Controversy in Ottawa

32 Thoughts: The Podcast

Sportsnet

Hockey, Sports

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 132 minutes

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Summary

Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman react to the anonymous-tweet controversy in Ottawa and a dominant night for the Avalanche before digging into Jesperi Kotkaniemi’s Olympic snub and the possibility of a fresh start. They cover tough stretches for Winnipeg and New Jersey, the Binnington–Hofer incident, questions around the Milan Olympic arena, and trade chatter involving Laurent Brossoit and Brayden Schenn. The episode wraps with notes on Macklin Celebrini’s MVP-caliber season, Patrick Kane’s 500th goal, the NHL Draft heading to Buffalo, and an interview with Utah Mammoth owner Ryan Smith.

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0:00.0	Welcome to 32 Thoughts, the podcast. Happy Friday.
0:07.0	Dom Shramati, Kyle Bukoskis, Elliot Friedman back with you.
0:10.3	Again, we got a lot to get to after a busy week across not just the NHL, but hockey in general.
0:16.4	We've got an interview coming up with Ryan Smith, the owner of the Utah Mammoth.
0:20.3	If you missed it, they are going to, the owner of the Utah Mammoth, if you missed it,
0:21.4	they are going to be the hosts of the 2027 Winter Classic in Salt Lake City. That was announced
0:27.6	this week as well. But Elliot, there was a time not too long ago, but a different era ago in our nation's capital when the types of stories
0:42.5	that would come out around the Ottawa senators, you had to rub your eyes, you had to double
0:49.1	check. You were really believing what you were seeing. It got so beyond comprehension at times.
0:57.8	And we were into a position where we thought,
1:02.9	different time now.
1:04.9	Ottawa made the playoffs last year.
1:07.3	Things were looking up.
1:09.4	It's a new regime, new ownership, new people in place, a whole new
1:14.2	new philosophy. But over the last few days, in particularly on Thursday, it's got to a point
1:21.7	again where I don't even know where you want to begin here, Elliot. Some rumors that started to spread rapidly online prompted a, well, put a mildly, strongly worded statement on behalf of Steve Steyos and the organization.
1:40.3	And then they go out and get thumped 8 to 2 by the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday.
1:46.7	Where would you like to begin on the Ottawa Senator's story that seems to be going in the wrong direction very, very quickly?
1:57.2	Kyle, I mean the result, I don't know how anybody could be shocked at the result.
2:03.7	First of all, it's a tough back-to-back, Utah, Colorado.
2:07.2	That's a big ask.
2:09.1	It's absolutely a big ask.
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