GREAT NEWS FOR THE CANUCKS: PATRIK ALLVIN SPEAKS OUT ON BRAEDEN COOTES, EVANDER KANE & MORE

GREAT NEWS FOR THE CANUCKS: PATRIK ALLVIN SPEAKS OUT ON BRAEDEN COOTES, EVANDER KANE & MORE

Say what you want about whether or not this makes me a bad YouTuber, but I’m going to say y’all are lucky today because earlier in today’s show, we already spoke about JT Miller, the captain of the New York Rangers, and how things went on with him and his first game. And I had the opportunity to go out there and make yet another video talking about Rick Tocket and the situation over there in Philadelphia. This is a topic that is on the chopping block, but I decided against it. I was like, “Okay, we don’t have to release two Canucks hater videos in a row. We can talk about Miller. We can talk about it, but not on the same day. We don’t need to dive into that right now.” So, let’s shift our gears over to some more positive Vancouver Conucks stuff. Because lo and behold, talking smack about other NHL teams and what’s going wrong with them for the sake of being a salty Canucks fan that can’t seem to ever let anything go, that’s not really good for your mental, I’d say. Which is why we are going over onto kucks.com, Vancouver’s NHL page, and reading this article published by Lindseay Horsting from yesterday. I like this article because it dives into what Patrick Aline had to say and I was confident in Vancouver Conucks’s preparation and depth ahead of opening night. Patty Alvine, take it away. Canucks GM Alvine addressed the media after the team made their final roster cuts on Monday before the regular season kicked off. Throughout training camp in the preseason, one thing that stands out to Alvine is how the leadership group has helped guide the younger players. The group is on the same page and building towards a common goal. I believe in the team we have here. We all know the parody of the league in the condensed schedule didn’t help, but we’re very excited about the group we have here and more so how they have come together and how they bought into the coaches and how we want to play. Alvine said they seem to have enjoyed coming to the rank and there have been a lot of laughs and coming together as a team has been important for Foot. I give the players a lot of credit. Now, I just wanted to keep this point highlighted for a bit because a lot of folks were going out there and saying like, “Hey, you know, Vancouver, the Conucks players, they’re posting a lot on Instagram. There are folks showcasing how they’re looking good, feeling good.” I mean, this post was made by MD Knox Zero on Twitter. Quinn Hughes posting team bonding picks without JT Miller. The vibes around this team are back. JT Miller’s a locker room terrorist. Okay, we do not need to expand on that last part, but Quinn Hughes and his everlong post from earlier yesterday on the IG, that’s him and the Vancouver Conucks. Of course, you can tell just based off of the silhouettes who some of the guys are. I’ll leave it to some of the other smarter Conucks fans to do the detective work and figure that out. But vibes around the team are looking pretty good. And whether or not you think JT’s absence contributes to some of the vibes, that’s an entirely other conversation to have. But the players, they seem to be laughing. They seem to be liking going to the rink. They seem to be liking life. And for Vancouver, after all the drama from last season, that’s the best thing that could have happened. There’s been a notable sense of unity between the veterans and younger players. The Bayern has created an environment where everyone understands their role and is continually striving to improve. I think we have a good mix here with the older guys being here in the past and seeing some of the younger guys coming up from Abbottzford and Braden Coots coming in from junior hockey. Alvine said it’s been a very inspiring training camp leading up to this point. So I think the team is ready and the staff is ready to get going here. Aline talked about Braden Coots earning a spot in the Vancouver Conucks lineup for Thursday night. He’ll be the first 18-year-old to be in the lineup on opening night since Peter Nadvid in 1990. It’s been 35 freaking years since the Vancouver Conucks had an 18-year-old win a spot out of training camp. The coaching staff will continue to evaluate Coots’s game and hope that he can continue to earn another day in Vancouver. He is such a mature kid off and on the ice here. I think he’s level-headed. I think he doesn’t get too far ahead. I believe that he’s preparing himself for just the next day. Alvine said, I think it’s more load management, matchups. I think those are things that come into the coach’s decision on how to play him there. In terms of skill set and how he fits in with the group, he’s been impressive up to this point, Alvin said. And lost in the mix of all of this was Vancouver’s dedication to what it is they’re trying to do on the ice. The players buying in to Adam Foot and his system. That is the best thing we could have asked for because Foot by all accounts has been going out there and wanting this team to play more aggressively, actually get the defenseman skating with the puck and more involved in creating offense. Not this. Oh, we have to play everything structurally perfect and thus kill off all the creativity and just dump it in chase every time that Rick Tocket had the Canucks playing. Philip Aedle is actually flying out there now. And you can say a lot of that is because he doesn’t have Rick Taka telling him in his ear to dump the puck in. Let’s go out there and read some of the rest that is in this article. There’s a conversation about PO Joseph, Teddy Bluger, and Hoglander. How they’re all out for the home opener. Joseph was placed in the retroactive IR. Blers has seen an injury against Edmonton and Hoglander is back around the rank after his lower body surgery and is on schedule to return to the lineup in eight or nine weeks. We feel that we have a lot of options that currently didn’t make the team here to start with. That doesn’t mean they’re not going to be seen up here, though. I think Abbottzford is a great destination and the coaching staff and the development staff have done a good job to prepare these kids whenever the opportunity comes up. There are five players on the Canucks opening night roster that played for Abbottzford last year. Archie Baines, Lionus Carlson, Jonathan Laramaki, Ataratu, and the Dman, Elias Person. Alvin has seen that group grow mentally as they continue to try and figure out how to make their mark and push for a roster spot. That’s one thing that I recognize in this off season, how they prepared themselves and coming in with a little bit more swagger and understanding that every day you’re going to earn it. As Adam has mentioned to them, you’re not getting judged on goals and assists. You’re getting judged on how you play within the system and play for the team. Once you learn to take each step, things will come your way and eventually you get to points. Alvin also spoke about Leramaki, learning about him throughout the course of the summer and his development in the AHL. He had a short but good summer, came in good shape here, and I think he just continued to grow every day in camp. He seems to have a different swagger and confidence and I like how Aander Kane has helped the young guys there on that line. He shared Alvine expressed confidence in the team structure and his depth. Young players are pushing for roles, veterans are setting the tone and there is a cohesive mindset throughout the organization. He believes the group is well positioned to handle the ground of the season and take meaningful steps forward. Now, big shout out over of course to Lindseay Horsting for putting this piece together. Alvine has a lot of really great things to say about this team, but ultimately I think there are two things that I’m the most excited for. Paying attention to the Vancouver Conucks and thinking about just what this group has going for them. Firstly, it’s that lack of noise. The fact that they’re not going out there with all this drama and people aren’t really worried about Elias Patterson. Oh, he had the terrible playoffs. He’s going to bounce back. Now he’s in the first year of that deal. It’s not like that anymore. People already saw Person suck last year and then he had a pretty hard off season and then he came back and he looks good in the preseason. I think there’s room for optimism here and especially for Patty Alvine going out there and expressing that hey the young guys and the older guys they are getting along together. Evander Kane is taking Laramaki under his wing and he’s showing the guy the ropes. I mean, that’s all you need out of a guy who doesn’t go out there and produce maybe the best results that you would like. You want a Vander Kane to be able to get goals and stand up for his teammates and stuff, not take dumb penalties and not look invisible. But if he is showing value to these younger dudes on his line because he is the older vet and Coots and Laramaki are rookies, that of course is super valuable as well. So, pretty good news for the Vancouver Conucks. would say the folks are looking happy. They’re looking ready to go. And for us Canucks fans, we can just hope that the season turns out anywhere near as good as it was in 2023, 2024 or in 2011, 2012. If the Canucks are able to do that, then hey, that’d be pretty good, too. Just saying. If you enjoyed this video, feel free to leave a like. If you didn’t, then hey, the dislike button is down there for you as well. Comments help out with the algorithm, so I’d appreciate it if you got involved in the conversation. What are your thoughts on Patty Alvine’s comments? I’m going to leave a link in the description of this article if you wanted to read it yourself. Let me know in the comments section below. I hope you enjoyed this roll and bye.

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We’re going over Vancouver Canucks GM Patrik Allvin’s latest interview, in which he goes over Evander Kane, Braeden Cootes, Jonathan Lekkerimaki, and more.

Article: https://www.nhl.com/canucks/news/patrik-allvin-confident-in-canucks-preparation-and-depth-ahead-of-opening-night

This video is taking place after the 2025 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The 2025 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:

1st) New York Islanders, Matthew Schaefer
2nd) San Jose Sharks, Michael Misa
3rd) Chicago Blackhawks, Anton Frondell
4th) Utah Mammoth, Caleb Desnoyers
5th) Nashville Predators, Brady Martin
6th) Philadelphia Flyers, Porter Martone
7th) Boston Bruins, James Hagens
8th) Seattle Kraken, Jake O’Brien
9th) Buffalo Sabres, Radim Mrtka
10th) Anaheim Ducks, Roger McQueen
11th) Pittsburgh Penguins, Benjamin Kindel
12th) Philadelphia Flyers (from New York Rangers via Vancouver Canucks and Pittsburgh Penguins), Jack Nesbitt
13th) Detroit Red Wings, Carter Bear
14th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Jackson Smith
15th) Vancouver Canucks, Braeden Cootes
16th) New York Islanders (from Calgary Flames via Montreal Canadiens), Victor Eklund
17th) New York Islanders (from Montreal Canadiens), Kashawn Aitcheson
18th) Calgary Flames (from New Jersey Devils), Cole Reschny
19th) St. Louis Blues, Justin Carbonneau
20th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Minnesota Wild), Pyotr Andreyanov
21st) Nashville Predators (from Ottawa Senators), Cameron Reid
22nd) Pittsburgh Penguins (from Colorado Avalanche via Philadelphia Flyers), Bill Zonnon
23rd) Ottawa Senators (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Nashville Predators), Logan Hensler
24th) Pittsburgh Penguins (from Los Angeles Kings), Will Horcoff
25th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Vaclav Nestrasil
26th) Nashville Predators (from Vegas Golden Knights via San Jose Sharks), Ryker Lee
27th) Washington Capitals, Lynden Lakovic
28th) Winnipeg Jets, Sascha Boumedienne
29th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Carolina Hurricanes), Mason West
30th) San Jose Sharks (from Dallas Stars), Joshua Ravensbergen
31st) Los Angeles Kings (from Edmonton Oilers via Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins), Henry Brzustewicz
32nd) Calgary Flames (from Florida Panthers), Cullen Potter

This video is also taking place after 2025 NHL Season, and after the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the Finals.

Jonathan Lekkerimaki was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2022 NHL Entry Draft.

The 2022 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The Top 29 of the draft went as follows:

1st) Montreal Canadiens, Juraj Slafkovsky
2nd) New Jersey Devils, Simon Nemec
3rd) Arizona Coyotes, Logan Cooley
4th) Seattle Kraken, Shane Wright
5th) Philadelphia Flyers, Cutter Gauthier
6th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Chicago Blackhawks), David Jiricek
7th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Ottawa Senators), Kevin Korchinski
8th) Detroit Red Wings, Marco Kasper
9th) Buffalo Sabres, Matthew Savoie
10th) Anaheim Ducks, Pavel Mintyukov
11th) Arizona Coyotes (from San Jose Sharks), Conor Geekie
12th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Denton Mateychuk
13th) Chicago Blackhawks (from New York Islanders), Frank Nazar
14th) Winnipeg Jets, Rutger McGroarty
15th) Vancouver Canucks, Jonathan Lekkerimaki
16th) Buffalo Sabres (Vegas Golden Knights), Noah Ostlund
17th) Nashville Predators, Joakim Kemell
18th) Dallas Stars, Lian Bichsel
19th) Minnesota Wild (from LA Kings), Liam Ohgren
20th) Washington Capitals, Ivan Miroshnichenko
21st) Pittsburgh Penguins, Owen Pickering
22nd) Anaheim Ducks (from Boston Bruins), Nathan Gaucher
23rd) St. Louis Blues, Jimmy Snuggerud
24th) Minnesota Wild, Danila Yurov
25th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Sam Rinzel
26th) Montreal Canadiens (from Calgary Flames), Filip Mesar
27th) San Jose Sharks (from Carolina Hurricanes via Arizona Coyotes and Montreal Canadiens), Filip Bystedt
28th) Buffalo Sabres (from Florida Panthers), Jiri Kulich
29th) Arizona Coyotes (from Edmonton Oilers), Maveric Lamoureux

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