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Last show of the week and it is a jam packed episode.

The Welcome Matt takes a shot at the Milan Lucic troll video that was posted in front of Rogers Arena. Lucic crushing two beers while praising his ex-Boston Bruins teammates on the 10 year anniversary of winning the Stanley Cup in his hometown. 

LQBTQ+ advocate and former professional goaltender Brock McGillis joins next to talk about his experience being a gay man growing up playing junior and professional hockey. McGillis opens up about the struggles of being gay in the hockey world, and gives his thoughts on how the NHL has handled its gay rights messaging.

Our Friday insider Rick Dhaliwal follows Hashtags - the best and worst of Twitter, and gives his insight on whether or not the Canucks will want Travis Hamonic and Alex Edler back, what the status of prospects Jalen Chatfield, Jett Woo, Brogan Rafferty and Guillaume Brisebois, how he feels that Travis Green would like to have Brandon Sutter to come back, and if he thinks the Canucks would move the 9th overall pick. 

Whitecaps FC colour analyst Colin Miller joins after Tell Me I’m Wrong, and tells us how proud he is of his homeland Scotland drawing with the English today, why he thinks the English side are not as good as they’ve been built up to be, and how the Whitecaps line up versus Real Salt Lake. 

Jeff Paterson follows for his final hit of the week and talks about Aleksander Barkov winning his first Selke Trophy, why he thinks Elias Pettersson will one day be in the mix for a Selke, whether or not he thinks that Hamonic will be back with the Canucks next season, and gets an “ask J Pat” where the question centres around offer sheets in the NHL. 

Andrew tries to sizzle on Hot Take. The show wraps with all the Errors & Omissions.

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Another big show with the sports world bubbling right now! 

The Welcome Matt take a look at the most prestigious title in pro sports, suggesting that being a goaltender for the storied Montreal Canadiens is one of the highest honours.

Former PGA tour pro Richard “Dick” Zokol follows and gives his opinion on the Brooks vs Bryson feud, stating that he doesn’t like Koepka’s antics off the course, but loves his game on the course. Dick feels that come Sunday it will be the usual suspects atop the leaderboard looking to take home the major. 

Our Thursday Canucks insider Thomas Drance joins next and talks about how he feels that the flat cap in the NHL will create more bridge deals for RFA’s, why he thinks a trade for Sam Reinhart is not an option for the Canucks, and who he projects to get exposed by the Canucks at the expansion draft. 

The Price is Right wonders why some don’t see how special Jack Eichel is.

Jeff Paterson joins for his daily hit and speculates who the Canucks will protect in the expansion draft, why the cancelation of Young Stars in Pentiction is such a disappointment, and whether or not the Canucks should take a run at some Colorado Avalanche players that could shake out in the expansion draft.

Take 5 features a debate on whether the Canucks should trade the 9th overall pick for Sam Reinhart. 

The show concludes with all the Errors & Omissions. 

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Big show on a gorgeous day in the city of Vancouver.

The Welcome Matt pays tribute to those that helped clean up the city the day after the Canucks lost in the Stanley Cup final back in 2011, and rioters destroyed a big portion of Vancouver’s downtown core.

Former Canucks president and general manager Mike Gillis follows and gives details on what his night was like when the Canucks lost in game 7 of the 2011 cup final. Gillis explains how the team went about helping the police deal with rioters, and how they helped the city the next day in its cleanup efforts. He also gives his opinion on the current state of the NHL and whether or not he thinks what Tampa Bay is doing with its salary cap is fair. 

Craig Button follows Hashtags - the best and worst of Twitter and talks about how dominant Marc Andre-Fleury has been for the Golden Knights thus far in the Stanley Cup playoffs, his thoughts on Gerard Gallant taking over the head coaching duties with the Rangers, if Sam Reinhart is worth trading the 9th overall pick for, and if he thinks there could be a sign and trade with Dougie Hamilton and the Hurricanes. 

Jeff Paterson joins after Tell Me I’m Wrong and talks about how he’d love to see Gillis get another shot in an NHL front office, what he thinks will help the Canucks sell tickets for next year, and whether or not he thinks the Canucks will tell Loui Eriksson to not report to the AHL and just go home next year. 

It’s Blake’s day to sizzle on Hot Take. The show concludes with all the Errors & Omissions.

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We’re back in the blanket fort and we got another big show with loads of big giveaways for Father’s Day.

The Welcome Matt takes a look at the offseason that is ahead for the Canucks, comparing it to the summer of 2011 when the team had some of its top free agents to lock up, just as they do this summer with Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes.

Nathalie Rees follows with some great prizes that you, the podcast listener, can win. Text (778) 402-9680 to enter.

Harman Dayal joins after Hashtags - the best and worst of Twitter, and gives his opinion on what the nickname should be for the Canucks AHL franchise that is headed to Abbotsford, whose contract could be a comparable for Pettersson and Hughes’ extensions, and whether or not he thinks the Canucks should be worried about offer sheets.

Jeff Paterson follows Tell Me I’m Wrong and tells us that he thinks the Abbotsford team should use the Aviators as their nickname, why he thinks the Matt Barzal contract is the right comparable for the Pettersson extension, and why he doesn’t see the Canucks trading JT Miller.

Another spicy edition of Hot Take follows. We finish off the show with all the Errors & Omissions. 

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Big show to kickoff the week, and we’re doing it live from the Canucks Alumni charity golf tournament.

Special edition of the Welcome Matt where Sekeres sits down with former Canucks owner Arthur Griffiths. They go over the ’94 cup run and talk about the modern day team, including some discussion on the AHL affiliate heading to Abbotsford.

Canucks assistant general manager Chris Gear follows and tells us what the plan is for the team heading into the offseason including the expansion draft, what’s happening with Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes’ contract extensions, whether or not Alex Edler or Travis Hamonic will be coming back, and if the club is exploring trading the ninth overall pick at the NHL Draft.

Hashtags today features former Canucks great Cliff Ronning, who talks about what’s happening with the Canucks alumni, how his son Ty has developed this year in the AHL, and who is the best golfer out of the alumni.

Our Monday insider John Shannon joins next and expands on the 2011 Stanley Cup final, stating that it was British Columbia versus the world in that series, whether he thinks the Canadiens have a chance to beat the Golden Knights, and gives us a look into the Canucks run to the cup in 1982, which John produced the entire series for Hockey Night in Canada.

The Price is Right features a chat with Rogers Arena PA announcer Al Murdoch, who elaborates on how the atmosphere was this season calling games in an empty arena.

Canucks colour analyst John Garrett follows and tells us what it was like to broadcast games this year from empty arenas and off monitors when the team was on the road, whether or not he got fatigued calling games with the same six opponents, and his choice to go with his natural grey hair this season.

Our good friend Dave Tomlinson sits down with the boys for a chat with Jeff Paterson. The guys wax on about all the Canucks cup runs. J Pat also gives his thoughts on what we heard from Chris Gear, including prioritizing getting the Pettersson and Hughes contracts done. 

We do a different version of Memo To, as Canucks legend Dave Babych sits down with the boys and reminisces on the cup final in ’94, admitting that he has never watched game 7. 

We wrap the show with all the Errors and Omissions. 

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