This Town Is a Make You Town
3/30/20261 hr 50 min
In this episode of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman react to the Vegas Golden Knights making a coaching change, bringing in John Tortorella. They break down the chaotic playoff race in the Eastern Conference (23:48), before touching on Porter Martone signing with Philadelphia and ongoing extension talks between Trevor Zegras and the Flyers (28:30). The guys also discuss tension between Travis Green and Linus Ullmark (36:30), Kyle’s visit to St. Louis (42:30), and the tight Western Conference playoff race (49:30), including whether Jake Neighbours could be the next captain of the Blues (51:00). They also get into Gavin McKenna’s potential participation for Canada at the Worlds (53:00), reaction to ABS in baseball and whether it could translate to hockey (56:15), and a Final Thought on the Ducks and Leafs meeting again following the Radko Gudas hit on Auston Matthews (1:04:20)
Kyle and Elliotte answer listener questions in the Thoughtline (1:10:05).
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First 90 secondsElliotte Friedman· Host0:00
Even for the way Vegas makes decisions, and they don't make a lot of... What's the word I'm looking for? And when you look back and you're romantic about something- Reflect?
Kyle Bukauskas· Host0:16
Uh- No. Reminiscing?
Elliotte Friedman· Host0:18
No. When you have a good feeling about something, something that you-- begins with an S. Uh, you guys are useless.
Kyle Bukauskas· Host0:27
Can't wait to hear this word.
Elliotte Friedman· Host0:29
Uh, sentimental.
Kyle Bukauskas· Host0:32
Oh, come on.
Elliotte Friedman· Host0:34
Well, you couldn't think of that? Okay. So, uh [laughs].
Kyle Bukauskas· Host0:38
You couldn't.
Elliotte Friedman· Host0:39
I know, but then I ask you guys- Came up on a roll of toilet paper.
Kyle Bukauskas· Host0:42
Was that the word of the day, sentimental?
Elliotte Friedman· Host0:44
Hey, you guys are even more useless.
Kyle Bukauskas· Host0:45
Welcome to 32 Thoughts, the podcast presented by your Canadian Toyota dealers and the 100% electric bZ, available now during Red Tag Days. Dom, Elliot, Kyle back with you once again. This recording dropping, as always, on Monday morning, and it will be 19 days from the start of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Elliot, on Sunday night, Vegas made a coaching change. Bruce Cassidy, the man at the helm for their Stanley Cup triumph in 2023, he's been fired, and in comes John Tortorella to finish out the year. Now, Vegas is still third in their division, but one win in their last seven, and for the first time, they will