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What’s going on with Bally Sports? Jeff and Elliotte discuss the Sinclair Broadcast Group-owned Bally Sports Network (America’s largest owner of local sports channels) as they appear to be going towards an $8.6 billion debt restructuring in bankruptcy court, how this might impact the NHL (12 teams currently broadcast with Bally Sports) and if this could affect the salary cap.They then discuss Gary Bettman’s comments about teams tanking (9:10), the Sharks-Avalanche trade (16:20), what the Islanders might be doing as we near the trade deadline (21:00), the goaltending situation in Pittsburgh (26:35), fight night in Saint Paul, Minnesota (29:50), Ryan O’Reilly and the St. Louis Blues (34:00), New Jersey looking to make moves (36:00) and the Canucks sign Andrei Kuzmenko (38:24).The guys say a few words about Senators assistant coach, Bob Jones, who was recently diagnosed with ALS (42:10).Email the podcast at 32thoughts@sportsnet.ca or call The Thought Line at 1-833-311-3232 and leave us a voicemailMusic Outro: Tearing Up - Said SomethingListen to the full album HEREhttps://tearingup.bandcamp.com/GET YOUR 32 THOUGHTS MERCH HEREThis podcast was produced and mixed by Amil Delic, and hosted by Jeff Marek and Elliotte Friedman. Social support was provided by Griffin Porter and our music supervisor is Carson Illidge.Audio Credits: Devils Radio Network, ESPN, NBC Sports Bay Area, Sportsnet, Vancouver Canucks (Twitter) and WRHU.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.