In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman open with the Maple Leafs’ early-season struggles after a 4–3 loss to the Kings, and why Toronto can still afford to be patient on the trade front.
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0:00 – The Maple Leafs’ early-season struggles.
16:11 – An update on David Kämpf’s situation.
20:56 – Touching on Adrian Kempe beginning extension talks in Los Angeles.
24:10 – Notes from the GM Meetings.
27:05 – Ottawa’s seven-game point streak and Shane Pinto’s new deal.
39:40 – The concern in Vancouver after Thatcher Demko’s injury.
47:16 – The mood in Buffalo with no update on Tage Thompson.
50:32 – The exciting Islanders-Golden Knights tilt from Thursday.
56:07 – Elliotte talks about his latest “For You Page” discovery.
58:30 – The Final Thought pays tribute to the late New York sports writer Larry Brooks.
1:07:15 – Kyle and Elliotte answer your emails and voicemails in the Thoughtline.
Email the podcast at 32thoughts@sportsnet.ca 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.
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The Struggling Maple Leafs | 32 Thoughts
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32 Comments
They traded the wrong guy. The way they treated the real leader of this team was degrading.
Can y’all just call this podcast “maple leafs n more”?
You can do it better LEAFS! LET'S GO LEAFS GO!
Struggling maple leafs , really haha my flames are in 32nd place bud the leafs are doing great compared to us
God forbid you do a segment on the absolute wagon that is the Colorado Avalanche, let's talk more about the maple laughs
When the Winnipeg Jets were on a hot start last season, this podcast made everyone nauseous by talking about them non-stop. This year, the Avs are dominating and all they can obsess on are the Leafs. This is some biased pathetic commentary from Elliotte and Kyle
The Leafs are about as exciting as the Wild right now. And about as likely to make a deep playoff run.
Who cares about sports when the president is involved heavily in the Epstein scandal?
Biggest failure in American history. 😮
Sahne Pinto is a 37 point centre and these guys are saying he gets 10 mil at 8 years. Any GM who signs that deal should get fired. Giving him 8 mil should get GMs fired. I would not give him 3 mil because I can get an AHLer to give me 37 points. Teams waive players like that all the time. Kampf will be available.
I am puzzled how anyone, especially Leafs management, believes that the addition of 1-2 players will fix what is so clearly broken here. The team has peaked. The downward spiral has commenced and will continue. It's over, it's time to consider impactful changes not tweaks.
Hi Elliotte , I will like to ask IF tree trade away 2028 and 29 1st pick today & Leafs is so bad this season got the first overall pick since they trade with Boston is top five protected, Boston can’t get this pick and the rule is next pick not protected but Leafs next year 27 pick belong to Flyers is Boston get Leafs 1st pick in 30 pick because they trade away 28&29 first pick already cheers
With the lack of defensive play by the defense, and puck stopping by the goaltenders, the weakness in defensive play in their own end by players like Nylander, Matthews, Domi, etc., is now showing.
Too late to do anything about that now, because that has been something that has gone on since day 1 these players joined the Leafs.
These guys must have fell sleep after the 1st period. They were brutal in the 2nd and 3rd period and that score was flattering against a team on a long road trip
Pinto might make team USA, kampf can’t find a roster spot
Great podcast
Elliott, raccoons have a crazy good sense of smell and because of that they hate strong food smells like garlic, onions, chives and peppermint oils. You can use any of these things to keep them away from your property. They can’t stand the smell.
i think elliotte is smokin more than cigars on the deck….
When you hire the flames ex management team…..expect nothing
I've said for over 2 years (and have the YouTube comments to prove it) that Nylander has to go – a tremendous offensive talent who is so lazy and heartless it makes a rec league player like me scream at the TV every time he's on the ice. All these so-called "hockey analysts" going on and on and on for years about Nylander with absolutely no recognition of the obvious – he is literally the softest, laziest player on the roster. He won't skate unless he see an goal scoring opportunity for himself and is beyond lost in the defensive zone. He led the league in breakaways last year with 16 because he ALWAYS cheats his own zone. This has been covered up for years because the overall offense of the team allowed them to control the puck a lot and outscore most opponents but it was always there if you bothered to look. Now Marner is gone and Matthews is injured so all eyes are on him and he is being exposed. They should have NEVER resigned him to his last extension, and the no-movement clause was just insult to injury. They should have moved him 2 years ago for a high-end D-man and then they could have kept Marner who is an astronomically better 200 ft player. It is unbelievable that the Leafs have mismanaged a team, with arguably the best offensive grouping of talent I have seen in a generation, by doing the real life case study on what the rest of us have known since we were playing peewee – you can't score your way out of team laziness and softness. This team has been too top-heavy for years and should have traded for more balance and defensive stability, with Nylander being the completely obvious choice to move. Instead they lock him in for 8 years and let Marner go. Un-f'ing-believable.
Maccelli, Joshua and Roy with a combined 7 goals after 18 games.😂😂🤡🤡
You can talk all ya want about "hot' teams. All I know is Colorado has 1 REAL loss in 18 games… nobody else has less than 4.
The Shirts/Coats game will be the game of the weekend
Leafs message to Joseph Woll is
" no pressure or anything you haven't played an NHL game in 6 months but you have to step in stand on your head and win 5 games in a row for us and save our season -again no pressure'
The Leafs play way too soft. Whenever the Leafs have the puck that Leaf player should pass the puck to an opposing player then another Leaf team mate should body check that opposing player real hard into the boards just to administer as much pain as possible to a player on the opposing team. If the Leafs do this often enough during a hockey game then the other team will no longer be a match. And when a player from the opposing team has the puck then a Leaf player should do a knock the wind out of him hard body check into the boards. Maybe if the Leafs get rid of all their soft players like William Nylander and acquire some real good hard hitters than they will be a force to be reckoned with.
“The rest of us don’t want to know either”
Best line on this show ever
Why do your episodes have different titles in YouTube than in Podcast? In Podcasts this is called “The Racoons Strike Back”.
Sounds like leafs need john tortorella for coach
Train the raccoon to go to your neighbour’s yard and garbage. You can do it. They respond well to dog food. Make it fun. Raccoons love solving puzzles. Forget fighting them, join them.
If Pinto is 10 mil, what is Kempe, 14 mil? This not going to end well.
why would kampf give up 3 million ?
It's time to get 1st round draft picks in the cabinet for the future I'm a loyal Leafs fan and it is time to build a team moving for a run in 2036.
LOL! Every Hawks fan knows they were the team with most ex-players scoring against them! They had a lot of turnover