C4 Hockey Podcast

After two uninspired performances from the Canucks before their one-week break, Anna & Chris decided to pick up the slack with an inspired podcast episode. The two kick around a few ideas on what the Canucks can do leading up to the trade deadline, and try to figure out if simply suggesting "So you say they have a chance," is sufficient to remain optimistic with their playoff chances. Then you...

Somehow, someway, the Vancouver Canucks have continued to scrape together wins & points against and find themselves on the precipice of above .500 hockey. To help break what's going on down is Mike Paris , co-host of the Game Time Decision podcast. Mike, Anna, and Chris discuss whether or not the Canucks are truly a "good team" and wonder aloud if Artem Chubarov's car is still stuck under Roge...

The Vancouver Canucks have six wins in their last ten games, most of which they've played without Elias Pettersson. And despite this, they remain two games below .500 & three points out of a playoff spot - held by the Montreal Canadians who have games in hand. Helping break down whether the Canucks have a chance is Jawn Jang , formerly of Sportsnet 650AM and currently with CKNW 980AM. Jawn, An...

A week ago, Chris & Anna questioned where the Canucks had it in them to take one point off the Leafs. Yet here we are watching the Canucks take four of four points off of them, before taking two from the Canadians (despite giving one point back). Not only that, the Canucks winning streak has been without Elias Pettersson! Leave it to the pair to try and explain what is going on! C4 Text Line -...

Last episode, Anna & Chris demanded the Vancouver Canucks grab points off the Edmonton Oilers. Unfortunately, the Canucks didn't listen - despite going up 3-0 early in the first game against the Oil. After a short break to collect themselves, they decided to take a different approach with a 3-0 lead against the Winnipeg Jets and found themselves a solid win. Is it enough to turn the tides? Or...

The Vancouver Canucks grab points in three out of four games over the past week - is that enough to get Chris & Anna all jazzed up? The two also speak to Sarah Laug ( @nucksaid ), author of the " Our Voice " series sharing the stories of women in sport, about why she felt it so important to share the different female perspectives and what she sees from the Canucks this season. And wrapping up...

While the Vancouver Canucks halted their slide with a win over the Calgary Flames, the week since the last episode was still tumultuous. From the sudden end to TSN 1040 on the sports-talk radio landscape in Vancouver to Francesco Aquilini suggesting he had "full confidence" in Jim Benning, Travis Green and the rest of the management team, to work boots being the new dress code, lots has been going...

While the Vancouver Canucks slide continues, Chris & Anna look for positives and are joined by Chloe & Natalie Hoy from The Permanent Rain Press to talk about the Vancouver Canucks. From how they started covering the Canucks with their "Everyone Loves Fin" post-game blog, to Natalie's participation in the Botchford Project, to the solutions they'd put in place to stop the Canucks run of lo...

Prior to the Canucks game against the Montreal Canadians on Monday night, this episode was going to be titled "Sens-ational Snagglepuss." And after the loss, where the Canucks looked so uninspired, things changed. Are the Canucks truly a "have-not" team in the North Division? Or is it simply some voodoo when they play the Habs in action? In Matt's last show in the co-host chair, he shares a few th...

The past week was a rough one for the Vancouver Canucks. Kicking things off with a loss in what Matt described as a "must-win game" against the Calgary Flames, the Canucks only managed to get a shootout win against the Montreal Canadians before stopping the slide against the Ottawa Senators. Recapping all that went wrong, the little that went right, and wondering what's in front of the team as the...

The Vancouver Canucks are a week into their 2021 NHL season, and host Matt Lee already believes the team is in "must-win" territory. Thankfully the sage minds of Anna Forsyth & Chris Golden are there to put those ideas to bed. That said, the crew breaks down all that is not going well for the team and what they think might be able to help turn things around. And as they wrap-up the show, they...

Only a day away from the return to NHL action, in what will be a very surreal (and short) 2021 season, the gang take a look at the Vancouver Canucks at the conclusion of training camp and what the starting lineup might look like. Not only that, they try and piece together who will be on the taxi squad, who might be making their way to Utica, and what will happen for those in-between. Learn more ab...

To kick things off in 2021, Adam is back in the saddle and joins Anna, Chris & Matt to talk hockey. They touch on the World Junior tournament before heading to the opening day of the Vancouver Canucks' abbreviated training camp for the 2021 season. The crew make some way-to-early predictions, discuss Jake Virtanen's fitness (because that's the thing to do), take a peek at the wacky schedule, a...

With 2020 being a year to go virtual, we took our Holiday Live Show over to YouTube ! If you didn't get a chance to watch it live, listen in as Adam triumphantly returns to join Anna, Chris & Matt to reminisce about the year that was with a number of special guests - Clay Imoo, Samantha Chang, Wyatt Arndt & Satiar Shah. They talk hockey, Messier jerseys, favourite memories and more! And ye...

As we wait for signs of a return to NHL hockey in the New Year - a topic the crew chats about - Anna, Chris & Matt get into the anthem of change that took place over the past week. Plus news of the C4 Holiday Live Show on Dec. 21 is shared. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ★ Support this podcast ★

Joining Chris & Anna to talk about the Seattle Kraken is John Barr, host of the Sound of Hockey podcast (formally known as NHL To Seattle). The group discusses how a podcast dedicated to an NHL franchise in Seattle comes to be well before an NHL franchise even existed, and how John has been involved in the Kraken journey from the beginning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/...

Having taken some time to digest the Canucks moves, and non-moves, since the end of the regular season, Anna, Chris & Matt reevaluate their positions and walk through if they think the team has gotten better or worse across the various levels of the roster. They also talk about expectations going into next season and discuss who has the most pressure placed upon them when they hit the ice next...

Did you know that Extra Life Game Day is this weekend? That's right! On Saturday, November 7 you can join Chris and thousands of other gamers worldwide as they look to raise money for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals around Canada and the United States. Chris is looking to raise money for the BC Children's Hospital Foundation and needs your help to bust his goal of $600 - can you help him get...

With the Calgary Flames going through an exercise of rebranding themselves with former Vancouver Canucks, Anna, Chris & Matt take a talk about the reasons shared by Josh Leivo on taking the Flames deal over the Canucks and what it likely means is going on down at the Rog'. They also discuss the return of Jake Virtanen on a back-loaded contract, big Zack MacEwen's deal, Jayce Hawryluk, and what...

With Anna, Adam & Matt taking the episode off, Chris sits down with special guests Mike Browne & Scott Hemenway - hosts of the Dark Poutine podcast - to walk down memory lane and talk about the Canucks over the years. They hit on the run of '94, the dark years, their favourite Canucks and the ones that frustrated them the most. Remember Canucks pay-per-view games? Those get discussed. And...

In the last episode, Anna, Chris & Matt wondered aloud if there was a possibility the Canucks could find themselves without Oliver Ekman-Larsson, as well as lose all three of Jacob Markstrom, Chris Tanev, and Tyler Toffoli to free agency. In this episode, that possibility is now the current reality. What went wrong? What has gone right? What could the next season - or two - look like? All that...

Hours before the start of the NHL Entry Draft, Anna, Chris & Matt planned to get together to share a few thoughts on the Draft, yet instead spend the bulk of the episode talking deal or no-deal about Oliver Ekman-Larsson. The three also wonder aloud how much the OEL discussion has hindered their ability to lock down the FA Three and if the Canucks could lose out on everyone. Learn more about y...

With the 2019-2020 NHL season finally coming to a close, Chris & Anna begin the process of wondering what 2020-2021 NHL hockey will look like, and what the Canucks roster will consist of come that time. How confident are they of a return to Vancouver for Markstrom, Toffoli, and Tanev? Is Troy from Richmond sticking around? If there are holes in the roster, how should GM Jim Benning go about fi...

The Stanley Cup Final is in full swing, most NHL awards have all been announced, and the Vancouver Canucks free agent situation is all sorts of crazy. Add in some technical hijinks earlier in the week, and you get an unusual Thursday episode of C4 where Anna & Chris break down everything that's been happening in the Smylosphere. Is Marky coming back? Is Tanev on his way out? Did Toffoli buy a...

Joining Chris & Anna to talk about the Vancouver Canucks post-season journey, and what she sees as their future, is Sam - co-host with the most from the Area 51 Podcast , The Broadscast , and Rob Fai Nation. She shares her opinion on what the team's performance means for the future, how they manage the off-season, and a few other fabulous thoughts in solid episode of fun! Learn more about your...