Bush League a Canuck’s Hockey Podcast

In this episode the Bush League boys change up the format a bit to talk a lot more about Abbotsford.  What’s working and what’s not on the farm team and an interesting apologies segment at the top of the broadcast you won’t wanna miss. 

In this episode we discuss a number of topics, ranging from the recent contract extensions of Patrick Alvin and Jim Rutherford to the Canucks' trades and plans. We delve into the All-Star game, reminiscing on the old East vs West days, and sharing our mixed feelings about the new format. Apart from that, we assess the Kuzmenko trade, take note of Vancouver’s current six-point lead in the President’s Trophy race over Dallas, Florida, Boston, and New York, and discuss the Abbotsford Canucks and their less than stellar start to 2024. With a comprehensive analysis of individual team members’ performances, Klimovich's potential, highlighting the physical presence he brings to the team that bodes well for future games.

After some technical difficulties to start the episode, we got things underway to start the new year. What can we say... new year, same Bush League 😂.  In this, the 5th Episode of Season 3 of Bush League we talk the Vancouver and Abby road trips to start the year and the NHL/AHL All-Star games.  But first, our guest Tyler Anderson takes us through his thoughts on the World Juniors and the Seattle Winter Classic.  Notable mention to a bunch of wild mid-season things going on in the NHL and of course the launch of the PWHL and it's reception so far.  Let's go!!!

In this Episode, as usual, we catch you up on the NHL Leading Vancouver Canucks and their AHL Affiliate in Abbotsford. We also talk about the World Junior Hockey Championship set to kick off in Gothenburg, Sweden amongst other things, because, let's face it folks, we are making this all up as we go along. This is Bush League after all.

In this Episode we talk about the this weekend's Abbotsford Canucks games against the Laval Rockets at Abbotsford Centre, recent Canucks trades, player production, and the recent happenings in the wild world of the NHL.

Guest host Tyler Anderson joins us to discuss the Pacific division teams in both the NHL and AHL, the Heritage Classic, the Horn Guy in Abby, and a whole bunch of other things going on in the wild world of hockey. 

A solid start to the season provides optimism for Canucks fans in both Vancouver and Abbotsford, while our division rivals struggle out of the gate. The Bush League boys discuss the surprising start to the season and it's shakiness so far and what to expect in Abbotsford as the Abby Canucks start their 3rd season.

The 2023 Calder Cup Playoffs is in full swing as we breakdown round 1 vs Bakersfield, round 2 so far vs the Calgary Wranglers, and what to expect the rest of the way.  Also talk about our predictions from the last broadcast including NHL playoffs, AHL, and specific player breakdowns.

The 2023 Calder Cup Playoffs kick off tonight and for the Abbotsford Canucks it is their first home playoff game in the young franchises history.  Hopes are high as we compare the Abby Canucks with their first round opponents the Bakersfield Condors and provide our predictions for Rd1 and the rest of the AHL Playoffs.  We also round-up the Abbotsford and Vancouver Canucks seasons and give our predictions on the NHL Playoffs that are now underway.

It's St. Patrick's Day, so we talk about Patrik Allvin and how he's doing so far.  On the Vancouver side we also cover trades, trade bait, and the trade deadline. Also talk the draft, Demko, Pettersson as Captain, top performing players, and how the new coaching regime is doing so far. In Abbotsford, we talk player resigning's, top performers, the Calder Cup playoff picture, Spencer Martin, and provide a preview of this weekend's series with the Ontario Reign.