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Cheryl Pounder of the Olympic broadcasting contortion and gold medal winner joined Matt and Blake after a big Canadian win over the US in Beijing. Talked about the process of broadcasting when you aren’t in the host city and the time difference is so large. It’s a ton of fun anytime you put the Olympic rings to it. Talked about the game. It had a little bit of everything. From a penalty shot to all the special teams. Debiens made no question as to who the number 1 in goal is going forward. Loved seeing the youth and the veteran leaders. Talked about Sarah Fillier. Scoring in your first game then again on your second game. There is no ceiling to this athlete. Always knew she would be a generational player. She has the ability to deliver. Talked about how difficult it is to beat the Americans twice in one tournament. Talked about the narrative of Women's hockey not being competitive. Talked about the work the Fins have put in to close the gap. Talked about the work Canada is putting in to develop players.

Patrick Johnston joined us in his regular Tuesday spot. Started off by talking about how soft the Canucks ticket market is. In a 50% environment, there are still single tickets available. Talked about Roussel. He was upbeat as a guy who is still thankful to be a pro hockey player. He talked about EP40 and the comparison to Clayton Keller. Talked about Loui Eriksson. Thinks people have moved on. Talked about OEL and the difference in contracts between him and Loui. Talked about Tucker Poolman and his illness.

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Our NHL Insider and co-host of the Bob McCown podcast, John Shannon joined Matt and Blake in his regular Monday spot. Talked about Rutherford’s appearance on his show, late last week. John shared his thoughts on what most jumped out to him. Thinks it was interesting that he is not admitting to any major surgery will be done by March 21st. Thinks he really downplayed it, being so non-committal. Talked about how hockey people are creatures of habit. With the deadline being later, any trade talk right now is premature. Thinks MAF will be the number 1 discussed player. Thinks COL would be a good suitor but can’t take him early due to cap issues. Talked about Gary and his comments regarding Canada. What may happen is some date-swaps. Talked about ARI and where they could play. Talked about Rocky Wirtz and his comments that went unpunished by the NHL. Says there is nothing the NHL can do to punish him. Says that it’s up to the media and season ticket holders to provide checks and balances. John thinks Gary has a new contract that will keep him at the top for a long time. 

Our Canucks reporter and one half of the Rink Wide Show, Jeff Paterson joined us. Started talking about how the Canucks will fare without Quinn Hughes this week as he has entered Covid protocol. Thinks that the team should be able to take care of ARI without QH43. You’d want him back for the game on Saturday vs the Leafs. Talked about OEL quarterbacking the PP. It’s 20th with Quinn so OEL should be able to step in for a week and hold his own. Last thing this team needs is to be fooled with a win over ARI. 

Charean Williams joined us from Los Angelas, home of the SB this year. Sunny and warm this year. Pretty quiet so far but will pick up as the week moves on. Talked about the restrictions with everything going on. Sure the convention centre won’t be as crowded. Only in-person availability is on Friday. Talked about the Rams being the away team at home. The Bengals are a confident bunch. Talked about the potential of Stafford making it to the Hall of Fame. Talked about Kyler Murray and him stripping all mention of the Cardinals from social media. Talked about Lovie Smith and being on his way to HOU. Charean gave her prediction for the big game.

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Host of Donnie and Dhali, Rick Dhaliwal joined us and wanted to clear up that they in fact, don’t blame us for their twitch ban. After that he talked about what he heard from Jim Rutherford on a Toronto podcast. Talked about some of the guys that could be on the move. Not on the first tier, but the next level guys. Talked about why Canucks management is so upset about Garland rumours. Some sources say that it is out there and other say it is not. Rick reminds us that we are still 7 weeks out from the deadline. If it’s this crazy now, what will it be like then. Rick talked about how much time it takes to get up to speed for new executives coming from the eastern conference. 

Our Canucks reporter, Jeff Paterson joined us ahead of All-Star weekend. Jeff wondering why the game is on SAT at noon. Talked about what Rutherford said on a Toronto podcast. All the indications are that Jim is willing to do business. Unless this new FO has put its head together and said that it’s an off-season for almost all of the top players, this team isn’t good enough. Thinks Jim realizes that there is more to this job than meets the eye. Talked about Garland. JPat thinks the coaching change hasn’t worked for him.

Rob Williams of the Daily Hive joined Matt and Blake for his weekly Friday social hit. Talked about Chiasson. He defended him from being a whipping boy by Canucks fans. Canucks fans blame him for MacEwen leaving. Rob talked about former Canucks that are playing in the Olympics. There will be 7 former players. 

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Scott Rintoul joined Matt and Blake in his regular Thursday spot. Started off talking about his 49ers. Overall it was a successful season. They were on the precipice of being back in the SB. Though, they aren’t constructed to be one with the current roster. The Canucks should not call themselves a playoff team. They have the team that if they were to get into a playoff series, they could hang in there. But don’t view them a playoff team now. The fan base seems to be ready for the next phase. Talked about the untouchables. Talked about the stars of the team and their production. Talked about the Canadian Men’s National Soccer Team. He is enjoying the ride. Enjoying it as much as he has enjoyed the women's side the last 20 years. Has been waiting a long time for this. Never foresaw a perfect window. They are the best team in qualifying right now. Talked about what this run could do for a future generation of Canadians. Talked about the ugly of Rocky Wirtz and what he said at the townhall. 

Our Canucks reporter, Jeff Paterson joined in his regular, non-game day spot. Started off by talking about Rocky Wirtz and his damning words at a townhall. Like everybody, he was shocked at what he heard. Talked about what is wrong with the power structure. It’s embarrassing. Talked about what will be talked about at Gary’s state of the union through all-star weekend. The silence has been deafening. This should serve as a notice to all owners. We had already thought the change was here. Talked about the Canucks. Says they need more everywhere except for the net. Talked about the Oilers. Goaltending hasn’t been an issue as they have been able to solidify that. The trade chatter around the Oilers has quieted as far as selling. Talked about the Ducks GM search coming to an end. There is a lot to like about the situation in Anaheim. Talked about Olympic hockey. Loves the story of those who never thought they’d have the chance. Answered our poll question.

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NHL Insider and Host of Ray and Dregs, Darren Dreger joined Matt and Blake in his regular Wednesday spot. Dregs started off by crediting the guys for introducing him to Tiggy. Talked about the NHL all-star game coming up. Talked about the Canucks moving the likes of Miller and Garland. Miller makes sense to Dregs but Garland does not. So much so that moving Garland is annoying to management in Vancouver. Halak is more likely to be moved. Talked about a busy sellers market at the deadline this year. 

Our Canucks reporter, Jeff Paterson joined us in his regular, non-game day spot. Naturally, started talking about tennis. After that, he answered the poll question about who is untouchable for the Canucks. After Hughes and Demko, you have to listen to calls on everyone else. The team isn’t good enough to not pick up the phone. They have to reshape the defence core. EP40 was quiet the last few games of the road trip. He had lots of company. You need him in the company of Marner and Kreider. Be careful of a few good games. Talked about the run they need to go on to get to the playoffs. Talked about Travis Hamonic and his struggles. Talked about Bo Horvat. His numbers are underwhelming. 10 assists at the midway mark. He had 34 a few seasons ago. He can’t escape the criticism. Even Bo would tell you that his numbers are underwhelming. 

Rik De Voest, the tournament director for the Odlum Brown Tennis Tournament in Vancouver joined Matt and Blake to talk about some big news for the return of the tournament. Talked about the bigger names that will be coming with the status upgrade. Talked about some of the names that have rolled through the tournament before. These big names have used this tournament as a stepping stone for their ATP/WTA careers. Talked about where they fall into the order of tournaments. It’s not out of the question to see Pospisil here. Talked about the correlation between Canadian tennis players doing well on the big stage and the success of their event. Talked about their relationship with past-players.

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