The Athletic Vancast – CanucksBanter

On this post game edition of the VANcast, Farhan and Thomas breakdown the Canucks 5-4 overtime win vs the Sharks in San Jose.

The guys discuss Tyler Myers and Travis Hamonic being on the ice in the final seconds and Myers gaff which led to a last second goal by the Sharks to send it to overtime before J.T. Miller scored in extra time to win it for Vancouver..

The guys debate if the Canucks on ice issues have been fixed since Bruce Boudreau took over as head coach.

The negatives though continue to outweigh the positives with defence, power-play, penalty kill and the sporadic play of Nils Höglander, Vasili Podkolzin and Jason Dickinson taking centre stage over the upbeat general vibe of the team, slightly better 5 on 5 play, an improving Elias Pettersson the addition of Conor Garland and Kyle Burroughs and a defined, dependable 4th line.

Plus the guys discuss possible trade chips for the Canucks, including Brock Boeser, Hamonic, Tucker Poolman, Dickinson and J.T. Miller.

On an all new VANcast, Farhan and Drancer breakdown yet another Canucks loss, and the team continuing to struggle in the first period of games. The guys discuss Jaroslav Halak’s performance, and his bonus which kicked in during this game and how not even the best goaltending performance could have beaten a very prepared New York Islanders team on Wednesday night.

The guys look ahead to Saturday’s game versus Auston Matthews and the Toronto Maple Leafs, and how the Canucks might go about containing the Leaf superstar.

The guys talk about Elias Pettersson’s ever improving game, but wonder why he isn’t shooting more than he does and Farhan and Drancer stick tap Cammi Granato who joins the Vancouver Canucks from the Seattle Kraken as an assistant General Manager.