CKSTAM

Huge show with plenty to unpack from the Canucks' 7-2 win over San Jose and John "Cheech" Garrett's surprise announcement that this will be his final season calling Canucks games. Blake returns to discuss the incredible heater that JT Miller is on, as well as disastrous Pride Night rollouts across the NHL and the debut of Filip Hronek with the Canucks. Matt tackles team player awards in his Welcome Matt editorial and then there's the guests! Kathryn Botchford (recorded Thursday with JPat) who is visiting Vancouver with her three children for the first time since moving back to Toronto. Jeff Paterson (Rink Wide: Vancouver) on Cheech, Hronek and the amazing first-year of Andrei Kuzmenko. And Rick Dhaliwal who sadly informs that free agent defenceman Jake Livingstone will not be signing with the Canucks.

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Matt and Jeff discuss the Canucks debut of Filip Hronek, including where he should play in the lineup, and the merits of an Oliver Ekman-Larsson buyout. The Welcome Matt focuses on the folly of NHL teams citing Russian anti-LGBRQ+ laws. Frank Corrado joins with his two cents on who Hronek should play with, and Rob Williams points forward to the future of international hockey events.

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Busy show where we point forward on what it would take for the Canucks to become contenders in the next two years, and debate whether Pettersson/Hughes/Demko is the best forward/defence/goalie combo the club has ever had. Chris Gear, former Canucks AGM, joins to discuss the process of trading out a 1st-round pick and his analysis of the Flip Hronek acquisition. Wyatt Arndt, the Stanchion joins to discuss the NHL moving to Fanatics as the official jersey supplier. He's...uhh...not a Fan.

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Jeff Paterson (Rink Wide: Vancouver) sits in for a vacationing Blake Price as the guys talk about a perfect weekend in Southern California for the Vancouver Canucks. Mirror-image victories where the defending was awful in L.A., great in Anaheim, and where Quinn Hughes and Elias Pettersson carried the load again. Patrick Johnston stops by to discuss when Flilp Hronek and Aidan McDonough may make their Canucks' debuts; the alarming case of a disappearing Vasily Podkolzin; and whether the club will record a shutout victory this year (they had none in calendar year 2022).

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Matt and Blake are joined by Jeff Paterson (Rink Wide: Vancouver) to discuss a 3-2 loss in Arizona and the silver linings therein. Another two-point night for Elias Pettersson. Two apples for Anthony Beauvillier. And Andrei Kuzmenko tying Pavel Bure's club record for goals in a rookie season. Other topics include the race to the bottom...or as close to it as possible in Vancouver's draft lottery quest, and Pettersson as the club's next captain. Rick Dhaliwal stops by with notes about the depth players who are contributing to the big club right now, who the Canucks could target in the off-season as a 3C, and the status of a couple of draft picks in Europe.

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Matt and Blake discuss the Canucks' continued rise up the standings and draft lottery odds, topics from the GMs meetings (fights after clean hits, pride jerseys, Arizona as a dumping ground for bad contracts) as well as the saga of Ethan Bear and big day for the BC Lions at the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. Frank Corrado stops by to discuss Guillaume Brisebois' first NHL goal, who fits with the unconventional Conor Garland, and whether wins now can lead to wins next season. Rob Williams did the math -- all the math -- on which Canucks draftee took the longest to score his first NHL goal.

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Matt and Blake are joined by Darren Dreger and Jeff Paterson after the Canucks' season-best 5th straight win. 

With Jeff, the guys discuss whether these wins can translate to wins next year, the difference Thatcher Demko has made, the strong play from depth players, Brock Boeser's transformation into playmaker, and Guillaume Brisebois' first NHL goal.

With Dreger, topics include the NHL's salary cap for next year and beyond, expansion to Atlanta and Houston, and healthy scratches in advance of the trade deadline.

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Matt and Blake discuss new faces (Filip Hronek, Aidan McDonough) dropping into the Canucks lineup and we hear from McDonough after his meet-the-media press availability yesterday, JT Miller's 30th and Rachel Doerrie's column on NHL owners are also discussed.

Patrick Johnston stops by to discuss McDonough's game, Boeser's path forward, Kuzmenko's first season in the NHL and how Elias Pettersson continues to be underrated.

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Matt and Blake are back to discuss an impressive 5-2 win over Ottawa for a season-best four-game Canucks win streak, and the signing of collegian/'prospect Aidan McDonough. They also shout out the crowds and champions at the LEC this weekend for the BC High School Basketball Championships.

Jeff Paterson stops by to talk Rick Tocchet, Brock Boeser, contributors on the bottom-end of the roster, and whether Andrei Kuzmenko is having the best rookie* season in Canucks history.

*Kuzmenko is too old for the NHL's Calder Trophy, awarded to the top rookie

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