Can You Take the Cap Higher?

32 Thoughts: The Podcast

Sportsnet

Hockey, Sports

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2025

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman open with updates on Connor McDavid and how rising salary cap is reshaping the NHL landscape. They revisit Lane Hutson’s contract talks and analyze the wave of goalies placed on waivers. The guys also discuss the aftermath of the heated Florida-Tampa preseason game and Gavin McKenna’s first goal with Penn State. The episode wraps with playoff predictions for 2025–26 and listener questions in the Thoughtline segment.

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0:00.0	Trying to get on the Canucks broadcasts?
0:02.6	No.
0:03.9	Okay.
0:04.3	We've had enough new faces over the last little bit.
0:07.1	A lot of turnover on that show.
0:08.9	They don't need another.
0:13.4	Merv doesn't need any more angst.
0:15.2	That's right.
0:17.1	Dan Murray, Dan, Dan's revolving door on the Canucks broadcasts.
0:22.2	He's got cue cards with names.
0:24.5	Who am I with tonight?
0:25.5	Hello, hello, my name is.
0:27.4	That's right.
0:28.2	Tyson.
0:28.7	Yeah, let's have name tags.
0:32.1	Welcome to 32 Thoughts, the podcast, presented by GMC,
0:35.7	Elliot Friedman, Kyle Bukascus, Dom Shramati, back with you.
0:39.7	Regular season week is upon us. It all begins for real tomorrow. Triple header stateside
0:46.7	gets underway in Canada Wednesday night. Elliot, first off, do you have a voice left after cheering 13 runs across home plate at Rogers Center, downtown Toronto, Sunday afternoon as the Jays took a 2-0 series lead in their ALDS?
1:04.5	Great game, great victory, really incredible atmosphere.
1:09.0	You savage, incredible, the Guerrero Grand Slam, incredible.
1:13.0	I just want to say that there were two Canadians hoping the Blue Jays would lose on Sunday.
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