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32 Thoughts: The Podcast

Stan Bowman: A Change In Approach, Not A Change In Direction

32 Thoughts: The Podcast

Sportsnet

Sports, Hockey

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

The Chicago Blackhawks GM joins Jeff and Elliotte for a wide-ranging discussion. They talk about being transparent with the fanbase, building from within rather than through free agency, playing youth over veterans, how management approached the Jonathan Toews comments, the challenges he faces as a GM during the pandemic and much more. Letter to their fans: https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/blackhawks-publish-letter-fans-confirming-team-rebuilding/ Music Outro: Sam Roberts Band – I Like the Way You Talk About the Future Check out their latest album “All of Us” on Apple, Spotify, Google Play, Amazon Music or wherever you get your music: https://samrobertsband.lnk.to/allofus Listen to all our Season 3 music on Spotify.   This podcast is produced and sound designed by Amil Delic, and hosted by Jeff Marek and Elliotte Friedman. Thanks to Carson Illidge for coordinating the music for this episode. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Media Inc. or any affiliate.

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0:00.0

Ooh just let the gravity of silence sink in this is not Simon and Garfunkel with the sound of

0:07.6

silence thud all right so Thud. Silence.

0:14.0

All right, so podcast this week for each have included

0:17.5

Jamie Bozo, who was outstanding,

0:20.0

Adam Oats in his attempted takedown of Instagram hockey trainers and now today

0:26.6

Chicago Blackcox general manager Stan Bowman. This is all while we're on vacation and by the way folks. We are taking a break. I know we said this last week

0:36.9

We lied today. We're telling you the truth. I promise. I think

0:41.7

Anyway, Stan Bowman, Elliot, he's everywhere, he's everywhere. We've seen the

0:46.5

Rangers do this, sending their letter to their fans, saying we're commencing the rebuild, now Chicago is for lack of a better term perhaps

0:55.8

coming clean and publicly saying we're rebuilding this thing. Stan Bowman

1:01.1

Elliot. The biggest challenge I thought for us in this one is Stan Bowman and the Black Hawks felt it was

1:08.0

important for him to go out and get his message out there.

1:11.3

And I would bet it had a lot to do with Jonathan Taves coming out publicly

1:15.0

to the athletic and saying, I don't understand what's going on here, that they felt not only

1:20.4

that they have to speak to their franchise cornerstones and future Hall of Famers,

1:24.6

but they also had to speak to their fan base.

1:26.9

Because if Jonathan Taves is saying that, then clearly their fans will say that.

1:31.1

So we taped this on Wednesday. On Tuesday he did a whole bunch of

1:35.3

interviews. He spoke to Emily Kaplan from E-SPN. I saw he also did some two hour

1:40.9

long podcasts, one with the athletic and one with

1:45.1

NBC the local rights holder and I read Emily's article I listened to both those

1:50.9

podcasts the one with Charlie and Pat and the one with Mark and Scott, and I just said,

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