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Speaker 1: From the ponds to the pros. It's time for Beyond

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Speaker 1: the Pond on the fan. Here are your hosts, Pat

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Speaker 1: mcalletty and Kevin Faulness.

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Speaker 2: By an abbreviated edition of Beyond the Pond. Kevin Falness

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Speaker 2: with you from the Bob Kurts Radio Center in Saint Paul,

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Speaker 2: Brett Blakemore back in Saint Louis Park, and Pat mccoletty

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Speaker 2: from Parts unknown, bringing you another edition of Beyond the Pond.

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Speaker 2: Patrick joins us now via phone for the first half

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Speaker 2: hour and change of the show. Patrick, good morning.

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Speaker 3: Good morning, Kevin.

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Speaker 4: How are you today?

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Speaker 2: I'm great. I was watching your fine work last night

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Speaker 2: on my television dial and it was wonderful to see

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Speaker 2: you back on my screen.

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Speaker 4: At the Gopher Fanfare wanted, however, there's tonight before we

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Speaker 4: talk go for hockey and college hockey and stuff, and

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Speaker 4: I'd like, I want to acknowledge our producer, Brett Flake Moore, Yes,

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Speaker 4: and and just tell him how proud I am of

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Speaker 4: him and the resistance that it took it took him.

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Speaker 4: What's the day today, Brett.

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Speaker 5: It's the seventeenth of January.

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Speaker 4: The seventeenth of January, Mark that down, Kevin, because we

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Speaker 4: may have to use it next year. It took him

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Speaker 4: until July, well, July seventeenth, actually, it was a couple

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Speaker 4: of days ago to mention no other than number seventeen

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Speaker 4: in this week.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and he went after him too, didn't he.

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Speaker 5: He said it on the post game. I was listening,

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Speaker 5: so it was my fault, that was right, Yeah.

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Speaker 4: But no, I you know, for it to get to

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Speaker 4: this long, I'm proud of you that you held out

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Speaker 4: for so long.

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Speaker 2: I appreciate it. Very nice job, Brett, and we will

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Speaker 2: get into the wild. I wanted to squeeze the gopfer

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Speaker 2: stuff in first, since I kind of started there. I

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Speaker 2: watched the game last night. That first period in particular,

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Speaker 2: was pretty darn good. The biggest takeaway from that game, though,

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Speaker 2: is that Michigan's number one and it ain't close. I

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Speaker 2: know that that's what it says in the rankings, but

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Speaker 2: holy smokes, that is a loaded squad.

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Speaker 3: It's not close.

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Speaker 4: They are from all the teams that I've seen in

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Speaker 4: the country, Kevin, they are the best team in the country.

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Speaker 4: And you know, and they lost their number one goalie

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Speaker 4: who's a stud for a little while. But the other

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Speaker 4: kid was. I don't know what the other kid was

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Speaker 4: last night, because Minnesota didn't generate enough offense or get

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Speaker 4: enough shots I think eighteen shots on goal. But yeah,

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Speaker 4: the first the first period was a clinic and it

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Speaker 4: could have been a lot worse. Other than Luca de

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Speaker 4: pascal is now, you know, opening some eises being one

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Speaker 4: of the best goaltenders in the country. He was phenomenal.

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Speaker 4: Forty seven says he gives up five goals, none of

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Speaker 4: them were his fault, and he was terrific. But yeah,

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Speaker 4: Minnesota certainly needs to be better tonight. But you know,

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Speaker 4: you just you tip your hat to Michigan and you

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Speaker 4: know they are that good.

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Speaker 2: Kevin, I was going to ask you about the passal

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Speaker 2: because to me, that's the reason they were still in

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Speaker 2: that hockey game, especially after one period. I mean, Michigan

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Speaker 2: was coming at him full barrels and the Pasqual was

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Speaker 2: Wally talk about it too on the radio side. Is

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Speaker 2: the fact that the Pascoal and Aery are gonna make

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Speaker 2: to who is the quote unquote number one goaltender for

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Speaker 2: If there's ever a doubt, he's your number one guy

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Speaker 3: I concur you know, he's been great. I think he's

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Speaker 4: And you know, you're obviously that you know they're gonna

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Speaker 4: Uh you know, but he's he's been great, and he's

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Speaker 3: But it's a one one game.

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Speaker 4: You know, that's what we see in our great sports sometimes.

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Speaker 4: And and then you know Michigan and then Minnesota quite frankly, Kevin,

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Speaker 4: score a lot of goals in Minnesota. In the twenty

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Speaker 4: three games they have played this year, Kevin, eleven of

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Speaker 4: those games they score two or less, and you're just

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Speaker 4: you're just not going to win a lot of games

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Speaker 4: if you're not, you know, getting to that magic number three.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they'll do enough to beat you. You don't need

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Speaker 2: to help them. The rematch coming up here later on

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Speaker 2: tonight six o'clock. You guys are on Fox nine plus.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, Fox nine plus pregame show at five thirty awesome,

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Speaker 4: So I have to tune in for that.

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Speaker 2: If you prefer to do it on the radio dial,

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Speaker 2: I'm sure Wally would appreciate that as well. Twin City's

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Speaker 2: News Talk AM eleven thirty and FM one O three

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Speaker 2: point five. That to a pregame a flight series.

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Speaker 4: Wait, aren't we muting radio tonight.

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Speaker 2: Or that is not the slogan, It's hashtag new TV

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Speaker 2: no matter who it is.

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Speaker 3: On the screen.

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Speaker 2: Confused, my dad, I'm always going to be team Wally

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Speaker 2: when it comes to radio versus TV, much like I'm

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Speaker 3: Good.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well you guys did a great job last night.

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Speaker 2: It was fun to watch. It was good to see

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Speaker 2: had been a while.

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Speaker 4: Fifty five days since our last our last game.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so it was it was.

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Speaker 4: A long It was a long stretch there for the

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Speaker 3: It was good to be back. Good crowd.

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Speaker 4: Unfortunately, uh, Michigan comes out on top.

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Speaker 2: How are you feeling as you make your way back

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Speaker 4: Getting stronger actually, Kevin, Uh, you know, the last games

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Speaker 4: And uh, you know, my partner Jim always you know,

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Speaker 2: To be back well, and it was good to see

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Speaker 2: Fox nine plus starting at five thirty with the pregame

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Speaker 2: As for the Wild, they too didn't do much to

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Speaker 2: three game homestand one point in those three games. Patrick

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Speaker 2: very much not Wild like this season, the way they

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Speaker 2: played poorly in the homestand except they got away from

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Speaker 4: No, And and you know, I'm certainly not going to

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Speaker 4: teams had patches. I mean, look no further than last night.

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Speaker 4: You know the Nashville Predators go into Colorado and smoke Colorado.

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Speaker 4: And you know, so you're gonna have those games. The key, Kevin,

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Speaker 4: so you know, now you know it's it's obviously difficult today.

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Speaker 4: the hottest teams in the National Hockey League right now.

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Speaker 4: And who would have thunked, Kevin that we'd be talking

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Speaker 2: They've resurrected their season. They were dead last in the

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Speaker 2: a horrific start, but they've rattled off wins in fifteen

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Speaker 2: They've got twenty six wins and fifty six points. Again

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Speaker 2: for a team that was basically cast aside. Nobody thought that.

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Speaker 2: Everyone thought that do you want Tage Thompson, do you

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Speaker 2: want Alex Tucks? Go pick them offers. They can't sell

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Speaker 2: And everyone that had Thompson or Tuck on their wish list,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and they're going to be buying.

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Speaker 4: we still have a long way to go, but they've

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Speaker 4: certainly played great and it's going to be a tough

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Speaker 4: that goes back to my my point about I don't

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Speaker 4: this year. My whole thought on it was, yes, great,

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Speaker 4: your depth goes way down when that happened. And so

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Speaker 4: you know, hopefully Billy will be able to find someone else,

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Speaker 4: you know, that could be available.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's funny because not a lot of teams are

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Speaker 2: This is not a rebuilt, but a retual built around

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Speaker 4: You know, I don't think that is what this team needs.

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Speaker 4: Here because they would want too much and I wouldn't

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Speaker 4: You know, he was a good he's a good player.

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Speaker 3: I would kick the tires.

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Speaker 4: I would certainly kick the tires on them.

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Speaker 2: Last one Boone Jenner from the Blue Jackets again, thirty

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Speaker 2: Okay, that's a good list. I mean, talk about a

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Speaker 4: Would you agree, Kevin that we that you know, I know,

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Speaker 2: Without a doubt, and especially down the center ice position.

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Speaker 4: They need him, Ken, would you send him?

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Speaker 3: No?

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Speaker 2: No, I mean, I don't know. That's a difficult conversation

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Speaker 2: At this point your season hangs in the balance. He's

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Speaker 4: So many injuries yep, as of late, and you know,

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Speaker 2: So that's that's what's going on there. No Jonas Brodein today,

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Speaker 6: Well, you know, we we we understand that we have

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Speaker 2: So there you go. John Hines moments ago in Buffalo

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Speaker 4: Ye very difficult, Kevin, because you know you can, you

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Speaker 4: And now you're asking asking them, you know, to produce,

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Speaker 4: how many times have we seen teams, Kevin, when a

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Speaker 3: Bit more, and you come out on top. So you

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Speaker 2: It very much as Russo on the Twitter machine says,

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Speaker 4: The last years, past couple of years, is there. I know,

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Speaker 2: Nope, And this is no different.

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Speaker 2: road trip where they I think they went foward to

438
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Speaker 2: and one. I mean just an incredible run on that trip.

439
00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:16,800
Speaker 2: Well yeah, whatever it was, and they got some great

440
00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:19,199
Speaker 2: points and they but now it's starting to catch up

441
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Speaker 2: with them. And I think the schedule more than anything.

442
00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,560
Speaker 2: There's game after game after game, and I think these

443
00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:26,280
Speaker 2: guys are starting to get beat up and it's starting

444
00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:29,040
Speaker 2: to catch up with them. This team desperately needs that

445
00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:31,520
Speaker 2: Olympic break. I know they still have almost a dozen

446
00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:34,320
Speaker 2: guys going to Milan for the Olympics, but for the

447
00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:36,840
Speaker 2: guys that can take a breather, I think everyone in

448
00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:38,640
Speaker 2: the NHL needs it, but I think this wild team

449
00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:40,240
Speaker 2: in particularly needs it in a big way.

450
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Speaker 4: Well not you know, not only for you know, you

451
00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:47,760
Speaker 4: make a great point from a physical standpoint, but it's

452
00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:51,240
Speaker 4: the mental at back, Delvy, you know all of it,

453
00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:54,919
Speaker 4: You're sure, listen, it is hard when when you're playing

454
00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:57,840
Speaker 4: the number of games that they are playing back to

455
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Speaker 4: backs every other day. You know that sort of thing,

456
00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:07,520
Speaker 4: you know it it catches your your your brain, you know,

457
00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:10,920
Speaker 4: and your thought process, and you know, you know, you

458
00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:13,119
Speaker 4: get up and get you got to go and do

459
00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:17,679
Speaker 4: the same thing every night. That's difficult sometimes, and you know,

460
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Speaker 4: I start I think we're starting to see it now,

461
00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:22,840
Speaker 4: especially you know with the last three games at home.

462
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Speaker 2: Yeah, no question. All right, real quick, let's get to

463
00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:27,400
Speaker 2: Brett Blakemore's breakaways.

464
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Speaker 7: It's time for Brett Blake for breakaway.

465
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Speaker 2: And now more break away. All right, we got a

466
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Speaker 2: good five minutes or so, Brett. We got Shane Hudella

467
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Speaker 2: coming up here in a little bit to talk a

468
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Speaker 2: little bit about Hockey Day Minnesota. That's a week from today.

469
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Speaker 2: We won't have a show next week. Patrick, They've got

470
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Speaker 2: Gopher basketball.

471
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Speaker 3: On the air.

472
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm say that's what I hear.

473
00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:03,199
Speaker 2: You need to have a conversation with Nico Medved. We

474
00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:06,919
Speaker 2: don't schedule go for basketball during Beyond the Pond's time slide.

475
00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:10,879
Speaker 2: What do you got, Brett, We'll go here.

476
00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:14,880
Speaker 5: I've actually been listening very closely to the first two

477
00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:18,240
Speaker 5: segments of the show, and you know it, we we

478
00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:21,280
Speaker 5: dusted off the wheel of topics and deciding where we're

479
00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:23,680
Speaker 5: gonna go, And I thought, what else is lying around

480
00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:26,520
Speaker 5: the studio that we could possibly dust off. So I

481
00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:30,760
Speaker 5: found something and I've been inserting data into it and

482
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Speaker 5: using everything that you've been saying in the first two segments.

483
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Speaker 2: I'm gonna put a little bit more and hang on.

484
00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:37,960
Speaker 2: Can't be the excuse ave meter. Please don't tell me

485
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,239
Speaker 2: it's the excuse meter. All right, let's fire it up.

486
00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:50,920
Speaker 8: There it is, let's go.

487
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Speaker 5: Oh, okay, so it's the unfair scheduling that it actually

488
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Speaker 5: you know, I think there might be more. It's still

489
00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:12,840
Speaker 5: some leftover data in there. Injuries.

490
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Speaker 2: Okay, So there you have it.

491
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Speaker 5: So so that's the reason why the Wild couldn't enter

492
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Speaker 5: the zone against the worst team the Central Division. That's

493
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Speaker 5: why they couldn't get a breakout to save their lives,

494
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Speaker 5: despite having a human breakout in Quinn Hughes. I went

495
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Speaker 5: to both of those games against the Devils, who are

496
00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:33,159
Speaker 5: not a good team, and the jet I understand they

497
00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:36,520
Speaker 5: all play in the NHL, they get paid, and they understand.

498
00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:38,840
Speaker 2: Their stats and their records say they're not a good team.

499
00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:41,080
Speaker 2: I think I would disagree with the deal came.

500
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Speaker 5: They came in on like an eight out of nine

501
00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:48,320
Speaker 5: game losing streak they got from their season.

502
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Speaker 2: Yeah, that that's a better team than their record would indicate.

503
00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:54,359
Speaker 2: Still no excuse for losing five to two on o mice.

504
00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:59,200
Speaker 2: Believe you me, and the schedule thing is a league

505
00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:01,040
Speaker 2: wide deal. It's not just for the Minnesota Wild, and

506
00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:04,320
Speaker 2: I think that's everybody is dealing with the compacted schedule

507
00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:07,160
Speaker 2: and how it's impacting their team and their injuries. So

508
00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:08,159
Speaker 2: I'll tell you.

509
00:27:09,359 --> 00:27:12,760
Speaker 5: I'll tell you this the first period and change of

510
00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:14,880
Speaker 5: the Devil's game, I thought the Wild played decently well.

511
00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:17,880
Speaker 5: The first five minutes of the Jets game. I thought

512
00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:20,840
Speaker 5: the Wild played well the ten nothing out shot them.

513
00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:23,800
Speaker 5: They are hitting posts in the first game, but that

514
00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:27,680
Speaker 5: after that, for two and a half periods, the Wild

515
00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:30,840
Speaker 5: are checked out. I don't know and don't disagree at

516
00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:33,560
Speaker 5: any aspect of the game. They could not do, They

517
00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:36,600
Speaker 5: could not break it out. They were taking dumb penalties,

518
00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:45,680
Speaker 5: they weren't defending the scheduling being tougher on.

519
00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:49,040
Speaker 2: It's tougher on them. I said, it's the same for everybody.

520
00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:51,960
Speaker 5: But I understand that I'm giving you guys a hard time,

521
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:56,719
Speaker 5: but I just think there's to play that poorly, like

522
00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:59,879
Speaker 5: you're just a professional. And I mean, I've never been

523
00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:02,400
Speaker 5: to the leave a game early. But that was one

524
00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:04,480
Speaker 5: where you just I said, let's see how they come

525
00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:06,320
Speaker 5: out in the third and play with any I thought

526
00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:08,400
Speaker 5: they might come out a little bit more fire. We're

527
00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:11,760
Speaker 5: getting embarrassed again, and they just didn't. It's just I understand.

528
00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:13,760
Speaker 5: And now the injuries are even more of a problem.

529
00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:16,800
Speaker 5: And now I would argue that the injuries are more

530
00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:20,399
Speaker 5: of a legit excuse than an excuse computer excuse. But

531
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Speaker 5: that team they put out there against the Jets on

532
00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:27,360
Speaker 5: paper deserves much better than what they performed.

533
00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:30,480
Speaker 2: And I don't think that's controversial. I'll tell you this, Patrick,

534
00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:34,560
Speaker 2: They've had two clunkers on home ice. That's not true.

535
00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:37,400
Speaker 2: Since October. They've had two clunkers on home ice. They've

536
00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:39,920
Speaker 2: played really well in front of the home crowd. The

537
00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:42,880
Speaker 2: problem is the two clunkers they had since October both

538
00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:45,000
Speaker 2: came in the span of about three four days. It

539
00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:47,400
Speaker 2: wasn't good against New Jersey. I thought they did check out.

540
00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:50,200
Speaker 2: It looked like they were very tired, and then against

541
00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:53,200
Speaker 2: the Jets, it just all unraveled for him, especially at

542
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Speaker 2: the end of the first period. They scored the five

543
00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:57,440
Speaker 2: on three goal, take the ones zero leite, and then

544
00:28:57,440 --> 00:28:59,320
Speaker 2: they scored two quick ones at the end of period

545
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Speaker 2: number one, and it felt like the wheels came off

546
00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:02,520
Speaker 2: from that point forward.

547
00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:07,600
Speaker 4: Other than the Colorado Avalanche, who got dump last night?

548
00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:10,200
Speaker 3: Who got dump last night?

549
00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:13,880
Speaker 4: Other than the Colorado Avalanche, I don't think there's a

550
00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:18,920
Speaker 4: team in the league that has the ability to be

551
00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:26,480
Speaker 4: great every night. Minnesota has had three. Well they got

552
00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:33,600
Speaker 4: one point out of the three. But you are allowed

553
00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:38,200
Speaker 4: or it happens, and it's inevitable that you are going

554
00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:40,400
Speaker 4: to have games like that.

555
00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:41,640
Speaker 3: Again.

556
00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:45,240
Speaker 4: I will go back to if you are a good team,

557
00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:48,480
Speaker 4: you don't allow this to continue.

558
00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:52,240
Speaker 3: You stop it.

559
00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:54,920
Speaker 4: You know now today it's going to be difficult because

560
00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:57,560
Speaker 4: of what they have, you know, putting out with the

561
00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:01,000
Speaker 4: lineup that they have. Not to say that that they can't, but.

562
00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:03,360
Speaker 3: You got to stop it.

563
00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:06,080
Speaker 4: And that's what that's what really good teams do. We'll

564
00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:07,440
Speaker 4: see if they are a really good team.

565
00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:10,400
Speaker 2: And the good part is the better part of two months,

566
00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:13,360
Speaker 2: they've played such great hockey. They've banked themselves a nice

567
00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:16,600
Speaker 2: little cushion in the Central Division and in the Western

568
00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:19,840
Speaker 2: Conference those sixty one points. By the way, colorad don't

569
00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:21,160
Speaker 2: know has lost two in a row. The Stars have

570
00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:23,200
Speaker 2: lost two in a row the Wild there's still just

571
00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:25,400
Speaker 2: two points back of Dallas for a second place in

572
00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:27,840
Speaker 2: the Central Division, but because of the way they played,

573
00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:30,760
Speaker 2: they banked a nice little cushion between them and the

574
00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:33,040
Speaker 2: rest of the pack in the Central Division. In particular,

575
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Speaker 2: if you want to hang on to it.

576
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Speaker 4: And I don't want it, and I don't want to

577
00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:38,080
Speaker 4: rely on that, because once you start relying.

578
00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:38,880
Speaker 2: On no, you can't.

579
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Speaker 4: We're fine. You know, they're really good teams, and if

580
00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:47,640
Speaker 4: you really really want to be considered a team that

581
00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:51,800
Speaker 4: can go for the Cup, you stop it. You stop it,

582
00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:56,959
Speaker 4: or you make a deal to and you know, enhance

583
00:30:57,040 --> 00:31:03,880
Speaker 4: your chances. But this is this is time where you determine, well,

584
00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:07,080
Speaker 4: what are we you know, are you know, are we

585
00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:08,160
Speaker 4: going to be that team?

586
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:10,400
Speaker 3: And so you know, we'll see if they do it.

587
00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:13,440
Speaker 5: I think the key is you said they no team

588
00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:15,560
Speaker 5: will be great every night, and I don't think I'm

589
00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:18,520
Speaker 5: asking them to be great every night, but a professional

590
00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:22,360
Speaker 5: effort is required every night, and at at times in

591
00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:23,240
Speaker 5: this place, it was.

592
00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:25,600
Speaker 3: The effort or do you think they just.

593
00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:28,040
Speaker 9: Checked out?

594
00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:29,960
Speaker 2: It was over that was on.

595
00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:32,760
Speaker 4: Their game that night, you know they I mean.

596
00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:35,680
Speaker 2: They checked out when they checked out.

597
00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:39,920
Speaker 4: A couple of years ago with basically the same team.

598
00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:44,400
Speaker 4: They went through a patch that was horrific, right Hellibuk

599
00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:50,400
Speaker 4: was bad, you know, shifefully, you know, right on down,

600
00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:51,280
Speaker 4: they were not good.

601
00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:53,640
Speaker 3: They played really good.

602
00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:58,160
Speaker 4: The other night, you know, instead of looking at maybe

603
00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:03,000
Speaker 4: Minnesota not giving effort, I don't know if Minnesota never

604
00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:07,120
Speaker 4: doesn't give an effort. I thought the Jets were just really,

605
00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:10,000
Speaker 4: really good after that first ten minutes of the game.

606
00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:16,520
Speaker 5: That's another Yes, we'll go to another breakaway here, Uh

607
00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:18,960
Speaker 5: not to This is a guy that I never thought

608
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:21,320
Speaker 5: I would rip, and I'm not even ripping him. I'm

609
00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:25,080
Speaker 5: more just it's a level of concern. Caprisov is playing

610
00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:27,320
Speaker 5: like a good hockey player right now. He's playing like

611
00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:30,160
Speaker 5: a very good hockey player. We don't pay him to

612
00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:32,000
Speaker 5: be a very good hockey player. We pay him to

613
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:33,840
Speaker 5: be a game changer that we know he can be

614
00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:36,840
Speaker 5: and has been for years since he's been here. He's

615
00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:39,080
Speaker 5: not playing like that. And if we want to go

616
00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:41,480
Speaker 5: back to the excuse computer and lack of energy, but

617
00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:45,360
Speaker 5: is it not blatantly obvious to everyone else that I

618
00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:47,440
Speaker 5: don't know if it's that's not playing one hundred percent

619
00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:50,640
Speaker 5: we can go down that road again, or lack of energy,

620
00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:54,000
Speaker 5: but something is who broke Caprice off because it just

621
00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:56,720
Speaker 5: doesn't feel like that game breaker that we know that

622
00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:57,240
Speaker 5: he can be.

623
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Speaker 2: Right now. I don't know that I would call him broken.

624
00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:01,240
Speaker 2: I think it's the dog days of the season. I

625
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:02,760
Speaker 2: think it's catching up to all of them, and I

626
00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:05,920
Speaker 2: think Caprice have is no exception. He doesn't look the

627
00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:09,280
Speaker 2: same Patrick in my mind, especially as he did early on.

628
00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:13,000
Speaker 2: I think he's he's missing another gear. But I don't know.

629
00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:15,480
Speaker 2: I don't want to bust out the excuse the meter again,

630
00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:17,960
Speaker 2: so I don't exactly know what to attribute it to.

631
00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:20,400
Speaker 2: But he doesn't look like the same player. I don't

632
00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:22,640
Speaker 2: I wouldn't call him broken, and I would also not

633
00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:25,240
Speaker 2: say that I'm worried about him.

634
00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:28,440
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm in the I'm in the category of of

635
00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:33,480
Speaker 4: I'm not I'm not worried. I'd be worried more worried about,

636
00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:37,640
Speaker 4: you know, because everybody compliments each other on a line

637
00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:41,720
Speaker 4: and I'm not so sure Zu Guerrella has been great lately.

638
00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:45,400
Speaker 4: I think I think I think he needs to pick

639
00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:49,280
Speaker 4: up his game a little bit. They've had different centers,

640
00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:53,440
Speaker 4: whether it be rtman ear off, you know, and that's

641
00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:57,360
Speaker 4: a chemistry thing. So am I worried about Caprice?

642
00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:00,560
Speaker 3: No? Do you're I expect him to at two or

643
00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:01,120
Speaker 3: three a night?

644
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:05,160
Speaker 4: No, some people do, you know.

645
00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:06,920
Speaker 3: And that's where we're at.

646
00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:09,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, I have all more, one more.

647
00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:12,640
Speaker 5: If we don't think Capriz and I don't think he's

648
00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:16,360
Speaker 5: broken permanently. He might be, you know, might need maintenance

649
00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:18,799
Speaker 5: a little bit, but I don't think he's broken. I don't

650
00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:21,600
Speaker 5: think Walstet is broken either, but he certainly looked at

651
00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:25,000
Speaker 5: times like he may be breaking and again dog days,

652
00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:27,879
Speaker 5: but I didn't think all the goals were against wal

653
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Speaker 5: Set but it was enough to get him polled in

654
00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:33,279
Speaker 5: the third period. Probably the right decision from Hines. I

655
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Speaker 5: feel like now if we're doing the who starts the

656
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Speaker 5: playoff game, it's almost certainly Gus Bus. It's just some

657
00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:42,319
Speaker 5: of those shots from distance where Walsaid didn't really see him.

658
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Speaker 5: He just wasn't as sharp as he usually is. And

659
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Speaker 5: I'm hoping that he's not broken. But what's your level

660
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Speaker 5: of concern for the Wall of Saint Paul maybe falling down?

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Speaker 2: Big start tonight for or this afternoon, this morning, whatever

662
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Speaker 2: you want to call it for Philip Gustison, but here

663
00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:57,680
Speaker 2: are the numbers for Yes per Volstead Patrick. In his

664
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Speaker 2: last seven starts, he's two three and two with a

665
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Speaker 2: three point nine to eight goals against average and an

666
00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:05,399
Speaker 2: eight seventy one save percentage. The Great Wall of Saint

667
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:09,360
Speaker 2: Paul was super good in November, well even October, but

668
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:13,120
Speaker 2: November and December January has not been good to Yespravolstad.

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Speaker 4: I think Kevin and I you know, I stand by

670
00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:22,320
Speaker 4: this is that sometimes we blame them too much, sometimes

671
00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:26,200
Speaker 4: we praise them too much. And I'm talking about the goaltenders,

672
00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:30,279
Speaker 4: you know, the team in front of them as of

673
00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:34,879
Speaker 4: late certainly certainly not as good as they've been.

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Speaker 3: And so when they.

675
00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:42,239
Speaker 4: Defend well, he makes the saves. And when they don't

676
00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:46,000
Speaker 4: defend well and he gets hung out to dry, well,

677
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Speaker 4: you're going to give up a lot. And so yeah,

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Speaker 4: as you've been great, probably not. And when when they

679
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Speaker 4: have one as he won the games for them, maybe some,

680
00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:04,279
Speaker 4: maybe not. So I think it goes hand in hand

681
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Speaker 4: and I'll and I'll always stick to that.

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Speaker 2: All Right, we gotta go, Patrick, You're gonna take the

683
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Speaker 2: rest of the show off and get ready for tonight. Wild, No,

684
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Speaker 2: the Wild they're playing this morning. The Gophers are back

685
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Speaker 2: on the air today with a rematch against Michigan and

686
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Speaker 2: it'll be on Fox nine plus starting with the pregame

687
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Speaker 2: at five thirty. We very much look forward to watching

688
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Speaker 2: your great work.

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Speaker 3: Have a great day, guys. Thank you.

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Speaker 2: There he goes Pat mcletty. He'll be on the air

691
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Speaker 2: tonight again Fox nine plus, starting at five thirty with

692
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Speaker 2: the pregame. While he's on at five point thirty on

693
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Speaker 2: your radio dial Twin Cities News Talk AM eleven thirty

694
00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:43,000
Speaker 2: and FM one OZ three point five is the Gophers

695
00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:46,160
Speaker 2: try to gain a split against the Michigan Wolverines. We'll

696
00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:47,600
Speaker 2: take a break and then we're gonna get you ready

697
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Speaker 2: for Hockey Day Minnesota Plus. We're gonna hear from Joe

698
00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:54,160
Speaker 2: and Tom in Buffalo with the bad news that Marcus

699
00:36:54,239 --> 00:36:57,080
Speaker 2: Johansson now part of the walking wounded here for the

700
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Speaker 2: Minnesota Wild team as they go into Buffalo to take

701
00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:02,040
Speaker 2: on the Red Hot Savers. All that coming up in

702
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Speaker 2: the next little bit here on beyond the Pond.

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Speaker 7: Great moments in Hockey Day Minnesota twenty twenty three. Entering

704
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Speaker 7: a tap chance out in front of shot, say a

705
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Speaker 7: rebounds score, Brady Igebritson time it late, scores it overtime

706
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Speaker 7: in Hill Murray defeats White Bear leg on Hockey Day.

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Speaker 2: Minnesota twenty twenty three. One of my favorite moments in

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Speaker 2: all of Hockey Day Minnesota history. Twenty years they've been

709
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Speaker 2: doing this event and that's one of my favorites. You

710
00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:43,000
Speaker 2: can hear the heartbreak there as Zach Halverson forced to

711
00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:46,520
Speaker 2: call an overtime win for Hill Murray against his beloved

712
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Speaker 2: White Bear Lake Bears. That was Hockey Day Minnesota twenty

713
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Speaker 2: twenty three. Hockey Day Minnesota twenty twenty six coming up

714
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Speaker 2: next Saturday from Hastys. To talk about that and more,

715
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Speaker 2: we bring in Shane Houdela, president and founder of United

716
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Speaker 2: Heroes League, and the guy that's basically the host for

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Speaker 2: Hockey Day Minnesota twenty twenty six, Shane Kevin Falmas. Good morning, sir,

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Speaker 2: and welcome to be on the Pond.

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Speaker 8: Hey, good morning, Kevin, Thanks for having me on.

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Speaker 2: What's it been like out there. It sounds like it's

721
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Speaker 2: you've got a lot of activity. We know Hockey Day

722
00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:22,359
Speaker 2: Minnesota officially is next Saturday, but it sounds like there's

723
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Speaker 2: a lot of activity in the week that leads up

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Speaker 2: to it starting today.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, we opened the gates for Hockey Day Minnesota week.

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Speaker 8: We're calling it down here nine am this morning, right

727
00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:39,560
Speaker 8: now on the ice, you've got Rochester Mail and Rochester

728
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Speaker 8: Century John Marshall in a big clash. But programming all

729
00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:48,080
Speaker 8: week long, it's we're trying to send a new level

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Speaker 8: for the event and it's going to be just epic.

731
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Speaker 2: You can get the actual schedule at hockeydamn dot com,

732
00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:58,520
Speaker 2: but give us some of the highlights, not only today

733
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Speaker 2: but throughout the course of the week. I saw some

734
00:39:00,719 --> 00:39:03,480
Speaker 2: cool stuff on Alumni game later on this week, the

735
00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:06,120
Speaker 2: Iowa Wild are going to be on the Shields Rink.

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Speaker 2: This is cool stuff happening.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, it's significant matchups that NHL Alumni game. Some super

738
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:21,440
Speaker 8: huge names, right Perezy dustin Bufflin, former Twins legend, Joe Maherd,

739
00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:26,440
Speaker 8: just a ton of great names for that. That will

740
00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:29,640
Speaker 8: be a great game. It's US born players versus the

741
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Speaker 8: world and we even have a former Minnesota Wild captain,

742
00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:38,200
Speaker 8: West Walls captaining the world team. So big match up there.

743
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Speaker 8: And the big buzz outside of Hockey Day itself is

744
00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:48,239
Speaker 8: that Iowa Wild Outdoor Classic it's the first ever outdoor

745
00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:51,319
Speaker 8: game in the history of the Iowa Wild, taking on

746
00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:57,239
Speaker 8: border rivals, the Milwaukee Admirals from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. So we'll

747
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Speaker 8: be at capacity for sure that night, and just all

748
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Speaker 8: all the bells and whistles right the flyover, all the

749
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Speaker 8: things that you had seen in a big ticket production.

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Speaker 2: That is so cool. You guys do everything right down there. Regardless,

751
00:40:09,840 --> 00:40:13,360
Speaker 2: I can't imagine that Hockey Day Minnesota would be any different.

752
00:40:13,719 --> 00:40:16,359
Speaker 2: We're going to see a lot of the Shields Rink

753
00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:19,040
Speaker 2: at United Heroes League coming up throughout the course of

754
00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:21,440
Speaker 2: the week and especially next Saturday. But for the fans

755
00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:23,840
Speaker 2: that haven't checked it out as of yet, give us

756
00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:26,400
Speaker 2: kind of a feel for how did this thing come about,

757
00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:28,160
Speaker 2: first of all, and how did you make it such

758
00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:29,680
Speaker 2: a magnificent facility?

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Speaker 8: Sure, the well first and foremost, Minnesota Wild have been

760
00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:39,000
Speaker 8: a major partner and supporter of ours and military families

761
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Speaker 8: since we started the foundation way back in two thousand

762
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Speaker 8: and nine. So about five years ago we decided to

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Speaker 8: embark on building an outdoor NHL spec refrigerated ice sheet

764
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Speaker 8: in our field of dreams, setting a couple miles out

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Speaker 8: of town from Hastings, so we went through the process

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Speaker 8: then saying jeez, we think this would be awesome for

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Speaker 8: Hockey Day, worked with the Wild got the call ahead

768
00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:11,560
Speaker 8: of Hockey Day twenty twenty four in Roseo or war

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Speaker 8: Road that we got picked. So it made the trip

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Speaker 8: up and we started our two year planning window to

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Speaker 8: make this the biggest and best day yet for the

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Speaker 8: twentieth anniversary of Hockey Day Minnesota.

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Speaker 2: What's been the reaction of the community in and around Hastings,

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Speaker 2: especially the Hastings youth hockey program, not only the high

775
00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:34,399
Speaker 2: school group, but I know you've got ages of all

776
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Speaker 2: levels going through some of the process over the course

777
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Speaker 2: of this next week. What's been the reaction from some

778
00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:42,040
Speaker 2: of the community groups.

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Speaker 8: It's been wild, Kevin, Like, our entire town of twenty

780
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Speaker 8: thousand people has been waiting for today for the gates

781
00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:51,719
Speaker 8: to open, for all of the work and energy that

782
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Speaker 8: have gone into this to finally come to fruition. And

783
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Speaker 8: you know, me as a lifelong Hastings resident, I grew

784
00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:03,960
Speaker 8: up here and other than leaving for military duty, this

785
00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:07,920
Speaker 8: has been my home. And it's been so amazing to

786
00:42:08,040 --> 00:42:11,440
Speaker 8: see so many small businesses, to see our mayor and

787
00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:15,960
Speaker 8: our city staff to see an army of volunteers come

788
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:19,480
Speaker 8: out of the community here to make sure that the

789
00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:24,560
Speaker 8: event is incredible. And it's just we're a unique community, right.

790
00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:28,120
Speaker 8: We're a very small town, but we've produced a wealth

791
00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:31,400
Speaker 8: of NHL talent when you look at guys like Jeff Tacee,

792
00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:36,440
Speaker 8: Derek step On, Taylor Charney, the list goes on. So

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Speaker 8: it's just we're a hockey town and we're excited to

794
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Speaker 8: do it right this year.

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Speaker 2: I think a lot of people are tired of the cold,

796
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Speaker 2: frigid temps, and it sounds like it's going to get

797
00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:48,319
Speaker 2: worse before it gets better. You guys probably enjoys us,

798
00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:50,680
Speaker 2: especially the way the ice is set up down there.

799
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Speaker 2: I bet the ice service is going to be fantastic

800
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Speaker 2: this week.

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00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:59,600
Speaker 8: Yeah, ice is great. We've got Ringtech International best crew

802
00:42:59,719 --> 00:43:01,880
Speaker 8: that's out there to help us maintain the ice and

803
00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:04,480
Speaker 8: augment our staff and kind of take the reins on

804
00:43:04,600 --> 00:43:08,920
Speaker 8: ice quality. But we also have a tremendous amount of

805
00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:13,400
Speaker 8: very warm space. So we have this massive Treasure Island

806
00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:18,960
Speaker 8: resort and casino entertainment tent, heated live bands every single day.

807
00:43:19,920 --> 00:43:23,440
Speaker 8: We have a gigantic cub foods, food and beer garden,

808
00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:29,040
Speaker 8: another gigantic tent, warm space, grab a meal, sit down,

809
00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:33,440
Speaker 8: have a brew between games, and then make your way

810
00:43:33,480 --> 00:43:36,240
Speaker 8: to the stands. And by all means, bring your blankets,

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Speaker 8: the heavy part of the pad to sit on. We'll

812
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Speaker 8: get through it right room, Minnesotan say it's right now.

813
00:43:43,160 --> 00:43:45,520
Speaker 8: I think the coldest temp I see is about negative TV,

814
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Speaker 8: so that's not too bad.

815
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Speaker 2: No, Hey, they've been in Bamidgi bought at Bay. They've

816
00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:53,120
Speaker 2: had some frigid temps over the course of twenty years

817
00:43:53,120 --> 00:43:55,279
Speaker 2: of Hockey Day Minnesota. I think you guys will be

818
00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:58,280
Speaker 2: just fine. Have you pictured what a week from tomorrow

819
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Speaker 2: will look like? Do you you just like decompress? I mean,

820
00:44:01,440 --> 00:44:03,680
Speaker 2: this is like a Super Bowl practically that you guys

821
00:44:03,719 --> 00:44:07,960
Speaker 2: are putting on there on the stage in Hastings. A

822
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Speaker 2: week from tomorrow, I'm guessing you're going to have to

823
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Speaker 2: hibernate for them months.

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Speaker 8: I might take a nap, Kevin's It's been a lot

825
00:44:15,719 --> 00:44:18,719
Speaker 8: of eighteen hour days, seven days a week for the

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Speaker 8: last couple of weeks leading up to this. But I

827
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Speaker 8: think once fans start to see some of the drone

828
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Speaker 8: shots and the imagery, I think the reaction is going

829
00:44:28,080 --> 00:44:30,440
Speaker 8: to be Jesus. This looks like a Skadium series or

830
00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:34,160
Speaker 8: a Winter Classic game, just with the build out, you know,

831
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Speaker 8: three quarters of a mile skate trail, massive tense capacity

832
00:44:38,840 --> 00:44:42,279
Speaker 8: for five thousand around the rink in one of our

833
00:44:42,360 --> 00:44:46,200
Speaker 8: brand new gems at United Heroes League, a high end

834
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Speaker 8: JumboTron video scoreboard that we're playing the Prezy Madonna Broughton

835
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Speaker 8: video and yeah, yeah, it's been awesome.

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Speaker 2: I'm sending folks to Hockey Day and is that the

837
00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:02,200
Speaker 2: best website for them to go to?

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00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:05,960
Speaker 8: That's the best spot. Gets your tickets early. We do

839
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Speaker 8: anticipate a sellout for Friday when Iowa and Milwaukee are

840
00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:12,799
Speaker 8: here square it off, so there'll be a point where

841
00:45:12,840 --> 00:45:17,000
Speaker 8: we shut down tickets that allow you access ringside for

842
00:45:17,080 --> 00:45:20,080
Speaker 8: that pace. So really encourage fans to get out there

843
00:45:20,120 --> 00:45:22,640
Speaker 8: and get those tickets if they're interested in that game.

844
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Speaker 2: I wish you good luck. You don't need it. I

845
00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:27,160
Speaker 2: know you guys are going to put on a wonderful

846
00:45:27,160 --> 00:45:30,440
Speaker 2: show there in Hastings, but definitely good luck, have fun,

847
00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:33,040
Speaker 2: and we look forward to watching things progress over the

848
00:45:33,080 --> 00:45:34,800
Speaker 2: course of the next seven days.

849
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Speaker 8: Thanks buddy, We'll see you out here.

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Speaker 2: There you go, Shane Hudella, President and founder of United

851
00:45:41,239 --> 00:45:44,440
Speaker 2: Heroes League. Those are the guys that are basically hosting

852
00:45:44,600 --> 00:45:48,960
Speaker 2: Hockey Day Minnesota in Hastings. Officially, Hockey Day Minnesota is

853
00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:52,040
Speaker 2: one week away, but a great stuff coming up all

854
00:45:52,200 --> 00:45:54,120
Speaker 2: throughout the course of this week. And as you heard,

855
00:45:54,360 --> 00:45:59,320
Speaker 2: the schedules available at Hockeydamn dot com including tickets, quick break,

856
00:45:59,440 --> 00:46:01,320
Speaker 2: and then we'll get thank you ready for the Wild

857
00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:04,000
Speaker 2: and Sabers coming up from Buffalo. We're going to go

858
00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:06,319
Speaker 2: to key Bank Center and check in with Tom Raid

859
00:46:06,360 --> 00:46:18,240
Speaker 2: and Joe O'Donnell. Next, I'm bey on the Pond Network

860
00:46:18,320 --> 00:46:20,920
Speaker 2: free game coming up right around the corner. While taking

861
00:46:20,920 --> 00:46:23,279
Speaker 2: on the Sabers in Buffalo, we knew it was going

862
00:46:23,360 --> 00:46:25,760
Speaker 2: to be a tough challenge regardless, but now the injury

863
00:46:25,840 --> 00:46:30,560
Speaker 2: situation definitely not playing in their favor. Although healthy. We

864
00:46:30,640 --> 00:46:33,720
Speaker 2: got Joe O'Donnell and Tom Raid. They're at key Bank Center. Gentlemen,

865
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Speaker 2: good morning, Welcome to a little Mattinee hockey here between

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Speaker 2: the Wild and Sabers. Yeah, we're gonna have that.

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Speaker 10: It's a little bit nicer today than it was yesterday.

868
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Speaker 10: Very sloppy when we landed yesterday, and of course, after

869
00:46:45,239 --> 00:46:47,440
Speaker 10: the game today we all headed north, going to Toronto,

870
00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:50,160
Speaker 10: crossing the Peace Bridge, which is the other side of

871
00:46:50,239 --> 00:46:53,560
Speaker 10: Fort Erie and my hometown. So I got friends coming

872
00:46:53,600 --> 00:46:55,880
Speaker 10: to the game here today. But this is a huge

873
00:46:55,880 --> 00:46:58,480
Speaker 10: game from Minnesota, and we're gonna get into all the injuries,

874
00:46:58,520 --> 00:46:59,280
Speaker 10: and so I'm sure.

875
00:46:59,160 --> 00:47:00,520
Speaker 3: A lot of people know. But you and I've been

876
00:47:00,600 --> 00:47:02,120
Speaker 3: just looking each other this today.

877
00:47:01,920 --> 00:47:04,279
Speaker 2: And really, this is this is the lineup. We'll see

878
00:47:04,280 --> 00:47:06,520
Speaker 2: what happens. Yeah, Joe, we knew coming in it was

879
00:47:06,600 --> 00:47:08,239
Speaker 2: going to be tough because of the guys that are

880
00:47:08,280 --> 00:47:10,960
Speaker 2: on the injured reserve. And only hear from John Hines

881
00:47:11,040 --> 00:47:13,640
Speaker 2: moments ago. And there's another name added to the list

882
00:47:13,680 --> 00:47:14,640
Speaker 2: not available today.

883
00:47:15,239 --> 00:47:19,440
Speaker 9: Yeah, Marcus Johansson's not available for the wild And as

884
00:47:19,520 --> 00:47:21,520
Speaker 9: John Hines said at the local media, he was having

885
00:47:21,520 --> 00:47:23,600
Speaker 9: his coffee yesterday morning, he was packing up his things

886
00:47:23,600 --> 00:47:25,000
Speaker 9: for the trip and he started to you know, his

887
00:47:25,040 --> 00:47:28,359
Speaker 9: phone started to go off there with Hey, this guy's out,

888
00:47:28,400 --> 00:47:30,640
Speaker 9: this guy's not traveling, this guy's had a setback.

889
00:47:30,680 --> 00:47:32,719
Speaker 2: Whatever. So it's gonna be tough.

890
00:47:32,760 --> 00:47:37,560
Speaker 9: No Boldie, no Eric Sinek, no Brodein, no Bogosian, no Johansson.

891
00:47:38,280 --> 00:47:41,000
Speaker 9: I'm sure I missed somebody, uh and when I was

892
00:47:41,000 --> 00:47:43,920
Speaker 9: looking earlier today, Kevin, the Wild today have six players

893
00:47:43,960 --> 00:47:45,640
Speaker 9: on the roster not all be in the line up.

894
00:47:45,640 --> 00:47:48,080
Speaker 9: Of six players on the roster that have spent time

895
00:47:48,080 --> 00:47:51,000
Speaker 9: in both Iowa and Minnesota this season. So there are

896
00:47:51,040 --> 00:47:53,239
Speaker 9: a lot of AHL call ups here right now. But

897
00:47:53,320 --> 00:47:55,360
Speaker 9: this is why you make those depth signings in July.

898
00:47:55,560 --> 00:47:59,320
Speaker 9: Some veteran players like a Tyler Pittlick, like a Nicholas

899
00:47:59,320 --> 00:48:02,360
Speaker 9: obay Kupell, though he'll be out, won't play here today,

900
00:48:02,360 --> 00:48:04,840
Speaker 9: we don't expect. But you sign some of these guys

901
00:48:04,880 --> 00:48:07,480
Speaker 9: because you hope, well you know at some point you're

902
00:48:07,480 --> 00:48:09,399
Speaker 9: gonna need them, and you hope their experience and their

903
00:48:09,480 --> 00:48:12,239
Speaker 9: veteran presence haven't been around the game before it can

904
00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:12,560
Speaker 9: help you.

905
00:48:12,960 --> 00:48:13,200
Speaker 8: Tom.

906
00:48:13,520 --> 00:48:14,840
Speaker 2: This isn't the first time in the Wild they have

907
00:48:14,960 --> 00:48:17,760
Speaker 2: dealt with injuries this season, but this time it seems

908
00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:20,960
Speaker 2: like they're taking an extra lump year. You're losing your

909
00:48:21,120 --> 00:48:24,320
Speaker 2: entire second line, and we know how good Boldie Johanson

910
00:48:24,320 --> 00:48:27,799
Speaker 2: and Ericsonet have been. You're also without Jonas Brodein. How

911
00:48:27,840 --> 00:48:30,080
Speaker 2: do they go to battle here against a team that's

912
00:48:30,560 --> 00:48:33,919
Speaker 2: unstoppable Practically fifteen to seventeen. The Savers have won here

913
00:48:34,120 --> 00:48:35,680
Speaker 2: and they've been just a wagon.

914
00:48:36,040 --> 00:48:38,600
Speaker 10: Yeah, they really have been a wonderful theme here. It's

915
00:48:38,600 --> 00:48:40,800
Speaker 10: great to see. Also, this building has been packed with

916
00:48:40,920 --> 00:48:43,600
Speaker 10: the fans all season long because of what's happened here,

917
00:48:44,000 --> 00:48:45,480
Speaker 10: winning fifty to seventeen.

918
00:48:45,520 --> 00:48:48,360
Speaker 2: But the thing is that Kevin, the guys on the

919
00:48:48,360 --> 00:48:50,040
Speaker 2: ice have to play the game.

920
00:48:50,120 --> 00:48:52,480
Speaker 10: They have to be their very best and the wild

921
00:48:52,520 --> 00:48:55,040
Speaker 10: players know they cannot afford to give the puck away,

922
00:48:55,239 --> 00:48:57,520
Speaker 10: especially in their own defensive zone. But what they have

923
00:48:57,560 --> 00:48:59,840
Speaker 10: to do is work as a unit. The conversation have

924
00:48:59,880 --> 00:49:02,200
Speaker 10: to be there, The communication on that bench has to

925
00:49:02,239 --> 00:49:04,719
Speaker 10: be good, and the guys have to play for themselves.

926
00:49:04,880 --> 00:49:07,600
Speaker 2: But they play for themselves, but they put excuse me, play.

927
00:49:07,400 --> 00:49:10,400
Speaker 10: As a team also, and that's very important. But they're

928
00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:13,960
Speaker 10: playing against a team that is riding high right now, Joe.

929
00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:16,840
Speaker 2: As you look at the goaltending situation, wasn't a good

930
00:49:17,040 --> 00:49:20,080
Speaker 2: back to back starts for Yesper Volstead. The two biggest

931
00:49:20,080 --> 00:49:23,280
Speaker 2: clunkers since October on home ice came at his expense.

932
00:49:23,320 --> 00:49:26,319
Speaker 2: Now you get Philip Gustilson back in there today. How

933
00:49:26,320 --> 00:49:28,000
Speaker 2: big is it for him to be large in that

934
00:49:28,080 --> 00:49:30,560
Speaker 2: goal with you know, is a battered lineup in front

935
00:49:30,560 --> 00:49:30,879
Speaker 2: of him.

936
00:49:31,040 --> 00:49:34,239
Speaker 9: I mean, it's absolutely critical. He's got to go back to.

937
00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:36,799
Speaker 9: I don't want to say go back to. He's got

938
00:49:36,840 --> 00:49:39,080
Speaker 9: to be the Gus bust that that we've come to

939
00:49:39,120 --> 00:49:40,879
Speaker 9: know the last few years when he's on his game.

940
00:49:40,880 --> 00:49:43,160
Speaker 9: He's got to be you know, a nine to fifteen

941
00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:45,680
Speaker 9: or better say percentage today. And I feel like there

942
00:49:45,719 --> 00:49:48,920
Speaker 9: is a chance for Gustison today to cement himself again

943
00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:51,520
Speaker 9: as the guy, right Like for a few you know,

944
00:49:51,560 --> 00:49:54,279
Speaker 9: six weeks there, there was that rotation and Volstead was

945
00:49:54,320 --> 00:49:56,600
Speaker 9: playing great and now the young kid has kind of

946
00:49:56,600 --> 00:49:58,680
Speaker 9: stumbled a little bit. So Gustison, you give him the

947
00:49:58,719 --> 00:50:01,560
Speaker 9: contract extension this summer. One of the better paid goaltenders

948
00:50:01,560 --> 00:50:03,879
Speaker 9: in the league. You always hear long term, he's kind

949
00:50:03,880 --> 00:50:06,239
Speaker 9: of your number one, right, Like, this is the type

950
00:50:06,280 --> 00:50:07,799
Speaker 9: of game where you need your number one to be

951
00:50:07,800 --> 00:50:09,880
Speaker 9: your number one. And then you know, if he plays

952
00:50:09,880 --> 00:50:12,520
Speaker 9: well today, you expect them to get the start in Toronto,

953
00:50:12,560 --> 00:50:14,720
Speaker 9: and then it's a back to back with Montreal on Tuesday,

954
00:50:14,760 --> 00:50:17,200
Speaker 9: and False gets another opportunity to kind of right the ship.

955
00:50:17,320 --> 00:50:19,400
Speaker 9: So it is a big spot for the Wild defensively,

956
00:50:19,480 --> 00:50:22,319
Speaker 9: goaltending wise, I expect Gusterson to play well in this

957
00:50:22,360 --> 00:50:23,879
Speaker 9: building today and give the wild a chance.

958
00:50:24,080 --> 00:50:26,359
Speaker 2: Tom, growing up in Fort Erie, what was it like

959
00:50:26,640 --> 00:50:29,560
Speaker 2: the border battle? As you looked over at the American side,

960
00:50:29,600 --> 00:50:31,400
Speaker 2: they looked at the Canadian side. What was it like

961
00:50:31,560 --> 00:50:33,759
Speaker 2: growing up in that area? It was kind of fun

962
00:50:33,760 --> 00:50:37,280
Speaker 2: to be honest with the Americans. Kids. They just throw dynamite,

963
00:50:37,320 --> 00:50:40,319
Speaker 2: as Kevin, and then we've beg today, is we right?

964
00:50:40,400 --> 00:50:47,080
Speaker 2: And throw it back? That wasn't going on in my neighborhood. Oh,

965
00:50:47,120 --> 00:50:47,920
Speaker 2: you're such a beauty.

966
00:50:48,160 --> 00:50:50,840
Speaker 10: All right, gentlemen, Hey, hey, just show you know louis

967
00:50:50,880 --> 00:50:52,000
Speaker 10: here too, so be careful.

968
00:50:52,040 --> 00:50:52,640
Speaker 3: All that's right.

969
00:50:52,680 --> 00:50:55,040
Speaker 10: I gotta get to that food Dyne quick before say

970
00:50:55,080 --> 00:50:56,200
Speaker 10: some of that dynamite for him.

971
00:50:56,880 --> 00:50:57,280
Speaker 3: Exactly.

972
00:50:57,440 --> 00:50:59,200
Speaker 2: Gentlemen, could have a good game. We'll want to talk

973
00:50:59,239 --> 00:50:59,880
Speaker 2: to you here shortly.

974
00:51:00,040 --> 00:51:00,320
Speaker 3: Thank you.

975
00:51:00,600 --> 00:51:02,719
Speaker 2: There you go. Tom Reid and Joe o'donnad. Yeah, they

976
00:51:02,760 --> 00:51:05,080
Speaker 2: would throw the dynamite, we'd light it and throw it back.

977
00:51:05,480 --> 00:51:08,399
Speaker 2: Vintage Tom Reid, so Brett. That's what's coming up here

978
00:51:08,440 --> 00:51:10,040
Speaker 2: in just a little bit. It's going to be the

979
00:51:10,040 --> 00:51:12,680
Speaker 2: Wild and Sabers from Buffalo. You got the excuse of

980
00:51:12,760 --> 00:51:13,680
Speaker 2: meter ready to roll.

981
00:51:14,239 --> 00:51:18,759
Speaker 5: I don't, and poor Louis, someone watch out for him,

982
00:51:18,760 --> 00:51:22,120
Speaker 5: get a wellness check on him. Yeah. I was jokingly

983
00:51:22,160 --> 00:51:25,480
Speaker 5: doing it earlier in the show, but now with the

984
00:51:25,680 --> 00:51:28,239
Speaker 5: more injuries, now it's more of a legit excuse. I

985
00:51:28,239 --> 00:51:30,960
Speaker 5: didn't think it was an excuse this past homestand I

986
00:51:30,960 --> 00:51:33,640
Speaker 5: didn't think there was enough. Yeah, Eck really hurts. Brodein

987
00:51:33,760 --> 00:51:36,400
Speaker 5: really hurts, but not that much where you can't break

988
00:51:36,400 --> 00:51:39,280
Speaker 5: out the pocker make simple passes. This is another level

989
00:51:39,280 --> 00:51:41,960
Speaker 5: of injury and it stinks. I'd almost ruin my bit,

990
00:51:41,960 --> 00:51:43,360
Speaker 5: but I ended up going with it anyways.

991
00:51:43,560 --> 00:51:49,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'll tell you sometimes you can't go long term

992
00:51:49,239 --> 00:51:51,759
Speaker 2: without most of these guys in the lineup. You need

993
00:51:51,800 --> 00:51:54,240
Speaker 2: a Boldie, you need a Johanson, you need an Ericsonick,

994
00:51:54,280 --> 00:51:56,759
Speaker 2: you need a Brodein for this team to be successful

995
00:51:56,840 --> 00:51:59,640
Speaker 2: in March, April and beyond. But you know, for the

996
00:51:59,680 --> 00:52:01,960
Speaker 2: short term, maybe they can tread water a little bit

997
00:52:02,040 --> 00:52:06,760
Speaker 2: and band together. You know the old saying, the rally

998
00:52:06,760 --> 00:52:09,480
Speaker 2: around each other and look to your left, look to

999
00:52:09,480 --> 00:52:11,400
Speaker 2: your right. We're the guys that are going to battle,

1000
00:52:11,400 --> 00:52:13,120
Speaker 2: and these are the guys that are gonna get it done.

1001
00:52:13,400 --> 00:52:15,600
Speaker 2: They're gonna need a full team effort today. They're gonna

1002
00:52:15,640 --> 00:52:17,640
Speaker 2: need a better effort than what we saw through the

1003
00:52:17,680 --> 00:52:20,520
Speaker 2: majority of that hockey game against the Jets. Outside of

1004
00:52:20,520 --> 00:52:22,480
Speaker 2: the first ten minutes, you know, the rest of that

1005
00:52:22,560 --> 00:52:24,400
Speaker 2: game was kind of a throwaway. Same thing with the

1006
00:52:24,400 --> 00:52:27,120
Speaker 2: New Jersey Devils. They can't play that way today in Buffalo.

1007
00:52:27,120 --> 00:52:29,440
Speaker 2: They've got to have a full sixty and it's got

1008
00:52:29,480 --> 00:52:31,759
Speaker 2: to be everyone contributing, and we'll see what they can

1009
00:52:31,800 --> 00:52:34,839
Speaker 2: put together. A very good Buffalo Savers team, as we said,

1010
00:52:34,880 --> 00:52:37,960
Speaker 2: have one fifteen of their last seventeen overall, and eight

1011
00:52:38,000 --> 00:52:40,680
Speaker 2: of their last nine at home. No beyond the Pond

1012
00:52:40,719 --> 00:52:43,240
Speaker 2: next weekend. Brett, I know you'll miss us. Das.

1013
00:52:43,360 --> 00:52:48,439
Speaker 5: Yeah, I want to get ridiculed, but you know it's fine.

1014
00:52:48,440 --> 00:52:51,280
Speaker 2: It's all part of it. No one ridicules you. That's Brett,

1015
00:52:51,320 --> 00:52:54,879
Speaker 2: Blake Moore, Pat mcletty as well. Gophers coming up later

1016
00:52:54,960 --> 00:52:58,160
Speaker 2: on tonight. But the Wild and Savers coming up from

1017
00:52:58,239 --> 00:53:00,640
Speaker 2: Buffalo will break and then the net work will join

1018
00:53:00,880 --> 00:53:02,840
Speaker 2: here in a matter of moments. Thanks for listening to

1019
00:53:02,880 --> 00:53:04,879
Speaker 2: another edition of Here on the Park.