Mike and Jason talk Canucks and Return to Play with Kevin Woodley and with Tom Mayenknecht

Tom Mayenknecht says, while their may not be a huge instant economic benefit to Hub cities, there's a longer-term sport tourism benefit to consider. Tom says one of the fine-tune details of the proposed return is how much freedom players will be allowed in the bubble scenarios

Kevin Woodley from In Goal Magazine says Alex Stalock was seeing the majority of the important starts for Minnesota, and suggests the Canucks will be preparing to see him in the play-in round. Kev sees the level of play being close to Jan/Feb hockey, which is when teams often start to ratchet up the intensity and pay more attention to the defensive side of the game

Mike and Jason go deep into the NHL's return to play announcement, with ESPN's Greg Wyshynski and TSN's Frank Seravalli

TSN's Frank Seravalli says the seven non-playoff teams have to be thrilled they all get a shot at the #1 pick, and suggests it's a good consolation for play-in losers to be included in the lottery. Frank says biggest issues now are a 2nd Covid wave or an outbreak in the player community

ESPN's Greg Wyshynski goes in-depth into the NHL's return to play announcement and concerns the PA has around it. Wysh says the players want it to be known they voted on the framework of a return to play, not to come back to play. Wysh also says the league is very concerned about having to pay back to TV deals, sponsors

Mike and Jason get into the NHL's return to play announcement and go through some Clips

Mike and Jason discuss What We Learned

Mike and Jason talk all things NHL and Canucks with Ray Ferraro and Thomas Drance

Thomas Drance of the Athletic Vancouver suggests players will be more willing to take bridge contracts, as they see the financial uncertainty the league is suffering from the Covid situation. Drancer gets into Jim Benning's penchant for signing older players...including rumblings Dave Bolland was once a target of the Canucks