In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman discuss the Edmonton Oilers taking a 3-1 stranglehold over the Dallas Stars after defeating them on Tuesday night. They also delve into the Carolina Hurricanes breaking their 15-game Eastern Conference Final losing streak by staving off elimination against the Florida Panthers (21:22). The Final Thought congratulates the Minnesota Frost for clinching the PWHL title in back-to-back seasons (34:42). In the News & Notes segmen...
May 28, 2025•51 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman react to Game 3 of the Western Conference Final, as the Edmonton Oilers roll over the Dallas Stars 6-1 to take a 2-1 series lead. They then shift focus to the Eastern Conference Final, where the Carolina Hurricanes lost their 15th straight Conference Final game and concede a 3-0 series lead to the juggernaut Florida Panthers (20:58). The Final Thought highlights the USA winning its first IIHF Men's Worlds gold medal in 92 years...
May 26, 2025•1 hr 12 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman kick off the podcast by delving into the Eastern Conference Final and the dominance shown so far by the Florida Panthers over the Carolina Hurricanes (7:00). They then shift gears to the Western Conference Final, where the Edmonton Oilers trail the Dallas Stars after coughing up a 3-1 lead in Game One (18:30). The Final Thought focuses on Denmark upsetting Canada in the IIHF Worlds quarterfinals on home soil (31:06). Kyle and E...
May 23, 2025•1 hr 14 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman delve into Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final between the Florida Panthers and the Carolina Hurricanes. They briefly touch on the Dallas-Edmonton matchup (15:23). Kyle and Elliotte share their key takeaways from the Winnipeg Jets' final media conference before heading into the offseason (19:56). The Final Thought focuses on the Toronto Maple Leafs, who cleaned out their lockers on Tuesday. They discuss the future of Mitch M...
May 21, 2025•1 hr 8 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman dive into another short playoff run for the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Core Four. The fellas talk about the repercussions the team will face heading into next season - changes are coming (11:34). They focus on Mitch Marner's future (14:48), and Elliotte ponders a player Toronto could take a swing at in the offseason (25:19). Kyle and Elliotte look ahead to Panthers-Hurricanes in the Conference Final (31:12). The fellas put a c...
May 19, 2025•1 hr 17 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman open the podcast by looking back at the Winnipeg Jets’ dominant Game 5 win over the Dallas Stars. They then shift focus to the Carolina Hurricanes taking their series against the Washington Capitals 4-1 (10:39). The pair review a lackluster effort from the Maple Leafs at home, which saw them pushed to the brink by the Florida Panthers (24:53). The Final Thought focuses on the Edmonton Oilers dominating their series against Vega...
May 16, 2025•1 hr 34 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman open the podcast by analyzing Game 4 between the Dallas Stars and Winnipeg Jets, where the Presidents’ Trophy winners now trail the series 3-1. They then shift to the Edmonton Oilers–Vegas Golden Knights series, highlighting Edmonton’s 3-1 advantage (14:27). Carolina’s 3-1 series lead over Washington is also discussed (26:19). The Final Thought looks ahead to Game 5 between the Leafs and Panthers on Wednesday night (34:58). Kyl...
May 14, 2025•1 hr 16 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Justin Cuthbert, Kyle Bukauskas, and Elliotte Friedman begin the podcast by recapping a chippy Game 4 between the Florida Panthers and Toronto Maple Leafs. They delve into the Max Domi hit on Aleksander Barkov (11:45). Afterwards, they discuss the Stars-Jets series, with Dallas taking a 2-1 series lead on Sunday (18:02). The trio then talk about Game 3 between the Oilers and Golden Knights, which ended with a buzzer-beating game-winning goal (31:44). The Final Tho...
May 12, 2025•56 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman begin the podcast by recapping Thursday night's overtime thriller between the Edmonton Oilers and the Vegas Golden Knights. This is followed by analysis of the Capitals-Hurricanes Game 2 (11:37). They then take a moment to break down what we've seen so far between the Panthers and Leafs (17:41). The Final Thought focuses on Game 1 between the Jets and Stars (28:23). Kyle and Elliotte answer your voicemail and email submissions ...
May 09, 2025•1 hr 6 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts , Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman begin by reacting to an electric Game 1 victory by the Edmonton Oilers over the Vegas Golden Knights. They also touch on the Carolina-Washington game (9:25). Afterwards, the hosts delve into the Sam Bennett-Anthony Stolarz elbow incident (15:14) and Game 1 of the Leafs-Panthers series (24:07). The Final Thought focuses on the remaining Round 2 series that has not started yet: Jets vs. Stars (28:15). In the back half of the pod...
May 07, 2025•54 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman begin the podcast by delving into that crazy Game 7 between the Winnipeg Jets and St Louis Blues. They also deep dive the other Game 7 from the weekend between the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche (14:38). Elliotte looks ahead to Nathan MacKinnon's long summer of courting Crosby to the Avalanche (18:04). Kyle and Elliotte touch on Jared Bednar's future with the Avs (27:56) and talk about the Bednar look-a-like (31:08). The f...
May 05, 2025•1 hr 21 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Justin Cuthbert, Kyle Bukauskas, and Elliotte Friedman break down the four series that were played on Thursday night: Senators-Leafs (1:00) Kings-Oilers (18:48) Wild-Golden Knights (29:30) Stars-Avalanche (35:57) The Final Thought focuses on what's ahead for Game 6 between the Jets and Blues on Friday (40:03). Kyle and Elliotte answer your voicemail and email submissions via the Thought Line (48:45). In the last segment, Kyle and Elliotte run a post mortem on the ...
May 02, 2025•1 hr 34 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Justin Cuthbert, Kyle Bukauskas, and Elliotte Friedman tour around the NHL's first round series: Sens-Leafs (1:00) Panthers-Lightning (19:38) Stars-Avalanche (24:49) Devils-Hurricanes (35:51) Kings-Oilers (42:01) Wild-Golden Knights (48:32) Jets-Blues (55:32) Canadiens-Capitals (59:58) In the back half of the podcast Kyle, Justin, and Elliotte run through the latest news and notes from around the league. Elliotte talks about the Penguins parting with ways with Hea...
Apr 30, 2025•1 hr 32 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Justin Cuthbert, Kyle Bukauskas, and Elliotte Friedman continue their tour of all the 1st round Stanley Cup Playoff series: Kings-Oilers (1:00) Canadiens-Capitals (12:00) Jets-Blues (24:30) Canes-Devils (36:00) Panthers-Lightning (42:38) Sens-Leafs (49:50) Avalanche-Stars (58:30) Wild-Golden Knights (1:04:10) Justin, Kyle, and Elliotte answer your emails and voicemails in the Thought Line (1:10:02). In the final segment Justin and Elliotte check-in on the Anaheim ...
Apr 28, 2025•1 hr 33 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Justin Cuthbert guides Kyle and Elliotte as they delve into all seven series that have been played since we last spoke to you on Tuesday: Senators-Leafs (1:00) Panthers-Lightning (20:00) Golden Knights-Wild (25:36) Blues-Jets (30:06) Kings-Oilers (35:34) Canadiens-Capitals (45:37) Avalanche-Stars (56:31) Kyle, and Elliotte answer your emails and voicemails in the Thought Line (1:03:53). In the final segment, Kyle and Elliotte discuss the biggest news and notes fro...
Apr 25, 2025•1 hr 26 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Justin Cuthbert guides Kyle and Elliotte through all eight first-round series in the Stanley Cup Playoffs: Senators-Leafs (2:56) Panthers-Lightning (10:36) Hurricanes-Devils (16:24) Capitals-Canadiens (20:51) Oilers-Kings (27:49) Blues-Jets (34:10) Avalanche-Stars (40:38) Golden Knights-Wild (43:06) Justin, Kyle, and Elliotte answer your emails and voicemails in the Thought Line, which also features an ambush from Sportsnet's Ailish Forfar (45:44). In the final se...
Apr 23, 2025•1 hr 22 min
In this playoff edition of 32 Thoughts, Justin Cuthbert and Kyle Bukauskas kick things off with the Battle of Ontario before Kyle makes way for Elliotte via the famous Carcast. Justin and Elliotte also touch on the Leafs vs. Sens series (27:51) before moving onto Devils vs. Hurricanes, where Carolina took Game 1 (37:59) and Golden Knights-Wild (43:50). Justin and Elliotte shift to Saturday, where the Winnipeg Jets took a 1-0 series lead over the Blues (49:08) and they discuss the Avs rout of the...
Apr 21, 2025•1 hr 24 min
In this episode of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman touch on all 16 teams that missed the playoffs: Flames (7:43) Canucks (13:22) Utah HC (26:31) Blue Jackets (30:50) Red Wings (35:55) Rangers (41:33) Islanders (48:04) Penguins (51:06) Ducks (55:09) Sabres (1:00:10) Kraken (1:03:27) Bruins (1:05:48) Flyers (1:11:17) Predators (1:14:51) Blackhawks (1:20:11) Sharks (1:23:36) Kyle and Elliotte answer your questions and respond to your voicemails in the Thought Line (1:28:16). In th...
Apr 19, 2025•2 hr 35 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman begin the podcast by talking about the Calgary Flames crucial win over the San Jose Sharks as they try to claw themselves into the playoffs. They look around at the playoff races as we come down to the final couple games of the season (8:01). The fellas reflect on Ivan Demidov's Montreal arrival (12:17) and Kyle and Elliotte touch on the Blue Jackets crucial win on Sunday (17:43). On the flip side, they ponder whether the Washi...
Apr 14, 2025•1 hr 36 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman unpack how the Montreal Canadiens managed to get Ivan Demidov to the NHL this season (2:20). Afterwards, they touch on Gabriel Landeskog's comeback story (15:35). The fellas touch on the NCAA Frozen Four and what David Carle will do now that his season is done (26:21). Then, Kyle and Elliotte talk about the playoff standings out East followed by the Winnipeg Jets solidifying their spot atop the Central (29:39). Elliotte gives K...
Apr 11, 2025•1 hr 35 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman react to Alex Ovechkin capturing the NHL's all-time goal scoring record. Afterwards, they delve into what is being dubbed the "Sunshine State Conspiracy" against the Toronto Maple Leafs (27:00). Kyle and Elliotte talk about referees paying attention to Elvis Merzlikins' propensity to draw contact (40:00) and banter about the Senators being close to clinching a playoff spot (46:18), before talking about Minnesota's crucial win o...
Apr 07, 2025•1 hr 32 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman open the podcast by delving into Kyle's time in Montreal to cover the Canadiens. That bleeds into a conversation about the teams dealing with late season injuries (11:47). Elliotte points out an quirk about the Avs schedule (19:36) and the fellas revisit Kyle's point that Connor Hellebuyck should be given Hart consideration (23:20). Elliotte updates the latest surrounding Rick Tocchet's future with the Vancouver Canucks (31:17)...
Apr 04, 2025•1 hr 45 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman run through the major NHL awards and who they think will win each; Hart (4:00), Norris (8:00), Calder (14:44), Vezina (20:36), & the Jack Adams (21:19). They begin the newsy segment by highlighting the top college free agent signings (27:19). They delve into the insane heater the St. Louis Blues have been on (34:31). Kyle and Elliotte touch on the Minnesota Wild's recent form (45:13). Elliotte shares some reactions to our goali...
Mar 31, 2025•1 hr 43 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman (live from the airport in Winnipeg) begin by unpacking John Tortorella's exit as head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers. Elliotte touches on the speculation that's arisen in Vancouver about Rick Tocchet potentially taking the Flyers job this summer (18:56). They transition to Sidney Crosby and his 20th straight year at a point per game or more (22:15). Elliotte touches on what he's been doing while visiting the Oilers and Jets (...
Mar 28, 2025•1 hr 39 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman delve into the 7-2 blowout LA Kings win over the Boston Bruins. That turns into a conversation about the Vegas Golden Knights losing Tomáš Hertl on Sunday night (4:41). Kyle and Elliotte talk about Thatcher Demko being set to make his return for the Canucks soon, possibly Monday (12:10) and discuss Sheldon Keefe's pointed comments on Saturday Night (20:00). They talk about the Oilers players that are stepping up in the lineup w...
Mar 24, 2025•1 hr 26 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman begin by unwrapping the latest around NHL expansion and the city of Houston (2:50). Afterwards, they delve into the Jets-Oilers tilt on Thursday where Connor McDavid and Stuart Skinner left early (11:39) and unpack a very tight playoff race in the Eastern Conference (16:34). They move West where Kyle and Elliotte touch on the Blues' taking hold of the final playoff spot after they beat Vancouver (24:10), the Flames' win over th...
Mar 21, 2025•1 hr 36 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman delve into Mikko Rantanen's return to the Colorado with the Dallas Stars and talk about how tough the Central Division bracket will be in the playoffs. Next, they highlight how everyone is high on the Ottawa Senators currently (9:00) and Kyle and Elliotte discuss how Toronto reacted to the Leafs loss to the Senators (12:35). They also touch on the Montreal Canadiens and the tight Eastern Conference playoff race (19:02) and on a...
Mar 17, 2025•1 hr 21 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman begin by discussing their takeaways from Thursday night's tilt between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers which Elliotte attended, and from the Senators-Bruins game which Kyle attended. They talk about the Devils big victory over the Oilers (11:33) and Elliotte reveals that Adin Hill may be close to signing a contract extension with the Vegas Golden Knights (15:23). They dive into the tight Western Conference playoff ...
Mar 14, 2025•1 hr 10 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman unpack what happened between Mitch Marner, the Toronto Maple Leafs, and the Carolina Hurricanes plus Elliotte ties a bow on the Mikko Rantanen saga (14:27). The fellas then turn their attention the Ottawa Senators and the narrative that has now surrounded the team (19:28). They then delve into the Brad Marchand exit in Boston (25:48) and discuss how well the Oilers handled the Dallas Stars (32:45). Elliotte talks about what int...
Mar 10, 2025•1 hr 6 min
In this episode of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman highlight and break down all the major trades from Friday's NHL Trade Deadline. They kick things off with the Brad Marchand deal between the Panthers and Bruins (3:35). That's followed by the Mikko Rantanen trade between the Canes and Stars (13:44). They also delve into all the moves the Avalanche made this season while ultimately ending up with Brock Nelson (26:24). Kyle and Elliotte talk about what Toronto was able to accompl...
Mar 08, 2025•1 hr 21 min
