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our director. The voice of God is Derek k Wan. How are you
couldn't be better? You wanted to talk about Phil Kessel? Stop just stop?
Nothing nothing going on there? Canack's interested? Well, last time I
checked, they weren't you wanted to talk about I didn't want to. I
never We never talked about Castle before. We were just kind of, you
know, a spitballing that's all we were doing. I don't have any I
think that name's been out there when it comes to the Canucks, especially with
the Pittsburgh connection. Here's the problem done. He hasn't played in what I
would say ten months. That's problem number one. And last season the Canucks
talked to Castle's agent in the summer and they couldn't strike a deal. I
think he was looking for a contract. I think that the Canucks were probably
say come into training camp for a PTO. I don't have evidence there after
him, but that's a name that Vancouver fans keep throwing out there, right.
I don't think there's anything I haven't checked lately, But last time I
checked that he wasn't on the radar. There you go. A Castle update
doesn't strike me, even though there's that Pittsburgh connection. As a Ricktocket type
player, well hold of a second talk it had him in Arizona, right,
oh yeah. Talking last weekend at the All Star Game, said I
would I still believe in Phil. I still believe in my I think you
can still help a team out there. So maybe he is a Tacket type,
but he is a Talket type guy. Talkt's played a big role in
the recruiting of Kessel. But Donnie hasn't played in so long, I mean,
come on, his agent's working hard to try and get him a new
course. As we move on here, what a tremendous night of National Hockey
League viewing. Oh so, and it started off for me with the Flames
and the Bruins and Andre Kuzmenko four minutes into his Flames debut, scores a
goal, wearing number ninety six for the Flames. It was was on the
power play set up by Jonathan Huberdo, who's the first star of this game.
Maybe ku'smeco is going to help resurrect his career career. Two goals and
one assist for Huberto first the star. But Andre Kuzmeko and right right off
the bat, and you called me and said the Knucks made a bad deal.
Yeah, stop it. I didn't alight. Now you were all you
you're loving this? Cusemeko stuff. It was a bullet of a shot.
You know what are you talking about? You're loving this? You were talking
about Cusmenko all morning. I can't remember a player. I think I talked
about this yesterday. But we repeat ourselves a lot on the show, and
hopefully people accept that. But a player who left the Canucks, especially for
a division run. Yeah, and everybody in Vancouver and connuctation is pulling for
the guy and why not and plays for the Flames. Yeah, but I'll
tell you that. But look at Flames fans and Flames Twitter last night.
Donty all over this guy? Oh what a trade we got him? Cuzmeenko.
You know why? The smile, the laugh, the hair, the
personality. It's hard not to cheer for andre Cusemeenko. It is hard not
to cheer for this guy. And the Flames are they're loving it. Did
you see do we have this Ryan from Flames Nation? This graphic here,
as we talked about before the show. So it his first game, we're
going to get to the conxsent a second in Carolina and they're victory folks.
But his first game for Calgary scores, his first goal as a Flame,
it was four to twenty in somebody, I think I read the stat last
night. It was the fifth fastest goal in a player's debut coming over from
another team. Did not know that fifteen minutes and seven seconds Is that his
season high? Wow? I'm not sure he got fifteen minutes last Yeah,
and a couple of shots, and he was on a line with Sharon Govic
and Hooper do and on the park. Here this from Flames Nation. Did
Audrey Kuzmenko have the best debut in Calgary Flames history? Come on, it
can't be, can it? And they're just in love with the guy's personality,
and certainly the stats were there last night. I guess that good for
him, you know, good for him, Good for Kazko. It didn't
work out here. I agree, he just couldn't play the way talking wants
him to play. And he goes to Calgary. He's been rejuvenated, Donny.
One game in anyway, one game in, it's all good. So
good for him. Yeah, absolutely good for him. So he scores and
then I tweeted out Kuzmenko with the next inflation mark. And then moments later,
lindholmscores his first goal for the Canucks on a tip that's right Lynn to
him. Two goals, both goals done you last night were on the power
play, both tips, front net presence. Love this guy, powerplay,
penalty killing face offs. He did it all on the ice land in the
game, blocked a shot Hockey IQ talk at Raven about him. So far,
so good. Video evidence now highlights Derek we got him, highlights,
rock and Roll, Buddy p and c Arena rally, North Carolina early first
Canucks power flay. But it's Jordan Martin Hook to Tavo Travinen back to Martinrook,
the former Vancouver Giant used to watch him play at the Coliseum wreck.
That's right, short had a tally one nothing Carolina. Later in the first
another Canucks power play, Quinn Hughes from the point, tips in by the
aforementioned Elias Lennholm in his Canucks debut wearing Murray Baron's old number. Twenty three
to one one Middle stands at yet another Vancouver power plays. Hughesster hughes Hey
shot again, dip dead by Elias Lindholme, his second give the Jim Gregory
Award to Alvin Now two to one. Still second Carolina power play Sebasta Aho
to Brent Burns back to Aaho takes a shot his team leading eighteenth. We've
got a two to two game of the tar Hills State early third cut a
tech off look a casual trying I sound like Dolliwall trying to pronounce that game
too casual, trying to play the puck. J T. Miller takes advantage
his twenty second three to two games that turned up the eight. Just Martin
Nachius to Cuyemmy Thatcher demp goes equal to the task, same goals for the
rest of the Canucks outshot twelve three in the thirty but three to two.
That's his gloves as they've come. Canucks hang on Vancouver over Carolina three too
Canucks in Boston Thursday, Like I pulled a groin trying to pronounce that name
there. I'm glad he does not play. And by the way, in
his draft here, the Canucks really liked him a lot. Coka Nami.
Yeah, they liked him a ton in his draft year. But off the
Montreal he went off. They beat them to the punch. This is who
they had on the ice at the end of the game. First of all,
Elias Lenholm was taking face offs. Him and Miller were taking face offs
with the game on the line. He ends up with over twenty one minutes,
leading all forwards in ice time. Yeah, I'm not sure, but
I'm pretty sure and confident in saying I don't think I don't think Kuzmika was
ever in that position on the ice at the end of the game, nursing
a one goal lead. And I'm not trying to rip into him as we
praised them earlier, taking face offs and all that and leading all forwards in
ice time. Yeh, but pk har player the two goals. He won
five of ten face offs, had six shot attempts, cooking the Emmy,
by the way, was really good on face offs Carolina last night, at
the end of the game, Patterson, Miller and Linnholmer on the ice.
Myers and Cole were the defense pair. Again we say how much Rick Talkett
respects Cole but Myers Tyler Myers, who's going to be a free agent?
Oh boy, he's going to be UFA And I'm sure his agent's looking at
his chop started JP Berry. Well, I tell you whose agent has to
be licking his jos in that Dakota Dakota Joshua's a agent. Oh we're blocked
a shot late late in the game. What are you looking for? He's
third in the NHL Donny in hits with one hundred and seventy six, second
among four Did you see the block Dakota Joshua. Yes, yes, I
want to give a shout out to an Abbosburg kid to last night, Donny
Noah juleson six hits and he had a block on the third he went down.
It was it was he was painful. This kid's come in, he
stepped in, Susie's out, Susie's you know he's got then knuckle and this
Jules and kids coming in and done a really good job. You don't want
to talk about Dakota josh Of course I do. You know why not?
I just don't try to think in the NHL and Henstock. I'm trying to
think two of a player who was in the doghouse earlier regarding conditioning. You
know, early in the season with a coach and man, he uses him,
uses him a lot. And I know he didn't lead the team in
icelan any, but he used them late in the game and like I say,
came up with that block. He's going to be a UFA rick.
They can't keep them all, No, you can't. I told you the
Canucks are looking at a situation. They got ten free agents. Half the
roster eight or UFA two are RFAs and the RFAs you know, are big
in Peterson and Heronic. Okay, so the starts with the Flames over Boston
for one, the Kuzmenko goal, and then the Cannucks in Carolina. A
real playoff feel to that game third period and the Canucks doing a great job
of being resilient. You know, the crowd was right into it. Carolina
looked looked really good. By the way you watch a game in involving the
team you follow more than any other, and in those situations you notice teams
that you don't normally don't follow a lot. Martin Nachius, for am I
wrong here? Like he looked for so good last night, seventy one points
last year, but on one sequence he did a couple of Savartian spinneramas yea
good player, and again I haven't focused on him a lot, but he
looked really really really really dangerous. And then he ended the night with the
Knights and Oilers, and man, that crowd was right into it in Vegas
as you would expect as they failed to get their seventeenth straight win. Just
a great night of NHL viewing, big night for the NHL for me Don.
The Canucks had nine days off, they going to Carolina outshoot them twelve
four in the first period. That's impressive to me. You know, they
were ready, they were focused, there was a like effort. There's a
reason why many people think the Canucks are Stanley Cup contenders because they play in
the act like one. This coaching staff has done a tremendous job. The
players are buying in. Look at the block shots last night, don twenty
by the Canucks, a lot of them late in the third. That's buying
right there. Giveaways Canucks only had three giveaways last night. That tells me
their puck management was really good. This like right now, this team,
it's hard to they're first in the standings in points, percentage points, fifty
games. I mean, they just they just picked up. You pointed out
Petterson had the bad giveaway on the first on the first I got a text
last night about the Canucks gave away the shorthanded goal. Peterson coughed it up.
At the third game in a row. There's been a turnover, a
turnover at the blue line, and you gotta be careful puck management. But
it was you know who, Lafferty in the corner that letting Martin hook the
folks started with the turnover. Yeah, and former Vancouver Giants creaking. Let's
build on what you were talking about. Here's Rick talk at postgame talking about
something he was very pleased with, how gritty, how resilient his team was
winning that game after the All Star break. Yeah, I think especially you
want to get into that physical hockey and you got to use the bench.
And I shortened it at the end, but when you play Carolina fast teams,
that heavy volume, you know, you got to use your bench.
It was it was a fast paced game out there for ten days off both
teams. I thought it was like a little playoff atmosphere. You felt good
about the two practices, you know, energy and speed and stuff. Is
there some part of you as a coach, it's just kind of relief now
that your team is the same one tonight that it was before the break.
Yeah. I mean I remember last year coming in coaching and I had that
break. We had that practice class made to play Jersey and Rangers back to
back, and I was worried about that. But these two good practices,
I thought we practiced well that it really helps you to ease your mind.
But I just like the system part of our game tonight, Well, I
thought a lot of guys were in good positions. I'm not sure guys watch
a lot of video, but we have video session last night that helped them.
These guys crave that stuff, so I thought it helped us tonight.
That's Ian McIntyre and conversation with Rick Talking. He made the point about the
two practices they were able to have, which doesn't always happen on the road.
Different situation because they're coming off the All Star break, but they had
the two practices on the road going into that game against the very good Carolina
team, and obviously he felt it helped. Rick Talking did here's what I
like, Donnie. When they got to Carolina, Talkeett told the All Star
guys, you don't have to practice tomorrow, and every single one of them
said, no, we are going to practice. You know, that's when
you know they could have took the day off the first practice in Carolina.
And guess what the All Stars did last night? Done eight points. You
know, they showed up. They picked up where they left off before the
break. Nine days off All Star you know, all Star weekend, they
come back and and just a great effort against Carolina, a very tough Carolina
team on the road, and it just shows you that these players are buying
what TALKA is selling. He was investador with two assists each of the two
goals by lin Holme. Speaking of Elias Linholm, here's the head coach again,
Rick Cockett on how Elias Linholm two goals leading all forwards in ice time
on late in that game, nursing a one goal lead, How he came
as advertised, Well, I think when we targeted him, the one thing
we said as an organization, you know, if we get a guy and
go for it or whatever you want to say it, you want to get
a guy that's intelligent. And you know, there was a minute laughter two,
you know, I said, I was telling him, you know,
he just got off and I was telling him something about a switch and he
was, yep, I got it. Like just you know, sometimes you
get guys well we'll hang on a second, you know, and they start
to not panic, but they're like they get antcy and he was just like
very calm. And you know, I mean they played eight oundred games or
I think it's eight hundred games, so the guy's a season and he's played
in some playoff games, so Yeah, I enjoyed talking hockey with him.
Just the NetFront thing. You've talked a lot about wanting a goalies. I
was taken away. Some of the NetFront stuff was a big part of this
team's power play last year, not as reliable over the course of this year.
Two in the first game, I mean, what's that mean to you?
Is the guy running the pp well, I mean, if you look
at it, that's high hand coordination. He was in front of the goalie,
hugging, made a couple of nice plays get it through. I mean,
that's the I mean, those are games. Those are goals you have
to get in the power play, and and tight games the tic tack those
don't happen very often late in the season. So yeah, I'm probably the
happiest guy because that NetFront goal is my favorite, you know I do.
I don't I like tac tic tac those, but those are those are my
favorite. Rick talk I hit coach at the Vancouver Canucks in Boston against the
hated Bruins on Thursday. His thoughts on Elias and home. More on the
Cocks a little bit later. Here's what's coming up on the rest of the
show. DTMZ is it just me. In the next hour, Neil McAvoy
is going to join us, co general manager of the BC Lions. Lions
busy yesterday extending one of their players and signing a free agent. We'll get
into that with Neil McAvoy. The CFL busy this week on Super Bowl.
We're doing a good job as thing in the news. Neil's going to join
us just after eleven o'clock. Big Ride the Twitter guy later this hour and
up next World Cup twenty six seven matches we found out earlier this week.
Seven matches World Cup twenty six will be at BC Place thirteen in Canada.
Victor Montagliani from East Vancouver, head of Conca CAFF. He's going to join
us next. Thanks for tuning in, Folks, Donnia, Dolly the team
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Montagliani, who's been in our show before, President of Conka CAFF, former
president of the Canadian Soccer Association from me. He's Vancouver, SFU. He's
been on our show before. He's going to join us in a second.
Here. We found out this week that Canada is going to host thirteen World
Cup matches in twenty twenty six, seven of those matches at BC Place,
the other six in Toronto, and Victor joins us. Now, Victor,
thanks for doing this, sir. How are you good? How are you
guys doing very well? What's your reaction our country? You're city hosting all
those World Cup matches in twenty twenty six. Yeah, we we snatched when
it comes to our city. I think we snatched victory from the jaws of
defeat a few years ago. But that'll be the title of the book,
I think one day. But no, listen, I think, uh,
you know, first, as a first, as a Canadian, you have
to be very proud that we have the World Cup. Second, obviously the
mounted games that we have, I think we've maxed out on what we could
have. And then obviously has a Vancouver right or as you probably uh,
as you uh said, and as I probably say, as an East Vancouver
right, you know, having seven games, including two knockout games, and
a potential of uh four Canadian games. Two for sure, it probably doesn't
get better than that. I don't think anybody, maybe other than me,
would have dreamed about that. I think this has to do with stadium size,
but figure, we're not used to this sort of thing. How the
heck did Vancouver get more matches than Toronto? Yeah? Yeah, I know
a guy that that knows a guy. All joking aside. I think you
know, Toronto is a great city. I was there on Thursday. They're
really behind it. I think they deserved the opening match, to be honest
to you from a Canada perspective, and you know, to be honest,
it's almost equal. There was only one game that the Vancouver got more,
which is around the sixteen, and that had to do a little bit with
the size of the stadium, but really also with the match schedule itself,
because as soon as Canada's coming west for their second game and they're staying here,
it had to flow. As I said in other interviews, the flow
really is not on the east west flow. It's a north south flow,
and so just naturally you're gonna have around the sixteen comeing to Canada. We're
only going to get one. It was a natural one to have it come
in the West where Canada was going to play their last group stage game.
And then you know, then you move down the East coast from a Toronto
and obviously from the West coast from a Vancouver perspective. So it had to
do with a few factors, mass schedule, stadium size, and the wake
Canada was playing their number two, number three matches in Vancouver. He if
Victor BC Place is going to need to go from artificial turf to natural gas?
Any update natural grass? Any update, any updates on when that process
starts and finishes, I don't know. You should ask a BC hydro very
good natural I have grass written, I have grass Victor written, but tell
us when's it starting? Grass? When's it starting Victor? Yeah, So
it's not just BC Place, there's pretty much every stadium we have, especially
in the US Mexico. Uh, even the ones that are grass. There's
going to be a lot of improvements required to get it up to a World
Cup level. And Beamo's going through the same process. That process. I'm
not an art you know, I'm not an engineer, but I believe that
process will start late twenty five, early twenty six. It's quite a process.
You have to lift the field, you got to put irrigation underneath,
you got to put proper lighting, proper air circulation, because unlike what you
see for friendlies when they just come in with palettes that that's already dead grass
and it's only you know, it only lasts like a few days because they
play one game. We are actually putting natural grass as if it was originally
there from the beginning, because it's love, it's live, and you have
to put it in months and months before and then obviously there'll be a bit
of testing on it, and then about a month before the first game nothing,
So that process will start late twenty five early twenty six. The big
one also is tickets. When do they go on sale. There's going to
be a lottery system the price of tickets or you can outprice everybody, or
like, can you give us an update on tickets. Yeah, So with
respect to tickets, I think you can already put your name onto FIFA dot
Com that you're interested, and it'll be a lottery system for the public like
every other World Cup. Really, the demand will be obviously quite high.
The good thing is we'll have more inventory for this World Cup than we had
for Doha and for the twenty eighteen World Cup. But it will be a
lottery system and in terms of prices, we're not there yet. Obviously,
you know there'll be some also also depends on the venue of the group stage
knockout stage, so but we're not even there yet on the pricing. But
in terms of it will be a lottery system, so which it's really the
only way we can do it. I mean, you know, in Qatar
we had three and a half million tickets available to the public and we had
over fourteen million requests for three and a half million levels. And we think
that we we know not think that the request for this North American World Cup
will smash that fourteen million. Well victory. Let's get back to the to
BC place for second. If you don't mind, you know that that hole
in the roof isn't all that big. I'm sorry. I'm not a gardener,
a landscaper. I know a thing or two about natural gas, but
that's another story. How does the grass grow? Yeah, listen, listen.
What happens is our our engineering department really at FIFA, and you know,
we know that we can do it in an indoor stadium, not just
not just not just an outdoor stadium or a stadium that is outdoor when you
open the roof. So the technology is there, you know, in terms
of the lighting and the and the irrigation and hydroponic stuff, the legal hydroponic
stuff and the so I think so I'm not concerned about it. We've done
that even other World Cups, to be honest with you, and so with
the technology is there, so I'm not worried. I know the pitches will
be in you know, grade a condition. So what happen? And again
I'm asking questions. Maybe some people will think they're done, but I don't
know the answers to them, and that's why I'm asking them. So what
happens to the to the grass afterwards? Does it get hauled out of there
and they go back to artificial turf for the Lions and white Caps? So
when? So you want me to answer that as a FIFA guy or is
a Vancouver whatever works best? Yeah, as a FIFA guy, we're done
and the field is left behind. And as a Vancouver guy, I would
hope that the powers that be do everything they can they try to keep grass
in there, right thank everybody would agree with you, Yeah, yeah,
especially yeah right, So, but that's not my call and that's not our
call. So our responsibility from a FIFA tournament perspective ends when the when the
final whistle goals for the last game on that pitch, And what do you
know or from a FIFA point of view, maybe about other renovations that have
to take place at pc place other than the field. Yeah, there's some
stuff. I mean, some place is a really good shape, you know,
So there's not a lot in terms of but you know, hospitality is
the big one that that they need to sort of upgrade a little bit.
There's some sort of you know, movement of how fans move from inside to
outside the stadium that needs to need to flow maybe a little bit better.
So there will be some work there. But above that, really there's not
much else. Vick're off the subject, and I know you're president of Conker
CAF right now, but we've heard a lot of negative stories regarding Soccer Canada.
What kind of shape is that program in right now and what's the relationship
like with the national teams in Soccer Canada. Yeah, listen, you know,
I don't I know, I don't know the nitty gritty obviously as a
Canadian, as a Vancouver and somebody that was a president of Canada Soccer up
until twenty seventeen, and you know, really proud of the work that players
have done and the groundwork that we laid. Listen, in the end,
I think I like to take a step back, and it's easy for me
to do that where I sit. But you know, the country, actually,
if everybody could get around the table and figure this out, is actually
in great shape. I mean, it's got three MLS teams with strong ownership
groups. It's got a league finally that actually has done quite well in the
first five years. There's hopefully a women's league that's around the corner and interest
there. The national teams obviously, we know have performed well on the pitch
and have an opportunity to do that even more this summer. And so to
be honestly, I think everybody needs to take a deep breath, stop stop
listening to people that really don't care about our game. And to be honest,
some of that is some of your peers really don't really care, They
just want to. You know, I think we need to be focused and
the mentality has to be we have to have a football first mentality or soccer
first mentality in our sport and how we govern it. And uh, and
really just get in the get in the room, and you know, this
is a family squabble, and settle it and get on with it. Because
I think our fans number one, are our youth number two deserve deserve it,
and because I think are our future is so bright with the players we
have both on our women's team and our men's team. And uh, I
think, you know, I think it'll get resolved, and I'm hoping to
get resolved, but I really think it's time for a little bit of a
deep breath and everybody to get in the room and stuff. You know,
there's no need really to to to discuss matters outside the family. Uh.
And I mean, and maybe that's just my style, but I really think
that's what needs to happen. Victor h. We could go on and on,
and we thank you so much for this. We really appreciate it.
We'll try to get you back on the show soon anytime. Guys. Cheers
you bet, Thank you. President of CONKA CAP, former president of the
Canadian Soccer Association, the World Cup is coming to Canada, coming to North
America. Thirteen matches in Canada, seven at BC Place. I like you
said, the BC Place, not a ton of work needs to be done
other than the field, Doney. So that's a good sign. It's not
like they're coming to BC Place and saying Okay, there's a million things to
do. It's in good shape, like you said, which is a good
thing. Well, answering my question about that, I've wondered about the last
couple of days about what happens with the grass, how does it grow?
You know, again I'm not a landscaper, and what happens afterwards. And
it'd be interesting to find out what the powers that be BC government, what
plans they have for that turf. Do they go to that expanse of putting
all the putting in the natural grass and then hosting the World Cup and then
rip it out and put the artificial turf back in. I don't know,
but you know, I think for a lot of people it might be hard
to take because we all want the World Cup to come here, come to
Vancouver, absolutely to come to Canada. But sure to hear that renovations have
to be made at BC Place, and I realized time flies. But they
just did a half billion dollar renovation, not that long ago, not long
ago in twenty eleven. So yes, interesting. Needless to say, twenty
twenty six World Cup right here in Vancouver. Pull question. It has to
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that poll question. We'll get to that in a second, but I want
to get this in the lady's okay, Tying Langley in box, unsigned guys.
FIFA World Cup twenty twenty six where the white Caps gonna play. It's
question. So I want to remind people that Neil macavoyay's going to join.
It's not from the white Caps from the BC Lions. We can remind me
or you can ask him that question as well. Yeah, maybe I don't
know if Neil Neil's been busy this week, we can ask him that question.
Sorry for the Lions, just totally looking ahead here, won't they just
start with a super away heavy schedule? Yeah, because their season kicks off
in anyway, you know what I mean, Like they're gonna have to be
what do we say, I don't know when? But sorry, Ryan,
but it's not just the World Cup schedule they have to worry about. It's
before that preparations, right right, But they that like a month they want
they want access to the stadium a month before or something like that. But
that's what I mean. It would really only affect the white Caps, right
because the Lions preseason openers early June. I mean, maybe know something,
but they still I mean, let's be honest, though, it's not like,
you know, the World Cup ends in the next day the building is
available. It's probably another month after that, so that's like three months the
Lions. I asked, what are they going to do with the turf?
Well, I mean the white Caps are playing tonight on the Island in Langford
at Starlight Stadium. You wonder, I mean you wonder if that's what they're
gonna have to do or do they play it like you know, Swanguard doesn't
have the facility, you know, do they rebuild Empire? Yeah, the
temporary you know what I mean? Like that's a big for sure, because
they can't do that. Now there's there's there's there's a park there now Yeah,
right, No, isn't there still Isn't there still on this field?
Anything's possible with cash. Yeah, that is interesting though, because I never
thought about that the MLS will shut down during the World Cup. But you
think we would have done more research going into that interview with Victor. It's
also probably outday hiss. I mean, FIFA doesn't care no like he says,
he is a defa guy, Pecaff guy and a Vancouver guy. Okay,
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was more impressive about the Cannucks victory last night? Lindholms two goals or the
gritty way they won eight hundred and fifty eight votes, but close first one
we've had in a while. Fifty nine percent say the way they won gritty,
and then forty percent say it was lindholm tepid response to the lukewarm response
to the to the pole question right a poll question about we had to shoot
it down. Yeah, Dolly. One wanted to ask Ido. No one
wanted to ask the Canucks be interested field Kessel to start up. Then you
started the show when Taylor asked me about it by saying they got no interest.
That's a good poll guy. Last time I checked, they had no
interest in Kessel. They had interest in Kessel in the summer. They talked
to his asient. Good guy. A wait or not, it's not the
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right now, Okay, anyways, he hasn't played in ten months, Kessel.
You just want to inshurt him in the lineup. Well, get it
now, the proof? Why are we asking the pole question? Then,
anyways, move on, okay, little little look behind the side look.
Yeah, as impressive as his two goals were. Linnholm leading all forwards a
nice time over twenty one minutes out late, taking important face offs late.
Yeah, just the way they want. I know they gave up twelve shots
in the third period, but a lot of people are pointing out and the
Landy's okay, tiring Langley inbox. Like the game. After game, we
talk about things like, well, this new guy got to got two goals,
and what about the way they buckled down in that third pick? What
about dimco oh like I again and Rick talk Ha talked about it after the
game. Is once again he played a big, big role. I think
we're at a point now where Knuck fans are taking in for granted, and
I think that's just natural. I'm not criticizing anybody. We're the same way.
But y'all, you list off these things that were positive last night,
don't forget about thirty five. Okay, that was his ninth straight win,
ties the franchise record with Donty dank Clucci. Dank Clucci. So thirteen to
three, the Canucks roadshot in the third and and they get the winner from
Miller. And but you know what, Dempko was huge in the third period.
One of the other impressive things last night done. I always check at
the halfway point of the game. Cannucks had only given up seven shots on
goal halfway through the game. That's pretty damn impressive. They only gave up
twelve after the first period. Yeah, obviously the Canes came on in the
third. But the way they're cutting down the shots, they're cutting down the
goals against this year totally twenty four to seven different from last year. Done
the goals against is massive, and for that they credit natural gas. I
said that I had naturally I've never made a mistake. I thought, what
did I say? It's a natural grass? But I said natural gas.
I'm trying to find on YouTube because you said that there was this commercial in
the seventies or eighties natural gas in BC cheaper now than the fifty six and
they used it like a fifties type a BC hid Was it a BC hydro?
Yeah? I guess so, yeah, what do they call it now?
Terrace and gas? There so many different things going, Yeah, that's
whatever different Forda's terrace And why is there five hundred gases. I don't get
it. And what happened to just BC Hydro. There's some in this studio.
I want to tell you that more than one type. Let me do
this and then we'll let met you some business and then we'll hear from Elias.
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is next, and we'll go to break with alias Lindholme oh Man. I
wonder if he has anything to say about natural gas or the Mercury Marauder or
the Apollo. This is Elias Lindholme as we go to break, talking about
his two goal debut with the Vancouver Connects. Last thing in Carolina felt pretty
good. Uh, you know, obviously kind of nervous before the game,
a lot of new things and you know, but you know, I felt
pretty good. I thought that we played pretty good. And obviously it was
was a tight game, playoff light game. They're a good team. We're
a good team, so uh, not a lot of room out there,
but we stuck with it and and got two points. That all the matters.
The first period you score on the power play to tie it up.
Can you describe your emotions after that one? No, it was always a
little relief, you know, obviously playing when uh, there's a lot of
good players on this team and and you know, you know where we play
well today and and obviously it was a nice, nice shop by hug you
there and then obviously got a piece of it. So it was nice to
see going just I had a big ride. The quitter guy unsigned to Lanny's
okay, tarrying Langley inbox, guys, what if Elias Petterson, the d
man from Sweden pronounces his first name differently from Elias Petterson and Elias Lindhill.
You guys would be in big trouble with that. And he's right or she's
right. We hit a big ride. Twitter guy. There's a lot of
Elias Elias Elias. Yeah, not that, but yeah, what if Patrick
eli Ash comes out of retirement plays for the maybe of Cassel, New Jersey
Devil. Yeah, maybe I would say one of those underrated players National Hockey
leagu kiss. I agree, Stanley cups but he was good, but nobody
talks about him. But it's because of the team he played for, the
food Numbers. Yeah, exactly. I think they were so boring that the
Devils, who have a pretty sexy team right now. It's a carryover there,
you know they haven't been like that for a while. Yes, but
they have a sting. Yeah, definitely, it goes way back big.
I don't know why that's funny. Well, Lamarire coached them. I know
that JA coached them. Absolutely Didn'tlarry Robinson when one with them, Larry replaced
Robbie Fortrek robb sweater guy. Sweater guy. Yeah, he brought one of
his sweaters replaced them behind the bench, like really late towards is a sweater
guy. Now hey it's kind of a pullover. Yeah, like some nights
he's dressed up and then other nights he looks way too bundled up. It
must be warm. Yes, there's because there's times that he there's like think
it's three or four later. There's times he's got like the suit sweater car
which like old man, but he's not that old, you know. Next
up, a shawl for Torque had the nice sweaters though they were really back
to him. Yeah, and it was okay. I can remember a coach
for the New York Rangers, former Habs defenseman named John Gek Talbot, and
he wore a track suit. You can look it up. Yes, behind
the bench there was a guy who would have picked the word like something a
soccer coach, coach. The the the NHL is one of the few leagues
now that the suit. Yeah that NFL guys. The CFL guy used to
wear suits. Yeah, but the NFL. Next ram the NFL now like
they want you to, they're selling their gear, right, it's just golf
shirts. Everyone's got a golf shirt. You wonder how long like baseball is
gonna go with the manager where the uniform, right, because I mean they're
older, so many of them now wear hoodies over top or whatever. Like
it's not really it's not the same. Yeah, that's a good point.
But back in the day, Yeah, you know you had the you know,
excel manager in the m uniform. Yeah, yeah, mockey should think
about that. Yeah, what about talking about full gear full yeah, shoulder
paths. Hey, i'd be scared, No kidding. He looks like you
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the twenty second. Okay, guys coming up on Sunday. It's a Super
Bowl in Las Vegas. This is that Howard? I don't know who that
really was. Brent Musburger was on with Dan Patrick this morning. It was
amazing. Yeah, like, oh, just he's talking about up with him?
He was, he was He's talking about Jimmy the Greek and gambling back
in the day and Phil, Oh my god, fantastic look that interview up.
It's really well done. Cross. Who is he? Earth Cross was
one of the first black analysts on national television. He was so good and
he was in on that panel with It was way ahead of its time.
I don't think it's a enough credit with Musburger, Phyllis George and Jimmy the
Greek. Interesting when they did the thirty for thirty on Jimmy the Greek,
Yeah, talk about ahead of its time, gosh, gambling and everything kid,
Yeah, right, absolutely. Uh. I don't see a lot of
people named Jimmy the Greek on NFL compony sports panels. Actually, you know
what you kind of do in between what you see in the studio, Yeah,
all the ads, yeah, round about way. But so Super Bowl,
everyone knows about the game. Of course, the other thing that comes
along with the Super Bowl is commercials. Here look at this. The price
of Super Bowl thirty second ad for this year's Super Bowl guys seven million dollars,
the first of all with sixty sixty seconds would be triple fourteen million?
Triple? What do you mean? It could be? Would be higher?
Dis some goal like that, Ryan, it would be. I've seen some
crazy numbers for sixty seconds. You double thirty? What do you mean?
I'm gonna google it. I'm gonna check, but I think it's more than
pullet. I'm telling you it's higher. Is it? Maybe it is?
Maybe I have I've seen my take it. If you double that, it's
fourteen million. Eh No, No, I'm going to look into this.
I think it's higher. But anyways, we go google finish finish The first
second, first time it was tracked for Super Bowl ads was nineteen sixty seven
forty two, five hundred dollars even that I know, no kidding. So
this tweet for them, were getting that? Are we getting that for an
ad? Yes? It's no, it's going to the dolleyballs math at twenty
one million. So this is from front Front Office Sports. You can see
they kind of go by five year increments basically is where things go. But
let me look at the difference between twenty fifteen and twenty twenty two. Twenty
fifteen it was four point twenty five million dollars, then to jump to six
point five in twenty twenty two. It's kind of going up. And by
the way, this is a great scoop right honestly with CBS that an AD
in twenty twenty four costs more than nineteen what's the big deal here? Is
not gone up kind of rapidly here, it's you're right when you look at
the bottom half of it. Yeah, I mean it's gone up. This
one of the CBS president's media execs whatever he said. They are officially sold
out both for their regular CBS with that in your Pipe and smoke and the
Nickelodeon broadcast is well that they're doing aside from the regular broadcast, it's completely
sold out as well. So no, no, no issues for the CBS
running the Super Bowl this year. Speaking of the Super Bowl, how about
this, I got this. We talk a lot about Taylor Swift. Okay,
so pol was done. This is from Seaton Hall Sports. They did
this. Okay, this is from Darrenravelle, he took it from them,
asked if they thought the presence of Taylor Swift had anything to do with their
decision or the decision of anyone in their household to watch the Super Bowl.
So are you gonna watch it or not? Twenty one percent of Americans said
yes, the factor of Taylor Swift is the reason for why they're going to
watch the Super Bowl. That is crazy to me that you're gonna watch a
three three and a half hour, four hour event just for the shot or
for the chance they're gonna show her for ten seconds in between playing. But
Ryan, if you're a Swift d and there are millions of them around the
world, there's all this talk about Travis Kelcey going down on one knee after
the Chiefs win the Super Bowl. Indeed they do proposing to Taylor Swift.
And if you're a Swifty or even if you're not as of interesting to a
lot of people, but then watch the ending. Yeah. But Travis was
asking, if here's somebody who's interested in Taylor Swift, you're probably also interested
in Usher at halftime. Yeah, they know what they're doing. Travis was
asked yesterday, by the way who's going to get a ring first, Taylor
Swift or the Niners. Mmmm. He answered with by saying, I plan
on getting a ring on Sunday. So he kind of took the out there.
Maybe she'll ask him, she'll ask him. I will be stunned if
he proposes on Sunday. They've been together, what five months? How if
he loses? How about if he loses. He's not proposing after a loss.
Yeah, maybe that would be surprising. Yeah, exactly, he's crying
because they I know, we just lost, but it's all about me and
Taylor. Yeah, yeah, exactly, he's not doing that if they lose.
I don't see what do you keep the ring? Well, you probably
give it to like a you know staff I'm trying to do. You imagine
he pulls it under his dirty sweaty cleat. You want this, honey?
Yeah, going to marry me. And she's coming over from Tokyo, of
course, for the big event on Sunday. She's coming to give over to
your place from Japan Vegas. And if there's a flight delay, she might
not make she might not make it. Yeah, that's what happens with Flicklays.
We'll see what happens coming up next Big. At eleven o'clock hour,
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the stuff that goes on in between segments on this show. I gotta tell
you crazy. It is Wednesday, and all of our guests today, including
Neil McAvoy, the BC Lions standing by brought to you by Able Auctions and
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our title sponsor, joined now by BC Lions Co General Manager, Director of
Football Operations, Neil McAvoy. The CFL Free agency period opens February thirteenth,
that's next Tuesday. But man, all these teams have been busy. That
includes the Lions, who yesterday signed former Montreal running back Williams stand Back and
Neil McAvoy joins us. Now you also extended Ben Holladdock. We'll talk about
him and in a second Neil. But how are you, sir? Busy?
Yeah, busy time of year. I'm always happy to come on and
talk three down football though, especially in this week. Yeah, as we
get shattled, but I'll tell you what, let's let's do it. Well,
I said earlier in the show, I think your league is doing a
fabulous job as staying in the news this week, which always hasn't always been
the case. But William stand Back, what's he going to do for your
your football club? Well, you know what he can add. He's a
little bit more powerful. He's a you know, a guy that breaks maybe
more tackles than some backs in our league. So he's gonna put a lot
of pressure on defenses. He's gonna make our offensive line look better than you
know, maybe what they get criticized too much, our offensive line, But
it takes one one running back to you know, make a couple of plays
and all of a sudden, the offensive line is pretty good. So we
saw that with you know, guys like Vernon and the previous quarterbacks getting the
ball out of his hands quick and then all of a sudden, the offensive
line is good as well. So I think a guy like will is going
to bring just a little bit more stability, a little bit more power,
and that's going to open up the running game, which will in turn help
us in the passing game, because at the end of the day, we
are a passing team under the Dome and we're happy to be that. William
standback former Alanuette, just like Vernon Adams. I believe they're friends. Did
he help you out with this, Neil Vernon? Yeah? Absolutely. I
mean Vernon has has has been helping us out with a lot of players,
and obviously will was a guy that he felt would bring some good dynamic to
our locker room. And that's the thing with our football team. We are
a tight knit group. We are a family, and so not everyone's going
to be able to come in and just fit in. So, you know,
playing is one thing, fitting into the environment is another. You've got
to be You got to be both before you come here. So we were
happy to get Will and he's he's that guy, and Neil, the big
one for me is Matthew Betts led the CFL eighteen sacks last year, top
defensive player in the CFL. Are you still in the mix to get Matthew?
Are you still in the mix? Okay? Absolutely, Yeah, we're
we're continuing to talk again. This free agent period, you know, doesn't
start till next week. Now's the tampering period, so you know, we're
we're continuing to have phone conversations with him and his representation and you know,
we're we're hoping to get something done. But is that simply going to be
money, Neil? I mean, he's demanding a lot. He's coming off
one of the best years as a defensive lineman in the Canadian Football League.
Is it a number you can get to? I hope. So, I
mean, there's a lot of things going in this negotiation process. There's opportunities
elsewhere, there's opportunities in other leagues, there's there's opportunities for him, and
we're trying to wade through all that. But at the end of the day,
we like him. He's a good football player and we're hoping to keep
him as a BC line for the future. All right, you had you're
looking for a backup quarterback as well. How's that hunt going? Same thing.
I mean, we're talking to a bunch of guys that you know,
need to fit into not only, as I said earlier, the group,
but alviously the offensive scheme that we have. So we've had our offensive coaches
talk to a few guys, We've had our head coach talk to a few
guys. So we're trying to weed that position down to the one that's going
to fit us best, and we're just continuing to do that. You also
extended We talked about this earlier linebacker Ben hilladic UBC from vernon this stat It
surprised me. This is really impressive first Canadian and team history. This was
last year to record one hundred defensive tackles. What does he mean to your
team? Yeah, a guy that you know, a draft pick that you
know, we were really really excited to extend, a guy that you know,
sometimes those guys get left behind. But being a local guy too,
played you know, high school football and British Columbia from Burtis, Columbia.
Like he bits, he's a bzy line So we were excited to, you
know, retain his services. And I think again, another guy that brings
a lot to the table and maybe an unsung hero. It's not vocal a
lot, but certainly a guy that plays hard football and you know, guys
that we'd like to keep around. Get back to the days of territorial protections,
you know, and SFU and UBC guys playing for the Lions. I
think it well, it helped a whole lot in terms of make the draft,
make the draft process much easier. I totally agree that a great Hey,
we we talked. We had Victor Mattagliani from Conker calf On, Neil
just stay stay with me here for a second twenty twenty six World Cup BC
place. There's going to be seven World Cup matches there. They're going to
rip the turf out, put in natural grass or is refer to it natural
gas for twenty twenty six. Have you thought, I know you're busy this
week. Have you thought that far ahead? Are there any plans in place
for that? Do you know what's going on? We've had internal internal discussions
on how that's going to look. I know we've we've talked about it.
I just don't know where that's at. That's still a few years away.
But as a as a Vancouver right, what a great opportunity for us at
the City of Vancouver to you know, watch some international football or soccer as
they call it. So yeah, we will have a plan. I just
you know, we're not there yet. Yeah, I don't know yet to
divulge, but certainly something that we've thought about and worked about. But again,
as an organization, we're excited about accepting that big you know, FIFA
World Cup. You know, talk about five, ten, fifteen, twenty
years ago, that that hype dream and now all of a sudden, guess
what it's going to be in our backyard. So that's pretty cool. Yeah,
you've got a season ahead of you and a great cup to host.
The other thing, Neil, that has happened in the last week or so,
unfortunately, Carl Weather's former BC lion passes away. I know he was
up here fairly recently, Hollywood Star. Did you have a chance to meet
him at all? Just in passing, like shook his hand and he told
him I have his card, Like, I mean, I've I've been a
collector of sports cards and a guy that you know, obviously is in Hollywood,
and not a lot of people knew that he's a BC lion. And
do you know what a proud BC lion? Not just a guy that you
know he wore the orange on his sleeve. When they talked football, everyone
wanted to talk Raiders. But he actually played a lot of games as a
BC lion and was a proud BC and came back and so yeah, sad,
sad, you know, reality, a Hollywood star guy that meant a
lot to all of us, but especially the BC lines because he was one
of our alumni that we were quite proud of. Hey, Neil, Great
Cup here this year? Last year, thirty thousand plus in the playoff game.
You're building momentum. You got the Great Cup season tickets? How are
they shelling? How excited are you about the Great Cup in Vancouver this coming
season? Pretty excited? I can't tell. I mean, Great Cup in
itself is an exciting event. Okay, let's we're talking Great Cup with FIFA
World Cup, So there you go. That's what tells you what it is.
It's a great event. It's going to be in Vancouver, but wherever
it is, it's always good, but it's always special. When it's in
Vancouver, so our fans are excited, We're excited to put it together.
We've got a game in Victoria. We got a lot of things going on
in this organization. So things are happening, Things are going good, and
the fans are getting excited about the team on the field too. So it's
going to be an exciting year for your BC Lions, for for not only
this year but the future. Any pressure, and Neil, with the Great
Cup at home, I mean I always ask that question. There's no pressure,
just like you getting up tomorrow or this morning. Pressure. It's always
pressure. Clearly, it's a question. It's a question. It's a valid
question, Neil. Wherever the Great Cup is, there's pressure. Wherever you're
you know, you have a football team that's competing for the Great Cup.
It just turns out that the Great Cup is going to be in Vancouver this
year, and lucky enough that when we're in it and our fans are cheering
us on, it's going to be quite special for all of us. Congrats
on the signings, Neil, and thanks for doing this. Appreciate it,
Thank you guys, enjoy it a great sure, great to have me on.
Thank you Neil McAvoy GM of the BC, of the BC Lions,
signing William stand Back and extending Ben Holado Ky yesterday, and they're still in
on Matthew Bett. It's going to be tough. He's looking for a lot
of money. Donnie, You'll be come the highest paid player in the league
on defense. So see if they can do it. Their season opens,
well, the preseason opens Saturday, May twenty fifth, obviously training campaign camps
before that regular season in Toronto on June ninth. It will be here before
you know it, their home opener. Do we know who the acts going
to be? We haven't. We don't know who Amara is bringing in for
the season opening acts. Yeah, but I mean Taylor Smith's coming, She's
already coming in December, right right, So I mean it won't be hers.
Stone's are already coming. Billy Joel maybe, Billy Idle maybe. Oh,
we could only hope June fifteenth, Saturday, June fifteenth against Calgary that's
their home opener. Okay. We mentioned Carl Weathers here and a lot of
people have sent me, have sent this show this ad from back in the
seventies, and like Neil was just talking about, I think a lot of
people in this market didn't realize that Carl Weather's played three years. I believe
it was three years with the Allions in the in the seventies as a linebacker
after a stint with the Oakland Raiders, said then, and he made an
impact in the city. This is an ad from the Bay Wow from back
in the day. Karl Weather's the Beast Allions is one seventies. Seventies yep,
that's why he's backing the ultra smart line of May to measure suits at
the base, so you buy it. Look at this handsome guy and like
I said, I met him as a kid. He was so nice.
I was just an awe of him. Made to measure suit. So he
got a tailor working on that thing and beautiful one and twenty nine. But
you can't get a shirt for one hundred and twenty nine now, Donnie,
No, you're not wrong. But he he made an impact up here and
he I saw him on YOUTA, saw a clip of him on YouTube.
He came up here a few years ago to talk about his time with the
Beast Allons. And we remember him as Apollo creator, just a predatorreitor.
Everything with Arnold. He was so good in the movies, the bottom line
of the ad, in the in the in the smaller preps. If you're
still not certain, ask Carl Weathers, but please ask him nicely. Is
that nice? Yeah? Yeah, I wasn't that smart? God bless him
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because I'm out his bubblehead. The Red Wings gave away a bubble head and
he did the great Yeah yeah, yeah, seriously, the gritty the way
they want it, they want it in gritty fat. We should have used
another word by the way he wrote it. It was a off style.
Yeah, I was playing, especially in the third and then let him clamp
down and demo was what they clamped down, clamp down the Hurricanes. Yeah,
agreed. Our thanks to Neil McAvoy for joining us. Okay, Jake
Woman that was of the Red Wings and so there you go. Yeah right,
the arms swing like he's doing the great that's cool. That's cool.
Moves so quickly. Yeah, it's a little more difficult to do that with
skates on, yeah right kidding, Yeah, yeah, cool. Well Marner
does right there right there, that's what he did with the thirty seconds ago.
So that's what the kids do. Dance like that. Yeah, well,
not to obsession. You haven't seen that, do you think I would
know you all the time. Yeah, justin Jefferson and the Vikings does it
all the time. Okay, you're just being introduced to the gritty. Yah.
Even I and my age know what it is because I have a couple
of boys doing that all the time as they eat everything in the fridge.
Okay, let's run this from last night. I thought it was It was
kind of special because there's so many people we talked about it earlier. Obsessed
with, not obsessed with, but pulling for Andre Kuzmenko. He scores four
minutes into his uh Flames debut power play goal and the Flames defeat the Boston
Bruins. Uh for one. This is just a taste of what and he's
just so likable, such a character. This is a taste of what Andre
was up to after that Flames debut. Boy, thanks, way to start
your world? Tips? Is he good waiting to beginning? Thanks? Go
to the playoffs? Good? I I guess, of course, I say
before season I have won't play to playoffs. Hi, tray is every game
is a little step step step Today is it's a difficult game for me?
Yes? Oh, he's just got a He's done. More interviews with There's
a charisma about him that very few athletes have. He's done more interviews with
the Flames, I think than in his entire time with the with the Canucks.
Yeah, and he's just you can see why people cheer for him.
They like him. Well, the personality is great. The comments on Twitter
and on message boards, this guy is unreal. Just this love is a
personality Twitter, Johnny, the Flames fans were going nuts on Twitter. They
love this guy. Just smile to laugh all that stuff. And we got
this Frank Curvelli tweet Byny Chance Ryan because after years and years and years,
it it looks like that the NHL may be moving out of the Phoenix area
about time. And this this came from Frank Savelli. Rick. Yeah,
so Gary Bettman said he's gonna have an announcement on the Coyotes future in a
few weeks. Sources say it could come as early as this weekend. One
of the options on the table, Donnie, Okay, the three are clear,
you know, find a new place to build a new rink, or
they got to leave done at bottom line that two of the one so this
is from Frank's article yesterday. The third is now basically been eliminated. The
third was that finding owner owner and Matt all find another owner Matt Ishpia,
who owns the Suns. He Wills basically said he's not interested in the coyotes,
so and they were recording him. Yeah, So it comes down to
move the salt Lake or build an arena. Since this article by Frank Sarelli,
by the way, Friedman said on Merrick This Morning that there is significant
smoke that an announcer might come this weekend. You wonder, with it being
Super Bowl weekend, does the NHL try and sneaky By the way, we're
moving a franchise, we're gonna we're gonna rip a franchise out of and there's
a football game going on in Vegas. Yeah yeah, like now now,
I mean the legal team. That is a bad news. I was gonna
say, would you consider I don't negative news. I don't think so,
but I mean it's a black it is a black eye. You move,
you move a team. NFL whold on a sec that the Super bowls in
Vegas a team just moved there, absolutely well, and a baseball team might
be moving their share. Yeah, no, absolutely, No team in any
sport has had a million chances like the Coyotes. And the reason Bettman is
so stubborn on this is because it's the fourth largest TV market in the USA
and he does want to leave that. How many years was the NFL not
in a fairly big market in Los Angeles and everything worked out just fine?
That's true, Marty Walsh. I don't know if you guys saw Marty Walsh
blasted this lastation over the weekend. He must know something. Well, yeah,
you wonder, but he he because the problem hitting the state. There's
just no like gathering Mallet Arena, which looks bad. I'm sorry, it
looks rinky dink. I'd love to see a game live, a NHL game,
but it's in a five thousand seed arena. I'd love it, but
it's not the way to go. And there's no plan to leave that.
Now. Now you've moved there, when are you getting out of it?
And that's what Marty Watsher's whole point was. It's like, what's going on
here? Nobody in Arizona's fighting to keep it. There's no city councils,
there's no no government, there's no nothing, No one's there's no sixty thousand
people at a rally to keep them. There's everybody you're saying, hey,
if you guys want to walk walk, been there, done now with a
new arena too, and I loved I don't know if you guys have been
to the Glendale. I've been to and I loved it. It was great.
Like it's a ways out. I only saw games during week the weekends.
I didn't see it during the week when people are working and there's there,
there's traffic. It's it is a ways out. But this setup there
is really good. It's right where the Cardinals play. Yes, is different.
You only have to worry about nine ten dates a year. But the
setup there in terms of shopping and restaurants is really really nice. The parking
was free, as I recall, but nobody was there well the games that
I saw Pittsburgh vank Way More Road Team fence Way More. Yeah, you're
talking as a Canadian tourist, right if you're like, let the NHL is
how many uh uh steps down the ladder here for people in Arizona, like
Rick says, I mean, look at they had a referendum on a building
and they basically went to see you later. Nobody fought for it. I
mean, it's just, Donny, it's a market that's not working for hockey.
It's just not yeah to two plus decades, no, do that work?
Move on. Salt Lake does have that hockey history, They've got an
owner who really wants them. It just it just seems like a no brainer.
Plus, you know, I know the NBA is there, but the
NHL has done a great job in moving into markets where like Vegas, like
San Josano's near San Francisco where you know, they were in Nashville too before,
Yeah, before the Titans were there where they're the big daddy, and
then maybe that changes over time, but at least they get a head start
and everybody and that would be similar. Again, I know, the NBA's
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people through technology. Rick, all right, here we go. I'm still
worried about Peterson. Another puck giveaway in the offensive zone resulting in a goal
against. The last several games, he's looked slowly disinterested. Don Die from
Nanaimo. We've had a lot of submissions like this. There was the turnover
on the power play for the first Caroline is he is he hurt it all?
Oh God, we see the tape on their wrist. No, no,
no, you know he just took part in an all star game.
You just said nine days off from just asking. No, I think he's
fine. Adam the former bath guy is just me. But with the Super
Bowl being in Vegas, you guys should play the Dolly Wall in Vegas clip
just once, give the people what they want. And Ryan, you have
an update on that. I believe later in the week your Michael. I
was about to hit play, but we will save it first. Yeah,
we'll save it. We'll play later later in the week because it's pretty lengthy,
right. I believe it's because the whole thing matched together is one fifteen
minute fifteen because there was a lot of different moments in that morning that we're
put together. Ck, what do you got? All right? Typical Donnie
hates on the players when they played for the Canucks. Once they leave,
he loves them. Examples O yell because Mango Mike from Terris bang On,
Thank you Mike. Yeah, but I was, I've been complimentary of Tyl
Myers, right, Yeah, that's true. Loved what they've done with they've
acquired Elias Linnholm. No. Yeah, JT. Miller, by the way,
I think he's almost dem coish and that I'm not sure we're giving him
enough credit. We're not on the ice of the whole third period for a
lot of it anyway, Oh a ton of the third period. And you
got the game winning goal last night, Donny Hey, Garland still a rink
rad gets it, bounces up still setting an example for the Connuck players and
other players that Garland was great first period last night, Donnie, I hit
the crossbar, you another great chance. He was buzzing all in that first
period. I just love what Garland's Donny, and you know what, he's
happy to be here. There's going to be no trade demand from him ever.
Again, Salt Spring Grant, is it just me or o BC Place
not be able to keep the World Cup natural grass because of all the trade
and convention shows the stadium hosts, such as the Boat Show. That's a
great point by Salt Spring Grant. It's something we talked about in one of
the breaks, and for people who are just tuning in. We talked earlier
with Victor mattagliani Ye from concer Calfa the you know the World Cup twenty six
coming to BC Place, natural grass will be installed. What happens afterwards?
Do you keep the grassy or does the grass get ripped out and they put
put artificial turf back in. And that's a great point by Salt Spring Grant.
It's not just about the white camps and the Alliance. Yes, it's
about the trade shows, the conventions and the concerts that are there. Is
that a fit with Grass? I'm not so sure. I'm not an expert
on these things, but that's a great question. Absolutely well done, Grant.
You guys yelling at Ryan to put stuff up on the screen reminds me
of two old men on a porch yelling at the neighborhood kids for having fun.
That's from PLoP. Ryan yells at us before the show, yells at
us during the commercial breaks. Nobody ever sees that. But we get you
and I get in trouble, and we got people ripping us all the time,
Okay, Rick and Aldegov used to rather, you're too hard on Ryan.
Ryan rips the hell out of us and yells and screams at us during
the breaks and before the show and after the show. Is it just me?
This is unsigned? Or is natural gas created from Jolly Wall eating pork
chops in bed unsigned? De Landy's okay, tying Langley in box? Is
it just me? But with this road trip being so important, McKay I
have had a sleeper of a game Breton Port Moody his first shit to say
there, he just flew through that. But what are you saying? Is
it just me? With the road trip being so important? McKay have had
a sleeper of a game from Brenton Pomo Port Moody. But he had a
great first shift. Did you see wow? Mckayv Okay just got Doney.
He started off in the right foot, they got the puck in deep he
did he created a turnover. Mackay was strong heard. I believe he was
on for some late shifts protecting the one goal lead. But he doesn't get
noticed a lot out there. Rick. But if you're expecting goals from mackayev
forget about it. He hasn't scored on the lost money does he make?
He was inter scorts is the seven seventeenth and he was a bottom six guy
in Toronto. One of the reasons he came to Vancouber because the Canucks sold
them on being in the top six. Remember what I told you. When
hockey poop will recruit you, what do they tell you everything you want to
hear? Is it just me or could the NHL again unsigned this is a
good text sign your textbooks. Is it just me? Or could the NHL
be looking to move Arizona before the CBA because players have suffered because there isn't
a revenue minimum for escrow. Imagine if you add it two times or three
times the revenue from Arizona and how that would have impacted the capital the last
few seasons. I'm not sure if I read that properly, but you get
the idea. It makes more sense, not only for the NHL, for
the owners, for the whoever is going to own that team wherever owns them
now, to move would help the players as well. Yeah, and they're
bringing it with this playing in a five thousand seed arena, You're bringing the
overall revenue of the league way down. It's just weirdest thing. It's just
he just doesn't want to lead because of the TV market. I'll never forgive
Trevor Linden for making me wait four hours at Future Shop to get an autograph.
I was up next and they said Trevor has left the building. Can
you imagine waiting four hours for an hour? Who's that from that? There's
no name, there's no name, and Trevor left Trevor, he was next
for the autograph down after four hours and then an noo, it's Trevor's leaving.
Come on, poor guy. That's the first negative everord when it comes
to Trevor Linden and the public. Is it just me? But Ryan was
the guy who wouldn't shut up everything that was wrong with the Canucks from the
owner all the way to the seats. But he gets early quiet. Since
the Canucks have been on this run unsigned again, I think people are in
such a rush to get into Is it just me that they forget to sign
their text? But yeah, you have been a little quiet. You's been
really quiet. You rip and tear of the Canucks. You know, I'm
the same way. They're playing better. What can he say? They're first
in the NHL after fifty games done. Yeah, but you have the pomp
pumps stop and it's okay. I just said I love these guys too.
They make it seem like last year when they when a coach is being publicly
embarrassed and everything else that is going on. Didn't last year it was a
tire fighting. But they make it seem like they saw this rebound. Nobody
saw this nobody, No, no, but that like people like that that
right in That's how they seem like. People are stunned by what's happened.
This is nobody saw it. They turn arounds in sports like that. Canucks
are stunned. Yet everything has to go and the injury situation has been pretty
good, but everything has to go so well. What a rether should say
before in order for us to make the playoffs, and that was just make
the playoffs running, make the playoff first overall. Even Jimmy n Alb never
saw this. Nobody saw it anything. Yeah, hey, I all the
roses to them. They played well this year. Okay, so they played
the Bruins tomorrow. This is from Dan Delaney, Is okay, Tarring Langley
inbox? Is it just me? But are the Canucks not facing enough adversity
this year? It feels like the Bruins last year and we all know what
happened to them in the playoffs. We were looking at the standings, the
overall standings before this show started, and all three of us said, Canuct
Nation has to be praying they don't win the President's Trophy like the Bruins did
last year. I even got the number in front of me. But then
you know, the chances of winning the President's Trophy and the Stanley Cup in
the same year aren't great. It doesn't happen. Last President's Tophy Stanley Cup
winner twenty thirteen the Chicago Blackhawks. There you go, it just it doesn't
happen. It doesn't work like playoffs are a brand new ball game. And
you mentioned something about health, don they only got like, honestly, Susie's
injured, right and up front, they have not had a major injury to
any of their top six guys all season long. They've been absolutely one of
the healthiest teams. You've just jinxed them down. Oh stop it. And
in years past they've led the league in injuries and this year they've been healthy.
Knock on Wood will take a break and wrap up the show next Donnie
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Absolutely on the mat? Sure what else you got? Uh? It
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You and Donnie. You guys are always all over him. And that said
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Is it just me? The reason the Canucks don't have many injuries is
because talking told the boys to come in shape, and when you're in shape,
you don't get many injuries. Hey, Troy and white Rock, what
a great point point, Martin and Burnaby. Is it just me? But
you should be checking the search history on Rick's phone. His responses have gotten
a lot quicker lately. He's cheating. I do cheat? Why would I
cheat? I Google? I mean I know, no, du is cheating?
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