What Makes a Champion?
6/16/20261 hr 15 min
Jamie Dodd and Thomas Drance are joined by Sam Cosentino to break down the race for Gavin McKenna, why no GM can afford to pass on him, and the growing debate between Caleb Malhotra and Ivar Stenberg at the top of the draft. Jannik Hansen weighs in on Carolina’s Stanley Cup-winning formula, the value of depth, and what separates championship teams from the rest of the league. Plus, Kevin Woodley analyzes the goaltending storylines from the Final and discusses the Oilers’ increasingly complicated offseason.
This podcast is produced by Dominic Sramaty and Elan Chark
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First 90 secondsJamie Dodd· Host0:00
[upbeat music] What's up? Welcome to Canucks Talk on Sportsnet 650. Jamie Dodd, Thomas Drance here. Drance covers the Canucks for The Athletic as well. We are broadcasting live from the Kintec Studio. Step strong with orthotics and footwear from Kintec. 650, 650 is The Dunbar Lumber Text Line. What's going on, Drance? Not much, buddy. Not much, like, honestly. N- [laughs] calm before the storm. We got a trade today. Yes. And it was a trade- Some news ... that I think is hard to understand, which is- Sure ... my favorite type. Yes. Um- Hard to understand, and also, like, you don't wanna spend the time trying to understand it. [laughs] Oh, I disagree. What do you mean? 'Cause it's so inconsequential. Oh, I strongly disagree. The, anything that begins to set the market- Sure ... I think is fascinating, especially at this stage, like, early stage of a process, right? The, I think there's a lot to unpack with that trade, and we'll do so when we open the whiteboard. We sure will, which we're not going to do in this segment. Right. We're gonna chat with Sam. We're gonna save the