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Speaker 3: Anyone who puckers up their lips and presses it against

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Speaker 2: I seem to think and at everything except my work.

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Speaker 4: Thinking of it as colors, there's black and there's white,

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Speaker 4: Now. Gray is a tough color because it's not as

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Speaker 2: You won, correct? They still have the trophy.

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Speaker 2: And that's how you do it.

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Speaker 3: A number of Texters are responding. I appreciate the devotion

439
00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:44,679
Speaker 3: and interest from the hockey community. Brandt for example, you

440
00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:47,120
Speaker 3: don't trade Volstead, who has all his prime yeers ahead

441
00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:50,320
Speaker 3: of him. You trade Gus Buss, who will relieve salary

442
00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:52,000
Speaker 3: cap now and will be thirty and two and a

443
00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:55,560
Speaker 3: half years. Not all goalies, but a lot of them

444
00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:58,320
Speaker 3: are like running backs and they start dropping off rapidly

445
00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,800
Speaker 3: after thirty. Can you get as much for Gus Buss?

446
00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:04,560
Speaker 3: I guess it depends on what else is in the pack.

447
00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:06,360
Speaker 3: You're probably gonna have to give up another number one

448
00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:07,720
Speaker 3: as part of the package, aren't you.

449
00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:09,399
Speaker 2: I mean goaltenders are mercurial.

450
00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:12,160
Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, they could fall off on the you know,

451
00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:15,280
Speaker 5: and off the drop of the hat. I think the

452
00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:18,679
Speaker 5: idea with trading valse that is he's franchised goaltender for

453
00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:21,879
Speaker 5: the next so where Gus Buss is more of a

454
00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:24,959
Speaker 5: easier guy. Now, yeah, and we'll see what happens. But

455
00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:28,600
Speaker 5: twenty seven is not. I would be down to trade

456
00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:31,719
Speaker 5: either one of them individually, not together right if it

457
00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:33,920
Speaker 5: was for the right big fish that would help the

458
00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:36,719
Speaker 5: seem couldn't agree more so, I don't hate it entirely.

459
00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:39,280
Speaker 5: I think that there's probably more value in trade and Volved.

460
00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:43,040
Speaker 3: Brandon from Becker Wild also need a first round pick

461
00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:46,560
Speaker 3: to add to the package, and Russo dropped potentially shipping.

462
00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:47,359
Speaker 2: How you pronounced it?

463
00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:47,520
Speaker 1: Is it?

464
00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:51,080
Speaker 2: You're a sick jerrychick? Jerry I can never.

465
00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:52,879
Speaker 3: Pronounce his name to Nashville, who were interested in him

466
00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:55,480
Speaker 3: last year went off for Columbus. Two first round picks

467
00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:57,800
Speaker 3: need either are a star, someone with term to part

468
00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:00,159
Speaker 3: with Wall Street, not just a rental well obviously that

469
00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:04,639
Speaker 3: was but obviously you can't. Yeah, I mean whatever, if

470
00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:06,119
Speaker 3: you make that big of a deal, it can't be

471
00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:10,400
Speaker 3: and you include your goaltender of the future, it can't

472
00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:14,159
Speaker 3: be for a rental. Right, by definition, that to me

473
00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:18,000
Speaker 3: would be general manager. I think that'd be general manager.

474
00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:21,960
Speaker 3: Now practice, don't you You can't do a rental. You're

475
00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:24,159
Speaker 3: willing to run that risk. You almost have to know

476
00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:28,240
Speaker 3: you're gonna be able to just yeah, it just depends

477
00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:28,520
Speaker 3: on who.

478
00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:31,360
Speaker 5: If it's the same thing with with Quinn coming here,

479
00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:35,159
Speaker 5: I mean, yeah, you get another year. So but if

480
00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:38,359
Speaker 5: he says, there's a world where Quinn Hughes says next year,

481
00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:40,120
Speaker 5: you know what, it's been fun.

482
00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:41,280
Speaker 2: It's November.

483
00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:43,639
Speaker 5: But I'm just telling you now, I'm not resigning and

484
00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:44,680
Speaker 5: we're gonna have to trade them.

485
00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:48,120
Speaker 3: It's it's not out of the realm of possibility. So yeah,

486
00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:49,399
Speaker 3: that's true. We did talk about that.

487
00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:52,640
Speaker 5: So it's almost it's not a rental, but it all

488
00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:55,960
Speaker 5: it could be. Potentially hopefully it's not. But one way

489
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:57,760
Speaker 5: to make it not a rentals to go after another.

490
00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:01,600
Speaker 3: Sam asks what he calls an honest question, and it's

491
00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:03,080
Speaker 3: a good one. Is it more likely to win the

492
00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:08,720
Speaker 3: Cup with good goaltending and elite scoring, or elite goaltending

493
00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:09,880
Speaker 3: and good scoring.

494
00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:14,240
Speaker 5: Here's my controversial and this is what I've been saying

495
00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:15,840
Speaker 5: for as long as I've been here.

496
00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:18,359
Speaker 2: I moved up here in twenty nineteen, and I felt

497
00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:19,680
Speaker 2: this way for a year before that.

498
00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:23,960
Speaker 5: The biggest thing holding back in my mind is not size,

499
00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:27,240
Speaker 5: is not goaltending. It's depth, scoring and scoring up and

500
00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:29,080
Speaker 5: down the line up and the center position.

501
00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:30,000
Speaker 2: I can't argue with it.

502
00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:33,200
Speaker 5: So and we've tried. You know, there was a couple

503
00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:36,640
Speaker 5: of years where Dumnik was playing elite. He fell off

504
00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:41,440
Speaker 5: precipitously unfortunately. But there we've had good goaltending, we've had

505
00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:45,120
Speaker 5: strong defense, and the result is the same. Give me

506
00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:48,240
Speaker 5: elite scoring, I want to see how that plays out,

507
00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:52,360
Speaker 5: and good goaltending over the opposite.

508
00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:55,120
Speaker 3: A lot of good techs are coming in. What was

509
00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:57,840
Speaker 3: the next one? No, the Gus bust one. We already read.

510
00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:01,600
Speaker 2: This a while and Bill Gary need to go all in.

511
00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:03,000
Speaker 3: If they don't win this year, they could be bad

512
00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:04,800
Speaker 3: for a long time after giving up all their prospects.

513
00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:06,880
Speaker 3: It's now or never, mister Caraam could be on the

514
00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:10,800
Speaker 3: chopping block within two years your thoughts. You never know,

515
00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:14,479
Speaker 3: because I think the owner's pretty loyal. Yeah, it depends

516
00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:20,320
Speaker 3: on what happens. I would say, if the Wild get it, well,

517
00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:22,080
Speaker 3: yeah they're going to be in the playoffs this year.

518
00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:25,160
Speaker 3: If they lose in the first round, anything's possible. In

519
00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:28,560
Speaker 3: all honesty, I think, especially if they make another big move.

520
00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:30,040
Speaker 3: On the other hand, you could do the old Well, no,

521
00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:31,200
Speaker 3: we made that move.

522
00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:32,600
Speaker 2: Not just for now. We're not going to panic.

523
00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:35,280
Speaker 3: We're just going to keep this group together and we're

524
00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:38,320
Speaker 3: going to keep chipping away at it until we get there.

525
00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:41,239
Speaker 3: That goes back to just how patient the owner would be.

526
00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:43,800
Speaker 3: And it's such a hypothetical because it would depend on

527
00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:45,440
Speaker 3: how that playoff series played out.

528
00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:49,160
Speaker 2: Who you're playing. Were you in it the whole way

529
00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:50,160
Speaker 2: and you lost in the game.

530
00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:52,320
Speaker 3: So you know what I'm saying, there's too many variables,

531
00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:55,240
Speaker 3: I think to really go too far down that road.

532
00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:58,520
Speaker 3: Let me get to protecting our future and playing for

533
00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:01,160
Speaker 3: the prospects has not really served the Wild all that

534
00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:05,880
Speaker 3: well so far in there. No, your prospects have generally

535
00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:08,520
Speaker 3: not been as good as was advertised. Correct, didn't They

536
00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:09,720
Speaker 3: didn't work out to that degree.

537
00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:12,840
Speaker 5: I mean the biggest swing they took was obviously Parisian Suitor,

538
00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:16,200
Speaker 5: but those Parisian Suitor are not the level of Caprice

539
00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:20,400
Speaker 5: Off and Quinn Hughes close. So this is the biggest

540
00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:23,720
Speaker 5: swing we've seen for the wild Now there potentially could

541
00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:25,640
Speaker 5: be more on the way. I'm just saying I'm down

542
00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:27,480
Speaker 5: for a change of pace because the last twenty five

543
00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:30,120
Speaker 5: years has just been okay, and that's not good enough.

544
00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:34,560
Speaker 3: Some good texts coming in for Chris Maddle as well,

545
00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:36,959
Speaker 3: which I will hold on to. I believe this is

546
00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:41,760
Speaker 3: factually false. Somebody a listener heard us talking about Joe

547
00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:45,880
Speaker 3: Montana and he writes the Vikings took Steve Dill's two

548
00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:47,080
Speaker 3: picks ahead of Montana.

549
00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:48,640
Speaker 2: I don't think that's true.

550
00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:51,920
Speaker 3: That would be I believe the nineteen the nineteen seventy

551
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,720
Speaker 3: nine draft, I believe was Montana's draft. I think it

552
00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:56,720
Speaker 3: was a third round draft pick, so he was not

553
00:30:56,880 --> 00:31:00,880
Speaker 3: highly regarded coming out of college at all and turn

554
00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:03,120
Speaker 3: out to be one of the greatest. When you talk

555
00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:08,440
Speaker 3: about postseason quarterbacks, it's hard to get much better, certainly

556
00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:12,120
Speaker 3: in that era or era, than Joe Montana.

557
00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:16,240
Speaker 5: So Joe Montana third round, eighty second pick from looking ahead,

558
00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:17,280
Speaker 5: I'm not seeing.

559
00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:20,040
Speaker 3: I don't think the Vikings. You know who they took

560
00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:23,360
Speaker 3: in that draft in the second round. They took David Huffman,

561
00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:28,880
Speaker 3: offensive lineman, member of the fan way back in the day,

562
00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:33,280
Speaker 3: the late great David Huffman. One of the best interviews

563
00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:38,160
Speaker 3: on a regular basis that I ever had, Ted Brown.

564
00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:40,440
Speaker 3: Ted Brown there running back, Yeah, exactly. So I don't

565
00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:45,120
Speaker 3: think that's somebody maybe who is so miserable about the

566
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:48,800
Speaker 3: mistakes the Vikings have made at the quarterback position. Look

567
00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:50,720
Speaker 3: up Steve Dills because I don't even think he was

568
00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:53,480
Speaker 3: in that same class unless they picked him a lot

569
00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:55,400
Speaker 3: later in that draft.

570
00:31:57,080 --> 00:32:01,040
Speaker 5: Steve Dill's fourth round, ninety seventh. Oh okay, so they

571
00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:01,560
Speaker 5: took him out.

572
00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:03,880
Speaker 3: It wasn't like they well I guess they could have

573
00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:07,440
Speaker 3: taken Montana at any point, but they didn't take deals

574
00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:09,120
Speaker 3: right before Joe Montana was.

575
00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:11,040
Speaker 5: Selected, and we could play that game with every the

576
00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:13,760
Speaker 5: third round pick. Any team could have taken him. That's correct.

577
00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:16,960
Speaker 3: Back to football. I'll continue to try to mix in

578
00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:22,680
Speaker 3: some of these texts hockey related texts and get back

579
00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:28,840
Speaker 3: to some of them with Luigi. But you know, I

580
00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:35,400
Speaker 3: talked about the fact that for me, the weather games,

581
00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:39,280
Speaker 3: the outdoor games in the elements I love.

582
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:42,120
Speaker 2: I don't know that I need or want.

583
00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:44,480
Speaker 3: All of them to be the way it played out

584
00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:48,400
Speaker 3: in the second half in Denver, but I like those games.

585
00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:52,240
Speaker 3: I've always viewed football as a game that is not

586
00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:54,920
Speaker 3: just about how you play in perfect conditions, but how

587
00:32:54,960 --> 00:33:02,440
Speaker 3: you adjust and acclimate to more difficult conditions. And there's

588
00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:05,520
Speaker 3: an ongoing debate about that, and Mike Florio is playing

589
00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:09,160
Speaker 3: it out. Here's what he said, everyone hates the idea

590
00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:13,320
Speaker 3: of neutral site conference championship games until the fourth quarter

591
00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:20,600
Speaker 3: of Patriots Broncos, which was unplayable and unwatchable. Now I

592
00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:26,200
Speaker 3: get what he's saying, but I'm more with Bill Simmons

593
00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:30,560
Speaker 3: reacted to it. And here's what Simmons said, unplayable and

594
00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:35,680
Speaker 3: unwatchable unless you enjoy football strategy, game management, and drama.

595
00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:39,800
Speaker 2: I'm with Simmons. I wouldn't want every.

596
00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:41,360
Speaker 3: Game to be played out that way, and I would

597
00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:45,000
Speaker 3: submit to you that in this case, it really wasn't

598
00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:48,480
Speaker 3: just the conditions. It was the unfortunate reality that you

599
00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:51,280
Speaker 3: had a quarterback on one side who hadn't played in

600
00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:54,920
Speaker 3: two years and a quarterback on the other side who's

601
00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:58,320
Speaker 3: been great during the regular season but frankly has struggled

602
00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:01,040
Speaker 3: a lot in the postseason. Is first go around in

603
00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:03,560
Speaker 3: the postseason, It's not always easy the first time around,

604
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:07,000
Speaker 3: and that that had as much to do with it

605
00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:12,080
Speaker 3: as the conditions themselves. But I'm not someone offended if

606
00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:13,799
Speaker 3: I don't see pretty plays.

607
00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:17,040
Speaker 2: In every game. I just I'm not I want some

608
00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:19,920
Speaker 2: of that, but I like it.

609
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:26,640
Speaker 3: If it seemed, shall we say, unprofessional, I think that

610
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:29,319
Speaker 3: had more to do with the players, the bad luck

611
00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:31,040
Speaker 3: of who you ended up having to have, you know,

612
00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:33,600
Speaker 3: at quarterback for one of the two teams. And as

613
00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:36,640
Speaker 3: I said, I mean, let's face it, Drake may look

614
00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:39,000
Speaker 3: better as a runner, frankly than he did as a

615
00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:42,719
Speaker 3: passer through much of that game. So and the week

616
00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:45,080
Speaker 3: before had a bunch of turnovers as well. So I

617
00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:48,440
Speaker 3: am firmly in the camp as I've said for many years,

618
00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:52,799
Speaker 3: that I'll take those kinds of games every time. And

619
00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:58,680
Speaker 3: I think, more importantly, I think the notion of taking

620
00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:03,719
Speaker 3: away from home fans the opportunity to see their team

621
00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:06,839
Speaker 3: play for a conference title to get to the ball

622
00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:09,600
Speaker 3: is absurd. I don't even care if every game is

623
00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:11,120
Speaker 3: played in the blizzard and by the way, most of

624
00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:14,160
Speaker 3: mark going to because there's a bunch of roof stadiums

625
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:17,560
Speaker 3: these days and more coming probably including in Chicago eventually

626
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:21,480
Speaker 3: or Gary, Indiana. So the larger issue for me is

627
00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:26,120
Speaker 3: I don't want that taken away. In fact, I'd like

628
00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:29,560
Speaker 3: to see even in the college football tournament, I wish

629
00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:32,600
Speaker 3: that the home team that were more home team games

630
00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:34,120
Speaker 3: there as well. So I do know where are you

631
00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:37,200
Speaker 3: on that whole subject. Well, obviously with my leanings, I

632
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:41,040
Speaker 3: like outdoor games. I think another factor with that specific

633
00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:43,600
Speaker 3: game is Denver is one of the best defenses in

634
00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:46,200
Speaker 3: the league. That great point and the snow and New

635
00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:49,239
Speaker 3: Englands ain't bad. Yeah, yeah, I mean it's a good defenses.

636
00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:51,320
Speaker 5: The snow didn't really happen until like the start of

637
00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:54,160
Speaker 5: the fourth quarter, so you had plenty of time to

638
00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:56,759
Speaker 5: score points in the first three and you didn't because

639
00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:59,399
Speaker 5: the defenses were so good. And Stidham was his first

640
00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:03,759
Speaker 5: competitive start like two years. But if let's say Chicago

641
00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:07,880
Speaker 5: or Green Bay made it that far, we're talking exploding

642
00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:12,040
Speaker 5: trees weather like ice ball esque weather, So that to

643
00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:14,560
Speaker 5: me is where it gets a little extreme. But at

644
00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:18,560
Speaker 5: the same time, if you rob the fans of how

645
00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:21,839
Speaker 5: many games in pro football can you go and say

646
00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:23,840
Speaker 5: I have a chance to see my team lift a trophy?

647
00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:28,480
Speaker 2: Man very rare. Absolutely, that's it. Yeah.

648
00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:31,080
Speaker 5: So and you've got to essentially win the one seed

649
00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:34,040
Speaker 5: to have that chance to do it at home. So yeah,

650
00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:36,120
Speaker 5: to get rid of that for the Dome say, I'm sorry,

651
00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:37,880
Speaker 5: Kurt Warner, but I'm not in no.

652
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:42,439
Speaker 3: I there has always been a strain of people who

653
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:46,960
Speaker 3: I think think so much in terms of the beauty

654
00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:50,480
Speaker 3: of the game is players being able to move around

655
00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:58,040
Speaker 3: without cold, without snow, without slipping around. And I'm going, well, then,

656
00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:02,839
Speaker 3: I'm not sure you actually love football. The comeback being well,

657
00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:06,279
Speaker 3: don't you want to see the incredible skill these guys have? Yeah,

658
00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:09,360
Speaker 3: and most of the time you do. It's not like

659
00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:12,880
Speaker 3: every one of these games are like that. But I

660
00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:17,680
Speaker 3: so for me, I'll take the variety. I'll take pristine

661
00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:21,600
Speaker 3: conditions in California. I'm not saying I don't enjoy that,

662
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:25,359
Speaker 3: but I'll also enjoy the variety of what this kind

663
00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:29,920
Speaker 3: of game offers as well. Now, again, we could argue about, well,

664
00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:33,160
Speaker 3: if the field's in bad condition because it's not well tended,

665
00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:38,319
Speaker 3: that's another angle but that can happen, you know, regardless

666
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:40,879
Speaker 3: of conditions outdoor. Sometimes if it's a grass field. We've

667
00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:43,520
Speaker 3: seen that in Chicago for years, play out at Soldier Field.

668
00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:50,760
Speaker 3: So I would say, I mean, look, I understand the trend,

669
00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:56,080
Speaker 3: because the trend here and in Chicago eventually, if they

670
00:37:56,080 --> 00:38:00,799
Speaker 3: ever get a deal done and Detroit is we want

671
00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:05,000
Speaker 3: to be able to use these these these massive structures

672
00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:09,920
Speaker 3: to host other things, right, so that makes these mammoth

673
00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:17,400
Speaker 3: projects more financially sound, more feasible, more palatable to people.

674
00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:21,440
Speaker 3: I understand all of that, I really do. But to

675
00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:24,920
Speaker 3: this day I am firmly in the camp that believes

676
00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:30,640
Speaker 3: that part of the vikings, whatever word, whatever cliche you

677
00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:35,680
Speaker 3: want to apply to it, you know, character, mystique was

678
00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:39,840
Speaker 3: undeniably lost the moment they went indoors to the Metrodome

679
00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:43,080
Speaker 3: and then obviously to where they are now that it

680
00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:45,239
Speaker 3: really was part of the identity of this team.

681
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:46,759
Speaker 2: Now, I never got them to win a Super Bowl.

682
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:49,680
Speaker 3: But my point is, I do think there was a

683
00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:54,840
Speaker 3: time we got a lot of people still who revel

684
00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:59,359
Speaker 3: in bad weather or their ability to cope with bad weather.

685
00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:01,960
Speaker 2: Was like, no, you know, that's us, That's part of

686
00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:02,480
Speaker 2: who we are.

687
00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:05,239
Speaker 3: I'm not sure I've always felt that way, but I

688
00:39:05,239 --> 00:39:07,080
Speaker 3: think a lot of people here do, and I do

689
00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:11,200
Speaker 3: think some of that was lost, even if I understand

690
00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:14,200
Speaker 3: exactly why everybody, you know, more teams want in cold

691
00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:18,279
Speaker 3: weather locations, want to go indoors. I cannot take away

692
00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:21,880
Speaker 3: home field rights three to one. Oh, guy, that's stupid.

693
00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:26,120
Speaker 3: I tune in more anytime I hear there's an NFL

694
00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:28,000
Speaker 3: game in the snow. It is epic to watch.

695
00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:33,760
Speaker 2: I totally agree. I love watching that. Minnesota should be ashamed.

696
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:39,120
Speaker 3: Of having a roof. I love outdoor weather games. That's

697
00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:46,600
Speaker 3: Craig for Minneapolis. Pull the boys high in the jockstrap

698
00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:48,680
Speaker 3: and buck up. I love that second half of the

699
00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:53,279
Speaker 3: Denver game, adapt and prosper. Yeah, I'm with you on

700
00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:57,279
Speaker 3: that neutral site is fine for the Bowl. Right, that's

701
00:39:57,320 --> 00:39:58,440
Speaker 3: the whole point of the Super Bowl.

702
00:39:58,760 --> 00:39:59,360
Speaker 2: That's enough.

703
00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:05,560
Speaker 3: And how often, in all honesty, have we had the circumstances,

704
00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:10,200
Speaker 3: the confluence of events that laid out in Denver last Sunday. Yeah,

705
00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:13,120
Speaker 3: just the last couple, just two days ago. Right, how

706
00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:17,160
Speaker 3: often do you have that combination of starting quarterback lost

707
00:40:17,160 --> 00:40:20,520
Speaker 3: on one team, young quarterback on the other, As you said,

708
00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:25,239
Speaker 3: two really good defenses, and you know, a game that

709
00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:28,839
Speaker 3: changed pretty dramatically because of how it's I think when

710
00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:31,759
Speaker 3: the game started it was sunny, but stuff blows through

711
00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:34,640
Speaker 3: the Rockies as we know, and by the late third

712
00:40:34,719 --> 00:40:37,400
Speaker 3: quarter into the fourth quarter, it looked like a snonami.

713
00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:42,120
Speaker 3: How often does that really happen? I mean occasionally, But again,

714
00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:42,960
Speaker 3: I just I.

715
00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:46,680
Speaker 2: Think you're looking you're trying too hard to show I'm

716
00:40:46,719 --> 00:40:47,280
Speaker 2: the purest.

717
00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:51,640
Speaker 3: I just want to see these guys, their incredible level

718
00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:54,600
Speaker 3: of talent at the highest level playout because they are

719
00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:59,319
Speaker 3: working in perfect conditions. Football was not invented as a

720
00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:03,640
Speaker 3: game that was about perfect conditions. Basketball maybe, I guess

721
00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:05,640
Speaker 3: you could even say hockey to a degree, right, I

722
00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:09,960
Speaker 3: mean indoors it's at least supposed to be, although we

723
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:12,279
Speaker 3: now have you know, a decent way have at least

724
00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:16,319
Speaker 3: some outdoor hockey from time to time. Baseball, I think

725
00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:19,200
Speaker 3: it makes more sense to say, well, we don't play

726
00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:22,439
Speaker 3: in a monsoon, if it's raining too high, we don't play.

727
00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:25,000
Speaker 2: Baseball is not meant to be played.

728
00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:28,560
Speaker 3: I but football, I think that's part of what has

729
00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:30,320
Speaker 3: made the game so attractive.

730
00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:34,279
Speaker 2: As far as I'm concerned. Let me get to a

731
00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:39,319
Speaker 2: couple more texts. I let that one go.

732
00:41:40,040 --> 00:41:41,840
Speaker 5: Well, not to mention, there's no point. I don't know

733
00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:43,320
Speaker 5: if you brought this up, but there's no point in

734
00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:45,560
Speaker 5: getting the one seed if you're not going to play

735
00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:47,799
Speaker 5: the great point. Yeah, what's the point of trying to

736
00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:50,480
Speaker 5: get the one seed? That's the whole idea? Is the

737
00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:52,560
Speaker 5: path of the Super Bowl goes through you. Well not

738
00:41:52,560 --> 00:41:55,320
Speaker 5: anymore because it goes through rever Dome Stadium. It is

739
00:41:55,320 --> 00:41:55,880
Speaker 5: in Arizona.

740
00:41:55,920 --> 00:41:57,960
Speaker 3: Who sent this on your behalf? Seven to one guy,

741
00:41:58,040 --> 00:42:00,200
Speaker 3: Brett Blakeborn needs a raise. This man has been working

742
00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:02,680
Speaker 3: all day. Have you been on every shift today? I've

743
00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:05,880
Speaker 3: been with or nine to noon? Yeah, without pa and

744
00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:08,480
Speaker 3: then uh and then oh you were not noon to

745
00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:09,920
Speaker 3: three though you got a little get a break in

746
00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:12,600
Speaker 3: a little break. Seven to one guy. I've never been

747
00:42:12,680 --> 00:42:15,680
Speaker 3: to Noteck, So it's not you. There's no paid texts

748
00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:17,920
Speaker 3: for that one. A couple of people are saying, well,

749
00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:20,880
Speaker 3: wait a minute now, on the possibility of trading.

750
00:42:22,600 --> 00:42:24,959
Speaker 2: The Wall, the is it the Great Wall from Saint Paul?

751
00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:28,280
Speaker 2: I like that. That's a good nickname. Who's your backup goalie?

752
00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:32,560
Speaker 2: That's easy. We bring Flower out of retirement. That's easy.

753
00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:33,600
Speaker 2: That's that.

754
00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:36,680
Speaker 3: My sources say he's working out better. You know, in

755
00:42:36,760 --> 00:42:38,719
Speaker 3: terms of his work. He's in perfect shape. He's in

756
00:42:38,760 --> 00:42:40,160
Speaker 3: hockey shape right now.

757
00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:43,680
Speaker 2: You kidding me? You think he wouldn't do that in

758
00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:47,600
Speaker 2: a minute? Flower would be back, wouldn't he. He'd has

759
00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:49,800
Speaker 2: the thing, he doesn't have to uproot his family.

760
00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:53,399
Speaker 3: Yeah, Dan, can you address the elephant in the room.

761
00:42:53,400 --> 00:42:56,719
Speaker 3: What's going on with the Wolves pediatrist? That's John from Mutchinson.

762
00:42:57,320 --> 00:43:01,239
Speaker 3: Is that related to Anthony Edwards? By way? I don't

763
00:43:01,239 --> 00:43:02,560
Speaker 3: know that we need to spend a lot of time

764
00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:05,120
Speaker 3: on it, but I gotta tell you, boys and girls,

765
00:43:06,320 --> 00:43:13,160
Speaker 3: anybody anybody who had to pay full price to see

766
00:43:13,160 --> 00:43:18,120
Speaker 3: that Timberwolves Golden State Warriors game last night, I don't

767
00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:21,319
Speaker 3: blame you if you are offended and annoyed and you

768
00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:21,960
Speaker 3: feel taken.

769
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:25,239
Speaker 2: That was not a real basketball game last night in

770
00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:25,879
Speaker 2: any way.

771
00:43:25,880 --> 00:43:28,080
Speaker 3: And I get it. I'm not saying Edwards wasn't hurt.

772
00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:31,479
Speaker 3: And you know, Golden State's got old players. They're gonna

773
00:43:31,520 --> 00:43:36,080
Speaker 3: do what they're gonna do. But there's such an inherent

774
00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:40,560
Speaker 3: onfairness given the prices. And this is by the way,

775
00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:43,200
Speaker 3: before the big price increase to go to see an

776
00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:46,600
Speaker 3: NBA game, even here, I know the prices are not

777
00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:50,000
Speaker 3: as high as other places. There was a portion of

778
00:43:50,040 --> 00:43:52,120
Speaker 3: that in the third quarter of that game where I said, wait,

779
00:43:52,200 --> 00:43:52,640
Speaker 3: what is this?

780
00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:53,759
Speaker 2: This is a YMCA game.

781
00:43:55,040 --> 00:43:57,520
Speaker 3: There was nothing going on, just people running back and

782
00:43:57,560 --> 00:44:01,920
Speaker 3: forth in jacket up shots. Nothing happened in that game. Now,

783
00:44:01,920 --> 00:44:05,960
Speaker 3: the Wolves did what they had to do win it, obviously,

784
00:44:06,040 --> 00:44:08,480
Speaker 3: but it, oh my god, it was.

785
00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:11,239
Speaker 2: That was not basketball last night. I don't know what

786
00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:11,640
Speaker 2: you call it.

787
00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:14,000
Speaker 3: I don't even know what you do about it, but

788
00:44:14,320 --> 00:44:17,800
Speaker 3: that was that was a That was a harsh, rugged,

789
00:44:18,680 --> 00:44:21,000
Speaker 3: very very bad look.

790
00:44:21,320 --> 00:44:23,920
Speaker 2: Goalie prime ages are twenty five to twenty eight. Do

791
00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:24,560
Speaker 2: you agree with that?

792
00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:28,520
Speaker 5: I don't know. I mean Flower was pretty good. I mean, yeah,

793
00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:29,800
Speaker 5: his last season.

794
00:44:29,880 --> 00:44:33,200
Speaker 2: Was he great? No, But I mean he was more

795
00:44:33,239 --> 00:44:35,000
Speaker 2: than serviceable for a few years.

796
00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:38,040
Speaker 3: From Will you do me a favor and text Chad

797
00:44:38,080 --> 00:44:41,000
Speaker 3: Abbott that our four o'clock guest is in the a

798
00:44:41,120 --> 00:44:43,840
Speaker 3: Trium and he can't find anybody. So okay, just double

799
00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:46,600
Speaker 3: check with with with Abbot. Who's I think I think

800
00:44:46,600 --> 00:44:48,600
Speaker 3: trying to set it up where our guy is down

801
00:44:48,640 --> 00:44:50,279
Speaker 3: there and maybe he can find him. Because he says

802
00:44:50,280 --> 00:44:54,680
Speaker 3: he can't find anybody in the atrium. And I'll continue

803
00:44:54,719 --> 00:44:58,120
Speaker 3: to look at a couple of texts that are coming

804
00:44:58,120 --> 00:44:59,719
Speaker 3: in while you at least try to text him and

805
00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:02,400
Speaker 3: see where that's going to go.

806
00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:08,799
Speaker 2: Uh. Slovakian born goaltender Samuel. I can't pronounce this name?

807
00:45:09,040 --> 00:45:11,480
Speaker 2: How is it pronounced? H L A V A J?

808
00:45:11,680 --> 00:45:16,120
Speaker 3: Do you know how to pronounce it? Slovakian born goaltender

809
00:45:16,160 --> 00:45:19,239
Speaker 3: is next man up from the aisle Wyld favorites. Yeah,

810
00:45:19,320 --> 00:45:22,200
Speaker 3: do you know how to pronounce it? I love this guy?

811
00:45:22,239 --> 00:45:24,080
Speaker 3: But do you know how to say his name? I

812
00:45:24,120 --> 00:45:30,279
Speaker 3: have no idea. I there's so many names that you

813
00:45:30,320 --> 00:45:31,960
Speaker 3: gotta you almost need a pronunciation.

814
00:45:32,080 --> 00:45:34,200
Speaker 2: Key m.

815
00:45:36,160 --> 00:45:38,560
Speaker 3: Well Val said plus whatever for Jack Hughes kills two

816
00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:41,520
Speaker 3: birds by adding that top young center and makes locking

817
00:45:41,560 --> 00:45:44,920
Speaker 3: down Quinn that much easier. How crazy sweet would that be?

818
00:45:45,040 --> 00:45:47,120
Speaker 3: That's from doctor Mike? You'd be pleased with that one?

819
00:45:47,719 --> 00:45:51,719
Speaker 3: I would you'd accept that? That would be a good

820
00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:54,799
Speaker 3: enough fish or a big enough fish for you? Sorry,

821
00:45:54,800 --> 00:45:57,279
Speaker 3: I'm doing you're doing double duty. It's my fault. I'm

822
00:45:57,320 --> 00:45:59,080
Speaker 3: asking you to do that. I'm asking you questions that

823
00:45:59,120 --> 00:46:04,560
Speaker 3: doesn't make sense. Dan keep the name Sidney Crosby on

824
00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:09,719
Speaker 3: the list. We will get, like I said, Russo either

825
00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:14,760
Speaker 3: Thursday or Friday. We're due. We're overdue for Russo for sure.

826
00:46:14,840 --> 00:46:17,319
Speaker 3: And well I don't I want to and I will

827
00:46:17,360 --> 00:46:23,200
Speaker 3: revisit this with Luigi at the bottom of the five

828
00:46:23,200 --> 00:46:26,200
Speaker 3: o'clock hour. By the way, real quick, we don't need

829
00:46:26,280 --> 00:46:27,799
Speaker 3: to need to spend a lot of time on this.

830
00:46:29,360 --> 00:46:34,640
Speaker 3: Somebody had texted yesterday very bitter that on the question

831
00:46:34,719 --> 00:46:38,960
Speaker 3: of who if you if you want to say, if

832
00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:42,520
Speaker 3: you want to assign blame for the quarterback decision that

833
00:46:42,600 --> 00:46:48,319
Speaker 3: the team made that at that that that that we

834
00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:50,200
Speaker 3: have to figure out who to blame, and and he

835
00:46:50,840 --> 00:46:54,160
Speaker 3: was positing the notion that the person to blame is

836
00:46:54,160 --> 00:46:57,200
Speaker 3: the general manager and that Nordo had told him it

837
00:46:57,280 --> 00:47:00,839
Speaker 3: was more the head coach. And I will tell you

838
00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:08,520
Speaker 3: that I believe very much like Nordo does that your

839
00:47:08,600 --> 00:47:11,359
Speaker 3: naive if you think that the general manager on his

840
00:47:11,440 --> 00:47:17,400
Speaker 3: own conceived of and executed the quarterback plan, there's not

841
00:47:17,480 --> 00:47:20,839
Speaker 3: a chance in hell. There may be more to put

842
00:47:20,880 --> 00:47:24,640
Speaker 3: on the GM and other decisions, but not quarterback.

843
00:47:24,760 --> 00:47:25,960
Speaker 2: It's too essential.

844
00:47:27,000 --> 00:47:29,919
Speaker 3: The quarterback whisper is too serious about what he thinks

845
00:47:29,920 --> 00:47:34,319
Speaker 3: he knows about the position. So the fact of the matter,

846
00:47:34,480 --> 00:47:38,440
Speaker 3: without any I don't think any question whatsoever, is that

847
00:47:38,520 --> 00:47:41,560
Speaker 3: whatever you think of the approach and the plan, whether

848
00:47:41,600 --> 00:47:44,759
Speaker 3: you love it or loathe it, that there's not a

849
00:47:44,880 --> 00:47:47,799
Speaker 3: chance in hell that Quaysy did that on his own

850
00:47:48,600 --> 00:47:54,120
Speaker 3: at quarterback he differs to the quarterback whisperer, and that

851
00:47:54,280 --> 00:47:58,719
Speaker 3: his fingerprints, ko fingerprints are all over the approach that

852
00:47:58,760 --> 00:48:03,279
Speaker 3: the Vikings took, which was obviously, I mean ideally for them,

853
00:48:03,280 --> 00:48:05,760
Speaker 3: it was we're gonna we're going to build it around McCarthy,

854
00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:08,600
Speaker 3: but we're going to bring back Daniel Jones, and we're

855
00:48:08,600 --> 00:48:11,759
Speaker 3: gonna have Daniel Jones as as the Sam Darnold and

856
00:48:11,800 --> 00:48:17,320
Speaker 3: waiting if necessary, if McCarthy bombs or if McCarthy cannot

857
00:48:17,320 --> 00:48:22,839
Speaker 3: stay healthy. Unfortunately, that blueprint was unsuccessful. That plan could

858
00:48:22,840 --> 00:48:27,440
Speaker 3: not be implemented because by all accounts, Daniel Jones surprised

859
00:48:27,480 --> 00:48:30,719
Speaker 3: them by taking another offer. I think the money was

860
00:48:30,800 --> 00:48:33,160
Speaker 3: very comparable. But as we've said a ton of times,

861
00:48:34,200 --> 00:48:36,400
Speaker 3: Jones made the right call because he knew if he

862
00:48:36,440 --> 00:48:38,960
Speaker 3: went to Indianapolis he had a much better chance to

863
00:48:38,960 --> 00:48:41,360
Speaker 3: be the starter from the beginning. As he ended up

864
00:48:41,400 --> 00:48:46,040
Speaker 3: being then he would have had any chance if indeed

865
00:48:46,160 --> 00:48:49,759
Speaker 3: he came back here, because it's so obvious that the

866
00:48:49,840 --> 00:48:54,840
Speaker 3: Vikings wanted to make good on their investment on JJ

867
00:48:55,000 --> 00:48:56,920
Speaker 3: and that they were going to do everything in their

868
00:48:57,000 --> 00:49:00,600
Speaker 3: power to have him be the starting quarterback. And Daniel

869
00:49:00,680 --> 00:49:03,719
Speaker 3: Jones be a pretty expensive backup, but a very good

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Speaker 3: I just don't think in the world of crazy that

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Speaker 3: you texted garin yet. If not, this is a friendly reminder.

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Speaker 3: I do need to text him because we need to

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Speaker 3: try to get make sure he will chat with us

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Speaker 3: once once he hits the UH Winter Olympics in Italy,

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Speaker 3: because we want to keep our our options open there.

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Speaker 3: We'll certainly talk to Russo UH from there as well.

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Speaker 3: That's going to be a big part of it. Will

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Speaker 3: Saint Paul gets traded to a team such as the

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Speaker 3: Ducks only to shut us out in the conference finals.

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Speaker 3: Anybody remembered the name John Sebastian Giguere, Yes, some us

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Speaker 3: are old enough to remember that goaltender cheating goaltender your

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Speaker 3: U Dan, I just turned fifty. Been a huge football

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Speaker 3: fan of my life. Through these years, I've watched the

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Speaker 3: majority of playoff games. One hudred percent agree with you.

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Speaker 3: The snow cold game, stick out zero one, Patriots Raiders

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Speaker 3: zero seven, Cofflin's face off about Coughlin's face about to

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Speaker 3: to eighty two Chargers at Bengals. That was I think

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Speaker 3: We'll probably get back to those issues a little bit

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Speaker 3: join us at about five thirty, so we'll get back

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Speaker 3: to the steam regarding a possible Minnesota Wild trades and

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Speaker 3: the possibility of including the young phenom goaltender in it.

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Speaker 3: Let's pause for the top of the hour break. We

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Speaker 3: did get Chris Maddle in the building and on our floor.

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Speaker 2: He will rejoining us in studio next.

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Speaker 3: We've already got a lot of texts and we'll include

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