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Our Swedish hockey insider, Mike Zanier, joined to talk about Linus Karlsson signing with the Canucks. Says that this was his best season ever. Every player is different and you don’t know what they can bring until you see them on the small ice. Talked about Canada vs Sweden. Talked about his former team, the Oilers. Says that Mike Smith will let in some weird goals but keeps his team in it. If you expect him to let these goals in, then it’s not as bad. The Oilers seem to have something with their group.
Our Friday Vancouver Canucks insider, Rick Dhaliwal, joined Matt and Blake. Talked about Linus Karlsson. Says they have nothing up the middle in Abbotsford. A prospect is always a prospect until they have proved otherwise. Rick is wondering where the money will come for JT Miller when you look at all the raises that are coming for the likes of Bo and Brock. Talked about the goaltender situation in Abby. Spurred by Martin joining the team in Vancouver. The team has discussed getting a veteran goaltender
Rob Williams, the National Sports Editor of the Daily Hive joined Matt and Blake for his regular Friday hit to close the week. Talked about kicking pucks into the net. Rob feels like they are making the rules as they go along. They change from week to week from month to month.

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Our Vancouver Canucks reporter, Jeff Paterson, on for his daily chat with Sekeres and Price. Talked about the hockey we have seen so far in the playoffs. Answered the Bodog Poll Question. Talked about who the best Canucks forward prospect is. Joked about it being Jett Woo, after he saw some time on the wing this past season in Abbotsford. 

Our Thursday regular, Scott Rintoul, joined Matt and Blake. Talked about the last couple of third periods and how exhilarating they have been. Talked about the playoffs as a whole. The fans are the winners. Talked about Scott Walker and why he has left the team. Understands why when you couple his family obligations with his style of hockey. Talked about Canada Soccer cancelling the friendly vs Iran. Talked about CFL bargaining. Believes this league is better when you have high-profile American players. Talked about Alex Chiasson. JPat would put him on the bottom of his list for FA’s. Wait till everything has been looked at.

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Our Vancouver Canucks reporter, Jeff Paterson, on for his daily chat with Sekeres and Price. Talked about the hockey we have seen so far in the playoffs. Answered the Bodog Poll Question. Talked about who the best Canucks forward prospect is. Joked about it being Jett Woo, after he saw some time on the wing this past season in Abbotsford. 

Our Thursday regular, Scott Rintoul, joined Matt and Blake. Talked about the last couple of third periods and how exhilarating they have been. Talked about the playoffs as a whole. The fans are the winners. Talked about Scott Walker and why he has left the team. Understands why when you couple his family obligations with his style of hockey. Talked about Canada Soccer cancelling the friendly vs Iran. Talked about CFL bargaining. Believes this league is better when you have high-profile American players. Talked about Alex Chiasson. JPat would put him on the bottom of his list for FA’s. Wait till everything has been looked at.

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Our Wednesday NHL insider, and host of the Ray and Dregs Podcast, Darren Dreger, joined Matt and Blake. Talked about the re-signing of JT Miller. Believes there is an openness from the Canucks standpoint to listen to all offers. Thinks the Vancouver Canucks aren’t totally set on which way they want to go. Doesn’t believe any decisions are made in the front office. Talked about the Ottawa Senators and putting the 7th overall pick in play. Sens need to make a leap forward, not a step forward. Talked about the kind of player you need to balance skill with grit in the playoffs. Talked about the Vancouver coaching staff that has been depleted now. Knows there is a history with Scott Walker and Rutherford. Talked about the process of bringing in assistant coaches. Says that management is getting more involved because you want to push your coaches a little bit more. If management feels there is a weakness with their head coach, you want to bring in someone with that strength. Talked about the chance of one of Bruce’s friends, like John Anderson, would come to Vancouver. Dregs would be surprised based on the changes they’ve already made and the direction of this team. They are looking forward, not looking in the rearview mirror.

Jeff Paterson joined for his daily hit. He talked about what the Vancouver Canucks should do with JT Miller. JPat is in the camp that thinks that Miller will start the season elsewhere. Talked about the Scott Walker interview that he feels pulled the curtain back on internal conversations the Canucks have had on him. Talked about Scott Walker and his hate for analytics. JPat found them to be pretty ignorant comments. He is on the wrong side of the argument in 2022. Curious comments from a guy who is still involved in the game. Talked about Linus Karlsson and if we will see him in North America, in a Canucks jersey. Talked about the Canucks turning their back on local players in the draft. It doesn’t make any sense at all.

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Our Wednesday NHL insider, and host of the Ray and Dregs Podcast, Darren Dreger, joined Matt and Blake. Talked about the re-signing of JT Miller. Believes there is an openness from the Canucks standpoint to listen to all offers. Thinks the Vancouver Canucks aren’t totally set on which way they want to go. Doesn’t believe any decisions are made in the front office. Talked about the Ottawa Senators and putting the 7th overall pick in play. Sens need to make a leap forward, not a step forward. Talked about the kind of player you need to balance skill with grit in the playoffs. Talked about the Vancouver coaching staff that has been depleted now. Knows there is a history with Scott Walker and Rutherford. Talked about the process of bringing in assistant coaches. Says that management is getting more involved because you want to push your coaches a little bit more. If management feels there is a weakness with their head coach, you want to bring in someone with that strength. Talked about the chance of one of Bruce’s friends, like John Anderson, would come to Vancouver. Dregs would be surprised based on the changes they’ve already made and the direction of this team. They are looking forward, not looking in the rearview mirror.

Jeff Paterson joined for his daily hit. He talked about what the Vancouver Canucks should do with JT Miller. JPat is in the camp that thinks that Miller will start the season elsewhere. Talked about the Scott Walker interview that he feels pulled the curtain back on internal conversations the Canucks have had on him. Talked about Scott Walker and his hate for analytics. JPat found them to be pretty ignorant comments. He is on the wrong side of the argument in 2022. Curious comments from a guy who is still involved in the game. Talked about Linus Karlsson and if we will see him in North America, in a Canucks jersey. Talked about the Canucks turning their back on local players in the draft. It doesn’t make any sense at all.

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Patrick Johnston of the Province joined Matt and Blake for his regular Tuesday hit. Talked a lot of coaching. Started with the departure of Scott Walker. Talked about the rest of the staff and who will fall into what position. Talked about the Shaw influence when Walker went down with vertigo and Covid. Thinks that Shaw could be the new number 2. King made a difference on the PP. Talked about the investing the club has made in goaltending. Talked about team photos.  Talked about the digital insertion of Dax Aquilini. Said they air-brushed the A’s off the jersey’s. It’s only Horvat with the C. Talked about what is coming up in the Province. Working on a Gino story as he gets into the BC Sports Hall of Fame. 

JPat with his daily hit on the Vancouver Canucks. Talked about the coaching shuffle and the odd time it was released. They may scale back on the amount of coaches but these slots will be filled. Brought up the name, John Anderson, as a potential fit on the bench for the Canucks. He is BB’s best friend. Talked about Evander Kane. Has firmly been in the no-camp. Gives him credit for sticking to hockey and not hearing anything about off-ice issues. Wonders if you are asking for trouble that the Sharks did going with a long-term contract. Talked about the Florida Panthers and getting swept by the Tampa Bay Lightning.

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Patrick Johnston of the Province joined Matt and Blake for his regular Tuesday hit. Talked a lot of coaching. Started with the departure of Scott Walker. Talked about the rest of the staff and who will fall into what position. Talked about the Shaw influence when Walker went down with vertigo and Covid. Thinks that Shaw could be the new number 2. King made a difference on the PP. Talked about the investing the club has made in goaltending. Talked about team photos.  Talked about the digital insertion of Dax Aquilini. Said they air-brushed the A’s off the jersey’s. It’s only Horvat with the C. Talked about what is coming up in the Province. Working on a Gino story as he gets into the BC Sports Hall of Fame. 

JPat with his daily hit on the Vancouver Canucks. Talked about the coaching shuffle and the odd time it was released. They may scale back on the amount of coaches but these slots will be filled. Brought up the name, John Anderson, as a potential fit on the bench for the Canucks. He is BB’s best friend. Talked about Evander Kane. Has firmly been in the no-camp. Gives him credit for sticking to hockey and not hearing anything about off-ice issues. Wonders if you are asking for trouble that the Sharks did going with a long-term contract. Talked about the Florida Panthers and getting swept by the Tampa Bay Lightning.

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