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32 Thoughts: The Podcast

The Muller Report

32 Thoughts: The Podcast

Sportsnet

Hockey, Sports

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2021

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Kirk Muller played in the NHL for 19 seasons and has been behind the bench since 2011. He joins Jeff and Elliotte on the podcast (42:00) to talk about Montreal’s impressive play in the bubble last season, how to find success as a player in a market like Montreal, his thoughts on Nick Suzuki and Jesperi Kotkaniemi, coaches that had an impact on his career, memories of Rendez-vous ’87, and his interest in finding a coaching job in the NHL. Also discussed on the podcast: what might be next for John Tortorella as he and the Blue Jackets parted ways (00:10), if we’ll see Gerard Gallant’s name linked to any teams (28:15), talks of a contract extension for Marc Bergevin (29:30), what would be a good fit for Rick Tocchet as Arizona looks to change things up (21:45), and 100 points in 53 games for Connor McDavid (32:45). Music Outro: daysormay – The Trend Listen to the full single here! This podcast is produced and sound designed by Amil Delic, and hosted by Jeff Marek and Elliotte Friedman. Audio Credits: Sportsnet. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Yeah, put that on your outtakes real at the end.

0:03.6

Oh, God.

0:04.6

Okay, so Elliot, imagine you're just walking down the street and it's a summer day and

0:13.4

the, okay, so I'll drop all the goofing allergies to kick off podcast.

0:17.0

I was going to say, is this another picnic table?

0:19.1

I was waiting for you to jump in.

0:20.4

He said, no more of these dumb intro is, Merrick.

0:25.6

Let me just say before we get to Merrick's tortured ideas here, hope all the mothers on

0:32.6

this podcast had a great mother's day to Claire, to Joe, who is almost partner and to staff,

0:41.2

of course, it was my long suffering wife.

0:43.6

So that's number one.

0:45.8

Number two, I have to say this.

0:47.6

So if you listen to Friday's podcast with Jeff's tortured allegory of someone leaving

0:54.1

their wallet and keys on a picnic table and comparing it to Tom Wilson, just because

0:59.5

you didn't understand it doesn't make it not good.

1:02.4

I understood it.

1:03.4

It was stupid.

1:04.4

I happen to be watching some kid show with my son Max the other day and there's a guy

1:09.8

who leaves his lunch on a picnic table and goes to look at something in the forest and

1:14.6

his lunch gets stolen.

1:15.6

So I love it.

1:16.6

And I'm thinking to myself, yeah, I cannot believe on all days I see this.

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