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On this road trip, 23 00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:16.079 coming in. We'll talk more about that in a bit. 24 00:01:17.560 --> 00:01:22.120 So much talk over the last twenty four hours regarding JT. Miller, 25 00:01:22.319 --> 00:01:24.799 and we're going to try. I don't think we'll be 26 00:01:24.840 --> 00:01:29.480 successful to get some clarity on this whole situation with JT. 27 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:30.000 Miller. 28 00:01:30.760 --> 00:01:34.439 Not that long ago, Arthur Staples. We'll start here. And 29 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:37.239 by the way, just to preface all of this, JT. 30 00:01:37.400 --> 00:01:42.640 Miller has been out for personal reasons since November seventeenth. 31 00:01:42.719 --> 00:01:46.120 I think I've got that right against the Nashville Predators. 32 00:01:46.439 --> 00:01:51.079 He got benched in the third period, hasn't played since. 33 00:01:51.400 --> 00:01:56.640 Arthur Staples covers the Rangers for the Athletic. He reported 34 00:01:57.519 --> 00:02:02.599 that the Rangers recently reported the Rangers had called regarding JT. 35 00:02:02.760 --> 00:02:06.359 Miller's availability, And you say that is correct. 36 00:02:06.159 --> 00:02:08.759 Yeah, it is Rangers. And I believe a couple of 37 00:02:08.759 --> 00:02:11.000 other teams called to see if he was available. They 38 00:02:11.039 --> 00:02:15.159 were told, no, this is not And I said this, Donny, 39 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:19.280 the Canucks are not the ones calling teams about Miller. 40 00:02:19.479 --> 00:02:21.919 Teams are calling the Canucks about Miller and saying, hey, 41 00:02:21.960 --> 00:02:25.199 if this guy becomes available, is he available, and you know, 42 00:02:25.319 --> 00:02:30.560 keep us in mind. Kind of like that not surprising, right, No, 43 00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:34.080 it's not because teams check up on good players all 44 00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:37.319 the time, whether they're healthy, they're injured, or they're in 45 00:02:37.360 --> 00:02:41.120 a situation like this. Teams are always looking and calling. 46 00:02:41.360 --> 00:02:43.439 Not surprise teams or maybe they're not happy. 47 00:02:43.479 --> 00:02:46.000 We don't know. We don't know. When it comes to J. T. 48 00:02:46.159 --> 00:02:52.879 Miller yesterday, all sorts of activity on Twitter, on social media, tweets, 49 00:02:53.039 --> 00:02:55.919 whether they're reliable or not, talking about how J. T. 50 00:02:56.120 --> 00:02:58.159 Miller wants out of Vancouver. 51 00:02:58.520 --> 00:03:01.560 Just just wrong on so many levels of people tweeting 52 00:03:01.599 --> 00:03:04.439 Miller wants a trade. It's not true. He's on a 53 00:03:04.520 --> 00:03:07.000 leave of absence, folks, So why don't you let the 54 00:03:07.039 --> 00:03:09.919 guy just be on a leave of absence and he's 55 00:03:09.960 --> 00:03:11.840 trying to work on the issues that led to his 56 00:03:11.879 --> 00:03:15.719 departure now, But Donnie, we live in a world. This 57 00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:19.439 is sad. It's a sad world sometimes. But until he 58 00:03:19.520 --> 00:03:22.919 returns sadly, the rumors in the speculation won't end. He 59 00:03:22.919 --> 00:03:26.039 doesn't want out, He's he's working hard on trying to 60 00:03:26.080 --> 00:03:29.479 fix his issues. The last thing on his mind would 61 00:03:29.520 --> 00:03:32.520 be a trade request. It would be a situation where 62 00:03:32.560 --> 00:03:37.039 he sits, get me out of Vancouver. He's working on currently, 63 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:40.639 the things that led to his departure. So it's just 64 00:03:40.759 --> 00:03:44.599 sadly Twitter is a vicious animal. Let's just let's throw 65 00:03:44.639 --> 00:03:47.240 anything out there, Let's see if it sticks. Let's throw 66 00:03:47.280 --> 00:03:50.120 anything out there, and then you got these guys that 67 00:03:50.280 --> 00:03:52.919 just love this, eat it up, retweet it, and they 68 00:03:53.039 --> 00:03:54.879 just love let's get let's get it going. 69 00:03:56.240 --> 00:04:00.599 Regarding his family situation, right after he was nouncement came 70 00:04:00.599 --> 00:04:02.800 out that he wouldn't be playing for a while. No 71 00:04:02.879 --> 00:04:03.599 basis to them. 72 00:04:03.719 --> 00:04:06.599 No, we live in a national inquiry world where people 73 00:04:06.599 --> 00:04:09.439 don't wait for facts. On Twitter, anybody can throw something 74 00:04:09.479 --> 00:04:12.159 out and people believe it. They don't want to wait 75 00:04:12.240 --> 00:04:14.479 for evidence. They don't want to wait for facts. They 76 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:17.279 don't They want the national inquir stuff and they want 77 00:04:17.319 --> 00:04:20.920 it now. But here's the problem, there's no clarity in 78 00:04:20.959 --> 00:04:24.199 this situation. So it's an easy target to just make 79 00:04:24.279 --> 00:04:27.120 up stuff and throw it out there because there's no clarity. 80 00:04:27.199 --> 00:04:29.319 Well, the people I always talk about how the number 81 00:04:29.360 --> 00:04:31.759 one currency on the planet right now is attention and 82 00:04:31.879 --> 00:04:34.399 people want it your nail tension, and you know, like 83 00:04:34.600 --> 00:04:36.680 they probably think it. There's a fifty percent chance I'm 84 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:37.959 going to be right here and I look like a 85 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:42.079 genius at the end. Andy Strickland is out of Saint Louis. 86 00:04:42.360 --> 00:04:45.560 He's a reporter slash podcast a host. He hosts the 87 00:04:45.639 --> 00:04:49.920 Cam and Strict podcast. A lot of people, a lot 88 00:04:49.959 --> 00:04:53.839 of people listen. Okay, yep. He tweeted out yesterday. This 89 00:04:53.959 --> 00:04:58.040 is further to your report from yesterday that USA Hockey, fully, 90 00:04:58.079 --> 00:05:00.160 I don't know if we have this right USA Hawkeky, 91 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:03.279 thank you, fully expects j T. Miller to be available 92 00:05:03.279 --> 00:05:06.680 for the upcoming Four Nations tournament in February. 93 00:05:06.879 --> 00:05:11.079 Yeah. And it's exactly what I said yesterday that I 94 00:05:11.759 --> 00:05:13.920 think that JT. I believe j T will be on 95 00:05:13.959 --> 00:05:16.560 the US team. They're announcing it tomorrow. Yes, it'll be 96 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:19.000 him and Hughes and Peterson and Lincoln and who represent 97 00:05:19.079 --> 00:05:21.240 the Canucks at the Four Nations thinking it for Finland 98 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:26.079 for Finland and Peterson for the Swedes. I what happened 99 00:05:26.079 --> 00:05:29.079 with his leave of absence has not altered the Americans 100 00:05:29.160 --> 00:05:33.360 view on JT. I've told everyone this from the start. 101 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:33.839 J T. 102 00:05:33.959 --> 00:05:35.319 Miller is going to be a big part of that 103 00:05:35.399 --> 00:05:39.639 American team. They love him, They need that absolute what 104 00:05:39.720 --> 00:05:43.079 he brings to the table. They love that he's going 105 00:05:43.120 --> 00:05:44.680 to be a big part of that American team. 106 00:05:44.879 --> 00:05:49.519 Now, the reason we're showing this tweet from Andy Strickland 107 00:05:49.959 --> 00:05:53.040 is that the subject of J. T. Miller came up 108 00:05:53.199 --> 00:05:57.160 yesterday on the with the Cam and Strict podcast. Yeah, 109 00:05:57.279 --> 00:06:00.120 okay again a lot of people listen much more like 110 00:06:00.160 --> 00:06:04.720 Donnie and Dolly, all right, And and here is Andy Strickland. 111 00:06:04.959 --> 00:06:08.639 This is this is out of Saint Louis. And you saying, 112 00:06:08.800 --> 00:06:11.480 everybody I know said Andy Strickland's wired in and he's 113 00:06:11.480 --> 00:06:16.360 out of Saint Louis, close to NHL issues, close to 114 00:06:16.399 --> 00:06:19.639 the American team. But this is and this is speculation, 115 00:06:19.759 --> 00:06:21.720 but this is from a guy who knows a thing 116 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:24.680 or two, who's dialed in, as they say in the business. 117 00:06:24.959 --> 00:06:29.079 This is Andy Strickland on the Cam and Strict podcast yesterday. Ryan, 118 00:06:29.240 --> 00:06:32.519 That's right, that's right, Cam and Strict podcast. I'm not 119 00:06:32.680 --> 00:06:36.519 speculating on J. T. Miller's current absence. 120 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:38.360 My thing is about J T. 121 00:06:38.519 --> 00:06:40.480 Miller. I just wonder. 122 00:06:41.680 --> 00:06:45.560 He's always had a reputation cam being very hard on 123 00:06:45.560 --> 00:06:49.720 his teammates. I mean borderline like abusive, you know what 124 00:06:49.720 --> 00:06:52.920 I'm saying, Like like some of those I'm sure Nathan 125 00:06:53.000 --> 00:06:55.560 McKinnon is similar you know what I mean, right, Like 126 00:06:55.720 --> 00:06:58.120 you don't see what goes on behind the scenes between periods, 127 00:06:58.120 --> 00:07:00.120 after games whatever. You don't get the puck up, like 128 00:07:00.160 --> 00:07:03.720 I'm the wide open, you don't move the puck. I'm 129 00:07:03.759 --> 00:07:06.040 sure he's hard on those guys, and he got benched 130 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:13.920 by Rick Tocket and J. T. Miller is so intense 131 00:07:14.519 --> 00:07:16.160 and we all know how good he is. But like 132 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:19.160 he's not going to be afraid of anybody. I'm not 133 00:07:19.160 --> 00:07:21.680 saying he shouldn't be afraid of Rick Tocket, but he's 134 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:25.279 probably you know, he doesn't give it man, Like he 135 00:07:25.959 --> 00:07:27.800 knows who he is as a player, how important he 136 00:07:27.879 --> 00:07:30.480 is to the team. He's got a belief system, and 137 00:07:30.560 --> 00:07:34.800 I'm sure for some people it's hard to accept how 138 00:07:34.839 --> 00:07:38.120 he goes about handling it sometimes and maybe he does 139 00:07:38.199 --> 00:07:40.079 cross the line. So I don't know what happened here, 140 00:07:40.120 --> 00:07:41.920 but maybe the team told him, Hey, you just need 141 00:07:41.959 --> 00:07:45.439 to step away and get a handle on some of 142 00:07:45.480 --> 00:07:48.680 these issues that maybe you have. Because it doesn't appear 143 00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:51.240 to be substance abuse. There's no release from the league 144 00:07:51.240 --> 00:07:56.439 that says he's entered the substance abuse program. So I 145 00:07:56.519 --> 00:08:00.639 understand when people say I give him credit because he's away, 146 00:08:00.680 --> 00:08:03.879 and I know you don't want to hear that he 147 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:05.160 makes a lot of money. 148 00:08:05.800 --> 00:08:07.639 But he makes a lot of money. 149 00:08:08.360 --> 00:08:11.920 There's a dad out there with four kids, five kids, 150 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:13.720 two kids, three kids, who gets up at four in 151 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:18.160 the morning every day, who doesn't want to who's brinding 152 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:20.879 it every single day, who's got his own issues, you 153 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:23.000 know what I mean, And he doesn't have a choice. 154 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:27.040 So to me, this is not a bravery situation. And 155 00:08:27.079 --> 00:08:28.839 you can't come out and to say he's being brave 156 00:08:28.920 --> 00:08:30.360 without knowing the information. 157 00:08:32.000 --> 00:08:37.440 See, when I hear that, it makes me think. And 158 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:41.039 again we're speculating here, and we apologize for that, but 159 00:08:41.080 --> 00:08:43.279 we're having a discussion. Yep, that's what you do on 160 00:08:43.320 --> 00:08:47.919 a talk show. When I hear that, I automatically jump 161 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:51.720 to it sounds like the team asked him to take 162 00:08:51.759 --> 00:08:52.240 a break. 163 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:57.080 Yeah, yeah, that's what he's insinuating there that it was 164 00:08:57.159 --> 00:09:02.519 the club who said JT. You need to take a break, you. 165 00:09:02.440 --> 00:09:09.120 Know, versus yeah, some other issues that's been out. 166 00:09:09.039 --> 00:09:13.120 There, that it was either the coaching staff or you know, 167 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:15.759 you know, somebody asked him to take a leave of absence. 168 00:09:15.879 --> 00:09:18.440 And again, you know, the only people that know what's 169 00:09:18.480 --> 00:09:22.279 going on. Don are JT his agent in the Canucks 170 00:09:22.360 --> 00:09:23.080 upper brass. 171 00:09:23.399 --> 00:09:27.639 That's it, But there's so much noise out there. That's 172 00:09:27.720 --> 00:09:29.440 why we thought we tackle literally. 173 00:09:29.200 --> 00:09:33.440 Rangers calling, absolutely Rangers calling, and now Strickland and now 174 00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:37.879 there's another bogus he wants to trade report again. You know, 175 00:09:37.919 --> 00:09:40.519 it's just but here, here's what I can tell everybody 176 00:09:40.720 --> 00:09:45.720 with honesty. All sides in this matter are hoping he 177 00:09:45.759 --> 00:09:51.000 gets back soon. All sides forget about the trade and 178 00:09:51.039 --> 00:09:55.799 the dumb trade requests rumors and all that stupidity. There's 179 00:09:55.840 --> 00:09:58.279 a guy dealing with something. Let him deal with it. 180 00:09:58.759 --> 00:10:01.720 You know. But when I when I said to somebody, 181 00:10:02.360 --> 00:10:05.679 why are the Rangers calling? Knowing he's dealing with the 182 00:10:05.759 --> 00:10:08.840 leave of apps since I was told hockey team's down. 183 00:10:09.960 --> 00:10:12.879 When it's a good player, they will call twenty four 184 00:10:12.919 --> 00:10:15.919 to seven every time, whether he's injured, he's healthy, or 185 00:10:15.960 --> 00:10:18.519 he's dealing with JT. They're trying to feel out the 186 00:10:18.559 --> 00:10:21.919 market and if he becomes available, they're basically telling the. 187 00:10:21.919 --> 00:10:23.799 Company they're they're doing their job. 188 00:10:24.240 --> 00:10:24.960 They're doing their job. 189 00:10:25.320 --> 00:10:27.120 Like I don't blame them for a second. If they 190 00:10:27.200 --> 00:10:30.320 feel that they can acquire a player of JT. Miller's 191 00:10:30.399 --> 00:10:33.879 value maybe at fifty cents on the dollar, whatever the 192 00:10:33.919 --> 00:10:36.759 case may be. It's their job to try to do it. 193 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:39.159 You know, if he's not happy in Vancouver. If that's 194 00:10:39.159 --> 00:10:40.720 the case, I don't blame I don't blame the Rangers 195 00:10:40.759 --> 00:10:42.120 for trying to reacquire JTM. 196 00:10:42.399 --> 00:10:44.960 And they weren't the only team, so and so I 197 00:10:45.039 --> 00:10:48.200 get that. But this situation, sadly is going to continue 198 00:10:48.600 --> 00:10:52.080 until the day JT. Miller comes back. And then J T. 199 00:10:52.200 --> 00:10:55.759 Miller stands in front of a microphone and explains what happened. 200 00:10:56.759 --> 00:10:59.399 We live in Canada. We got this thing called Twitter. 201 00:10:59.720 --> 00:11:03.080 It's vicious animal and you can throw stuff out. Remember 202 00:11:03.120 --> 00:11:07.759 the Corey Perry Bdard rumor just absolutely nonsense, and half 203 00:11:07.759 --> 00:11:10.200 the people believed it because that's the society we live in. 204 00:11:10.440 --> 00:11:13.440 We're just gonna believe what people on Twitter throw out. 205 00:11:13.720 --> 00:11:16.320 That's well, But part of it is curiosity too. You 206 00:11:16.360 --> 00:11:17.200 can't curiosity. 207 00:11:17.240 --> 00:11:19.799 How about waiting for the evidence, don But how about waiting. 208 00:11:19.559 --> 00:11:23.039 For you You're not curious at all, You're not nobody 209 00:11:23.080 --> 00:11:25.480 out there is curious. Well, okay, I'm not saying it's 210 00:11:25.519 --> 00:11:28.120 right to put out tweets like that, but people. People 211 00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:31.440 are curious. Look at this strange situation you've got. You've 212 00:11:31.440 --> 00:11:33.519 got one of the one of the great players, and 213 00:11:33.559 --> 00:11:35.320 he is. He's one of the great players of the 214 00:11:35.399 --> 00:11:38.639 National Hockey League. His team's coming off a very good season, 215 00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:41.720 he was playing well, and all of a sudden, he's gone. 216 00:11:41.759 --> 00:11:44.440 And there's really no explanation. Look, I can understand why 217 00:11:44.440 --> 00:11:47.200 people are curious, and we're bringing it up today because 218 00:11:47.240 --> 00:11:49.279 there's been so much noise over the last twenty four 219 00:11:49.279 --> 00:11:54.480 hours on social media, on podcasts, things like that. Don't 220 00:11:54.879 --> 00:11:56.679 I don't blame people are curious. 221 00:11:57.320 --> 00:12:01.360 I still will maintain it's a reset, physical, mental, Whatever 222 00:12:01.519 --> 00:12:05.720 led to the reset is debatable because there's no clarity. 223 00:12:06.200 --> 00:12:09.120 But I am convinced there's nothing sinister here. Is just 224 00:12:09.159 --> 00:12:11.440 a guy needs a break. And whether the team told 225 00:12:11.519 --> 00:12:13.039 him to take the break or he took the break, 226 00:12:13.039 --> 00:12:13.799 he's taking a break. 227 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:16.120 Well no, but Rick, maybe it's the team that needs 228 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:18.759 a break from him. Yeah, Well that's that's what That 229 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:21.279 That what Andy Strickland had to say there makes me 230 00:12:21.360 --> 00:12:22.240 think that. 231 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:26.240 He's he's basically saying the Canucks told him that, Look, 232 00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:28.639 you know, it's time to take a break. 233 00:12:30.039 --> 00:12:34.120 Okay, lost to talk about today that take a break. 234 00:12:35.200 --> 00:12:36.639 How are you today? All right? 235 00:12:37.000 --> 00:12:40.720 You were in a very bad, bad mood this earlier 236 00:12:40.799 --> 00:12:44.320 last morning over preparing for the show. Very bad. No, 237 00:12:44.399 --> 00:12:45.000 I'm fine. 238 00:12:45.639 --> 00:12:47.639 You and I argued for about half an hour yep. 239 00:12:47.559 --> 00:12:50.480 Yep, forty five minutes. I sat back, I listened. I 240 00:12:51.759 --> 00:12:54.039 don't think the Canucks communication on this has been all 241 00:12:54.039 --> 00:12:54.440 that great. 242 00:12:54.840 --> 00:12:57.600 That's a problem. But that's what I It's kind of 243 00:12:57.600 --> 00:13:00.960 been a running theme A little bit sure, But who's 244 00:13:00.960 --> 00:13:03.200 written the book on this one? It is a strange situation, 245 00:13:03.639 --> 00:13:08.799 like like there's nothing about Annie Strickland just talked about 246 00:13:08.799 --> 00:13:12.639 the NHL, NHLPA, you know, a substance. You know, we 247 00:13:12.639 --> 00:13:15.600 don't hear about injuries, which we normally would. I'm not 248 00:13:15.639 --> 00:13:18.440 sure what we're you know, what book has been written 249 00:13:18.440 --> 00:13:19.759 about how to how to handle this? 250 00:13:20.519 --> 00:13:22.200 I just I just wonder, like. 251 00:13:23.919 --> 00:13:26.639 I don't want to speculate too much, but not the guy, 252 00:13:26.799 --> 00:13:29.279 but if he but if he was if he was 253 00:13:29.279 --> 00:13:31.639 suspended by the team, I don't know. 254 00:13:31.720 --> 00:13:34.120 I don't know that. I'm just saying then, like were 255 00:13:34.120 --> 00:13:35.200 they afraid to say that? 256 00:13:36.759 --> 00:13:36.840 Like? 257 00:13:36.879 --> 00:13:39.879 Were they was this the mutual way? It's kind of like, 258 00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:43.120 you know, when guys, get Trevor Lindon. Will we amicably 259 00:13:43.159 --> 00:13:43.840 parted ways? 260 00:13:43.919 --> 00:13:44.080 Right? 261 00:13:44.120 --> 00:13:45.960 We just both went our separate ways instead of saying 262 00:13:45.960 --> 00:13:48.480 you were fired right. This is the kind of the buzzphrase. 263 00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:50.480 Now left do you want to make it as as 264 00:13:50.519 --> 00:13:53.360 good for both sides as possible? And I wonder if 265 00:13:53.799 --> 00:13:56.200 in their effort to try and do that, have you 266 00:13:56.279 --> 00:13:58.240 now just left it because you guys talked about this 267 00:13:58.320 --> 00:14:02.120 the day it happened. Show me another example, Show me 268 00:14:02.159 --> 00:14:05.360 another example in the National Hockey League of a player 269 00:14:05.840 --> 00:14:10.919 just taking a reset, just taking a break without having 270 00:14:10.960 --> 00:14:11.879 an NHL. 271 00:14:11.960 --> 00:14:13.919 Saying where's the book? Are you saying it? No? 272 00:14:13.919 --> 00:14:18.080 But I'm saying but I'm saying though because of that, 273 00:14:18.080 --> 00:14:20.840 that's why you're adding on this speculation. If that, if 274 00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:22.840 that's n even by the Canucks came out and ten 275 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:25.759 seconds later the NHLPA sent something out about him being 276 00:14:25.759 --> 00:14:26.600 in some kind of program. 277 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:28.600 That's it. It's over. Yeah, nobody's talking. 278 00:14:28.440 --> 00:14:30.200 About that that the fact is not the case here. 279 00:14:30.200 --> 00:14:32.279 But because it's been left open ended, what. 280 00:14:32.200 --> 00:14:34.360 Do things always come down to? I always say this 281 00:14:34.960 --> 00:14:38.200 that they come down to business. JT. Miller is one 282 00:14:38.240 --> 00:14:41.080 of their best players, arguably their best player, you could 283 00:14:41.159 --> 00:14:44.000 argue that, well, Quinn, he's the best player, but he's 284 00:14:44.080 --> 00:14:47.159 right up there. If the Canucks come out and say 285 00:14:47.279 --> 00:14:50.240 we've asked this guy to take a hike for a while, 286 00:14:51.720 --> 00:14:54.519 how do you think people would feel about that? You're 287 00:14:54.559 --> 00:14:56.840 you know, you've bucked up big time for this team 288 00:14:56.879 --> 00:14:59.759 as a season ticket holder, as anybody's even about one ticket, 289 00:15:00.039 --> 00:15:01.720 and you're telling me you've you've asked one of your 290 00:15:01.720 --> 00:15:03.519 best players to take a take leave of apps. 291 00:15:03.600 --> 00:15:04.440 But is this better? 292 00:15:04.759 --> 00:15:09.919 Well, this percolating speculation going on almost daily, and most 293 00:15:09.919 --> 00:15:10.639 it's not gonna stop. 294 00:15:10.759 --> 00:15:13.600 Rick's right, most of its garbage. It's starbage most because 295 00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:16.200 it's not gonna stop till the day he cry back, 296 00:15:17.080 --> 00:15:18.919 and he's not gonna it's not gonna stop. 297 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:20.879 I get why people are curious, though I don't think 298 00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:23.240 he should tweet out things that aren't true that you 299 00:15:23.039 --> 00:15:24.039 that you know that aren't. 300 00:15:23.799 --> 00:15:26.279 Fast And the report that he wants the trade didn't 301 00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:30.919 come from Drager, Friedman or Lebron. And I always tell 302 00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:35.919 people when you're speculating about trade rumors and firings on Twitter, 303 00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:40.200 if it's not Freedman, Drager or Lebron, just don't believe it. 304 00:15:40.440 --> 00:15:43.120 But the problems to the problem the rick is every 305 00:15:43.159 --> 00:15:46.360 now and then, but they haven't every now and then 306 00:15:46.480 --> 00:15:49.480 you get a rogue somebody on Reddit or something that 307 00:15:49.559 --> 00:15:51.919 breaks something two hours before, and so then now people 308 00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:54.120 forever ago, well maybe this could be. 309 00:15:54.159 --> 00:15:58.159 Legit, Ryan, Those people can get lucky to throw something 310 00:15:58.159 --> 00:16:02.559 out and uh, twenty four hours later, I am now 311 00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:06.639 I'm not almost classified as a reporter. That's not that's 312 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:09.399 not the case. They just got lucky. 313 00:16:08.279 --> 00:16:13.679 We let the guess who. Let the guy deal with 314 00:16:13.720 --> 00:16:18.519 what he's dealing with. He's dealing with something and the 315 00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:21.240 last thing on his brain is I want out of Vancouver. 316 00:16:21.679 --> 00:16:25.360 He wants to deal with what he's got and then 317 00:16:25.440 --> 00:16:29.480 come back to the Canucks and resume playing. Where would 318 00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:32.600 his thoughts process be to be asked for a trade. 319 00:16:32.639 --> 00:16:35.120 But nobody's saying anything from the team, Like Ryan says, 320 00:16:35.559 --> 00:16:37.600 you can understand why people will nobody. 321 00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:40.759 We heard from Alvin on the road trip, right, Well, yeah, 322 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:42.559 and he's the one by the way that opened the 323 00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:44.720 door to saying he was getting help. 324 00:16:45.320 --> 00:16:47.720 And I've talked to people close to the situation who 325 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:51.320 say we are hoping that he gets back soon. That 326 00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:53.679 doesn't sound like a guy that wants to trade or 327 00:16:53.720 --> 00:16:55.440 that the team wants to trade him, or the team 328 00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:58.399 wants to move him. They don't. But this we're gonna 329 00:16:58.440 --> 00:17:01.240 have to deal with this because there's that's Canucks Twitter. 330 00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:03.440 I guess the whole thing. You make it sound like 331 00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:06.720 everybody's wrong in this whole situation. You do the same stuff. 332 00:17:07.359 --> 00:17:10.839 I try my hardest to have two to three sources. 333 00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:13.759 You don't throw stuff out for the hell of it. Absolutely, 334 00:17:13.839 --> 00:17:14.519 but you don't throw it. 335 00:17:14.799 --> 00:17:17.240 People are curious and they want to know, okay, and 336 00:17:17.880 --> 00:17:20.160 they a lot of them love the Vancouver conocs yea 337 00:17:20.200 --> 00:17:23.480 where they're coming from. We doesn't mean I agree with you. You 338 00:17:23.119 --> 00:17:26.440 shouldn't speculate and throw things out on all speculation. I 339 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:28.720 get that, But throwing stuff out on Twitter as though 340 00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:29.839 they're fact, that's wrong. 341 00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:32.720 Yeah, and you can't believe every thing every Tom Dick 342 00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:33.720 and Harry says. 343 00:17:35.160 --> 00:17:39.480 Except on this show. Yeah, here's what's coming up, DTMZ 344 00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:42.519 Is it just me coming up? In the eleven o'clock hour, 345 00:17:42.599 --> 00:17:44.920 Craig Button is going to join. It's just after eleven o'clock. 346 00:17:45.039 --> 00:17:47.920 We'll see what he thinks of the first place, Minnesota, 347 00:17:47.920 --> 00:17:52.240 first place overall, Minnesota Wild Connection in Minnesota. 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I 370 00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:21.480 think this is more what I was saying. But he's 371 00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:24.079 giving you credit for some reason. Trice, Come on, come on, 372 00:19:24.200 --> 00:19:26.160 t I don't think I've ever heard of it in 373 00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:29.039 forty plus years of watching hockey where a player takes 374 00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:32.799 a reset. That is very unusual. That's me, That's definitely me. 375 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:36.599 It's an unusual situation in the Canucks. Maybe aren't handling 376 00:19:36.599 --> 00:19:39.319 it all that well, I get it. I'm back in 377 00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:41.960 the Canucks here. Yeah, that doesn't happen very often. 378 00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:44.119 No, you just said they're not handling you really well. 379 00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:46.160 Come on, I must set up a pole question in 380 00:19:46.200 --> 00:19:48.279 the next segment. But you also vouch for Peterson on 381 00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:48.599 the pole. 382 00:19:48.640 --> 00:19:51.880 You're changed man today. Oh wow, A in a positive way, 383 00:19:51.920 --> 00:19:56.160 by the way, positivity pills taken today, and I think 384 00:19:56.200 --> 00:19:56.599 that was me. 385 00:19:57.440 --> 00:20:00.359 I'm looking at it closely. Here we're joining now by 386 00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:03.200 Ian Frens, kg OUR Sports Radio and the Crack and 387 00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:06.839 Hockey Network, Seahawks over the Jets twenty six twenty one 388 00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:10.200 on the weekend. You're riveted listening to this. How are 389 00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:12.160 you sir, always riveted. 390 00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:13.279 I'm good. How are you guys? 391 00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:13.880 Lovely? 392 00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:18.880 Very good. Let let's talk just before we get to 393 00:20:18.960 --> 00:20:22.000 talk some football. Wouldn't you love to have the soap 394 00:20:22.039 --> 00:20:25.440 opera down in Seattle with the kracking that we've got 395 00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:28.240 up here with the Cauducks. All due respect to everybody 396 00:20:28.319 --> 00:20:29.319 involved in the situation. 397 00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:33.039 What's your soap opera right now? Because I can't keep 398 00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:34.599 track of them. It feels like there's a new one 399 00:20:34.599 --> 00:20:35.039 every day. 400 00:20:36.359 --> 00:20:39.680 Well, the whole JT. Miller absence. So there's that, Yeah, 401 00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:40.839