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Speaker 1: Wild sounds of hockey.

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Speaker 2: Well, pop talk, let's go, let's go and let me

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Speaker 2: do good morning pop talk.

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Speaker 3: Oh my god.

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Speaker 2: We're talking about it, well pot talk.

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Speaker 4: Let's just say, any days a great day to be

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Speaker 4: a hockey fan.

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Speaker 1: But on the morning of opening.

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Speaker 4: Night, there's just a little something special in the air.

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Speaker 4: And that includes today Kevin Falness, Brett blakemore in for

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Speaker 4: Paul Allen and Eric Nordquist nine to noon on KFA

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Speaker 4: N And that means we're gonna do a whole lot

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Speaker 4: of hockey over the course of the next three hours.

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Speaker 1: And let's jump right into it.

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Speaker 4: Tonight, the Wild open the regular season in the Saint

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Speaker 4: Louis pregame at six forty five right here on FM

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Speaker 4: one hundred point three. The fan and the head coach

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Speaker 4: of the Minnesota Wild is John Hines. He's out there

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Speaker 4: in Saint Louis ready to battle with the Blues. John

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Speaker 4: Kevin Falnas, good morning, and welcome to day one of

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Speaker 4: the regular season.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, good morning, Kevin, Thanks for having me man.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, absolutely, what a training camp it was, What a

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Speaker 4: preseason it was. Uh, you're a guy that loves to teach,

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Speaker 4: you love the training camp. I heard you just barking

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Speaker 4: of it. But are you happy that day one is

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 5: For sure.

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Speaker 3: You know.

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Speaker 5: I think when you when you go into training camp,

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Speaker 5: it's it's it's really an opportunity, uh, I think to

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Speaker 5: instill the structure you want to play with, the mindsets,

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Speaker 5: the identities, and and it's nice because you have probably

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Speaker 5: the most opportunity throughout the NHL season where you can

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Speaker 5: have the time, uh to able to to to do

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Speaker 5: those things day in and day out. So I think

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Speaker 5: we've take we've taken advantage of of our opportunity and

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Speaker 5: training camp. I think the players have uh, you know,

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Speaker 5: day in and day out. And then now it's really exciting,

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Speaker 5: right we we we get to the end of we're prepared,

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Speaker 1: What's special about Opening.

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Speaker 5: Night, Well, it's you know, it's uh, you know, yesterday

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Speaker 5: was like it was like Christmas Eve, and today is

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Speaker 5: like Christmas Day, right, you know, the the anticipation to go.

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Speaker 5: It's the start of a new journey. It's the start

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Speaker 5: of a new seats and uh, you know we're we're

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Speaker 5: that's what makes it all all exciting. You put all

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Speaker 5: the hard work in the off season, in the training camp,

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Speaker 5: So it's exciting.

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Speaker 4: I know you're excited for The home opener comes Saturday,

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Speaker 1: But tonight you're in Saint Louis.

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Speaker 4: Tom Reid's theory is opening on the road takes the

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Speaker 4: pressure off the visitor, It puts it on the shoulders

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Speaker 4: of the home team. Do you buy into that? Why

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Speaker 4: don't we try and redial mister John Hines?

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Speaker 1: I got you, I got we got you back.

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Speaker 5: I got you.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I was just.

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Speaker 4: Talking about opening on the road. It takes a little

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Speaker 1: Do you buy into that?

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Speaker 3: You know?

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Speaker 5: I think I think you seem you know, the home

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Speaker 5: But you know, I think the the challenge for both

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Speaker 1: I don't know.

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Speaker 4: How far into the weed you want to get with

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Speaker 4: your lineup decisions, but looking at practice yesterday, it looked

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Speaker 4: like the rookie Hunter Hate will make his NHL debut

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Speaker 1: Can you declare he's ready to make his NHL debut?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, we have. We have just a couple a couple

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Speaker 5: We'll have a morning skate, so we just we'll make

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Speaker 1: Hour, whether hate debuts or not.

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Speaker 4: What did you like about him in training camp and

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Speaker 4: what promises to be a promising career, whether it begins

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Hunter came in.

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Speaker 5: He had a really good camp. I think, you know,

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Speaker 5: He scored, He scored twenty goals, but probably more importantly,

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Speaker 5: He's got a great competitive nature to him. He's a

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Speaker 5: nice when you have a player that's you know, his

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Speaker 4: Yeah, those young young faces pushing for playing time within

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Speaker 4: your system. Bill Garon did make a couple of tweaks

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Speaker 4: But for the most part, his busy work was signing

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Speaker 5: It was really important. I think I think Phillip's really

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Speaker 5: You can't win without them playing at a high level.

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Speaker 5: But you know, getting the getting the team to play

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Speaker 3: The night out.

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Speaker 5: So happy for him and his family, but it's also

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Speaker 4: Talking to the head coach of the Minnesota while John

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Speaker 4: the Blues tonight in Saint Louis.

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Speaker 1: Pregame starts at six forty five.

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Speaker 4: Puck drops at precisely seven fourteen here in the Central

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Speaker 4: time zone. Let me go to your top line again. Lineup,

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Speaker 4: decisions to be made. But at least what I saw

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Speaker 5: Yeah, very excited about those guys. I think that all

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Speaker 5: exhibition games. You know, they've they've played well. They've got

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Speaker 4: All right, last one, you're going to Saint Louis taking

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Speaker 4: know it. What are you up against tonight? When you

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Speaker 5: Yeah, Saint Louis is a good team. I think that

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Speaker 5: They play a quick, fast game. They're uh, they're they're

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Speaker 3: So it's going to be a challenge.

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Speaker 5: You know, we gotta we got to make sure that

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Speaker 4: To me, you strike me as a guy that's pretty

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Speaker 4: flat lined. There's not real high ups, real high lows,

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Speaker 1: Uh. Is there something special about Opening Night?

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Speaker 4: Will be butterflies even though you're not playing, you're just

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Speaker 4: a pretty important job. But are there nerves going into

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Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure.

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Speaker 5: I think every game you get, you know, you get

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Speaker 5: a little bit excited and you get some butterflies, particularly

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Speaker 5: opening night because you haven't played a game yet. And yeah,

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Speaker 5: you're you're you're anxious to see your team play and

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Speaker 5: all the work in preparation that the coaches and players

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Speaker 5: put in and we're now we're playing for real. But

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Speaker 5: I think it's healthy, and you know, that's part of

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Speaker 5: some butterflies. I think it's healthy. It keeps you on

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Speaker 5: your toes and I'm certainly excited for tonight as well

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Speaker 5: as our team.

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Speaker 4: John, thanks for doing this on a game day. Good

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Speaker 4: luck tonight in Saint Louis, good luck this season.

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Speaker 5: All right, Thanks appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: There you go, the head coach.

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Speaker 4: Of the Minnesota Wild John Hines out there in Saint

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Speaker 4: Louis and we're ready for game number one of season,

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Speaker 4: number twenty five. Brett the Wild taking on the Blues again.

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Speaker 4: Pregame at six forty five right here on FM one

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Speaker 4: hundred point three the Fan, You're home from Minnesota Wild Hockey.

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Speaker 4: Puck will drop at seven fourteen from Saint Louis, And yeah,

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Speaker 4: I mean, I'm sure the plan was for Nicos Term

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Speaker 7: I'm not that hopin mad about it, all right.

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Speaker 4: So wrong? No, you're no, You're You're definitely right in

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Speaker 4: We've got an action pack three hours coming your way,

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Speaker 1: For real tonight.

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Speaker 4: Free game at six forty five FM, one hundred point

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Speaker 1: A great lineup coming your way.

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Speaker 4: If you want to talk hockey, you'll get your opportunity.

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Speaker 4: We've got Pat mcletty ten thirty five, Joe O'Donnell, the

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Speaker 1: So talk about the state, the state of hockey. So

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Speaker 4: And then on top of all of that, you're like, Flounce,

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Speaker 6: I believe Forfriesa was going to hit one hundred point

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Speaker 1: Thank you for those talkbacks.

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Speaker 4: Keep them rolling in and we'll play those sporadically throughout

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Speaker 4: the best thing that ever had.

441
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Speaker 1: That and GPS, Like.

442
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Speaker 4: I couldn't drive anywhere without GPS, and I can't fix

443
00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:33,520
Speaker 4: anything without YouTube, So I've definitely used that stuff. I

444
00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:36,040
Speaker 4: got in there and I looked up some directions on

445
00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:38,440
Speaker 4: his wheel of topic and I messed around with a

446
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Speaker 4: little bit. Why don't you see what you come up with.

447
00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:45,000
Speaker 4: I hope I fixed it right because I love hearing

448
00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:46,640
Speaker 4: about commons golf game. But you want to hear about

449
00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:48,280
Speaker 4: that from nine to noon or maybe you do. But

450
00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:50,920
Speaker 4: let's hear what the wheel of topic sounds like. Now, yeah,

451
00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:57,480
Speaker 4: we can spin it. What if it just lends on

452
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Speaker 4: commons golf? Oh I got to talk about weren't there?

453
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Speaker 8: We'll have to ask him Minnesota wild Oh, oh.

454
00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:09,720
Speaker 4: Really funny, And it weren't to see and I didn't

455
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Speaker 4: even use YouTube for that. I got out my ranch

456
00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,520
Speaker 4: and my plier's thingy and I got in there and

457
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Speaker 4: I were slot all right, So Minnesota Wild, I'm excited

458
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Speaker 4: about the season.

459
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Speaker 1: I'm going to.

460
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Speaker 4: Predict third place and we'll get into predictions later as well.

461
00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:25,280
Speaker 4: But when I think about predictions and that guy was

462
00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:28,959
Speaker 4: talking about Carell capriceov, I want to see seventy games

463
00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:32,040
Speaker 4: from number ninety seven, and if he gets there, he'll

464
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Speaker 4: break the one hundred point mark, no doubt about it.

465
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Speaker 4: If I put his over under at forty five goals,

466
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Speaker 4: you've taken over or under.

467
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Speaker 1: It's seventy games played. I feel like you have to

468
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Speaker 1: go with the over. I think you do too.

469
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Speaker 7: Yeah, he was so electric that I mean, I think

470
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Speaker 7: people forget because that you know, you see the Texters.

471
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Speaker 1: Go he's injury prone.

472
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Speaker 7: Oh so, I'm like, did you watch the form that

473
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Speaker 7: he was in at the beginning of last year.

474
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Speaker 4: It was electric. It's hard to bet against him. He

475
00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:03,800
Speaker 4: was an MVP candidate in December before he went down,

476
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Speaker 4: and you know, ultimately this half the season, he very

477
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Speaker 4: much was And you talk about a guy that was

478
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Speaker 4: for the most part carrying a team, I mean Carell

479
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Speaker 4: Caprice Off, and that's I think another reason why John

480
00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:17,440
Speaker 4: Hines should have been a candidate for a Coach of

481
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Speaker 4: the Year without Carill capriceof jul Rik Sinek. You know,

482
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Speaker 4: look at the guy Jared Spurge and Jonas Berudin. Without

483
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Speaker 4: those guys in the lineup, he still managed to get

484
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Speaker 4: him into the playoffs. I know it took down to

485
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Speaker 4: the final seconds of the regular season literally to get

486
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Speaker 4: exactly to get that those that X by their name,

487
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Speaker 4: but he got him there, and I think that says

488
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Speaker 4: something for what they were able to accomplish. But again,

489
00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:43,320
Speaker 4: back to the point of Carell capriceoff, I think forty

490
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Speaker 4: five goals on hundred points is not fairy tale at all.

491
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Speaker 7: Do you think I feel like Boldy and him need

492
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Speaker 7: to split at some point, probably when Zucarello comes back,

493
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Speaker 7: because you can't have that. You can't put your eggs

494
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Speaker 7: all in one basket for that long. You can to

495
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Speaker 7: start like they will now, and I think it's fine.

496
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Speaker 7: Don't you think they need to split up eventually?

497
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Speaker 1: Most likely?

498
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Speaker 4: And they probably will because you're you're going to have

499
00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:10,359
Speaker 4: most likely you get again, we're talking in theory, but

500
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Speaker 4: when Matt's Zucarello is at full strength. There's something special

501
00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:18,720
Speaker 4: about that bond between Caprisof and Zucarello that said, this

502
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Speaker 4: can be a real impressive trio with Caprisof and Boldie.

503
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Speaker 4: I get what you're saying, spread the wealth and all

504
00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:27,080
Speaker 4: that stuff, and Boldi and Ick play very well together

505
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Speaker 4: as well. But there's something special between Zucarello and Capriceof.

506
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Speaker 4: And if Zukearella can get back to one hundred percent

507
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Speaker 4: and they can get that chemistry going, I think that's

508
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Speaker 4: great to talk about again in theory. But if something

509
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Speaker 4: sparks here and you're able to ride the twenty three

510
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Speaker 4: ninety seven twelve train, I think you read that all

511
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Speaker 4: the way home. How much did you fix the wheel?

512
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Speaker 4: Can we spin it again?

513
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Speaker 1: Spin it again? Okay? I tried.

514
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Speaker 4: I think I did my best, But like I said, I'm.

515
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Speaker 1: Not the handiest.

516
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Speaker 8: All right, Let Tapia second pop Kirol Kaprizov's contract extension.

517
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Speaker 4: Oh my god, I can't believe I got this thing

518
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Speaker 4: to work. Common's gonna be I hope I didn't break

519
00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:17,119
Speaker 4: it for Common, because that's kind of a thing. If

520
00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:18,840
Speaker 4: if he doesn't get to talk about his golf game

521
00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:20,240
Speaker 4: I'm gonna be in some serious drug. It's going to

522
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Speaker 4: be a lot more puck talk to three. Apparently that

523
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Speaker 4: was an interesting pronunciation of Carill Caprisov. Yeah, but uh

524
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Speaker 4: full proof. Let's start with you. You handle this one.

525
00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:35,800
Speaker 4: The Carill caprisovs contract. I know it's been a hot topic,

526
00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:38,960
Speaker 4: hot button topic here the last few days, especially with

527
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Speaker 4: Nickdavid signing for twelve and a half, Michael and Kyle

528
00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:45,080
Speaker 4: Connor both coming in well under the seventeen million for

529
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Speaker 4: Carill CAPRICEO.

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Speaker 1: Did they overpay for number ninety seven?

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Speaker 7: I don't think they did, because you have to think,

532
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Speaker 7: and this is purely speculation. You have to think some

533
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Speaker 7: other teams were talking in theophanos as he are, saying,

534
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Speaker 7: hey we'll pay you nineteen. Hey we'll top that. We'll

535
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Speaker 7: go even more pure speculation. But that's just what I'm assuming,

536
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Speaker 7: because that's how good capriceof is.

537
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Speaker 1: You have to play.

538
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Speaker 7: This is the price of superstars and keeping them on

539
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Speaker 7: your team. And I get the obvious. Come back to

540
00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:17,640
Speaker 7: that book and what Nick David did, and he took

541
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Speaker 7: a team friendly deal. I promise you if they don't

542
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Speaker 7: win a Cup in those two years or three years,

543
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Speaker 7: he's getting paid more than Caprice off and.

544
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Speaker 1: Someone might find a coup.

545
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Speaker 4: He gave him hisself an opportunity to bail out of

546
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Speaker 4: Edmonton in two years if he doesn't like the direction.

547
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Speaker 4: I can't speak on behalf of Caroll capriceof and why

548
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Speaker 4: it took seventeen million at eight years and seventeen million

549
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Speaker 4: to get him locked down. I can speak from what

550
00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:46,440
Speaker 4: I think the philosophy is for Bill Garren, Craig Leopold,

551
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Speaker 4: and the rest of the group that made the decision

552
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Speaker 4: to pay him that much he couldn't afford not to.

553
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Speaker 4: I mean, that would have been catastrophic for this franchise

554
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Speaker 4: if they don't lock him up at whatever price it took,

555
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Speaker 4: just because of the fact.

556
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Speaker 1: That he's a once, not even a one.

557
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Speaker 4: He's a generational type of talent, and we see that

558
00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:07,720
Speaker 4: here in Minnesota. I love me some Marion Gabrick. He's

559
00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:11,159
Speaker 4: heads and shoulders above Marion Gabrick and what he can do.

560
00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:14,080
Speaker 4: He's a top five player in the game today and

561
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Speaker 4: you don't just if God forbid he walked, that would

562
00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:19,520
Speaker 4: have been catastrophic. That would have been a wrecking ball

563
00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:21,880
Speaker 4: right through the franchise. But even if you trade him,

564
00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:24,959
Speaker 4: you're not going to get anything in return in what

565
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Speaker 4: he can do for your team.

566
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Speaker 1: They had to do it at whatever cost it took,

567
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Speaker 1: and it could have been worse.

568
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Speaker 4: Seventeen million is not an easy pill to swallow. But

569
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Speaker 4: now he's locked up for the next eight years, and

570
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Speaker 4: who knows how the salary cap structure is going to

571
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Speaker 4: go over the next few seasons. It's going up, that's

572
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Speaker 4: the best part about it. And maybe this will be

573
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Speaker 4: a little easier to swallow in year two, three and four.

574
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Speaker 4: You want to spend one more time, you better hurry. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I really don't know where.

576
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Speaker 4: Brett's golf game'd be right.

577
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Speaker 1: Obviously I didn't fix it well enough. Tell me about

578
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Speaker 1: your golf habits.

579
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Speaker 7: I got to tell you we're not with common last week,

580
00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:14,520
Speaker 7: I have the common yeps, Okay, I can't. I'll shoot

581
00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:17,920
Speaker 7: mid eighties to low eighties. Ye by myself or with randoms.

582
00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:20,680
Speaker 7: I get out with Common. Yeah, try to too much pressure.

583
00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:22,320
Speaker 7: Try to get out on it and try to like

584
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Speaker 7: I'm telling you, I've improved. I'll go after it, start

585
00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:27,320
Speaker 7: duck hooking it, and then it all goes it all

586
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Speaker 7: goes to hell.

587
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Speaker 1: Does he make fun of you or does he have

588
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Speaker 1: fun with it? Oh?

589
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Speaker 7: If I could golf like you, I wouldn't. Yeah, and

590
00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:36,040
Speaker 7: then the pressure builds yep, and then it's over. Yeah,

591
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Speaker 7: I'll tell you this much.

592
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Speaker 4: I got invited out to Minneapolis golf course about a

593
00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:42,399
Speaker 4: week ago, and I engulfed there in like thirty forty years.

594
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Speaker 1: It was fine.

595
00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:45,840
Speaker 4: I played well the front nine, in the back, and

596
00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:48,080
Speaker 4: then I fell apart. But I will say, I think

597
00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:50,679
Speaker 4: it's whole number four, number five on the street that

598
00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:54,560
Speaker 4: aligns the I think it's Texas on your way to

599
00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:59,080
Speaker 4: the sing Lois Park Middle School. I hit my iron

600
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Speaker 4: as perfect does I could. I thought I was short.

601
00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:05,399
Speaker 4: I was two feet past the pin. I mean, but

602
00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:09,399
Speaker 4: the problem is and again yawn sound effect. My my

603
00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:12,160
Speaker 4: backspin took me six feet to the right. I missed

604
00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:16,639
Speaker 4: the birdie putt. That was really annoying. So I tried.

605
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Speaker 1: I was gonna fine. I'll hear this. Yeah, it's Suckt's.

606
00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:27,400
Speaker 4: Pat Mcallty being very patient as we wait to kid

607
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Speaker 4: him a call.

608
00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:33,679
Speaker 8: National Hockey League predictions.

609
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Speaker 4: Oh okay, I can't believe it. So I go in

610
00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:40,040
Speaker 4: there night Tinker. It's supposed to be all wild stuff,

611
00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:42,760
Speaker 4: and they threw in some NHL. I'm really good at

612
00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:43,960
Speaker 4: fixing these machines.

613
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Speaker 1: Your predictions, how about your prediction?

614
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Speaker 4: You know what, I watched a couple of games last night,

615
00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:50,840
Speaker 4: and I was so excited for you know, I know

616
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Speaker 4: Opening Night was two nights ago, but last night the

617
00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:55,840
Speaker 4: Battle of Alberta I got to see, uh the other

618
00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:57,440
Speaker 4: game two I sat and watched.

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Speaker 1: I think it was Kings and Vegas.

620
00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:02,440
Speaker 4: If I'm not misting, two really good hockey games, Both

621
00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:05,840
Speaker 4: go to overtime, both end up in the shootout. So

622
00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:08,520
Speaker 4: I'm up til almost midnight watching these games come to

623
00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:11,080
Speaker 4: their conclusion, and one of them went like seven rounds.

624
00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:14,200
Speaker 4: I think it was the Calgary Edmonton but just phenomenal hockey.

625
00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:17,240
Speaker 4: Seeing these teams back on the ice, it's hard to

626
00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:20,120
Speaker 4: pick against Florida and it's hard to pick against Edmonton.

627
00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:23,680
Speaker 4: The problem with Edmonton still, I'm not sold on their goaltending.

628
00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:28,080
Speaker 4: Problem with Florida for me is Barkov's out half the season,

629
00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:31,280
Speaker 4: if not more than, probably nine months out of the year.

630
00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:33,440
Speaker 4: But that's still a loaded lineup through the two time

631
00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:34,600
Speaker 4: defending Cup champs.

632
00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:36,600
Speaker 1: Hard to go against Edmonton Florida. How about you?

633
00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:38,720
Speaker 7: I feel like you gotta go with the Oilers. I

634
00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:42,200
Speaker 7: mean they it's the third time the charm. It's just

635
00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:44,360
Speaker 7: when you make a deal like that. If you're McDavid,

636
00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:46,480
Speaker 7: you're you know, putting your you know what on the

637
00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:49,680
Speaker 7: table and saying this is the time or else. Basically,

638
00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:52,880
Speaker 7: So it's hard to go with either of them. Unfortunately,

639
00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:55,160
Speaker 7: even Colorado could be in the mess. Colorado's gonna be

640
00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:55,520
Speaker 7: so good.

641
00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:58,640
Speaker 4: Yeah, and then honestly, McKinnon mccarr, I mean they still

642
00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:00,880
Speaker 4: got the same like they don't have rant, but Natchez

643
00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:03,600
Speaker 4: had a couple of goals on their opening night. I

644
00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:06,719
Speaker 4: mean they're going to be the Central Division. And then

645
00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:08,040
Speaker 4: you look at the teams that are coming up from

646
00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:09,680
Speaker 4: the bottom, and that includes in the Pacific. Now, I

647
00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:12,840
Speaker 4: don't know that I would think of San Jose as

648
00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:15,360
Speaker 4: a world beater yet Anaheim. But Anaheim's an up and

649
00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:18,440
Speaker 4: coming team. San Jose still has Maclin Celebrini. I mean

650
00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:20,880
Speaker 4: there's something I guess the salary captus doesn't apply to them.

651
00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:24,000
Speaker 4: If they go get Mitch Marner and they understand Jack Eicel,

652
00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:26,440
Speaker 4: I don't know how where their money comes from. Yeah,

653
00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:29,120
Speaker 4: you know, another team to think about is Utah Utah

654
00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:31,200
Speaker 4: is another team that's bubbling out there, so we got

655
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Speaker 4: to get to break.

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00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:32,240
Speaker 1: We're really late.

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Speaker 4: I don't I hate keeping Pat mccletty waiting, but that yeah,

658
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Speaker 4: I know, keep those talkbacks coming though, we're going to

659
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Speaker 4: use them throughout the course of the show. We've got

660
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Speaker 4: tickets that we're giving away to opening the home opener

661
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Speaker 4: come Saturday, when the Wild hosts the Columbus Blue Jackets.

662
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Speaker 4: You'll catch all the action not only then, but also

663
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Speaker 4: tonight when the Wild traveled to Saint Louis to drop

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Speaker 4: the puck on game number one of eighty two. Talkbacks

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Speaker 4: and Pat mcletty when we continue on the FANN.

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Speaker 9: It will be say ball and I appreciate you guys

667
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Speaker 9: doing the hockey cock. So as far as this season goes,

668
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Speaker 9: I mean, last season, we had one of the most

669
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Speaker 9: electric playoffs efforts I've ever seen.

670
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Speaker 1: I honestly thought we were winning it.

671
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Speaker 9: Parksy was doing incredible. I just can't believe we're niquist

672
00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,200
Speaker 9: put away from probably winning that series.

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Speaker 1: So the fact that that.

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Speaker 9: Effort was incredible should showed me that this season is

675
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Speaker 9: going to be a fun one.

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Speaker 3: Guys.

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Speaker 9: We got KK signed, We had a great top line.

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Speaker 1: Our depth is a little questionable.

679
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Speaker 9: We need the young guys to step up.

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Speaker 3: Let's go. Man.

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Speaker 4: I love that talk back, except for the fact that

682
00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:48,080
Speaker 4: they picked an old scab that off sides by Gustav Nyclist.

683
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Speaker 1: You really had to bring that up once again.

684
00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:53,880
Speaker 4: Man, that wound had just healed and you just took

685
00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:57,040
Speaker 4: a fork and you just stabbed it open once again. Unfortunately,

686
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Speaker 4: that's not a great memory. Great memories from last season.

687
00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:04,840
Speaker 4: Hopefully lots of great memories coming from this season as well.

688
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Speaker 1: Keep those talkbacks coming.

689
00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:08,800
Speaker 4: Giving away tickets get your own at wild dot com,

690
00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:11,640
Speaker 4: slash tickets to the full mines we go, and my

691
00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:14,400
Speaker 4: buddy Pat mcletty, my co host, I'm beyond the pod,

692
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Speaker 4: nice enough to.

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Speaker 1: Give us a little bit of his time.

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Speaker 4: Patrick, Hello, good morning, and welcome to the regular season.

695
00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:23,160
Speaker 4: In terms of the National Hockey League.

696
00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:31,280
Speaker 3: Finally right, it's about time. Watch that Los Angeles Vegas

697
00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:34,200
Speaker 3: game last night and a lot of goals scored.

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Speaker 1: Kevin there was.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's very interesting to watch these teams compete, I

700
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:41,360
Speaker 4: was telling Brett, I sat up and I watched both

701
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Speaker 4: of the late games, including the Battle of Alberta. Phenomenal

702
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Speaker 4: hockey back and forth, the Flames battle back from a

703
00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:52,040
Speaker 4: three zero deficit. Both games go to overtime and we

704
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Speaker 4: end up in a shootout. In both contests, one of

705
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Speaker 4: them went seven rounds.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Edmonton is up three to nothing in that game. Also,

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Speaker 3: you know, yeah, phenomenal go figure.

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Speaker 4: Right, Yeah good. I do want to get to the NHL.

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Speaker 4: I want to talk about the Minnesota while but I

710
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Speaker 4: have to since we got you on and a lot

711
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Speaker 4: of this is going to be the National.

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Speaker 1: Hockey League over the next two and a half hours.

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Speaker 4: I did want to talk about the Gophers as I'd

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Speaker 4: flip on my level television this past weekend and I

715
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Speaker 4: see you and the great Frank Mozaco on my television screen.

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Speaker 4: I know it culminated in a split with Michigan Tech,

717
00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:26,840
Speaker 4: but how fun was it to not only be back

718
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Speaker 4: on television calling your favorite hockey team, but working alongside

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Speaker 4: the phenomenal mister Frank Mozaco.

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Speaker 3: Yeah it was a break half Frank, and you know,

721
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Speaker 3: Jim was on assignment with the with the Vikings, and

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Speaker 3: and you know it's like Frank didn't miss the beat.

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Speaker 3: He had he had all the TV game in eight years.

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Speaker 1: Amazing And you know Frank and.

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Speaker 3: I have worked on the radio side together and so

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Speaker 3: you know we kind of had some camaraderie and rhythm

727
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Speaker 3: and all of that. But yeah, it was, uh, it

728
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Speaker 3: was it was great. He did a great job and

729
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Speaker 3: you know, it was.

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Speaker 4: A it was a fun weekend that was behind the

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Speaker 4: TV screen on the ice we see the go for

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Speaker 4: split with Michigan Tech.

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Speaker 1: What'd you take from the series?

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Speaker 3: Well, you never know going into the season, Kevin, what

735
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Speaker 3: you're going to get. You know, you've got, you know,

736
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Speaker 3: a bunch of new kids coming in and you look

737
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Speaker 3: at their stats and you look at you know, you

738
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Speaker 3: just read read, read, and it's all on paper and

739
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Speaker 3: it looks good, but you don't know until you see it.

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Speaker 3: And so excuse me from for Minnesota. You know, they're young,

741
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Speaker 3: they're gonna they're gonna take their lumps, and they're gonna

742
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Speaker 3: give their lumps, and so this early in the season,

743
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Speaker 3: it's really you know, you have to be patient, uh

744
00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:57,600
Speaker 3: with with their progression. They may take two steps forward

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00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:02,120
Speaker 3: one step back, but by that's the case in college

746
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Speaker 3: hockey throughout you know, every team, to be quite honest.

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Speaker 4: Well, but for Bob Motskow, the best part about it,

748
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Speaker 4: and I know they lost a ton of firepower. I've

749
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Speaker 4: seen the numbers and it's crazy to think about the

750
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Speaker 4: amount of firepower that left this team from last year

751
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Speaker 4: to this year. But when you're the Minnesota Golden Gophers

752
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Speaker 4: and you have the ability to pull guys in like

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Speaker 4: Bob Motskow does, you don't rebuild. I mean, I know

754
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Speaker 4: it's a cliche, but this is what the Golden Gophers are.

755
00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:32,080
Speaker 4: You don't rebuild, you just reload. So how good will

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Speaker 4: this team be? The latest polls have them at twelfth

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Speaker 4: in the nation. Do you buy into that? Are they

758
00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:39,520
Speaker 4: too low? Is it about right? Or should they be higher?

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Speaker 3: Well, again, if you asked me that question in January,

760
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Speaker 3: I'll give you a definitive answer. Right now, it's just unknown.

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Speaker 3: The good thing is their schedule starting tonight with Boston College,

762
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Speaker 3: North Dakota the next weekend, UMD the following weekend, and

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Speaker 3: then Wisconsin on the road. We'll tell you something and

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Speaker 3: it's gonna make them grow up in you know, quite

765
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Speaker 3: a hurry, if you will. So, you know, we're just

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Speaker 3: gonna have to see how these guys develop. I mean,

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00:35:20,680 --> 00:35:23,719
Speaker 3: they're a solid team. There's no question they've got good

768
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Speaker 3: goaltending a little young on the decor, but you know,

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Speaker 3: we're just gonna have to wait and see how it

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Speaker 3: all plays out.

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Speaker 1: Again.

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Speaker 4: It might be pretty early then to talk about the

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Speaker 4: conference as a whole. But again, going by the polls,

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Speaker 4: Michigan State ranked number two behind Western Michigan, Penn stayed

775
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Speaker 4: up to number four, Michigan at ninth. The conference obviously

776
00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:48,080
Speaker 4: has evolved into a national power How do you see

777
00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:51,239
Speaker 4: it breaking down? And I feel like the Big Ten

778
00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:53,840
Speaker 4: is to the Gophers what the Central Division is for

779
00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:56,480
Speaker 4: the Minnesota Wild I'll tell.

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Speaker 3: You what I did. I could give my power rankings

781
00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:02,359
Speaker 3: for the Big and Network beautiful couple of days ago,

782
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Speaker 3: and I went Michigan State, Penn State, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio State, Wisconsin,

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Speaker 3: and Norre Dame in that order. Now come January, that

784
00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:20,880
Speaker 3: could be flipped. I think the Big Ten conference this

785
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:24,400
Speaker 3: year is going to be so tight. I don't think

786
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Speaker 3: you'll see if any suites on the road this year

787
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Speaker 3: by any team. I just think the parody throughout the

788
00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:36,759
Speaker 3: conference is going to be It's going to be really difficult.

789
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm looking forward to that schedule you alluded to it.

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00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:42,239
Speaker 4: I was just checking that out. I didn't realize how

791
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Speaker 4: big it is coming up the home against Boston College

792
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Speaker 4: and that's tonight, right tonight, and tomorrow followed a series

793
00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:52,920
Speaker 4: at North Dakota, then home against Minnesota Duluth and you

794
00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:55,279
Speaker 4: get to see your buddy Scott Sandlin before heading into

795
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Speaker 4: Big ten play. That's three weeks of really exciting hockey,

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Speaker 4: whether you're in Graham or at three and Marine at Mariucci.

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Speaker 3: Uh, for sure. And you know, I think Bob said

798
00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:11,320
Speaker 3: the schedule up thinking he's gonna have smatterod Renzell, uh,

799
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Speaker 3: Connor Kurth or more. You know, those guys all could

800
00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:17,680
Speaker 3: have keep back and they all signed good for them.

801
00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:20,719
Speaker 3: So it's going to be a test. And but but

802
00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:23,759
Speaker 3: you know what, to beat the best, you got to

803
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:26,560
Speaker 3: beat the best. You gotta beat the best, and you

804
00:37:26,640 --> 00:37:28,960
Speaker 3: will learn what you got to do. He'll know more

805
00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:33,680
Speaker 3: about his team, and you know, so uh, they can

806
00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:36,759
Speaker 3: win them all and you know you'll be happy they

807
00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:39,160
Speaker 3: could lose them all and you learn a lot and

808
00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:41,160
Speaker 3: realize what you got to work on to get better.

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00:37:41,239 --> 00:37:41,799
Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure.

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Speaker 4: Of course it's the voice of the Great Pat Mcaletty

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Speaker 4: joining us here, filling in for Paul Allen on nine

812
00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:50,319
Speaker 4: to noon. Thanks for listening. Lots of hockey talk, and

813
00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:52,400
Speaker 4: of course, uh we're getting back to the NHL. But

814
00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:55,520
Speaker 4: since Ron the Gophers here, Patrick, I got to bring

815
00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:57,359
Speaker 4: up Jackson look home. I mean, a lot of these

816
00:37:57,400 --> 00:38:00,759
Speaker 4: Gophers are gonna get paid as they turn pros. But man,

817
00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:04,080
Speaker 4: oh man, Jackson Leacombe is a beast and he got paid.

818
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:07,400
Speaker 4: How he squeezed that much money out of Pat Verbek,

819
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Speaker 4: I don't know. But he's going to be a force

820
00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:11,640
Speaker 4: along the blue line for the Anaheim Ducks.

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Speaker 3: And you know, the thing is, there were a lot

822
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Speaker 3: of question marks about him his rookie year. You know,

823
00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:19,080
Speaker 3: they were not sure that he was going to be

824
00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:22,400
Speaker 3: able to play, you know, at this level, at a

825
00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:26,080
Speaker 3: high level, and they just stuck with him, and you know,

826
00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:28,400
Speaker 3: sure enough, he played. You know, I think it was

827
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Speaker 3: just a matter of him getting comfortable. And once he

828
00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:34,879
Speaker 3: got comfortable, did he ever take off? He was He

829
00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:39,800
Speaker 3: was just fantastic a year ago for the Ducks and

830
00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:44,880
Speaker 3: now he's a cornerstone of that franchise. Then, you know, Kevin,

831
00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:48,560
Speaker 3: I think back when we were doing Beyond the Pond,

832
00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:51,319
Speaker 3: and you know, I was touting brought favor maybe for

833
00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:55,040
Speaker 3: the Holy Baker, and Faber interrupted me and said, hey,

834
00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:59,160
Speaker 3: you know you're talking about me, you better start talking

835
00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:03,400
Speaker 3: about Jackson. Look home, because this kid is unbelievable and

836
00:39:04,360 --> 00:39:05,719
Speaker 3: sure enough, good for.

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Speaker 1: Him, yeah, no doubt about it. Good stuff.

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00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:11,960
Speaker 4: He gets a giant contract, but it looks like peanuts

839
00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:14,719
Speaker 4: compared to what Caroll caa Priceoff got. As we make

840
00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:16,440
Speaker 4: our way over to the National Hockey League and the

841
00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:19,960
Speaker 4: Minnesota Wild Opening night coming up tonight in Saint Louis

842
00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:23,080
Speaker 4: for the Wild game number one of eighty two, and

843
00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:27,239
Speaker 4: that's the big talker around NHL circles, certainly here in Minnesota.

844
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:30,759
Speaker 4: The worry is put to rest. Carill caa Prisov is

845
00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:32,960
Speaker 4: here for the long haul. But the Wild had to

846
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:37,640
Speaker 4: pay the tookst contract in the in NHL history, seventeen

847
00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:41,880
Speaker 4: seventeen million dollars a year for eight years, while McDavid, O'Connor,

848
00:39:42,239 --> 00:39:44,840
Speaker 4: icel they all signed for significantly less. What do you

849
00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:47,400
Speaker 4: say to those who say Bill garn and the Wild

850
00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:51,520
Speaker 4: overpaid for Caroll Caprisov, Well.

851
00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:55,920
Speaker 3: Look at it. McDavid signed for two years, right, so

852
00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:58,359
Speaker 3: he's really given Edmonton two years to win the Cup.

853
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:02,160
Speaker 3: They were close and they're right on the doorstep. And

854
00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:07,759
Speaker 3: for I believe Minnesota had to do this. I mean,

855
00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:11,839
Speaker 3: there's no question. Because they don't sign them, then they're

856
00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:14,799
Speaker 3: going to trade them. And typically what happens you end

857
00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:15,800
Speaker 3: up losing in the trade.

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Speaker 1: They would have got pleaced.

859
00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:21,360
Speaker 3: Go back, go back to the Gretzky trade from Edmonton

860
00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:24,520
Speaker 3: to lau. You know that was not a good trade

861
00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:28,240
Speaker 3: for the Edmonton Oilers. They and what they got in return.

862
00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:30,960
Speaker 3: You know, I go back, I can look it up,

863
00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:34,400
Speaker 3: but I know Jimmy Carson was one of the guys,

864
00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:37,520
Speaker 3: and you know a few others. But you know to

865
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Speaker 3: me that that didn't make sense. They they had to

866
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Speaker 3: sign Carill the priests offt It's unfortunate the amount, but

867
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Speaker 3: they had to do it. They had to do it.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it would have It would have destroyed the franchise

869
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:55,040
Speaker 4: if they saw at number ninety seven God forbid leave

870
00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:57,120
Speaker 4: like Gabrick did. But even if you trade them like

871
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Speaker 4: you said, I thought the Fialla for a favor and

872
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:03,120
Speaker 4: ogre In trade ended up working really well for both teams.

873
00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:05,320
Speaker 4: But I mean, Caprisov is on a on a on

874
00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:08,239
Speaker 4: a different stratosphere, and to think that you're going to

875
00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:11,880
Speaker 4: get anything close to Carol Caprisov in return for in

876
00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:13,879
Speaker 4: a trade, You're just you're you're out of your mind.

877
00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:17,160
Speaker 4: So I do I. They had to do it. They

878
00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:19,160
Speaker 4: got it done, and that's the best part about it.

879
00:41:19,280 --> 00:41:20,919
Speaker 4: So you come into a new season.

880
00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:25,960
Speaker 3: Go right, what's done is done, and and I'm sure

881
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:28,920
Speaker 3: you know Bill Garon and his staff have a plan

882
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:32,279
Speaker 3: going forward. And then thank god, it's with Caprisoft.

883
00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:32,759
Speaker 1: It is.

884
00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:35,279
Speaker 4: And he had one hell of a year last season

885
00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:39,359
Speaker 4: before he left with injury. Uh MVP caliber season up

886
00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:41,480
Speaker 4: until he got injured in December and then this half

887
00:41:41,520 --> 00:41:45,640
Speaker 4: the year. But that said, he looks fantastic in preseason hockey,

888
00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:46,919
Speaker 4: look great through training camp.

889
00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:48,000
Speaker 1: He's ready to go.

890
00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:51,920
Speaker 4: Unfortunately, two or three other key pieces are not. No

891
00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:55,120
Speaker 4: Matt's Zucarello, Nico Sturmps. Say whatever you want about him

892
00:41:55,120 --> 00:41:57,600
Speaker 4: being a fourth line center, he was going to provide

893
00:41:57,680 --> 00:42:00,360
Speaker 4: a very valuable role within this team in winning face

894
00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:03,240
Speaker 4: offs and on the penalty kill and then the Jonas

895
00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:05,800
Speaker 4: Brodein probably in the lineup tonight, but still a question

896
00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:08,839
Speaker 4: mark throughout the course of most of training camp. That's

897
00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:12,399
Speaker 4: kind of the cloud of the silver lining here. Going

898
00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:15,840
Speaker 4: into the regular season, the injury bug is already prevalent.

899
00:42:17,320 --> 00:42:20,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, and they started out the year relatively healthy last

900
00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:23,439
Speaker 3: year and had a great start and you know which

901
00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:26,640
Speaker 3: really I didn't want to say solidify their playoffs, but

902
00:42:26,840 --> 00:42:29,799
Speaker 3: but really put them in a good position to make

903
00:42:29,840 --> 00:42:33,799
Speaker 3: the playoffs. And they did always critical to get off

904
00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:39,839
Speaker 3: to a great start, Kevin, And unfortunately, you know it's

905
00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:42,839
Speaker 3: gonna be without three regulars. So what does that mean.

906
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:45,600
Speaker 3: You know, these young kids are going to get a chance,

907
00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:50,520
Speaker 3: and you know everyone's been begging for these young kids

908
00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:53,200
Speaker 3: to get a chance. Well now they're now, they're going

909
00:42:53,239 --> 00:42:57,200
Speaker 3: to get it, and let's let's hope that they provide something.

910
00:42:57,440 --> 00:42:58,160
Speaker 1: It's too bad.

911
00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:00,560
Speaker 4: I was talking with you with your buddy Brett blakemore

912
00:43:01,360 --> 00:43:05,320
Speaker 4: Nick Michael during the course of the first track he

913
00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:08,400
Speaker 4: got He did get a heck of a contract. But

914
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:11,120
Speaker 4: we were talking about the fact that Ogrin and Europe

915
00:43:11,120 --> 00:43:13,959
Speaker 4: had an opportunity to steal their fate as a member

916
00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:15,760
Speaker 4: of the top six in this lineup.

917
00:43:15,800 --> 00:43:17,040
Speaker 1: It didn't come to fruition.

918
00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:20,080
Speaker 4: They didn't show enough in the in training camp or

919
00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:23,320
Speaker 4: during the preseason action. So unfortunately, it looks like eurov

920
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:26,040
Speaker 4: is going to be the odd man out tonight, Ogrian's

921
00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:27,719
Speaker 4: going to play on the fourth line, most likely with

922
00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:31,160
Speaker 4: Hunter eight, and instead it'll be Marcus Felino elevated to

923
00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:33,359
Speaker 4: a top six role. It's too bad. As much as

924
00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:35,600
Speaker 4: we want to see these young faces, doesn't sound.

925
00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:37,120
Speaker 1: Like they were ready to make that leap just yet.

926
00:43:38,200 --> 00:43:41,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, I think you know the case with

927
00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:44,560
Speaker 3: ear Off. I think you're just going to bring them

928
00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:47,760
Speaker 3: along slowly and let him get used to North American

929
00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:54,680
Speaker 3: hockey and you know, put him in situations where he

930
00:43:54,760 --> 00:43:59,239
Speaker 3: can succeed. That's my guess. I don't know their thought process,

931
00:43:59,480 --> 00:44:03,120
Speaker 3: but that's what I'm guessing. You know, it's a lot.

932
00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:05,560
Speaker 3: This is Game one and he's sitting out game one.

933
00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:09,040
Speaker 3: It's not the biggest thing in the deal in the world.

934
00:44:09,640 --> 00:44:13,399
Speaker 3: I think ultimately he will get his chance, and we

935
00:44:13,480 --> 00:44:17,160
Speaker 3: know what injuries Kevin and you know, there's just a

936
00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:21,320
Speaker 3: lot going on. So I wouldn't uh, I wouldn't worry

937
00:44:21,360 --> 00:44:22,080
Speaker 3: too much about that.

938
00:44:22,200 --> 00:44:23,960
Speaker 4: How about on that blue line, you've probably seen as

939
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:27,399
Speaker 4: much as Zebuiam as anyone around here. Uh A star

940
00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:31,200
Speaker 4: for the University of Denver or Denver University, I should say,

941
00:44:31,280 --> 00:44:33,440
Speaker 4: d u Uh and then of course, you know, on

942
00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:35,439
Speaker 4: the world stage doing great things for the Red, White

943
00:44:35,480 --> 00:44:37,960
Speaker 4: and Blue. Comes in, makes his NHL debut during the

944
00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:41,200
Speaker 4: playoffs last year and now will make his regular season

945
00:44:41,239 --> 00:44:43,239
Speaker 4: debut tonight in Saint Louis, and it looks like he's

946
00:44:43,239 --> 00:44:46,319
Speaker 4: going to be paired with the captain, probably quarterbacking the

947
00:44:46,360 --> 00:44:49,680
Speaker 4: power play. You talk about a guy with huge upside.

948
00:44:49,719 --> 00:44:52,239
Speaker 4: They are very excited about the new number eight.

949
00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:55,719
Speaker 3: I think we all should be. I mean, he's got

950
00:44:55,800 --> 00:44:59,160
Speaker 3: he's got a lot of talent, he believes in himself.

951
00:44:59,640 --> 00:45:03,680
Speaker 3: U I will say, Kevin, if there's one area that

952
00:45:03,840 --> 00:45:07,520
Speaker 3: concerns me going forward with this team is they have

953
00:45:07,600 --> 00:45:10,200
Speaker 3: to stay healthy on the blue line because there's not

954
00:45:10,520 --> 00:45:13,280
Speaker 3: a lot of depth there. There's a lot of youth there,

955
00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:18,040
Speaker 3: and you know that scares me a little bit. I

956
00:45:18,080 --> 00:45:21,160
Speaker 3: would not rush Rodin back in the lineup until I

957
00:45:21,239 --> 00:45:24,320
Speaker 3: know he's one hundred percent healthy. Uh. You know, we

958
00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:27,600
Speaker 3: saw what happened with Spurgeon last year and and so

959
00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:31,680
Speaker 3: but yes, back to William, He's going to get his

960
00:45:31,760 --> 00:45:34,600
Speaker 3: opportunity and you know, we got we have to live

961
00:45:35,120 --> 00:45:37,440
Speaker 3: with some of the early mistakes he might make, but

962
00:45:38,200 --> 00:45:40,200
Speaker 3: his upside is very High.

963
00:45:40,320 --> 00:45:43,160
Speaker 4: Give me your predictions for the while this season. I'm

964
00:45:43,239 --> 00:45:45,040
Speaker 4: on record saying I think they finished in the top

965
00:45:45,040 --> 00:45:47,440
Speaker 4: three in the Central Division. I think they make it

966
00:45:47,480 --> 00:45:50,520
Speaker 4: into the playoffs. I think they u and then who

967
00:45:50,520 --> 00:45:52,200
Speaker 4: knows what happens from there. This is going to be

968
00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:55,759
Speaker 4: just a ridiculous Central Division. The Western Conference is going

969
00:45:55,800 --> 00:45:57,920
Speaker 4: to be a monster as well. And then to ultimately

970
00:45:57,920 --> 00:46:00,319
Speaker 4: win the Grand Prize, man, it's it's going to take

971
00:46:00,920 --> 00:46:03,680
Speaker 4: a monumental effort. But at the very least I think

972
00:46:03,719 --> 00:46:07,600
Speaker 4: the Wild get to the third spot in the Central

973
00:46:07,640 --> 00:46:09,200
Speaker 4: behind Dallas and Colorado.

974
00:46:09,440 --> 00:46:11,000
Speaker 1: What about you, Patrick, what are you what are you

975
00:46:11,040 --> 00:46:12,120
Speaker 1: predicting for the home team?

976
00:46:13,480 --> 00:46:18,200
Speaker 3: Well, my prediction is if with a healthy team they

977
00:46:18,200 --> 00:46:23,959
Speaker 3: make the playoffs, any type of significant injury to any

978
00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:27,919
Speaker 3: of their defensemen or even a you know, a top

979
00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:32,400
Speaker 3: forward like a Bowl the year for Presoffer Actor uh any,

980
00:46:32,239 --> 00:46:35,800
Speaker 3: they're they're they're just too thin there in my opinion,

981
00:46:36,840 --> 00:46:40,200
Speaker 3: So you know, they stay healthy, they're in any any

982
00:46:40,200 --> 00:46:40,880
Speaker 3: type of injury.

983
00:46:40,960 --> 00:46:44,680
Speaker 4: They're not putting the over under for Prey. Yeah, yeah,

984
00:46:44,680 --> 00:46:47,000
Speaker 4: I think that's very fair. I mean, look at what

985
00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:48,680
Speaker 4: it did to him last year. And again I.

986
00:46:48,640 --> 00:46:51,000
Speaker 1: Make the the.

987
00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:53,320
Speaker 4: The argument that John Hines should have been a candidate

988
00:46:53,360 --> 00:46:55,640
Speaker 4: for Coach of the Year for what he did in

989
00:46:55,800 --> 00:46:56,320
Speaker 4: the playoffs.

990
00:46:57,840 --> 00:47:01,160
Speaker 3: One one one thing, and and and and this is

991
00:47:01,239 --> 00:47:05,920
Speaker 3: regarding John Hines and his staff and their ability. If

992
00:47:05,960 --> 00:47:08,080
Speaker 3: you think of some of the games that they played

993
00:47:08,160 --> 00:47:13,600
Speaker 3: last year, how shorthanded they were and battled and won.

994
00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:18,080
Speaker 3: They don't quit no matter who is in the lineup,

995
00:47:18,640 --> 00:47:23,040
Speaker 3: so you have to take that into consideration. Also when

996
00:47:23,120 --> 00:47:25,960
Speaker 3: kind of looking at this team, they play hard all

997
00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:26,440
Speaker 3: the time.

998
00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:31,000
Speaker 4: Last one for you, well, actually two more. I want

999
00:47:31,000 --> 00:47:32,799
Speaker 4: to get back to Caprisa for a second. We put

1000
00:47:32,840 --> 00:47:35,280
Speaker 4: the over under at forty five goals and one hundred points.

1001
00:47:35,520 --> 00:47:37,680
Speaker 4: I think we're both Brett and I are leaning towards

1002
00:47:37,680 --> 00:47:40,440
Speaker 4: the over in both categories. How about you forty five goals,

1003
00:47:40,480 --> 00:47:42,640
Speaker 4: one hundred points if he plays at least seventy.

1004
00:47:42,320 --> 00:47:46,920
Speaker 3: Games, Yeah, absolutely, yes.

1005
00:47:46,920 --> 00:47:49,400
Speaker 4: Okay, what about tonight they get to open up in

1006
00:47:49,480 --> 00:47:53,680
Speaker 4: Saint Louis Again, I talk about Colorado, I talk about Dallas.

1007
00:47:53,680 --> 00:47:56,520
Speaker 4: To me, that's the class of the Central Division. But

1008
00:47:56,640 --> 00:47:58,480
Speaker 4: that's not a slight to Saint Louis. We know how

1009
00:47:58,480 --> 00:48:00,719
Speaker 4: tough they are night in and night out, and I'm

1010
00:48:00,760 --> 00:48:03,120
Speaker 4: sure it'll be no different tonight. What should we expect

1011
00:48:03,120 --> 00:48:05,080
Speaker 4: tonight as the Wild drop the puck on Game number one?

1012
00:48:06,040 --> 00:48:07,960
Speaker 3: Well, Saint Louis might have the best coach in the

1013
00:48:08,040 --> 00:48:11,480
Speaker 3: league in Jim Montgomery. He is he is, he is

1014
00:48:12,080 --> 00:48:19,240
Speaker 3: fabulous as a head coach. That team they're playing tonight

1015
00:48:19,360 --> 00:48:23,359
Speaker 3: is a very very solid team. Not a great team. Uh,

1016
00:48:23,680 --> 00:48:27,240
Speaker 3: you know it's it's a They're a lot like the Wild.

1017
00:48:27,320 --> 00:48:29,160
Speaker 3: To be quite honest with you, I think it's going

1018
00:48:29,239 --> 00:48:32,680
Speaker 3: to be a good game. I hope Jimmy snuggerud gets

1019
00:48:32,719 --> 00:48:35,760
Speaker 3: two goals, but I hope the Wild get three.

1020
00:48:37,040 --> 00:48:38,919
Speaker 4: I like it and if I can make one more,

1021
00:48:39,040 --> 00:48:41,480
Speaker 4: if we're gonna make, please, I would really like to

1022
00:48:41,480 --> 00:48:44,840
Speaker 4: see Ryan Hartman and Jordan Bennington finally go toe to

1023
00:48:44,880 --> 00:48:46,719
Speaker 4: toe and just get it out of their system, don't

1024
00:48:46,719 --> 00:48:47,040
Speaker 4: you think?

1025
00:48:48,280 --> 00:48:48,960
Speaker 3: Sure? Why not?

1026
00:48:49,360 --> 00:48:49,560
Speaker 5: You know?

1027
00:48:50,320 --> 00:48:51,000
Speaker 3: Have some fun?

1028
00:48:51,239 --> 00:48:53,880
Speaker 4: Absolutely, Patrick, It's always fun to hear your voice. I

1029
00:48:53,920 --> 00:48:55,759
Speaker 4: can't wait till we get back on the air for

1030
00:48:55,920 --> 00:48:58,359
Speaker 4: Beyond the Pond. Who knows, maybe we'll have some Wild

1031
00:48:58,440 --> 00:49:01,319
Speaker 4: fan lines coming up. You know what, anything's on the

1032
00:49:01,320 --> 00:49:03,600
Speaker 4: table as we open up the new regular season.

1033
00:49:04,560 --> 00:49:06,759
Speaker 3: Whatever you need, Kevin, I'm here for you.

1034
00:49:06,920 --> 00:49:08,520
Speaker 4: Are you on the radio tonight. I should have asked

1035
00:49:08,520 --> 00:49:09,960
Speaker 4: you that with the another match.

1036
00:49:10,360 --> 00:49:13,000
Speaker 3: I am off tonight and we will be on Fox

1037
00:49:13,160 --> 00:49:17,160
Speaker 3: nine plus five point thirty three game six o'clock start

1038
00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:17,799
Speaker 3: tomorrow night.

1039
00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:19,879
Speaker 1: I can't wait. I will be in front of my TV.

1040
00:49:19,880 --> 00:49:23,160
Speaker 4: I will have my eyeballs next to the TV screen,

1041
00:49:23,520 --> 00:49:26,200
Speaker 4: listening to and watching every word that comes out of

1042
00:49:26,239 --> 00:49:29,839
Speaker 4: both you and Jim Rich as we watch another season

1043
00:49:29,880 --> 00:49:32,920
Speaker 4: of Golden Gopher Hockey. Thank you, sir, thank you. That

1044
00:49:33,120 --> 00:49:35,880
Speaker 4: is the great Pat mccletty joining us here nine to

1045
00:49:35,920 --> 00:49:37,920
Speaker 4: noon on FM one hundred point three The Fan. We

1046
00:49:37,960 --> 00:49:40,080
Speaker 4: got one hour in the books, but a whole another

1047
00:49:40,160 --> 00:49:43,400
Speaker 4: couple of hours coming your way, including it more trips

1048
00:49:43,400 --> 00:49:45,319
Speaker 4: to Saint Louis the Voice of the Minnesota While Joe

1049
00:49:45,360 --> 00:49:48,880
Speaker 4: O'Donnell joins us next hour. Michael Russo joins us about

1050
00:49:48,920 --> 00:49:50,960
Speaker 4: one hour from now, and we'll wrap things up with

1051
00:49:51,040 --> 00:49:53,719
Speaker 4: Cale Clutterbuck and for'm remember of the Minnesota Wild now

1052
00:49:53,760 --> 00:49:57,640
Speaker 4: working for the New York Islanders and on their television broadcast.

1053
00:49:57,840 --> 00:50:00,640
Speaker 4: So he's going to be our NHL in But when

1054
00:50:00,640 --> 00:50:02,960
Speaker 4: we continue, we're going to talk about the World Juniors.

1055
00:50:03,160 --> 00:50:04,520
Speaker 1: Dave Fisher next on the Fan