Upsets and Aftermaths
5/1/20261 hr 35 min
In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman open the podcast by breaking down the Oilers exit from the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs at the hand of the Anaheim Ducks. That makes way for the heavyweight bout of the 1st round as the Minnesota Wild knockout the Dallas Stars (15:27). The Final Thought focuses on the news and notes from around the league including:
The Vancouver front office search (27:00)
The Toronto front office search (32:10)
Misha Donskov to coach Canada's Men's Worlds and World Juniors (36:32)
Kyle and Elliotte answer your questions and comments in The Thought Line (40:10).
In the final segment the fellas talk about the Canadiens-Lightning series (52:30) and the Flyers-Penguins series (1:04:00)
Today we highlight Calgary's Coda Club and their track Purgatory. Check their music out here.
Listen to all the 32 Thoughts music here.
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This podcast was produced and mixed by Dominic Sramaty and hosted by Elliotte Friedman & Kyle Bukauskas.
The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates
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First 90 secondsKyle Bukauskas· Host0:00
Got his time zones mixed up, did ya? And then you text it and you're like, "I got my time zones mixed up."
Speaker 10:05
[laughs] Yeah. I thought it was 3:15, not 2:15.
Elliotte Friedman· Host0:10
[laughs] Well, that's not even time zones, you just got the time wrong.
Speaker 10:14
Yeah. No, yeah. When I saw you f- you said 5:15, I was like, "Oh, that's 3:15 Pacific," and then- Ah ... so Kyle texts me, I was like, "Ah."
Elliotte Friedman· Host0:22
I think that's the first time you've ever done that.
Speaker 10:24
Yeah. Certainly.
Kyle Bukauskas· Host0:27
Where are you?
Speaker 10:28
I'm in the car.
Kyle Bukauskas· Host0:29
[laughs] Are you gonna record over the car?
Speaker 10:31
Yeah, I've got the Riverside app going. So, uh, I've- I've hit record, so if you guys wanna start whenever, it'll, uh, it'll be recording.
Kyle Bukauskas· Host0:39
Oh my gosh.
Elliotte Friedman· Host0:39
Okay. Let's, uh- This is excellent ... let's go.
Kyle Bukauskas· Host0:43
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, and Kyle back with you. Welcome to the month of May, Freedge. The final day of April.
Elliotte Friedman· Host1:01
Oh, yeah.
Kyle Bukauskas· Host1:03
Yeah. We're here. That A- April went by in a flash.
Elliotte Friedman· Host1:07
Sure did.
Kyle Bukauskas· Host1:08
The final day of the month featured two games, both with elimination circumstances, and the two teams in the last two years that met in the Western Conference Final both had their seasons end on Thursday night. The Edmonton Oilers, a third straight trip to the