C4 Hockey Podcast

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 mega...

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 Kups...

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...

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 &...

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...

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 typ...

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/adchoic...

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...

Chris is back! The Vancouver Canucks won 3 OTs in a row against the worst teams in the league and played a lot of fun hockey while doing it... before getting shutout by the most boring team in the NHL. They also floated another contract offer to their captain who fair-enough rejected it. Is it bye bye Bo time? Stay tuned to end of the show for our giveaway which we'll draw a winner for next week!!...

Anna is joined by Daniel Wagner - aka Wags, aka @passittouboulis from Vancouver is Awesome - who fits right in by deflating the optimism from Canucks 3 from 3 roadtrip. We talk Petey on the penalty kill, why Bo's face-off percentage might be game-changer but doesn't mean Canucks should break the bank re-signing him and why goalies are tough to talk to. Plus there's talk on the Canucks re-build roa...

Having got their roadtrip off to a great start, where the Vancouver Canucks held a number of multi-goal leads and still won the game, the past few games have been far from stellar and the team looks to be in quite the tailspin. Anna & Chris wonder could happen when the team returns home, if trades of players named Bo & Demko are afoot, and where the team might find an opportunity to steady...

Anna & Chris are honoured to be joined by former Vancouver Canucks defenseman and current TSN analyst, Frank Corrado. Canucks fans know him a Frankie, so we ask the question on "everyone's" mind - did he purposefully switch to Frank once he left to distance himself from his time with us? Frank talks about his career, what he's up to now, and gives a few thoughts on what needs to happen with hi...

Having listened to the inspirational story shared in our previous episode, the Vancouver Canucks got a win against both the Seattle Kraken and the Pittsburgh Penguins. They did this despite injuries to key players, two separate "game-day" trades, and the odds-makers being against them. Anna & Chris break down the week that was and wonder if this recent spat of positivity can be channeled into...

While the Vancouver Canucks early season difficulties continue (they lost again while this episode was being recorded), the troubles the team face pale to those former Canuck Aaron Volpatti encountered on his journey to the NHL. Aaron joins hosts Anna & Chris to talk about the launch of his new book, FIGHTER: Defying The NHL Odds , and the story he tells about overcoming adversity and defining...

The Vancouver Canucks have kicked off the 2022-23 NHL Season in epic fashion, though maybe not the best version of epic if you happen to be a Canucks fans. Anna & Chris react to three straight games where the Vancouver Canucks have held multi-goal leads, yet found a way to lose each one of them. While some are placing the blame on NHL officiating, and others on horrible puck luck, it's hard no...

The Vancouver Canucks remain winless in the presason and "must-win game polls" are all the rage. Do Chris & Anna even care? The pair address a few questions from the last episode, chat about a certain troll, and cannot believe Hockey Canada just doesn't get it. At all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ★ Support this podcast ★

The Vancouver Canucks are in preseason mode, a Brockenaissance was happening, and all was good in Vancouver for three days. Yet as is with Canucks luck, it was the fourth day where things got a little bit shaky. Anna & Chris share a few preseason thoughts, what they've liked so far from what they've seen, and if there have been any surprises from the early days of camp. Learn more about your a...

While 136 of the 137 Vancouver Canucks podcasts recorded emergency episodes, leave it to C4 to sit on news that JT Miller signed an extension with the team that has the potential to be phenomenal - that is phenomenally great or phenomenally horrible. Anna & Chris share a few thoughts on what this means moving forward, and as the title of the episode suggests, why they think it's possible we're...

Chris is away so Anna is joined by Cody Severtson from Canucks Army to talk Canucks’ new signings, prospects in the system and why the Baby Canucks crashed out of the playoffs and crushed our dreams by breaking up #TeamSheldon. He also drops an exclusive on us!  Don’t forget to join us at the C4 Drink Up from 4pm on Saturday 10th September at Steamworks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...

Anna makes a triumphant return to the show, and has some thoughts on what's been going on she's been gone. She & Chris talk about how Hockey Canada keeps getting things wrong, the impact it has to the game and the possiblity it holds back acquisition of new fans and markets, and if they see a light at the end of the tunnel. The pair also talk about possibly rebranding the podcast to be all "JT...

Ryan Schaap , host of the second longest-running Canucks podcast in Pucks on Net , joins Chris to wax poetic about the Vancouver Canucks & the Smylosphere. Ryan shares his thoughts on what the new regime has been up to, when the perfect time to trade JT Miller happened to be or will be, how PoN & C4 have continued to endure nine years later, and why hockey culture remains sick. Learn more...

With Anna still gallivanting across the United Kingdom, friend of the show Patrick Johnston (Canucks reporter for The Province & Vancouver Sun) joins Chris to fill in for her absence. PJ shares his thoughts on how the Canucks performed at the NHL Entry Draft, what happened to the trade that was meant to be that wasn't, and how he thinks the Canucks performed during the frenzy that is NHL free...

Two weeks ago Anna & Chris wondered if JT Miller would still be a Vancouver Canuck by the completion of the NHL Entry Draft. And in this episode, they now wonder if he'll remain a Vancouver Canucks after Free Agent Frenzy later this week. They also chat about the Canucks finding that while they can't clone Elias Pettersson to play in all the positions, they can instead draft another one to hel...

With the Stanley Cup Final almost at a close - Anna & Chris had hoped Colorado would've won already - the pair share a few thoughts on what they think this final will mean for the "copycat league." They also discuss the buried lede in the recent Canucks organizational announcement, why the NHL is all about recycling the "real hockey men," and if there's any real belief that JT Miller is back i...

With rumours abound that EVERYTHING MUST GO in the alleged country club that is Vancouver, will Anna be missing out on all the action when she heads overseas for an upcoming scouting trip? The two also discuss the addition of a few entry-level contracts to help add a little something in cupboards, chat about the upcoming Stanley Cup final, and discuss the rest of the offseason podcast plans. Learn...