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Joshua and Malcolm are joined by Ryan Henderson from ChekTV's Donnie and Dhali: The Team to discuss the turmoil and situation surrounding the Vancouver Canucks and the decisions that loom around the entire organization. Sean then joins Joshua for a roundtable discussion diving into those issues a bit further, discussing whether this is the darkest timeline or not, and try to find a glimmer of positivity.

Malcolm, Joshua, and Sean are back and recap some struggles for the Canucks in the early going. Struggles with offense and the forecheck to fans calling for Coach Green's job, and Pettersson slow out of the gate. Then talk about the Pacific Division, early look at playoff aspirations, Climate Pledge Arena, and the Rogers Arena Sports Bar.

Most importantly, they discuss the situation surrounding the 2009/10 Chicago Blackhawks team, Kyle Beach, the fallout since, the need for better preventative measures and supporting survivors of abuse. Our heartfelt love and support go out to Kyle Beach and survivors that share a similar experience. Our gratitude to Kyle, Rick Westhead, Katie Strang, and others that continue to amplify the story and support survivors.

Joshua, Sean, and Bill break down a busy end to the Preseason for the Canucks as they look at options for Olli Juolevi (yes, he was traded right after we recorded), targets for trade or waivers, losing Jonah Gadjovich on waivers to San Jose, the overall process questions behind these moves and some predictions for the season ahead. Then the guys get sidetracked and dive into the depressing situation that is the Buffalo Sabres and Jack Eichel. 

Sean, Malcolm, Joshua, and Bill celebrate and discuss the new Pettersson and Hughes contracts, discuss the uncertainty around Travis Hamonic's situation, frontrunners and darkhorses for final roster spots, and Arizona Coyotes' arena questions.

Sean, Malcolm, and Joshua review the early days of Canucks training camp featuring the famous Travis Green bag skate (40s) which took a round out of Olli Juolevi and some of the new acquisitions. Touch on an exciting start for Danila Klimovich in his first camp as well. Then Andrew Wadden of Sekeres & Price and RinkWide joins the show to look ahead at the season, talk about his exciting projects since the 1040 fallout and more!

A new season is finally on the cusp of beginning and Point Shot has made a free agent signing of our own with Joshua Griffith! Josh makes his debut as Sean, Malcolm, and Bill get together to discuss the Pettersson and Hughes contract saga, rookie and training camp, and who we look forward to watching this upcoming season. 

The fellas are joined by Patrick Johnston of the Province and Vancouver Sun to discuss the busy offseason for the Canucks, both in Vancouver and Abbotsford. Ryan Johnson's role with Abby, the signings of Brisebois, Sautner and Nielsen, the negotiations with Pettersson and Hughes, and the changes on the business side of the Canucks organization. 

Sean, Malcolm, and Bill do a roundtable to discuss a crazy 2 weeks of news in the NHL. Follow for quick hits through the Seattle Expansion Draft, NHL Entry Draft and the Canucks selection of Danila Klimovich, Free Agency opening up and the Canucks getting right to work signing 18 contracts in 48 hours. The guys also talk about the salary cap, the Habs' Carey Price gamble, and how Vancouver is a fantastic hockey market.

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Sean and Bill look ahead at the rapidly approaching expansion draft list deadline and ponder various players that could be had for a relatively low acquisition cost, look at the Gabriel Landeskog and Colorado situation, touch on the Duncan Keith trade and Ryan Suter/Zach Parise buyouts, then Sean goes into his thoughts on the Abbotsford Canucks unveiling and compares them to the ones from Vancouver Giants and Portland Winterhawks.

Sean is first joined by Bill to go over the Tampa Bay Stanley Cup Champions, the Buy Out window, Nate Schmidt's rumoured trade preference, and Oliver Ekman-Larsson rumours arising again.

Then Malcolm tags in for Bill to discuss a Nikita Kucherov's press conference, busy rest of July and looking ahead to an interesting off season for the Canucks.