{"id":591194,"date":"2026-06-04T18:15:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T18:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/591194\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T18:15:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T18:15:19","slug":"canucks-hiring-manny-malhotra-just-made-nhl-draft-harder-for-vancouver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/591194\/","title":{"rendered":"Canucks hiring Manny Malhotra just made NHL Draft harder for Vancouver"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canucks hiring Manny Malhotra just made NHL Draft harder for Vancouver<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Vancouver Canucks<\/a> have a head coach, which is good news.<\/p>\n

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They hired Manny Malhotra<\/a>, who was previously the bench boss of their AHL affiliate.<\/p>\n

The hire doesn’t come without complication, though. That’s because Manny’s son, Caleb, is in this year’s NHL Draft class.<\/p>\n

A lot of mocks have put Caleb going to the No. 3 overall pick, which is Vancouver.<\/p>\n

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Would the Canucks draft their new head coach’s son? It’s something the hockey world will watch with plenty of intrigue.<\/p>\n

“That would be a great storyline,” former NHL goalie Carter Hutton<\/a> said on Daily Faceoff Live<\/a>. “It wouldn\u2019t be the first time we\u2019ve seen a player play for his dad. But that being said, sometimes it would be less, like easier, to get away from it. You know, I don\u2019t know if if you\u2019re sitting in that dressing room with Caleb and knowing his dad as the coach, it could be kind of a bit that\u2019s a little bit undermining to a team that\u2019s rebuilding in that sense.”<\/p>\n

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It would simply be hard for the head coach, Manny, to escape any kind of concerns about his son’s actions or playing time or performance. Would he be harder on Caleb than everyone? Would he take it easy?<\/p>\n

There’s no way to know, and that definitely increases the risk factor.<\/p>\n

“I think you can kind of see both sides of it,” Tyler Yaremchuk said on Daily Faceoff Live<\/a>. “I honestly think it doesn\u2019t change the equation. If you think he is the best player available when you step up to the podium, you take him.”<\/p>\n

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The Canucks had the best lottery odds but fell to the third pick. It means they likely won’t have a chance at Gavin McKenna.<\/p>\n

Instead, it sets up this confusing Malhotra situation, and the Canucks are going to have to make a concrete decision about what they decide to do.<\/p>\n

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