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Speaker 1: start with some NFL combine cleanup. Houston Texans sideline analyst

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Speaker 1: John Harris is an elite NFL draft mind, and recently

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Speaker 1: I sat down with him in Indianapolis and began talking

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Speaker 1: about his cool website, footballtakeover dot com.

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Speaker 2: It's a draft in college football website.

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Speaker 3: It's kind of the other half of my brain left

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Speaker 3: half NFL Texans, other half draft in college football. In fact,

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Speaker 3: I grew up in this business as a college football guy.

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Speaker 3: I would work for College Football News. It was kind

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Speaker 3: of a college football expert there in Houston, and it

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Speaker 3: really was the void of when the Oilers left. There

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Speaker 3: was kind of this void of football before the Texans

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Speaker 3: a big deal, but it really on radio wasn't and

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Speaker 3: I kind of got into that void, and that really

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Speaker 3: And then I moved back there and became a host

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Speaker 3: and eventually with the Texans on the sideline.

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Speaker 2: So it's kind of both things.

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Speaker 3: But if you want draft coverage, I cover it from

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Speaker 3: all different angles.

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Speaker 2: Want the Senior Bowl, got a bunch of stuff up there.

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Speaker 3: In fact, I got a recent three round mock which

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Speaker 3: I know you had a chance to look at, which

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Speaker 3: had as I look back at, I thought, man, that's

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Speaker 3: a pretty good draft for the Vikings.

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Speaker 2: I know that's one thing.

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Speaker 3: It's been a talking point about the Vikings having better

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Speaker 3: for them to kind of fill that void and you know,

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Speaker 3: like there's a really good candidate for that sitting in

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Speaker 3: is really really good with the draft and really helps

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Speaker 3: out Nick Cassario, James Lipford, But I don't want to

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Speaker 2: I don't want to lose him.

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Speaker 3: But if you guys are looking to improve the draft

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Speaker 3: process and production, James Lipfort from out of Houston would

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Speaker 1: All right, let's land the plane on the website. All right,

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Speaker 1: Football takeover dot Com with John Harris again the X

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Speaker 1: place to find him at Jay Harris Football and once

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Speaker 1: again he's an analyst for Houston Texans Radio. I've known

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Speaker 1: him for several years. There is a small subscription fee

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Speaker 1: with Football Takeover dot Com and the only time I've

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Speaker 1: looked at it, and I'm gonna subscribe to it this year.

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Speaker 1: But like I looked at it two years ago when

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Speaker 1: I was with you and you were talking about Drake

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Speaker 1: may very comprehensive website if you're into the draft. But

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Speaker 1: from a subscription standpoint, what do people get at Football

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Speaker 3: Well, I try and analyze it from all different angles.

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Speaker 3: I was a coach grown up. When I was younger,

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Speaker 3: a lot of people thought I should stayed in coach

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Speaker 2: So hopefully people look at it.

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Speaker 3: You getting a little bit more of an advanced look

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Speaker 2: Offense to people that want to do it that way.

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Speaker 2: That's fine. But I'm one of those guys that you know,

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Speaker 2: when I dive.

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Speaker 3: Into a player, I've watched hours of that player. It

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Speaker 3: But obviously my connection to the Texans, and that can

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Speaker 2: To be careful about some of the guys I like.

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Speaker 3: football taker dot com Paul, I really appreciate it. I

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Speaker 3: think people, if you it's all ball, there's no fluff it.

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Speaker 3: And that pretty much is what what I am when

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Speaker 2: I gotta talk football day all.

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Speaker 1: Right now, I'm gonna see if I can identify that

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Speaker 1: running back you're talking about. And you think the Texans

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Speaker 1: like uh, because let's make the Minnesota Vikings better. Okay,

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Speaker 1: they have they have picks eighteen, then second they have

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Speaker 4: I'm gonna begin with the running back.

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Speaker 1: This is a Minnesotan who I actually had on the

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Speaker 1: led the Big Ten in rushing. Emma Johnson from Nebraska.

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Speaker 1: Is that your guy? And if not, what do you think?

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Speaker 3: Okay, so let me let me back up to last

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Speaker 3: And then you guys drafted him right in front of me,

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Speaker 3: and I remember in our draft show I told that story.

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Speaker 3: In my mock draft, I actually have the Texans drafting

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Speaker 4: Wait, so I nailed the guy.

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Speaker 2: You nailed the guy.

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Speaker 3: Yes there's another one, there's another one, but you got

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Speaker 3: with what he marks. What he is a really solid back.

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Speaker 2: But what I was more impressed with Paul was.

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Speaker 2: I think he is that good.

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Speaker 1: John Harris Football takeover dot com and also sideline analysts

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Speaker 1: guy that I do think is in play for the

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Speaker 1: How about this about just how about how the strange

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Speaker 2: I'm telling you it's unbelievable.

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Speaker 4: In the second round, not the first.

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Speaker 2: Put Tianneman anywhere.

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Speaker 3: test extremely well. He's he's he's a lot like Harrison. Now,

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Speaker 3: I think Harrison, over the years, the instinct starts showing up.

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Speaker 2: He took a lot of calculated risks.

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Speaker 3: I think Tiannaman's athletic ability gets him to where he

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Speaker 3: I think Brian Flores And again depends on what happens

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Speaker 3: It's the sixty four million dollar question at Houston, Paul, Like,

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Speaker 2: That's what Jennings can do. He's made big catches. He's tough,

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Speaker 3: He's the kind of guy that offensively can take some

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Speaker 2: But I know Juwan, he gets after it.

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Speaker 3: He's feisty, and I think he can kind of be

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Speaker 3: And I think that's the kind of thing that offense,

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Speaker 2: And he's honest, almost to a fault.

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Speaker 3: And I think that's gonna be good for a young

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Speaker 1: Good morning, New England Patriots Wide Receivers Coach. Todd Downing

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Speaker 1: is an Eden Prairie, Minnesota native who played for Mike

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Speaker 1: Grant and the Eagles and for the University of Minnesota.

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Speaker 1: He coaches Digsie and Booty. He coaches Digsie and Booty

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Speaker 1: and just coached in Super Bowl sixty. That's where we

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Speaker 1: began the early morning chat with TD Todd Downing and

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Speaker 1: it began with so so Todd, what what was it

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Speaker 1: like after twenty plus years of coaching and leading men,

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Speaker 1: finally making it to a Super Bowl.

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Speaker 4: I'll tell you what.

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Speaker 8: It was an honor and a blessing, something that I've

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Speaker 8: worked a long time for, you know, being in profession

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Speaker 8: as long as I have, and been close a couple

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Speaker 8: of times but never got to experience it.

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Speaker 4: And it's just a really neat experience.

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Speaker 8: Being able to have my family and some friends out there,

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Speaker 8: you know, to go through that journey with me and

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Speaker 8: see that game in that stage was pretty special.

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Speaker 1: What is you know, we've been on fields in pregame, praying, talking,

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Speaker 1: warming up for you guys and everything so many times.

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Speaker 1: What's pregame like in the Super Bowl? Like how Hype

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Speaker 1: does that?

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Speaker 6: Well?

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Speaker 8: You know, I like to do my laps and stay moving,

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Speaker 8: and so I was doing my laps and it seems

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Speaker 8: like I saw every celebrity I grew up watching on

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Speaker 8: TV or you know, famous basketball player or something like that.

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Speaker 8: But what was fun was being able to have my

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Speaker 8: family down there, my wife and son standing there. In

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Speaker 8: every lap, I'd get around the corner, I'd see my

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Speaker 8: son and and think, Wow, this this journey's been worth it.

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Speaker 4: You know.

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Speaker 1: So wide receivers coach, New England Patriots, you know, so

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Speaker 1: you're gonna get sideline credentials pre game pretty much any

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Speaker 1: time you want, I would think, But the Super Bowl

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Speaker 1: could be a different beast. So so, I mean, that's

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Speaker 1: how it works in the Super Bowl. Like it's like

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Speaker 1: normal with passes and stuff like that, and they got

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Speaker 1: areas roped off and you're doing your laps and you

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Speaker 1: can like stop buying see Julie and Jackson, then do

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Speaker 1: another lap.

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Speaker 4: That's unbelievable. It's anything but normal.

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Speaker 8: I was very lucky that I had had somebody take

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Speaker 8: care of me and somebody that has seen my family's

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Speaker 8: journey and wanted them to be down there and be

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Speaker 8: a part of it.

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Speaker 4: So feel very fortunate for that person.

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Speaker 1: That's fantastic. Todd Downing, Minnesota. Todd Downing a wide receivers

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Speaker 1: coach for the New England Patriots nine to now and

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Speaker 1: Todd's Ernie started in Minnesota twenty five plus years ago,

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Speaker 1: but not as a coach. Tell us how that started.

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Speaker 8: Well, we always say it's funny that you and I

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Speaker 8: sit here and talking Indy, because the first football job

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Speaker 8: I had was coming here and being a runner, uh,

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Speaker 8: you know, trying to flag down all the informal interviews and.

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Speaker 4: The rat race that used to be the RCA Dome.

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Speaker 8: But but no, it started as as an intern with

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Speaker 8: Chad Austlin and Bob Hagen and those guys Tom West

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Speaker 8: taking care of me, uh and giving me odd jobs

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Speaker 8: to do around the facility, and I just tried to

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Speaker 8: approach any task they gave me with, you know, an

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Speaker 8: effort and a desire to do things right and do

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Speaker 8: things well and try to get more and more responsibility

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Speaker 8: as it went on. And I owe a lot to

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Speaker 8: those guys for giving me a foot in the door.

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Speaker 8: And then I took off and ran with it and

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Speaker 8: made made coach tye you know, an impression I guess.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, and and correct me if I'm wrong here.

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Speaker 1: But like you, well, you're you're a wide receivers coach

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Speaker 1: and you've been an offensive coordinator or in a quarterbacks

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Speaker 1: coach and a tight ends coach, So I mean, it's

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Speaker 1: all offense. But like early in the run with the Vikings,

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Speaker 1: the Mike tys led Vikings, didn't weren't you on the

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Speaker 4: A little helped out a little bit over there.

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Speaker 8: When I went to Saint Louis with Scott Lenihan, I

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Speaker 8: flipped over the defense for three years and that's really

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Speaker 8: where I sank my teeth into understanding coverages and pressures

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Speaker 8: and things like that. But yeah, I think the versatility

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Speaker 8: that I have now is a byproduct of a bunch

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Speaker 8: of different people investing in me early in my career.

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Speaker 8: So I understood that teaching is teaching, and when you

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Speaker 8: understand the subject material, you know you're able to teach

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Speaker 8: different groups of guys.

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Speaker 4: But at the core of it his relationships.

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Speaker 8: And if you invest in the relationships with your players

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Speaker 8: and they know you're trying to help them, you can

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Speaker 8: teach them anything that's.

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Speaker 1: I mean, this is starting and I've known you more

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Speaker 1: than a quarter century, and this is really starting to

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Speaker 1: make sense to me. Because Todd is a super well

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Speaker 1: respected guy for his passing game concepts like wherever you go,

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Speaker 1: there's there's passing tied to you offensive coordinator, wide receivers,

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Speaker 1: tight ends, passing game specialist, whatever.

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Speaker 6: So.

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Speaker 1: Now so, so that time in Saint Louis with Lenahan

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Speaker 1: and what he got, Tory Holt, maybe some Isaac Bruce

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Speaker 1: in there, stuff like that, So you're able to recall

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Speaker 1: what you were trying to stop and then use it

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Speaker 1: the rest of your career to try to beat offensively.

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Speaker 1: I mean that that was invaluable, right, Yeah.

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Speaker 8: I think when you understand what the opponent's trying to

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Speaker 8: get accomplished or what they're trying to stop, you know

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Speaker 8: how to better attack it. And in those years in

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Speaker 8: Saint Louis with Ron Milis and Jim Haslett and those

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Speaker 8: those guys invested in me teaching me coverages or Rick Vonterry,

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Speaker 8: you know, those guys taught me the the holes in

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Speaker 8: the coverages or the challenge points in the coverages. But

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Speaker 8: also they're teaching progressions and maybe the corner is not

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Speaker 8: going to get out of his back pedal until such

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Speaker 8: and such depth, or you know, this is a vulnerable

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Speaker 8: spot once you get past the hook player in the

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Speaker 8: in the zones inside, you know, so it definitely helps

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Speaker 8: to think of how you want to attack defenses.

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Speaker 1: Todd do you think film watching is a gift? I mean,

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Speaker 1: do you like there's so many coaches who break down

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Speaker 1: film and that that's what all of them doing. But

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Speaker 1: when it comes to being good with the nuance of

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Speaker 1: it or putting the work in and like say, looking

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Speaker 1: at something over and over ten times where people will

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Speaker 1: stop at three, is that like part of the gift.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think there's a binding.

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Speaker 1: Towels from a defensive player.

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Speaker 4: I think there's a gift in not getting lost in

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Speaker 4: the monotony.

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Speaker 8: Right, you get into a week fourteen and it's been

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Speaker 8: you know, a short week, and you have to.

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Speaker 4: Still do the job the right way.

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Speaker 8: But that goes back to my intern roots that you know,

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Speaker 8: I just want to do things well and thorough And

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Speaker 8: if you can keep that mindset and sustain that, that's

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Speaker 8: that's called competitive stamina.

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Speaker 1: Todd Downing, Patriots wide receiver coach from Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

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Speaker 1: Got a few more to close here for him from

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Speaker 1: the Indianapolis Combine Drake May. What do you like about him?

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Speaker 4: Just about everything? He's first of all, he's twenty three

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Speaker 4: years old.

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Speaker 8: I mean that's something that we got to, you know,

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Speaker 8: keep it in perspective. This is a really young guy

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Speaker 8: that's had a lot of success and he's grown each day.

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Speaker 4: I love his demeanor because he's coachable.

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Speaker 8: I watch him with Josh McDaniels and our quarterback coach

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Speaker 8: Ashton Grant, and he you know, he wants to get better,

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Speaker 8: he wants to be great. He puts the time in,

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Speaker 8: but he's very approachable. He's not like you know some

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Speaker 8: of these made for TV franchise quarterbacks that you feel

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Speaker 8: like you can't have a conversation with. The guy pops

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Speaker 8: in my office all the time. Ask him about my

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Speaker 8: son's basketball, and you know, I see him have relationships

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Speaker 8: and conversations with the wideouts and just a great teammate

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Speaker 8: and you know, has a great future.

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Speaker 1: What what was it like working with Aaron Rodgers a

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Speaker 1: couple of years ago when you were with the Jets

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Speaker 1: and also knowing week after week, Hey, Julie, Hey Jackson,

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Speaker 1: Daddy's on HBO, daddy's on Hard Knocks. I mean that

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Speaker 1: was weird.

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Speaker 8: Lot comes with coach and I'll say that, but no,

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Speaker 8: Aaron's a dear friend.

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Speaker 4: I consider him a brother. He's a great football mind.

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Speaker 8: You know, a guy that's ultra competitive, he wants to

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Speaker 8: win at everything he does, whether it's throwing darts or

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Speaker 8: you know, winning Super Bowl as He's super competitive and

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Speaker 8: just a wealth of knowledge at the quarterback position. What

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Speaker 8: I appreciated about him we could go out to you know,

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Speaker 8: training in the middle of the training camp, go out

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Speaker 8: to do a quarterback drill and it be something that

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Speaker 8: doing it.

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Speaker 4: The right way, and that was really cool.

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Speaker 1: Todd coach Derek Carr when he was with the Oakland Raiders,

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Speaker 1: and turns out Derek Carr might return for the right situation.

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Speaker 1: From what you remember, what does Derek do well? Because

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Speaker 1: I remember you you would always say nice things about

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Speaker 1: Derek to me, about the person he was and his

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Speaker 1: What do you remember about coaching Derek.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, quick release, great processing skills. He can diagnose defense

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Speaker 8: as well. He's really good in protections, getting pressures picked

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Speaker 8: up and making sure that he's safe and taking care

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Speaker 8: of in the pocket.

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Speaker 4: But again, a guy that just invests in those around him.

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Speaker 8: I think he's someone who elevates the game of those

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Speaker 8: around him, you know, by being consistent and the way

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Speaker 8: he approaches every day.

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Speaker 1: Two to go step On Diggs. How do you pull

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Speaker 8: He's an infectious personality, comes in the building with energy

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Speaker 8: and you know, my time with him in twenty eighteen

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Speaker 8: with the Vikings helped this year. I could kind of

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Speaker 8: skip the stage where you know, you're ice breaking and

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Speaker 8: we could just you know, talk real.

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Speaker 4: And that's what I love about.

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Speaker 8: DIGGSI is he wants the truth and he doesn't want

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Speaker 8: it sugarcoated. He doesn't want it massaged. He just wants

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Speaker 8: you to shoot him straight. And if you shoot him

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Speaker 8: straight and he doesn't agree, well then you can have

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Speaker 8: a conversation about it. But if you try to, you know,

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Speaker 8: kind of pull the wool over his eyes, that's not

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Speaker 8: going to go very well. And so I think he

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Speaker 8: appreciated about me and what I appreciate about him as we.

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Speaker 4: Could just speak the truth to one another.

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Speaker 1: And I greatly appreciate the friendship you and I have

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Speaker 1: had for a quarter century or more. Let's end like this,

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Speaker 1: your wife, Julian's son Jackson, and all the relocating you've

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Speaker 1: done it at times it had it just can't be easy,

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Speaker 1: how do. How do you guys make that work?

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Speaker 4: Well, it starts with a foundation of faith.

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Speaker 8: You know, my family is rooted and believing we're exactly

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Speaker 8: where God wants us to be and that there's an

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Speaker 8: impact for us to make wherever we are.

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Speaker 4: And you know, my wife has been very.

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Speaker 8: Strong through some peaks and valleys of this profession and

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Speaker 8: of our personal life, and she's just been incredible walking

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Speaker 8: alongside of me as a partner. And you know, I

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Speaker 8: think in any good marriage, there are times where the

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Speaker 8: wife's going to do some caring and there's some times

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Speaker 8: where the husband's going to do some caring. But I

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Speaker 8: know that my family trusts that I'm following the Lord's

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Speaker 8: will and so they can follow me along alongside of it.

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Speaker 8: My son's starting to grow in his faith, and you

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Speaker 8: know that's something we're exploring together and that will always

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Speaker 8: be what drives our family.

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Speaker 1: That's so beautiful. Love you very much and enjoy the combine.

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Speaker 4: Okay, love you brother.

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Speaker 1: Appreciate you having meil TD Todd Downy New England Patriots

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Speaker 1: wide receivers coach he handles digs and booty and as

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Speaker 1: salt of the earth. Thank you, TD nine thirty six

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Speaker 1: in the neighborhood. The neighborhood is nine to noon f M.

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Speaker 1: One hundred point three k F A N And locally

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Speaker 1: we have an a topic tonight. It's the Minnesota Wild

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Speaker 1: at the Colorado Avalanche on kf an and pre eminent

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Speaker 1: beat writer Russo Radio discusses it.

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Speaker 6: Next, Gotchat, You.

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Speaker 3: Got stays for covers, watch a closet covers two switch.

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Speaker 6: In the United States.

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Speaker 1: States So Radio, Michael stupendous work in Milan. Were you

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Speaker 1: happy to get home?

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Speaker 6: Uh?

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Speaker 9: Yeah, although I was shockingly uh still energized by what

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Speaker 9: I covered there. It was, you know, two incredible hockey tournaments,

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Speaker 9: both and and the irony that that they were both

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Speaker 9: almost identical games, right, I mean the women's game two

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Speaker 9: to one over time, Canada largely outplayed the United States

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Speaker 9: for a large portion of that game, but it.

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Speaker 5: Took a comeback to get it done.

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Speaker 9: And in the other game, Canada largely outplayed the United States.

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Speaker 9: They were the ones that had to do the rallying

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Speaker 9: and then then the United States figured out a way

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Speaker 9: to get it done in overtime. Two Michigan born athletes,

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Speaker 9: Megan Keller and and you know, two athletes from Michigan

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Speaker 9: and Jack Hughes, Makan Keller and two awesome tournaments.

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Speaker 1: Now Michael Michael Russo the Athletic, the Athletic dot Com

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Speaker 1: at Russo Hockey via x kind enough to join nine

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Speaker 1: to noon on a big day for the Minnesota Wild.

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Speaker 1: Out of the Olympic break. The Wild gets the Aves

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Speaker 1: and we get the Avs on a back to back

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Speaker 1: with travel out of the break. Holy cow, sneaky little

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Speaker 1: advantage tonight for Minnesota, right, Yeah, I.

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Speaker 9: Mean, look, the Colorado Avalanche are a really good team.

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Speaker 9: They just they pulled it within seven. Now up on

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Speaker 9: the Wild. The Wild have you.

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Speaker 5: Know, played some more games than them.

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Speaker 9: But if the Wild want to win the conference and

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Speaker 9: win the division, it's it's this game and the one

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Speaker 9: on March sixth, which is the night right after the

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Speaker 9: trade deadline expires. That you have to win those games.

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Speaker 9: And this is a game tonight where they've got to

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Speaker 9: take advantage because the wilder in the front end of

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Speaker 9: a back to back.

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Speaker 5: So I do think that, you know.

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Speaker 9: Look, before the break, the break probably came at a

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Speaker 9: really good time for the Colorado Avalanche. They weren't playing

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Speaker 9: great hockey really from January one on. They were a

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Speaker 9: five hundred team and it felt like the season was

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Speaker 9: starting to catch up to them a little bit, and

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Speaker 9: they were losing games, and not only losing games, but

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Speaker 9: losing games big where the Wild, on the other hand,

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Speaker 9: we're figuring out ways to get points in almost every

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Speaker 9: single game. So I'll be interested. You know, these two

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Speaker 9: teams didn't play for three weeks, and the Wild have

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Speaker 9: to figure out a way to get their game back

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Speaker 9: in order, and no better way to start that than

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Speaker 9: playing the best team in the league.

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Speaker 1: Now, Michael Russo Radio, You've covered a lot and seen

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Speaker 1: more with the gold medal winning performances in Milan, men

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Speaker 1: and women, the energy in the arena subsequently, the reaction

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Speaker 1: and celebrations after the games. I'm not going to ask

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Speaker 1: you in a rank like where it is with everything

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Speaker 1: you've seen and or covered, but just an amazing experience, right, Yeah.

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Speaker 5: It was incredible.

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Speaker 9: You know, a little different than when I covered the

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Speaker 9: gold medal game in Vancouver and Canada one and I

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Speaker 9: was leaving the arena dodging fires and things like that,

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Speaker 9: so it was a little different obviously, just a rocus

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Speaker 9: raucous celebration afterwards. I just thought it was amazing, you know,

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Speaker 9: just watching that performance and by the United States and

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Speaker 9: the goaltending performance that Connor Bell Hullibuck had in that game,

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Speaker 9: and then seeing Jack Hughes win it. It just was

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Speaker 9: a brilliant, brilliant ending to a great tournament. I think

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Speaker 9: it vindicated Bill garn and the roster construction that he

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Speaker 9: really was adamant was the correct way to go about things.

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Speaker 9: And you know, the guys that he put on this

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Speaker 9: team all performed impeccably and it was really really a fun,

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Speaker 9: fun finish to a great tournament.

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Speaker 7: I don't know how much closely you were you were

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Speaker 7: paying attention to the games as teams did resume action yesterday,

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Speaker 7: but whether you know, Colorado still wins, they hold McKinnon out,

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Speaker 7: Taje Thompson gets a goal. There was that cool pregame

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Speaker 7: presentation at the Devil's Arena for Jack and then he

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Speaker 7: brings Tage out, et cetera. Did you see any rust

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Speaker 7: or have you encountered or read about or just encountered

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Speaker 7: any kind of the the the jet lag from the

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Speaker 7: rock star like celebration that Team USA has enjoyed over

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Speaker 7: the last three four days, and then now jumping right

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Speaker 7: back into his sprint.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, I think the goaltending, especially in the late games,

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Speaker 9: wasn't very good. We saw a six to four game

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Speaker 9: of Vegas in the LA. We saw a six y

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Speaker 9: five game where Anaheim bet Edmonton. I think, you know,

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Speaker 9: the Vegas game was shocking to me because they kept

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Speaker 9: five guys out of their lineups Icel and Hannafin and

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Speaker 9: Marner and those type of players, and yet they still

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Speaker 9: figured out a way to win. In Los Angeles, who

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Speaker 9: might be in trouble right now the way they're playing.

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Speaker 5: So I didn't see a lot of russ. I thought

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Speaker 5: Dallas looked terrific.

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Speaker 4: You know.

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Speaker 9: Obviously Ottinger didn't play, but I think that you know,

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Speaker 9: he's going to start to get get in the action

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Speaker 9: pretty pretty well. Toronto didn't look very good, so you know, look,

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Speaker 9: there's no excuses. This is just the way that things are.

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Speaker 9: Usually you get like four or five days off in

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Speaker 9: a season, or get the bye week. Here, you get

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Speaker 9: three weeks off, and I'll be really interested to see

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Speaker 9: how a wild play tonight. Obviously, we as we've all

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Speaker 9: seen on social media, Quinn Hughes, brock Favor, and Matt

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Speaker 9: Boldie have had a very busy four days since since

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Speaker 9: the winning gold in Milan on Sunday. I mean, it's

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Speaker 9: it's Thursday now, right, and and uh and uh if

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Speaker 9: they've been everywhere from Miami partying at a at an

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Speaker 9: ultra club to Washington, d C.

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Speaker 5: At the White House.

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Speaker 9: And and uh and and obviously uh the Capital and

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Speaker 9: then they, you know, get picked up yesterday morning, fly

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Speaker 9: back here into Minnesota and immediately go to Denver. So

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Speaker 9: I'm sure there's gonna be fatigued with them, but obviously

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Speaker 9: they want to play tonight and the plan is for

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Speaker 9: them to play tonight.

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Speaker 7: Is Is there any more confidence that you can put

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Speaker 7: in the head of Matt Boldie than what he unleashed

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Speaker 7: And I know it's been four days, has been reported about,

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Speaker 7: posted about on social media, talked about endlessly since it

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Speaker 7: took place on Sunday morning here local time. But just

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Speaker 7: think of just Boldy and the confidence that he's can

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Speaker 7: he's gonna be able to build, whether it's from the

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Speaker 7: Four Nations a year ago, the Olympics now the season

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Speaker 7: that he's having and unleashing just an all time moment

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Speaker 7: in the Olympics on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: That confidence that can be built from that.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, I think that he's a confident kid, and he

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Speaker 9: went into the Olympics playing as good as any American

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Speaker 9: player in the tournament. You know, led led all American

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Speaker 9: players and goals going into the tournament as well. So

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Speaker 9: I think that he just is oozing with that type

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Speaker 9: of confidence. And we saw throughout the throughout the tournament,

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Speaker 9: I thought that line with Austin Matthews and Jake Kenfil

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Speaker 9: got better and better as a turns as it went

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Speaker 9: went along. Obviously, he scored just a sensational goal there

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Speaker 9: on the on the flip on the path to essentially

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Speaker 9: go coast to coast, right, he splits two superstar defensemen

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Speaker 9: in Devonte's and Cale mccarr and and scores just an awesome,

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Speaker 9: awesome goal. I think we're you know, we as Minnesota

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Speaker 9: wild people that watch them on an a regular basis,

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Speaker 9: the fans, obviously, everybody inside the organization. I think we

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Speaker 9: all know how good Matt Boldie is and what type

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Speaker 9: of star he is right now and what he's going

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Speaker 9: to be.

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Speaker 5: If you ask Bill Garren, you know, hand on Bible.

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Speaker 9: He'd tell you that he's everything, every bit as good

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Speaker 9: as as Carol Caprisa. But now I think the rest

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Speaker 9: of the league knows that. I think the rest of

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Speaker 9: hockey fans know just how good this kid is. And

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Speaker 9: so he's going to come back feeling really very very

878
00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:37,319
Speaker 9: good about himself. He's had a sensational season and and

879
00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:39,279
Speaker 9: you know, he's coming off a great.

880
00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:40,960
Speaker 5: Playoff last year. So I just think it's going to

881
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:41,719
Speaker 5: get better and better.

882
00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:44,560
Speaker 1: Russo Radio nine to noon, nine forty eight.

883
00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:45,080
Speaker 4: Good Morning.

884
00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:48,799
Speaker 1: John Hines joins fifteen minutes from now from Colorado for

885
00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:51,000
Speaker 1: the Wild in the Abs on KFA N this evening.

886
00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:56,160
Speaker 1: Injuries Crosby Fiala now Miko rantin him, I was going

887
00:40:56,160 --> 00:40:58,799
Speaker 1: to miss some time for the Stars. So if you're

888
00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:01,200
Speaker 1: an owner of those teams, I mean you just kind

889
00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:03,560
Speaker 1: of you just kind of have to bite the bullet

890
00:41:03,600 --> 00:41:04,240
Speaker 1: on that, right.

891
00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:06,239
Speaker 5: Yeah.

892
00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:08,319
Speaker 9: I mean, unfortunately, that's just the way it works when

893
00:41:08,320 --> 00:41:10,680
Speaker 9: you're playing a physical game like this. Everybody knew the

894
00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:12,920
Speaker 9: risks going there. It's just a shame what happened to

895
00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:17,719
Speaker 9: Kevin Fiala, especially. You know, this is somebody that broke

896
00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:21,319
Speaker 9: his femur before he got to Minnesota, you know, in

897
00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:24,600
Speaker 9: the playoffs there when he was hit on a check

898
00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:27,120
Speaker 9: by Bartuso and broke his femur, wound up in a

899
00:41:27,160 --> 00:41:30,359
Speaker 9: hospital and a huge, huge recovery from that. Now he's

900
00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:32,920
Speaker 9: got i think the tim fib and had surgery there

901
00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:34,680
Speaker 9: and it's going to miss Rice for a regular season.

902
00:41:34,680 --> 00:41:37,440
Speaker 9: This comes right after the Kings trade for or Tammy

903
00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:40,000
Speaker 9: Pinerin too, so they were going for it all and

904
00:41:40,040 --> 00:41:41,640
Speaker 9: now you lose maybe your best player.

905
00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:42,560
Speaker 5: So that's a shame.

906
00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:45,560
Speaker 9: Obviously the spring knee with Crosby and then the rant

907
00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:47,799
Speaker 9: In situation. I'm gonna be really interested to see what

908
00:41:47,880 --> 00:41:50,279
Speaker 9: Dallas does now going into the trade deadline if they

909
00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:53,600
Speaker 9: feel they've got to go out and get you know.

910
00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:55,120
Speaker 5: Figure out a way to go get a player.

911
00:41:55,239 --> 00:41:58,200
Speaker 9: So it really is a shame what's happened to Ranton

912
00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:00,560
Speaker 9: and all these guys. But that's just you know that

913
00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:03,560
Speaker 9: that's unfortunately what happens in these type of tournaments. We

914
00:42:03,560 --> 00:42:05,960
Speaker 9: saw with Josh Morrissey last year in the Four Nations,

915
00:42:05,960 --> 00:42:08,360
Speaker 9: we saw with players like schae theador with Juel eriks

916
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:15,000
Speaker 9: Andeck and you know, unfortunately we've seen it before, guys

917
00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:16,600
Speaker 9: like John Tavaris, Domina Kashik.

918
00:42:16,640 --> 00:42:18,719
Speaker 5: This is just what player what owners have to deal with.

919
00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:20,200
Speaker 5: When the league is going there in the middle of

920
00:42:20,239 --> 00:42:20,760
Speaker 5: their season.

921
00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:23,480
Speaker 1: You'd think you'd think Billy g is going to be

922
00:42:23,560 --> 00:42:25,600
Speaker 1: making any trades before the deadline.

923
00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:27,759
Speaker 5: Yeah, I do.

924
00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:30,479
Speaker 9: I think that he's going after centers, you know, whether

925
00:42:30,520 --> 00:42:32,400
Speaker 9: it's a bench in Trocheck. I'm sure he'd love to

926
00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:35,480
Speaker 9: get on Robert Thomas. I think the price is extraordinary

927
00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:36,799
Speaker 9: for him, but.

928
00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:38,640
Speaker 5: I think Trocheck it makes a lot of sense.

929
00:42:38,680 --> 00:42:40,759
Speaker 9: I think Ryan O'Reilly is another center that I think

930
00:42:40,760 --> 00:42:41,880
Speaker 9: that they have interest in.

931
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:43,640
Speaker 5: I think they've called on Charlie Coyle.

932
00:42:44,520 --> 00:42:46,879
Speaker 9: You know, obviously you have different degrees of players there

933
00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:51,000
Speaker 9: to players with term, players that are penning UFAs, so

934
00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:53,600
Speaker 9: that all decides the price point. I think the biggest

935
00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:55,480
Speaker 9: thing that Billy is going to have to decide here is,

936
00:42:55,640 --> 00:42:57,759
Speaker 9: you know, if say at Trocheck is going to cost

937
00:42:57,840 --> 00:43:00,680
Speaker 9: you a lot of future assets, you know, a Charlie

938
00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:05,000
Speaker 9: stramol a Lambeau is the first whatever it is, you

939
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:06,840
Speaker 9: know that takes you out of other things.

940
00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:07,400
Speaker 5: Now in the future.

941
00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:10,160
Speaker 9: Because they're just running out of assets. They've traded a

942
00:43:10,200 --> 00:43:12,000
Speaker 9: lot here in the last couple of years for Quinn

943
00:43:12,080 --> 00:43:14,680
Speaker 9: Hughes and for David Yuricek and so he's just got

944
00:43:14,719 --> 00:43:17,640
Speaker 9: to determine, you know, what type of assets he's willing

945
00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:19,520
Speaker 9: to give up for certain players and whether or not

946
00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:21,520
Speaker 9: it's worth it. And if you go out and get

947
00:43:21,560 --> 00:43:23,120
Speaker 9: a tro check now, it is to take you out

948
00:43:23,120 --> 00:43:25,719
Speaker 9: of potentially big game hunting in the future, whether that's

949
00:43:25,719 --> 00:43:28,919
Speaker 9: the summer even into next season. So it's a tough

950
00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:31,000
Speaker 9: position that he's in because obviously, when you trade for

951
00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:33,759
Speaker 9: Quinn Hughes, you want to go out and make sure

952
00:43:33,760 --> 00:43:35,480
Speaker 9: that you're in a position to go and win a

953
00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:38,120
Speaker 9: Stanley Cup. You still got to get through Dallas in

954
00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:40,000
Speaker 9: the first round most likely, you still got to get

955
00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:43,480
Speaker 9: through most likely Colorado in the second round. So nothing

956
00:43:43,560 --> 00:43:45,919
Speaker 9: is given no matter what he does. So that's why

957
00:43:46,120 --> 00:43:48,640
Speaker 9: to me, he's just got to be careful here and

958
00:43:48,640 --> 00:43:51,359
Speaker 9: and really just make sure that whatever decision he makes

959
00:43:51,480 --> 00:43:52,160
Speaker 9: is the right one.

960
00:43:52,360 --> 00:43:55,480
Speaker 7: I generally don't like throwing out just specific names because

961
00:43:55,480 --> 00:43:57,960
Speaker 7: there are so many different factors involved, but like a

962
00:43:58,080 --> 00:44:01,080
Speaker 7: nas and Cadre when we're talking about centers and such,

963
00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:05,040
Speaker 7: and we're thinking about big game hunting, the required assets,

964
00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:08,280
Speaker 7: as you mentioned, you've already expended so much with Quinn Hughes,

965
00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:11,160
Speaker 7: and now the idea of adding another absolute stone cold

966
00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:15,320
Speaker 7: big timer appears to be difficult. But like a Nazm Cadre,

967
00:44:15,560 --> 00:44:18,160
Speaker 7: like names like that, do we have to kind of

968
00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:22,640
Speaker 7: keep an open mind in terms of the addition, considering

969
00:44:22,719 --> 00:44:25,920
Speaker 7: what Bill has in the equity bank account to work with.

970
00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:30,759
Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean, look, I think approach back, if there

971
00:44:30,800 --> 00:44:33,359
Speaker 9: to go after anybody, makes the most sense. Like, you know,

972
00:44:33,440 --> 00:44:37,920
Speaker 9: he's cheaper, he's better, he's a little younger. I mean,

973
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:40,719
Speaker 9: Cadri is a seven million dollar player with three years

974
00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:45,239
Speaker 9: left on this deal. Obviously Calgary can retain, but that

975
00:44:45,400 --> 00:44:47,399
Speaker 9: is a lot of freight for a thirty five year

976
00:44:47,400 --> 00:44:50,799
Speaker 9: old with churm left his I mean, he's got ten

977
00:44:50,840 --> 00:44:53,920
Speaker 9: goals in fifty six games. I am not the I

978
00:44:53,920 --> 00:44:56,720
Speaker 9: am not a Cadre guy anymore. He's not the player

979
00:44:56,760 --> 00:44:58,920
Speaker 9: that won a Cup in Colorado. He's not the player

980
00:44:58,960 --> 00:45:01,799
Speaker 9: that that was as good as was in Toronto. I

981
00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:03,799
Speaker 9: think Trochick makes a lot of sense. I think he

982
00:45:03,880 --> 00:45:06,799
Speaker 9: adds a lot of needs that the wild have. You know,

983
00:45:06,840 --> 00:45:09,200
Speaker 9: a right shot, a guy that.

984
00:45:09,200 --> 00:45:11,800
Speaker 5: Wins a ton of draws draws.

985
00:45:12,239 --> 00:45:14,719
Speaker 9: A guy that we just saw in the penalty kill

986
00:45:15,320 --> 00:45:18,960
Speaker 9: at the Olympics is elite in that category and a

987
00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:21,160
Speaker 9: guy that we know that Billy Garran respect so I

988
00:45:21,200 --> 00:45:22,440
Speaker 9: think he makes a lot of sense.

989
00:45:22,480 --> 00:45:23,960
Speaker 5: But I think because he's probably.

990
00:45:23,680 --> 00:45:25,440
Speaker 9: The number one center on the board right now, if

991
00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:28,080
Speaker 9: you're not including Robert Thomas, I think there's a lot

992
00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:29,920
Speaker 9: of teams that are probably going after him, whether it's

993
00:45:29,920 --> 00:45:34,200
Speaker 9: the Detroit Red Wings, whether it's you know, Carolina Hurricanes

994
00:45:34,280 --> 00:45:37,719
Speaker 9: is a place that he's been before. Obviously Minnesota there's

995
00:45:37,719 --> 00:45:39,160
Speaker 9: a lot. There was a lot of jokes over in

996
00:45:39,200 --> 00:45:41,239
Speaker 9: Milan that he's gonna be joining the Wild. I think

997
00:45:41,280 --> 00:45:43,480
Speaker 9: that he the Wild could be a front runner in this.

998
00:45:43,880 --> 00:45:46,439
Speaker 9: The question is, you know, how much can Chris Jeri

999
00:45:46,520 --> 00:45:48,359
Speaker 9: get because there are so many teams that want them,

1000
00:45:48,520 --> 00:45:50,240
Speaker 9: and whether or not Billy Garran's.

1001
00:45:49,880 --> 00:45:51,240
Speaker 5: Willing to meet that price.

1002
00:45:51,280 --> 00:45:53,960
Speaker 9: I'm sure they've had a ton of conversations because they

1003
00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:56,480
Speaker 9: were together on the same staff for USA Hockey and Milan.

1004
00:45:56,480 --> 00:45:58,360
Speaker 5: And we'll see what happens here in the next week.

1005
00:45:58,680 --> 00:45:59,480
Speaker 5: But the trade.

1006
00:45:59,239 --> 00:46:02,880
Speaker 9: Deadlines quickly coming, and Billy Garran does have a history

1007
00:46:02,920 --> 00:46:04,880
Speaker 9: of trying to get a get a jump on the

1008
00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:06,600
Speaker 9: deadline and making moves in advance.

1009
00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:08,239
Speaker 5: And so let's put this way.

1010
00:46:08,480 --> 00:46:13,360
Speaker 9: Joe Smith and myself, have our have our cell phones

1011
00:46:13,360 --> 00:46:13,640
Speaker 9: at the.

1012
00:46:13,600 --> 00:46:16,880
Speaker 1: Ready trocheck is thirty six? Does that matter?

1013
00:46:17,840 --> 00:46:18,880
Speaker 6: Yeah?

1014
00:46:19,040 --> 00:46:21,399
Speaker 9: I don't think that it matters because he's still such

1015
00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:25,000
Speaker 9: a really really good player. You know, first of all,

1016
00:46:25,040 --> 00:46:30,440
Speaker 9: he's thirty two, you know, just so you know there, Yeah,

1017
00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:34,560
Speaker 9: like he's younger than Nasadre. So I think so, I

1018
00:46:34,560 --> 00:46:38,080
Speaker 9: think the thirty two age is what really attracts the

1019
00:46:38,120 --> 00:46:41,000
Speaker 9: Wild to him because he's got term on his deal

1020
00:46:41,080 --> 00:46:43,640
Speaker 9: and and like he's you know, his cap hits at

1021
00:46:43,640 --> 00:46:46,400
Speaker 9: four six two five, he's got three years left on

1022
00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:46,879
Speaker 9: his deal.

1023
00:46:47,680 --> 00:46:49,399
Speaker 5: He's got a history of scoring too.

1024
00:46:49,960 --> 00:46:51,799
Speaker 9: You know, he hasn't had a great year in New York,

1025
00:46:52,040 --> 00:46:54,160
Speaker 9: there's no doubt about that. But this is a perennial

1026
00:46:54,200 --> 00:46:57,000
Speaker 9: twenty to twenty five goal scorer. He splashed his skill.

1027
00:46:57,800 --> 00:47:01,319
Speaker 9: He gets forty to fifty points a year. And we

1028
00:47:01,400 --> 00:47:04,520
Speaker 9: know that from a face off percentage standpoint, from an

1029
00:47:04,840 --> 00:47:09,840
Speaker 9: expected goals standpoint, to you know, a penalty kill standpoint.

1030
00:47:09,920 --> 00:47:11,680
Speaker 5: He fits a lot of needs. And if you're a.

1031
00:47:11,600 --> 00:47:14,759
Speaker 9: Wild fan, you're also well aware that this team just

1032
00:47:14,880 --> 00:47:17,920
Speaker 9: lacks right shots, and especially in your top six, and

1033
00:47:17,960 --> 00:47:20,880
Speaker 9: so I think that he would make a huge, huge

1034
00:47:20,920 --> 00:47:23,800
Speaker 9: difference in somebody that John Hines can use in different

1035
00:47:23,880 --> 00:47:27,040
Speaker 9: different areas. Ryan O'Reilly is another name that I think

1036
00:47:27,080 --> 00:47:28,920
Speaker 9: that if he is willing to move, I think the

1037
00:47:28,960 --> 00:47:31,880
Speaker 9: Wild would be in on. He'd probably come cheaper in

1038
00:47:31,960 --> 00:47:36,359
Speaker 9: terms of assets given up. So so we'll see where

1039
00:47:36,400 --> 00:47:39,239
Speaker 9: it goes. You know, I think Trocheck is the guy

1040
00:47:39,280 --> 00:47:40,560
Speaker 9: that they're really going after right now.

1041
00:47:40,560 --> 00:47:43,160
Speaker 1: Though yeah, yeah, that's my bad. I mean the thirty

1042
00:47:43,200 --> 00:47:45,760
Speaker 1: six to thirty two is big. So really the question

1043
00:47:45,880 --> 00:47:49,399
Speaker 1: was a non player any any any you know thing

1044
00:47:49,440 --> 00:47:52,520
Speaker 1: you can share or with your discernment or hints or

1045
00:47:52,640 --> 00:47:55,799
Speaker 1: background as to like what the Wild would be giving up.

1046
00:47:58,640 --> 00:48:01,520
Speaker 5: You know, I because he's got term. I think it's

1047
00:48:01,520 --> 00:48:02,960
Speaker 5: going to cost significant assets.

1048
00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:05,719
Speaker 9: And that's where it scares me, because he is, to

1049
00:48:05,800 --> 00:48:07,120
Speaker 9: your point, he's still thirty two.

1050
00:48:07,600 --> 00:48:09,040
Speaker 5: He still makes a lot of money.

1051
00:48:10,160 --> 00:48:12,640
Speaker 9: And you know, for a team that's given up so

1052
00:48:12,760 --> 00:48:15,000
Speaker 9: many assets in the last couple of years, you know,

1053
00:48:15,080 --> 00:48:18,160
Speaker 9: a first, second, third, and fourth for your check rossi

1054
00:48:18,280 --> 00:48:21,959
Speaker 9: ogre in a first and boy in the Quinn deal.

1055
00:48:22,200 --> 00:48:24,280
Speaker 9: If all of a sudden you're giving up Charlie Stramo,

1056
00:48:24,320 --> 00:48:26,240
Speaker 9: which might be if you're not including.

1057
00:48:25,880 --> 00:48:28,480
Speaker 5: Vaalstat or you're off your bet, your best prospect.

1058
00:48:28,520 --> 00:48:30,680
Speaker 9: If you're giving up another first round pick, if you're

1059
00:48:30,719 --> 00:48:34,000
Speaker 9: giving up a first round pick like Carson Lambos, that's

1060
00:48:34,040 --> 00:48:36,719
Speaker 9: a lot to give up, and it could take you

1061
00:48:36,760 --> 00:48:38,600
Speaker 9: out of other things. And this is where I just

1062
00:48:38,640 --> 00:48:41,160
Speaker 9: think that Bill Garrian's got to be careful. It's like,

1063
00:48:41,160 --> 00:48:43,399
Speaker 9: like there's no doubt the Chrochick could help and could

1064
00:48:43,440 --> 00:48:46,840
Speaker 9: fiddle in need. But if you give up significant assets

1065
00:48:46,880 --> 00:48:48,680
Speaker 9: for a player that a lot of teams are coveting,

1066
00:48:49,040 --> 00:48:52,239
Speaker 9: it could take you out of something this summer. And

1067
00:48:52,400 --> 00:48:54,319
Speaker 9: we all know the Wild still want to go big

1068
00:48:54,360 --> 00:48:56,920
Speaker 9: game hunting, but they don't have a ton of assets,

1069
00:48:56,960 --> 00:48:58,800
Speaker 9: and so I do think it would cost them a

1070
00:48:58,840 --> 00:49:01,520
Speaker 9: couple of prospects and maybe even at first. And this

1071
00:49:01,640 --> 00:49:04,319
Speaker 9: is an organization that last year traded first, this year

1072
00:49:04,400 --> 00:49:08,120
Speaker 9: traded first, and to now give up a future first,

1073
00:49:08,160 --> 00:49:11,040
Speaker 9: you know, you better start being right. And when at

1074
00:49:11,080 --> 00:49:12,359
Speaker 9: the end of the day, you still got to beat

1075
00:49:12,440 --> 00:49:14,440
Speaker 9: Dallas in the first round in Colorado and the second

1076
00:49:14,440 --> 00:49:16,239
Speaker 9: to get to where you want to go, it's a

1077
00:49:16,280 --> 00:49:17,080
Speaker 9: lot to give up.

1078
00:49:17,520 --> 00:49:17,799
Speaker 5: You know.

1079
00:49:18,080 --> 00:49:20,040
Speaker 9: The teams that give up those type of assets are

1080
00:49:20,040 --> 00:49:24,439
Speaker 9: teams that are you know, usually Cup contenders. Every single year,

1081
00:49:24,560 --> 00:49:27,320
Speaker 9: and they're in easier divisions and have an easier path

1082
00:49:27,400 --> 00:49:30,040
Speaker 9: where the wild still they can make the best moves

1083
00:49:30,040 --> 00:49:32,160
Speaker 9: in the world, and they still got to get through Dallas,

1084
00:49:32,160 --> 00:49:34,399
Speaker 9: they still got to get through Colorado. So it's really

1085
00:49:34,480 --> 00:49:37,120
Speaker 9: a quandary because you know, three of the best teams

1086
00:49:37,120 --> 00:49:40,200
Speaker 9: in the league are in this are in this Central Division,

1087
00:49:40,239 --> 00:49:43,440
Speaker 9: and the way that the NHL does the does their

1088
00:49:45,000 --> 00:49:47,279
Speaker 9: playoff format, you're gonna have a couple of the great

1089
00:49:47,320 --> 00:49:48,880
Speaker 9: teams in the league be out.

1090
00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:50,799
Speaker 5: Byround the end of round one and at the end

1091
00:49:50,800 --> 00:49:51,319
Speaker 5: of round two.

1092
00:49:51,480 --> 00:49:51,640
Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, here's the mistake I made, trochesse Ye. I was

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Speaker 1: thinking about the twenty thirty Olympics for a question. Trocheck

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Speaker 1: will be thirty six in twenty thirty. Yeah, and the

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Speaker 1: question of former Gophers now Jackson Lacombe was on the

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Speaker 1: team this year, but like Logan Cooley and Maddy Nyes

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Speaker 1: in twenty thirty, I mean, have they have fair shots

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Speaker 1: to be on the team right?

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Speaker 9: Absolutely? And look, there's gonna be a lot of guys.

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Speaker 9: I mean, Cole Coffield, Layne Hudson, Alex Lassek, Will Smith,

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Speaker 9: There's a lot of really good young American players, coming

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Speaker 9: up that weren't even on this Olympic team, and so

1104
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Speaker 9: guys are definitely going to age out. The brock Nelsons.

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Speaker 9: We saw Chris Prier age out, we saw you know,

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Speaker 9: you know, obviously a JT. Miller could age out. So

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Speaker 9: I think the United States has a really good opportunity

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Speaker 9: to be having chances to win many World Cups and

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Speaker 9: many Olympics. I think this is just the beginning, and

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Speaker 9: I'll be interested to see what happens on the next squad.

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Speaker 9: If Bill Gerrion comes back to run the team, I

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Speaker 9: don't see why they wouldn't want him back because he

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Speaker 9: proved I think for a lot of people that were

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Speaker 9: ripping him to shreds, I think.

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Speaker 5: He made the right moves for this team.

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Speaker 9: Obviously, Taged Johnson had a great, great tournament, Trochick and

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Speaker 9: Miller were part of an eighteen for eighteen penalty kill.

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Speaker 9: So he made the right decisions and they're the ones

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Speaker 9: with the gold medal right now, And it's because of

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Speaker 9: those decisions. But now it's you know, where do you

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Speaker 9: go from here in the next World Cup, in the

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Speaker 9: next Olympics.

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Speaker 5: Because there were a lot of really good players left

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Speaker 5: off this team.

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Speaker 7: We are going to hear from the head coach next segment.

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Speaker 7: But as his team returns we mentioned fatigue, how about

1127
00:51:22,920 --> 00:51:25,919
Speaker 7: overall health, whether it's Brodean finding his way back into

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Speaker 7: the mix, like as we make this final twenty four

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Speaker 7: to twenty five game sprint to the postseason, or are

1130
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Speaker 7: we going to have all our guys at some point?

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00:51:34,440 --> 00:51:35,520
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean that's the hope.

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Speaker 9: They've been the you know, for the most part healthy

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Speaker 9: here the last you know, month or two, and that's

1134
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Speaker 9: been a great thing. And so they are coming back,

1135
00:51:44,480 --> 00:51:47,440
Speaker 9: as far as we know, very very healthy. Brodean's the

1136
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Speaker 9: one guy that's really out of the lineup right now.

1137
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Speaker 9: He's somebody that is at least on the ice skating,

1138
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Speaker 9: but he's got to set a timeline from his surgery

1139
00:51:55,719 --> 00:51:57,719
Speaker 9: of sixty eight weeks, So that to me tells us

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Speaker 9: that he's probably be out another two to three weeks.

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Speaker 5: But it's a really good thing that he's on the

1142
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Speaker 5: ice now.

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Speaker 9: And as we've seen, I mean, he is an incredibly

1144
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Speaker 9: important player for this team, and you put him in

1145
00:52:08,920 --> 00:52:12,320
Speaker 9: the lineup and suddenly the Wild have as deep a blue.

1146
00:52:12,080 --> 00:52:13,879
Speaker 5: Line as there is in National Hockey League.

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Speaker 9: And what's been really good is guys like caprisof and

1148
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Speaker 9: Eck and and you know, Caprice, I've got a lot.

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Speaker 5: Of rest here.

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Speaker 9: Obviously the last three weeks, k came back healthy, which

1151
00:52:23,000 --> 00:52:26,879
Speaker 9: is always a scary thing with him, and as far

1152
00:52:26,920 --> 00:52:29,000
Speaker 9: as we know, guys like Bowldie and Quinn, Hughes and

1153
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Speaker 9: Brock favor at healthy as well.

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Speaker 1: Lastly, thirty seconds you get it off Heinz. Next segment

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Speaker 1: from Colorado, who do you expect to play goalie for

1156
00:52:37,920 --> 00:52:41,279
Speaker 1: Minnesota tonight? And I noticed Boss is two seven and

1157
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Speaker 1: one versus Colorado all time.

1158
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Speaker 9: Yeah, that's why I think that maybe they go with Wally.

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Speaker 5: But we'll see.

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Speaker 9: I mean, you know, look, at some point you got

1161
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Speaker 9: to you got to play your best against the Colorado Avalanche.

1162
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Speaker 9: But Wally's had some really good games against Colorado. They

1163
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Speaker 9: play the next night in Utah where Phillip has one.

1164
00:53:01,880 --> 00:53:03,919
Speaker 5: Games as well, so we'll see.

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Speaker 9: I mean, it's it's it's you know that that was

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Speaker 9: a really interesting thing about the Olympic tournament is that

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Speaker 9: Gus really didn't perform well, essentially.

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Speaker 5: Lost his job. Whially didn't get a minute of playing time.

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Speaker 9: So we'll see how they deal with the goaltending rotation

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Speaker 9: as we get here down the stretch.

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Speaker 1: Thanks brother, great work as usual. Appreciate you.

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Speaker 5: Yep see you guys, Take care.

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Speaker 1: Rousseau Radio, The Athletic, the Athletic dot Com.

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Speaker 6: Let's play hockey.

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Speaker 1: Tonight at Ball Arena. Wild and Avalanche and a wild

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Speaker 1: Head coach John Hines joins