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 00:00:13.880 --> 00:00:15.240 I think you're gonna want to hear this. 5 00:00:17.519 --> 00:00:20.280 Your local sports coverage lives here. 6 00:00:20.559 --> 00:00:23.079 Two nothing, It's Alva not so. 7 00:00:23.160 --> 00:00:25.760 Fast cohole breath with Don Taylor. 8 00:00:26.000 --> 00:00:28.399 I say that the winner of the draft lottery should 9 00:00:28.440 --> 00:00:29.640 be the winner of a two man loose. 10 00:00:29.920 --> 00:00:32.439 And Rick dolly Wall I had a cherry tree up 11 00:00:32.520 --> 00:00:34.359 little Ricky. I used to go up that tree and 12 00:00:34.479 --> 00:00:37.079 just sit there for hours and bunch on those cherry years. 13 00:00:37.119 --> 00:00:41.280 Donnie and Dolly. 14 00:00:40.759 --> 00:00:44.320 Welcome in. It's Donnie Dolby the team on Check broadcasting 15 00:00:44.560 --> 00:00:47.960 live from the Paul Carson Studio at oh Boy Productions 16 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:52.719 in beautiful downtown Vancouver. I'm Ryan Henderson alongside Rick Dolly 17 00:00:52.759 --> 00:00:55.960 Wall Derek Wong directing the program in Quinn Taylor in 18 00:00:56.039 --> 00:00:59.200 the producer's chair. How are you today? Couldn't be better? No, no, no, 19 00:00:59.359 --> 00:01:02.880 how seriously? How are you after the gum yesterday? Oh? 20 00:01:04.120 --> 00:01:06.439 I had so many people break if you missed it 21 00:01:06.519 --> 00:01:10.519 yesterday in front of the laptop which I forgot to update, 22 00:01:10.519 --> 00:01:12.640 by the way, so we'll have to figure that out later. 23 00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:15.159 But in front of the laptop is our pastime sports stuff, 24 00:01:15.959 --> 00:01:18.879 and I put up a package of cards which I 25 00:01:18.920 --> 00:01:21.599 thought was from the eighties, but it turned out it 26 00:01:21.640 --> 00:01:25.719 was from seventy eight seventy nine. And inside that pack 27 00:01:25.760 --> 00:01:28.799 of cards had a stick of bubble gum and for 28 00:01:28.840 --> 00:01:32.319 whatever reason, Dolling Wall opened it up and decided that 29 00:01:32.439 --> 00:01:37.280 he was going to share spread it with Donnie and 30 00:01:37.680 --> 00:01:39.920 the crunch. If you haven't seen the clip, you can 31 00:01:39.920 --> 00:01:42.480 watch it on the Donnie all the Twitter count the crunch. 32 00:01:43.159 --> 00:01:46.480 The crunchiness was very concerning. 33 00:01:46.879 --> 00:01:48.920 Very disgusting. I'll never do that again. 34 00:01:49.680 --> 00:01:53.319 I don't know what you were thinking. I don't a gum, yes, 35 00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:55.400 but it's from back in the eighties. 36 00:01:55.400 --> 00:01:57.120 The gum and the hockey cards. We used to get 37 00:01:57.120 --> 00:01:59.319 two and they put that white stuff on it to 38 00:01:59.480 --> 00:02:02.680 obviously powdery powder would be on it, and it was 39 00:02:02.719 --> 00:02:05.040 so exciting for me to do that, but I failed 40 00:02:05.079 --> 00:02:07.079 to realize the gum was crapped. 41 00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:10.759 Clearly the powder didn't. It didn't last fifty years or whatever. 42 00:02:10.800 --> 00:02:14.159 It's been well since production. So I'm happy to see 43 00:02:14.159 --> 00:02:16.400 you here because I had people I bought a bottle 44 00:02:16.439 --> 00:02:17.120 of scope. 45 00:02:17.240 --> 00:02:19.520 That's a good call. You go Scope in the Sterne. 46 00:02:20.159 --> 00:02:24.319 First of all, the price of Scope is just reading control. 47 00:02:24.759 --> 00:02:27.960 It's ten eleven bucks now scope. Yeah, and listerine is 48 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:30.240 even higher. Like what are people doing? 49 00:02:30.360 --> 00:02:31.360 So you go Scope. 50 00:02:31.719 --> 00:02:33.439 I had to go to Scope because of the dumb 51 00:02:33.479 --> 00:02:35.319 gum and then uh. 52 00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:39.479 I go listenine zero no alcohol, less of a burn. 53 00:02:39.560 --> 00:02:42.199 Scope is good because it's a mint. Yeah, and the 54 00:02:42.520 --> 00:02:43.680 mint works. It's good. 55 00:02:44.199 --> 00:02:47.840 The scope works, Scope works, but it's expensive as hell. 56 00:02:48.400 --> 00:02:51.439 Yeah it is. No, you're right there, there's a there's 57 00:02:51.479 --> 00:02:53.759 a cleanliness today to Roger's arena. 58 00:02:53.840 --> 00:02:55.000 Rick, absolutely. 59 00:02:55.159 --> 00:02:58.879 Yesterday, of course, just after our program. Daniel and Henrik 60 00:02:58.919 --> 00:03:03.240 Sedine co presidents of hockey operations for the Vancouver Canucks. 61 00:03:03.240 --> 00:03:05.560 Is what you reported, Rick. Earlier in the week came 62 00:03:05.599 --> 00:03:10.680 to official fruition yesterday. Ryan Johnson named thirteenth general manager 63 00:03:11.439 --> 00:03:14.680 with the Vancouver Canucks, which is interesting because he's been 64 00:03:14.680 --> 00:03:17.439 with the organization for thirteen years as well. Hired way 65 00:03:17.439 --> 00:03:21.520 back during the Gillis days. He mentioned just a consultant, 66 00:03:21.960 --> 00:03:24.280 just a consultant role. He worked his way. 67 00:03:24.159 --> 00:03:27.879 Up and he's earned what he got yesterday. 68 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:30.639 Yeah, so look where he is now. We had all 69 00:03:30.639 --> 00:03:34.000 that arguing yesterday, Donnie and I about what we wanted 70 00:03:34.039 --> 00:03:37.560 to hear from Francesco Aquilini, and all we heard from 71 00:03:37.599 --> 00:03:40.960 Francesco Aquilini was a written statement introducing the three guys 72 00:03:40.960 --> 00:03:44.199 and then he left. So now, according to a spokesman 73 00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:48.039 with the Canucks, you're gonna hear from Acalini down the line. 74 00:03:48.039 --> 00:03:50.960 Whether or not that's when the practice soility officialcy is 75 00:03:51.039 --> 00:03:53.960 underway or not, I'm not so sure. But you got 76 00:03:53.960 --> 00:03:56.400 the prepared statement. The one thing I will take away 77 00:03:56.479 --> 00:03:59.759 Rick from that statement from Aquallini. He did mention that 78 00:03:59.800 --> 00:04:03.960 there are one hundred percent committed to the rebuild, and 79 00:04:04.000 --> 00:04:06.719 he did mention that this group will have the full 80 00:04:06.800 --> 00:04:10.360 resources behind them. Add actions will speak louder than words, 81 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:13.919 because we've heard things about budgets and dollars and all 82 00:04:13.960 --> 00:04:16.000 of that in that building. So we'll have to wait 83 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:17.800 and see if they actually do spend the kind of 84 00:04:17.839 --> 00:04:20.480 money that they need to spend in some areas of 85 00:04:20.480 --> 00:04:23.000 this organization. But the bottom line is all you can 86 00:04:23.040 --> 00:04:25.439 do is take what the owner said with what he said, 87 00:04:25.439 --> 00:04:27.360 and that's what he said yesterday when he laid out 88 00:04:27.360 --> 00:04:27.800 a statement. 89 00:04:27.879 --> 00:04:30.800 Okay, so the press are yesterday all hockey guys. On 90 00:04:30.920 --> 00:04:33.240 day one of their press conferences, they all say the 91 00:04:33.240 --> 00:04:37.560 same things. You know, culture, character, Yeah, everybody says the 92 00:04:37.560 --> 00:04:41.199 same thing. Talking is the easy part, but executing what 93 00:04:41.279 --> 00:04:43.759 they said yesterday is going to be the tough part. 94 00:04:44.959 --> 00:04:48.959 These are three high end character guys like Ryan. They 95 00:04:50.319 --> 00:04:54.399 what they say, they preach, they really do. They're going 96 00:04:54.439 --> 00:04:57.839 to end this the drama that comes with this hockey club. 97 00:04:57.879 --> 00:05:02.399 Did you notice yesterday no crazy Rutherford comments that made 98 00:05:02.439 --> 00:05:05.240 everything ten times worse. Did you notice that totally you're 99 00:05:05.279 --> 00:05:08.920 not getting You're not getting You're not getting that, which 100 00:05:08.920 --> 00:05:11.639 sucks for us, but it sucks for us, but it's 101 00:05:11.680 --> 00:05:14.000 good for the Caducks. You're not getting that with these guys. 102 00:05:14.399 --> 00:05:17.319 These guys don't want drama. They're gonna roll up their 103 00:05:17.360 --> 00:05:21.040 sleeves and they're gonna work hard. The one thing we've 104 00:05:21.079 --> 00:05:26.560 known about the Twins and Ryan great human beings, great people, 105 00:05:27.319 --> 00:05:30.759 but that doesn't you know, there's there's toughness ahead. They 106 00:05:30.800 --> 00:05:33.879 have made the first trade, that made the first draft pick, 107 00:05:34.279 --> 00:05:38.120 they have made their first July first signing. There's they're 108 00:05:38.120 --> 00:05:41.720 gonna be judged on things like that. You know, it's 109 00:05:41.839 --> 00:05:44.920 very early, head coach, it's a nice marriage and and 110 00:05:45.199 --> 00:05:47.759 there was a lot of positivity and everyone should be happy. 111 00:05:48.160 --> 00:05:53.399 But as Trevor Linden found out that, you know, things 112 00:05:53.399 --> 00:05:56.439 get tough in this market when things go sideways. And 113 00:05:56.600 --> 00:05:58.879 these guys are starting at the bottom and they can 114 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:02.560 only go one way up. They can't go down. You're 115 00:06:02.600 --> 00:06:05.959 thirty second, Ryan. They can't go any worse. They can 116 00:06:06.040 --> 00:06:09.199 make it worse, but they can't go any lower. It's 117 00:06:09.199 --> 00:06:13.600 from here, it's up. And I think yesterday listening to them, 118 00:06:13.759 --> 00:06:15.560 I think the Vancouver Canucks are on the right track 119 00:06:15.759 --> 00:06:18.920 in terms of good people that won't treat people bad. 120 00:06:19.560 --> 00:06:22.480 All three of these guys are quality, quality human beings. 121 00:06:22.800 --> 00:06:24.759 I mean, all the buzzwords you could pull out. You know, 122 00:06:24.800 --> 00:06:28.759 it was a very thoughtful press conference. The one one 123 00:06:28.800 --> 00:06:32.639 of the big takeaways break for me and it kind 124 00:06:32.639 --> 00:06:34.319 of struck me when I was thinking about it more 125 00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:38.360 yesterday after I heard them talk. Is you know that's 126 00:06:38.439 --> 00:06:42.680 clearly a trio. Yeah, clearly a trio work, clearly an 127 00:06:42.720 --> 00:06:46.680 aligned trio. That was I never got that here with 128 00:06:46.759 --> 00:06:51.000 Rutherford and Alvin. I never felt like they were no, 129 00:06:51.040 --> 00:06:53.560 I know, I just never felt like and that I mean, 130 00:06:53.560 --> 00:06:55.519 it goes back to the Hughes night and them having 131 00:06:55.560 --> 00:06:58.560 two different press availabilities and all that, but I just 132 00:06:58.560 --> 00:07:01.560 never got that alignment. And it really felt like those 133 00:07:01.680 --> 00:07:05.800 three are completely in it to get on board, on side. Yeah, 134 00:07:05.839 --> 00:07:08.879 working together together, all pulling in the same direction. That's huge. 135 00:07:08.920 --> 00:07:11.639 That's huge. Now, you are right. I mean, it's day one, 136 00:07:11.800 --> 00:07:14.720 it's feel good, it's all that, But there is something 137 00:07:14.759 --> 00:07:17.839 to be said, Rick about you know, everybody assumed they 138 00:07:17.839 --> 00:07:20.199 were going to say the right things. They still said 139 00:07:20.240 --> 00:07:22.240 the right things they did. You know, they deserve some 140 00:07:22.279 --> 00:07:24.480 credit for that. And I'll be honest, Daniel and Henrik 141 00:07:24.560 --> 00:07:28.879 came across yesterday better and differently than I've ever heard 142 00:07:28.959 --> 00:07:33.120 them speak as members of this organization. They had a 143 00:07:33.600 --> 00:07:38.160 they had a distinct plan with everything they said, but 144 00:07:38.240 --> 00:07:40.480 they said it in a respectful way, which has been 145 00:07:40.560 --> 00:07:42.480 lacking here with the way the media has been treated. 146 00:07:42.480 --> 00:07:43.759 And I know people don't want to hear about how 147 00:07:43.759 --> 00:07:47.199 the media has been treated, but it's been lacking and 148 00:07:47.240 --> 00:07:50.160 you didn't get that yesterday. Let's let's let's go to 149 00:07:50.199 --> 00:07:52.759 the first clip here, Rick. This is begins with Henrik. 150 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:55.639 It's actually Henrik and Daniel. I mashed it together, but 151 00:07:55.759 --> 00:07:58.519 both of them talking about the timeline and process and 152 00:07:58.560 --> 00:08:02.480 how they landed on naming Ryan Johnson the GM of 153 00:08:02.519 --> 00:08:03.360 the Vancouver Canucks. 154 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:07.360 I think Ownership came to us when it became clear 155 00:08:07.399 --> 00:08:10.759 that Tim was gonna step out, step away a little bit, 156 00:08:10.839 --> 00:08:13.480 and we had a lot of great discussions for them 157 00:08:13.920 --> 00:08:15.399 where they saw this this going. 158 00:08:16.720 --> 00:08:19.920 They did a very big search for the next two year, 159 00:08:20.079 --> 00:08:25.040 and we stepped in and they gave us two very 160 00:08:25.040 --> 00:08:28.839 good candidates, one from the one external, one internal, and 161 00:08:28.879 --> 00:08:30.600 it was up to us to make the decision. 162 00:08:30.720 --> 00:08:34.840 So that's that's how the time was. When we got 163 00:08:34.840 --> 00:08:38.960 the offer to step on board, obviously Ryan and Evan 164 00:08:39.159 --> 00:08:43.639 was still left, and we talked to ownership. We talked 165 00:08:43.639 --> 00:08:46.799 to Jim about the candidies before them, We talked about 166 00:08:47.320 --> 00:08:50.679 Ryan and Evan what they brought to the interviews before that, 167 00:08:50.960 --> 00:08:53.720 and we were part of the last last two interviews. 168 00:08:53.720 --> 00:08:56.679 So we spent to David Evan spoke to him in 169 00:08:56.759 --> 00:09:00.679 depth and with Ryan too, and then I mean, this 170 00:09:00.799 --> 00:09:03.919 is not a decision you take lightly. I think we 171 00:09:03.919 --> 00:09:06.200 were able to take a few days to really sit 172 00:09:06.320 --> 00:09:08.480 down and talk and what was best for this organization 173 00:09:08.559 --> 00:09:11.840 at the moment. Van was very impressive. I mean he 174 00:09:11.879 --> 00:09:15.519 has a good relationship with Ryan too, and so I 175 00:09:15.559 --> 00:09:19.320 mean in them, we decided to go with Ryan because 176 00:09:19.320 --> 00:09:23.799 we think he can guide this franchise to a better place. 177 00:09:24.799 --> 00:09:27.159 So there you're going to go very thorough work by 178 00:09:27.200 --> 00:09:31.039 the Sedines on deciding well, first of all, deciding against 179 00:09:31.039 --> 00:09:33.399 Evan Gold because they spent the entire day with Evan Gold. 180 00:09:33.399 --> 00:09:35.600 As they mentioned there, well they had Daniel mentioned they 181 00:09:35.600 --> 00:09:37.320 had to they were down to two people, Gold and 182 00:09:37.399 --> 00:09:40.279 Ryan Johnson. Yeah, and let's be honest here, they know 183 00:09:40.399 --> 00:09:42.879 Ryan Johnson inside out. They've been working with him in atmosphere. 184 00:09:42.919 --> 00:09:43.720 They don't know Gold. 185 00:09:43.879 --> 00:09:44.039 Well. 186 00:09:44.039 --> 00:09:46.120 The other thing to take onto that Rick is Daniel 187 00:09:46.279 --> 00:09:48.879 was on with Halfred and Brock this morning and one 188 00:09:48.919 --> 00:09:51.240 thing he talked about when it came to Ryan Johnson 189 00:09:51.840 --> 00:09:54.919 that they were witnessed to was, you know, everybody saw 190 00:09:54.960 --> 00:09:57.559 the end result in Abbotsford, they won the Calder Cup 191 00:09:57.639 --> 00:10:00.519 last year, but the slow build that he didn't Abbotsford 192 00:10:00.679 --> 00:10:04.320 and they watched that happen closely in Abbotsford, and so 193 00:10:04.399 --> 00:10:06.559 there was something to be said about like this guy 194 00:10:06.639 --> 00:10:09.679 did build something in Abbotsford, and this team now is 195 00:10:09.679 --> 00:10:12.799 in a position where they're building something slowly. And that 196 00:10:12.919 --> 00:10:15.840 was the other thing they nailed yesterday is they multiple times, 197 00:10:15.840 --> 00:10:18.320 all three of them, talked about doing this slowly. But 198 00:10:18.399 --> 00:10:20.440 I think that really came into play when they interviewed 199 00:10:20.480 --> 00:10:23.480 both guys, that here's a guy that they watched build 200 00:10:23.559 --> 00:10:26.320 something and they didn't have that with Evan Gold. But 201 00:10:26.559 --> 00:10:30.200 the bottom line is they exhausted both searches or both 202 00:10:30.720 --> 00:10:33.200 interview processes with both guys and they landed on Ryan 203 00:10:33.279 --> 00:10:34.679 Johnson as their guy for the GM. 204 00:10:35.320 --> 00:10:39.399 Two things they clearly talked about yesterday the rebuild. They're 205 00:10:39.399 --> 00:10:41.320 gonna be patient. They're not going to rush into it. 206 00:10:41.320 --> 00:10:44.080 They're gonna take their time. That was huge. That was 207 00:10:44.159 --> 00:10:47.480 huge because you know this owner loves the two year plans. Yeah, 208 00:10:47.480 --> 00:10:50.440 this is not a two year plan. This could take six, seven, 209 00:10:50.440 --> 00:10:52.320 eight years to get out of this mess. And then 210 00:10:52.320 --> 00:10:55.440 the culture. Ryan Johnson brought up the importance of being 211 00:10:55.440 --> 00:10:57.919 a good teammate at least three times. I think I 212 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:00.360 counted three times. The Canucks have had some of the 213 00:11:00.399 --> 00:11:03.960 worst teammates in franchise history the last two years that 214 00:11:04.320 --> 00:11:07.919 you don't think they've talked about good people in the 215 00:11:08.000 --> 00:11:10.919 dressing room, and I think last twenty games, right they 216 00:11:10.919 --> 00:11:11.519 started doing that. 217 00:11:11.600 --> 00:11:13.480 They reference that a couple of times as well. 218 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:16.840 They know Ryan Johnson and the Twins know who the 219 00:11:16.879 --> 00:11:19.240 bad teammates are in the last two years. They know 220 00:11:19.399 --> 00:11:21.480 all the horror stories that we've heard in the media. 221 00:11:21.840 --> 00:11:24.240 But I thought Ryan Johnson bringing up the importance of 222 00:11:24.279 --> 00:11:27.399 being a good teammate I counted three times, was very 223 00:11:27.519 --> 00:11:28.240 very important. 224 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:31.240 Let's play that clip, Derek. That's clip number four. This 225 00:11:31.639 --> 00:11:35.840 is Ryan Johnson talking about the locker room and that's it. 226 00:11:36.080 --> 00:11:39.600 Building a culture here before even the topic of wins 227 00:11:39.600 --> 00:11:42.000 and losses, but building that culture and the importance. 228 00:11:41.639 --> 00:11:44.879 Of it, well, I think anybody that has worked with me, 229 00:11:45.639 --> 00:11:49.759 alongside me, players that have played with me, they understand 230 00:11:49.840 --> 00:11:55.000 there's some real non negotiables and before we talk about 231 00:11:55.200 --> 00:11:58.759 wins and losses are getting to that point, the environment 232 00:11:58.960 --> 00:12:01.399 will be first and formal, and that'll be very clear 233 00:12:01.919 --> 00:12:05.519 the expectation of the players. I always talk about the 234 00:12:05.519 --> 00:12:08.720 professionalism of how they approach every day and having a plan, 235 00:12:09.159 --> 00:12:13.120 but even more importantly, and probably guys that have played 236 00:12:13.159 --> 00:12:15.000 for them and would tell you my biggest challenge to 237 00:12:15.080 --> 00:12:18.480 them every day is what is the quality of teammate 238 00:12:18.559 --> 00:12:20.320 that you could be for each other today and what 239 00:12:20.519 --> 00:12:23.639 is that and what does that exist? Well, that is 240 00:12:24.440 --> 00:12:26.559 how you practice. It's how you push each other to 241 00:12:26.919 --> 00:12:30.360 be a better player. Room awareness of who is in 242 00:12:30.399 --> 00:12:33.559 the room, how they're feeling that day. It's not about 243 00:12:33.600 --> 00:12:37.240 being the nicest guy. The quality of teammate is much 244 00:12:37.240 --> 00:12:40.240 harder than that. It's your line change, is paying attention 245 00:12:40.360 --> 00:12:43.720 to We might roll lines and roll and roll and 246 00:12:43.799 --> 00:12:46.240 roll at the right times, and then finally somebody eats. 247 00:12:46.279 --> 00:12:49.080 But those are all things that I'm not worried about 248 00:12:49.080 --> 00:12:51.679 wins and losses. The environment is something that I will 249 00:12:51.759 --> 00:12:55.320 establish now as I'm talking to players, not in September. 250 00:12:55.639 --> 00:12:58.679 They'll be very aware that when they walk into this 251 00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:01.799 facility in September, they've got to make a decision of 252 00:13:01.840 --> 00:13:03.879 who they want to be as a player, but who 253 00:13:03.919 --> 00:13:05.879 they want to be as a person and a teammate. 254 00:13:06.240 --> 00:13:10.279 And they'll know that, and we will establish that very 255 00:13:10.559 --> 00:13:14.039 very quickly, and I think you'll see some shoulders back 256 00:13:14.080 --> 00:13:17.639 and some excitement of guys challenging each other on how 257 00:13:17.679 --> 00:13:18.879 good they can be for each other. 258 00:13:20.519 --> 00:13:23.159 He just nailed it, He absolutely nailed it. They know 259 00:13:23.240 --> 00:13:25.080 how bad the dressing him was the last two years. 260 00:13:25.159 --> 00:13:27.799 My goodness, they know it big time. Yeah, he said 261 00:13:27.799 --> 00:13:29.679 all the right things yesterday, all three of them. 262 00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:33.720 Ryan really came across as a boss. He again every 263 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:38.159 confidence he had confidence in a way like that's a 264 00:13:38.159 --> 00:13:42.039 tough balance to come across with very thoughtful answers, but 265 00:13:42.159 --> 00:13:44.320 also come across in a way that if he's at 266 00:13:44.320 --> 00:13:46.159 the head of the table in the room, even if 267 00:13:46.200 --> 00:13:47.720 he's not at the head of the table in the room, 268 00:13:47.960 --> 00:13:50.879 you know who the leader is in the room. And 269 00:13:50.919 --> 00:13:53.159 to have that guy again with the mix of Daniel 270 00:13:53.240 --> 00:13:56.519 Henrick and him, I really walked away going the mix 271 00:13:56.600 --> 00:13:59.399 of that is good. Now, everything you said, Rick is right. 272 00:14:00.039 --> 00:14:02.840 Haven't done it. They haven't made any hockey moves in 273 00:14:02.879 --> 00:14:06.000 these roles yet. They're all rookies and they haven't. They 274 00:14:06.080 --> 00:14:09.080 haven't done that. So we'll see, obviously how all that develops. 275 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:11.279 But in my opinion, these people that were going to 276 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:14.840 take these roles had two jobs, and that was to 277 00:14:14.879 --> 00:14:18.679 re establish the connection of this team to their fans 278 00:14:19.159 --> 00:14:21.200 and also to build it. And that was the other 279 00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:22.879 thing they went on and on about yesterday, And we'll 280 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:24.480 hear more. We'll get into more clips as the show 281 00:14:24.480 --> 00:14:26.200 goes on. There's a ton obviously to pull out of it, 282 00:14:26.519 --> 00:14:29.679 but they you know, Daniel Henrick specifically brought up how 283 00:14:29.720 --> 00:14:32.200 when they got here day one in Vancouver, Brian Burke 284 00:14:32.279 --> 00:14:34.519 was talking to them day one in Vancouver about the 285 00:14:34.559 --> 00:14:36.879 importance of the community, about being the number one team 286 00:14:36.919 --> 00:14:39.559 in the NHL in terms of community. That has slipped 287 00:14:39.559 --> 00:14:42.279 in a big way with this franchise and they want 288 00:14:42.320 --> 00:14:44.840 to bring that back. And I think that's a cut 289 00:14:45.080 --> 00:14:47.080 for them to talk to the Chamber of Commerce every 290 00:14:47.120 --> 00:14:51.279 every Monday he talked to. Brian Burke was huge. 291 00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:54.279 On community involvement and he himself was out in the 292 00:14:54.279 --> 00:15:01.240 community Bryan quite a bit. One quick thing, Johnson did 293 00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:04.559 not give a timeline as to how long this rebuild. 294 00:15:04.240 --> 00:15:04.559 Is going to be. 295 00:15:04.639 --> 00:15:07.919 That was really smart because if you give a timeline, 296 00:15:07.960 --> 00:15:10.840 it will be held against you, and he didn't give 297 00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:12.000 a timeline. 298 00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:13.799 Not even held against you Rick. If you will be 299 00:15:13.919 --> 00:15:14.759 it will be. 300 00:15:14.799 --> 00:15:16.600 If we have said in three years we're gonna make 301 00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:18.720 few raps and he's here in three years and not 302 00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:20.360 on the playoffs, you would have got you're right. 303 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:22.600 But the biggest takeaway if he had done that would 304 00:15:22.639 --> 00:15:24.559 have been it's more of the same, because that's all 305 00:15:24.559 --> 00:15:27.720 we got with it's all we ever get with this franchise, 306 00:15:27.960 --> 00:15:29.559 A short term tires. 307 00:15:29.879 --> 00:15:32.720 Jay Benning, Jim Benning, I'm gonna fix in two years. 308 00:15:32.720 --> 00:15:34.600 He ended up here eight years. That's what the owner 309 00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:35.159 wants to hear. 310 00:15:35.399 --> 00:15:38.039 Yeah, in two years, and none of them went anywhere 311 00:15:38.080 --> 00:15:40.399 near a number, you know, none of them smart, and 312 00:15:40.440 --> 00:15:42.559 it was it was the total very Again, it was 313 00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:45.840 exactly what people wanted to hear, but they they delivered 314 00:15:45.879 --> 00:15:47.879 on that. So again as the show goes on, we'll 315 00:15:47.879 --> 00:15:50.960 get into that. We'll get into Adam Foot. They shared 316 00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:53.720 their thoughts of course on EP forty not a surprise, 317 00:15:54.200 --> 00:15:56.399 so we'll get into into that and much more as 318 00:15:56.440 --> 00:15:58.600 the show goes along. I also want to make time 319 00:15:59.000 --> 00:16:01.919 for submissions from the listener. What did you hear yesterday? 320 00:16:01.919 --> 00:16:04.159 How do you feel after what you heard yesterday? So 321 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:07.279 text the six four two ninety four ninety four, email 322 00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:09.600 the team at Checkmedia dot CAA give us your feedback. 323 00:16:09.600 --> 00:16:11.600 We've got is it just me in the next hour, 324 00:16:11.639 --> 00:16:13.960 but as the show goes along we'll sprinkle some in. 325 00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:17.519 We want your feedback. What you heard yesterday, what do 326 00:16:17.519 --> 00:16:19.559 you think ahead, all those sorts of things, whatever you 327 00:16:19.600 --> 00:16:21.840 want to talk about, send us your submissions in our 328 00:16:21.879 --> 00:16:25.360 Bayside Oceanfront resort inbox. We have a loaded show. Is 329 00:16:25.399 --> 00:16:28.639 it just me? As I mentioned DTMZ. Also, Bruce Boudro 330 00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:31.600 is coming up at eleven am. We pre taped the interview. 331 00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:33.399 He has some things to say about Ryan Johnson that 332 00:16:33.440 --> 00:16:36.399 are very interesting about him getting the job. And we'll 333 00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:38.320 also talking about the Stanley Cup playoffs a little bit 334 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:41.480 with Bruce as well. Big Rye this hour, but up 335 00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:44.000 next our good pal from sports Net six fifty. The 336 00:16:44.039 --> 00:16:47.039 play by play voice on radio for the Vancouver Canucks 337 00:16:47.039 --> 00:16:49.799 is Brendan Bachelor and Batches. Up next, it's Donnie del 338 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:50.519 the team on. 339 00:16:50.519 --> 00:16:56.559 Check Donnie and Dollie. 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I look at you went out 358 00:18:06.559 --> 00:18:10.000 and your eyes yesterday, so trust me, believe me. I'm 359 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:12.440 feeling a lot better about this team. I finally have 360 00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:16.480 a flicker of hope. I love Henrick and Daniel. Flicker 361 00:18:16.519 --> 00:18:20.519 of hope better. I think that's what it is. It's 362 00:18:20.519 --> 00:18:23.039 a slow baby step, but it was a good, good 363 00:18:23.079 --> 00:18:26.000 step yesterday. We're now joined by our good pal Brendon 364 00:18:26.039 --> 00:18:29.799 Bachelor Canuck's voice on sports Net six fifty Batch. How 365 00:18:29.839 --> 00:18:31.039 are you, sir? Oh? 366 00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:32.599 I'm doing well? How are you guys? 367 00:18:32.759 --> 00:18:36.559 Lovely? Very good? Uh? More impressed yesterday by what you 368 00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:39.119 heard from Ryan Johnson or by what you heard from 369 00:18:39.200 --> 00:18:42.440 Henrick and Daniel sideine Oh, I. 370 00:18:42.319 --> 00:18:43.559 Was impressed by all of it. 371 00:18:43.680 --> 00:18:46.960 Really, I think, you know, it's it's three guys that 372 00:18:47.160 --> 00:18:51.799 understand this market, understand this organization, understand this fan base, 373 00:18:52.160 --> 00:18:54.440 and understand the job that's ahead of them. 374 00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:56.160 And it was a first step. 375 00:18:56.240 --> 00:18:56.440 Right. 376 00:18:56.559 --> 00:18:58.720 Actions are going to speak louder than the words that 377 00:18:58.759 --> 00:19:01.440 we heard from them yesterday. But you know, to hear 378 00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:05.160 the Twins talk about the importance of community with the 379 00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:08.359 organization and the importance of being the number one team 380 00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:11.400 in the NHL in terms of community involvement, to hear 381 00:19:11.480 --> 00:19:15.200 Ryan Johnson talk about, you know, building a safe space 382 00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:18.559 for people to grow and for players to have open 383 00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:21.720 lines of communication. That all sounds really good to me. 384 00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:23.960 And it's a big step in the right direction in 385 00:19:24.079 --> 00:19:25.319 terms of improving the. 386 00:19:25.279 --> 00:19:26.400 Culture around the team. 387 00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:28.599 And now we'll see what they do in terms of 388 00:19:28.640 --> 00:19:30.759 improving the actual team on the ice. 389 00:19:31.359 --> 00:19:33.759 Was the best thing we heard something we didn't and 390 00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:35.480 that was a timeline for the rebuild. 391 00:19:36.680 --> 00:19:40.079 Yeah, I thought, you know, that answer in particular from 392 00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:43.359 RJ was exactly what you'd want to hear, which is, 393 00:19:43.839 --> 00:19:45.839 you know, it wouldn't be fair to the process to 394 00:19:45.880 --> 00:19:46.960 put a timeline on it. 395 00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:50.079 And then was it Hendrik Sedine, I believe said that. 396 00:19:50.440 --> 00:19:52.799 To do this as fast as possible, and when he 397 00:19:52.839 --> 00:19:54.920 said that, I was like, uh oh, that's not what 398 00:19:54.960 --> 00:19:56.480 I want to hear. But then he finished up with 399 00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:59.920 we have to be careful and go slow, and it's like, Okay, 400 00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:02.359 that's exactly it. That's what a lot of the fan 401 00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:05.720