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Speaker 1: Are the expectations or what's the feeling around his season

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Speaker 3: Well, he's definitely made some strides and it's not you know,

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Speaker 3: some people have pointed out that some of his sacks

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Speaker 3: But with Andrew Vankinkle on the field doing a lot

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Speaker 2: Well, Brian Flores be his coach next year.

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Speaker 3: Wow, you're getting into all the off season conspiracies here.

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Speaker 1: But the Twins did it. They extended Roco without telling

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Speaker 3: You to to have an expiring contract just to see

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Speaker 1: You mentioned Van Ginkel. I'm curious. You're around coaches a lot.

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Speaker 3: It's it's it's an unbelievable skill and it's a very

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Speaker 1: All that we hear the checks when we hear everything.

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Speaker 1: And when you you asked him about I don't know

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Speaker 3: Right, And he picks it up and he's he's a

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Speaker 1: So did Philip Rivers come back because he wanted to

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Speaker 1: But I remember Conquered Elementary School where one day Meat

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Speaker 3: You're gonna say that it is enticed you even more

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Speaker 4: Of Martha Stewart stuff.

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Speaker 1: It's great, But I can't imagine in nineteen ninety four

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Speaker 1: when you know, I'm we're sneak listening to Snoop and

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Speaker 1: feel like we're doing something wrong because our parents said,

444
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Speaker 1: you know, this is not music you should be listening to, which,

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Speaker 1: by the way, it was.

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Speaker 3: Now there's many things said that maybe you didn't know

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Speaker 3: the full context.

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Speaker 1: Of no, like I will listen to some songs like

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Speaker 1: even like Salt and Peppa be Like why did our

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Speaker 1: parents let us listen?

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Speaker 2: Why was Dave Ryan saying I should be listening to this.

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Speaker 1: I'm Katie WB this is not appropriate, and now my

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Speaker 1: seven year old singing the music it's not right. I

454
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Speaker 1: just love the the career arc of Snoop is one

455
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Speaker 1: that needs to be studied where now he is just

456
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Speaker 1: generally he's like everybody's uncle. He's a business man, he is.

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Speaker 1: And have you ever seen him in concert before?

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Speaker 2: No?

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Speaker 1: Never, I went Target Center Summer Concerts series of five

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Speaker 1: here at iHeartMedia.

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Speaker 2: It would be.

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Speaker 3: Quite the story to be able to say I saw

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Speaker 3: weird Al and Snoop in the same sort of era

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Speaker 3: in concert, and I wish I had and could say that,

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Speaker 3: but I can't.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we all have regrets. Yeah, thank you very much

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Speaker 1: for coming in. Yes, sir, I really appreciate it. I

468
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Speaker 1: know it's a pain sometimes, but thank you. That's Kevin

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Speaker 1: Seaffert from e SPN. I follow him on social media.

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Speaker 1: Look forward to his Jalen Naylor Jordan Addison Decision twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty six piece, or at least a video. The Wild

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Speaker 1: made a big move over the weekend. They've got a

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Speaker 1: game tonight. I'm actually going tonight. Oh good for me.

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Speaker 1: I will get to watch Quinn Hughes for the first time,

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Speaker 1: a man who goes to most of, if not all

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Speaker 1: Are you more excited about Quinn Hughes or bow Knicks?

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Speaker 6: What a great question. I think Quinn Hughes because of

494
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Speaker 6: the everyday excitement level. Knowing that when you and you

495
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Speaker 6: work with these teams, everybody's excited, everybody's happy, so all

496
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Speaker 6: the different things you need to do on every workday,

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Speaker 6: it's a little more enjoyable. The bon Nix thing is awesome.

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Speaker 6: Wife long Broncos fan, we haven't had a guy like

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Speaker 6: this probably since John Elway. I get that they brought

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Speaker 6: in Peyton Manning, but this is a guy that you

501
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Speaker 6: started young and developed and he looks like he's going

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Speaker 6: to be a cornerstone QB the Broncos for a long time.

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Speaker 6: But this Quint Hughes thing is pretty incredible. And being

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Speaker 6: in the building on Sunday, sitting at that desk with

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Speaker 6: West Walls of the pregame show warm ups took on

506
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Speaker 6: a whole different level of noise and fandom and it

507
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Speaker 6: was it was really cool to be there.

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Speaker 1: I believe it. I will be in the building tonight

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Speaker 1: with my with my might, with Gray Man. And this

510
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Speaker 1: was before this was before all of this happened, so

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Speaker 1: we are excited to get there. I'm curious where were

512
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Speaker 1: you when you got wind of this deal, which broke

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Speaker 1: like thirty seconds after the show Bumper to Bumper show

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Speaker 1: on Friday night, And what was your immediate reaction?

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Speaker 6: Well, it caught me off guard. I had no idea

516
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Speaker 6: anything was going to be happening. Every year we go

517
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Speaker 6: out to a winery out past Mettaka out and we

518
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Speaker 6: go see Kerrie Noble and it's a Christmas concert. She's spectacular,

519
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Speaker 6: and we were just sitting down kind of getting ready

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Speaker 6: for the concert to start, and all my real tims

521
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Speaker 6: and my buddies were calling. I'm like, people never call anymore, right,

522
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Speaker 6: they all text. I'm like, what in the hell is

523
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Speaker 6: going on with my phone? So then I, like everybody else,

524
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Speaker 6: I go to Twitter and as soon as I see

525
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Speaker 6: Michael Russo put that out there, I both fell off

526
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Speaker 6: my chair and Chrisy's like, what is want? And I'm like,

527
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Speaker 6: I'm just trying to digest this. We just traded like

528
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Speaker 6: four guys or four number one picks for Quinn Hughes

529
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Speaker 6: and this is crazy. So then the concerts starting and

530
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Speaker 6: so I can't interact with anybody. It was a crazy night.

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Speaker 1: Quick follow up, even though it's a holiday concert. Does

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Speaker 1: Carrie Nobles still play Come and Talk to Me or

533
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Speaker 1: does she shelve that one? Because that's maybe a top

534
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Speaker 1: five banger of all time.

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Speaker 6: It's my very favorite and she has played it. She

536
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Speaker 6: didn't play it this year. She also plays out there

537
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Speaker 6: at Parlay Vines in the summer by the lake and

538
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Speaker 6: she will play it. Then I gotta tell you, Guardsy like,

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Speaker 6: I'm no music snab, Yeah, but seeing her, it's an

540
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Speaker 6: intimate set there's probably sixty five seventy people in there.

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Speaker 6: I mean, she is an amazing talent.

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Speaker 1: Two thousand and three, I went to what's the It's

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Speaker 1: at Saint Thomas, the OEC, the O'Shaughnessy Education.

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Speaker 2: Center, the theaterore.

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Speaker 6: Oh yeah, nice call.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they had a she had a concert there. I

547
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Speaker 1: went by myself. That's how much I liked that song.

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Speaker 1: And I don't mind admitting that. Twenty some years later,

549
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Speaker 1: and then she comes to work here at City's ninety

550
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Speaker 1: seven and I tell that story, and I don't think

551
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Speaker 1: she was at im pressed. She's like, what a loser.

552
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Speaker 1: You know, she's doing the morning show with Oak. But

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Speaker 1: so I didn't mean to sidetrack it. But you say,

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Speaker 1: Kerrie Noble and that took me back to the OEC

555
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Speaker 1: in like two thousand and three.

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Speaker 2: KG, So I appreciate that. Come and talk to me.

557
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Speaker 1: It's a great song, rob people can listen to it

558
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Speaker 1: on the free and easy to use iHeartRadio. App make

559
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Speaker 1: Carie Noble a preset so to the not hockey guys,

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Speaker 1: and I would put myself in that category, even though

561
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Speaker 1: I am a hockey dad. I'm certainly aware of Quinn

562
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Speaker 1: Hughes but I have not watched the All twenty two,

563
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Speaker 1: So what are they getting?

564
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Speaker 2: What does Quinn Hughes represent here?

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Speaker 1: Like put it in some type of history perspective for

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Speaker 1: people that may have heard the name but don't know

567
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Speaker 1: exactly what they're getting here.

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Speaker 6: Well, and that's legit because he's been playing out in

569
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Speaker 6: Vancouver where games start at nine to fifteen at night.

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Speaker 6: So even though Minnesota hockey fans are avid, even the

571
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:16,600
Speaker 6: biggest hockey fans haven't seen this guy play on a

572
00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:19,800
Speaker 6: regular basis. He's an amazing skater, one of the best

573
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Speaker 6: skaters on the planet at his position. He's widely considered

574
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Speaker 6: the second best defenseman in the world behind Cal mccarr

575
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Speaker 6: who is incredible player for the Avalanche, and players of

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Speaker 6: his caliber, players like Quinn Hughes that two years ago

577
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Speaker 6: put up ninety two points and won the Norris Trophy

578
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Speaker 6: for the best defenseman in the league. They don't become

579
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Speaker 6: available at age twenty six. Sometimes you'll see big name

580
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Speaker 6: players end of their career in their mid thirties become available,

581
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Speaker 6: but Bill Garren made this point. These type of players

582
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Speaker 6: are rarely available, and it's kind of a perfect storm

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Speaker 6: where Vancouver is clearly heading toward to rebuild. He is

584
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Speaker 6: looking for a change of scenery. He's the captain of

585
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Speaker 6: the team, he's relied upon to carry the team, and

586
00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:10,520
Speaker 6: there's not enough talent around him for them to have success.

587
00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:14,520
Speaker 6: And so Vancouver, looking for young players, found the perfect

588
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Speaker 6: suitor in Bill Garran, and Bill Garn made an offer

589
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Speaker 6: that they couldn't refuse. And for Bill Garran, in the wild,

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Speaker 6: it's a player that you dream of having on your roster.

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Speaker 1: So how much does the looming contract extension scare you?

592
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Speaker 2: Excite you? Were you or do you not even think

593
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Speaker 2: about that right now?

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Speaker 6: You know, At first, that's the first thing that crossed

595
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Speaker 6: my mind, because you know, when I saw the move

596
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Speaker 6: come through, there's a website you can go to that

597
00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:47,720
Speaker 6: tracks all these salaries in the NHL. I'm like, oh goodness,

598
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Speaker 6: he's got a year and a half to go. But

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Speaker 6: I started doing a little bit of a deeper dive,

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Speaker 6: and you know, understanding that yes, his two brothers play

601
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Speaker 6: in New Jersey, I'm not completely certain that they can

602
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Speaker 6: afford to add another Hughes brother, and I'm not completely

603
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Speaker 6: certain he wants to go to New Jersey. And then

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Speaker 6: I looked at what the Wild have to offer. Caroka

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Speaker 6: pries Off literally in his prime, Matt Boldie, budding superstar

606
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Speaker 6: coming to his prime, a perfect partner for Quinn in

607
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Speaker 6: brock Fabru who's big and heavy the way he plays,

608
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Speaker 6: but he can skate and he has great offensive skills

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Speaker 6: and instincts. And then I look at players that come

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Speaker 6: to Minnesota and the most recent one, Guardsy is a

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Speaker 6: guy like Marc Andre Fleury who had just built a

612
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Speaker 6: brand new house in the Devada Desert and was said

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Speaker 6: to have his family after he retires live out there. Well,

614
00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:42,640
Speaker 6: he's living here now, and this place if you love hockey.

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00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:45,680
Speaker 6: And Quinn Hughes he admitted to all of us over

616
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Speaker 6: the weekend, and he's a hockey nut.

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Speaker 2: He loves the game.

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Speaker 6: And then you look at the way that the Wild

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Speaker 6: have this thing set a beautiful facility at Tria. I'm

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Speaker 6: going to tell you right now, I mentioned this on

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Speaker 6: Beyond the Pond. I don't think there's a team the

622
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Speaker 6: league the travels better than Minnesota. The hotel set up,

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Speaker 6: the food set up, dominic heating, our travel guy and

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Speaker 6: Bill Garran have really taken this to a whole new level.

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Speaker 6: And I've been doing this for twenty years and it's

626
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Speaker 6: always been good. It's gone to a different level. And

627
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Speaker 6: so he's got star power around him, he's got a

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Speaker 6: hockey market. He's the quarterback of this team for as

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Speaker 6: long as he wants. And then Bill Garrant can offer

630
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Speaker 6: him more than anybody else in terms of term and

631
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Speaker 6: probably in terms of money. And you've got an owner

632
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Speaker 6: in Craig. We have pulled that time and time again,

633
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Speaker 6: says no matter what the cost, no matter what the term,

634
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Speaker 6: we want a cup. We will get this done.

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Speaker 2: So if I'm.

636
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Speaker 6: Sitting there and I'm Quinn Hughes and I'm his agent,

637
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Speaker 6: I can't find much negative. And the reception he got

638
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Speaker 6: Guardsy on Sunday he stepped on the ice, they roared,

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Speaker 6: and I've never seen this. The warm up end where

640
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Speaker 6: the wild we're warming up was eighty percent full. When

641
00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:55,160
Speaker 6: he left the ice, he left the ice to a

642
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Speaker 6: standing ovation. It could not have been a better start.

643
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Speaker 6: And then to see him score a goal in that game.

644
00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:03,960
Speaker 6: I was worried at first. I'm no longer worried about

645
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Speaker 6: him leaving.

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Speaker 1: Are you familiar with Johnny Lazarus, Yes, Okay, for people

647
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Speaker 1: that aren't, he played college hockey. He's a content creator,

648
00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:14,960
Speaker 1: as the kids would call him, and I had not

649
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Speaker 1: heard of him until like five minutes ago.

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Speaker 2: Copyright Paul Allen.

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Speaker 1: I couldn't pick him out of a three person lineup

652
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Speaker 1: next to Meat Sauce and Zach Halverson. But he had

653
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Speaker 1: a ninety second clip today and I'm not going to

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Speaker 1: play at all. But I listened to it and I

655
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Speaker 1: thought it was interesting because I do think it put

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Speaker 1: it in a little bit of perspective, because that's the

657
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Speaker 1: obvious one. Like you said, this's the first thing you

658
00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:35,000
Speaker 1: thought about was okay, but is this a rental type

659
00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:38,280
Speaker 1: of situation? And his theory was he's gonna get here,

660
00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:40,080
Speaker 1: he's gonna love it, he's gonna say that they're good,

661
00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:42,600
Speaker 1: and he's going to say, well, certainly, you know, maybe

662
00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:44,600
Speaker 1: I won't sign for the full eight and everything that

663
00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:46,360
Speaker 1: I can, but I'll give you three years and we'll

664
00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:47,880
Speaker 1: go for a cup right now, and then my free

665
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:50,400
Speaker 1: agency lines up with my brothers if I really want

666
00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:52,960
Speaker 1: to play with them. And even if that's not the case, Kevin,

667
00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:56,360
Speaker 1: let's say that's like worst case scenario, I still think

668
00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:59,040
Speaker 1: that's worth the swing, if that makes sense. If he

669
00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:01,040
Speaker 1: even if it's a brief deal just to get me

670
00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:03,600
Speaker 1: to my next free agency and then I can go

671
00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:05,720
Speaker 1: play with my brothers, whatever it is. If you sign

672
00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:07,880
Speaker 1: him for anything, and you make a run at this

673
00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:10,200
Speaker 1: thing for the next three, four or five years with

674
00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:12,880
Speaker 1: Carill and everybody that you just mentioned, that's why I

675
00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:14,760
Speaker 1: think it's a no brainer to make this swing.

676
00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:17,960
Speaker 2: I completely agree.

677
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:21,120
Speaker 6: And what you've got right now is the perfect timing

678
00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:23,200
Speaker 6: to bring a player of this caliber in right now

679
00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:27,080
Speaker 6: because of where Caroll Caprisof is. And let's not forget

680
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:29,400
Speaker 6: even though he's hurt right now, mad Zu Carrello, when

681
00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:32,040
Speaker 6: you when you close your eyes, when this team gets healthy,

682
00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:34,600
Speaker 6: I know they're missing a bunch of guys tonight. And

683
00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:36,880
Speaker 6: you look at that wild power play that features Jula

684
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,719
Speaker 6: ericsonek as big a menace in front of them as

685
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:42,960
Speaker 6: any player in the league. You look at Quinn Hughes

686
00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:45,680
Speaker 6: quarterback in this power play, You look at zou Carello,

687
00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:51,520
Speaker 6: Boldie and to Presoff. I don't know, you know, in

688
00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:54,080
Speaker 6: the history of Minnesota Wild hockey, if they've never had

689
00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:56,640
Speaker 6: anything close to this, and they've had some great players

690
00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:59,640
Speaker 6: come through here, this is a game changer. This is

691
00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:04,320
Speaker 6: a player that legitimately for the next amount of time,

692
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:06,080
Speaker 6: whether it's the year and a half, whether it's the

693
00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:08,640
Speaker 6: four or five years you're talking about her. Maybe it's

694
00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:10,720
Speaker 6: the big swing Billy Darren and we get him locked

695
00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:14,400
Speaker 6: down like Peril on an eight year extension. This is

696
00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:16,840
Speaker 6: the type of player that can change the course of

697
00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:19,680
Speaker 6: an organization and for a team like Minnesota that's in

698
00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:25,160
Speaker 6: a division that features Colorado with mccar Dallas with merro Haskin,

699
00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:28,760
Speaker 6: and now they are a team like those two that

700
00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:31,600
Speaker 6: have to be considered a Cup contender. Yes, it's a

701
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:34,960
Speaker 6: gauntlet to get through, but this guy completely changes the

702
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:38,800
Speaker 6: way teams have to defend Minnesota. They've never had a

703
00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:42,560
Speaker 6: player like them, Guardsy, and I'm really I'm super excited

704
00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:44,880
Speaker 6: to hear some of your reflections the next couple of

705
00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:48,040
Speaker 6: days after seeing him in person, because TV doesn't do

706
00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:50,800
Speaker 6: the justice to the way this guy can skate. And

707
00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:53,000
Speaker 6: I think what people have to remember is he was

708
00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:56,000
Speaker 6: about seventy percent of who he can be on Sunday

709
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,640
Speaker 6: when you factor in the travel, the factor in that

710
00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:02,560
Speaker 6: he just met these guys and didn't really have any

711
00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:06,440
Speaker 6: clue the coaches, the system, and the nuances of playing

712
00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:08,880
Speaker 6: with a new partner that he's never skating with in

713
00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:11,200
Speaker 6: brock favor, he's only going to go up from here.

714
00:34:11,239 --> 00:34:14,120
Speaker 6: And he was pretty electric on that Sunday afternoon.

715
00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:15,440
Speaker 1: Well, and he didn't even know if his gear was

716
00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:17,880
Speaker 1: going to make it because he forgot it. So is

717
00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:20,480
Speaker 1: that it's classic, it's too good. Well. Glenn Mason, who's

718
00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:23,920
Speaker 1: joining in studio in ten minutes, always says, in sports,

719
00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:26,400
Speaker 1: there's results and there's hope, and it's a lot easier

720
00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:29,400
Speaker 1: to buy hope than than there are to get results

721
00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:32,200
Speaker 1: than it is to get results. But I'm telling you,

722
00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:34,520
Speaker 1: like what you probably experienced this weekend. I mean, I

723
00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:37,800
Speaker 1: think about just even like the Rudy trade with the Wolves,

724
00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:41,000
Speaker 1: even just JJ McCarthy the last two weeks playing here,

725
00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:43,359
Speaker 1: like the Detroit game for JJ where he played well

726
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:47,320
Speaker 1: in the first half, like palpable hope, that's something.

727
00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:50,080
Speaker 2: And I don't mean to put JJ in that.

728
00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:51,880
Speaker 1: Category and get you know, and make a run at

729
00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:55,480
Speaker 1: your PST championship from a few years ago. But there's

730
00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:58,759
Speaker 1: nothing like hope, right, And that's why the building was

731
00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:00,799
Speaker 1: on fire on Sunday, That's why the building will be

732
00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:01,600
Speaker 1: on fire tonight.

733
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Speaker 6: And I don't know. I don't You can measure through

734
00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:08,080
Speaker 6: a lot of the analytics what this guy brings to

735
00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:11,799
Speaker 6: the table with his speed, with his skill, with all

736
00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:14,440
Speaker 6: of that, what you can't measure when you bring in

737
00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:17,560
Speaker 6: a player like Quinn Hughes is the ripple effect it

738
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:22,000
Speaker 6: has on everybody around him. And watching that game on Sunday,

739
00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:24,840
Speaker 6: knowing that the while we're playing their third game in

740
00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:27,800
Speaker 6: four days. The Autawa game the day before was a physical,

741
00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:31,600
Speaker 6: emotional game. It had the makings of an afternoon where

742
00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:34,040
Speaker 6: the Wild might be caught a little bit flat footed.

743
00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:36,279
Speaker 6: Boston was hot, they had won four in a row.

744
00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:39,439
Speaker 6: They're a physical team, and they're rested. They hadn't played

745
00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:42,920
Speaker 6: in a couple of days. But Ryan Hartman had wings,

746
00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:47,120
Speaker 6: brock Favor had wings, Carill had the extra juice. Boldie

747
00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:50,279
Speaker 6: was flying. What this guy brings to the table that

748
00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:53,120
Speaker 6: you can't measure is that swagger that it gives a

749
00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:56,000
Speaker 6: hockey team that says, you know what, you can bring

750
00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:58,680
Speaker 6: your best tonight. We might just be better. And I

751
00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:01,239
Speaker 6: don't know that Minnesota's ever had that, but it sure

752
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:03,600
Speaker 6: felt that way on Sunday. Boston's a really good team

753
00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:06,879
Speaker 6: and the Wild trounced him. Now tonight another big test.

754
00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:10,359
Speaker 6: Washington's playing great hockey that they've got, you know, of course,

755
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:13,160
Speaker 6: the greatest goalscorer in the league. They drubbed the Wild

756
00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:15,920
Speaker 6: five to one, and Minnesota's missing six guys. Now we

757
00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:18,719
Speaker 6: had Johansson and bagoes in to that list. All that

758
00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:22,719
Speaker 6: being said, this kid is a difference maker, and I

759
00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:25,279
Speaker 6: think it's more than just the stats and more than

760
00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:27,920
Speaker 6: just the obvious. I think he just gives that team

761
00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:30,399
Speaker 6: that extra bit of confidence that can maybe put them

762
00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:32,120
Speaker 6: over the edge. And they're gonna be tough nights. I mean,

763
00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:35,160
Speaker 6: it's an eighty two game schedule, but I'm really excited

764
00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:36,440
Speaker 6: by the end of the year to see where this

765
00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:39,760
Speaker 6: whole process takes us. And I just think Billy Garren

766
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:43,200
Speaker 6: once again guardsy. This guy is unafraid and he has

767
00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:46,400
Speaker 6: made some unbelievable moves. We didn't even realize at the

768
00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:48,680
Speaker 6: time the Flower move. But I go back to the

769
00:36:48,719 --> 00:36:52,160
Speaker 6: trade when when everybody knew that Kevin Fiala could not

770
00:36:52,239 --> 00:36:55,000
Speaker 6: be afforded, it wasn't financially going to fit under the cap.

771
00:36:55,320 --> 00:36:57,759
Speaker 6: He goes out and gets Focks favor and a first

772
00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:00,719
Speaker 6: round draft pick, He's made some really craf moves, but

773
00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:03,480
Speaker 6: this one, I think for the history of this team

774
00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:05,879
Speaker 6: for sure in his tenure, is the biggest we've seen.

775
00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:08,640
Speaker 1: Last couple of minutes with KG, Kevin gorg FanDuel Sports

776
00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:11,200
Speaker 1: North Wild ringside reporter, one of my three favorite people.

777
00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:12,920
Speaker 1: About five minutes, he's going to get it all. You

778
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:17,799
Speaker 1: are the former goaltender. Goaltending is in your blood. I'm

779
00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:20,479
Speaker 1: curious really with both goaltenders, but I want to start

780
00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:22,400
Speaker 1: with Valstad the Great Wall of Saint Paul.

781
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:25,120
Speaker 2: What has clicked for him this season?

782
00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:30,600
Speaker 6: It's all between the years. This guy's always had all

783
00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:32,360
Speaker 6: the talent in the world. You don't get drafted in

784
00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:34,560
Speaker 6: the first round unless you're special.

785
00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:35,359
Speaker 2: He's a big kid.

786
00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:38,720
Speaker 6: He's always been an athletic kid. I think what happened

787
00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:41,759
Speaker 6: last year guards he is. He felt coming into the

788
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:44,120
Speaker 6: season that he'd be one of the three guys that

789
00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:46,640
Speaker 6: stays in Saint Paul, and that was kind of the

790
00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:50,040
Speaker 6: game plan coming in. And then Mark Andre Fleury just

791
00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:53,839
Speaker 6: played at a ridiculously high level, and Gustafson was Gustafson,

792
00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:56,799
Speaker 6: and he got sent to Iowa and he got hurt

793
00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:59,920
Speaker 6: a couple of different times. Minor stuff, but he started

794
00:37:59,920 --> 00:38:02,680
Speaker 6: to struggle and he started to lose confidence. And from

795
00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:05,600
Speaker 6: talking to him multiple times about this, he was in

796
00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:08,920
Speaker 6: a really dark place because when you're drafted that high,

797
00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:12,520
Speaker 6: there's a lot of expectations and pressure that goes with it.

798
00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:15,200
Speaker 6: And I think he bottomed out last year. And so

799
00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:17,440
Speaker 6: he found something this summer, and it came down to

800
00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:19,759
Speaker 6: hard work, and he put the work in and he

801
00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:22,680
Speaker 6: was committed to coming into training camp and showing the

802
00:38:22,719 --> 00:38:25,080
Speaker 6: wild that this year was going to be different. He

803
00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:27,640
Speaker 6: had a really good camp. The games he played in

804
00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:30,600
Speaker 6: the preseason, he looked sharp, he looked on top of

805
00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:33,319
Speaker 6: his game, and I really felt that that carried over

806
00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:33,960
Speaker 6: to the season.

807
00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:35,360
Speaker 2: And I give the.

808
00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:38,279
Speaker 6: Kid a ton of credit because just because your pick

809
00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:40,880
Speaker 6: doesn't mean you're going to play. And I think after

810
00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:43,480
Speaker 6: what happened last year, there were a ton of question marks.

811
00:38:43,719 --> 00:38:47,040
Speaker 6: He answered them all it's real. This isn't fluky, this

812
00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:50,680
Speaker 6: isn't some six round guy that found lightning in the bottle.

813
00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:54,720
Speaker 6: He's a really good goaltender fundamentally, the way he moves,

814
00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:56,560
Speaker 6: the way he can take up the net, but the

815
00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:59,920
Speaker 6: way that he reacts, he's a heck of a talent,

816
00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:02,560
Speaker 6: and I think right now for Minnesota, these two guys

817
00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:05,120
Speaker 6: in the net, Gustinson and Volts that are just kind

818
00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:08,240
Speaker 6: of feeding off each other. And this weekend's a great example.

819
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:11,480
Speaker 6: Third game in four nites, back to back games. Yesper

820
00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:14,520
Speaker 6: goes out and plays a terrific game on Saturday. I

821
00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:15,880
Speaker 6: don't know that he's gonna be able to come back

822
00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:17,400
Speaker 6: and do the same thing on Sunday. But now you've

823
00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:19,880
Speaker 6: got a fresh Gus Buss ready to go, and he

824
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:23,080
Speaker 6: goes out and backstops a terrific game against the Bruins.

825
00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:26,440
Speaker 6: It'll be Gus tonight. I'm guessing only get the Columbus

826
00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:28,919
Speaker 6: on Thursday. They'll come back to Esper and then they'll

827
00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:31,800
Speaker 6: split the weekend when you get both McDavid and the

828
00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:35,160
Speaker 6: Oilers and then you get McKinnon and the Avalanche. So

829
00:39:35,560 --> 00:39:37,839
Speaker 6: the theater is going to be pretty spectacular.

830
00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:41,120
Speaker 2: Yeah. Why has that rotation been so effective?

831
00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:46,040
Speaker 6: Because I think when you've got another guy that can

832
00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:49,200
Speaker 6: do the job, you don't feel like every night you've

833
00:39:49,239 --> 00:39:51,719
Speaker 6: got to go out there and win everything. You just

834
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:53,600
Speaker 6: got to go out there and do your job. And

835
00:39:54,040 --> 00:39:56,880
Speaker 6: this weekend was a perfect example where these guys don't have,

836
00:39:57,480 --> 00:39:59,560
Speaker 6: Like when you're the guy and you're playing sixty to

837
00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:03,000
Speaker 6: sixty five games, there is no break mentally or physically.

838
00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:06,400
Speaker 6: You always have to be on when you're not playing.

839
00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:09,319
Speaker 6: It's a whole different feeling when you're a goalie. Yeah,

840
00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:11,320
Speaker 6: I'm not saying you check out. You're still there and

841
00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:14,480
Speaker 6: you're ready, but it's a different type of feeling. And

842
00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:19,600
Speaker 6: to not have that anxiety, that nervousness, that pressure I've

843
00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:22,480
Speaker 6: got to deliver. It's such an important position. It's no

844
00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:24,960
Speaker 6: different than a pitcher picking up the ball and taking

845
00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:27,560
Speaker 6: the mound or a quarterback in the huddle. The goalie

846
00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:31,880
Speaker 6: has to be that guy every single night, and to

847
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:35,840
Speaker 6: have another player of your caliber it pushes you because

848
00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:37,960
Speaker 6: you want to play, but it also gives you that

849
00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:40,719
Speaker 6: break where for the course of the season with all

850
00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:43,759
Speaker 6: these back to backs, with the Olympic schedule, that's condensed.

851
00:40:44,520 --> 00:40:46,520
Speaker 6: The wear and tear is taken off, and you're fresh

852
00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:49,200
Speaker 6: and you've got energy when you hit that net. Dustinson

853
00:40:49,239 --> 00:40:52,120
Speaker 6: talked about it this weekend. He felt great on Sunday.

854
00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:54,080
Speaker 6: Had he played Saturday, I don't think he would have

855
00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:56,919
Speaker 6: felt as great, And who knows how that result goes.

856
00:40:57,520 --> 00:40:59,480
Speaker 1: Last two for KG and they come from the Brad

857
00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:02,560
Speaker 1: Shawn Brian Kfe and text line, do you see the

858
00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:05,719
Speaker 1: Wild getting another goal scorer before the trade deadline? We've

859
00:41:05,719 --> 00:41:08,040
Speaker 1: got a variation of this since you've been on KG

860
00:41:08,239 --> 00:41:10,799
Speaker 1: and Johnny Lazarus, who I mentioned and others have said

861
00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:13,360
Speaker 1: they don't think Billy Garran is done maybe even this season.

862
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:15,560
Speaker 1: Certainly he's got more moves to make in the future,

863
00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:17,719
Speaker 1: but do you think they are done adding this year?

864
00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:21,239
Speaker 6: See I don't look at it as a goal scorer

865
00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:23,960
Speaker 6: that's needed. I think the one area of Minnesota and

866
00:41:24,080 --> 00:41:27,080
Speaker 6: Billy Garrant have to take a look at is the

867
00:41:27,160 --> 00:41:29,799
Speaker 6: center position, and they've got some really good spots right

868
00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:33,359
Speaker 6: now with I love what Nico Stern brings this team.

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Speaker 6: He is such an under the radar stud on a

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Speaker 6: penalty kill in the face off circle. Beck is obvious,

871
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Speaker 6: You're obvious coming and his development and the way he

872
00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:44,640
Speaker 6: has played I think allowed Billy the freedom to move.

873
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Speaker 6: Marco Rossi Hartman can play either and he's just fine

874
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Speaker 6: at center. But I feel like if Billy g makes

875
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Speaker 6: a move, it's going to be for a center, but

876
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Speaker 6: it's going to have to be a very creative move.

877
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Speaker 6: Because now with the money they're paying, Quinn used, there's

878
00:42:01,320 --> 00:42:03,560
Speaker 6: less wiggle room, So you've got to have some dollars

879
00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:06,960
Speaker 6: going out to bring those dollars in. But I will

880
00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:10,480
Speaker 6: anticipate that Billy makes some type of move, and I

881
00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:13,360
Speaker 6: will think that it's probably in the middle of the

882
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Speaker 6: rank at that center position.

883
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Speaker 1: Lastly, I'm sure you get this question every day, so

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Speaker 1: I apologize, but let's just get your answer out on

885
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Speaker 1: the record so that people can refer back to it.

886
00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:23,759
Speaker 1: And we've gotten this a half dozen times in the

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00:42:23,840 --> 00:42:27,200
Speaker 1: last four minutes. You mentioned Colorado and Dallas. They reside

888
00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:29,520
Speaker 1: in the Central Division. That's an issue if you also

889
00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:31,840
Speaker 1: reside in the Central Division, and I'm sure they're annoyed

890
00:42:32,120 --> 00:42:32,959
Speaker 1: the Wilder.

891
00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:35,360
Speaker 2: In the Central Division at the moment. Is there any momentum?

892
00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:38,240
Speaker 1: Will they ever go back to a more traditional playoff

893
00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:41,080
Speaker 1: format or are we stuck with divisions forever?

894
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:46,919
Speaker 6: Nothing forever. I am with the fans. I really wish

895
00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:48,520
Speaker 6: it would go back to the way it was, where

896
00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:52,000
Speaker 6: one plays eight, two play seven, et cetera. I know

897
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Speaker 6: what the NHL has trying to cultivate and develop with

898
00:42:55,440 --> 00:43:00,360
Speaker 6: these division rivalries, and I totally respect that. Don't know

899
00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:03,440
Speaker 6: how fair it is when right now, if you look

900
00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:06,760
Speaker 6: at the NHL standings, three of the top four teams

901
00:43:06,960 --> 00:43:11,200
Speaker 6: in this league reside in the Central in Colorado, Dallas,

902
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Speaker 6: and Minnesota, So fandom aside, playoff hockey is always going

903
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:18,279
Speaker 6: to be a big draw. We have enough star power

904
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Speaker 6: in this league where I don't think the league has

905
00:43:20,120 --> 00:43:25,120
Speaker 6: to create or cultivate these old school rivalries. I would

906
00:43:25,360 --> 00:43:28,120
Speaker 6: much much rather see it go back, and I don't

907
00:43:28,120 --> 00:43:30,520
Speaker 6: think I'm alone, And I think if you're the NHL

908
00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:34,279
Speaker 6: and right now you're seeing the popularity climb, I think

909
00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:38,000
Speaker 6: they have to at least consider the possibilities because we've

910
00:43:38,040 --> 00:43:42,080
Speaker 6: seen the same matchup in the Western Conference now in

911
00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:44,320
Speaker 6: a lot of these series for multiple years. I'm so

912
00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:47,920
Speaker 6: sick and tired of seeing LA and Edmonton, even though

913
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:50,560
Speaker 6: both are cool teams to watch, I don't want to

914
00:43:50,600 --> 00:43:51,840
Speaker 6: see this matchup.

915
00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:53,160
Speaker 2: Every single year.

916
00:43:53,239 --> 00:43:56,560
Speaker 6: And even though Minnesota and Dallas is a really cool

917
00:43:56,640 --> 00:44:00,760
Speaker 6: matchup with the North Star backstory and all that stuff, Guardie,

918
00:44:01,080 --> 00:44:04,360
Speaker 6: I would be way more fascinated with a playoffs series

919
00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:07,840
Speaker 6: that featured the Wild and McDavid. Sure it wasn't a

920
00:44:07,920 --> 00:44:11,200
Speaker 6: conference final, that might be a first round matchup. I

921
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Speaker 6: just think that it's time, and I don't think what

922
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Speaker 6: they're doing right now is going to last forever. And

923
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Speaker 6: I think it's a legitimate question. I just I don't

924
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Speaker 6: know how much more time the league will take to

925
00:44:22,280 --> 00:44:24,360
Speaker 6: act upon what I think the majority of people that

926
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Speaker 6: watch their product would prefer.

927
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Speaker 2: Means a lot to have you on, buddy.

928
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Speaker 1: I appreciate you saying yes today because I kind of

929
00:44:29,719 --> 00:44:30,800
Speaker 1: hit you cold out of nowhere.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much.

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Speaker 1: Hopefully I'll see you at Grand Casino tonight and enjoy

932
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Speaker 1: the game half.

933
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Speaker 6: Out the game. I can't wait to hear your thoughts

934
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Speaker 6: on Twinn Hughes and always fun being on with you, TARGI.

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Speaker 2: Thanks. Brother.

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Speaker 1: That is Kevin gorg from fan Dual Sports North. You

937
00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:47,560
Speaker 1: can watch him ringside, pregame, post game. He's all over

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Speaker 1: the place. When we come back our buddy Mace a

939
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Speaker 1: day early, we are very excited. Among the topics for

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Speaker 1: Mace in your face, what's the right thing to say

941
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Speaker 1: when you are a head coach and your name sir

942
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:02,239
Speaker 1: purfaces in another coaching search.

943
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Speaker 2: Mace has a little experience with that.

944
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Speaker 1: We'll have him take us behind the scenes among a

945
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Speaker 1: bunch of other stuff when we continue