In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman react to the Florida Panthers defeating the Edmonton Oilers in Game 6 to clinch their second straight Stanley Cup Championship, extending Canada’s Cup drought to 32 years. In the news and notes section, Kyle and Elliotte touch on Marco Rossi’s future (41:25). They also discuss what lies ahead for Alex Tuch, JJ Peterka, and the Buffalo Sabres (45:47). The duo goes on to consider what might happen with Mika Zibanejad and the New ...
Jun 18, 2025•1 hr 22 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman react to the Florida Panthers’ Game 5 domination of the Edmonton Oilers, which puts them ahead 3-2 in the Stanley Cup Final and just one win away from back-to-back Cup victories. In the news and notes section of the podcast, Elliotte discusses the Sabres listening to trade offers for JJ Peterka (24:06). They chat about the overturned game-winner in Game 1 of the Calder Cup Final (26:33). The hosts delve into the latest with Mit...
Jun 15, 2025•50 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman react to a wild Game 4 overtime win by the Edmonton Oilers, tying the series at 2-2. In the news and notes section of the podcast, Kyle and Elliotte delve into the Chris Kreider trade to the Anaheim Ducks (24:42), focusing on the Rangers’ side of the deal (34:54). Afterwards, the duo shifts focus to the Dallas Stars, who have been at the center of many trade rumors (40:44). Elliotte gives a brief update on Jonathan Toews and di...
Jun 13, 2025•1 hr 31 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman delve into an ugly Game 3 loss for the Edmonton Oilers in Sunrise, Florida, as they trail the Panthers 2-1 in the Stanley Cup Final. In the news and notes section of the podcast, the hosts discuss potential rule changes suggested by some NHL players that they'd like to see addressed (16:50). Elliotte talks about Utah, Seattle, and Montreal as the teams most active during the Scouting Combine in Buffalo (23:02). Next, the hosts ...
Jun 10, 2025•56 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman revisit an electric Game 2 between the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers in the Stanley Cup Final. The duo then moves on to news and notes from around the league. They unpack the Dallas Stars firing Pete DeBoer (19:33) and delve into potential replacements behind the bench (26:27). Elliotte discusses Alex Pietrangelo's uncertain future in hockey (32:26) and provides the latest updates on the Buffalo Sabres (35:11). The hosts...
Jun 07, 2025•1 hr 10 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman look back at an exhilarating Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, in which Edmonton defeated the Panthers 4-3 in overtime. They then delve into the latest news around the NHL. The fellas revisit Gary Bettman and Bill Daly's media conference at the Stanley Cup Final (22:03). Kyle and Elliotte discuss Dan Muse being named the next head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins (29:14). David Amber makes a surprise appearance on the podcast (3...
Jun 05, 2025•1 hr 35 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman look ahead to the Stanley Cup Final between the Edmonton Oilers and the Florida Panthers. In the second half of the podcast, Kyle and Elliotte sit down with several people from media day in Edmonton. Hear from Panthers Head Coach Paul Maurice (18:38), Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky (30:34), Oilers forward Corey Perry (38:14), and Oilers forward Connor McDavid (46:35). Email the podcast at [email protected] or call t...
Jun 04, 2025•58 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman set up the 2025 NHL Draft Combine where the bulk of the league's newsiest discussions will occur as all of the league's executives descend on Buffalo. Elliotte talks about how the league is changing how they will unveil they awards this year (10:45). Kyle asks where CBA negotiations stand (14:48), and Elliotte provides in the latest with the Pittsburgh and Boston coaching vacancies (15:40). He also talks about the Sabres hiring...
Jun 02, 2025•56 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman discuss the Edmonton Oilers clinching their second straight Western Conference Final after defeating the Dallas Stars in Game 5. They analyze Edmonton’s chances against the Florida Panthers in a repeat of last year’s Stanley Cup Final (14:37). The Final Thought focuses on the post-game exchange between Paul Maurice and Rod Brind’Amour regarding coaches joining the handshake line (24:53). Kyle and Elliotte answer your questions,...
May 30, 2025•1 hr 20 min
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
