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Speaker 3: How you doing, Johnny?

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Speaker 4: Doing great? Nord Know, how's it going for you? Man?

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Speaker 3: Really well? Man?

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Speaker 2: And it was a cool double feature last night, Wild

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Speaker 2: Throttling the Lightning. But prior to that, how about Anthony

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Speaker 2: ed were just saying, I'm I'm tired of this. I

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Speaker 3: I'm just gonna dump forty one on them and call

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it was something, you know, entirely predictable as well.

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Speaker 5: Either leading by a very small margin or trailing at halftime,

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Speaker 4: And that's what this team does.

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Speaker 5: It's not always the most satisfying way to watch a game,

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Speaker 4: And so you just stack another W here anyway you

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Speaker 2: Yeah, indeed, and speak of dialing up, how about dialing in?

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Speaker 5: Mean I have seen a little bit more of it,

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Speaker 2: I dig that, and I dig your work, and I

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Speaker 6: All right, thanks talking to man.

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Speaker 3: Thank you.

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Speaker 2: That's John Krasinsky of v Athletic Vathletic dot com at

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Speaker 2: John Krasinsky via x And because I practiced this in

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Speaker 2: to the postseason. I want to start breaking down those

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Speaker 2: probable matchups, but everything's so freaking subject to change on

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Speaker 2: a night by a night basis. But thanks as always,

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Speaker 2: John Krasinski. And again I'm not getting paid by the athletic.

442
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Speaker 2: Here read that piece on bones. It's an awesome piece

443
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Speaker 2: of work that Johnny did. Here's what we're gonna do.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna pause and when we return next segment, head

445
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Speaker 2: coach in the Minnesota while John Hines. I'm expected to

446
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Speaker 2: chat with John after the five to one win, a

447
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Speaker 2: couple of days to chill before they had to Vegas

448
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Speaker 2: and face the Golden Knights on Friday night back to

449
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Speaker 2: Wild Hockey. Before we hear from the TV box Anthony

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Speaker 2: Lapanta at eleven. That's the timber Tech setlist redo and

451
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Speaker 2: we're going to join the head coach when we return

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Speaker 2: next here on the fan's.

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Speaker 3: Nugget free, it's fun loose favor favor of open ice.

454
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Speaker 3: HiT's caprice hit the red life, I'm back in it shot.

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Speaker 3: He's gone.

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Speaker 6: Over Marion, they do franchise leader.

457
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Speaker 3: In career goals. His Carrino caprice up.

458
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Speaker 2: It's into the emptied after number two twenty.

459
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Speaker 4: And the wild and from by one lad.

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Speaker 6: The nerd.

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Speaker 3: That was indeed we heard it from Alex day Lock.

462
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Speaker 2: A terrific call by Joe O'Donnell there part of the

463
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Speaker 2: five to one victory last night Wild beating the Tampa

464
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Speaker 2: Bay Lightning at Grand Casino Arena.

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Speaker 3: A little record setting moment there.

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Speaker 2: And well, let's stalk to the guy that was front

467
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Speaker 2: row center for that, John Hines, head coach of the

468
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Speaker 2: Minnesota while joining nine to new and how are.

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Speaker 3: You doing John?

470
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Speaker 6: I'm great in order, how are you doing that?

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Speaker 2: I'm doing well and always appreciate your time. Congratulations on

472
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Speaker 2: the victory and certainly a fun moment for Carill capriz

473
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Speaker 2: Off last night with his notching his two hundred and

474
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Speaker 2: twentieth goal in a wild sweater and setting a new

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Speaker 2: franchise record.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 6: Thanks. It was obviously a good win. I thought the

478
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Speaker 6: guys really really played well, and I think we gathered

479
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Speaker 6: ourselves after the last couple of games against Saint Louis

480
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Speaker 6: and Utah, So it was nice to see the stylo

481
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Speaker 6: game that we played and the guys get back to what,

482
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Speaker 6: you know, the game that gives us the best chance

483
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Speaker 6: to win night in the night out. And as far

484
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Speaker 6: as Caerill goals, it's a tremendous accomplishment obviously to Pasco

485
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Speaker 6: bar for the all time goals and you know, in

486
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Speaker 6: really such a short amount of time him in his

487
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Speaker 6: young NHL career, and he's a pleasure to coach, he's

488
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Speaker 6: a pleasure to watch. And was just really happy for

489
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Speaker 6: him that he had some looks earlier in the game.

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Speaker 6: You know, he wound up with the with the empty netter,

491
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Speaker 6: but he had about two empty netters that he could

492
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Speaker 6: have had earlier too, So I'm happy for him.

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Speaker 2: It's a great accomplishment, it is, indeed, and he did

494
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Speaker 2: have a few chances. I almost imagined in the dressing

495
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Speaker 2: room after the game, they're like, hey, congratulations on the record.

496
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Speaker 2: But I mean it was just an empty netter. I

497
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Speaker 2: mean it's almost like they had to give it to you.

498
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Speaker 2: He couldn't buy one earlier in the game. He had

499
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Speaker 2: some great chances last night, John.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, he certainly deserved it, though. You know, you look

501
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Speaker 6: at I've been very impressed with him, even since he's

502
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Speaker 6: come out of the breaks. He looks, you know, just

503
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Speaker 6: laser focused. He's got great jump to his game. He's

504
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Speaker 6: highly competitive. So that's a really good sign for for

505
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Speaker 6: Carill but also our team that he's come come back

506
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Speaker 6: from the break and he's dialed in.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and you mentioned the team gathering, gathering yourselves after

508
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Speaker 2: after a couple of losses in a row.

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Speaker 6: There.

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Speaker 2: I know Kucharov does get through in the second period

511
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Speaker 2: last night, but what was really working for you guys

512
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Speaker 2: in limiting dangerous chances overall for him and the visitors.

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Speaker 6: You know, I think we did a you know, I

514
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Speaker 6: felt like when we come back from the break. The

515
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Speaker 6: Colorado game was pretty good. It was a highly competitive game.

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Speaker 5: You know.

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Speaker 6: The Utah game just wasn't indicative of how we want

518
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Speaker 6: to play, whether that's from a competitive standpoint, structurally, whatever

519
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Speaker 6: it is. Some days you're going to have some nights

520
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Speaker 6: like that over the course eighty two games. You know,

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Speaker 6: I thought the Saint Louis game, we were okay. I

522
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Speaker 6: think we had a chance to win the game, but

523
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Speaker 6: it wasn't really the identity we wanted to play with.

524
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Speaker 6: So when we got back to I think much much more.

525
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Speaker 6: We played a faster game. We moved pocks north. I

526
00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:42,080
Speaker 6: thought our checking structure up the ice in the offensive zone.

527
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Speaker 6: In the neutral zone, we were much more on our

528
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Speaker 6: toes and we didn't give We didn't give easy ice

529
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Speaker 6: and easy looks. We made them earn if they were

530
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Speaker 6: going to get a chance, that they had to earn them.

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Speaker 6: And that was the focal point going into the game,

532
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Speaker 6: and the guys did a heck of a job executing.

533
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Speaker 2: I mentioned this earlier in the show Chatting Hockey with

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Speaker 2: with Alex Staylock. He was doing analysis on the Right

535
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Speaker 2: you know broadcast last night and just kind of thinking

536
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Speaker 2: about Brock faber John that I do typically think of

537
00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:08,679
Speaker 2: him defense first. In terms of Brock's game and what

538
00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:10,960
Speaker 2: he brings to this team at a super high level.

539
00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:14,000
Speaker 2: But then I watch that goal last night and you're like,

540
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Speaker 2: wait a minute, hold on, He's got fourteen this year.

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Speaker 3: You just the the evolution of his game.

542
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Speaker 2: Maybe it's playing with Hughes, but in his own right,

543
00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:25,040
Speaker 2: the ability to evolve and get better. Just brock Faber

544
00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:27,000
Speaker 2: continues to amaze me night after night.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 6: You know, I think when faves for you know, first

547
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Speaker 6: came in, you know, I think that was that was

548
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Speaker 6: kind of you know a little bit of what a

549
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Speaker 6: stick was when he was, you know, coming up to

550
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Speaker 6: college and things like that. Was he was a great

551
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Speaker 6: skating hard to play play against, kind of I don't

552
00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,639
Speaker 6: want to say defense first, but more of a more

553
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Speaker 6: of a more of a uh defensive defenseman. But you know,

554
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Speaker 6: I think when you look at his skating skating ability,

555
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Speaker 6: he does have good puck skills. He's a high he's

556
00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:59,800
Speaker 6: an elite competitor. And you know what I found with

557
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Speaker 6: him coach him was he's always looking for ways to

558
00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:04,280
Speaker 6: get better. And then he comes he turns pro and

559
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Speaker 6: you know, based on opportunity and some things that happened

560
00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:09,520
Speaker 6: with our team, he got some opportunities on the power play,

561
00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:11,439
Speaker 6: which was new to him, and then I think he

562
00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:14,479
Speaker 6: found some footing there, and he just continues to evolve

563
00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:16,199
Speaker 6: his game. You know, even last year or at our

564
00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:18,280
Speaker 6: exit meeting last year, he's like, hey, what do you

565
00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:19,760
Speaker 6: think I need to get better at? What do I

566
00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,440
Speaker 6: need to work on? And you know, in the summertime,

567
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Speaker 6: you can't work on necessarily defense, but you can work

568
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Speaker 6: on your body and conditioning, but also your puff skills.

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Speaker 6: And he's a highly talented player that's always looking to improve.

570
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Speaker 6: So it's nice to see his game evolving on both

571
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Speaker 6: sides of the bucket.

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Speaker 2: What do you look for, John as the head coach

573
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Speaker 2: when you see a guy like Robbie Fabric getting his

574
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Speaker 2: first shifts with the team as he did last night?

575
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Speaker 2: What are you looking for when someone debuts and just

576
00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:47,840
Speaker 2: kind of trying to work his way into the system.

577
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Speaker 6: Really exactly what Robbie did last night. I thought he

578
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Speaker 6: came out, you know, he played with energy, he was competitive,

579
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Speaker 6: He had a couple of hits early. I think he

580
00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:01,880
Speaker 6: had a couple of scoring chances. Well, you know, it

581
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Speaker 6: was nice to see him come in and and and

582
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Speaker 6: kind of show us a little bit of what what

583
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Speaker 6: he what he can bring on this team. And it's

584
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Speaker 6: a small sample size. But I think, you know, being

585
00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:14,760
Speaker 6: picked up on waivers and coming in meeting a new

586
00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:17,960
Speaker 6: team and playing the way they played last night, it

587
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Speaker 6: certainly was encouraging for us to see that, and I

588
00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:22,560
Speaker 6: think he felt good about about his game as well,

589
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Speaker 6: and now we want to continue to build on that.

590
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Speaker 3: You know, similar little bit different. You hadn't seen Jonas Brodin.

591
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Speaker 2: On the ice for a while, and you know, as

592
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Speaker 2: an outsider, it just felt, you know, I'm just kind

593
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Speaker 2: of like, Okay, when when were we going to get

594
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Speaker 2: to see Jonas again? We get the Olympic pause and

595
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Speaker 2: all of that, he comes back. I thought he looked

596
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Speaker 2: pretty good. Coach, what did you see?

597
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Speaker 6: I would agree with you. I think he looked he

598
00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:45,040
Speaker 6: looked really good. I mean he was conditioning, looked good, skating,

599
00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:48,080
Speaker 6: skating was on point. I thought he moved the puck well,

600
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Speaker 6: you know, he's always a difficult player against UH from

601
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Speaker 6: a defensive standpoint, but I like the speed, conditioning, puck movement,

602
00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:01,160
Speaker 6: you know, those things we're ron pile last night for him.

603
00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:02,600
Speaker 6: So it's great to have him back in line up.

604
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Speaker 2: No, absolutely, And I saw the announcement yesterday Michael McCarran

605
00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:10,120
Speaker 2: is joining the squad and a move with the Predators. Uh,

606
00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:13,400
Speaker 2: you coached McCarran in Nashville if if I'm correct on that,

607
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Speaker 2: What what do we know about Michael McCarran and how

608
00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:18,720
Speaker 2: excited are we to see him come to Saint Paul.

609
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Speaker 6: Yeah, you know, I think first and foremost, he's a

610
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Speaker 6: he's a great Uh, he's a great kid. You know,

611
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Speaker 6: he's got a lot of character. He's uh, you know,

612
00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:29,880
Speaker 6: he's got wife and some kids. He's going to come in.

613
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:31,680
Speaker 6: So I think when you add a player into your team,

614
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Speaker 6: it's not just the player, it's the person and the

615
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Speaker 6: people that he brings with him. He's got a great family,

616
00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:40,320
Speaker 6: great background. So the person entering our our team in

617
00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:44,360
Speaker 6: locker room and organization is is what you want. And then, uh,

618
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Speaker 6: you know, from a hockey standpoint, Uh, you know, he's

619
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Speaker 6: a big, strong player. He can play stunner and wing,

620
00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:54,920
Speaker 6: right shot, very good face off guy, He helps on

621
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Speaker 6: the penalty kill, bring some physicality.

622
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Speaker 4: You know.

623
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Speaker 6: I think he's a multi dimensional player, and you know,

624
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Speaker 6: I think he's going to bring he brings some energy on.

625
00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:04,680
Speaker 4: And off the ice, you know, into your team.

626
00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:07,040
Speaker 6: So we're excited to have him. I think that he's

627
00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:08,560
Speaker 6: going to fit in well with our group and how

628
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:10,800
Speaker 6: we want to play. But you know, I think when

629
00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:13,400
Speaker 6: you put the team together and looking towards you know,

630
00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:16,720
Speaker 6: the end of the season here and then into the playoffs,

631
00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:19,040
Speaker 6: is you have to have guys that I think can

632
00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:21,840
Speaker 6: fill roles and there's little things that make a huge

633
00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:25,200
Speaker 6: difference in games and in a playoff series. You know,

634
00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:28,880
Speaker 6: as we all know, face off is important, physicality is important,

635
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:34,480
Speaker 6: penalty killing is important. You know, having lines and identity

636
00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:37,280
Speaker 6: lines are really important. So you know, I think he's

637
00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:39,320
Speaker 6: going to add some some strong elements to our group.

638
00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:42,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, strong elements for sure. Six two hundred and thirty

639
00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:45,000
Speaker 2: pounds is what he was listed at. And watch it

640
00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:47,440
Speaker 2: anytime you join me, John, and I always appreciate it.

641
00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:49,560
Speaker 2: I always have the dumbest question you're going to get

642
00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:52,840
Speaker 2: all day, and here it is, Michael McCarron, sixty six

643
00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:55,360
Speaker 2: two thirty. When you're that big, and I remember watching

644
00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:58,719
Speaker 2: the Olympics Tage Thompson, he's six six, just a giant

645
00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:02,120
Speaker 2: out there, right. What are traits when you're a player

646
00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:05,720
Speaker 2: that size? What is the challenge in terms of trying

647
00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:08,800
Speaker 2: to keep up with those five ten five eleven speedsters

648
00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:13,440
Speaker 2: when you're six six and two thirty, like mister McCarron is, yeah,

649
00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:14,280
Speaker 2: you know, I think.

650
00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:15,920
Speaker 6: It comes down to a couple of things. One is

651
00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:18,080
Speaker 6: those big guys. You know, if they're in good shape

652
00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:20,560
Speaker 6: and there and they got some power to them. You know,

653
00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:23,400
Speaker 6: the younger guys could be quicker, but you know, the

654
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:27,240
Speaker 6: big guys they have a lot of reach. They can

655
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Speaker 6: take up a lot of space if they're willing skaters

656
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Speaker 6: like Pages and like Michael r that because I think

657
00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:37,440
Speaker 6: their size and reach, both of those players are big players,

658
00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:40,360
Speaker 6: but they're both pretty smart, so I think the anticipation,

659
00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:44,520
Speaker 6: the anticipation skills help as well. And then the other

660
00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:47,000
Speaker 6: thing too is you know there's also advantages to be

661
00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:49,720
Speaker 6: in that big Like I said, you have a long wingspang,

662
00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:52,800
Speaker 6: long reach, good stick detail, heavy on the pluck, you

663
00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:55,160
Speaker 6: can carry a lot of ground. You know, when there

664
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Speaker 6: needs to be physicality, you know you're you're usually on

665
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Speaker 6: the on the top side of that. So you know,

666
00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:03,960
Speaker 6: I think it's like every player, whether you're smaller, whether

667
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,600
Speaker 6: you're big, it's it's do you use your assets to

668
00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:09,960
Speaker 6: a high level. And we feel with a guy like

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Speaker 6: Mccaaren some of the things that he brings to our team,

670
00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:16,760
Speaker 6: the intangible things and the details of the game, you know,

671
00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:19,000
Speaker 6: are are important and are going to make us.

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Speaker 2: Better at Sehn Hines, head coach in the Minnesota Wild.

673
00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:24,320
Speaker 2: Last thing for you is simply enough, it's Friday night

674
00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:26,960
Speaker 2: in Vegas. You know, just kind of a whirlwind coming

675
00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:29,400
Speaker 2: back from the pause with the back to back, not

676
00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:31,520
Speaker 2: a lot of time to just take a breath. You

677
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:33,360
Speaker 2: kind of get an extra day here before you go

678
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Speaker 2: to Vegas. Would you consider that to be a much

679
00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:38,520
Speaker 2: needed breath or just a good opportunity to kind of

680
00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:42,360
Speaker 2: reset things with with a with a great schedule in

681
00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:42,920
Speaker 2: front of you.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I think so. You know, we came back from

683
00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:48,840
Speaker 6: you know, we we had a really good run prior

684
00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:51,080
Speaker 6: to the prior to the break, and then you know,

685
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:53,680
Speaker 6: everyone's going there different ways and some of some guys

686
00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:55,440
Speaker 6: in the Olympics, some guys are off. Then when we

687
00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:57,480
Speaker 6: come back, we had so many guys at the Olympics

688
00:33:57,560 --> 00:34:00,040
Speaker 6: that were practiced with a small group and then and

689
00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:02,080
Speaker 6: you know, we come right back and go on the

690
00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:04,320
Speaker 6: road and played a good game, played a bad game,

691
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:06,920
Speaker 6: played an average game. We had a day off, thought

692
00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:10,440
Speaker 6: we had a really productive morning yesterday, just resetting our

693
00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:12,400
Speaker 6: minds and what we need to do. I thought we

694
00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:14,719
Speaker 6: played a really good game last night. Guys, get a

695
00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:17,640
Speaker 6: breather again today, and you know, I'm excited we get

696
00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:19,640
Speaker 6: a good practice tomorrow before we leave, and then we

697
00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:22,160
Speaker 6: got two big games, right, We got Vegas and color

698
00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:25,400
Speaker 6: out on the weekend and a practice to start it

699
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Speaker 6: off tomorrow. So I think it's a good reset and

700
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Speaker 6: just keep moving forward and getting better and building our

701
00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:32,960
Speaker 6: team game and building our individual game here down the stretch.

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Speaker 2: That's awesome, man, Thanks as always again for joining us

703
00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:38,360
Speaker 2: nine to now, and have a terrific weekend with with

704
00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:41,440
Speaker 2: Vegas and Colorado on the horizon, and hope we get

705
00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:42,600
Speaker 2: the chance to chat next week.

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Speaker 6: All right, thanks Donald, take care man, always a pleasure.

707
00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:46,480
Speaker 6: Thank you.

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Speaker 2: That's John Hines, head coach in the Minnesota. While they

709
00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:52,279
Speaker 2: do get to take a breath today and again next

710
00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:55,080
Speaker 2: up a Friday night affair, hitting that text line for

711
00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:58,160
Speaker 2: Fallness and Alex stay lock and hopefully getting two points

712
00:34:58,520 --> 00:34:59,960
Speaker 2: out in Vegas with those goldens.

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Speaker 3: Some news around the corner.

714
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Speaker 2: I do want to kind of hijack a bit of it,

715
00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:06,080
Speaker 2: jump back, I'm sure Brett's got some Vikings bits in

716
00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:09,440
Speaker 2: his news his news bag. But then Anthony La Panta,

717
00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:12,320
Speaker 2: your TV voice of the Minnesota Wild, will be in

718
00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:19,000
Speaker 2: studio at eleven. It's the fan man. Hey, Brett, Hey,

719
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Speaker 2: what the hockey Tournament's on forty five TV, right?

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Speaker 3: I believe?

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00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:23,200
Speaker 4: So okay?

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Speaker 1: And you can also hear coverage of it starting tomorrow

723
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Speaker 1: on KFA and Plus ninety six to seven, and.

724
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Speaker 3: Also right here on the same Zach Alverson on the call.

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00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:33,160
Speaker 3: That's correct.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: The reason I'm all this mixed in, the reason I'm

728
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Speaker 3: asking is I get it.

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00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:39,760
Speaker 2: It's high school hockey, so maybe they don't put together

730
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Speaker 2: like an hour long pregame or something.

731
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Speaker 3: But I've had this thing. It's like the Kelly Clarkson Show.

732
00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:48,000
Speaker 2: I had like Pink and Nev Campbell on there a

733
00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:50,880
Speaker 2: bit ago while I was talking to Heinz, and now

734
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Speaker 2: I think that's Kelly. I don't know, I haven't seen

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Speaker 2: Kelly Clarkson in years, but I just feel like I'm

736
00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:57,960
Speaker 2: being like, there's a ruse, like I just need this

737
00:35:58,120 --> 00:36:01,520
Speaker 2: to become hockey. And I guess I got to wait

738
00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:05,359
Speaker 2: nine more minutes, but yeah, could it? I just take

739
00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:06,600
Speaker 2: me next year? We do a pregame.

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Speaker 3: I don't know any anyway, Kelly Clarkson show on my TV.

741
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748
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749
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Speaker 3: We'll had a new.

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Speaker 1: Winter park out and egan a couple of cap related

751
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:39,840
Speaker 1: bits for your Minnesota Vikings. First off, on the potential quarterback,

752
00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:42,919
Speaker 1: he's one of two as of now, I mean maybe

753
00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:45,680
Speaker 1: you throw in well, there's all kinds of there's all options,

754
00:36:45,719 --> 00:36:47,560
Speaker 1: there's Circo change or it could be Tua.

755
00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:50,000
Speaker 2: I think it's gonna be I think as of today

756
00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:54,560
Speaker 2: it's gonna be Kyler or Gino Smith and six four

757
00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:57,279
Speaker 2: six eight six. I mean that the text line, Yeah, no,

758
00:36:57,440 --> 00:36:59,799
Speaker 2: that's what I'm That's what I'm getting. That's what I'm

759
00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:03,520
Speaker 2: get here at a super high level. Why would we

760
00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:06,399
Speaker 2: bring in Kyler. Does that mean yeah, is Ryan Wright

761
00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:09,040
Speaker 2: likely to be out with Kyler? I don't like the Vikes.

762
00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:10,920
Speaker 2: I don't think the Vikes have the cap room to

763
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:14,000
Speaker 2: carry two punters. That's Nate, Yeah, I get it. Kirk

764
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Speaker 2: Cousins hands down the best option. That's Steve from Adnah Robert,

765
00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:24,120
Speaker 2: I can't believe we're discussing Geno Smith, Kyler Murray. The

766
00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:27,160
Speaker 2: Vikings need to consider another route that starts with a bee,

767
00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:31,399
Speaker 2: as in bottoming out. Putting Grenard on the trading block

768
00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:34,359
Speaker 2: is the correct call. That's what Robert thinks. All right,

769
00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:37,319
Speaker 2: I get it, I get it. I know it sounds weird.

770
00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:39,480
Speaker 2: I will say this. I got a text message, why

771
00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:41,839
Speaker 2: are we considering Gino Smith? Seattle dump him to sign

772
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:46,640
Speaker 2: Sam Darnold so we take their garbage. Actually, they moved

773
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Speaker 2: on from Geno Smith because he wanted forty million dollars

774
00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:51,920
Speaker 2: a year. The Seahawks were going to re sign him,

775
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:55,400
Speaker 2: they were efforting a new contract. He wanted too much money,

776
00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:58,360
Speaker 2: so then they did move on absolutely, and then he

777
00:37:58,440 --> 00:37:59,640
Speaker 2: was hideous in Las Vegas.

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Speaker 3: I get it, I get it. I'm just this isn't

779
00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:04,399
Speaker 3: necessarily what I wanted to happen.

780
00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:06,840
Speaker 2: I wanted number nine, our tenth overall pick, to be

781
00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:11,239
Speaker 2: a star and a budding superstar, and it's not happening. So, yes,

782
00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:16,440
Speaker 2: we're talking about Kyler and Ginos Smith killing the Messenger.

783
00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:20,239
Speaker 2: Nordo has lost his ever love in mind, that's Stephen Casey. Hey,

784
00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:22,520
Speaker 2: why don't we see if Ponder wants to make a comeback.

785
00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:24,920
Speaker 2: So now, yes, I'm getting it. I get it, I

786
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Speaker 2: get it.

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Speaker 4: I'm with you.

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Speaker 2: I'm just a Vikings loving rube and this is all

789
00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:30,560
Speaker 2: very weird. I just want the team to be good again.

790
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:32,640
Speaker 2: Where are we headed next?

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Speaker 1: Well, So, according to CBS Sports Jonathan Jones, a Kyler, yeah,

792
00:38:38,080 --> 00:38:40,640
Speaker 1: will most likely sign for a VET minimum that's one

793
00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:43,320
Speaker 1: point three million when he becomes a free agent. That

794
00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:46,400
Speaker 1: would help with the cap situation where you're having to

795
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Speaker 1: gut a lot of people, including our grave.

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Speaker 2: Aaron Jones, maybe that's maybe that's true. I still I

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Speaker 2: I don't know. I don't buy it. He's going to

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Speaker 2: be released on Wednesday when the league year starts, and

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Speaker 2: if he's signed for the league minimum, you will have

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00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:05,160
Speaker 2: probably three or four different suitors. There's there's got to

801
00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:10,040
Speaker 2: be a handful of teams that would say Kyler that talent. Yeah,

802
00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:12,759
Speaker 2: injury issues and all of that, but one point three

803
00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:14,440
Speaker 2: million sign me up?

804
00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:16,719
Speaker 3: So I still think.

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Speaker 2: I mean, you're probably seeing seven, eight, nine, ten million dollars.

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00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:21,920
Speaker 3: For a one year deal. I don't know.

807
00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:24,200
Speaker 2: I could be out of I could have lost my

808
00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:27,640
Speaker 2: ever love and mind per Steve in case, I just don't.

809
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:29,320
Speaker 2: It's not going to be a ton of cash, but

810
00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:31,040
Speaker 2: I think it'll be more than a fat minimum.

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Speaker 3: We'll see.

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Speaker 1: But on that note, Grenard's is going to be one

813
00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:38,080
Speaker 1: of those cat casualties most likely. It looks like they're

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00:39:38,239 --> 00:39:41,560
Speaker 1: willing to move him one way or the other. Your thoughts, well,

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00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:43,440
Speaker 1: there's there's not enough time because I want to get

816
00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:46,799
Speaker 1: to Anthony Lapanta here. But it does bear in mind.

817
00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:48,400
Speaker 2: And Pa is going to be back, by the way,

818
00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:52,319
Speaker 2: the host of I the Noon returning tomorrow, and I'm

819
00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:55,200
Speaker 2: certain of this that we'll discuss this more. And the

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Speaker 2: text that I sent him yesterday is do you think

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Speaker 2: Dallas Turner is ready? Do you think Dallas Turner is ready?

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Speaker 2: And the reason I bring that up is if you

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Speaker 2: trade Grenard? And I've heard all kinds of ideas that

824
00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:16,320
Speaker 2: have kind of spawned from that day. Two pick XYZ

825
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Speaker 2: potential player.

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Speaker 3: Who knows where that goes? Or are you packaging to

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Speaker 3: move up in the draft.

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Speaker 2: There are certainly options that the Vikings would have, but

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Speaker 2: per Schefter, the Vikings would like to keep Grenard, but

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Speaker 2: they also have salary cap issues. Okay, so we know

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Speaker 2: that Bernard wants a raise. What's a little market correction

832
00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:37,279
Speaker 2: on what he's doing for the Purple. I still think

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00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:39,160
Speaker 2: they figure out a way to keep them. And with

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Speaker 2: Dallas Turner, I'm really split on it. Certainly better in

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty five. The idea that's simply because he was

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Speaker 2: a first round pick and it's year three that we

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Speaker 2: have to start him. That makes zero sense to me.

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00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:53,680
Speaker 2: Either he's worthy of a starting spot or he's not.

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Speaker 2: He was splash here in twenty twenty five. That came

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Speaker 2: with the reps in the opportunity seven hundred snaps and

841
00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:02,440
Speaker 2: change versus three hundred his rookie year, So he's.

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00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:03,120
Speaker 3: On the field more.

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00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:06,720
Speaker 2: He made some plays. Part of that sack number covered

844
00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:10,160
Speaker 2: sacks I didn't think. I still don't think he's twitchy

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00:41:10,239 --> 00:41:13,920
Speaker 2: or fast enough or savvy enough to consistently beat tackles

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Speaker 2: off the line.

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Speaker 3: That's just one man's opinion, but again, he was much

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Speaker 3: better in year two.

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Speaker 2: I'm not writing off Dallas Turner, and I hate how

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00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:24,520
Speaker 2: these conversations have to be. It's either Grenard starts because

851
00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:28,040
Speaker 2: Turner is awful, or Turner has to start because he's amazing.

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00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:31,600
Speaker 2: The truth's line in the middle from my standpoint here,

853
00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:35,320
Speaker 2: and I'm not against him getting the opportunity that.

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00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:37,400
Speaker 3: The thing that I would be against, though, is.

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Speaker 2: If you're rolling into twenty twenty six or rolling into

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00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:44,160
Speaker 2: the draft and it's it's Turner and Andrew Van Ginkel

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00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:50,399
Speaker 2: as your bookending excuse me, bookending pass rushers the thing

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00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:52,680
Speaker 2: for me, you know. And I'm not in charge of

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00:41:52,719 --> 00:41:54,680
Speaker 2: the money. I'm not in charge of making decisions and

860
00:41:54,719 --> 00:41:57,480
Speaker 2: making moves. The thing that would make more sense to

861
00:41:57,560 --> 00:42:00,480
Speaker 2: me is you find a way to get Grenard happy

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00:42:00,640 --> 00:42:04,960
Speaker 2: and whatever that market correction and money looks like, and

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00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:07,279
Speaker 2: maybe you move Andrew Van Giggle if you were going

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00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:10,400
Speaker 2: to move. Somebody missed five games last year. He's got

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Speaker 2: the next thing, and I love I love, I love

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00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:18,520
Speaker 2: Van Ginkle Van Ginkle style, but it's the last year

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Speaker 2: of his deal coming up.

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Speaker 3: He's older, about to turn thirty one. He did miss

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Speaker 3: that time.

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Speaker 2: Now, Grenard missed time last year with the shoulder too,

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Speaker 2: so I get all of that, but.

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Speaker 4: I just.

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Speaker 2: I'm not sold on Turner being the answer and the

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Speaker 2: true one for one replacement there.

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Speaker 3: But he still has a right to grow still very young.

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Speaker 2: In all of that, twenty five was a significant growth

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Speaker 2: in comparison to his rookie season.

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Speaker 3: He did make plays, he was splashy at times.

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Speaker 2: I don't want to lose Jonathan Grinard, and I don't

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Speaker 2: think the team wants to lose him either. So right now,

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Speaker 2: if I had to bet, I would bet on the

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Speaker 2: team finding a way to make could work with Grenard

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Speaker 2: so that he stays here. Again, one man's opinion, but

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Speaker 2: that's where we're at on that. Oh, mister Lapant is here.

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Speaker 2: Wild throttled the lightning last night. Yes, Wolves handled Grizzlies

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Speaker 2: thanks to forty one from Aunt.

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Speaker 3: And that's about News de Nord, Right, Yeah, that's about it.

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