32 Thoughts: The Podcast - The McDiscount and the In Season Cup

Episode Date: October 7, 2025

In this special edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman react to Connor McDavid's contract extension with the Edmonton Oilers. That is followed by the draft of the In Season Cup (21:36). We are joined by Emily Agard and Randip Janda this season. Email the podcast at [e-mail] or call the Thought Line at 1-833-311-3232 and leave us a voicemail.This podcast was produced and mixed by Dominic Sramaty and hosted by Elliotte Friedman & Kyle Bukauskas.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

Oh, wait a sec. I totally screwed that up. Yes, you're dead. Too late. I'll be picking fourth. I can say that right now. Elliot, how many days did you think it went last year? Welcome to 32 Thoughts, special midweek edition episode because we've got an in-season

draft coming in a moment. Two brand new contestants. We're going to get to all of that shortly. Hopefully they both lose. Yeah. We need to redeem ourselves after being embarrassed publicly and privately last season. Yes. We got that coming.

But first, Elliot Friedman, I got into Edmonton late Monday night. The air was a little lighter here than when you and I descended upon this town a few weeks back at the outset of training camp, Connor McDavid. It was confirmed Monday morning. to your extension, and the AAV stays the exact same as it has been the previous seven years here in Edmonton, $12.5 million, doesn't change a thing there in that regard, two additional years beyond this season, and the kind of bargain you can't find in any grocery store or hardware store flyer ever in this country, Elliot, one of the best deals going. So how did we get here? You said on Monday's pod, we were going to get clarity this week. We didn't have to wait very long to get it. I like your hardware store analogy because McDavid had the hammer and he didn't use it.

Oh. To-da. Very good. I'm actually really curious to see on Wednesday night is opening night in Canada. And the first game of our double header is Montreal, Toronto. and the second game of our doubleheader is Calgary and Edmonton, and I can only imagine what the ovation is going to be like for McDavid. It would already be huge, but because he signed,

and let's face it, the way he kind of made everybody wait a little bit here, he created doubt and an extension at any length or dollar value becomes a big victory for the Oilers and their fans. Just because of the way this process played out. And maybe they won't be thrilled about the term, but they will be ecstatic about the AAV. And I think what we should do, Kyle, is we should set an over-under

for the length of the ovation he gets when he's introduced. What is your over-under? Ooh, okay, okay, okay. And kind of we're looking at time of when the crescendo starts to die off, right? We're kind of the length of the peak. He gets announced. What is the length of the ovation? Don't bring in riders, like I'm not doing this show if I don't have read M&Ms.

Like don't bring in things that take away from the question. how long is the ovation simple okay i'll set it at 35 seconds i'm taking the over okay you didn't even that's not even close there is no way that the great hockey fans of northern alberta and we've seen what that building is like for big games there is no way the oilers fans only give McDavid a 35-second ovation. Kyle, you have just insulted the great people of Euler Nation. He's from Calgary. Kill him.

Oh, I knew this was coming. I knew this was coming. I think, because as you know in television, Elliot, 35 seconds can go by in an instant and 35 seconds can feel like 35 years sometimes. Yes, it doesn't matter. try to keep that into perspective. Doesn't matter. I hope they blow it out of the water.

I was going to go with a minute and I was going to take the over and the only way this doesn't go to a minute is if basically they announced the next thing. I assume McDavid's going last because he's got the highest number

and he's the captain. So I don't know what would be announced after him but the only way this isn't going at least a minute is if the public address announcer is instructed to turn the page. I'm going to be paying off game ops here now at Roger's Place just to make you look like a fool. You're going to be doing your opening game hit from upstairs

so you can walk the shortest possible distance to hand a bag full of cash to Oilers GameOps. 35 seconds. That's pathetic. Well, I would take the over there too, but I thought we just had to set it somewhere. I don't know. Intention spans are way too short nowadays.

But it's a huge win for the Oilers and their fans. You know, I'll tell you a funny story. So like everybody else, you know, I'm on the radio and all of a sudden I get the text. It's happening and you're trying to get all the details. And someone sent me the 12.5 and I thought they made a mistake. I thought it was wrong. Like I said, you know, I said this isn't right. Because as we talked about, I knew it was going to be short term.

I knew there was, it was going to be two or three years and two was no surprise. And I knew it was going to be below 16. Where I thought it was going to be, I thought it was going to be 14. I thought it was going to be right at dry sidel. But I just wasn't sure. So I didn't say anything. But when somebody said 12 and a half, I didn't want to go with it because I thought it was a mistake. So.

So I, you know, you had to double check. And one of the things I heard was I heard that McDavid was adamant that it not get out until the Oilers tweeted it. So I think everybody was being super careful. And I just assumed that the person who told me made a mistake. And so, I mean, the thing is, is that, I mean, there was a lot of Crosby-esque comment. Terry. There was a lot of jokes about Kauai Leonard and tree planting. But I think what there is, most of all, is respect. The salaries are going to a new stratosphere. We're going to have more 10 million players than we've ever had. They're going to start coming younger and younger, more of them than ever. And I always forget, which one is swims against the grain. Is it the salmon or the tuna?

Well, salmon, they swim upstream to spawn at the end of their run. Okay, so McDavid is the salmon against an army

of tuna. He's going the other way. And I just think the respect for him for doing this, like, It was interesting. I got into Winnipeg. I'm here taping something.

And I was talking to an agent on the way in the Uber. And he was a little bit upset about it. And he said, you know, it's not Connor McDavid. It's not, Connor McDavid, it's not his responsibility to take less. It's not. It shouldn't be on him. You know, it's not his fault that Edmonton's got a bunch of guys making a ton of money and therefore he shouldn't take his 17 or 20, whatever he gets. And I said, first of all, it's McDavid's life.

It's McDavid's choice. Ultimately, he decides what he wants to do and what makes himself happy. And secondly, you can't say there and say you're all about winning and then take a deal. that doesn't allow you to win. And this guy's like, well, that's the oiler's problem. It's not his problem. And I said, you can say that in a lab. You can say that in a classroom.

You can't always say that in real life. These are real world situations. These aren't logic problems in a book or in grade 10 math. Sometimes you have to make concessions and bend things. And, you know, I was reminded, McDavid did this the last time, too. His salary was supposed to be 13.3, and he cut it to 12.5. And there were people back then who said, it's not you who should cut.

And he's like, I'm doing this. And when he makes up his mind, good luck changing it. But I just think the respect factor that he will get for this. And, you know, he's for the next three years, the Oilers know they've got three years to take a big run at it with McDavid in his prime and no matter what happens if they succeed it's a statue it's probably getting a statue anyway but if he succeeds it's an even bigger statue and if he goes somewhere else no Euler fan is going to complain but even if it doesn't work Kyle no Euler fan can complain even the hardest of hardcore Euler fan is going to look after this and they're going to say you know what

Because at the end of this, he'll be there 13 years. He's given them 13 years. He's been paid under market. Nobody can begrudge this guy. He has shown himself to be unselfish. He is walking the walk. He said, I'm all about winning. It's all I care about winning.

He took a contract that's all about winning. You know he's going to play his heart out. And you know he's going to get more than a 35 second ovation on Wednesday, and there's nobody here who can say this guy hasn't given his all to the Edmont Noilers. Nobody. Sounded like you nearly came to blows with your Uber driver. It's quite the argument you had going.

It wasn't the Uber driver. Shouting at each other outside the hotel. That's his jocks. Speaking of fish and tuna and salmon, And the Uber driver is a funny guy tonight. He said, you know, whenever I'm working, I spend a lot of time around the airport circling, hoping to catch a fish in my net. And he goes, as I'm in the car, he's like, you're in my net right now.

And I was looking at him and I was saying to myself, Kyle, there's a lot of ways that this could go. And not all of them are good. But it turned out all fine. Is that where you got this salmon swimming against tuna analogy? That just came to my head as I was talking. Yeah. I don't know if there's a ton of examples of when Sam is swimming upstream and they're trying to pass a bunch of tuna.

But what did Dom send a note about? Tuna are in the ocean and the other is in the river. I don't know, man. Like I'm not a fisherman. I know there's going to be. We know that. Yeah, we know there's going to be a bunch of professional and amateur fishermen listening to this pod and throwing their phones in the water. But, you know, hey, I'm just going for the allegory.

No, that's very nice. I was thinking of the scene from the other guys when you were just going off on the tuna bit there. I was wondering if you were headed there. But either way, I get the picture you were trying to paint. And now the way Connor has gone and set up the Oilers move. moving forward. Part of me wondered is that you're digesting it all here on Monday. I mean, he's a guy that I think isn't shy, as we've heard quietly about

voicing his opinion around about where he thinks the oilers should go in terms of, hey, I think that guy could help us. I think this player could help us. Like I wonder if there's how much thinking is already done going, and I'm going to keep my number exactly where it is. And, hey, if that player out there ever becomes available, I think he could be a great fit. And now we know we can make it fit.

Why not? I mean, the gauntlet's been thrown. You know, Jeff Jackson and Stan Bowman, who run the Oilers, they see what this means. And, you know, the one thing that, like, I don't think if you're the Oilers or you're Darryl Kate's the owner, you're running away from we have to win. I think if he did anything by this,

by waiting as long as he did, he just made everybody a little bit uncomfortable and made them realize, don't take McDavid for granted. I think he's too loyal to that group of players not to sign, let it play out. I think he's loyal to the Oilers too. You know, I was looking this up,

there's seven first round first overall picks this century that have won the Stanley Cup where they've been selected and six of those guys are going to the Hall of Fame Crosby, Flurry, Ovechkin, Stamcos, McKinnon, Patrick Kane, and then there's Aaron Eckblad. You don't think that he looks at that on some level. like I think he's much more concerned about victory than legacy but I I would think if I was in his shoes on some level you're looking at that

look at all the number one overall picks who've won where they were drafted and look at who those guys are a bunch of those guys a lot of those guys are going to the Hall of Fame a lot of those guys are cornerstones in the history of their franchise if not the cornerstone in the history of their franchise i i would think for a guy like mc david that resonates with you yeah i think overall overall i think what he taught them sorry kyle was don't take me for granted no it was a very good reminder and i think for all the talk, as we have learned over the years, how much of an influence Sidney Crosby was on him

when he was young growing up, didn't see all the comparables right away when he first came into the league. Two different circumstances, we understand it, but as his career has gone on, like you're seeing more, like you mentioned the Crosby comparison in this contract that he took, you're seeing a little more Crosbyisms out of Connor. As the career is going on here, it's kind of neat. A couple other things. Jake Walman, someone compared him to Ian Leggett, winning his only PGA tour event the day Canada won the Olympic goal in 2002.

Oh, yeah. Walman, big day for him, big day for him. You think about where he'd been the last few years and kind of what happened in his career. Well, he goes to Edmonton and plays the biggest games of his life and he comes out of it with a huge $49 million extension. That was, and that was a big priority for them. Obviously, McDavid overshadows it,

but, you know, Walman, he, they wanted this one done before the season. And I think next is going to be at home. I think he badly wants to stay. And I've gotten some mixed messages on this. I've had people tell me it's going to be short term. And I've had others tell me it could be modeled on Chris Tanna's Toronto deal to spread out the cap hit. The other thing, too, Kyle, the summer of 2028, Unrestricted, Austin Matthews,

Connor McDavid, and Zach Werenstke at this time. And who are they all represented by? They all have different agents, right? Oh, no way. Yeah, that's Judd-Moldaver. So we'll see. long time between now and then we'll see yeah okay i just have one more question here before we wrap this up elliott i didn't want to ask you last pod because you just weren't sure where it was all

going then now that it's all over at any point did your mind ever start to think oh maybe he does not resign in edmonton no i didn't think that i i i didn't uh i always thought was going to sign because I thought he would be loyal to that group. The one thing I really believed was like dry-sitle, nurse, Nugent Hopkins, Eckholm, Hyman, I don't think he could have left that group while they were still effective. That was always the thing I believed. All right. and your intuition led you the right direction once again.

Two more years, Connor McDavid re-ups in Edmonton. Rejoice in Oil Country. A great way to begin their season Wednesday night as they host the Calgary Flames. By the way, before we sent it to the in-season cup, did you get a text from Luke Gazzick on Monday? No. Did you? Yes.

Okay. Confirmed? This is what he wrote. Cannot verify the entirety of this Jay's rumor. And then he sent a laughing emoji. So he verified it. So it's basically all true. He bought tickets to the same seats in games one and two,

and he wore the same clothes. Man. I think could we not get someone a cover for him in studio tonight and we can ship him off to the Bronx? I just keep it going here. Different vibe in Yankee Stadium there tonight. So we could use a little continuity in the stands, Luke. That's awesome. Well done.

Okay. So I think we've covered everything we need to here. Connor stays in Edmonton, salmon beat the tuna. and we'll take a break here and come back with... And nine minute long ovation. Nine minutes? My gosh. No.

And I'm writing out a check to Oilers Game Offs. That's right. Cut it after 32 seconds. That's right. Yeah, keep it close. We don't want anyone asking questions around here. All right. Let's take a break.

We'll come back with The draft of the 2025-20206 in-season Cup on 32 Thoughts, The Podcast. It's the most anticipated draft since the 1978. Elliot Friedman is the commissioner. He's the judge, jury, and exploiter of this operation. Any words of wisdom, Elliot, for our fresh blood before we introduce them? Don't pick a team that's already been eliminated. We will rip you mercilessly for that.

And remember that this is supposed to be fun, but taunting is expected and demanded. Demanded. It is frowned upon if you keep it clean all season long. That's how it works around here. Okay, it's time to meet our two new competitors this season. Big shoes to fill after last year's entrance, Matt Marquesi and Alish Forfar cleaned up the hardware. Introducing first, whether she is at the ballpark in the studio, in the ring or on the kit. Always in rhythm.

No misplays here. Over my head, out of her head, she sang. Put your hands together for Emily. Agar. Emily, welcome. Wow. Wow, what an intro. I get applause and everything.

Wow, thank you guys so much. I am terrified for this. This is going to be fun. That's the perfect balance to be in. Somewhere between terrified and joy. Yeah. That's the sweet spot on this podcast. That's what it's like every time we do this podcast together, Kyle and I,

somewhere between terrified and joy. Emily, by the way, great job. with the Jays all summer. Thank you. Who was your favorite Blue Jay to deal with? Oh my gosh. It's so hard to pick. We've done such incredible interviews with some of the guys.

I'm going to go with my most recent interaction slash interview. I'm going to say Tyler Heinemann because he's so fun on camera. He's also MLB's Magic Man. He pulled some serious trickery on me with some car trip. Great video. Yeah. I know he wants, hopefully he'll want to do more. Should we continue, we will.

But yeah, we'll see. I'm going to say Tyler Heinenman. Great guess or great, great, great pick. Great, great pick. All right, Emily, great to have you aboard and our other contestant. Finally, last but not least, he is the host of Hockey Night in Canada, Punjabi. You can hear his voice on Sportsnet 650 Radio out in Vancouver, including from the booth with Brendan Batchelor during Vancouver Canucks Games,

all the way from the best coasts might as well go for a soda we say G. Ianu to Randeep Janda, Randi, welcome. Wow. Wow. Okay, that was I'm going to get a lot of infers in my life hopefully. Kyle, that was top. I want to say one or two, my man.

Gee, Ina, love it. Is that okay? I didn't know you were bilingual. I didn't know you were bilingual, Kyle. That's very good. And I'm sorry, Elliot. Did it come on right? than yours. Yeah. You're going to

better than Elliot's. I've got to tell you, Randy, but I've been insulted a lot over my life. I won't take that one too personally, I have to say. All right, fair enough.

Randy, Knox, playoffs or no? You know what? I'm going to show you behind me here for those that can see. I've got the nameplate there.

I'm going to say, yes, wild card two that Knox make it in. Nice. All right. Jim Rutherford says you can stay in the broadcast booth booth this is broadcast

booth this year, Randy. Thank you. Thank you. Randy, great to have you here. This is going to be a lot of fun. Okay, let's go over the rules. So momentarily, we will have the draft where we will each pick our eight teams. It's a simple snake order draft. There are two crowns up for grabs at the end of this, okay?

So there's the crown for most days accumulated with the cup over the season and the crown for the person that is holding the in-season cup after the final day of the regular season. And the winners, it's up to you to decide. what the punishments are for losers. On Monday's pod, Elliot already proclaimed if he is a winner this year, he will make one of the losers travel across the border

and complete the Waffle House challenge. So that's already out in the open. So for those of you who don't know what the Waffle House challenge is, because I got a couple notes about this, was that if you, so a fantasy football thing, the loser has to spend 24 hours in a Waffle House

and the time you spent there is dropped an hour by each waffle you eat. So if someone loses, you're doing the Waffle House challenge. And by the way, you don't have to proclaim it now sometime during the season if you're winning. Also, I should mention one of the rules, because everybody forgets this, whoever drafts Florida and they play on opening night, they have to beat Chicago that night or you don't get a day with the, You have to win on the day to get the day. And also, you don't get credit during the Olympics.

If there's a team that has the cup for the Olympic break, you don't get 16 days during the Olympics. I know. It's hard to remember, believe me. Yes. Yes. So for the second straight season, as Elliot alluded to, the Panthers will begin with the season because they are defending champs. They kick off the regular season this afternoon.

This pod will drop on Tuesday. are raising and hosting Chicago. So this is how it all works. Let's say, for example, the Hawks go in there, spoil the party. They beat the Panthers on Tuesday. So Chicago doesn't play again until two nights later on the Thursday. So they would accrue two days with the cup, one for the day they beat Florida and one for the off day before their next game. Whoever then beats the Hawks at some point, they take the in-season cup from them. And on and on, that day, they win the game. They begin their count of days until the next. next game that they play. So over the course of the season, the end-season Cup could make

its way through the entire league in theory, which is why we draft everybody here. Are there any questions before we proceed? I'm ready to go. A little nervous, Emily. I'm not going to lie, but I'm ready to go. Yeah, I'm terrified, but let's do this. Good. A little sweat on the fingertips. That's exactly what you want. Okay. Just remember, guys, Kyle and I both lost last year, so you guys are just fine. I didn't even get out of the starting blocks last year. That's right. Kyle was the worst player in the history of the in-season cup last year.

Yeah. And Elliot had one of his signature choke jobs down the stretch. So we were all both on brand. So wait, I have a question. So you guys lost last year. What was the, like, what did you guys have to do? I am going to do it in the next couple of weeks. I'm going to produce Alish's show for a night.

I'm going to bring them dinner. and I'm going to produce I'm going to book her guests and I'm going to bring them dinner and I'm going to produce one night. Oh, she got you good. Okay. Yeah, she did.

And I've got to do the same for Marquesi and Mike Futa on the fan hockey show. That was the stakes last year. And anyway, we're making the punishment a little more free flowing this time around. Okay. Yeah, all right. We'll think about it.

Dom Shumadi, our producer, he is handling the determining of the order of the draft. So Dom, we'll hand it over to you. Take it away. All right. This year, the draft order will be determined by trivia. And we love trivia here on 32 thoughts. Please grab your pen and paper. Without going over, please tell me to the nearest minute how long last year's Stanley Cup final was from start to end. So in minutes played, how many minutes was the Stanley Cup? That includes overtimes. as well. Oh, boy.

Oh, my God. Wow. Okay. All right. Are everyone ready? Yep. We'll start with our host because our guests seem a little nervous. So, Kyle, if you could show us your paper and tell us your answer.

I went with 416 minutes and 32 seconds. That's pretty good, Kyle. Elliot? I was much less than that. I was at 280. 280. Okay. Emily? Oh, wait a sec. I totally screwed that up.

Yes, you're dead. It's too late. I'll be picking fourth. I can say that right now. Elliot, how many games did you think it went last year? You know what? This is what I did. I did 60 times four.

And then there's a double overtime game and there's a single overtime game. So I did the 20 and the 10, but I forgot to add the 60s. That's what I did wrong. I'm off to a great. I might as well just concede the league right now. I too think I mess with up. You just start driving. Do you throw your waffle house into the GPS?

Emily, what did you go with? 3602. 362. Okay. And Janda? Okay. Thanks, Elliot, for making me not look as bad. I went 322.

I went Sharpie on your, so I got it wrong to, way off. Well, you know what? I got to tell you, Dom, there was a great question. That was one of the worst guesses by me. because it's six games, so it's a minimum of 360. I forgot to have the regulation of the two overtime games. So, Kyle, so far you're the only genius on this part. Correct.

Well, I may have gone over here. The answer, guys, is 418.9 minutes. So rounding up, that's 419 minutes from start to end, which means Elliot, you will be picking fourth. Yep. Randi, he'll be picking third. Yep. Emily will be picking second, and Kyle this year is picking first.

Good job, Kyle. Wow. Well done. I hope this is not a metaphor for how my season's about to go with that moronic guess I made. At least you're entertaining, Elliot. Holy cow. All right. Are we ready to begin?

Yes. Let's do it. Let's do it, yeah. Okay, here we go. I'm not going to overthink it. I know they've got some guys missing

early on, but I will put down the Florida Panthers. Oh, snap. Okay. Okay. I'm going with a whole lot of heart here.

I got to go with my roots. I'm going with Toronto Maple Leaf. Okay. All right. I'm going to use some strategy here. I believe the first

realistic, like, tough matchup the Florida Panthers have on their schedule is in New Jersey Devils. So I'm going to go, I'm going to Eastern Conference team here. It might be a boneheaded move, but let's go with it.

No, that's all part of it. Nothing wrong with that. By the way, Emily, I was going to say to you that last year, one of the podcast co-winners, Alish Forfer, also made the Maple Leafs, her first pick. And she won. And she won. So there is history. Okay.

Randy, if I really liked the strategy, I said this year, I didn't win last year, so I have to try. something new this year. Go big or go home. The Chicago Blackhawks take the in-season cup on night number one. They spoil the party. That is bold.

That's risky. Now it's going to happen. Knowing my luck. And then I'm going with pick number two. I am taking the Edmond and Oilers. Okay. Yep.

All right. I'm going to go, I'm keeping it out west. I'm going to go Vegas Golden Nights. Okay. Thanks. Oh, God. Okay. Can I do Tampa Bay Lightning?

Absolutely can. Wow. Go with your heart first. Oh, I'm fully to turn around and take Tampa. That's impressive, Emily. Okay. I'll take Dallas. I like that one.

Go back to back central here. And then come back with Colorado. All this. Okay, hold on. I don't like Kyle with good picks. I don't like that. Yeah, those are two heavyweights. I thought I had good picks out of the gate last year.

My first two were the Rangers and the Canucks. The only thing they were good for is the trade, between the two last year. Fans in Dallas and Colorado going into morning now that Kyle has picked them. Watch out. Oh, okay. Okay. I'm going to do an underdog here because Mighty Ducks for Life.

So Anaheim Ducks. Let's throw that in there. Great. That Rebeek loves that there. That is excellent. All right. I'm up here, right? You go deep, you bet.

I'm going to go Carolina Hurricanes. All right. All right. I need some more Canadian content. I am taking the hated rivals of the Metropolitan Division. Sorry, the Atlantic Division. I don't know time. I don't know divisions.

I'm taking the Ottawa Senators and the Montreal Canadians. Sound like Dom with your geographical. This is here. Seriously, I am, like, I am, you know, like, people who know me, they say that I am one of the most brain dead people they know. I am proving it on this pod. You got a lot in your brain, Elliot. I think it's fair. That's true.

Thanks, Emily. Big space cadet here, though. I'll tell you that. All right, Randy, you're up. All right. I'm going to go with the Let's go East Coast again For some reason I'm all about the East Coast

Let's go Rangers Let's go Rangers Okay Over to me I'm going to go with the team That had the 12-game Win Street last season That was pretty cool

Let's do the blues All right Emily's feeling St. Louis Great finish to the year Okay Well I feel I need some CanCon in my life here too So

Didn't work out last year Randine's got me feeling them I'm taking Vancouver Okay there you go Camel River boy Had to do it And I'll come back with Hmm

The Minnesota Wild As we surpassed the halfway mark of the draft Emily, it's my turn. I'm looking at what I want to do here because all of my picks have basically been chosen. Okay, hold on, let me think. Let me think here. Let's do Metro.

Let's do the penguins. Let's go to the OGs. Let's do the penguins. All right. Crosby respect. Let's do that. All right. I'm going to go L.A. Kings.

Okay. I think the falloff has been over exaggerated. I think they'll be good. I am going to go with who I think is the most disrespected team in the NHL this early in the season, the Winnipeg Jets. I know they've been injured, but everybody is right.

writing them off. I'm going with the Winnipeg Jets and because of my Chicago pick in game number one, I am going to take their game two opponent, the Boston Bruins. See, when you initially talked about most disrespectful, I thought you were going Boston there initially. Kyle, we don't pay you to think. Yeah, or do anything for that matter. Okay, Randy. All right, I'm going to go.

Ooh, let's go Washington Capitals. Oh, snap. All right. That's another team that went way too late. Yep. Okay, we got no Canadian teams left here is what I'm realizing. One more. There is one more.

Oh, overlooking. Oh, there is. Oh, there is, right. Okay, amazing. Hey, Emily, Alberta hasn't seceded yet, so they're still there, okay? I love that they're there. I do love that they're there. I am going to go with the Cracken, though.

Oof. Right. You tease and you pick some of the else. I got to tell you, that is going to be the highlight of this pod. There's no market their teams. Oh, wait, there is one, but I'm still not taking them. Give me Seattle. Come me Seattle.

Close enough to the border. That's so bad. Lots of Vancouver. fans going to watch the Seahawks and the Marys, close enough. Oh, man, I'm horrible. I'm not explaining that pick, but that's what I'm doing it. I'm sticking by it.

Okay, I'm going to take the Columbus Blue Jackets. All right. Another team went too late. Yeah, lots of Jet Grieves buzz. And I will take the flage. Okay.

There we go. Hometown team. I was just leaving it for you, Kyle. Yeah. Unselfish. Unselfish. That's, yes. It's very unlike the form of this whole event.

Kindness. This is where kindness goes to die. All right, Emily's in deep thought here. Oh, God. Um, can I do the flyers? Let's do the flyers. Okay. Yeah.

Absolutely you can. All right. That brings me up here. Okay. They got the most killer jerseys right now. I'm going to go Utah Madness. Come on. Yeah.

Okay. I like it. Some of the best gambling that's ever been done is based on which team had the more attractive jerseys, Randy. At this point, this deep in the draft, Elliot, it's a crapshoot. It doesn't really matter. It's a crapshoot. So I'm going to take Nashville and I'm going to take the Islanders. Ah.

Okay. Let me go with the Buffalo Sabres here. You got it. As I say with a chuckle. I know. Okay, I'm going to do the... Some point. I'm going to do the sharks, you guys.

I like that pick, Emily. Lots of California content. I really do. I have a lot over here. Okay. I'm going to take Detroit. And for my last pick... What are you talking about?

Wait a sec. That was the last pick. That's it. Oh, sorry. That's it. I'm looking for other teams. I'm like, did the NHL expand? What's going on here?

That's what I was. I was like, wait, hold on. Everyone else has crossed off. Wait a second. Have we already announced expansion? Did I just miss it? I'm going to take Houston. I'd like to take Atlanta.

I got to tell you something. Okay. So we're watching this with video. do the whole pod with video but we're watching this was video so randeev's picture was out so i couldn't see him but when you said and my final pick i'm going to take i started looking around i was saying am i nuts or has every team been taken and thank you emily because you looked up like at kyle like am i insane or are we taken all 32 teams too i thought i was being oh my god kyle Elliot, the reason my video is out

is because I was going through my team's list and saying it's who's left so I was cycling through my list. I thought I missed somebody. No, your video is preparing for the 36 team NHL in five years. Randeep's video is out because he's calling in via Motorola Razor.

Is it that bad really? Okay. No, no. No, it's not. It's good. I, no, my problem was I was too busy keeping track of, okay, crossing off all the teams that have been picked, I didn't come up for air to go, oh, they've all been picked now. Kyle, we made up for the only one having a good guess on the minutes played in the Stanley Cup final by thinking the NHL had more than 32 teams in it. Hey, 500, 8 bad. That's usually much, much worse on this program.

All right, so who kept the list? Kyle, did you keep the list? Yeah, okay. So we're with them off? Yep. Team Elliott, Chicago, Edmonton, Ottawa, Montreal, Winnipeg, Boston, Nashville, the New York Islanders. Team Randeep. New Jersey, Vegas, Carolina, the Rangers, the Kings, the Capitals, the Mammoth, the Buffalo Sabres.

Team Emily, Toronto, Tampa, Anaheim, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Seattle. Philadelphia, San Jose, and my team, Florida, Dallas, Colorado, Vancouver, Minnesota, Columbus, Calgary, Detroit. Not bad. Nice. I have to say I was surprised Detroit went last. That I was not expecting. And I think that's also why I thought there was more to come because I didn't expect them to go last.

I'm just drawing every excuse I can in the book here to save face. I'm disappointed. No, I didn't get a Canadian team. Can we do trades? No, that's not possible, is it? No, there's no trading. There's no trade. You're, okay, Mr. Anti-Canada. You're stuck with that team, okay? Oops, my bad. Well done, everybody. Just like any draft, everyone's leaving here, thinking they got the steel of the whole thing. But it begins for real later today. So good luck, everyone. Emily Randi, thank you again for taking part in this year-long journey. It's going to be exhausting.

You're going to want to pull your hair out at times. It's exhausting. It could be very fruitful. Very fruitful. And we thank John again. We mentioned him last pot, but he is the keeper of the in-season cup. There is an ex-account. If you two are not familiar, they will keep track of everything.

I just followed. Who's got the most days? Who currently has it? And John, by the way, opens it up to anybody out there who does a pool. If you want him to keep track of yours too, there's an opportunity. for you to do it. Emily Randi, thanks very much for joining us. Really appreciate it. Thanks for coming on. Thanks, guys. And I can't wait to win this season. I'm saying it right now, right to end off the draft. Let's do this. Let's go. I'm feeling confident. I got to think about

what I want the losers to do. Yeah, all season, I'll let that one marry. Yeah. All right. Let's have some fun. Thank you all for tuning into the special edition episode of 32 Thoughts of the podcast. We'll be back later this week. Enjoy the first few days of the regular season.