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32 Thoughts: The Podcast

Olympic Preview feat. Kevin Bieksa

32 Thoughts: The Podcast

Sportsnet

Sports, Hockey

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2026

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Kyle Bukauskas, Elliotte Friedman, and Kevin Bieksa preview the 2026 men’s Olympic hockey tournament, mixing stories from Milan with a deep dive into Team Canada’s lineup, logistics, and goaltending decisions. They also break down the key contenders chasing gold, including the U.S., Sweden, Czechia, Finland, and Slovakia, before wrapping with a lighthearted Final Thought from their time around Milan.

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0:00.0

Well, I would like to say the highlight of the trip so far has been our discussion on how you like your room.

0:08.4

Oh, boy.

0:09.9

Yeah, let's get into this.

0:11.7

This is outrageous, first of all.

0:14.7

So, Kevin.

0:15.4

Do you set it up, Kyle, because I'm so mad I can't even set it up.

0:20.9

Welcome to 32 Thoughts, the podcast, presented by the Toyota BZ.

0:25.0

Go All-Electric and a winter-ready Toyota BZ at your local dealer today.

0:29.5

Kyle Bacoskis, Elliot Friedman, Dom Schramatti, special guest, Kevin Biexa here as well as we are boots on the ground in Milano to set up the men's side of the ice hockey tournament as part of the winter games in 2026.

0:45.6

We're going to get to all of that here shortly, but before we do, wanted to quickly just send our best to the family of Jim Robson, who passed away at the age of 91, the first voice

0:57.5

of the Vancouver Canucks Hall of Famer, unbelievable career. And Kevin, I mean, he had retired,

1:04.3

of course, by the time you had gotten into the Vancouver organization, but any memories of Jim,

1:10.4

of course, he would have been around the arena a lot, events in the city but any memories of Jim, of course, he would have been around the

1:11.6

arena a lot, events in the city, any memories of Jim Robson?

1:16.0

Yeah, Kyle, lots of great memories with Jim.

1:19.1

And, you know, I grew up in southern Ontario, so I didn't get to hear him call the Canuck

1:23.7

games when I was a kid.

1:25.4

But when I got to the team, you're right, he was already

1:28.0

retired, but I quickly learned about the legend of Jim Robson. And, you know, every time he was

1:33.8

around, whether it was our charity events or the golf, the Jake Milford golf tournament at the

1:38.2

start of the season, you know, he just, he was such a great guy to talk to, like good positive energy, obviously

1:45.8

loved the game of hockey. He had that really cool distinctive voice that the best play-by-play

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