Episodes

San Jose Sharks forward, Jonah Gadjovich joined Matt and Jeff as his Sharks welcome the Canucks on Thursday. Talked about the game coming up and why it’s so important. Talked about how the season has gone. It’s going pretty good so far. Has learned that this is a tough league. But this is a really good group with a lot of older guys. The coaches are helping with his development. Talked about his time in the organization and how it helped him develop to get to the NHL. Said the Canucks were there...

Arthur Staple of the Athletic in New York joined Matt and Jeff to talk about the potential of JT Miller being traded to the Rangers. Arthur talked about the terms JT left on when he was with the Rangers. Says the talent was there but maybe not the maturity. Rangers need more skill and depth in their top 9. Adding a guy like Miller will make it so they can spread out the skill a bit more. Talked about pieces that could come the other way. Thinks it could be a defensemen coming back because of how...

We end the week with Jeff Paterson stepping into the co-host chair. Olympian, Hockey Hall of Famer, First NHL Female Scout and now Assistant General Manager for the Vancouver Canucks Cammi Granato joins us to talk about her new role, what it means to her to live and work in Vancouver and her book " I Can Play Too ." Long time colleague and NHL analyst for ESPN Ray Ferraro shares with us what it means for his wife Cammi joining the Canucks. Is there a desire for Ray to join an NHL front office as...

Our Thursday regular and longtime Vancouver sportscaster, Scott Rintoul joined Matt and Blake today. Talked about his thoughts on Cammi Granato being named the Canucks AGM. Says she is a better person than hockey player. Seeing how she is in the Hall of Fame, that tells you all you need to know. Can thank a change in philosophy, spearheaded by Jim Rutherford. Talked about the Leafs coming to Vancouver. Talked about who he likes for SB on Sunday. His heart is with the Bengals. Brain says the Rams...

Our good friend, the Moj, joined Matt and Blake from Los Angelas. Talked about some people he has run into on radio row. Talked about the difference in not having a network behind him. Says it is different but at the end of the day when you get down to business, it’s all the same. Talked about the lead-up to Sunday and how busy it gets. Talked about the big game and who has the edge. Rams have the edge in every category, other than QB. If the Bengals are going to win the game they need a turnove...

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...

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 ri...

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 fro...

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. Tal...

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 ye...

Patrick Johnston of the Province and Post Media joined Matt and Blake in his regular Tuesday spot. Started off by answering the poll question and if he is entertained by the Canucks. He has been lately but overall… Having to pick an answer, he is going no. Talked about management understanding that there will be changes that need to be made. Talked about Garland and how he got to Vancouver. PJ talked about Virtanen and if the Canucks can recapture his buyout, retroactively. Farhan Lalji of TSN j...

Our NFL insider, Charean Williams joined us after another outstanding weekend of playoff action. Talked about how this weekend lived up to the expectations of the previous weekend. Talked about the difference in Mahomes first half and second half. Doesn’t know if he was still thinking about the play that got away or if he was banged up. Joe Burrow was Joe Burrow in the 2nd half. We all assumed it was probably over after the coin flip. Charean says you still have to go thru KC to get to the SB. S...

Our Canucks Insider and Friday regular, Rick Dhaliwal joined us to end the week. After clearing his throat, Ricky talked about what JT Miller is worth on the trade market. JT’s camp knows that the conversation is going on. Despite all the noise, he goes out and has a whale of a game. Talked about where we might see him traded to. He is the driver of the engine. If it’s a grand slam offer, how could you not do it. It’s got to make sense. There are a lot of things at play here. How do you trade JT...

Thursday regular and Vancouver sportscaster, Scott Rintoul joined Matt and Blake. Started off talking about the 49ers win over the Packers. Talked about the other games it reminded him of. Talked about his thoughts on Patrik Allvin. Being Swedish alone is fitting enough. Ownership deserves credit for this. Knows they are spending money after they lured people away from other teams. Talked about Émilie Castonguay. Says the women being brought in isn’t tokenism. They are clearly qualified for the ...

Darren Dreger, host of Ray and Dregs and NHL Insider, joined Matt and Blake in his regular Wednesday spot. Talked about Patrik Allvin and the fact they had to go through their process before naming him the GM. By all accounts, this is a really good hire. Those who know him, think he will be successful. Thinks that one more AGM will be added. Wouldn’t be surprised if it is another female. You might get into a game of semantics of title. The department in general will be bolstered. Not sure if up ...

Fresh off the Olympic Mens team announcement for the Olympics, Team Canada Forward, Landon Ferraro joined Matt and Blake. It’s an unbelievable feeling and he is having a ton of fun about it. It was always one of those things that seemed so far-fetched. Knew NHL games were attainable. Being in Davos on day 1 is incredible. Talked about when he found out he was on the radar. Had a missed call from an Alberta number that he called back and found out he was on the Channel 1 team in Russia. They also...

Charean Williams of Pro Football Talk joined Matt and Blake after an incredible Sunday of football. Thinks it was the greatest weekend in history. All games decided on the last play. The problem is it is all downhill from here. The Championship games will have a tough time living up to that. Talked about the OT rule in football after the Bills didn't get a chance to drive down the field after a KC TD. Charean told a story of when in 2018 PM didn't get a chance to get the ball in the playoffs and...

Rick Dhaliwal joined Matt and Jeff for his regular Friday appearance. Talked about the lineup the Canucks are icing tonight. Ran through all the guys that are out. Talked about when the calvary might be back. Was told 10 days for everybody. Talked about the 4th line and what Rutherford thinks about it. If you look at it, three guys with low salaries working their ass off. Motte is one of the guys who makes that line tick. Talked about Rachel Doerrie. The team has known about her as awhile. Talke...

Vancouver sportscaster, Scott Rintoul joined for his regular Thursday hit. Talked about Rachel Doerrie. She is a very smart, young woman who has worked in the NHL before. Has done plenty of research in the game. She has worked on projects that quantify hockey IQ. Scotty thinks she disrupts the space, which some people will find uncomfortable. This is a diverse hire but doesn’t think it’s the last one. Checkmark for the organization. Thinks that one of the three AGM spots will be a female. It’s a...

Darren Dreger, host of Ray and Dregs and Podcast joined Matt and Blake for his regular Wednesday hit. Started with the Canucks front office. Talked about why Allvin isn’t such a slam dunk. Was reminded that he is very likely going to make the short list of five or six candidates. We do know there are a couple that have been made public. Talked about Sean Burke and will echo the comments of Sekeres. Don’t make the mistake of making Allvin the front runner. Doens’t mean he won’t get the job. Talke...

Patrick Johnston of the The Province joined Matt and Blake for his regular Tuesday spot. PJ ran down what he thinks the breakdown of the make up games will be, best he can tell. It will be a tough job to juggle around. Talked about it being 50% capacity. There was alwasy going to be questions this winter. Not neccessarily expecting Omicron but here we are. Talked about new covid protocols. Talked about getting back to the country when you have tested positive for Covid, depending on which passpo...

Charean Williams of Pro Football Talk joined Matt and Blake after the Super Wild Card Weekend. Talked about the officiating in Dallas. Says that any criticism is unfair. Have to put it on the Cowboys. Talked about Jerry Jones. Talked about the process in finding a new coach, should they want to replace Mike McCarthy. Talked about the QB carousel in the NFL. Talked about the RW3 saga and if he will or won’t explore his options oustide of Seattle. Wouldn’t be suprised if he moved on. Charean asks ...

Vancouver Canucks head coach, Bruce Boudreau joined Matt and Blake for the first time. Says that any coach when they lose is not happy. No matter how well you play, you want to win as often as you can. Thought they were only ok in FLA despite the layoff. It’s pretty good to keep them to 21 shots but you still want to win. Talked about his apporach and how his mood affects the team. When they are winning, you have to push the team harder or they get complaicent. When you are losing you have to ha...

Trevor Lai, the artist who created the Canucks Lunar jerseys, joined Matt and Blake. Talked about how the association with the Canucks came to be. Says he is the biggest hockey and Canucks fan in China. Says he reached out to the team and the league to find out how to grow the game in China. Talked about BOOMi, one of his characters, who has accumulated over five billions views. He pitched that the best way to grow the game is to grow it through kids and cartoons. He created a series on how to p...