Kaprizov to Crosby: The Big Questions at the US Media Tour

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🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 135 minutes

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In this episode of 32 Thoughts from the NHL Media Tour in Las Vegas, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman discuss Kirill Kaprizov turning down a record offer from the Wild, the Hughes brothers’ desire to play together, and Sidney Crosby’s uncertain future in Pittsburgh. They also touch on Dustin Wolf’s extension with the Flames, Michael Misa’s ELC with San Jose, and looming CBA changes, before wrapping up with a Final Thought on the life of Ken Dryden. The episode features interviews with Quinn and Jack Hughes, Sidney Crosby, Charlie McAvoy, and Jake Oettinger.

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0:00.0	I mean, who wouldn't want to play with their brother?
0:04.3	Elliot, I'm playing beer league this year with my brother.
0:07.5	That's right.
0:08.8	And what a great feeling.
0:11.1	That's exactly the same thing.
0:12.7	This is the same thing.
0:16.2	So that's why you moved back to Calgary because you wanted to play beer league with your brother.
0:21.3	Yeah, yes, exactly. No, I know. I know this is not the beer leagues. This is the national hockey league.
0:28.3	Welcome to 32 Thoughts, the podcast presented by the GMC Sierra AT4X. Kyle, Elliot, and Dom back with you.
0:35.6	And we come to you this edition from the desert.
0:40.0	As we are wrapping up this week, the 2025 edition of the NHL-Nh-L-Nh-L-Pia player media tour from
0:46.5	Henderson, Nevada.
0:48.1	Another opportunity to spend the last few days, Elliot, sitting down with a number of stars
0:52.0	across the National Hockey League.
0:54.8	First off, before we get into the news of the day and some of the interviews that will run
0:59.9	later on in the episode.
1:02.0	Any wide-brushed thoughts, immediate takeaways from our last few days down here in Nevada?
1:07.6	Always like talking to people, but there's big news out there, so we got to go.
1:12.5	And the big news comes from a player that was not part of this tour down here in Vegas, Elliot.
1:20.2	Kirill Kaprizov of the Minnesota Wild.
1:23.1	It's so interesting because last episode we talked about some of the comments that owner Craig Leopold
1:28.4	made recently the joking about hey opening up the jacket and oh i've got his deal right here
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