"It was an alarming bit of speculation from a media source familiar to everyone in the Canadian sports television industry: 'We may not recognize the Hockey Night In Canada panel next season,'" Berger's source claimed. "Based on what I'm told, only Elliotte Friedman is safe from the changes and cost–cutting measures on the horizon."
A week and a half later, it seems like that source, and those rumours have been debunked, as John Shannon tweeted earlier today that Ron MacLean has announced he will be returning for another year, from a charity event for Smilezone Foundation, MacLean made his announcement pretty clear.
As of for the statuses of Kevin Bieksa, Kelly Hrudey, and Jennifer Botterill and whether or not they will be returning, one has to assume that if MacLean is back, his counterparts may return as well. However nothing has been announced for any of the aforementioned trio.
