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The Athletic’s Thomas Drance says he expects Canucks management to come to the conclusion that they need to get better on defence & that they need to get younger & faster. With that, Thomas says this is Chris Tanev’s shot to get a big payday & doesn’t think that will fit with what the Canucks need to do moving forward.

Guests include: Pierre LeBrun (TSN/RDS Hockey Insider/ The Athletic)

TSN's Pierre LeBrun spoke with Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly & says they can’t guarantee it but the NHL is still focused on an 82 game scheduled next year. Daly also said publicly for the first time that there is no guarantee the season will start on December 1st.

Guests include: Jeff Paterson (TSN 1040 Canucks Reporter)

Guests include: Kevin Woodley (In-Goal Magazine/ NHL.com)

In-Goal Magazine and NHL.com goalie analyst Kevin Woodley says that Jim Benning can't blow his brains out on a Jacob Markstrom contract, and that Benning needs to see what the goalie market looks like before committing to term and dollars with his MVP goaltender.

Dr. Bonnie Henry COVID19 BC Briefing, Hashtags (the best & worst of Twitter) & Jim Benning zoom press conference replay

Guests include: Darren Dreger (TSN Hockey Insider)

TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger says from everything he’s gathered, Jim Benning was forthcoming on where he is in dealing with Jacob Markstrom and his agent. Darren also says don’t read too much into teams taking time signing players in final year of deals (Pettersson/Hughes) as teams need to see if the world can right itself.

TSN tennis reporter Mark Masters says that Denis Shapovalov's path to a US Open final got a little easier with number one seed Novak Djokovic out of the tournament. Masters says that if Shapovalov is hitting his weapons, he has a chance to take the game out of Pablo Carreño Busta's hands in tomorrow's quarter-final match.