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32 Thoughts: The Podcast

Vegas Goes All-in on Andersson

32 Thoughts: The Podcast

Sportsnet

Sports, Hockey

4.7 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2026

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Summary

Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman break down Rasmus Andersson’s trade to Vegas, why his time in Calgary was ending, and how close Boston came, before digging into Vegas’ roster flexibility and contract intrigue around Jason and Nick Robertson. They also explore why no-tax markets keep attracting elite players, Jon Cooper’s Jack Adams case in Tampa Bay, and the Rangers’ message to fans amid a retool. The episode rounds out with notes from around the league, including Ottawa tension, Detroit’s chemistry, Zach Hyman’s Olympic case, Jonathan Toews’ return to Chicago, Nashville’s playoff push, and a Hockey Day in Canada Final Thought from Moncton.

Transcript

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0:00.0

on the podcast, we asked Kevin if he was the anonymous caller and he denied it.

0:04.1

I had three different people who reached out to me, Kyle, and said, they are more convinced

0:08.1

that he is. And I said, why? And he goes, because Kevin was not the anonymous caller,

0:13.2

he would have argued harder than he did. Like, he put up a mild disagreement. If Kevin was truly not the anonymous caller, they said,

0:23.8

he would have argued with me as much as he does on the air,

0:27.1

or he would have trashed me.

0:28.7

So he had to lie because he didn't want to give it up,

0:31.9

but his heart wasn't in it.

0:36.5

Welcome to 32 Thoughts, the podcast.

0:39.2

Kyle Elliott, Don, back with you.

0:41.0

Home for Arrest, as you brilliantly noted on Saturday night, Elliot,

0:46.2

after a wonderful but long and extraneous weekend in Moncton, New Brunswick.

0:53.4

Tremendous hosts.

0:54.0

We tested ourselves in ways that people my age, 55, should not be tested.

1:00.6

Yes.

1:01.1

You, you're fine.

1:03.8

Yeah.

1:04.5

I got...

1:05.2

Not so much.

1:06.5

Yes.

1:07.5

I got beat down in transit before, otherwise I would have been gobbled up by Moncton itself. I'd stuck around any longer.

1:17.5

But yes, we'll get into a full debrief of our few days there a little later on here.

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