WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.480 --> 00:00:06.240 Check podcasts. 2 00:00:06.679 --> 00:00:10.160 Thanks for listening to the Donnie and Dolly podcast. Catch 3 00:00:10.199 --> 00:00:13.279 the show Monday through Fudday, ten am to noon on Check. 4 00:00:14.759 --> 00:00:16.079 I think you're gonna want to hear this. 5 00:00:18.440 --> 00:00:21.120 Your local sports coverage lives here. 6 00:00:21.480 --> 00:00:22.039 Two nothing. 7 00:00:22.120 --> 00:00:26.679 It's Alva not so fast Cohole Breath with John Taylor. 8 00:00:26.920 --> 00:00:29.320 I say that the winner of the draft lottery should 9 00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:30.800 be the winner of a two man loose. 10 00:00:30.800 --> 00:00:32.079 And Rick Dolly Wall. 11 00:00:32.240 --> 00:00:33.920 I had a cherry tree up a little Ricky. 12 00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:35.719 I used to go up that tree and just sit 13 00:00:35.799 --> 00:00:38.000 there for hours and munch on those cherries years. 14 00:00:38.039 --> 00:00:43.240 Donnie and Dolly. 15 00:00:43.079 --> 00:00:45.159 Ten o'clock at Downtown Deck Quiver, one of the Paul 16 00:00:45.200 --> 00:00:47.840 Carson Studio. Thanks for tuning in, folks. It's Donnie and 17 00:00:47.880 --> 00:00:51.200 Dolly the team on Check. Don Taylor with Rick Dollywall. 18 00:00:51.759 --> 00:00:54.719 Ryan Henderson is our producer. He's the man at the controls, 19 00:00:54.759 --> 00:00:58.560 our director. The voice of God is Derek Wan. How 20 00:00:58.560 --> 00:01:01.600 are you, big boy? Oh? A Draft Day? Love Draft Day? 21 00:01:02.119 --> 00:01:04.920 So much going on the twenty twenty six NHL Entry 22 00:01:05.000 --> 00:01:09.159 Draft in Buffalo. It starts at four o'clock Pacific. It's 23 00:01:09.200 --> 00:01:14.840 a decentralized draft again, which means teams will work remotely 24 00:01:15.319 --> 00:01:19.280 from their home cities, which means those awkward zoom interviews. 25 00:01:19.319 --> 00:01:21.879 I hope they do something to more improve that. They 26 00:01:21.879 --> 00:01:24.079 were very stiff last years. First time they did the 27 00:01:24.319 --> 00:01:29.359 decentralized draft last year, as opposed to the teams being 28 00:01:29.439 --> 00:01:33.400 in Buffalo, in the host city, working around a table, 29 00:01:33.439 --> 00:01:35.599 and that's I always find that much more hunt. It's 30 00:01:35.640 --> 00:01:38.519 just much more interesting. It was better. Well, the shots 31 00:01:38.519 --> 00:01:42.040 of the GMS or scouts talking to each other, is 32 00:01:42.079 --> 00:01:43.719 there a trade? Is there not going to be a trade? 33 00:01:43.799 --> 00:01:48.760 Just way more interesting. But it is decentralized again today, 34 00:01:48.879 --> 00:01:52.879 So hopefully they've made improvements over last year, which I 35 00:01:52.879 --> 00:01:57.120 thought was awkward at times. The Leafs have first pick, 36 00:01:57.159 --> 00:02:01.359 in case you haven't heard, likely to go with Gavin McKenna. 37 00:02:01.640 --> 00:02:06.280 Leafs have picked first overall twice, Austin Matthews back in 38 00:02:06.439 --> 00:02:09.599 twenty fifteen and Wendell Clark in nineteen eighty five, and 39 00:02:09.639 --> 00:02:12.599 if I'm not mistaken that Austin Matthews pick in twenty fifteen, 40 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:16.560 also in Buffalo. The first time Buffalo hosted the draft, 41 00:02:17.039 --> 00:02:20.120 famous draft, infamous draft, depending on how you look at it. 42 00:02:20.319 --> 00:02:23.360 That was nineteen ninety one, the Eric Lindros Draft when 43 00:02:23.360 --> 00:02:26.479 he got taken by Quebec first overall, didn't put on 44 00:02:26.520 --> 00:02:30.240 the jersey, and the rest is history. Ended up in Philly. 45 00:02:30.479 --> 00:02:34.759 Cannucks took Alex stillinoff that year, remember that seventh, seventh overall. 46 00:02:36.039 --> 00:02:40.000 This time around, Cannucks picking third and twenty fourth in 47 00:02:40.080 --> 00:02:43.240 the first round. Ten picks overall, but in the first round, 48 00:02:43.319 --> 00:02:47.520 which we'll see today, third and twenty fourth. So what 49 00:02:47.560 --> 00:02:52.639 can they get at third overall? We'll focus on the 50 00:02:52.680 --> 00:02:56.599 players they could get in a moment. But through history. 51 00:02:57.000 --> 00:02:59.400 I'm an old guy. I like going through history to 52 00:03:00.039 --> 00:03:03.719 Eric if you don't mind our notable third round draft picks, 53 00:03:03.759 --> 00:03:10.479 third overall draft picks through history and recently Beckett Seneca, 54 00:03:10.560 --> 00:03:15.439 Anton Frondell, going back a bit, Jonathan Taves remember just 55 00:03:15.520 --> 00:03:19.719 hung him up a few days ago, Hendrik Sedeen third 56 00:03:19.800 --> 00:03:23.240 overall nineteen ninety nine, Brian Brooke working his draft magic 57 00:03:23.319 --> 00:03:26.639 to get the Sadeine Twins. Pat laugh on team one 58 00:03:26.639 --> 00:03:29.639 of I think one of the real underrated players in 59 00:03:29.759 --> 00:03:32.400 National Hockey League history. His career was cut short by 60 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:35.199 injury concussion issues. You remember this. 61 00:03:35.159 --> 00:03:40.919 Guy, Philadelphia, back to backs down the cups seventies. 62 00:03:41.159 --> 00:03:46.000 The Riverton Rifle, Tim Stutzel, Leon Dreysele at number three, 63 00:03:46.159 --> 00:03:50.879 Marion Gabrick, Scott Niedemyer, and Danny Savard. When you think 64 00:03:50.919 --> 00:03:53.919 of like who would be on top of this list? 65 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:57.120 For me? I just love Scott Needemyer's a player obviously, 66 00:03:57.120 --> 00:03:59.360 what he did as a player, what he did with 67 00:03:59.439 --> 00:04:01.759 the Devil's, what he did with the Ducks, you know, 68 00:04:02.039 --> 00:04:06.120 just everything, World Championships, Olympic gold medalist. But let's focus 69 00:04:06.159 --> 00:04:08.360 on that. What he did for Team Canada and him 70 00:04:08.360 --> 00:04:12.120 not being there in twenty was it twenty fourteen? He 71 00:04:12.680 --> 00:04:15.719 he just made such a different not par me not 72 00:04:15.800 --> 00:04:19.040 being there in six right, and that made such a 73 00:04:19.079 --> 00:04:22.480 difference in a bad way for Team Canada. What a great, 74 00:04:22.519 --> 00:04:25.279 great player. And Danny Sivardi I always have a soft 75 00:04:25.319 --> 00:04:29.759 spot for because well, first of all, what a fabulous player. 76 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:32.560 Stadium first interview I ever did when I when I 77 00:04:32.600 --> 00:04:35.199 started working at Sports Page was Danny Sivardi. Wow. He 78 00:04:35.199 --> 00:04:37.879 couldn't have been He couldn't have been nicer. Okay, we 79 00:04:37.959 --> 00:04:43.199 mentioned Hendrik Sedeen being drafted third overall by the Cannucks. 80 00:04:43.519 --> 00:04:46.680 Other third overall picks in Canucks history, Derek, have you 81 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:48.839 got that board? You came up with which is just 82 00:04:48.920 --> 00:04:51.839 absolutely beautiful the old hockey cards. Check it out, Rick 83 00:04:52.000 --> 00:04:55.199 so Hendrick Sadeen back in ninety nine. Do you remember 84 00:04:55.839 --> 00:04:57.480 Jocelyn gave him Mitt? Of course I do. 85 00:04:58.120 --> 00:05:01.480 Joscelyn Givermont came from Quebec. And then the other one 86 00:05:01.560 --> 00:05:05.240 is Dennis Verbergart remember him fondly. 87 00:05:05.000 --> 00:05:06.360 Great seventies mustache. 88 00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:09.120 The fact that you and I remember the seventy one 89 00:05:09.120 --> 00:05:11.480 and seventy three dropt picks is concerning. 90 00:05:11.560 --> 00:05:15.600 Jocelyn Gavemont big, big shot all the point, and then 91 00:05:15.839 --> 00:05:19.800 eventually he got traded for Mike Robati, Yes Mike, not 92 00:05:19.920 --> 00:05:23.079 Luke Rowti got traded to Buffalo for Mike Roboti and 93 00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:25.560 Jerry Mean, and those two players helped the Canucks in 94 00:05:25.639 --> 00:05:28.720 nineteen seventy five get to their first ever playoff series 95 00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:33.319 against against Montreal, which they lost absolutely late seventies. I 96 00:05:33.399 --> 00:05:37.319 remember both guys and Dennis Ververgart was early seventies middle 97 00:05:37.439 --> 00:05:42.160 but they stayed and played. But I remember Dennis Ververgart fondly, yep. 98 00:05:42.560 --> 00:05:45.920 And I said, gave Rimont the big, big shot from 99 00:05:45.920 --> 00:05:49.319 the point. So everybody was really surprised when they when 100 00:05:49.319 --> 00:05:52.399 they traded him back in the day. So third overall 101 00:05:52.519 --> 00:05:57.759 for the Canucks twenty fourth overall, so let's focus on that. Yesterday, 102 00:05:58.519 --> 00:06:02.279 Ryan Johnson of the Kttacks made himself available to the 103 00:06:02.319 --> 00:06:05.360 media and we talked a lot about that yesterday. But 104 00:06:05.839 --> 00:06:08.839 here is Ryan Johnson. You know, there's all sorts of speculation, Okay, 105 00:06:08.839 --> 00:06:10.920 what are they going to do with that third overall pick? 106 00:06:11.000 --> 00:06:13.759 Is there a possibility of them And it's just we 107 00:06:13.800 --> 00:06:17.120 talked about this yesterday too, you know, trading the third 108 00:06:17.240 --> 00:06:22.120 overall pick and trading down maybe to grab a current player, 109 00:06:22.480 --> 00:06:27.560 prospect and more picks. But here's Ryan Johnson yesterday on 110 00:06:27.639 --> 00:06:30.920 the possibility of dealing that third overall pick or maybe 111 00:06:30.959 --> 00:06:31.600 the twenty fourth. 112 00:06:31.839 --> 00:06:34.360 Obviously, there's been a lot of movement in a lot 113 00:06:34.360 --> 00:06:37.199 of teams looking to move up or some teams that 114 00:06:37.279 --> 00:06:39.720 maybe don't have second and third round picks that are 115 00:06:39.759 --> 00:06:43.040 looking to move back. So it's conversations that I've had. 116 00:06:43.800 --> 00:06:46.040 I think it would take a lot from me to 117 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:48.639 move out of three. We love being there, we love 118 00:06:48.680 --> 00:06:50.680 the player that we're going to get there. As far 119 00:06:50.720 --> 00:06:54.120 as some of the later opportunities, I think through the group, 120 00:06:54.160 --> 00:06:57.160 if there's an opportunity to move back that benefits us 121 00:06:57.240 --> 00:06:58.959 or to move the other way that we think will 122 00:06:58.959 --> 00:07:02.160 benefit us. It's always something that we're going to consider. 123 00:07:03.120 --> 00:07:06.240 Yeah, we talked about this yesterday as well. A trade 124 00:07:06.439 --> 00:07:09.360 like that, a team moving out from a top moving 125 00:07:09.680 --> 00:07:13.079 away from a top ten a pick hasn't happened since 126 00:07:13.279 --> 00:07:16.199 way back in two thousand and eight, but people who 127 00:07:16.240 --> 00:07:18.879 talk about it, the speculation is out direct. 128 00:07:18.920 --> 00:07:20.879 There's always talking. Look, they're gonna get a really good 129 00:07:20.879 --> 00:07:23.519 player Don at three, and we got to wait to 130 00:07:23.560 --> 00:07:26.560 see what the Sharks and the Leafs do. It's gonna 131 00:07:26.600 --> 00:07:28.920 come down if McKenna and Stamberg go one to Don, 132 00:07:28.959 --> 00:07:31.160 it's gonna come down to Caleb Maholter and Chase Reed. 133 00:07:31.720 --> 00:07:33.360 And then which one do you want out of those 134 00:07:33.360 --> 00:07:35.759 two for the Canucks. And I don't believe these reports 135 00:07:35.800 --> 00:07:39.600 of the Canucks are not thinking of taking Maholtra this week, 136 00:07:39.639 --> 00:07:43.399 he said, Ryan said yesterday, definitely we're thinking of taking Caleb. 137 00:07:43.680 --> 00:07:45.199 But if at the end of the day, if they 138 00:07:45.199 --> 00:07:49.120 decide the son father son thing is too much, then 139 00:07:49.120 --> 00:07:49.800 they'll back off. 140 00:07:50.360 --> 00:07:52.560 They if they want to see them. They love the kid. 141 00:07:52.600 --> 00:07:53.279 They love the kid. 142 00:07:53.519 --> 00:07:57.079 I cannot tell you enough how much they love Caleb Mahultra. 143 00:07:57.600 --> 00:08:01.079 They've been watching them a lot. They got him high 144 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:04.120 on their draft board. But I'll also tell you this, 145 00:08:04.199 --> 00:08:06.839 they love Chase Read a lot. Two sixty three rightshot 146 00:08:06.879 --> 00:08:11.680 d Skates brings offense. He's an American, but they like 147 00:08:11.839 --> 00:08:15.839 they like him a lot too, done a lot, Okay, speaking. 148 00:08:15.439 --> 00:08:18.160 Of that at number three, and look, I looked at 149 00:08:18.319 --> 00:08:20.959 several mock drafts because a lot of the people who 150 00:08:21.000 --> 00:08:24.040 come up with these mock drafts have reworked their mock 151 00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:27.279 drafts given all the trades with draft picks that have 152 00:08:27.800 --> 00:08:31.879 taken place. For instance, Buffalo now holds the fourth pick 153 00:08:31.920 --> 00:08:34.879 after the deal with with with Chicago, that that sort 154 00:08:34.879 --> 00:08:36.720 of things. A lot of people have reworked their their 155 00:08:36.960 --> 00:08:41.519 mock drafts. So, but everybody has the Canucks. Everybody that 156 00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:46.000 I saw yesterday has the Canucks taking Caleb Caleb. Yes. 157 00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:49.159 So here's Ryan Johnson again on how and of course 158 00:08:49.200 --> 00:08:52.639 many Maholtre Caleb's dad now head coach at the Vancouver Canucks. 159 00:08:52.759 --> 00:08:56.519 This is Ryan Johnson on how Other than before he 160 00:08:56.639 --> 00:09:00.600 was promoted, other than before he was made head coach 161 00:09:00.639 --> 00:09:05.000 of the Banker connection, Ryan hasn't talked with Manny about 162 00:09:05.120 --> 00:09:08.320 the possibility of drafting his son Caleb. 163 00:09:08.440 --> 00:09:11.320 Not at all. It's not something Manny. Manny and I've 164 00:09:11.399 --> 00:09:14.399 been open with you guys and saying that I discussed 165 00:09:14.399 --> 00:09:16.440 it with Manny when I hired him, that if that 166 00:09:16.559 --> 00:09:20.039 was going to be an issue, then it wasn't something 167 00:09:20.039 --> 00:09:24.360 that he and I should move forward with. After that 168 00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:26.320 that was put to bed. We don't discuss it. We 169 00:09:26.440 --> 00:09:30.200 never have. He will be a dad supporting his son 170 00:09:30.559 --> 00:09:34.240 this weekend, and I'll be trying to manage a hockey 171 00:09:34.279 --> 00:09:37.159 team to make the best pick at three that we 172 00:09:37.200 --> 00:09:39.759 feel it will be a big part of our future, 173 00:09:39.799 --> 00:09:41.440 and that's all we'll approach it. 174 00:09:42.840 --> 00:09:45.759 What the list is or what the plan is for 175 00:09:45.799 --> 00:09:46.159 your pick. 176 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:48.639 There's not a whole lot of variables because you're picking 177 00:09:48.639 --> 00:09:49.000 so high. 178 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:51.240 Does Manny know what your preferences are? 179 00:09:51.639 --> 00:09:54.320 I can say this with complete honesty, Ian, He and 180 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:56.080 I have never discussed it. 181 00:09:57.519 --> 00:10:01.000 Man He's going to be a dad today. According Ryan Johnson, Yeah, 182 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:03.159 and the proud father, Donny. 183 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:04.840 His kids are really good hockey player. He's going to 184 00:10:04.879 --> 00:10:06.720 go high in the draft. Proud proud dad. 185 00:10:06.879 --> 00:10:10.080 Let's hit the wadling dog poll question very quickly. Here. 186 00:10:10.519 --> 00:10:12.879 Zach Benson of the Buffalo Sabers to sign Rae deal. 187 00:10:12.919 --> 00:10:15.679 He's going to join us. In the next segment, Waterling 188 00:10:15.759 --> 00:10:19.200 Dog Pole Question experience one of Victoria's iconic destinations. Catch 189 00:10:19.240 --> 00:10:22.240 the World Cup at the Dog with Canada games shown 190 00:10:22.320 --> 00:10:25.480 live and loud on all twenty two TVs with full sound. 191 00:10:25.559 --> 00:10:29.159 Come sit and stay at the Wadling Dog today, Eric Ryan, 192 00:10:29.200 --> 00:10:31.519 get her up the Waterling Dog pop pop question. Assuming 193 00:10:31.600 --> 00:10:34.399 McKenna and Stenberg are those first two picks in the 194 00:10:34.440 --> 00:10:38.480 draft tonight, who should the Canucks then take? Maholter reed, 195 00:10:39.039 --> 00:10:42.720 Carson Correll's out of Prince George. Really really, we interviewed, 196 00:10:42.919 --> 00:10:45.480 actually we've interviewed all these guys except Vigio b York. 197 00:10:45.679 --> 00:10:48.600 But anyways, the people of Vancouver think it's going to 198 00:10:48.679 --> 00:10:52.159 be Chase Reid at forty three percent, followed by Maholter 199 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:53.799 at twenty seven, followed by. 200 00:10:53.720 --> 00:10:56.360 Vigio b Jork. That's a high number for. 201 00:10:56.360 --> 00:11:01.240 Me, that Vigio b Jork and then comes Carrel's at 202 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:04.159 the end. But boy, Vigeo Bjork, who's also a center 203 00:11:04.279 --> 00:11:06.559 a little bit on the small side out of Sweden, 204 00:11:07.399 --> 00:11:12.360 super super competitive hockey player. But there you go. But 205 00:11:12.440 --> 00:11:13.879 people think it's going to be Chase Reed. 206 00:11:14.639 --> 00:11:18.320 Well, not necessarily. The wording isn't who will they take, 207 00:11:18.440 --> 00:11:21.320 it's who should they take? Should they take? I'm surprised 208 00:11:21.360 --> 00:11:25.120 at this, not the majority, but Chase Reid is number 209 00:11:25.159 --> 00:11:29.279 one on this list at forty three percent. I would 210 00:11:29.320 --> 00:11:31.919 have guessed it would if it would have been Caleb Maholtra. 211 00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:34.960 But a large portion of our audience saying, well, no, 212 00:11:35.080 --> 00:11:39.000 it's let's let's go with the right. Shote American defenseman 213 00:11:39.679 --> 00:11:43.519 Chase Reid and Ryan Johnson yesterday and that press conference 214 00:11:43.559 --> 00:11:46.559 talked about how look that that's not going to come 215 00:11:46.559 --> 00:11:50.080 into play somebody's nationality, despite what the news that has 216 00:11:50.120 --> 00:11:52.840 broken over the past, you know, a couple couple of 217 00:11:52.879 --> 00:11:56.519 weeks with Brady Kuchuk going to Florida, you know, and 218 00:11:56.559 --> 00:11:58.600 then of course go back a few months back to 219 00:11:58.679 --> 00:12:01.919 December and Quinn he was for the US going from 220 00:12:02.000 --> 00:12:05.879 Vancouver to Minnesota. That at first, you know, when a 221 00:12:05.919 --> 00:12:08.120 player is young and you're drafting him, he's not going 222 00:12:08.159 --> 00:12:10.600 to take that at consideration. But it might. It might 223 00:12:10.759 --> 00:12:13.399 rear its ugly ahead somewhere down somewhere down. 224 00:12:13.279 --> 00:12:15.080 The road, six seven, eight years down the road. But 225 00:12:15.120 --> 00:12:18.279 that's six seven, eight years down the road, not today. Okay, 226 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:19.120 here's what's. 227 00:12:19.000 --> 00:12:22.360 Coming up on the show, Ryan waving his arms frantically 228 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:24.360 for us to go to break TTMC. Is it just me? 229 00:12:24.440 --> 00:12:28.000 Coming up in the eleven o'clock hour, Farhand Lolgy is 230 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:31.320 going to join us TSN World Cup correspondent. And keep 231 00:12:31.360 --> 00:12:33.000 in mind that Farhand has a lot of work with 232 00:12:33.039 --> 00:12:36.960 the CFL BC lines. They're in Kelowna at the Apple 233 00:12:37.000 --> 00:12:40.279 Bowl Saturday. They take on Calgary and they'll do the 234 00:12:40.320 --> 00:12:44.720 same thing the following Saturday against the Ebonton Elks up 235 00:12:44.720 --> 00:12:49.559 in Kelowna, BC place occupied by the World Cup these days. 236 00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:53.240 There's a game tonight as a matter of fact, all right, 237 00:12:53.919 --> 00:12:56.399 big Rye the Twitter guy coming up later this hour. 238 00:12:56.480 --> 00:12:59.039 Thomas Drants will weigh in from the Athletic on the 239 00:12:59.279 --> 00:13:02.000 Canucks and Draft Day at the bottom of the hour. 240 00:13:02.440 --> 00:13:06.559 And as mentioned up next, the Pride of CHILIWAC just 241 00:13:06.559 --> 00:13:10.720 signed a big lucrative deal with the Buffalo Sabers. Zach 242 00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:13.480 Benson he's next. We'll talk to him about his Draft 243 00:13:13.559 --> 00:13:16.679 day experience. Zach Benson next, Thanks so much for tuning 244 00:13:16.720 --> 00:13:19.279 in on his Friday folks. 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Zach Benson from Chilliwack, Buffalo Sabers 271 00:14:56.840 --> 00:14:59.360 left wing. What a season for him? Forty three points 272 00:14:59.360 --> 00:15:02.279 and sixty five five games in the playoffs, nine points 273 00:15:02.279 --> 00:15:05.399 in thirteen games as the Savers make the playoffs for 274 00:15:05.440 --> 00:15:07.960 the first time in fourteen years, they win a series. 275 00:15:08.240 --> 00:15:11.840 He has signed a seven year extension with Buffalo seven years, 276 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:15.639 seven and a half AAV. Zach joins us. Now, thanks 277 00:15:15.679 --> 00:15:16.879 for doing this, sir. How are you? 278 00:15:17.720 --> 00:15:18.759 Oh, I'm doing good, guys. 279 00:15:18.759 --> 00:15:19.080 How are you? 280 00:15:19.080 --> 00:15:21.440 Guys? Very good? Safe to say you're gonna be watching 281 00:15:21.440 --> 00:15:22.200 the draft today? 282 00:15:23.159 --> 00:15:23.399 Yeah? 283 00:15:23.519 --> 00:15:24.279 No, absolutely. 284 00:15:24.960 --> 00:15:27.080 What do you remember about your draft? I think it 285 00:15:27.159 --> 00:15:30.840 was in Nashville, if I'm not mistaken, twenty twenty three, 286 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:34.120 thirteenth overall. Did you have a good idea that you 287 00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:35.600 were going to be taken by the Sabers. 288 00:15:36.559 --> 00:15:40.320 No, actually I had no idea. I probably talked to 289 00:15:40.360 --> 00:15:44.080 them maybe twice. And you know, there's a few teams 290 00:15:44.120 --> 00:15:47.399 ahead of them that I thought, you know, we're gonna 291 00:15:47.399 --> 00:15:52.039 maybe select me in Yeah, so I didn't expect it 292 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:56.480 at all, and it's a fun day and I'm excited 293 00:15:56.480 --> 00:15:58.919 to see the reactions tonight when the guys get selected. 294 00:15:59.120 --> 00:16:04.840 What's your reaction to signing the new seven year deal, Zach. 295 00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:06.960 Yeah, I think it's just excitement. I mean, you saw 296 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:09.200 what we did this year and how good our team 297 00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:12.120 can be in the future we have, so you know, 298 00:16:12.200 --> 00:16:13.960 for me, it was a no brainer to be in 299 00:16:13.960 --> 00:16:14.840 Buffalo a long time. 300 00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:15.480 I love it there. 301 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:18.440 Can you describe what that was like? I mean, Buffalo 302 00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:21.039 and Rick and I know this because we've been around 303 00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:23.759 for a long long time, but there was a drought there. 304 00:16:23.960 --> 00:16:26.240 What was it like being part of a playoff run 305 00:16:26.960 --> 00:16:30.159 for a Buffalo team, a Savers team that hadn't been 306 00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:32.879 on the postseason for fourteen years. 307 00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:34.559 Yeah, it was unbelievable. 308 00:16:34.600 --> 00:16:37.879 I mean, it's so funny im skating with guys now 309 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:40.120 and they're like, oh, it looks so fun and it 310 00:16:40.159 --> 00:16:43.039 was exactly that. I mean, the fans were crazy and 311 00:16:43.039 --> 00:16:45.559 there's so much excitement. You'd go to a grocery store 312 00:16:45.639 --> 00:16:48.720 or restaurant and you know, people are always you know, 313 00:16:48.799 --> 00:16:52.320 go Savers and wrapping the Sabers swag. 314 00:16:52.440 --> 00:16:54.120 So it was pretty cool. 315 00:16:54.120 --> 00:16:57.320 That way is Zach, You're you're twenty one years old. 316 00:16:57.360 --> 00:16:59.639 You just got fifty million dollars. 317 00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:01.919 How nervous was that process? 318 00:17:02.039 --> 00:17:04.440 You're a young guy, but you're going back and forth 319 00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:07.119 with your agent, who's Ross Gurney out of Vancouver. 320 00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:08.680 But talk about that. 321 00:17:08.640 --> 00:17:13.200 Process, just going through this contract negotiation at an early age. 322 00:17:14.680 --> 00:17:18.079 Yeah, I think, you know, Ross did an excellent job of, 323 00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:21.599 you know, obviously filling me in, but at the same time, 324 00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:24.960 you know, kind of just making it easy on me. 325 00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:26.799 And you know, I kind of made it clear that 326 00:17:26.880 --> 00:17:30.559 I wanted to be there a long time, and you know, 327 00:17:30.640 --> 00:17:33.480 I'm excited for the future of the group. So you know, 328 00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:36.440 Ross did a good job and him and Yarmo came 329 00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:38.599 to a deal that worked for both sides. 330 00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:42.400 Jack, what's going on here? Boem Barrum gone, Alex Tuck gone. 331 00:17:43.079 --> 00:17:45.599 You know, the two significant guys at a Buffalo gone 332 00:17:45.640 --> 00:17:46.039 this week. 333 00:17:47.319 --> 00:17:48.519 Yeah, it's tough for sure. 334 00:17:49.119 --> 00:17:50.799 You know, I love both those guys. I mean, we 335 00:17:50.839 --> 00:17:55.519 had such a tight group and but obviously Yarmo has 336 00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:58.079 been doing this a long time, and you know, he's 337 00:17:58.079 --> 00:18:01.160 trying to put pieces together to make us a stronger group. 338 00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:03.759 But at the same time, It's sad to see those 339 00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:08.000 guys go, but it's also cool and you know, you're 340 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:10.119 happy for them to to sign those big tickets. 341 00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:14.000 Zach, your playoff was tremendous nine points thirteen games. You 342 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:17.039 were a past your driving teams nuts players nuts talk 343 00:18:17.079 --> 00:18:17.680 about your. 344 00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:18.799 Coming out party in the playoffs. 345 00:18:18.880 --> 00:18:21.079 Yeah, yeah, you really were one of the better performers 346 00:18:21.079 --> 00:18:22.279 of Buffalo in the playoffs. 347 00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:23.839 Yeah. 348 00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:26.680 I think, you know, we had an excellent line for 349 00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:28.359 most of the playoffs. It was me and Norris and 350 00:18:28.400 --> 00:18:31.680 Don't and you know, we just we hunted pocks and 351 00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:34.720 played hard, and you know, I felt there's a lot 352 00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:36.680 of guys in our team that kind of elevated during 353 00:18:36.680 --> 00:18:39.880 that time. And you know, obviously you have to do 354 00:18:39.960 --> 00:18:43.680 that come come that time of the year, and you know, 355 00:18:43.680 --> 00:18:47.319 we had a lot of guys show that they're they're 356 00:18:47.319 --> 00:18:48.160 big time players. 357 00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:49.359 You know what, Zack. 358 00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:51.640 A lot of kids get drafted, they go to the miners, 359 00:18:51.680 --> 00:18:54.680 they go to they go to June, back to junior 360 00:18:54.759 --> 00:18:56.920 before they you don't really make it in the NHL. 361 00:18:57.240 --> 00:18:59.680 Do you have to pinch yourself sometimes you get drafted. 362 00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:01.920 You been in Buffalo since that draft? 363 00:19:03.920 --> 00:19:06.839 Yeah, I mean, uh, you know, you kind of you 364 00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:09.000 go to camp always expecting to make the team, but 365 00:19:09.759 --> 00:19:11.480 you know, being an eighteen year old in a in 366 00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:14.359 a man's league, it can be tough. And you know, 367 00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:16.640 there was some tough days. Uh you know, I'm not 368 00:19:16.640 --> 00:19:19.400 gonna lie, but you know, we had such a good 369 00:19:19.400 --> 00:19:22.440 supporting cast and leadership group and uh they kind of 370 00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:26.799 make it a lot easier and obviously it uh, it 371 00:19:27.240 --> 00:19:29.119 grows you into the person you are pretty quick. 372 00:19:29.640 --> 00:19:32.000 What's it like playing for Lindy Ruff, who was in 373 00:19:32.079 --> 00:19:33.920 Adams Award candidate finalist. 374 00:19:35.240 --> 00:19:38.640 Yeah, no, for sure. You know it's it's hard not 375 00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:41.720 to argue that he should have won that, but uh, obviously, 376 00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:44.480 you know he's an excellent coach. He's been around a 377 00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:47.680 long time and you know he uh he has this 378 00:19:47.839 --> 00:19:51.079 playing a really good system. But at the same time 379 00:19:51.119 --> 00:19:54.759 he lets us play free too. So he's super super 380 00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:58.279 good coach and a big reason of to why we 381 00:19:58.279 --> 00:19:59.400 we made it to where we did. 382 00:19:59.519 --> 00:20:01.279 What was your like playing in those two I know 383 00:20:01.319 --> 00:20:03.720 it didn't end up the way you wanted it to, 384 00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:06.599 but what was it like playing in those two buildings 385 00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:10.319 in that second round in Montreal and in Buffalo? It 386 00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:11.440 looked spectacular? 387 00:20:12.839 --> 00:20:14.920 Yeah, I get goosebumps just thinking about it. It was 388 00:20:15.359 --> 00:20:17.200 it was so much fun. It was definitely the most 389 00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:19.039 fun I've ever had playing hockey. And I can probably 390 00:20:19.079 --> 00:20:21.920 speak for my teammates and saying that too. So both 391 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:26.000 arenas were rocking and it was just a cool atmosphere 392 00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:27.640 at home and on the road. 393 00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:30.759 Other than watching the draft today, what's on chap for 394 00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:31.400 the off season? 395 00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:37.640 Zach just back in Vancouver skating and training out and 396 00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:42.359 downtown Van and Burnaby. So nothing too exciting, but just 397 00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:43.559 kind of back to work. 398 00:20:44.559 --> 00:20:47.799 Well, you become a semi regular on our show. We 399 00:20:47.839 --> 00:20:51.200 can't thank you enough. Congratulations on an outstanding season and 400 00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:54.759 the new deal. Zach, have a great summer. Thank you. 401 00:20:54.799 --> 00:20:55.759