Buffalo Benson’s First Beer
5/13/20261 hr 12 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman begin by unpacking the Edmonton Oilers messy coaching situation after asking for permission to interview Bruce Cassidy. The fellas then switch to Vancouver as it appears Ryan Johnson and the Sedin twins are set to take over the hockey operations department (15:00). Kyle and Elliotte talk about Chayka and Sundin trying to meet with Matthews and other players (23:00). The guys talk about Charlie Coyle extending with the Columbus Blue Jackets (25:00). Kyle and Elliotte analyze game 4 between the Sabres and Canadiens (34:00), game 5 between the Ducks and Golden Knights (41:00), and game 4 between the Wild and Avs (47:00). The boys wrap the segment talking about Macklin Celebrini being named captain of team Canada at the IIHF Worlds (54:00).
In the second segment Elliotte sits down with Habs goaltending phenom Jakub Dobes for a one on one interview (56:18).
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 1· Soundbite0:00
Delayed from him. Along the boards, Matheson has it slide past. Here comes Jason Zucker across. Chance. Oh, what a stop! Dobes with a huge save. He'll recover his stick, back the other way. Monahan will try to break in, [whistle blows] and play is called so we can admire a remarkable stop that keeps the Canadiens within one.
Kyle Bukauskas· Host0:26
Welcome to 32 Thoughts, the podcast presented by your Canadian Toyota dealers and the 2026 Tacoma. Get yours before red tag days are over. Dom, Elliot, and Kyle back with you once again. We've got three games to get to in the Stanley Cup playoffs, two of which were played on Tuesday night. Also, game four from Minnesota and Colorado. However, Elliot, before we get to those, we're gonna mix it up and get to the news first, because there was some notable items to run through off the top in today's edition.
Elliotte Friedman· Host1:00
Yeah.
Kyle Bukauskas· Host1:01
And we'll start in Edmonton, because that's become a bit of a firestorm there. Friedge, the report that they were looking for permission to speak to Bruce Cassidy about becoming their head coach. Cassidy, of course, though no longer behind the bench of the Vegas Golden Knights, still under contract by the Vegas Golden Knights. At this point, they have withheld permission. I suppose there's some semantics within all of that. Uh, Elliot, Knoblauch himself just back in October signed a three-year extension that doesn't kick in