In the two weeks since Anna & Chris last spoke, the Vancouver Canucks added to their salary cup troubles by helping the Toronto Maple Leafs out of salary cap trough, beat the Edmonton Oilers twice back-to-back to get the NHL campaign underway, and the NHL continues to find ways to mess things up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The NHL preseason is halfway through and the Canucks roster finally has a win. Anna and Chris discuss whether this should be concerning. The two also talk about the recent cuts the team made at the midway point and if any names being sent to Abbotsford are suprising. And with the Red Deer Rebels of the WHL making headlines for all the wrong reasons, it's another week of half-full, half-empty trending towards a refill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Just after the Calgary Flames hung a ten spot against a visiting (and young) Canucks squad to open up the preseason, Anna & Chris get together to discuss the further changes they tempted out of team in changing their recording schedule. The pair also share their feelings on the off-season expectations of players, and wonder aloud if a trip to Bali is actually a bad thing or not. Content Warning - the pair also discuss the use of painkillers in hockey and the harm it has brought to other spor...
After learning a hard lesson in recording a day earlier, Anna & Chris repeat the mistakes of the past and do it again this week. Thankfully no earthshattering Canucks news dropped in the interim. The team now has a new captain in Quinn Hughes and he's doing captain-like things. Young Stars is wrapping up. And training camp is pretty much now. And through all this, we learn that Columbus decided a new coach is in order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
On Monday, September 11 the Vancouver Canucks named Quinn Hughes their 15th captain in franchise history. On Sunday, September 10 Anna & Chris talked about the "rumours" Quinn was going to be the next Canuck to don the C. This is why you don't tempt the fates of the hockey Gods. Anna & Chris also talk about their expectations of three Canucks going into the season and the news the team is finally getting around to having a permanent practice rink. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
With the news that Elias Pettersson and the Canucks not continuing contract talks into the season, Anna & Chris wonder what the future holds for the relationship and whether the team can actually afford to keep Petey in a system that's designed to be competitive and win. The pair also discuss whether the Canucks will name a captain at the start of the season, who it might be (including a dark horse), and what they feel is needed to be "captain material." And as is the current reality, sports...
It's been a few weeks since you last heard from Anna & Chris, and the Canucks decided to use that break as an opportunity to facilitate a rare August player signing. The pair react to the aquisition of Pius Suter and discuss where he might find himself in the lineup, what it means to a few other role players, and how the Canucks can fit him into an already tight salary cap picture. They also discuss what JT Miller said on the Cam & Strick podcast and why hockey players having personality...
It's quiet times with the Vancouver Canucks and despite going a couple of weeks between episodes, very little news. That doesn't stop Anna & Chris from talking about a handful of hockey-related topics. The pair also find a way to link Karl Marx to professional sports too. It's that kind of episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
With the Vancouver Canucks taking a small step into free agent frenzy to with a handful of signings, Anna & Chris wonder if any will be enough to move the needle or if the Canucks are simply in stasis for the next couple of seasons. The pair also discuss the consolidation of professional hockey in the women's game, and if suspensions of "active roster players" will be sufficient to move forward from the 2018 Hockey Canada World Juniors team investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...
Two weeks ago the Vancouver Canucks suggested they could find a way to get out of salary cap hell via the trade market. Apparently that wasn't the case and a buyout of Oliver Ekman-Larsson was needed instead. Anna & Chris react to this news and wonder how the team now fills the ever-growing hole in the blue line to be competitive next season. The pair also discuss the NHL Awards, have a few effs to drop about the NHL choosing exclusion over inclusivity, and get ready for the NHL Entry Draft....
With the 2022-23 NHL season nearly at a close, Anna & Chris wonder if the Vegas model is the way to go in the NHL and if the Canucks can take a few pointers on how to put together a team. The pair also discuss the potential return to the league for both Joel Quenneville & Mike Babcock, whether it's deserved, and what might need to happen to show the league it needs to reconsider the bar it has set for bad actors. And with another episode comes another dream team, this time the team with ...
With the Vancouver Canucks celebrating the success of players in the runners-up competition - the World Championship - Anna & Chris share a few thoughts on Team Canada's gold medal and if the performance of a couple Canucks players could grease the trade skids a bit. And with the offseason also a time for the pair to go off the rails, considerably, Chris shares a story about a trip he had to Montreal to catch the team on the road. The Department of Player Safety Wheel of Justice gets a spin,...
With Anna away, former co-host Clay Imoo taps in to talk Vancouver Canucks hockey with Chris. While the two original C4 hosts wax nostalgic a bit, Chris gets Clay to share his vision of the Canucks offseason and what moves - if any - can be made to make the team a playoff contender. The pair also discuss how the Stanley Cup playoffs have played out in context to their predictions and make bold calls on who will win the Stanley Cup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
After making some bold NHL playoff predictions last episode, Anna & Chris revisit them to see how things panned out over the course of the first round. The pair also share why Elias Pettersson won't be playing in the World Championship & give an update on the Abbotsford Canucks. And with it being the off-season, it's time for a new segment - Dream Team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Vancouver Canucks 2022-23 season has officially come to a close. The lockers have been cleaned out. The sticks put away. And the end-of-season press conferences have been held. Anna & Chris take stock of everything they learned from what was said during the pressers, chat about the Abby Canucks kicking off their Calder Cup run, and provide a few first round NHL playoff predictions. And most importantly, they remember Andy Eide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic...
With the Vancouver Canucks seeing just a couple of "mean-something" hockey games in their future, they do their best in one of them to help wreck the potential playoff party. Anna & Chris also talk about the Vancouver Canucks team awards, which - if any - they don't agree with, and whether the all the awards carry the same gravitas as they once did. And then there's this little thing with former Canucks captain Bo Horvat, what his words mean to the longest-running Canucks podcast, and why ga...
The 2022-23 Stanley Cup dram has come to an end for the Vancouver Canucks. Much like the past few seasons, the Canucks have come up short at the end of the season after turning things around. Anna & Chris react to the news the Canucks don't have much mean anything hockey left, and finally get into NHL Awards chatter as they wonder if Quinn Hughes has a shot at the Norris. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
The Vancouver Canucks continue to win more games than they lose, putting more distance between them & a chance to win the Bedard sweepstakes. Anna & Chris discuss how this puts them in a position of conflict, as the chance of making the playoffs this season is ever so slim, yet there's little about this roster that suggests next season will be different than the past two. The pair also wonder if a successful franchise can build itself through NCAA & European free agency, instead of t...
With the Vancouver Canucks deciding to become one of the hottest teams in the league at the most inopportune time, Chris hops off the injured reserve to join Anna and share a few thoughts on the podcast. The pair discuss what's going so well, while doing so well could be bad, and if this is simply a repeat of seasons past where the team shows signs of progress leading up to the end of a season before regressing into the next. Oh, and hockey culture continues to exclude instead of include. Learn ...
With Chris on IR because just like Tucker Poolman, it was too early for him to be back on the ice, Anna is joined by “oldest” friend of the show, Patrick Johnston from The Province ( @risingaction ). Join them on a rollercoaster ride of emotions that has more back and forth than Canucks latest schedule as they discuss sad birthdays, sticky seats and Dakota Joshua’s straight lines. They talk the Canucks’ timeline for success, banking on Demko and what the definition of a guy is. Learn more about ...
Going into the NHL trade deadline, Anna & Chris expected the Vancouver Canucks to be creative. Whether it was to find a way to offload a tough contract, or stock up the cupboard with picks to do that leading up to the draft, they thought it would be an interesting deadline nonetheless. They weren't wrong, yet they were so wrong. The pair pick apart the few moves the Canucks made, why the tank is starting to throw a track or two, and what comes next as the season slowly winds itself down. Lea...
After a week off, Anna & Chris return to catch you up on how the Vancouver Canucks have done in an effort to win games or win draft position. The pair discuss the two trades that have taken place up to the moment they hit record, and take a quick spin around the league as deals are starting to come fast & frenzied. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
With the Canucks returning home from an Eastern road swing - one that had them take on former Canucks captain Bo Horvat - they've discovered they do one thing pretty darn well. Losing. Anna & Chris pick apart the roadtrip, wonder why Kuzmenko deserves single-digit minutes, and react to Patrik Allvin saying what we've all been saying for a long time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
So this week, Anna is joined by Canucks Conversation and Canucks Army’s Chris Faber ( @ChrisFaber39 ) to talk all things Baby Canucks. We cover the latest call-ups, who else is looking exciting, and who has the best and worst intermission entertainment in the AHL. If you’ve been curious about what’s going on down Highway 1, tune in and find out what Höglander has been doing, who the hell Jake Kupsky is and why all the California teams broadcast their games on country stations - okay we couldn’t ...
This week on C4 we are talking the big news of the day - the Vancouver Canucks have traded their captain! Chris & Anna talk about the return and if it is fair, Bo’s time as captain, and what they think of Beauvillier & Raty as Canucks. Plus Tochett’s first week as head coach is in the books, the Canucks’ handling of injuries is up for discussion and how pride nights are apparently optional in the NHL now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
As was expected over the past few weeks, the Vancouver Canucks finally fired Head Coach Bruce Boudreau & Assistant Coach Trent Cull. And while Canucks fans & players provided Bruce with the best farewell they could, the Vancouver Canucks management group decided the best way to deal with the aftermath from the situation is to blame us & the media for all the rampant speculation. Anna & Chris share their thoughts on how this all went down, how they think ownership & management...
With Anna still away, Chris Faber (of Canucks Army fame) swings through to join Chris to talk about everything there is to know about the Vancouver Canucks. Yet the bulk of what the two talk about is the answers given by Jim Rutherford in the recent press conference that some might describe as the most entertaining in a while. Jim touches on tanking, Bo Horvat's future as a Canuck (there isn't one), coaching "candidates," and being in the contract pickle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
If the Canadian Oxford Dictionary ever needed an example of inconsistency, the simple phrase "The Vancouver Canucks" would likely cover all bases. Friend of the show Jay joins Chris to talk about how the team can play so well against a top team like the Colorado Avalanche, only to play so poorly against the Isles & Jets. Chris also gets Jay's thoughts on who he sees as untouchable and what type of deal makes the untouchables... touchable. And Jay's excited about what's going on down in Abbot...
Happy New Year everybody! While it's a new year, it looks like we'll still be getting the same old Canucks! We've come to learn the Canucks can score yet simply can’t defend, that JT’s attitude sucks and Petey and Bo are trying to carry the team. 2023, let’s goooo! P.S. - we've got ourselves a new brand as part of a 2023 podcast rebuild! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In a week where the Vancouver Canucks beat the depleted Flames in a shootout yet were outshot by the weakened Jets and lost 5-1 at home (again), the GM sort of kind of admitted the Canucks were rebuilding. But not really. Anna & Chris also feel sorry for Bo Horvat, chuckle about the Canucks game against the Blues as it plays out in real time, and draw a winner for their holiday contest! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
