It's now or never for #96.

The Canucks split the series against Montreal and it likely ended their playoff chances, but wasn't it nice to have a game that actually mattered Saturday? The Habs should be barred from playing 3 on 3 OT for the rest of the season, and maybe Holtby should have started Wednesday against the Sens. Plus, do the acquisitions of Jimmy Vesey and Travis Boyd mean the Canucks will be sellers?

It's put up or shut up time against Montreal. Win both in regulation and you have a shot. Win just one or none, and meaningful games in March goes down the tubes. Why is Nils Hoglander not getting any OT time? What will Jimmy Vesey's role be with the Canucks? Plus we end the show with some Tanner Pearson talk, and why it was imperative in hindsight to be proactive.

One love to beggsy!

Recorded on my phone

The Vancouver Canucks have the best save percentage at five on five in the month of March, and that all has to do with Thatcher Demko. They're starting to grind out wins, but where was this a month ago? Tyler Motte is close to coming back, and we think he will be in the lineup in place of a certain veteran in short order. Arpan Parhar joins the show to talk about the Canucks recent success, Tyler Myers, Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes' next contract, and the seven-player model for building a contender. -- Follow @nickbondi and @powerofthetowel on Twitter, and subscribe to our YouTube channel for full length interviews: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9mHeDPhgxyAZIBn4iDIbfg

I had to do what I had to do

1-1 against the Habs this week, and that will not gain you ground in the North Division. Tyler Toffoli didn't embarrass us this time, which was nice. Goalie guru Ian Clark may be gone, and an inconvenient truth that underpins a lot of these decisions. We end the show with why you actually need to have a lot of faith in Jim Benning if you want the Canucks to trade pieces like Nate Schmidt and Tyler Motte.

Remember that anything is possible. Especially in this province.

This epi looks at surprising point leaders on NHL squads.

The Vancouver Canucks achieved their first true moral victory Saturday night — they came back and won a game after giving up the first goal, and they did it in a style that reminded us of last year's team. Elias Pettersson's absence is perhaps creating a bit of Ewing Theory with the team, and we discuss how the Canucks need to run the table (but what else is new). Dan Riccio of Sportsnet 650 joins the show to talk about the series against the Leafs, Thatcher Demko's future with this team, midseason Canucks awards, and much more. -- Follow @nickbondi and @powerofthetowel on Twitter, and make sure to rate and review the Nucks Misconduct network if you enjoyed what you listened to.

And it is what it is

Jim Benning addressed the media and it went as well as you expected — it felt like Groundhog Day to a lot of Canucks fans out there. Benning blamed the pandemic, schedule, flat cap, a "strong" Canadian division, but can you really pin it on those things if every other team has to deal with it? We also discuss the three games since our last episode, and why Jake Virtanen's haters are his motivators.

Oh and we talk about losing.

We're all losers Vancouver.

Hockey men still love their boy boys. If only the Canucks could capitalize on that.

The Canucks exit February a battered and bruised hockey team. They won just two of their 13 games in the month, and also somehow managed to lose games on the 30th and 31st. A Jake Virtanen trade almost happened over the weekend, but his salary is proving to be a stumbling point. Brandon Sutter is somehow the eighth-most valuable player on the potential trading block before the deadline — how the hell is that possible? Joshua Rey of the Avid Discussers podcast to talk about the future of this team, the upcoming trade deadline, what to do with J.T. Miller, and much more.

In any other year, the Vancouver Canucks would have cleared house by now. Instead, this dark cloud will hang over the team the rest of the way — welcome to the lame-duck season

This was recorded 2 games ago and still works.

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Is Mike Smith a leprechaun?

The Canucks have the highest moral victory point percentage in the NHL, but that doesn't mean much in the real world. They've led in expected goals the last two games, but have just one point to show for it. So it's time to acknowledge the situation — the Vancouver Canucks are not likely making the playoffs. Jamie Dodd of Sportsnet 650 joins the show to talk about Hoglander being a POS (in the best possible way), the future of Travis Green, Nate Schmidt's curious start to his Canucks tenure, and much more.

I'll get to the game later...

Good morning Vancouver

Francesco "Frank the Tank" Aquilini has sent this team streaking — and a big six-game stretch is coming up. We explain what the Canucks need to do in order to keep their playoff hopes alive, why they're lucky to face the Jets when they are, and why the resurgence of the Lotto Line will be key to this. Brock Boeser is fully healthy and back to his rookie season ways, but don't be surprised if he goes through a slump at some point. We end the show by talking about Nate Schmidt, and why he hasn't been as bad as you think.