Sekeres & Price Podcast – Page 2

John Shannon, of the Bob McCown Podcast joined Matt and Blake to talk about busy weekend for the Vancouver Canucks and a look ahead to an even busier week in the NHL. John offered his thoughts on the Brock Boeser deal and answered our poll question, if he will live up to the expectations of the three year deal. John’s gut is that J.T. Miller will find his way back to the Rangers and who could be coming back for him. John talked about Jeremy Colliton, the Abby bench boss, and what his reputation around the league is like. He also talked about the preverbal coaching carousel and how it’s not quite as easy and old guy out, old guy in.

Jeff Paterson is back in his regular spot after the last two weeks, filling in for Blake. It was a busy weekend and plenty to chat about with Jeff. He offered his thoughts on the Brock Boeser deal and gave us an over/under on goals through the deal, and what it would take for Brock to get there. JPat talked about what he feels the Canucks organization is getting in Colliton.

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By Matthew Sekeres

Elliotte Friedman reports that Canucks players are sick of hearing their names in trade rumours.

And I get it, the trade deadline is tough on families. In the Canucks’ case, a new regime came in December and change was the order of the day.

Three months later, we are still awaiting that change, and everybody knows the March 21st deadline is likely to bring some.

The bigger question is how deeply does Jim Rutherford cut now? What are his assessments of this player group, particularly the Canucks core, which in three seasons together, is barely above .500.

Because back in December, Canucks executive Stan Smyl outlined a culture of finger-pointing in the dressing room when the team was losing. That was shortly after Bo Horvat called some of his teammates “passengers.”

More recently, new head coach Bruce Boudreau has bemoaned the team’s preparation, and new general manager Patrik Allvin has subtly questioned practice habits.

Throw in former Canuck Jannik Hansen’s dour assessments of this group on weekly Vancouver radio hits, and you have signs pointing to a culture problem in the room.

Therein lies the challenge now for Rutherford and his new administration.

It’s not just getting more talent and more depth into a top-heavy organization, it’s also making a call on the culture. Who he wants to lead the next phase of Canucks hockey, and who is just too scarred by all the losing and dysfunction of seasons’ past.

I don’t envy them. Making those calls are tough enough on hockey grounds. Even tougher when you have consider culture.

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