WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.480 --> 00:00:06.280 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 Friday, ten am to noon on Check. 4 00:00:13.960 --> 00:00:15.320 I think you're gonna want to hear this. 5 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:20.359 Your local sports coverage lives here. 6 00:00:20.679 --> 00:00:21.239 Two nothing. 7 00:00:21.320 --> 00:00:25.879 It's Alva not so fast co hole breath with John Taylor. 8 00:00:26.120 --> 00:00:28.519 I say that the winner of the draft lottery should 9 00:00:28.519 --> 00:00:29.760 be the winner of a two man loose. 10 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:31.280 And Rick Dolly Wall. 11 00:00:31.359 --> 00:00:33.320 I had a cherry tree up little Ricky if I 12 00:00:33.439 --> 00:00:35.159 used to go up that tree and just sit there 13 00:00:35.159 --> 00:00:37.200 for hours and much on those cherry years. 14 00:00:37.240 --> 00:00:39.880 Donnie and Dolly. 15 00:00:41.719 --> 00:00:44.679 Ten o'clock and downtown v Kouver. We're the Paul Carson Studio. 16 00:00:44.719 --> 00:00:46.840 Thanks for tuning in, folks. It's Donnie and Dolly the 17 00:00:46.880 --> 00:00:50.240 team on Check. Don Taylor along with Rick Dollywall. Ryan 18 00:00:50.280 --> 00:00:53.240 Henderson is our producer. He's the man at the controls. 19 00:00:53.240 --> 00:00:56.039 Our director of the Voice of God is Derek. 20 00:00:57.119 --> 00:00:58.000 How are you lovely? 21 00:00:58.880 --> 00:01:01.679 A lot happening today. We'll get to the soccer in 22 00:01:01.719 --> 00:01:03.920 a second here, but we just want to remind people 23 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:09.400 are telling people, our viewers, our listeners. Manny maholtre, twenty 24 00:01:09.439 --> 00:01:12.519 third head coach in Canucks history, introduced as the twenty 25 00:01:12.519 --> 00:01:14.719 third head coach in Canuck's History's going to join us 26 00:01:14.760 --> 00:01:18.040 in the next segment. A full disclosure. We recorded this 27 00:01:18.159 --> 00:01:22.680 interview moments ago with Manny. You'll be interested to hear 28 00:01:23.519 --> 00:01:28.799 who his number one coaching influence has been. So we 29 00:01:28.879 --> 00:01:32.439 look forward to that in our next segment. And also 30 00:01:32.480 --> 00:01:36.719 we'll have Thomas drants On in our third segment. And 31 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:41.359 Thomas has done an article in The Athletic on Richard 32 00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:44.519 seely he talked with him and miss Richard. For people 33 00:01:44.599 --> 00:01:46.799 aren't aware, I'm sure you are, Canuck fans. A new 34 00:01:46.840 --> 00:01:50.920 Cannucks assistant general manager and general manager of the Abbotsford 35 00:01:50.920 --> 00:01:53.879 Cannucks BC kit from Power River Power River former Power 36 00:01:53.959 --> 00:01:56.959 River paper King by the way, So we look forward 37 00:01:57.000 --> 00:02:02.040 to Manny and Thomas Drantz for connucts out there. Meanwhile, 38 00:02:02.799 --> 00:02:05.280 there's a good reason why if you came into town 39 00:02:05.359 --> 00:02:07.879 you don't have a monthly parking If you came into 40 00:02:07.959 --> 00:02:14.240 town today and people charging parking lots charging sixty five 41 00:02:14.360 --> 00:02:17.479 dollars to park downtown this morning, people going to work, 42 00:02:17.520 --> 00:02:19.840 and that they did it to you, sixty five dollars 43 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:24.199 are the parking lot across the street. Here, look the 44 00:02:24.240 --> 00:02:27.199 focus here is soccer. But there's got to be some 45 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:29.400 law that you can't do this to people. Are so 46 00:02:29.560 --> 00:02:33.719 ridiculous that charge should not start until after nine o'clock 47 00:02:33.800 --> 00:02:35.360 or ten o'clock when people are at work. 48 00:02:35.680 --> 00:02:38.080 So we park across the street where by BC Place, 49 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:42.840 you and I pay what eighteen bucks? Eighteen bucks today 50 00:02:43.199 --> 00:02:47.080 they charged sixty three bucks. Ridiculous. These guys should be 51 00:02:47.080 --> 00:02:47.879 held accountable. 52 00:02:48.120 --> 00:02:53.280 It's BS Canada versus katar as we move away from 53 00:02:53.400 --> 00:02:58.719 us complaining three o'clock today at BC Place. Hence I 54 00:02:58.759 --> 00:03:01.960 hate using that works so snobby, Hence the sixty three 55 00:03:02.120 --> 00:03:06.039 sixty five dollars parting charge. The big news go, well, 56 00:03:06.199 --> 00:03:08.120 the first of all, this is going to be the 57 00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:11.960 focus of our Wadling dog pole question. It's got to 58 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:16.560 be right up there arguably number one biggest sporting event 59 00:03:16.759 --> 00:03:20.039 ever going back to nineteen eighty three at BC Place. 60 00:03:20.120 --> 00:03:21.840 That's going to be the focus of our wadling dog 61 00:03:22.240 --> 00:03:27.240 poll question. But big news yesterday Jesse Marsh, head coach 62 00:03:27.280 --> 00:03:31.159 of Canada's national men's soccer team, made himself available to 63 00:03:31.400 --> 00:03:35.639 reporters yesterday and he came up with some excellent news 64 00:03:36.159 --> 00:03:40.000 regarding the health coming off a hamstring issue. Still dealing 65 00:03:40.039 --> 00:03:45.960 with a hamstring issue. Regarding Canadian captain Alfonso Davies. 66 00:03:46.280 --> 00:03:48.280 Yeah, he's been in training this week and he'll be 67 00:03:48.319 --> 00:03:50.319 available tomorrow and we'll see how the match goes and 68 00:03:50.560 --> 00:03:52.400 then make a decision on how we would choose to 69 00:03:52.479 --> 00:03:53.479 use him. 70 00:03:54.039 --> 00:03:58.000 So there he goes, Shart and sweet. Alfonso Davies, former 71 00:03:58.080 --> 00:04:02.439 White Cap, he knows all about BC plays, former White cap, 72 00:04:02.599 --> 00:04:05.639 will be available by take it. He's not going to start. Also, 73 00:04:06.919 --> 00:04:11.479 key defender Moist Bombido, who fractured his tibia not that 74 00:04:11.599 --> 00:04:16.240 long ago, will also be available for the Canadians as 75 00:04:16.279 --> 00:04:19.439 they take on Guitar. Ryan has gone on record. Ryan 76 00:04:19.439 --> 00:04:21.480 Henderson has gone on record as saying, not only does 77 00:04:21.519 --> 00:04:25.040 Canada have to win this game, which is obvious that 78 00:04:25.160 --> 00:04:28.399 they are favored, looking for their first ever World Cup victory, 79 00:04:28.399 --> 00:04:30.639 but they have to win big. And I'm saying that 80 00:04:30.639 --> 00:04:35.279 you know one nails fine, just just win win the match. 81 00:04:35.959 --> 00:04:38.920 I don't care what the score is, win the match. 82 00:04:39.199 --> 00:04:44.639 I mean, it's such unfamiliar territory for any of us 83 00:04:45.040 --> 00:04:49.879 who have cared about followed the Canadian soccer program for 84 00:04:50.040 --> 00:04:54.120 years and years, going way back eighty six. The first 85 00:04:54.120 --> 00:04:57.000 World Cup appearance when it was you know, it would 86 00:04:57.000 --> 00:04:58.720 have been a big deal for them to score a goal, 87 00:04:59.000 --> 00:05:03.360 which they didn't. But unfamiliar territory, they're the favorites going 88 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:09.160 into this game. Ranked thirtieth by FIFA Man's World Cup rankings, 89 00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:11.879 playing on home turf. There's going to be a march 90 00:05:11.959 --> 00:05:15.000 to the match. I believe it starts at Science World. 91 00:05:15.920 --> 00:05:21.040 You know, over fifty thousand mostly Canadian offans. They unfamiliar 92 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:23.639 territory favorite going into a World Cup match. 93 00:05:24.560 --> 00:05:27.759 It doesn't sound like Davies is going to play a ton. 94 00:05:27.959 --> 00:05:30.600 Just listening to the coach his injury the hamstring a 95 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:33.759 month ago, I said that, I know, but he's obviously 96 00:05:33.800 --> 00:05:36.439 not going to start. But it could not be many 97 00:05:36.480 --> 00:05:39.480 minutes either done. They got to get Jonathan David going. 98 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:43.560 He's had a top ten months. You know. In the 99 00:05:43.600 --> 00:05:45.879 first game, I think he only played sixty two minutes 100 00:05:46.079 --> 00:05:47.160 and then he was taken. 101 00:05:46.879 --> 00:05:49.920 Out of the game and his replacement, Kyle Larren scored. 102 00:05:50.040 --> 00:05:52.839 Yeah, exactly. So what I'm saying is there's Canada's leading 103 00:05:53.199 --> 00:05:56.639 all time goalscorer. They need him to step up today. 104 00:05:56.680 --> 00:06:00.040 Jonathan David. There's no question and at the end of 105 00:05:59.879 --> 00:06:02.560 the day. I don't care if they win four to one, five, 106 00:06:02.879 --> 00:06:05.639 two on one, nothing, get the victory the first ever. 107 00:06:06.120 --> 00:06:07.439 That's the most important thing. 108 00:06:07.519 --> 00:06:10.079 Let's hit the Watling Dog pull question, the experience one 109 00:06:10.079 --> 00:06:13.439 of Victoria's iconic destinations. We're gonna go to this a 110 00:06:13.480 --> 00:06:16.319 little bit earlier. Yes, it's a very busy show. We're 111 00:06:16.319 --> 00:06:18.720 talking about the Wattling Dog. Catch the World Cup at 112 00:06:18.759 --> 00:06:21.480 the Dog with Canada's a game shown live and loud 113 00:06:21.759 --> 00:06:25.240 on all twenty two TVs with full sound. Come sit 114 00:06:25.319 --> 00:06:27.319 and stay at the Watling Dog today. 115 00:06:27.759 --> 00:06:30.360 Rick Ryan got her up the Wattling Dog pop pole. Question. 116 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:33.199 Is Canada versus Countire the biggest sporting met in BC 117 00:06:33.360 --> 00:06:36.800 plays history? Look at this, fifty three percent say yes, 118 00:06:36.839 --> 00:06:40.079 but forty seven percent say no. So this is pretty 119 00:06:40.480 --> 00:06:43.279 darn close the first ever event. Let me just get 120 00:06:43.279 --> 00:06:45.519 this out of the way. Nineteen eighty three. Little Ricky 121 00:06:45.600 --> 00:06:47.199 was there. I was in there in the upper deck. 122 00:06:47.680 --> 00:06:50.639 Uh I was there. To me, that was the biggest event, 123 00:06:50.639 --> 00:06:51.680 because anytime you open. 124 00:06:51.639 --> 00:06:52.600 Up, tell people what it was. 125 00:06:52.680 --> 00:06:55.879 Yeah, the white Caps they beat the Sounder, Seattle Sounders 126 00:06:55.879 --> 00:06:58.879 down the highway. Beach boys, beach boys. Little Ricky was there. 127 00:06:58.959 --> 00:07:01.720 I was there eight bucks a ticket or something like that. 128 00:07:02.560 --> 00:07:03.519 You can't even get a glass. 129 00:07:03.519 --> 00:07:04.079 It was parking. 130 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:07.360 Parking was not sixty three bucks like it is today. 131 00:07:07.560 --> 00:07:10.560 But for me, the biggest event was the first one 132 00:07:10.639 --> 00:07:11.240 White Cap. 133 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:16.040 Sounders ninety four Great Cup for me. Oh yes, b 134 00:07:16.560 --> 00:07:21.560 BC Lions over Sycamore. You had that element of Canada 135 00:07:21.720 --> 00:07:24.199 versus the States. For people who don't remember this was 136 00:07:25.160 --> 00:07:27.920 this was the era in ninety four, the era of 137 00:07:28.279 --> 00:07:34.279 CFL American expansion. The American teams, including the Baltimore Stallions 138 00:07:34.319 --> 00:07:39.040 as they became, they didn't have any import ratio. They 139 00:07:39.519 --> 00:07:43.160 all and a completely American roster. Don Matthews was the 140 00:07:43.199 --> 00:07:47.680 head coach and the lines end up beating the Baltimore Stallions. 141 00:07:47.680 --> 00:07:51.920 In that you mentioned Louis pasagliacond last well last play 142 00:07:52.000 --> 00:07:54.920 field goal to win that game. The place was packed 143 00:07:54.920 --> 00:07:58.680 and if people remember this, If you don't remember, here's 144 00:07:58.720 --> 00:08:00.800 a lesson for you. Louis had is the field goal 145 00:08:01.199 --> 00:08:04.800 not that long before. Rare miss for the great Louis 146 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:09.000 pasaglia and he ends up making amends later in the game. 147 00:08:09.079 --> 00:08:11.879 That is definitely up there. Twenty eleven, the Lions won 148 00:08:11.879 --> 00:08:14.600 the Gray Cup against the Bombers in the Wally Buano 149 00:08:15.319 --> 00:08:18.519 aer Travis lul leading the way, Buck Pierce was playing 150 00:08:18.519 --> 00:08:22.560 for the Bombers. Yeah, and let's also not forget what 151 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:25.680 happened during the Olympics, not necessarily a sporting event, but 152 00:08:25.759 --> 00:08:30.000 the Olympic opening and closing ceremonies. Of course, infamously the 153 00:08:30.160 --> 00:08:33.720 arm knot raising in that structure during the opening ceremonies, 154 00:08:33.759 --> 00:08:36.759 so they had fun with that in the closing ceremonies. 155 00:08:36.840 --> 00:08:38.399 So that was a big deal, but not really a 156 00:08:38.399 --> 00:08:40.919 sporting event. And let's not forget this isn't the first 157 00:08:41.000 --> 00:08:45.440 time a World Cup has been held. No BC plays 158 00:08:45.480 --> 00:08:49.279 twenty fifteen Women's World Cup Final USA over Japan. I 159 00:08:49.320 --> 00:08:51.960 want to say the score was five to two. And 160 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:55.240 you were saying that, you think in second place, the 161 00:08:55.320 --> 00:08:59.960 twenty fourteen Heritage Classic, the Canucks losing to the Autumnt Center, 162 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:02.919 You thought that was a contender for the greatest sporting 163 00:09:02.919 --> 00:09:07.399 event in BC Place history. The fakee story, the fake 164 00:09:07.480 --> 00:09:10.080 snow La Wongo on the bench, you love that. 165 00:09:10.240 --> 00:09:15.120 Yeah, Turts right, NHL Draft which you covered U at 166 00:09:15.120 --> 00:09:18.600 BC Place nineteen nine. Deal, Yeah, that was a big deal. 167 00:09:19.039 --> 00:09:21.360 The second one for me is you two Joshua Tree 168 00:09:21.440 --> 00:09:22.159 nineteen eighty. 169 00:09:22.120 --> 00:09:24.279 That's not a sporting event, I know, but for me, 170 00:09:24.879 --> 00:09:27.000 so you two is a band, right. 171 00:09:26.919 --> 00:09:30.720 The eighty seven I was there on the floor Joshua Tree. 172 00:09:30.759 --> 00:09:31.639 Great concert. 173 00:09:31.639 --> 00:09:34.080 Great but again not a sporting I know, but just 174 00:09:34.120 --> 00:09:36.639 for me and if you want to go obscure here 175 00:09:37.360 --> 00:09:39.840 and I went to a few games, mostly because as 176 00:09:39.879 --> 00:09:42.799 a member of the media, I got free tickets. The 177 00:09:42.799 --> 00:09:45.759 World Basketball League is that the World Basketball The Vancouver 178 00:09:45.919 --> 00:09:50.559 Nighthawks one season at a reconfigure. I remember the BC Place. 179 00:09:51.320 --> 00:09:53.360 It was six or five and under that league, their 180 00:09:53.399 --> 00:09:56.279 star was jose Slaughter and I had a T shirt, 181 00:09:56.279 --> 00:09:58.080 a Vanker for Nighthawks t shirt. I don't know what 182 00:09:58.120 --> 00:10:00.519 I did with it. It was a great collect here's itam. 183 00:10:01.519 --> 00:10:05.200 Even the Voodoo lasted long ago, the Vancouver Nighthawks. Those 184 00:10:05.279 --> 00:10:09.480 basketball games played at BC Place, eighty three Gray Cup. 185 00:10:09.519 --> 00:10:12.080 Two Lions lost that to the to the Oregos. That 186 00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:14.240 was a big deal. That was a tough loss. Don 187 00:10:14.519 --> 00:10:18.279 Matthews on the other side with the Lions. Yes, yeah, okay, 188 00:10:18.279 --> 00:10:19.879 here's what's coming up on the show. We got to 189 00:10:19.919 --> 00:10:22.519 get moving here because we have Thomas Drantz and Manny 190 00:10:22.559 --> 00:10:25.759 Malultra in the next segment, dtmz is it just me? 191 00:10:25.840 --> 00:10:28.519 Coming up in the eleven o'clock hour Just after eleven 192 00:10:28.559 --> 00:10:33.600 o'clock the NHL Draft next Friday, June twenty sixth Liam 193 00:10:33.679 --> 00:10:37.919 and Marcus ruck Quinn, brothers from the Medicine Hat Tigers. 194 00:10:38.840 --> 00:10:41.080 Born and raised in a Sawyers. They're going to join 195 00:10:41.159 --> 00:10:43.879 us just after eleven. Expected to go late first round, 196 00:10:43.919 --> 00:10:46.879 early second round at the NHL Draft. They're going to 197 00:10:47.000 --> 00:10:49.159 join us. Big ride the Quitter Guy. Later this hour, 198 00:10:49.480 --> 00:10:54.159 we mentioned Thomas Drantz joining us in our third segment, 199 00:10:54.240 --> 00:10:56.960 and up next head coach, twenty third head coach in 200 00:10:57.080 --> 00:11:00.399 Vancouver Canucks history, joining us for the first time as 201 00:11:00.679 --> 00:11:04.559 the Canucks. 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He was introduced as the twenty third 222 00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:24.159 head coach in Knucks history back on June fourth, and 223 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:26.480 he joins us now, Manny, thanks for doing this, sir. 224 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:27.000 How are you? 225 00:12:28.279 --> 00:12:29.879 I'm good, guys, Thanks for having me. 226 00:12:29.919 --> 00:12:32.559 No no problem. I was looking at your Hockey dB 227 00:12:32.720 --> 00:12:37.840 page moments ago. Thirteen head coaches in sixteen seasons, including 228 00:12:38.039 --> 00:12:42.799 five in your first six years. Muckler, Torts, Hitchcock twice, 229 00:12:42.879 --> 00:12:47.960 Dave Tippett, McLain, Glen McClellan. Av who influenced you the 230 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:51.840 most as a coach, There's. 231 00:12:51.639 --> 00:12:52.399 A mix there. 232 00:12:53.559 --> 00:12:58.240 I think having played for Ken Hitchcock, he was an 233 00:12:58.279 --> 00:13:02.360 incredible hockey mind, especially the fact that knowing he didn't 234 00:13:02.440 --> 00:13:04.919 play at a very high level, so his hockey acumen 235 00:13:04.960 --> 00:13:07.799 and his the way he saw the game was incredible 236 00:13:07.840 --> 00:13:09.840 and it really opened my eyes to the game. 237 00:13:10.759 --> 00:13:11.519 Taught me a lot. 238 00:13:12.080 --> 00:13:15.759 And then playing for Todd in Todd McClelland and San 239 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:18.240 Jose kind of put it all together for me in 240 00:13:18.320 --> 00:13:23.000 terms of his ability to teach you the system and 241 00:13:23.039 --> 00:13:27.559 his communication. I just found that there was never any 242 00:13:27.559 --> 00:13:31.120 gray areas with him, and I realized how important the 243 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:33.480 two were. It's it's great that you have a plan 244 00:13:33.559 --> 00:13:35.360 and you know what you want to do, but if 245 00:13:35.399 --> 00:13:37.879 you can't communicate that plan, then it's all for not. 246 00:13:38.039 --> 00:13:40.799 So I think those two are the two guys that 247 00:13:40.840 --> 00:13:44.320 I kind of lean towards when when I talk about 248 00:13:44.320 --> 00:13:45.799 who influenced my coaching career. 249 00:13:45.879 --> 00:13:48.279 Yeah, maybe more on Ken Hitchcock. Man it because I 250 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:51.399 think we underestimated him. What exactly was it that made 251 00:13:51.440 --> 00:13:55.159 him special? You touched on it there, well, he he. 252 00:13:56.759 --> 00:13:59.159 It's one thing to have played the game and you 253 00:13:59.440 --> 00:14:02.399 can feel certain situations, you know what players perhaps are 254 00:14:02.440 --> 00:14:06.639 going through. But for him, never having played and to 255 00:14:06.720 --> 00:14:11.360 still have that level of recognition and knowing what is 256 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:16.120 needed in a certain play, and more so with him, 257 00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:21.399 it was he didn't care about anything but the win, 258 00:14:22.200 --> 00:14:26.440 and it was interesting to live that. And he said 259 00:14:26.440 --> 00:14:31.720 something really interesting to me. He took from Pat summit. 260 00:14:31.799 --> 00:14:34.600 I believe it was said, I'm not going to tell 261 00:14:34.600 --> 00:14:35.879 you what you want to hear. I'm going to tell 262 00:14:35.919 --> 00:14:38.279 you what you need to hear. And a light bulb 263 00:14:38.320 --> 00:14:41.840 went off for me when I heard that, and just 264 00:14:42.480 --> 00:14:45.559 everything kind of started to come together for me at 265 00:14:45.600 --> 00:14:47.039 that point when you when you saw the way he 266 00:14:47.080 --> 00:14:49.039 thought the game, and it was it was just about 267 00:14:49.120 --> 00:14:51.000 what the team needed. How are we going to get 268 00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:52.480 the next win? What do we need to do? What 269 00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:57.159 do I need out of you? Really direct with his messaging. 270 00:14:57.000 --> 00:15:00.360 Hey, Manny, how's the search going for assistant co coaches? 271 00:15:00.360 --> 00:15:03.159 Are you looking for experienced guys, young guys? How's that 272 00:15:03.200 --> 00:15:03.799 shirt going? 273 00:15:05.039 --> 00:15:09.240 It's going so having a number of candidates having gone 274 00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:13.320 through the process already, video meetings. I'm looking for a 275 00:15:13.360 --> 00:15:18.840 balance of both guys with experience, guys who are up 276 00:15:18.840 --> 00:15:22.960 and coming and ready and hungry. But I think the 277 00:15:23.000 --> 00:15:25.200 biggest thing goes back to what I was just saying. 278 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:30.360 The ability to communicate and teach what we want to do. 279 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:33.679 Is going to be There's gonna be a real premium 280 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:34.000 on that. 281 00:15:34.799 --> 00:15:37.200 All right, Absford meets a coach as well. You were 282 00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:41.279 down there developing guys. What kind of guy. I'm sure 283 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:42.559 you're going to have a say in it too, but 284 00:15:42.600 --> 00:15:44.440 what kind of guy would you like to see in Absford? 285 00:15:44.519 --> 00:15:50.840 That many Again, it goes along the same lines understanding 286 00:15:50.919 --> 00:15:54.720 how difficult the American Hockey League is. Obviously, you need 287 00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:58.480 somebody that is willing and able to think on their toes. 288 00:15:59.360 --> 00:16:01.360 We had many time in the last couple of years 289 00:16:01.399 --> 00:16:03.960 where you know, my lineup was set, I was ready 290 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:05.519 to go and I got a call from RJ and 291 00:16:05.519 --> 00:16:07.879 he said, your number one center's gone and I'm taking 292 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:09.679 your number one d I. Oh, by the way, the 293 00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:11.159 goalie is coming up as well. 294 00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:12.200 And you got to pivot. 295 00:16:12.440 --> 00:16:15.440 And so it's somebody that that's going to be able 296 00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:16.559 to be able to think on their feet. 297 00:16:16.600 --> 00:16:18.000 But again, that message of. 298 00:16:20.080 --> 00:16:23.679 Delivering the message, teaching the message, and the biggest thing 299 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:25.840 for me that I learned down there was was managing 300 00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:29.360 personalities and managing the people and the players that are there. 301 00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:34.320 Your captain in Abosburg got a new contract yesterday, Chase Waters, 302 00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:38.480 great guy. What qualities do you look forward to captain? 303 00:16:38.639 --> 00:16:40.639 And when you find one at the NHL. 304 00:16:40.399 --> 00:16:45.679 Level, Well, Wady really exemplifies what it means to be 305 00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:46.159 a leader. 306 00:16:46.159 --> 00:16:46.480 For me. 307 00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:52.279 When I was asked this question in the presser, Watty 308 00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:56.440 was not our best player, but he was the guy 309 00:16:56.480 --> 00:16:59.919 that exemplified what we needed. We needed a shop block, 310 00:17:00.080 --> 00:17:01.879 He's going to do it. We needed to hit, He's 311 00:17:01.919 --> 00:17:03.559 going to do it. He needs to step up and 312 00:17:03.559 --> 00:17:05.359 stand up for a teammate, He's going to do it. 313 00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:08.240 We need guys getting in the net. He's going to 314 00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:11.119 go do it. So whatever was asked of him, he 315 00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:14.000 was willing to do. And even more so before was 316 00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:18.359 asked of him, he was the guy initiating, you know, 317 00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:21.119 the type of things that we want our team to 318 00:17:21.160 --> 00:17:23.799 do and be tenacious and be hard to play against. 319 00:17:23.880 --> 00:17:28.839 And that selflessness that he displayed is I think a 320 00:17:28.960 --> 00:17:31.240 large reason as to why he was able to sign 321 00:17:32.480 --> 00:17:33.599 an NHL contract. 322 00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:37.000 Talk with Manny Malhultra, Manny, you've talked about how you 323 00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:41.119 want the Canucks to play with pace high energy? Is 324 00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:46.559 pace more about speed or about smart crisp puck movement? 325 00:17:46.640 --> 00:17:49.000 Nothing my old coach used to say, nothing moves faster 326 00:17:49.119 --> 00:17:51.400 than the puck out there. Or is it a combination 327 00:17:51.559 --> 00:17:51.960 of both. 328 00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:57.079 Yeah, it's definitely a combination of both for me. Obviously, 329 00:17:57.119 --> 00:17:58.880 you need to be able to move your boots and 330 00:17:58.880 --> 00:18:03.559 skate up the ice and get back with speed, but 331 00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:08.680 the execution of passing and making sure everything's sharp and 332 00:18:08.960 --> 00:18:11.519 guys know where the next play is going to go. 333 00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:14.559 So once again it comes back to the understanding of 334 00:18:14.599 --> 00:18:17.720 the system. When everybody knows where the next play is going, 335 00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:20.839 then the anticipation can happen. Now you can anticipate a 336 00:18:20.880 --> 00:18:23.839 play and you can be one step ahead, and that's 337 00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:26.039 where the speed is going to come from. The connectivity 338 00:18:26.119 --> 00:18:28.920 of our group breaking pucks out. Everybody knows where they 339 00:18:28.920 --> 00:18:31.880 need to be, where the next play is going, allowing 340 00:18:31.960 --> 00:18:35.640 us to get numbers to areas quicker Mannie. 341 00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:38.960 There's a video of you online. I believe it was 342 00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:42.720 back in twenty eighteen at camp and you're on the 343 00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:47.480 bench as an assistant coach with the Vancouver Canucks, marveling 344 00:18:47.720 --> 00:18:50.799 at a shootout move that Elias Petterson made. He was 345 00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:55.200 a rookie wearing number forty one. How does Elias, how 346 00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:58.920 do you get him back to being that fabulous young 347 00:18:58.960 --> 00:19:00.880 player we saw all those years ago. 348 00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:06.640 Well, there's no one distinct answer that I can give you. 349 00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:10.960 I can tell you that my main goal with with 350 00:19:11.039 --> 00:19:13.160 all of our players is to get the best out 351 00:19:13.160 --> 00:19:15.880 of them and to help them reach their potential. 352 00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:17.680 And for me. 353 00:19:17.839 --> 00:19:20.200 If you go back to that clip and you go 354 00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:23.359 back to that time, there was such a joy that 355 00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:28.680 he was playing with He enjoyed playing hockey. And this 356 00:19:28.759 --> 00:19:32.000 is this is from an outsider looking in. Obviously I 357 00:19:32.039 --> 00:19:33.319 haven't been on the bench with him in a while, 358 00:19:33.400 --> 00:19:35.359 haven't been in the locker room with him in a while. 359 00:19:36.880 --> 00:19:40.839 But for me, getting him back to that level is 360 00:19:40.880 --> 00:19:43.799 about helping him find the joy in the game and 361 00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:48.720 playing free and having fun with his teammates and being engaged. 362 00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:52.440 Hey, Manny, there's a guy I want to ask you about, 363 00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:55.000 Jonathan Lacarramaki. You had him in avisburd He comes up 364 00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:57.599 to Vancouver. You know, it starts out in the top six, 365 00:19:57.720 --> 00:20:01.319 fourth line. Two days later, then back to what has 366 00:20:01.359 --> 00:20:03.480 he got to do to become an NHL regular in 367 00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:04.000 your eyes. 368 00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:10.640 Well, for me, the main things that we're focused on 369 00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:14.279 in Abbotsford in terms of what I would call transferable 370 00:20:14.319 --> 00:20:18.039 skills whether you're at the American League level the NHL level, 371 00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:23.680 is your ability to win puck battles, your ability to 372 00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:27.680 win and gain body position on people, and just learning 373 00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:31.279 how to play heavy. Obviously, when you when you watch 374 00:20:31.400 --> 00:20:37.000 Jonathan play extremely skilled a lethal shot, he puts himself 375 00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:41.839 in good scoring positions. The thing that he needs to 376 00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:43.920 work on, and the thing that we discussed in Abbitsford 377 00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:47.680 is his ability to get pucks off of a wall 378 00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:49.880 or come up with puck in a puck battle. And 379 00:20:50.160 --> 00:20:55.400 obviously he's not six four two and twenty pounds, so 380 00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:56.920 those are learned. 381 00:20:56.640 --> 00:20:58.480 Behaviors of how heavy you have to. 382 00:20:58.440 --> 00:21:00.400 Be on your stick, and how to engage guys and 383 00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:03.119 how to get through hands, and those are the type 384 00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:06.680 of skills that for him, once he once he masters 385 00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:08.799 and once he gets really good at, will give him 386 00:21:08.880 --> 00:21:11.000 that opportunity to be an everyday guy. 387 00:21:11.400 --> 00:21:13.920 Okay, in about a week, you're gonna be a proud dad. 388 00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:17.680 Caleb's gonna go high in the NHL draft. The scouts 389 00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:20.359 that I talked to love him on the ice, but 390 00:21:20.839 --> 00:21:22.200 just as much off the ice. 391 00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:23.079 Character through the roof. 392 00:21:23.599 --> 00:21:26.680 Talk a little bit about his journey and up to 393 00:21:26.839 --> 00:21:28.160 next week when he gets drafted. 394 00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:34.960 Well, yeah, excuse me, looking at it through the lenses 395 00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:39.920 of a proud father, having gone through this journey myself, 396 00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:46.720 knowing what it takes for me, watching his evolution of 397 00:21:47.640 --> 00:21:51.519 really liking hockey, putting in the work, to then understanding 398 00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:57.000 how much more work is needed and applying himself, and 399 00:21:57.160 --> 00:22:01.640 his willingness to be all in his training, in his 400 00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:07.880 commitment to his craft, and really having that pro mindset. 401 00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:11.519