A Frigid Homecoming in Toronto

32 Thoughts: The Podcast

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Sports, Hockey

4.7 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2026

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman set up Mitch Marner’s return to Toronto and examine how online discourse shaped his time with the Maple Leafs. They break down Thursday night’s action around the league, touch on Josh Doan’s new deal, Steven Stamkos finding his game, Ottawa’s loss to Nashville, and the Predators’ playoff push. The guys also discuss Lukas Dostal’s rise, Shane Wright’s availability in Seattle, Elias Pettersson’s no-trade situation, speculation linking the Kings to Artemi Panarin, and a Final Thought on Seth Jones stepping away from Team USA as Jackson LaCombe gets the call.

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0:00.0	Hey, Kyle, listening to the pod and hearing Elliot talk about Hinge.
0:04.4	Yes, he's happily married, but he uses Hinge to meet raccoons.
0:09.7	Have a great day and keep up the great work.
0:17.4	Confirm or deny that one?
0:20.5	They don't need Hinge to find me, but it's possibly true.
0:26.3	Welcome to 32 Thoughts, the podcast, Kyle Bacoskis, John Schramatti, Elliot Coddswallop Friedman, back with you for a Friday edition.
0:35.6	That was your word of the night.
0:36.8	Was I the only one who got my mystery word on the air? No, like you didn't see the video that Sportsnet put out there? No, I didn't. Okay. Yeah, no, everyone had a word to put out on the panel there Saturday, and everyone got it in. You included with Cod Swalum. So that was good. Okay, Elliot, are you familiar with the rule of thirds, of course, when it comes to film and photography?
1:00.8	Everything happens in threes?
1:02.7	Well, there's that too.
1:04.2	But just in terms of aligning the perfect photograph, where the eyes are drawn to.
1:08.6	Anyway, what I'm getting at is on Thursday night,
1:12.8	we had three goals in 54 seconds.
1:15.2	We had three goals in 37 seconds.
1:17.7	We had a three-goal lead blown.
1:20.0	We had a three-goal game, also known as a hat trick,
1:23.8	courtesy of Stephen Stamco's.
1:25.5	We had Roman Yose and Charlie Coyle joined Alex Coulorne, three players to hit a thousand games in the last couple of days.
1:33.8	All of that will get to it a little bit.
1:36.1	It was another great night of hockey on Thursday, but...
1:39.0	Can I just say, first of all, I am sick of winter?
1:43.0	Well, that was getting to my next point.
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