Ward: The Hurricanes aren't built to adapt

The Athletic's Arpon Basu joined Mitch Melnick, Jon Still and Luca Scott on Melnick in the Afternoon to talk about the Montreal Canadiens getting an upgrade with Bolduc, Demidov's ability to adapt, whether Owen Beck or Oliver Kapanen is more ready, the future of Mike Matheson and much more.

Award-winning author and journalist Stephen Brunt joined Mitch Melnick, Jon Still and Luca Scott on Melnick in the Afternoon to talk about the Toronto Blue Jays being tied for 1st place in the AL East, how they've battled all season long, Marner heading to Vegas, Canada losing in the quarter-finals to Guatemala and the tragic of passing of Diogo Jota.

Hockey analyst Pierre McGuire joined Mitch Melnick, Jon Still and Luca Scott on Melnick in the Afternoon to talk about Nikolaj Ehlers signing with the Carolina Hurricanes, Brent Burns heading to Colorado, Connor Bedard discussing a contract extension with the Blackhawks, the Habs as an organization being in great shape and much more.

Hockey analyst Pierre McGuire joined Mitch Melnick, Jon Still and Luca Scott on Melnick in the Afternoon to talk about the Edmonton Oilers not having as much depth pieces, being perplexed by some of the moves the Boston Bruins made, how he feels about Habs prospects L.J. Mooney, Aatos Koivu and Michael Hage and much more.

Three-time Stanley Cup Champion Aaron Ward joined Mitch Melnick, Jon Still and Luca Scott on Melnick in the Afternoon to talk about the St. Louis Blues being ruthless, the Oilers needing to do their best to impress Connor McDavid, why he feels Edmonton has taken several steps back and much more.

TSN's Gord Miller joined Mitch Melnick, Jon Still and Luca Scott on Melnick in the Afternoon to talk about the Bob McKenzie announcing his retirement, what it was like to work with him for over 30 years, what he learned from him, Marner heading to Vegas, Ehlers still being on the market and much more.

Montreal Alouettes general manager Danny Maciocia, joined Mitch Melnick, Jon Still and Luca Scott on Melnick in the Afternoon to talk about the health of Davis Alexander ahead of their game on Saturday against the BC Lions, needing to win the line of scrimmage and much more.

Former NHL defenceman and Hockey analyst on TSN Frankie Corrado, joined Mitch Melnick in the Afternoon to talk about the acquisitions that the Montreal Canadiens made, their future at 2C, what a weakness of theirs could be going forward, Marner heading to the Golden Knights and much more.

Breaking down the latest Habs trade with TSN hockey insider, Darren Dreger. We also move around free agent frenzy with Toronto and Vegas on the Mitch Marner deal and a tribute to Bob McKenzie on his retirement.

Alouettes head coach, Jason Maas, on the Als loss in Hamilton and the return home this Saturday to play the BC Lions