Get up to speed on the week in Vancouver sports in under 2 hours. The Athletic's Israel Fehr @israelfehr and former Hockey Night in Canada Feature Producer Alex Blair @thealexblair break down the big topics, answer the important questions and interview compelling guests from across the sporting and media landscape.
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June 7th - Canucks, Leafs, Scheifele and Gillis
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June 7th Episode of On Air with Israel Fehr and Alex Blair Izzy is off this week Quick Canucks thoughts -Likely return of assistant coaches -Positive comments from GM JB on return of Ian Clark -Do you want the Sedins "mentoring" this management group? -Likely 4-5 more years of flat cap - what that could mean for Pettersson and Hughes and other RFA …
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The White Whale - Mike Gillis Interview
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Former Canucks President and GM Mike Gillis joins On Air's Alex Blair - Lookback at the highs and lows of the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs - Deciding to become a GM and the philosophy of communication and maximizing performance. - Impact and evolution of sports science in hockey - Canucks desire to return the franchise to "10 years ago" - Integrating …
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May 21 - End of a Wild Week in Vancouver.
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May 21st Episode of On Air with Israel Fehr and Alex Blair The 650 thing Travis Green gets extended at the 11th hour. Why he resigned for less than he wanted. Jim Benning doing what he can to try and help shape/change the narrative. Words are PR. Actions are what matters. What we learned from the season ending media conference. Biggest questions fo…
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May 15th: Patrick Johnston of Vancouver Province
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Patrick Johnston of the Vancouver Province joins Israel Fehr and Alex Blair to discuss the potential changes coming to the Vancouver Canucks organization. Why the Aquilini family suddenly feels like major changes are necessary. Who is involved in the discussion? Who may be under consideration? How much the Canucks brand has been negatively impacted…
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May 15 - Aquilinis huddled in a bunker. What's the future of the Canucks organization?
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May 15th episode of On Air with Israel Fehr and Alex Blair Change is happening at Canucks Sports and Entertainment. What we know; The Aquilinis are huddling (hopefully in a bunker) and discussing the future of the Canucks organization and management. Change is going to happen. Who is likely gone and how far reaching will it go? Israel and Alex expl…
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May 8th - Daniel Wagner from Pass it to Bulis Interview
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Daniel Wagner - Co-founder and author of the Pass it to Bulis Blog on Vancouver is Awesome joins Israel and Alex to dissect the Canucks 20-21 campaign, discuss the key decisions ahead for the franchise and share his journey into sports media and how he started started and built one of the most successful hockey blogs in Canada.…
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May 8 - The Canucks 20-21 Season - What happened and how can they fix it? The Canucks biggest questions with Daniel Wagner
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May 8th episode of On Air with Israel Fehr and Alex Blair With Canucks sitting 24th with 8 games remaining - The importance of a top-10 draft pick this year. Travis Green's 2 year offer from Canucks How best to rebuild Vancouver's defence. Why Elias Pettersson may return for the final few games of the season. Was moving the Canucks AHL team to Abbo…
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May 1 - Former TEAM 1040 Host David Pratt OnAir
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Longtime Vancouver sports broadcaster David Pratt joins the show to give his thoughts on the Canucks season and why he feels Travis Green won't be back behind the bench for the Canucks next season. Also a look at the evolving CFL XFL situation and David's insight's into the end of 1040 and the drastic and sudden changes across sports media in Vanco…
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May 1 - Virtanen Accusation Breaks and Former Team 1040's David Pratt joins the show
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On this episode of On Air with Israel Fehr and Alex Blair News is breaking that Jake Virtanen is being accused of sexual misconduct. The Canucks announce Virtanen is going on indefinite leave from the the club investigates the report and accusations. After 3 loses in 4 games vs Ottawa - Israel and Alex discuss the decisions that are now the focus f…
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Apr 24 - How Fans Brought Owners to their Knees in the World's Biggest Sport.
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On this episode of On Air with Israel Fehr and Alex Blair The European Super League Collapse- How the collective supporters changed the course of the worlds biggest sport and reminded sports owners globally, the power of the fan. Have the Canucks ever had such a promising collection of talent on the ice? While at the same time never having had this…
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Apr 17 - The ramifications of Canucks COVID-19 and how it was handled
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Israel Fehr and Alex Blair discuss how cracks between Canucks players and management/ownership amidst the COVID-19 outbreak have become clear and what impact that could have on the organization. What to look forward to over the last 19 games of the NHL season. A review of the NHL trade deadline. Israel discusses Vlad Guerrero Jr's hot start for the…
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Matt Sekeres on the sudden end at 1040 and deciding on digital with Blake Price
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The Voice of Record in Vancouver sports radio, Matt Sekeres joins the show to detail how he found out about the end of TSN 1040, his recollections of February 9, 2021, and how he and Blake Price decided on going digital for their new venture. Matt also reacts to the recent signings of Tanner Pearson and Thatcher Demko and explains why the next few …
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Episode 31: The Boys are Back and Matt Sekeres joins the Show
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On Air with Israel Fehr and Alex Blair returns after a week away with their first digital only episode. Explanation about the show going digital only for the spring/summer Reaction to the signings of Tanner Pearson and Thatcher Demko Look ahead to NHL Trade Deadline and most exciting possible NHL Playoff matchups Matt Sekeres joins the show to talk…
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Episode 30: Trade targets for the Canucks
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Israel Fehr and Alex Blair discuss the latest in the world of sports and are joined by Harman Dayal. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.
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Harman Dayal on Canucks potential trade targets and values
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Harman Dayal joins On Air to talk about the Canucks potential trade targets ahead of the upcoming deadline and breaks down what they may get back in return.
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Israel Fehr and Alex Blair discuss the latest in the world of sports and are joined by Larry Olmsted (00:52). The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media of any affiliates.
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Larry Olmsted on his book "FANS: How Watching Sports Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Understanding"
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Larry Olmsted joined On Air to talk about his experiences being a fan of professional sports and the impact it's had on his life.
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Israel Fehr and Alex Blair discuss the latest in the world of sports and are joined by John Shannon (00:29). The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.
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John Shannon on Darryl Sutter and the Flames, the Canucks and Strombo on HNIC.
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John Shannon joined On Air to talk about Darryl Sutter's impact in Calgary, the Canucks management situation and what it was like on the Hockey Night in Canada set with George Stroumboulopoulos.
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Episode 27: Sutter makes waves in Calgary
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Israel Fehr and Alex Blair discuss the latest in the world of sports and are joined by Irfaan Gaffar (00:51). The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.
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Irfaan Gaffar on Benning's comments, re-signing Hughes and Pettersson and Canucks season thus far.
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Irfaan Gaffar joined On Air to discuss the recent comments by Canucks GM Jim Benning, scenarios in re-signing Hughes and Pettersson and how things have gone for the Canucks so far this season.
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Episode 26: Tough week in Calgary and Vancouver
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Israel Fehr and Alex Blair discuss the latest in the world of sports and are joined by Iain MacIntyre (00:28) and Daniel Wagner (00:50). The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.…
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Daniel Wagner on Canucks compared to the 2017-18 Oilers and the North Division.
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Daniel Wagner joined On Air to break down the recent struggles of the Canucks and Flames and likening this Canucks team to the 2017-2018 Oilers team.
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Iain MacIntyre on Canucks recent struggles.
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Iain MacIntyre joined On Air to talk about the Canucks struggles as of late and what’s next for the team.
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John Shannon on NHL outdoor game postponement, Crosby and the Flames.
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John Shannon joined On Air to discuss the problems with the outdoor game at Lake Tahoe, Sidney Crosby playing his 1000th game and the Flames struggling as of late.
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Arden Zwelling on the Blue Jays chances this season and the latest signings around MLB.
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Arden Zwelling joined On Air to discuss what this season will look like for the Blue Jays, their postseason chances and the latest signings around MLB.
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Episode 25: Trouble with the Flames
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Israel Fehr and Alex Blair discuss the latest in the world of sports and are joined by Arden Zwelling (00:29) and John Shannon (00:50). The views expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.
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Episode 24: Vancouver loses both on and off the ice
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Israel Fehr and Alex Blair discuss the latest in the world of sports and are joined by Scott Burnside (00:28). The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.
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Scott Burnside on Burke being hired in Pittsburgh and what’s next for the Pens
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Scott Burnside joined On Air with Israel Fehr and Alex Blair to discuss the Penguins hiring Brian Burke and Mike Gillis potentially being re-hired in Vancouver.
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Israel Fehr and Alex Blair discuss the latest in the world of sports and are joined by Jonas Siegel and Arash Madani. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.
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Arash Madani on Brady vs. Mahomes and covering SuperBowl's over the years
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Arash Madani joined On Air with Israel Fehr and Alex Blair to discuss the SuperBowl matchup between Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes and his experiences covering the big game across the years.
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Jonas Siegel on teams in the North division
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Jonas Siegel joined On Air with Israel Fehr and Alex Blair to discuss the North Division and all things NHL.
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Israel Fehr and Alex Blair discuss the latest in the world of sports and are joined by Cassie Campbell-Pascall (00:28) and Jeff Benedict (00:51). The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Media Inc. or any affiliate.…
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Jeff Benedict on Tom Brady and Tiger Woods
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Author of "Tiger Woods" and "The Dynasty", Jeff Benedict joined On Air with Israel Fehr and Alex Blair to talk about Tom Brady making it to another Super Bowl and the Tiger Woods documentary.
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Cassie Campbell-Pascall on the Flames, Canucks and NWHL
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Hockey Night in Canada host and former Olympian Cassie Campbell-Pascall joined On Air with Israel Fehr and Alex Blair to discuss the Flames, Canucks and the NWHL.
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Episode 21: Columbus and Winnipeg swap Dubois for Laine
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Israel Fehr and Alex Blair discuss the latest in the world of sports and are joined by Sportsnet's Dan Murphy and Stephen Brunt.
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Stephen Brunt on the Blue Jays signing George Springer
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Sportsnet's Stephen Brunt joined On Air with Israel Fehr and Alex Blair to discuss the Toronto Blue Jays signing George Springer to a six year, $150 million dollar deal.
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Dan Murphy on the Canucks and the Dubois/Laine trade
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Sportsnet's Dan Murphy joined On Air with Israel Fehr and Alex Blair to discuss the Canucks season and the blockbuster trade between Columbus and Winnipeg.
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Richard Deitsch on the challenges facing sports broadcasters in a pandemic
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Richard Deitsch of The Athletic and Sportsnet 590 The Fan joined On Air with Israel Fehr and Alex Blair to discuss the challenges facing broadcasters and media stations trying to broadcast sports as normal as possible in a pandemic.
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Satiar Shah on the Canucks, Maple Leafs, and the North Division
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Sportsnet 650's Satiar Shah joined On Air with Israel Fehr and Alex Blair to discuss the latest from around the Canucks and their first two games of the season leading into Calgary. They also talks about the Maple Leafs and what really changed for them over the offseason.
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Israel Fehr and Alex Blair discuss the latest in the world of sports and are joined by Richard Deitsch of The Athletic and Sportsnet 590 and Satiar Shah of Sportsnet 650.
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Episode 19: Gearing up for the NHL season
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Israel Fehr and Alex Blair discuss the latest from around the world of sports. They are joined by Kyle Bukauskas with Sportsnet and Harman Dayal of The Athletic.
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Harman Dayal on Nils Hoglander: 'His development will be such an interesting process'
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Harman Dayal of The Athletic joined On Air with Israel Fehr and Alex Blair to discuss Canucks training camp and how much Nils Hoglander has stood out to this point. They also talk about the rest of the squad ahead of the regular season starting in just a few days.
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Kyle Bukauskas previews the Canadian Division in 2021
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Sportsnet's Kyle Bukauskas joined On Air with Israel Fehr and Alex Blair to preview the North Division in the NHL and what team may end up on top. They also discuss the moves teams across Canada have made throughout the offseason, including the Montreal Canadiens.
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Israel Fehr and Alex Blair discuss the latest news from the NHL and around the sports world. They also touch on some of their top sports stories of 2020.
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Episode 17: The Future of Masai in Toronto
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Israel Fehr and Alex Blair discuss the latest, including the NHL's return to play rumours and what the upcoming season could look like. They are joined by Sportsnet's Michael Grange to talk about the Raptors and the future of Masai Ujiri.
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Michael Grange on Masai Ujiri's future: 'This is a pivotal moment for the Raptors'
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Sportsnet's Michael Grange joined Israel Fehr and Alex Blair to discuss the latest from around the NBA including giving a preview on what we can expect to see from the Toronto Raptors this season. They also discuss Masai Ujiri's impact on the Raptors and what he's done to turn around the franchise.
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Episode 16: An Extended Conversation with Jeff Vinnick
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Israel Fehr and Alex Blair discuss the latest headlines from around the world of sports. They are then joined by Jeff Vinnick as he shares what it's been like to cover the Vancouver Canucks and other major sporting events as a professional photographer.
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Israel and Alex discuss the week’s headlines and take a look ahead to the World Juniors and potential NHL season. They are joined by Scott Wheeler of The Athletic and Professional Trainer Andy O'Brien.
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Andy O'Brien on how athletes are staying in shape during the Pandemic
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Professional Trainer Andy O'Brien joined On Air with Israel Fehr and Alex Blair to discuss how athletes, including top NHL stars, are staying in shape during the pandemic when they have to work from home. Additionally, they speak about the challenges athletes face during a regular season.
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