Elliotte Friedman

I mean, I don't really agree on you take a guy from Vancouver because you're the Vancouver Canucks, but I think if all things are equal and somebody else doesn't blow you away, then you take the guy because he's from Vancouver.

That's when I do think it makes an edge.

thought that was an incredible series it was a great so i'm on this series now i'm doing buffalo montreal i'm moving on site i'm in buffalo tonight i was at their practice today like these are two of the best buildings in the league bob oh yeah and when their teams are good this is a buffalo uh the key bank center is fantastic and of course montreal it's fantastic so um i think it's

I think it's phenomenal.

I think the two buildings are going to be crazy.

I think this is going to be a different series.

The Buffalo guys said that Boston was determined not to give up Russ chances.

Montreal will trade those a bit more with you.

So they think it's going to be a very different series than Boston.

I think it's going to be fantastic hockey.

I'm buckling in for another seven-gamer.

All right, Bob, any time, my man.

Welcome to a bonus edition of 32 thoughts with John Chayka and Matt Sundin.

I know we don't need a long preamble here.

You want to hear what they have to say about roster construction issues of the day and things like that.

But I do want to mention that with Chayka, I started with the story reported Monday that he was accused of tampering by someone else and

It doesn't sound like it's going anywhere, but it has larger implications, I believe.

Initially, I was told a relative of his contacted a former employee of Statlet's, the analytical company the family owns.

That employee now works for an NHL team, and the team reported the contact to the league."

Then I heard another story that a different NHL club complained about improper contact, but when I reached out to that team, they denied it.