Guys, it's bad enough with the two of you, but they're here for you.

Welcome to a special edition of 32 Thoughts to Podcast, as always presented by the all-new

GMC AT4 lineup.

On today's show, you'll hear a conversation Elliott Friedman and I did with Steve Mayer.

Now you've heard Steve on the program before, for the first time that would have been the

Vancouver draft, 2019, and then the second time would have been before the bubble in the

summer of 2020.

Steve is a senior executive VP with the NHL.

He is a chief content officer of the NHL, and that's a really interesting position.

So essentially, Steve is responsible for the entertainment package that goes into a lot

of what the NHL refers to as tent pole events, whether it's the winter classic, the aforementioned

NHL draft, or All Star.

The All Star weekend is huge for the NHL.

It's huge for fans, it's huge for sponsors, and this year it's in Las Vegas, and that

brings with it, from Steve's point of view, I would imagine, a lot of internal pressures.

When you do something in Vegas, you really raise the stakes to put on a show.

So him and his group are responsible for spicing up the skills competition, to say nothing

of the game itself, and just so we're all on the same page, All Star Skills is Friday,

February the 4th at 730 Eastern.

You can watch it on SportsNet and SportsNet now, StateSide on ESPN.

The game itself, Saturday, February the 5th at 3 o'clock Eastern, watch that on SportsNet

and SportsNet now, StateSide on ABC and ESPN, plus everything takes place at T-Mobile

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