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Hey guys, guess which team has given up the most goals against in the NHL?

Casual Tuesday is really trying hard not to go negative on your Vancouver Canucks. It's hard. We're trying.

With that in mind, let's look to the future, to what the team needs to become. So let's talk trade.

Plus, the Vancouver Giants are in a similar spot. What might they do as the deadline approaches?

And who's coming to the New Year's BBQ? It's Patrick Johnston and Steve Ewen.

It's a Casual Tuesday, powered by Province Sports Radio.

Jonathan and Paul look back at the Canucks 2016 year and ponder what the future holds for the local heroes.

What was the story of the year? Which player has been the most surprising? Who is the most disappointing player?

From Eric Gudbranson to Loui Eriksson, which players had the biggest impact good or bad on the Canucks season?

And what does Jim Benning’s pedigree as a rink rat and scout have to do with his future as Canucks GM?

The lads look at the prospects for the team into 2017 and what they think will be the biggest story in the next calendar year.

Thanks to everyone for listening to Province Sports Radio this year, and best wishes to all of you into the New Year.

Twas the night before Christmas...

And Jeff Paterson and Jason Botchford are here.

Jannik Hansen is back on the power play. But Luca Sbisa is being overused.

Torts and Botch had a run in.

Time for Tryamkin Tales...

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WIth the year winding down, Steve Ewen and Patrick Johnston take the temperature of Vancouver's sports scene. What was their most interesting news item of 2016? What are they going to be watching in 2017?

And why do hockey managers always lament their team's injuries? The Canucks' current crisis isn't a unique thing...

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Just over a week until Christmas, so it's time for Jason Botchford and Jeff Paterson to party.

But first, after the Carolina collapse, surely Willie's on the hot seat.

Finish this sentence: the state of the team these days is...

Anton Rodin is rehabbing in Utica. He was sold as key pickup in the off-season. Can he rescue everything?

And finally, what would the Patcast Xmas party look like and which Canucks would be invited?

It's a chilly Tuesday outside. Feels like hockey weather.

Patrick Johnston and Steve Ewen are here, and today's topic is "no-trades."

Just who are these Vancouver Canucks? By the standings, they're among the league's worst.

And yet the chatter is they're not moving anyone. Fans could be about to turn.

It's a strange time for messaging.

And it's a similar story for your Vancouver Giants, who have a blue chipper in Tyler Benson but are also not having the greatest season.

This is Province Sports Radio, on a Casual Tuesday.

Ed Willes joins Paul Chapman as they look at the Canucks who are stumbling through surprisingly decent patch. What if Jim Benning has been right all along and his plan is all coming together? Ed talks about how the Canucks will be in the playoff mix if Ryan Miller can sustain this level of play for the rest of the season.

Ed then turns talk to the Blue Jays and how their reluctance to re-sign some of their key free agents could come back to haunt them.

The lads then kick around the NFL, who are the favourites for the Super Bowl at this point and where do the Seattle Seahawks fit in the mix?

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Jeff Paterson is back from his sunny sojourn; fittingly, Jason Botchford joins him from Tampa.

There's lots to talk about, including the Philip Larsen and its aftermath, Jim Benning and Trevor Linden talking to every media outlet they can, what to make of the GM's no-trade comments, Willie D's deployments — and his praise for Botch — re-signing Miller and Burrows...and of course, a visit from R2D2.

This is the Pat-cast on Province Sports Radio, presented by Eagle Ridge GM.

The Canucks facing their old goalies this week has Patrick Johnston and Steve Ewen thinking what ifs.

Like, what if the Canucks had been able to trade Roberto Luongo first? Or is there a rationale for not trading Schneider for the pick which became Horvat?

Is this the worst move ever made by the Canucks?

Big questions this week on Casual Tuesdays.

Also, some more insight from Steve on the fun Potomak sisters story he wrote for Tuesday's paper, and what are the Blue Jays going to do without Edwin Encarnacion?

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Ed Willes joins Paul Chapman to talk about what the aftermath of a classic Grey Cup looks like. Will the league gain momentum? Or is the CFL always going to be what it is now, a Canadian institution that usually delivers a championship classic? Two or three-game series in the East and West Finals? Expansion to cities like Kelowna and Halifax? What can, or should, be done to create interest in the CFL regular season?

The Canucks recent upturn in form provides some fodder for looking at where the team will go. While the braintrust seemed uninterested in giving Troy Stetcher, Nikita Tryamkin and Bo Horvat prominent roles at the start of the season, they’ve been dragged in that direction, and it appears to be working.

Will that mean the Canucks will stay the course? Does it mean the team will look to be aggressive in the trade market if they stay in a playoff race?

Also, what of Jake Virtanen: what his role is during the second half of the season, Ed thinks he has a chance to come up and contribute, Paul thinks his future with the Canucks looks a bit more uncertain.

Finally the talk turns to MLS. After the spectacular matchup between Toronto and Montreal, and now seeing Seattle in the Final against TFC, what do the Whitecaps have to do to get into that conversation.

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