want to run it's it's
priceless. The infamous nineteen eighty five NBA Draft lottery, the Frozen envelope,
all of that. So poll question, it's Kinnock related. NBA Draft lottery
from eighty five. Next, Donnie Delighted Team. I'll check Donnie and Dolly.
The team is supported by able Auctions, dot c A solos in your
business you can help. That is Jack Joyce. He's the head of security
for the NBA. Spinning the drum. There's about six terms. I think
the team whose logo is in this envelope will have the first pick in the
NBA draft, David Butcher. The second pick in the nineteen eighty five NBA
Draft goes to the Indiana the Harsh Shoe Work Basketball. In fact, we
run that. That was from nineteen eighty five. Because the NBA Draft Lottery
takes place tonight, they do it a little bit different. Now there's no
drum with envelopes in it. But that was the first NBA Draft lottery.
It was the infamous frozen envelope, supposedly frozen envelope a lottery. You know,
the story is that the NBA wanted Patrick Ewing to go to the New
York Knicks. Someone through the Knicks envelope in a freezer or creased the corners
and you know, Uh Commissioner Stearn knew exactly what he was doing. He
picked that envelope and the rest is history. Patrick Ewing, I'm not mistaken.
Never never won an NBA A title, So maybe there was some ka
karma there, but I'm loving the head of security, Jack Joy's role.
We joked about the about the NHL maybe using an old school drum not that
long ago. That's what the NBA. NBA was using. Victor Webbin Yama
is the prize this year. He's the NBA's Connor Bdard Well a little bit
different to when it comes to dimensions. Seven foot four, nineteen years old,
eight foot wingspan. He's been playing pro in the French League since he
was fifteen, and he's just he's something special. Detroit, Houston and Charlotte
they do it different in the NBA. Those three teams Pistons, Rockets,
Hornets, each with a fourteen percent chance of winning the number one overall pick.
But that was an inflamuous moment. Was an NBA roll Maybe it wasn't
infamous. Nobody's confirmed whether or not the envelope was nineteen, the late grade.
David Stern. I could go on and on about him and how he
treated us, uh with the vancover media. He was wonderfully big fan of
Vancouver, wonderful to deal with. And one of his great regrets, he
said before he passed away, was uh, Vancouver not making a goal with
it that they moved a little too quickly. The rules worked against the Grizzlies.
There was a whole lot there, but I just thought I'd run that
because I just loved the stuff with the with the with the drum and head
of security Jack Joyce pull question bet ny nine dot net poll question. It's
kannak reletted. Every game begins at bet ninny nine dot net. All right,
our bet nine and nine dot dot dot net poll question. Do you
consider Jonathan mccarama. That's another that's that's another website dot net he was watching.
Yeah, yeah, it's that, you know. The lady from Orborough
got me confused. Anyways, the Karamackie he's in the video, the ear
Yeah, uh fifty two percent say Lacarramack he's the best prospect. I'm not
there. I think Archer Slaves is right now. Donny right there with Lacarramaki.
I think there's one one or one A one b yes or one one
one Okay. And the reason why're bringing this up is because Jonathan LACARRAMACKI there's
some news surrounding him. Yeah, he signed today. Uh, Donny in
uh in the CIA, in the UM, I see s HR, I
see the s in or or bro in the chatchwe rebro Geez. I'm gonna
have trouble with that name all next year. I gotta call the rebro GM
in trouble with Sweden and let's get the coach on, Joann Hedberg, former
goaltender. Anyways, Johnny's signed in uh Sweden. Four teams are after him.
The Canucks loved the fact that Joanne Hedberg is the coach there, that
he's buddies with Patrick Alvin the Canucks GM. So John KERMACKI moving up,
moving up the top top league, top league. Canucks think this is the
best place for his development and he's going to be there. It's a two
year deal, but after next season, they're gonna sit down and decide should
he come to North America. He can leave any time. It doesn't mean
he's got to play the two years there. He can leave anytime come back
at a Vancouver rappersport. And we also asked this question because of Artur sea
LOFs and what he's doing in the World's recapping the first segment here. Yeah,
and sea Lobs. It was great yesterday, leading UH Latvia to their
first ever win over the Czech Republic of the World's Donnie. This kid is
twenty two years old and look at the save U. Unbelievable. Of course
he saw some that's it. He saw some NHLA splits. He did the
splits. No, we can't do that. No, but other arct bains
will be another pros uh Clinkovich. You consider Rathbone Glander, they plans.
I tell you he would be up there. Ryan Johnson has some great things
to say about jet WU, but you know, bottom line, Rick,
there's not a whole lot there. What's the statue had a rankings Hockey News
ranked the Canucks prospects twenty eighth out of thirty two teams. Not good business.
Then I've got some business. Yeah, okay, let me go first.
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Okay, now it makes sense, No it doesn't. Okay, we'll
work out later. Martha Stewart guys, Oh yeah. Martha Stewart is among
the cover models for the twenty twenty three Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue. We have
some pictures here. I believe. The lifestyle businesswoman is eighty one years old.
Eighty one. She's a cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She
is the oldest swimsuit model. The magazine is featured, calling this development historic.
Martha posed in the Dominican Republic for the shoot and appears in a total
of ten looks. There's some other pictures there, I believe. Yeah,
right, you got more. Martha's career began as a model at age fifteen,
so she has experience at this, although it was a while back.
She then worked as a Wall Street stockbroker and later started a catering business,
which it grew into a lifestyle media company. It's another shot of her on
the beach with a I had had huge hat. What's up with that?
Well, it's for shade. That's like a tent. You're talking about the
hat right now. Stewart's more recent modeling with social media selfies have gained praise,
particularly an image she shared of herself in a pool in twenty twenty.
I think that this, you know, snowball from there. There she is
on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Brilliant move by people who really know what
they're doing when it comes to getting attention. Martha Stewart and Sports Illustrated.
You put an eighty one year old who looks like she does, she's as
fit as can be on the cover, you're gonna get attention that famous as
well? Yeah? Is that all you have to say to say? Here's
what I found surprising is that I um shold these pictures to my wife.
He was getting ready for the show today, and I thought, oh,
she'd be like, oh, this is just wonderful as that eight You know,
doesn't matter how old you are, you can still be good of all
that sort of stuff. And she was like, naa, this is this
is all photoshopped. What I thought there was a bit of caddionist there.
I really, I really did. Wow. But look, even if these
are photoshops, right yeah, which I don't think they are, well,
I don't know if they are or they're not. But even if they are
just a little bit eighty one years old, we should all be so lucky
at the last that long. Secondly, to look anywhere near this, so
definitely I would have gone with a share. She looks fabulous. You're obsessed
with that? What was it? What was it the cover of people or
something there was on I was getting groceries and Share was on one of those
magazines, unbelievable in her seventies, looks great. Susanne Summers is another one
in her seventies, looks great. But Martha Stewart's in her eighties. Gay,
but I get that Susanne Summer seventy six shares over seventy. I would
have gone that way, but you know, it's their call. Little Ricky
ever purchased the spimsuit edition of Little rick Uh. We used to Sports Illustrated
was way bigger, Donnie, you know, without the cell phones back in
the eighties. It was a swimsuit edition. Yes, any details you want
to shot, but it was a big deal for the kids. What about
Sports Illustrated We run to the swimsuit edition. I mean, are you kidding
me? Yes? Good for her? Yeah, like honestly, absolutely absolutely,
Like again, we should all be so lucky. My wife's reaction.
Yeah, Okay, birthdays, guys, we have twelve birthdays. I'm a
little bit discombobulated here, but I'll try my best. I believe we have
twelve birthdays. The line is set at ten and a half by Sweaty,
McDougall's Leather Kilts and Casino and mahone Bay, Nova, Scotia and Sports Illustrators
all already contacted Sweaty about next year swimsuit issue, leather kilt on a beach?
Think about it? Is this the final week for sweating today? Is
that a hint? Ryan? You know, because I think you mentioned that
yesterday? We really wanted that guy mad at you? Okay, good point,
good point, rock and roll. All right, I think I've got
the right date. Here we look at I'm all messed up here. Okay,
here we go. Late undrafted former Cannucks center played sixty nine games for
Vancouver and nine twenty ten, collecting four goals and how didn't twenty six played
junior hockey with Regina Patts. I think the keyword here is late uh oh
oh. Rick Rippin, Yeah, you talked about him earlier today before the
show. Former Cannucks defenseman who now wears the number five for the Carolina Hurricanes.
Jaff Chaffield late our Leaf Center not late Leaf Center, picked up by
the Connection eight, failed his first physical vouver. Yes, around the pool
like Martha Stewart. Maybe he should have been on the cover. Those pitchers
weren't touched up. But again I always say with Kyle Wellwood, I know
Rick bald and I used to always talking about instead of I thought he looked
okay, those pictures for the average guy. Sabers left winger signed an eight
year, seventy two million dollar contract to jump to Buffalo from Carolina in twenty
nineteen. Jeff Skinner, Yes lightning winger from Peterborough, won a Stanley Cup
and arnt Ross and her Heart during his fourteen seasons with the Ducks. Well
part of three draft. Yes goldtender who won the old three cons My Trophy
even though his Anaheim Mighty Ducks though Yes. Tennessee born actress played mckella Baines
in the Transformers series and April one Teenage Mutant Ninja two. Yes, Yes,
Derek, no problem with that one. An American singer. I think
I think she might be in the swimsuit issue. There's there's a big actress
who's Fox. Yeah, along with um Martha Stewart. We'll look it up.
You just cough away there. Rick American singer, Okay, American singer,
tenth of ten children. She had a Ward World malfunction at the Old
four Super Bowl. Jennet Jackson Controversial and popular Fox. I could just imagine
your reaction when that happened. Controversial and popular Fox television host fired by the
network April twenty fourth. Tucker Carlson, Yes, Ottawa Redblocks offensive coordinator,
former Alouette's head coach, Former Lions quarterback and coach named CFL moost outstanding player
in All one while playing for Winnipeg. He's been around the Buck Beerce,
Buck Beierce, Kay Jay great first name, great guy, Carry Jones,
very good, out of nowhere Ryan late pianist and singer from Wisconsin. At
the height of his fame in the fifties, sixties and seventies, the highest
paid entertainer in the world, thanks in large part to a lucrative residency in
Vegas. Michael Douglas portrayed him in the movie Behind the Candelabra Libarracci. There
you go, great show. I've never seen have you seen it? I've
seen the movie Libaracci. No, Behind the Cantillabra. I don't know Matt,
Matt Damon's in it. It's good anyone in all sorts of awards and
Late Yankee Second Basement. He never looked into the dugout. Late Yankee Second
Baseman went on to manage the team five different times. Here you go,
I hope those are the days, the birthdays for today. I don't know.
You know what rained in my place late last night. That's today,
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Donnie yours too. Tony Tanti was the best. I mean, come on
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know. You've never had a drink in your light. You can't guess what
it is, Ryan, not a chance. One more, mohito, two
more, two more. Okay, let's go. Where are we going now?
Oh? Look at this. I like this. This is overseas right,
No, it's not overseas. Ryan, for crying out loud, there's
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Nick? Is it just me? Or if the Cannucks played Born to
be Alive during games they had better seats, they wouldn't have the twenty fifth
best arena in the NHL. Is Nick referring to some sort of poles.
Yeah, didn't see, but it was. It was a weird poll.
It's about it's it takes into account walking distance to transit and bars. And
they said that walking distance the transits eight minutes away from Roger's arena. No,
right there, sorry there for me, twenty fifth, I don't care,
Ryan, twenty fifth is bad? Yeah, you process seats, that's
a lot. They're not doing well in rankings. By the way, Um,
I received some information visual information on the weekend. Can you tell us
about them? Well, okay, I can't. I'm not rick that.
I'm now on your side when it comes to the seats. How bad they
are? Yes, I can't go into detail. How many months it might
be saying this can't go into detail. But you're you're bang on. Are
you happy now? Yeah? Good? Good Now? I just gotta convince
him. We'll wrap up the show. The poll question more, Is it
just means next, I need to do the team check bet ninety nine gotten
at poll Arton. Jonathan Lacara Maackie now with a Swedish Elite Division Elite League
team. Yep, he signed in a reb road today to year deal.
So our bet ninety nine dot pull question, do you consider Lacara Maacki the
Canucks best prospect? Fifty two percent say yes, but it's pretty even.
Stephen up the middle of their liking. You split up the middle, Donny,
but it's not like there's a whole lot of prospects either well or nothing
against Jonathan Well nothing again. I mean art or Sea Loaves for me is
right there with them business. That's right. I'll tell you, Donnie.
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missing is the Raquel Welch reference. At least we didn't go down to Ginger
and marry Anne Ginger marry Ann Don Gilligan's Island, there were the two best
Don and sickamouse? Is it just me? Wasn't the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition
considered a poor man's version of Playboys You're End edition? And Donny goes on
to say a few other things that we won't we won't mention. But don
you your bang on for the young man out there back in the day like
you and I? What do you got? The Connocks will draft to five
ten, one seventy pounds suite because we like small, non physical, passive,
easy to push her own players. And and this is what does nationality
have to do? Okay? But just what he's trying. Isn't easy to
push her on. Donnie. What he's trying to lud at is for years
and years, the Canucks has been too easy to play against. It's time
to beef up. It's time to get bigger, It's time to get stronger.
You got a coach that's one of the best power forwards in the history
of the game. Get bigger. And you know who I talked about before
the show. We'll talk about that tomorrow. Okay, we didn't. Let's
talk about JT. Miller tomorrow. Oh yeah, golf x plays of our
apologies for not getting into that story today, hopefully tomorrow. T happy tomorrow
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