Tsn 1040: Donnie & The Moj

TSN's Jamie McLennan says when he looks at the Canucks he looks at a team with a lot of question marks - depth in top six & can Holtyb/Demko do what Markstrom did last year in net. Jamie also says it's a concern losing J.T. Miller for a couple of weeks when it's only a 17 week season.

Donnie and Moj are joined by Ian Furness and Jeff Paterson.

KJR's Ian Furness says the Seahawks are not an organization that stays complacent & a move needed to be made on the offensive side of the ball, whether is was by addition or subtraction.

Donnie and Moj are joined by Jason Strudwick.

TSN1290’s Jason Strudwick joined Donnie and Moj to preview the Edmonton Oilers. Jason says when it comes to the defence, the Oilers appear to be looking for three balanced pairings. Jason also discusses building a team around Connor McDavid & the right way to do it.

Donnie and Moj hit the Top 2 at 1 and Is It Just Me.

Donnie and Moj are joined by Farhan Lalji.

TSN’s Farhan Lalji joins Donnie and Moj to discuss the fact J.T. Miller was not at Canucks practice today, and how that could affect things short term. Farhan also says discusses the taxi squad & what he would do with Sven Baertschi & Loui Eriksson.

Donnie and Moj are joined by Jeff Paterson.

TSN1040’s Jeff Paterson joins Donnie and Moj from the rink as Canucks are on the ice for their final practice ahead of opening night. Jeff says there weren’t any surprises with the players assigned to Utica today & can understand why Loui Eriksson would be placed on the taxi squad.

Donnie and Moj are joined by Bill Daly.

NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly joins Donnie & Moj on the eve of the season starting. Bill says he doesn’t expect many fans in arenas during the regular season, that planning this season has been very different that planning the bubbles in the summer & that there is some flexibility built into the scheduling if COVID19 issues arise within organizations.

PuckPedia’s Hart Levine joins Matt & Blake to discuss roster construction in terms of the salary cap & scenarios that the Canucks could do to get cap compliant for opening night.

Donnie and Moj are joined by Ross Tucker.

NFL analyst Ross Tucker joins Donnie and Moj to discuss Super Wild Card Weekend & says he’s never seen anything like how the Cleveland-Pittsburgh game went. Ross also says he is surprised with the fact Doug Pederson is out as head coach of the Eagles.

Donnie and Moj are joined by Craig Button.

TSN’s Craig Button joins Donnie and Moj to weigh in on the NHL, scheduling & the fact the league will have to be flexible with COVID19 issues. Craig also says the Loui Eriksson contract has negatively impacted the Canucks & will continue to as time goes on.

Donnie and Moj are joined by Jeff Paterson and Rick Dhaliwal.

TSN1040’s Rick Dhaliwal joins Donnie and Moj to discuss the Canucks placing Loui Eriksson on waivers, along with 5 other players. Rick also has an update on Vasili Podkolzin and the fact there continue to be playing time issues with his KHL team.

TSN1040’s Jeff Paterson says his hunch is that Loui Eriksson goes to the Canucks taxi squad when, not if, he clears waivers. Jeff says ahead of the roster being set tomorrow, expect a lot of cap gymnastics to still happen