Category 5 Hockey
6/3/20261 hr 10 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman unpack an amazing Game 1 between the Carolina Hurricanes and Vegas Golden Knights. Afterwards, the guys delve into the Nashville Predators making Chris MacFarland their new GM (23:00). They also talk about news regarding Commissioner Gary Bettman's future with the NHL (32:00) before unpacking the newly announced All-Star Game format (35:00). Elliotte provides an update on Bruce Cassidy (39:00). They check in on LA and Toronto's head coaching search (43:00). The Final Thought focuses on the Vancouver Canucks officially hiring Manny Malhotra as their next head coach (47:00).
Kyle and Elliotte answer your questions and comments in the Thought Line presented by BetMGM (50:24).
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This podcast was produced and mixed by Dominic Sramaty and hosted by Elliotte Friedman & Kyle Bukauskas.
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First 90 secondsDominic Sramaty· Panelist0:00
Elliot goes into the gas station, gets a black coffee, a dairy milk, and a Werther's Original.
Elliotte Friedman· Host0:07
[laughs] Hey, there's nothing wrong with... That's a great combination, man. [laughs] I like Werther's Original.
Kyle Bukauskas· Host0:15
Yeah. You gotta have a pack of Peak Freans.
Elliotte Friedman· Host0:17
[laughs] [laughs] The, and I'll, and I'll, and, and do you have any Fig Newtons?
Kyle Bukauskas· Host0:22
Welcome to 32 Thoughts, the podcast presented by your Canadian Toyota dealers and the 2026 Tacoma. Get yours before red tag days are over. Elliot Friedman, Kyle Bukaskas, Dom and Christian both handling the production here of this, the first pod in the aftermath of the 2026 Stanley Cup Final. It is officially underway with game one on Tuesday night. The Vegas Golden Knights take game one on the road. We'll get to that, the rest of the news, the thought line, all of that to come on this edition, Elliot. But we've been AWOL the last couple of days. Where have we been? What's going on? Bring us up to speed.
Elliotte Friedman· Host1:04
Yes, apologies to everybody, Kyle. I'm sorry about this. We had a lot of notes and questions about it. As I mentioned on Monday, the travel situation the day before prevented us from doing our regular Monday morning pod, but I promised one on Tuesday. I'll be honest with everybody, I was not happy with someone