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32 Thoughts: The Podcast

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Sports, Hockey

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🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman wrap up the preliminary round of the men’s Olympic hockey tournament, starting with Canada’s dominance and a potential quarterfinal rematch with Czechia. They break down the Americans finding their game against Germany, the chaos of a three-way tie in Group B, Sweden’s goaltending debate, Slovakia’s Cinderella run, Finland heating up, and Switzerland battling through adversity. The episode closes with their predictions for the play-in and quarterfinal rounds, plus another round of listener shoutouts from Milan.

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0:00.0	Okay, how much pizza have you had here?
0:03.8	Heavy early.
0:05.4	It's been more of our sandwiches we've gotten around dinner time at the rink.
0:10.6	But James was kind enough to bring me one over.
0:14.3	When was that?
0:15.1	Saturday, yes.
0:16.0	Yes, Saturday, yeah.
0:17.2	Yes.
0:18.1	I had pizza Saturday.
0:19.4	I had pizza.
0:19.9	I went for lunch on Sunday morning. I had pizza Saturday. I went, I went for lunch on Sunday morning.
0:22.7	I had pizza Sunday.
0:24.4	I'm starting to feel girthy.
0:27.6	But it's so light here.
0:30.3	Oh, it's still.
0:31.1	That's the best part.
0:32.0	Still.
0:32.8	Yeah.
0:33.4	Still, it's, I think Kevin's knocking up my door.
0:37.0	Let him in.
0:37.9	Yeah, okay.
0:38.9	You want me to let them in?
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