Sep 24, 2026 · 35 min · 13 segments
Rob Williams of The Daily Hive drops by as well, with his takes on the Canucks new marketing slogan, Arshdeep Bains' attempts to make the team, and how the preseason schedule has changed the process…
Rob WilliamsGuest
Matt SekeresHost
Blake PriceHost
Do you want me to argue with him on my Braden Coots position or do you want to just move on?
Rob, if I can play devil's advocate for a second, and we'll still be friends afterwards, promise.
And I realize this is intangible and it's harder to wrap one's brain around it, but that is, he can develop in the NHL as well.
And of course, he'd be playing and practicing and getting the counsel of Manny and the NHL coaching staff day after day if he's a Vancouver Canuck, as opposed to when he's an Abbotsford Canuck.
I just, Rob, everybody on Canucks Twitter, not everybody, most, 'cause I have some, uh, people in my corner, although we are a minority, uh, keeps telling me, "There's no need to rush Braden Koots into the NHL lineup." And I'm asking the question, why has everybody pre-decided and prejudiced this by saying he would be rushed if he's playing in the NHL this year? Bo Horvat played his rookie year at 19 in the NHL.
I realize they have this 19-year-old American League rule available to them now that wasn't available with Bo Horvat, but I just wholly reject the notion that we sit here and say he would be rushed by starting the year in the NHL or playing this year in the NHL.
Do you want me to argue with him on my Braden Coots position or do you want to just move on?
Rob, if I can play devil's advocate for a second, and we'll still be friends afterwards, promise.
And I realize this is intangible and it's harder to wrap one's brain around it, but that is, he can develop in the NHL as well.
And of course, he'd be playing and practicing and getting the counsel of Manny and the NHL coaching staff day after day if he's a Vancouver Canuck, as opposed to when he's an Abbotsford Canuck.
I just, Rob, everybody on Canucks Twitter, not everybody, most, 'cause I have some, uh, people in my corner, although we are a minority, uh, keeps telling me, "There's no need to rush Braden Koots into the NHL lineup." And I'm asking the question, why has everybody pre-decided and prejudiced this by saying he would be rushed if he's playing in the NHL this year? Bo Horvat played his rookie year at 19 in the NHL.
I realize they have this 19-year-old American League rule available to them now that wasn't available with Bo Horvat, but I just wholly reject the notion that we sit here and say he would be rushed by starting the year in the NHL or playing this year in the NHL.
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