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Speaker 1: Welcome to Cracking this morning, a presentation of the Kracking

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Speaker 1: Audio Network and Sports Radio ninety three point three KJR FM.

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Speaker 1: Here's Mike Benton.

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Speaker 2: Five games left in the regular season. This one's got

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Speaker 2: plenty of meeting also in different ways, more than just one.

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Speaker 2: We welcome you to Cracking this morning. On a Thursday,

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Speaker 2: April ninth, the Kraken, with five games left, sit nine

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Speaker 2: points out, so any kind of margin for air has

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Speaker 2: virtually dried up and hopes to hold off playoff elimination.

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Speaker 3: The Cracking taken on Vegas.

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Speaker 2: For the third of four meetings here for this regular season,

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Speaker 2: and we'll also see Lane Lambert versus John Tortorella between

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Speaker 2: the Kraken and Vegas bench for the first time since

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Speaker 2: both coaches were named to their post. Everett fits You,

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Speaker 2: who joined us of course on Cracking Weekly, is back

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Speaker 2: with us in just a bit for pretty good reason.

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Speaker 2: A major move going down for the Kracking and in

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Speaker 2: their organization.

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Speaker 3: On Wednesday afternoon.

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Speaker 2: Ron Francis, who have been with the organization since twenty

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Speaker 2: of Hockey Operations. He will step down at the end

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Speaker 2: of this season. The Kraken announcing earlier on Wednesday reaction

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Speaker 2: from that move, with Everett coming up in just a

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Speaker 2: bit as the Kraken back home after back to back

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Speaker 2: losses in Winnipeg and Minnesota, most recently Tuesday night, a

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Speaker 2: of play, and the Kraken right now trying to get

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Speaker 2: out of the slide of zero five and one over

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Speaker 2: the course of the last six games, aiming for their

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Speaker 2: a four to four to one overall record on home

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Speaker 2: ice against the Golden Knights. Before we get to Everett,

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Speaker 2: here's a look back at two nights ago, with the

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Speaker 2: Kraken looking to start out strong against the team in

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Speaker 2: Minnesota will usually wins when they start out strong.

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Speaker 4: Back to Caprice off left circle. Caprice walks in behind

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Speaker 4: of the goal. Joey the cord got over there quickly

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Speaker 4: a quick up for Copo Coco right side down for Schwartz,

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Speaker 3: Monteur scars Brandon Montour a one timer.

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Speaker 4: Right before the power play expires, and the Seattle krack

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Speaker 4: lead with nine thirty six to play in the opening

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Speaker 5: This whole thing started with a great up pass from

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Speaker 5: Joey to Cord all the way down to Deaden Schwartz

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Speaker 5: the far blue line, who got the zone entry, got

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Speaker 5: the power plan, waits for Montour to get into that

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Speaker 3: He lets a one time or go boom back of

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Speaker 4: One up wild failed clear kept in by Stevenson right

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Speaker 3: It scores.

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Speaker 4: The big cat on the prowl here at Minnesota Chandler

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Speaker 4: Stevenson to Adam Larson as he whipped it in. Load

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Speaker 4: of the ice beats volstet five hole and the Kraken

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Speaker 4: regain their lead. It's a two to one, cracking edge

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Speaker 4: with six fifty to play. In the first well, Jenner

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Speaker 4: we're gonna have a fight right at center ice. It's

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Speaker 4: gonna be Jamie Alexiak and Marcus Folino Feleno. It's one

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Speaker 4: Two chams of the right side of the head, Alexiak

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Speaker 4: with another strong right of his own Polino. A couple

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Speaker 4: it'll remain a two to two hockey game now with

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Speaker 4: Shot from Spurgeon to coordinate the same didn't know where

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Speaker 1: They score.

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Speaker 3: Marcus show Headson against.

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Speaker 4: His former team and the Kracking down a pair four

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Speaker 2: Fine two was your final Minnesota over the Kraken, as

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Speaker 2: and the Kraken now looking to get back on the

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Speaker 2: winning track with serious playoff implications at play and a

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Speaker 2: shakeup as well underway in the Crack in front office. Well,

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Speaker 2: needless to say, what a day, and we have a

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Speaker 2: tonight the Crack and taking on the Vegas Golden Knights.

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Speaker 3: Big shout out, big.

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Speaker 2: Thank you to everet fits to you and al Kiniski.

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Speaker 2: As I mentioned on Cracking Weekly, we kind of peel

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Speaker 2: back the curtain on this because after the bulk of

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Speaker 2: our conversation where we touched more on the bigger picture

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Speaker 2: for this summer and a recap of the road trip

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Speaker 2: than major news breaking. Of course, that's what happens in

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Speaker 2: this day and age in this business. Ron Francis stepping

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Speaker 2: down at the end of the season as Cracking President

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Speaker 2: of Hockey Operations. Ever refits you now joining us here

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Speaker 2: for a lengthier chat on this heading into the game

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Speaker 2: tonight against the Vegas Golden Knights. Fast thanks again, Buddy

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Speaker 2: for doing this ron Francis has been here since twenty

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Speaker 2: nineteen in some management capacity. A Hall of famer is

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Speaker 2: time is now done stepping down at.

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Speaker 3: The end of the season. Your instant reaction to this.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean I think number one, it's it's a

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Speaker 6: little bit of shock, just because I mean, ron Is

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Speaker 6: is he had shovels in the ground, right He was

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Speaker 6: here when this was NHL Seattle. He was here when

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Speaker 6: there was nothing more, you know, barely more than a

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Speaker 6: I think for him to help build and create this

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Speaker 6: I mean he'd helped design the locker room for goodness sakes, right, Like,

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Speaker 6: he was very hands on that this wasn't just you know,

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Speaker 6: very instrumental in helping establish this organization here in Seattle

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Speaker 6: I mean obviously, you know, you go to the playoffs

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Speaker 6: in year two. Yeah, there were some missteps. No GM

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Speaker 6: so he and Todd decided that, hey, you know, maybe

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Speaker 6: I think you know when I when I was running

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Speaker 6: first thought was My initial thought was, oh, this can't

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Speaker 6: I think shock was was my initial reactions to all

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Speaker 2: Reports sat Jason Bottrell will have nobody filled in the

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Speaker 2: Before I get to the bottlel meaning of this, there's

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Speaker 2: a fresh approach. There's hits and there's misses that we

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Speaker 2: can recap. But six years ago this team didn't even

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Speaker 2: thirsty this hockey town was for the NHL. When you

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Speaker 2: consider thirty two thousand ticket deposits were dropped in the

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Speaker 2: blink of an eye. Ron Francis self lay a foundation.

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Speaker 2: No matter how you slice it, he's a hall of

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Speaker 2: of this, from helping design Crack in community ice Plex

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Speaker 2: meaningful move of the Ron francisira Oh?

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Speaker 6: I mean, listen, I think meaningful to me is just

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Speaker 6: I think he helped bring legitimacy to the Seattle Kraken

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Speaker 6: the track record in Carolina, probably maybe a lot of

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Speaker 6: many times have we seen coaches and gms get second

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Speaker 6: And and and while still paying respect, I think to

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Speaker 2: Tough to say what the next chapter of this next

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Speaker 2: sends Jason Botterol to Goverro's GM. There was the Mason

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Speaker 2: And you, I mean, folks, you tell me Malanson is

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Speaker 2: The challenge now is to get him signed. So from there,

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Speaker 6: the kra can need an offensive force. I mean, da

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Speaker 6: So with McMahon, I mean, right now, internally, that's got

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Speaker 2: Nine thirty am. Todd Liwikie news conference coming up later

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Speaker 2: on today will have more of this. By the way,

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Speaker 2: It's April ninth and the Krakens certainly are playing a

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna go to a bit of a different rounde

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Speaker 2: I would love to see what can Berkeley Canton do?

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Speaker 6: Yeah? I mean, for my money, I think Oscar Fisker ballguard.

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Speaker 6: These are all auditioning for spots next season, whether that

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Speaker 3: Face appreciate you, buddy, thank you.

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Speaker 6: All is a pleasure.

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Speaker 2: Mikey Free all right, awesome, Everett, thank you very much.

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Speaker 2: Everet fits you joining us here. He and Alconiski will

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Speaker 2: pregame show served up by Frostbrewed Corps, Light Shoose Chill.

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Speaker 2: As Ron Francis again, we'll step down at the end

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Speaker 2: of the season from his role as President of Hockey Operations.

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Speaker 3: More reaction from.

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Speaker 2: This was CEO Todd Lewicki, who will meet the media

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Speaker 2: Pledge Arena. More on that coming up in our broadcast

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Speaker 2: coverage as well for this game tonight. As Francis, who

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Speaker 2: for the third consecutive season. Once again, more reaction from

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Speaker 2: Todd Leiwiki coming up at nine point thirty this morning.

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Speaker 3: We'll get you.

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Speaker 2: Covered with everything from more reaction from Wednesday's news, to

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Speaker 2: and matchup three of this season, all coming up at

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Speaker 2: six point thirty with airtime coverage seven o'clock a little

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Speaker 3: I'm Mike Benton. Have a happy Thursday. You're home for

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