Who is Buying, Selling, or Staying ft. Chris Johnston

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Sportsnet

Sports, Hockey

4.7 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2021

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

The Vancouver Canucks have 16 players and 3 coaches on the NHLs COVID-19 protocol list. Jeff and Elliotte provide an update on the situation in the Lower Mainland (00:01) and discuss possible outcomes from this including the potential of a playoff bubble and how it might affect the North Division for the remainder of the season. Chris Johnston of Sportsnet joins the guys (10:40) to help preview the upcoming trade deadline. Who are the buyers? Who are the sellers? Who don’t we know about? Which clubs don’t plan on making any moves? Western Division (20:40), Central Division (32:50), East Division (41:00) and North Division (53:30) Outro Music: Shintaro Sakamoto – By Swallow Season Listen to more of his music here! This podcast is produced and sound designed by Amil Delic, and hosted by Jeff Marek and Elliotte Friedman. Audio Credits: Breakfast Television, CBC and Sportsnet. 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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0:00.0	This arena is even quieter these days because COVID-19 has sidelined the Vancouver
0:09.2	canucks.
0:10.2	As of yesterday, 16 players were in the league's COVID protocol, reports indicate some staff
0:15.5	members and family members also haven't.
0:17.7	What makes it worse is that the Brazilian variant is in the dressing room.
0:21.8	This thing is two and a half times more contagious than the original.
0:25.5	And it's moving quicker among young people.
0:28.6	Elliott, firstly, before we do anything on this podcast, let's just all send our
0:33.4	best to everyone in the Vancouver Canucks organization.
0:37.8	Everybody around the NHL feels awful at what the Vancouver canucks are going through
0:43.2	right now.
0:44.2	And Elliott, as we tape this podcast, record this podcast on a Sunday evening.
0:49.2	What is the very latest with this ongoing situation?
0:53.5	Well, look, the COVID list expanded again on Sunday night, 16 players listed on it.
1:00.8	And you know, we should mention that just because you're on it doesn't mean you have it.
1:05.6	But one of the things that the NHL has basically assumed here is that it's going to go through
1:11.7	everyone.
1:12.7	And even if it doesn't and you hope it doesn't, you automatically assume it does.
1:18.9	And that's the way they looked at it when it was going through Dallas.
1:22.1	The way they looked at it when it was going through Buffalo.
1:25.9	And you know, there's been some debate about what symptoms that players did or didn't
1:30.8	have.
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