May 14, 2025: Signing Season! Canucks ink new coach Adam Foote and top prospect Tom Willander.

Matt and guest co-host Jeff Paterson discuss the Canucks hiring of Adam Foote as the club's 22nd head coach: was he Quinn Hughes's choice?, the case for continuity vs a clean break from last year; his work with the defence and penalty-killing, his thin coaching resume and his tenure with Kelowna, can he get more from Elias Pettersson?, the other candidates, and what becomes of Manny Malhotra? They also discuss the signing of Tom Willander and whether he remains trade bait, as well as Stephen Brunt's sit-down interview with Canucks president Jim Rutherford.

Frank Corrado joins with his two cents on Foote, the path forward, the familiarity he has with Rutherford and the team, the pros/cons and the limitations this coaching search faced.

Brunt stops by to tell us about his chat with Rutherford, the life/times they discussed, the year from hell, the coming of NBA-style soap operas to the NHL and whether people like Rutherford are going to continue to run hockey teams going forward.

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