Welcome once again to the Monday edition of 32 Thoughts The Podcast, presented by GMC

and the new Sierra AT4X, Elliott Friedman, just truly Jeff Merrick alongside Mike Rodgerson

filling in for Amel Dullage.

Now, Elliott, a few things here, we're going to start by talking about Jacob Chichran,

who was held out Saturday against the St. Louis Blues for a quote unquote, trade-related

reasons we can get into the conspiracy theory of what that may or may not have meant.

I think a lot of people, maybe you as well, we're having flashbacks as you tried to go to bed,

maybe feeling a little bit guilty about it, thinking, hmm, I did this back on February 19, 2011,

and at 2.30 in the morning, St. Louis and Colorado got together on the Eric Johnson deal,

maybe I should stay up. What is the latest, as we record this very late Sunday evening

with Jacob Chichran and the Arizona coyotes?

First of all, you bring up a good point. I have remembered times where I've gone to bed and

woken up in the morning and said, you know, this happened overnight and you're like, Jesus,

bleeping, whatever. Never sleep, Jeff. That's the lesson. Never sleep. Okay. Sleep is for the

week, Elliott. Sleep is for the week. Go ahead, guys. Everything that we've heard in the last

10 years about how bored and sleep is. Sleep is for the week, everybody. It's just a phase.

Get yourself through that phase. Anyway, with the understanding that things can change at any time,

Jacob Chichran, the Arizona coyotes and the LA kings are like that slow, budding romance from high

school. You see someone you like. You're interested. They're interested. You both know you're kind of

interested in each other. There's some slow flirting. One of the two people really has to go and say,

I'm going for this. So pass the point of like the little note in the locker at lunchtime. Yes.

The the whispers and, you know, tell your friend that I think that he or she is cute. Like we're

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