Patrik Allvin Addresses Future Of Quinn Hughes With Canucks | After Hours

Patrik Allvin Addresses Future Of Quinn Hughes With Canucks | After Hours

JOINING SCOTT OAKE AND IAN. >> Scott: WE ARE PLEASED TO WELCOME TO THE AFTER HOURS WITNESS STAND, THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS, PATRIK ALLVIN. MAKING HIS THIRD APPEARANCE ON THE PROGRAM, AND I CANNOT IMAGINE HOW EAGERLY YOU’VE BEEN ANTICIPATING THIS ONE. IAN OF SPORTSNET.CA IS WITH US TO ENSURE THE LEVEL OF THE DISCUSSION REMAINS HIGH. >> DOES THIS MEAN I’M THE PROSECUTOR? WE WILL SEE. >> I DON’T MIND HOW MANY PEOPLE COULDN’T DO THIS BEFORE YOU ASKED ME, I’M HONOURED TO BE WITH YOU. >> Scott: YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE. >> SECOND IN THE LIFETIME, THIS IS TERRIFIC. >> Scott: YOU CAME IN HERE TONIGHT, HEAVING A SIGH OF RELIEF WITH THIS BADLY NEEDED WIN, YOUR ASSESSMENT OF IT? >> VERY HAPPY FOR THE TEAM HERE, THE RESILIENCE IT SHOWED, A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENED HERE AT THE END OF THE GAME WITH PENALTIES AND ALL THAT. AND WITH INJURIES WE HAVE HERE IN A DEPLETED GROUP, A LOT OF YOUNG PLAYERS ARE GETTING REPS AND GETTING EXTRA MINUTES, BUT A VERY PLEASED WITH THE EFFORT HERE TODAY, AND YOU GOT TO GET CONFIDENCE. BUT IT’S NICE TO SEE THAT THE VETERAN GUYS PUSHED HARD HERE, AND A WELL-DESERVED WIN. COLUMBUS IS A VERY GOOD TEAM. >> AND YOU GOT A BOUNCE ON THE WINNING GOAL THERE FROM BOESER, BUT I THINK YOU GUYS WERE DUE A BOUNCE. THERE HAVE BEEN BOUNCES AGAINST YOU. THATCHER DEMKO SAID RECENTLY THAT THE GUYS ARE PLAYING THEIR ASSES OFF, HOPEFULLY IT’S LATE ENOUGH THAT I CAN SAY THAT ON TELEVISION. DO YOU SEE THAT IN THIS GROUP? >> I DO. WE’VE BEEN DEPLETED AND GUYS PLAYING MORE MINUTES AND I’M JUST VERY PLEASED HOW THEY’RING DIGGING. WE HAVEN’T GOT A FULL 60 GAME YET, I THINK WE’VE PLAYED POCKETS OF REALLY GOOD HOCKEY. BUT THEN THE TRUST AND THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAVE IN THE LINE-UP HERE NOW HAVE COST US SOME OF THE THIRD PERIODS. BUT AGAIN, VERY HAPPY TO SEE, YOU KNOW, BROCK BOESER GETTING A GOAL HERE. I THINK JAKE DEBRUSK PLAYED REALLY WELL AS WELL. SO ELIAS PETTERSSON WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT’S SACRIFICED IN THE GAME HERE. VERY HAPPY, AND QUICK TURNAROUND FOR GAME TOMORROW. >> Scott: I THINK WE’RE GOING TO GET TO THE INJURIES IN A SECOND, MIGHT WE SEE THATCHER DEMKO TOMORROW? >> IT’S A POSSIBILITY HERE. HE SKATED TODAY. SO HE MIGHT BE A POSSIBILITY FOR TOMORROW. >> Scott: JUST A SHORT TIME ON THE INJURED LIST FOR HIM. BUT I THINK POSSIBLY. A CONDITION THAT RESTRICTS THE ABILITY TO FUNCTION IS ONE DEFINITION OF THE WORD HANDICAPPED AND THE CANUCKS HAVE BEEN HANDICAPPED THIS YEAR WITH A LIST THAT PEAKED AT NINE. BUT LEFT YOUR TEAM TO TREAD WATER AROUND 500T DO YOU THINK THIS TEAM AS IT’S CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTED CAN CONTEND WHEN YOU GET YOUR PLAYERS BACK? >> WELL, I BELIEVE IN THE GROUP WE HAVE. AND I THINK WE SEE SOME OF THE YOUNGER PLAYERS HERE GETTING MORE REPS AND THAT WASN’T PLANNED TO HAVE THEM UP IN VANCOUVER HERE. BUT I THINK THOSE GUYS WILL ONLY GROW HERE. AND I’M SURE OUR TEAM WILL GET BETTER. I THINK WITH POTENTIALLY SOME ADD ADDITIONS HERE, OUR TEAM IS VERY WELL CONSTRUCTED, AND IF WE CAN FIND SOME EXTRA PIECES HERE AS WE MOVE ALONG, I THINK OUR TEAM IS DEFINITELY BUILT FOR A CONTENTION. >> Scott: AT THE START OF SEASON, THE FAN BASE IS CONCERNED, THAT’S WHEN THE WORD REBUILD COMES UP. WE MIGHT HAVE GOT I DON’T KNOW 400 QUESTIONS FOR YOU TONIGHT VIA TWITTER, AND I THINK ABOUT 75% OF THEM MENTIONED THE WORD REBUILD. WE COULD SPEND THE REST OF THE TIME WE HAVE ARE YOU HERE TONIGHT TRYING TO GET YOU TO SAY THAT WORD AND WE PROBABLY WOULD NOT SUCCEED. WHAT IS THE PLAN? >> Scott: WELL, IF YOU GO BACK THREE YEARS AGO WHEN WE GOT HERE, WE WON THE DIVISION TWO YEARS AGO, AND WE FELT VERY STRONG THAT OUR TEAM WAS GOOD. OBVIOUSLY WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR WASN’T IN THE PLAN, WITH J.T. MILLER, AND WE HAD TO REVERSE OUR PLAN AND GET INTO A MORE TRANSITION MODE HERE. THAT BEING SAID, WE WERE — WE WANTED TO DRAFT WELL, WE WANTED TO HAVE YOUNG PLAYERS IN THE PIPELINE. AND DEVELOP THEM DOWN IN ABBOTSFORD. WE SEE THE YOUNG PLAYERS COMING UP HERE RIGHT NOW WITH ELIAS PETTERSSON, WILLANDER, THERE IS A COUPLE OTHER GUYS, MUELLER IN ABBOTSFORD THAT ARE GETTING A LOT OF EXTRA MINUTES THERE TOO. WE’RE TRANSITIONING OUR TEAM HERE AS WE STARTED THE SEASON, I BELIEVE AS THE FIFTH YOUNGEST TEAM, WHEN THEY HAD THE OPENING NIGHT ROSTER AND I BELIEVE WE’RE STILL VERY YOUNG HERE. THEY GET THE EXPERIENCE, ABSOLUTELY. AND I THINK THE PLAN OBVIOUSLY AS I SAID ABSOLUTELY CHANGED A YEAR AGO WHEN WE PARTED WAYS WITH J.T. MILLER FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. >> Scott: SURELY YOU ARE AWARE OF THE SENTIMENT AROUND TOWN THAT SAYS YOU SHOULD TEAR IT DOWN AND START AGAIN. ARE YOU NOT? >> WELL, I DON’T THINK YOU COULD DO THAT WHEN YOU HAVE GOOD PLAYERS IN QUINN HUGHES, THATCHER DEMKO, BROCK BOESER, AND THEN THE NEXT WAVE OF YOUNG PLAYERS, VERY EXCITED TO HAVE BRADEN PLAYING WELL IN SEATTLE, I THINK HE HAD A 6-POINT GAME TONIGHT AGAINST THE GIANTS. BUT YOU HAVE DANIIL MEDVEDEV THE GOALIE IN LONDON KNIGHTS. I THINK WE’RE PREPARED WELL FOR IT. OBVIOUSLY YOU DON’T WANT TO PUT YOUNG PLAYERS IN A POSITION TO FAIL IN THE NHL. BUT I DO SEE A LOT OF GROWTH. AND THE OTHER GUY AATU RATY HERE GETTING BIG MINUTES, AND TOOK A KEY FACE-OFF. HE’S ANOTHER GUY THAT IS JUST GOING TO GROW. >> Scott: AGAIN, I MENTIONED THE NUMBER OF TWEETS WE GOT, MOST OF THEM FOCUSSING ON REBUILD, HERE’S ONE THAT SAYS DON’T YOU THINK IT’S IMPORTANT FOR THE TEAM TO TAKE A FEW STEPS BACK BEFORE MOVING FORWARD? YOU’VE ALREADY ANSWERED THAT, BUT I WILL ASK YOU THIS, WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE TEAMS LIKE ANAHEIM, CHICAGO, AND SAN JOSE, WHO TORE IT DOWN AND REBUILT AHEAD OF YOU IN THE STANDINGS. >> YEAH, THEY WERE PROBABLY IN A DIFFERENT PROCESS THAN THE CANUCKS WERE. I THINK THERE IS — AGAIN, WHEN YOU HAVE PLAYERS LIKE QUINN HUGHES AND ELIAS PETTERSSON AND THATCHER DEMKO, THERE IS NO GUARANTEE YOU’RE GOING TO FIND THEM IN THE DRAFT AGAIN. OUR SCOUTS HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB FINDING GUYS OUTSIDE THE FIRST ROUND, AND I THINK THAT’S WHERE WE’RE GOING TO SET YOU UP TO BE SUCCESSFUL AS YOU MOVE FORWARD. SAME THING FINDING COLLEGE FREE AGENT PLAYER IN MAX SASSON AND ASH BAINES WAS A FREE AGENT SIGNING OUT OF RED DEER. I THINK THOSE ARE CREDIT TO OUR SCOUTING STAFF, AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO FIND THOSE PLAYERS. >> Scott: HE MAY NOT HAVE SAID THE WORD REBUILD, BUT JIM RUTHERFORD DID SAY IN LATE JANUARY OF LAST YEAR AND I QUOTE, IF WE’RE GOING TO COMPLETELY START OVER, THAT MEANS QUINN HUGHES GOES. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT HE’S HERE FOREVER. SO THAT TAKES US TO YOUR BEST PLAYER. >> IT’S SUCH AN UNUSUAL SITUATION THAT YOU’RE IN WITH QUINN HUGHES, WITH TWO YEARS LEFT, BUT OF COURSE EVERYBODY BOTH SIDES ARE GOING TO NEED TO KNOW THIS SUMMER WHAT THE PLAN IS MOVING FORWARD. HOW BIG OF A CHALLENGE IS THAT WHEN YOU’RE PLANNING A SEASON AND IDEALLY PLANNING FOR NEXT SEASON WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE WITH QUINN HUGHES? >> WELL, IT’S FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE’RE EXTREMELY HAPPY AND PLEASED TO HAVE QUINN HUGHES LEADING OUR TEAM AS A CAPTAIN. I THINK HIS GAME TODAY WAS PROBABLY ONE OF HIS BEST GAMES THIS YEAR. VERY DYNAMIC AND VERY BECOMING A GREAT LEADER FOR THE TEAM. SO I THINK THAT’S THE EXCITEMENT WHEN GUYS GET EXTRA ENERGY AND SEE THAT THE GROWTH OF THE YOUNGER PLAYERS. I THINK THAT’S WHERE YOU GROW TOGETHER AS A TEAM AND BOTH BECOME STRONGER. AND FACING THE ADVERSITY HERE WITH A LOT OF INJURIES ON KEY PLAYERS, AND STILL BEING ABLE TO PLAY AT .500 AND STILL BEING ABLE TO PLAY SOME GOOD HOCKEY, I THINK THAT’S SOMETHING THAT EXCITES I KNOW QUINN, BUT DEFINITELY WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP HIM. >> Scott: TALKING TO QUINN OVER THE YEARS AND TALKING TO HIM BEFORE THIS SEASON, IT’S, YOU KNOW, HE’S AWARE OF THE NOISE HE CALLS IT, AND SAYS HE’S — HE HASN’T MADE IN THE DECISION AND WON’T UNTIL HE HAS TO, WHICH IS AFTER THIS SEASON. BUT HE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO COMPARTMENTALIZE, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I GET THE SENSE IS HE WANTS TO HAVE A BETTER SEASON THAN HE’S EVER HAD. HE DOESN’T WANT ANYBODY TO SAY, WELL, HE’S NOT TRYING HARD ENOUGH, MAYBE HE’S NOT GOING TO BE HERE, MAYBE HE DOESN’T WANT TO BE HERE. HE WANTS TO PUT IT ALL ON THE ICE. IS HE TRYING TOO HARD AT TIMES IN THESE FIRST GAMES? >> WELL, I THINK THAT’S WHY HE MAKES HIM SO GOOD. THAT’S WHY HE IS ONE OF THE BEST DEFENCEMAN IN THE LEAGUE. AND I THINK THAT’S WHERE OBVIOUSLY THEY TARGET HIM HARDER HERE, AND HE GETS A LOT OF HARDER MATCHUPS. I’M NOT WORRIED ABOUT QUINN. I THINK HE’S PLAYING REALLY GOOD HOCKEY. >> Scott: FOR EVERY DAY THAT THE EDMONTON OILERS DID NOT SIGN CONNOR McDAVID LAST SUMMER, IT WAS A STORY. SO GET READY FOR THAT IN VANCOUVER IF YOU CAN’T GET QUINN HUGHES SIGNED AT SOME POINT IN JULY. YOUR BIGGEST SURPRISE THIS SEASON, KIEFER SHERWOOD WITH NINE GOALS. I THINK HE HAD 3 HITS TONIGHT. HE’S ON AN EXPIRING CONTRACT, WHICH MEANS HE’S IN FOR A BIG RAISE. ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH STARTING HIS CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS ON AFTER HOURS? [ Laughter ] >> Scott: IT DOESN’T MATTER BECAUSE WE ARE. HERE’S A QUESTION FROM CHRIS. HOW ARE THE KIEFER SHERWOOD EXTENSION TALKS GOING? IS’ POTENTIAL TRADE BAIT TARGET IF THERE IS NO EXTENSION? >> WELL, IT’S STILL EARLY HERE. WE’VE PLAYED I BELIEVE, WHAT IS IT 6 GAMES? 6 TONIGHT. K KIEFER SHERWOOD HAS BEEN A GOOD PLAYER FOR US, HE CAN PLAY DIFFERENT POSITIONS IN THE LINE-UP. AND I THINK HE’S EFFECTIVE IN THE BOTTOM SIX WHEN HE PLAYS HIS ROLE WITH INTENSITY. AND FINISHES CHECKS AND BRINGS THE ENERGY. SO WE’RE VERY HAPPY WITH HIM. AND WE’LL SEE. I ONLY HAVE SO MUCH MONEY WITH THE CAP. SO IN THE END OF THE DAY, IT WILL DICTATE IF WE CAN AFFORD PLAYERS OR NOT. >> Scott: I KNOW THAT YOU EXPECT TO BE ASKED ABOUT YOUR HIGHEST PAID PLAYER TONIGHT, IAN’S GOT THE QUESTION. >> WELL, ELIAS PETTERSSON, YOU KNOW, YOU’VE INVESTED SO MUCH IN. AND WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME HOW AWRY DID LAST SEASON GO? I TELL THEM THAT J.T. MILLER GOT TRADED BECAUSE THAT WAS UNFATHOMABLE BECAUSE YOU HAD THAT ONE-TWO PUNCH AT CENTRE, NOW YOU’VE GOT THE ONE PUNCH FOR NOW AT CENTRE. HOW DO YOU THINK HE’S HANDLING THE PRESSURE? >> I THINK HE’S BEEN HANDLING IT REALLY WELL. I’VE BEEN VERY, VERY PROUD OF ELIAS PETTERSSON TWO-WAY GAME. CAME IN IN GOOD SHAPE FOR TRAINING CAMP. BUILT A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH ADAM FOOTE AS THE HEAD COACH. AND BEING PART OF THE LEADERSHIP, I THINK HIS TWO-WAY GAME AND HIS DEFENSIVE GAME HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD. AND THE REALITY HERE IN THE GAME IN WASHINGTON WHEN WE LOST TWO CENTRES IN ONE GAME, HE’S BEEN TAKING ON A LOT OF HEAVY MATCHUPS. AND I SEE A LOT OF GROWTH IN HIS GAME, AND, YEAH, I THINK IF YOU’RE ASKING HIM TOO, HE WILL SAY THAT HE NEEDED TO SHOOT THE PUCK MORE TOO BECAUSE HE HAD CHANCES. BUT I THINK THAT’S PART OF THE CONFIDENCE. >> Scott: BIG QUESTION AROUND HERE IS CAN HE GET BACK TO HIS 100 POINT FORM OF THREE YEARS AGO? WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> WELL, I WOULD BE MORE HAPPY IF THE TEAM GETS OVER 100 POINTS THAN ONE PLAYER. WHICH MEANS PLAYING THE RIGHT WAY. I DON’T NECESSARILY SEE IT THAT WAY, THAT HE NEEDS TO GET TO 100 POINTS. I THINK IT’S THAT LEARNING TO UNDERSTANDOR UNDERSTAND THAT 2 POINTS FOR THE TEAM IS WHAT’S MATTERING AT THE ENDS OF THE DAY. AND THE WAY HE SACRIFICES AND THE WAY HE’S OUT THERE IN THE LAST 8 SECONDS TODAY AND BLOCKING SHOTS AND TAKING BIG FACE-OFFS, I — THAT’S WHAT I WANT TO SEE. >> Scott: HOW MUCH WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ABLE TO INSULATE HIM AND HELP HIM A LITTLE BY GETTING ANOTHER CENTRE, WHICH JIM RUTHERFORD HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT SINCE THE END OF LAST SEASON. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, IT REALLY IS A LOT ON ELIAS PETTERSSON’S SHOULDERS. >> ABSOLUTELY. AND EVEN MORE SO WHEN PHIL WENT DOWN. BUT YOU’RE GOING BACK TO THE STRETCH WHERE WE WENT ON THE ROAD AND PLAYED DALLAS, CHICAGO, WASHINGTON, THOSE THREE GAMES WERE ONE OF OUR BETTER HOCKEY FOR 60 MINUTES AS A TEAM. AND THAT JUST SHOWED OUR LINES WERE MORE BALANCED. YOU HAD TEDDY BLUEGER IN THE LINE-UP AS WELL. SO DEFINITELY IT’S THE EXTRA PRESSURE ON ELIAS PETTERSSON. AND I THINK HE’S HANDLING IT WELL. >> JIM RUTHERFORD SAID AT YOUR SEASON-ENDING PRESS CONFERENCE LAST APRIL, “WE’RE OPEN TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET A TOP CENTRE”. DOES THE PURSUIT OF THAT CENTRE CONTINUE? >> ABSOLUTELY. AND I THINK THAT’S, YOU KNOW, THE PARODY OF THE LEAGUE RIGHT NOW MAKES IT EVEN HARDER. BUT MY JOB IS TO CONTINUE TO TALK TO TEAMS AND SEE WHAT’S AVAILABLE AND THE COST WOULD BE FOR IT. >> Scott: IN THAT PURSUIT, I HAVE TO ASK, ONCE YOU PHONE ANOTHER GM AND YOU ASK FOR HIS CENTRE, HOW OFTEN DOES HE ASK FOR TOM WILLANDER OR YOUNG ELIAS PETTERSSON? >> WELL, IT JUST CONFIRMS WHAT WE’RE SEEING HERE WITH TOM, AND AND MORE GO ON AND ON, AGAIN, WE’RE VERY HAPPY WITH THE YOUNG PLAYERS. THEY’RE ALL GETTING RECOGNIZED AROUND THE LEAGUE. >> ARE THOSE THE GUYS THAT TEAMS WANT? >> THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD YOUNG HOCKEY PLAYERS. YEAH. >> Scott: SO THE ANSWER IS YES. OKAY. [ Laughter ] >> Scott: WE’RE NOT DOING AN AUTOPSY ON LAST YEAR, BUT THERE IS ONE THING I WILL ASK YOU BT BECAUSE IT HELPS EXPLAIN HOW ONE OF YOUR TOP PLAYERS IS STILL HERE. BROCK BOESER WAS ON THE MARKET AT LAST YEAR’S DEADLINE AND POSTDEADLINE HE WAS STILL A CANUCK. AND HERE’S HOW YOU EXPLAINED HIS NONMOVEMENT… >> IF I TOLD YOU WHERE I WAS OFFERED FOR BROCK BOESER, I THINK I WOULD HAVE TO RUN OUT OF HERE BECAUSE YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE ME. >> Scott: SO AFTER PLAYING OUT HIS CONTRACT, HE SIGNED A 7-YEAR EXTENSION JUST ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER THE FREE AGENT MARKET OPENED. BOESER WAS LATER QUOTED AS SAYING IT WAS A PHONE CALL FROM YOU TO HIS AGENT ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE THE MARKET OPENED THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING. WHAT DID YOU SAY IN THAT PHONE CALL? >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL AFTER THIS PRESS CONFERENCE, I APOLOGIZED TO BROCK BECAUSE IT DIDN’T COME OUT THE WAY I WAS TRYING TO PROTECT BROCK WITH THE INTEGRITY OF HIM BEING A REALLY GOOD PLAYER. I THOUGHT THE MARKET WASN’T RESPECTING HIM ENOUGH. AND AT THAT POINT, WE WERE STILL TALKING. I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR BROCK. AND HE EXPRESSED HOW MUCH HE WANTED TO STAY HERE. AND AGAIN, I THINK IN THE CAP WORLD, I HAD RESPECT — WE AS AN ORGANIZATION HAD RESPECT FOR BROCK EARNING HIS WAY TO FREE AGENCY. AND HAD TO GO THROUGH IT AND SEE WHAT OTHER OPTIONS WERE OUT THERE. AND THEN IN THE END, I’M EXTREMELY HAPPY TO HAVE BROCK BACK HERE. BECAUSE HE MEANS A LOT TO THIS FRANCHISE. HE MEANS A LOT TO THE DRESSING ROOM. AND THE LEADERSHIP ROLE AS WELL. >> Scott: LET’S MOVE ON TO THE SEDIN FACTOR FOR THE CANUCKS. IT IS STILL SIGNIFICANT. >> BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THE SEDINS, IS IT TRUE THAT IN YOUR ONE SEASON IN THE SWEDISH HOCKEY LEAGUE IN WHICH HE SCORED TWICE, THAT ONE OF THE GOALS CAME AGAINST MOTO WHEN SEDINS WERE THE COMVPS OF THE SWEDISH LEAGUE? >> I THINK THEY STILL DENIED IT, THOUGH, BUT I TAKE CREDIT FOR I THINK IT MUST HAVE BEEN DANNY THAT DIDN’T COVER HIS POINT VERY WELL, AND I THINK HE LEARNED FROM THAT MISTAKE AND DIDN’T DO IT AGAIN. SO, YEAH. >> HOW BIG IS THEIR INFLUENCE? WE SEE ALL THE YOUNG PLAYERS THAT YOU’VE LEANED ON DURING THIS INJURY CRISIS. HOW MUCH DO THEY HAVE TO DO WITH THAT DEVELOPMENT? >> THE PERSONALITY THEY HAVE AND THE THE LEADING FOR THE CANUCKS, THERE IS NO EGOS, THEY’RE WILLING TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES FOR THE CANUCKS TO BE SUCCESSFUL. AND WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE VISION WE HAD FOR THE TEAM AND THE IMPORTANCE OF DEVELOPED PLAYERS DOWN IN ABBOTSFORD, SUPPORTING THE YOUNG PLAYERS TOO, BEING THE BRIDGE BETWEEN ABBOTSFORD AND VANCOUVER, HELPING OUT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT CAMP. THEY — I THINK THAT’S WHAT THEY WANTED AND THEY ACTUALLY THRIVED IN THAT ROLE AND BEING DAY-TO-DAY AND NO HESITATIONS OF DRIVING OUT TO ABBOTSFORD IN THE MORNING AND BACK HERE IN THE EVENING. I THINK MORE THAN EVER, THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING SOMEBODY THAT THE YOUNG PLAYERS CAN TALK TO AND BEING INTIMIDATED BY THE COACH. LOW PROFILE, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, THE PERFECT HUMAN BEINGS. MAYBE I SAID TOO MUCH NOW, I DON’T KNOW IF THEY LISTEN TO THIS NOW. >> Scott: THEY GIVE EVERY ONE OF YOUR PROSPECTS SOMETHING TO SHOOT FOR WHEN IT COMES TO CONDITIONING AND HOW TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES. BUT WITH CONDITIONING, IT WAS WHAT, TWO YEARS AGO THEY BEAT EVERY CANUCK PROSPECT IN THE GRINNED, WHAT DOES IT SAY TO AN 18-YEAR-OLD KID WHEN TWO GUYS IN THEIR 40S LEAVE THEM IN A THEIR DUST IN A GRUELING 3 KILOMETRE TRAIL WITH AN 850 ELEVATION GAIN? >> IT’S IMPRESSIVE. AND I THINK THAT’S WHERE — WHEN THEY PLAYED, THEY STOOD OUT AND CONTINUES, AND FOR OUR PLAYERS TO SEE THEM AROUND HERE IN ABBOTSFORD AND DAY-TO-DAY IN VANCOUVER TOO, THAT I THINK THEY SET THE CULTURE AND THE STANDARD HERE BY THE EXAMPLE EVERY DAY. >> Scott: HERE’S A TWEET, WE WILL FINISH WITH THIS. A TWEET FROM SOMEBODY WHO CALLS THEMSELVES I HATE THIS TEAM, I THINK THAT’S A NAME OF A PODCAST AND THEY ACTUALLY LIKE THE TEAM. YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE — CAN YOU SEE IT? HEAR, READ IT OFF THE PHONE. WHAT DOES IT SEE? [ Speaking Alternate Language ] >> Scott: HE SAYS I WOULD APPRECIATE A REBUILD, BUT THAT’S MORE OF A COMMENT THAN A QUESTION. DO YOU GET THE QUESTION, RIGHT? DO YOU KNOW WHAT THOSE THREE THINGS ARE? >> YES, I DO. >> Scott: SWEDISH ROCK BANDS. >> I DON’T KNOW THE — THAT MUST BE NOT MY KIND OF MUSIC. [ Laughter ] >> Scott: ALL RIGHT. PATRIK ALLVIN, THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS WAS OUR GUEST ON AFTER HOURS, THANKS FOR BEING WITH US, PATRICK, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND WILL PUT THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON THE

Vancouver Canucks GM Patrik Allvin joins Scott Oake and Iain MacIntyre for After Hours to discuss the team battling through injury issues, if he would consider a rebuild, the recent play of Elias Pettersson and more!

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