On the final VANcast, Farhan Laji from TSN and the Athletic's Harman Dayal welcome original VANcast hosts Thomas Drance of the Athletic and Jeff Paterson of RinkwideVancouver.com and contributor to Sekers and Price. The quartet look back on four years of the VANcast, including piloting a podcast through the pandemic and then the bubble and having to change the name of the pod, early on after the Canucks organization balked at the name Nuckscast. Farhan, Harman, Thomas and Jeff take a look at this years edition of the Canucks with training camp beginning this week, newly minted captain Quinn Hu ..read more

Thomas Drance and Farhan Laji look back on an eventful season for the Canucks which sees them miss the playoffs in a year that saw the team trade their captain, fire the coach, have turmoil inside the front office, injuries to key people, mismanagement of the salary cap, having players second guess medical decisions, underperforming core players, and in the end, seeing the Canucks miss out on a chance to draft franchise changing player and local hero: Connor Bedard.  This episode of the VANcast was originally presented as a live room post game, after the Canucks overtime win in Arizona i ..read more

Rick Tocchet, the head coach of the Vancouver Canucks joins Farhan and Harman to discuss his first season in Vancouver, the additions to the roster the Canucks made during free agency, what he thinks of first round pick Tom Willander and how much he is looking forward to next seasons edition of the Vancouver Canucks. Plus the guys talk about the re-signing of Nils Höglander and how the winger might fit into the Canucks top 9 next season and if newly acquired defender Carson Soucy will get big minutes in the Canucks top four, come the fall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a ..read more

On this edition of the VANcast, Harman and Farhan dissect the Canucks active July 1st adding Carson Soucy, Ian Cole, Teddy Blueger and extending Akito Hirose, The guys discuss if there might be any more free agent moves on the horizon for the Canucks and JT Miller's new deal which officially kicks in, taking him off the trade board, for now at least.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

Farhan Lalji and Harman Dayal host a live room VANcast, post NHL draft 2023 from Nashville. The guys take a look at the defence heavy crop of talent that the Canucks accumulated, including the 11th overall Tom Willander, third rounder Hunter Brzustewicz, and fourth rounders Sawyer Mynio and Aiden Celebrini. Plus the guys discuss the trade rumours involving Tyler Myers who is linked to the San Jose Sharks, before Farhan and Harm dive into free agency targets for the Canucks, coming up on Canada Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

On the latest VANcast, Farhan and Harman welcome draft expert Shane Malloy from SiriusXM NHL Network Radio to discuss the Canucks targets with the 11th overall pick and how deep the 2023 crop of prospects is this year. Plus, Harm, Farhan and Shane talk about the Canucks off-season game plan, they critique the job of the management duo of Jim Rutherford and Patrik Allvin and the development of Nils Höglander & Vasili Podkolzin to date.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

Farhan and Harman discuss the Canucks decision to buy out the final 4 years of Oliver Ekman-Larsson's contract, creating 8 years of dead cap, while making him a free agent. The guys talk about how the Canucks can use this new found money, who they might target in free agency and what to do with Ethan Bear who is due for a new deal, but will start the season on the injury list. Plus, Farhan and Harman talk about former Canucks head coach Travis Green, landing in New Jersey to be on Lindy Ruff's staff, with the Devils. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

The VANcast returns with a hefty mailbag ahead of the NHL draft as Farhan and Harman answer your burning questions on what projects to be a busy Canucks off-season, including who Vancouver will be in position to draft, Thatcher Demko's backup, the bottom six, trade value on Conor Garland, Brock Boeser and Tyler Myers and what Elias Pettersson's next contract will look like. Get a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase at athleticgreens.com/vancast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

Farhan and Harman take a look at the remaining teams in the Stanley Cup playoffs, and compare and contrast the Vancouver Canucks roster to the Canes, Panthers, Golden Knights, Kraken and Stars, and project how far off Vancouver actually is, to where those teams are right now. The guys discuss the elimination of the Edmonton Oilers and the Toronto Maple Leafs, and they welcome Kevin Woodley from NHL.com and IN-Goal magazine to talk about the struggles in net for the Oilers and Leafs, how the Golden Knights have made it to the final four with backups and journeymen, the resurgence of Sergey Bobr ..read more

On this edition of the VANcast, Farhan and Harman welcome The Athletic's prospect analyst Corey Pronman to discuss the 2023 NHL draft field. The boys get a primer from Corey on a loaded draft class and get a sense of what players might be available for Vancouver to select with the 11th pick overall, in Nashville in June.  Plus, Farhan and Harman provide an update on Jonathan Lekkerimäki, last years first rounder for the Canucks and the season that was for the AHL's Abbotsford Canucks who were eliminated in the second round by the Calgary Wranglers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ..read more