Upsets and Aftermaths
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What led to the Oilers' exit from the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs?
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Welcome to 32 Thoughts, the podcast presented by your Canadian Toyota dealers and the 100% electric BZ. Available now during Red Tag Days. Dom, Elliot, and Kyle back with you. Welcome to the month of May, Frege. The final day of April. Oh, yeah. Yeah, we're here. April went by in a flash. The final day of the month.
Sure did.
Featured two games, both with elimination circumstances, and the two teams in the last two years that met in the Western Conference Final both had their season's end. On Thursday night, the Edmonton Oilers, a third straight trip to the Stanley Cup final is not going to happen. And the Anaheim Ducks, they are not just a team that can score.
How did the Minnesota Wild defeat the Dallas Stars?
We learned they're a team that can close out a series as well. Pat Verbeek, he had the mandate to make the playoffs this year. They have done more than that. The upstart Ducks, Elliot, through to round number two in 2026.
The window is open, Kyle. The ducks have arrived. The flying V has landed. The contention window is open. And look, we know the Oilers have injuries, and we'll get to that, but... I just think that the Ducks deserve the credit. They did not fluke into this series victory. They won it fair and square.
What updates are there on the Vancouver front office search?
They earned it. They were the better team for most of the series, and I think they've got some guys playing hurt, too. Everybody does it at this time of year. Probably the guy I'm happiest for in some ways is Jackson Lacombe because he was fantastic, and he had another great defensive play on a one-on-one with McDavid in the first period of the game. And yes, we know McDavid is somewhere around 50%, but it doesn't matter.
What is the latest on the Toronto front office search?
Him at 50% can still embarrass a lot of people. Lacombe got a big contract at the beginning of the year, the biggest money in Ducks franchise history. And there were people like, who, who, who's this guy who got all this money? Well, nobody's questioning that anymore.
Who is Misha Donskov and what are his new coaching roles?
And a lot of people in the sport already knew how good he was and how good you look at it. Now the U S won the gold medal. at the olympics and we all know how good their d was but it had to be really good because this guy didn't get to play a minute he was their extra defenseman and he just sat there and now look how he played in the first round he was a stud i thought leo carlson was great i thought goche was dangerous i was really happy for terry too did a great interview with scott oak the longest yes serving Duck.
What questions are being answered in The Thought Line segment?
Dostal, who had not been very good, he entered this game with the worst numbers in terms of save percentage of any goalie in the playoffs, and only Lukudin among goalies who played more than one game had a worse goals against average score. And he was, Kelly felt he was dicey in the first period. Like he thought he was vulnerable, but he locked the door in the last two. And he looked like he's a great goalie. Anybody who's listened to this podcast knows how highly we think of him, what he almost did to Canada at the Olympics, but he hadn't been himself since the calendar flipped to April. He finished better this way. The, But that fourth line, it's amazing to me. They kept on putting Veal, Washi, and Moore out there against McDavid, and you would have think that they would have been obliterated by those guys.
And they hung in there. They played really well. Like Jeffrey Veal is a 29-year-old guy who's an unrestricted free agent.
What are the insights on the Canadiens-Lightning series?
And how much money do you think he just made, Kyle?
Oh, I think, yeah, he's at minimum doubled his lot in life going into the summer.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What led to the Oilers' exit from the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs?
0:00–1:36
2
How did the Minnesota Wild defeat the Dallas Stars?
1:36–2:22
3
What updates are there on the Vancouver front office search?
2:22–2:52
4
What is the latest on the Toronto front office search?
2:52–3:12
5
Who is Misha Donskov and what are his new coaching roles?
3:12–3:48
6
What questions are being answered in The Thought Line segment?
3:48–4:52
7
What are the insights on the Canadiens-Lightning series?
4:52–5:43
8
How did the Flyers-Penguins series conclude?
5:43–1:31:07