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Wake With Elias: Brad Shaw to Chicago?

Canucks assistant coach Brad Shaw has garnered some interest from the Chicago Blackhawks

By Markus Meyer Jun 10, 2022, 6:00am PDT

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Canucks News

Canucks assistant coach Brad Shaw has been stirring up interest from the Chicago Blackhawks and other NHL franchises looking to fill a head coaching vacancy. It's yet another twist in what has been a pretty buzzy off-season for the Canucks bench:

Canucks' assistant coach Brad Shaw drawing interest from Blackhawks, others https://t.co/EhrlGFsS3N pic.twitter.com/4qDAARWqXC
— Province Sports (@provincesports) June 9, 2022

Some Canucks alumni have been inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame:

Congrats to our #Canucks alumni getting inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame tonight! pic.twitter.com/TZXa6ncAfw
— Vancouver #Canucks (@Canucks) June 9, 2022

Thomas Drance on the Canucks’ long-term cap outlook:

The NHL is a hard cap league with guaranteed player contracts. An unforgiving system, a pure efficiency contest, it forces teams to make tough calls.

The big question for the #Canucks: Can they afford to keep this core together?

via @TheAthleticNHL: https://t.co/wLzYMaTUR8
— Thomas Drance (@ThomasDrance) June 9, 2022

Donnie and Dhali on the Canucks possibly moving down in the draft:

Should the #Canucks trade down from their current draft position?

The guys talked about that earlier today.https://t.co/h4e2SKLzpb pic.twitter.com/saWw7wZrZB
— Donnie & Dhali (@DonnieandDhali) June 9, 2022

A mailbag episode of the Canucks Hour with Drance:

Next up on #SN650, it's the #Canucks Hour! @ThomasDrance answers your questions on this special mega mailbag edition of the show.

https://t.co/mDLZc4njsd
https://t.co/K1VFUc54BA
https://t.co/hZkAEqW9uP
— Sportsnet 650 (@Sportsnet650) June 9, 2022

And Joshua Rey ranks the Canucks last ten first round draft picks:

Some first round picks become gems while others disappoint. @JoshuaRey91 ranks the last 10 #Canucks first round picks from worst to best.https://t.co/r09mcIQkB5
— The Canuck Way (@FSTheCanuckWay) June 9, 2022

Hockey News

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Rangers 3-1 to take a 3-2 series lead in their Eastern Conference Final matchup [NHL.com]
Mike McKenna on equipment managers, the unheralded heroes of NHL operations:

Loved this piece from @MikeMcKenna56 about the unsung heroes of the game - the equipment managers who have taken center stage in these #StanleyCup playoffs with timely, MacGyver-style repairs.https://t.co/AEHtiWsLZl
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) June 9, 2022

The Too Many Men podcast on the need for resources for Women’s U18 programs;

If you have the resources for the NHL draft combine, find them to cover Women's U18s as well.

TMM: https://t.co/4zcSxBPWX0 pic.twitter.com/wZix17K4Oz
— Too Many Men (@2_much_man) June 9, 2022

And an update on Frank Seravalli’s trade board:

TRADE TARGETS : #Blackhawks 41-goal scorer Alex DeBrincat leads off the first board of the summer as the No. 1 player available.

Here are @DailyFaceoff's 25 names in play with exactly 5 weeks until the #NHLDraft:https://t.co/JTDhFISc45
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) June 9, 2022