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Speaker 2: Clicks DROI Kracking this morning on a Thursday, January eighth,

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Speaker 2: Mike Benton with you again the crack and take on

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Speaker 2: and One Roof Foundation. Coming up, we'll hear from Berkeley

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Speaker 2: Catton two goals in the night that he scored his

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Speaker 2: conversation we'll get from Crackingweekly and our visit with Ryan

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Speaker 2: Clark of ESPN. Where the Crack and stand right now

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Speaker 2: at the halfway point, and where this Western Conference playoff

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Speaker 2: us here from Crackingweekly, which aired last night.

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Speaker 3: Coming up in just a bit, our.

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Speaker 2: Flashback takes us to the opener of this two game

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Speaker 2: homestand and the end back to back games where the

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Speaker 2: Kraken face the Boston Bruins with no signs of slowing down.

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Speaker 4: Shop held donk side, ask for ro forced off the buck,

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Speaker 4: Berkeley capton delayed penalty coming to Boston.

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Speaker 5: There it is Berkeley Catton his first goal in the

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Speaker 5: National Hockey League from the right side, fires it in

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Speaker 6: Seattle leads too on while Berkeley Katten down the right

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Speaker 6: side has the can trelling behind him. It's an odd

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Speaker 6: puts that fuck back on Den Hard too, who cracking congratulations.

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Speaker 4: Berkeley Chet lost his foot it Mason low Rack forcing

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Speaker 5: The feed from Ty Carshay H's three two Seattle lead.

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Speaker 6: Ben Myers, puts it on his tape, Myers putting it home.

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Speaker 3: Cracking seconds left.

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Speaker 4: Fit's done, walks.

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Speaker 4: Crowns through the hands. It off to Cocko. Now capton

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Speaker 6: That's here in the third host Freddy control coming down

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Speaker 6: the line. He put the feet to Berkeley Cotton who

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Speaker 9: Ver, You've done a lot here up at the NHL,

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Speaker 9: but now you get your first goal. You look like

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Speaker 9: you were pretty, uh, a little relieved after that.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, one hundred percent. A lot of weight off the

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Speaker 7: So that was that was awesome.

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Speaker 9: You said your teammates have been pretty supportive throughout this

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Speaker 10: What were they like, one hundred percent? They've been nothing

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Speaker 11: Are you surprised that after you get the first one

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Speaker 8: Yeah, I don't know.

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Speaker 10: I figured it maybe if I had one, they would

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Speaker 3: How did the both the goals happen?

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Speaker 10: Honestly, the first one I kind of blocked out there.

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Speaker 10: great pass by Freddy and kind of gave me a

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Speaker 11: You did a big smile on your face after that

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Speaker 10: know that's pretty awesome. You know, guy, that's really been

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Speaker 11: You mentioned it being a weight off your shoulders.

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Speaker 10: One, Yeah, one hundred percent. I didn't even know it

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Speaker 11: To me, I'm looking more generally at this game. I mean,

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Speaker 7: Yeah, it's good.

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Speaker 10: You know, we're we're on a roll right now, and

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Speaker 4: So you know, that's our identity and we've got to

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Speaker 2: As it stands, the Kraken are just one point out

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Speaker 2: a missed a very very tight Western Conference picture right now,

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Speaker 2: with plenty of questions at the halfway point of who

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Speaker 2: from an overall league standpoint. Ryan Clark of ESPN had

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Speaker 7: We think about how close the Flames were last season

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Speaker 7: to make playoffs.

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Speaker 3: Within the year before.

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Speaker 7: That, we've seen other examples, going as far back to

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Speaker 7: you keep with things as planned because it's still been

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Speaker 7: you're the Utah man, the playoffs are the goal. You

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Speaker 7: go get JJ Peterca. You saved the cap space you have.

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Speaker 7: You're in a position that when you come back from

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Speaker 7: of these teams. And let's play Anaheim to that conversation too.

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Speaker 7: Anaheim is that team that people thought going in, if

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Speaker 7: that makes the playoffs, if.

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Speaker 3: It's not Utah, it's Anaheim.

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Speaker 7: Because Anaheim has been building the last few seasons. Anaheim

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Speaker 7: and it made the moves, It freed up the cap space.

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Speaker 7: You're able to get Chris Krider, and all of a sudden,

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Speaker 3: In addition, having.

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Speaker 3: Believe for in January and it feels like the seasons

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Speaker 3: To play meaningful games into March.

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Speaker 4: Right, Game seventy has to matter, that's got to mean something.

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Speaker 7: But it's easy to understand why because, like go back

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Speaker 3: Like those things that absolutely matter.

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Speaker 3: But it is also the economics of it, because.

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Speaker 3: A buyer or seller.

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Speaker 3: Okay, So the Flyers are a great, great pick.

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Speaker 7: They are a team that has youth, they have veterans,

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Speaker 3: Do ahead of the deadline.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, I think one of the things that concerns me

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Speaker 7: But I think it also depends upon what team you're

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Speaker 3: Think about the last eight games, they've been the best

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Speaker 3: Yes, that's just a snatch out of eight games.

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Speaker 12: It's just how do you take eight games you make

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Speaker 7: But to that point, I certainly get what you're saying,

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Speaker 4: I love asking this question to folks who come on.

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Speaker 4: I mean, in the beginning of the year, you get

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Speaker 2: That's Ryan Clark of ESPN joining US again has handled

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Speaker 2: Ryan Underscore s Underscore Clark at X with the Kraken

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Speaker 2: NetFront presence right behind him with ten points as well

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Speaker 2: on the power play.

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Speaker 3: For this season.

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Speaker 2: That will set you up here for this one. Next

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Speaker 2: home game won't come until January nineteenth. The Kraken after

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Speaker 2: this on the road for five consecutive games and looking

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Speaker 2: to run the table. Here in the brief pitched top

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Speaker 2: of two in a row at home and looking to

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Speaker 2: dis some payback, of course against Minnesota in this second

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Speaker 2: matchup of the season. Once again, puck dropped a little

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Speaker 2: past seven o'clock Pacific time. Airtime is six thirty. We

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Speaker 2: certainly hope that you can join us big thanks again

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Speaker 2: to Ryan Clark and for kraking this morning. I'm Mike Benton.

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Speaker 2: Have a happy Thursday and enjoy the game.

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