2025 NHL Draft Media Availability – Aleksei Medvedev (47th Overall, Vancouver Canucks)

well Alexi welcome to the Vancouver Conucks how do you feel right now
ah thank you i’m really excited i uh it’s unescribable feeling just uh really really excited yeah
who’s here with you today
uh my sister my family and a couple of my teammates came to support me so yeah it’s a lot of fun
what do you know about the Vancouver Canucks
uh it’s it’s a great organization you know they’re uh they want to win and that’s that’s what I do so really excited
do you have any anybody you’re looking forward to playing with on the team uh yeah I I feel like just learning from uh Thatcher Demco and uh Kevin Lankin and yeah it’s really exciting
now with your goalending skills what do you hope to bring to the team
yeah um I feel like I’m a just a structure goalie i uh use my athleticism well and uh yeah I’m I’m a winner too so yeah
how important was it for your development to play for the London Knights this year
yeah oh for sure they’re they’re the best uh what they do you know they they have so much knowledge and uh they guide you so well so I’m I’m uh just really lucky to uh be there and you know they uh help me a lot did you see the benefits of starting off in Junior B and then making your way up to London
yeah for sure you know I they always had that system with their uh younger guys so you know it works you see so many guys playing in Junior B their first year and you know it just uh just helps you get your confidence kind of get your reps in and yeah it’s it’s great what did what did Austin Elliot mean to your season being that veteran goalie alongside you
oh he’s uh he’s awesome he’s a great goalie and even better guy always treated me with respect he was uh he was a great teammate you know and he’s a pro it was great learning from him so uh yeah it was great
what teammates were here today supporting you
uh Jared Woolly and uh Henry Bruce they’re uh they’re with me so yeah really really grateful they came here and yeah it was a lot of fun do you think you know getting an opportunity to showcase yourself and and you know be a member of two championship teams in London helped build up your profile into this draft
oh yeah for sure i I feel like just the London Knights uh culture they uh they make champions there so it’s uh yeah just essential essential experience for sure
what point during the season did you start to believe that this could become a reality here at the NHL
uh you know just uh even starting in the summer you know it was uh that was my uh personal goal for this year i really wanted to get drafted it was a dream for me so ever I ever since I kind of started playing hockey I was thinking about this so it’s uh it’s great I’m here now so it feels feels good
what does it mean to you to be the first goalie draft out of the OH this year
uh it’s it’s pretty special i’m I’m just really really happy and I think I’m grateful uh to the London Knights organization you know it gave me so much opportunity to showcase myself this year and yeah yeah just really thankful
when you were drafted we were doing media with Simon Wang and he he looks over at the screen he goes “My boy just got drafted what does it mean to be able to have this experience friend?”
Yeah oh he’s a he’s a great guy he’s the he’s the he’s a great teammate too he’s a really nice guy and uh really really happy for him going first pick in the second round so yeah really exciting
what’s it going to be like to play against him one day
yeah uh you know he’s a he’s a really skilled really good skater big demon so yeah it’s it’s going to be fun competing against those guys really fun so yeah have you been out here before
uh no no you know anything about the area
uh not much but I’m I’m looking forward to learn a lot of new things so yeah
thank you
thank you guys

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