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Speaker 3: Carlo worked at free slapped around the boards, turned over.

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Speaker 1: All right, those highlights courtesy of the Global Credit Union

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Speaker 1: Cracking Audio Network. When to close the homestand against the leafs.

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Speaker 2: Well here we are.

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Speaker 1: outside looking in in Henderson. The Firebirds, though a tough

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Speaker 1: not offense, will be last night losing to the one

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Speaker 1: in San Jose. Yanni Newman though scored the lone goal

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Speaker 1: for the Firebirds. He's got ten points in the last

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Speaker 1: ten games. Logan Morrison and Jaggerfercus right now leading the

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Speaker 1: Firebirds each and scoring with forty points. Morrison now went

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Speaker 1: twenty one goals through forty three games. That leads the

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Speaker 1: Firebirds in the goal scoring column. Tomorrow night, Coachella Valley

447
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Speaker 1: back in action they'll take on Henderson in a pair

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Speaker 1: of road games, opening up once again seven o'clock Pacific

449
00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:05,560
Speaker 1: time tomorrow night on Friday. Well, the Kraken right now

450
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Speaker 1: entering the break and miss the very crazy and chaotic

451
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Speaker 1: playoff picture.

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Speaker 2: But how much have they solidified their spot.

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Speaker 1: As far as perception in the playoff picture for the

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Speaker 1: Western Conference. Perhaps opinions are getting stronger as far as

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Speaker 1: the Kraken and their place in the postseason picture. All right,

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Speaker 1: now to the Beacon Plumbing hotline we go. But in

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Speaker 1: a while since we had this friend Don here with us.

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Speaker 1: But it's always a good time with Mick Kern of

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Speaker 1: Sirius XM, NHL Network Radio and under Review, one of

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Speaker 1: my appointment listens, by the way in the morning. He

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Speaker 1: does a fantastic job. Mick Kello, nearly happy break to you.

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Speaker 1: How are you holding up right now?

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Speaker 7: Well, you know, everyone's looking forward to the Olympics. I'm

464
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Speaker 7: like the exception. I'll watch it, especially the men's and

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Speaker 7: women's hockey. But you know what, Mike, I've really enjoyed

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Speaker 7: the NHL season. I can't wait till February twenty fifth.

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Speaker 7: Oh goodness, yeah, when we get going again and all

468
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Speaker 7: the teams have a quarter of the season to play

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Speaker 7: in six and a half weeks.

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Speaker 1: And we got through this whole January thing and what

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Speaker 1: just felt like a crunch. It was a blink of

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Speaker 1: an eye as well. I mean, hey, I'm tired. It's

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Speaker 1: a good tire though, But that's what January gave us.

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Speaker 1: Right now, I mean, as we head near it, as

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Speaker 1: we head nearly into this break, to you the biggest

476
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Speaker 1: surprises right now in the standings Eastern and Western Conference?

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Speaker 2: What are they to you?

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Speaker 4: Who are you guys? You guys, are a surprise in

479
00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:28,640
Speaker 4: the way it up for you right there? I mean

480
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Speaker 4: it is.

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Speaker 7: I got Pittsburgh in the East. I'm not even gonna

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Speaker 7: say Buffalo. I got Pittsburgh more in the East. We'll

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Speaker 7: get to them. Let's go with you, guys. This good

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Speaker 7: players on this team. You know this team better than

485
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Speaker 7: I do. There's no superstars on this team, kind of

486
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Speaker 7: like Carolina in that way. By the way, Sebastianaho is

487
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Speaker 7: a great player. I use superstar very sparingly. Dry Sidle mcannon.

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Speaker 7: Data hasn't got that guy yet. Don't get him. Eventually,

489
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Speaker 7: maybe the trade will, maybe they develop him. Doesn't matter.

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Speaker 7: This is a well run team, well coached team, good

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Speaker 7: goaltending and the team construct.

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Speaker 4: You know, this is one of the.

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Speaker 7: Most team or into sports. You got to have the

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Speaker 7: really star players. Maybe Shane writes that guy. Eventually, maybe

495
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Speaker 7: he gets shipped out. Who knows. Who knows, But right

496
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Speaker 7: now with what we know, Mike, this is a good team.

497
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Speaker 7: I saw them here in Toronto and I was like, now,

498
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Speaker 7: it's one game, but they're one of the teams. I went,

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Speaker 7: this's a good team. This is the best Seattle team

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Speaker 7: I've seen. I know they made the playoffs the second

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Speaker 7: year of the one hundred points, but then there was

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Speaker 7: a bit of a regression. I didn't think it was regression.

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Speaker 7: I thought it was more just back to what they

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Speaker 7: were as they're developing who they are, and I like

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Speaker 7: the steps they're on.

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Speaker 4: It's tough.

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Speaker 7: That Pacific Division is cuckoo crazy.

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Speaker 2: Yes, it just is.

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Speaker 7: You guys could finish first, you can finish out of

510
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Speaker 7: the playoffs. I do believe you're making the playoffs. I

511
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Speaker 7: don't know who's not making it now with La getting

512
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Speaker 7: Panera and how can they not be better? How can

513
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Speaker 7: their offense you just saw them, how can they not

514
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Speaker 7: be better? Edmonton or a conundrum to me, Vegas aren't

515
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Speaker 7: going the way they're supposed to. So if we get

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Speaker 7: to April fifteenth, whatever it is in the Seattle Cracker

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Speaker 7: in the first place, now, wouldn't be shocked. Back in

518
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Speaker 7: October I would have said, Mike, you're crazy.

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Speaker 1: Where do you then put Lane Lambert and his coaching

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Speaker 1: job in the Jack Adams conversation with others like John

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Speaker 1: Cooper and also even Damn Muse in Pittsburgh.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, great choices. He has to be in the conversation

523
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Speaker 7: and he'll get votes. He may not win it, though

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Speaker 7: he'd be a worthy recipient. Here's the thing about that trophy.

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Speaker 7: You know this, Mike, Every year seven eight to nine

526
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Speaker 7: guys are legitimate winners of that thing. We tend to

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Speaker 7: go towards the guys who bring the team from nowhere up.

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Speaker 7: So that's why John Cooper never wins it. And I

529
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Speaker 7: think he's done a really good job this year with

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Speaker 7: that team, an aging team, chalk fall of Hall of

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Speaker 7: famers who have also had injury problems, so I think

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Speaker 7: he might be the odds on favorite. There's sentimentality in

533
00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,240
Speaker 7: there too that shouldn't be a factor, but we're human.

534
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Speaker 7: But I think Lambert and his staff have done an

535
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Speaker 7: excellent job and they just see that's quietly there right now.

536
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Speaker 7: And this is the learning curve of an expansion franchise.

537
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Speaker 7: Vegas blew that out out of the water the great exception.

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Speaker 7: This is more of a typical sort of Frans And

539
00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:06,359
Speaker 7: again you made the playoffs second year. That doesn't happen

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Speaker 7: very often. I like the path this team is on

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Speaker 7: the trajectory. And my look what Montreal is doing right now?

542
00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:15,399
Speaker 7: Are they gonna make They're a little further ahead of

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Speaker 7: Seattle right now, not point wise necessarily, but I think

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Speaker 7: in development with young guys. But Montreals are saying Ken

545
00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:25,440
Speaker 7: Hughes and that are saying, we'll take a trade, We'll

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Speaker 7: get someone if we like it. This is a long

547
00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:30,200
Speaker 7: term thing. We're not going to put the foot on

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Speaker 7: the accelery just because the fans in the media want

549
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Speaker 7: us to. I say the same thing for the Kraken.

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Speaker 7: You want to be you want to be a legitimate

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Speaker 7: contender for say a ten year window. You just don't

552
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:42,440
Speaker 7: want to take one run unless you think you're right there.

553
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Speaker 7: And most teams stret Colorado's there, Dallas are there, Carolina's there.

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Speaker 7: I can see Carolina doing that, but in the case

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Speaker 7: of a team like Seattle, I take my time. It

556
00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:52,800
Speaker 7: can be frustrating for fans, but I do believe you

557
00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:57,640
Speaker 7: guys make the playoffs and can easily win around you too.

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Speaker 7: You may find yourself in the Western Conference final before

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00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:02,840
Speaker 7: you know it. Don't get too excited, folks, but I

560
00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:06,160
Speaker 7: haven't seen anyone from the Pacific that tells me they're

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Speaker 7: that much better than Seattle. I do believe Colorado, Dallas,

562
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Speaker 7: and Minnesota, in whichever order. Colorado's come back a bit.

563
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Speaker 7: I believe they're the top three teams in the West.

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Speaker 7: After that, who wants to be the fourth best could

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Speaker 7: be Seattle.

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Speaker 1: What did you take away from the trade the Kings

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Speaker 1: did for ur Timmy Paneren and what was all going

568
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Speaker 1: on around the outer edges with that?

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Speaker 7: Mick I thought it was a great move for the

570
00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:29,040
Speaker 7: Kings because he's going to improve their pop gun offense.

571
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Speaker 7: They were like twenty ninth and scoring something like thirtieth

572
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Speaker 7: of the power play. It's in that, it's in the

573
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Speaker 7: basement and they've been terrible. Went home a reversal of

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Speaker 7: last year. Right, you just saw them. They can play

575
00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:46,000
Speaker 7: some good defense. They needed that injection. And now here's

576
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Speaker 7: the thing. He's only there for two more years. He's

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Speaker 7: what thirty four, He's still producing at a high level.

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Speaker 7: He's over a point per game guy for a bad

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Speaker 7: Rangers team. So I thought for the Kings, why not where.

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Speaker 4: He wanted to go.

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Speaker 7: Apparently he wanted to go a couple other places it

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Speaker 7: didn't work out. So next was on Seattle, where inst

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Speaker 7: it didn't work. Okay, it would have been a great

584
00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:06,640
Speaker 7: pickup for the same reasons because if he doesn't work out,

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Speaker 7: you only got two more years and then you can

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Speaker 7: say goodbye. I kind of like that contract for LA

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Speaker 7: I like it for the Rangers. We took calls this morning, Mike,

588
00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:16,160
Speaker 7: Peter Burs and I and Ranger fans. For the most part,

589
00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:18,760
Speaker 7: they were split. They were whining or not getting enough.

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Speaker 2: You get plenty of Ranger fans, don't you into your show,

591
00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:23,480
Speaker 2: the fan base.

592
00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:23,880
Speaker 4: And they're great.

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Speaker 7: But as you know, he could have walked for nothing.

594
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Speaker 7: So at least you got a prospect who was the

595
00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:31,520
Speaker 7: first round pick. We'll see how he develops. He's not

596
00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:33,960
Speaker 7: going to be another Peneran, okay, but let's give it time.

597
00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:37,640
Speaker 7: Probably not you got some draft picks. It's all part

598
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Speaker 7: of starting to do the overturn of the Rangers. And

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Speaker 7: I look at it this way, Mike, unless you're in

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Speaker 7: the precipice of winning a cup going very far, which

601
00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:48,360
Speaker 7: to me is a conference final, or like Buffalo, who

602
00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:52,040
Speaker 7: haven't been in the playoffs now for fourteen counting fifteen seasons.

603
00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:55,040
Speaker 7: And why would you trade Tuck if he's not going

604
00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:56,760
Speaker 7: to be there? No, I keep him because I think

605
00:29:56,760 --> 00:30:00,800
Speaker 7: for that franchise, for the fans, it's imperative them the playoffs.

606
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Speaker 7: Except for those instances, I always want something for somebody.

607
00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:08,360
Speaker 7: So I think the Rangers maximize what they could Paneron

608
00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:10,600
Speaker 7: had the no movement, no trade, whatever it was, they.

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Speaker 4: Gave it to him.

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Speaker 7: He's using it. We can't get mad at him. I'd

611
00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:16,600
Speaker 7: use it if I had it. Yeah, So he implemented

612
00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:19,200
Speaker 7: what was given to him rightfully, and so I thought

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Speaker 7: the Rangers, with their backs against the wall, did as

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Speaker 7: good as they were gonna do. It beats getting zimple.

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Speaker 1: It feels like once we get out of this Olympic break,

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Speaker 1: the trade deadline is going to hit us right in

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Speaker 1: the face. And it's almost kind of like two of two,

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Speaker 1: because we had the first one effectively here before the

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Speaker 1: Olympic break, and now the freeze is underway, and then

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Speaker 1: this next one's going to be coming up just several

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Speaker 1: days once after teams get right back to break. I mean,

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Speaker 1: there are plenty of names out there the crack and

623
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Speaker 1: want to acquire, maybe that they also ship out reportedly here.

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Speaker 2: But i'll throw three names out you here.

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Speaker 1: Robert Thomas, Elias Peterson, Jordan Cayrou likeliest to get moved

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Speaker 1: you think by a trade deadline as who.

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Speaker 7: Okay, I won't answer like this because I don't know.

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Speaker 7: I'll tell you who I would take. Robert Thomas. I

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Speaker 7: like him as a player. I think he's going through

630
00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:06,640
Speaker 7: some injuries right now. But this is a Saint Louis

631
00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:09,240
Speaker 7: team that has disappointed me this year. I thought after

632
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Speaker 7: they they got into the playoffs and just barely misbeating

633
00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:16,320
Speaker 7: Winnipeg like by the fitnest of margins, right, I thought

634
00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:18,920
Speaker 7: they were going to go forward. I think I think

635
00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:21,520
Speaker 7: every Doug, Armstrong and Coup are surprised how they just

636
00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:24,840
Speaker 7: have kind of just they've just gone backwards, and I

637
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Speaker 7: think there's some changes necessary. I think Robert Thomas is

638
00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:29,320
Speaker 7: a heck of a player, and I think you'd have

639
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Speaker 7: to give up a little more to get him than

640
00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:34,480
Speaker 7: Panerin because of the situation. But I think there's going

641
00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:37,320
Speaker 7: to be more suitors. Patterson is an enigma.

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Speaker 4: As you know.

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Speaker 7: We saw how good ped was for when he got

644
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Speaker 7: a hundred points and how good number forty was, and

645
00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:46,160
Speaker 7: we've seen a regression in that on and off the ice.

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Speaker 7: These people are not staffed and not hockey cars. As

647
00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:51,360
Speaker 7: I always say, maybe he needs a fresh start to

648
00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:55,120
Speaker 7: He'd be intriguing because somebody will think they can still

649
00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:57,400
Speaker 7: drill down and get that. Maybe he's not one hundred

650
00:31:57,440 --> 00:32:00,720
Speaker 7: points again, Mike, maybe he's eighty five or ninety. Card

651
00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:02,560
Speaker 7: is a good player too. That's another guy I like.

652
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Speaker 7: But of the three, I would want Thomas personally.

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Speaker 1: Mccurran joining us here from sirius XM NHL Network Radio

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Speaker 1: the Beacon Plumbing Hotline, Mick, I want to touch on

656
00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:15,800
Speaker 1: the Eastern Conference as well. You tease us about a

657
00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:18,120
Speaker 1: few minutes ago. I mean Tampa Bay with what John

658
00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:20,880
Speaker 1: Cooper's doing, no surprise, they're in first place. Carolina, what

659
00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:23,480
Speaker 1: they're doing, no surprise once again. But I mean the

660
00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:26,280
Speaker 1: whole Pittsburgh factor in Dan Muse and then you have

661
00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:28,800
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Sabers once they.

662
00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:30,440
Speaker 2: Made that GM change.

663
00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:33,400
Speaker 1: My goodness, I can't help but think with what Pittsburgh

664
00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:39,880
Speaker 1: still has intact with Crosby, Malkin, Chris Latang. I just

665
00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:42,000
Speaker 1: can't help but think that they're gonna make it. But

666
00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:44,640
Speaker 1: what do we make out of them versus say Buffalo

667
00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:46,640
Speaker 1: if the Sabers get in. As far as who might

668
00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:48,280
Speaker 1: be the scarier matchup, you think.

669
00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:51,040
Speaker 7: Pittspurghive to find all my expectations. They haven't made the

670
00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:52,880
Speaker 7: playoffs in three years. Say I'm going to playoffs herees

671
00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:55,200
Speaker 7: I think since twenty eighteen, so that's still to be seen.

672
00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:58,520
Speaker 7: We know Crosby's won for the Ages. We know that

673
00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:03,760
Speaker 7: Malkins having our a renaissance season. Some of the young

674
00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:06,640
Speaker 7: guys have stepped up. The coaching is good. Kyle Duvis

675
00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:08,720
Speaker 7: the GM, I think he's got hisins in the rebuild.

676
00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:12,400
Speaker 7: Maybe this is a bit of a pleasant surprise. Stuart

677
00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:15,320
Speaker 7: Skinner looks good, he looks rejuvenated. He needed to get

678
00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:17,880
Speaker 7: out of Edmonton, which is funny because Edmonton's goaltending doesn't

679
00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:20,200
Speaker 7: look so good right now, right and right now, Stuart

680
00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:22,520
Speaker 7: Skinner looks better in Pittsburgh than Jerry does in Edmonton.

681
00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:24,520
Speaker 7: But that's a whole that's a whole defense thing. But

682
00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:28,160
Speaker 7: you know how they work. Pittsburgh's a surprise to me

683
00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:31,240
Speaker 7: because I'm waiting here it hidding my head called Win's

684
00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:34,120
Speaker 7: Buffalo going to be good. Look at Buffalo's lineup. Rasmus

685
00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:36,160
Speaker 7: Dallen is one of the best defensemen in the league

686
00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:39,320
Speaker 7: and talking, and Tate Thompson is an amazing player, like

687
00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:41,800
Speaker 7: the big t Colin. He's just a good player. There's

688
00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:44,600
Speaker 7: so much talent on that roster. Owen Power still hasn't

689
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:46,960
Speaker 7: found his full game yet and he's going to and

690
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:48,560
Speaker 7: they've got good goaltenders.

691
00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:49,760
Speaker 4: They just need to work it out.

692
00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:51,600
Speaker 7: And Devin Leeve, I can't even make the team right now,

693
00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:53,440
Speaker 7: down on the minors. He's going to be good, I think,

694
00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:56,760
Speaker 7: so I expect him finally to get good. I thought

695
00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:58,680
Speaker 7: Pittsburgh were going the other way. So to me, that's

696
00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:01,200
Speaker 7: why Pittsburgh's a bigger surprise. Buffalo has been a surprise

697
00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:04,400
Speaker 7: because suddenly they went on this elongated winning street. We

698
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:06,120
Speaker 7: saw the Ducks do that. We see all the teams

699
00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:09,000
Speaker 7: that we go, yeah, whatever, and the Ducks then slid back.

700
00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:11,480
Speaker 7: Now they're back again. You know this full well, Bubble

701
00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:14,160
Speaker 7: didn't do that. They just kept winning and winning and winning.

702
00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:16,080
Speaker 7: They went all the way up from like second last

703
00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:18,400
Speaker 7: place all the way up to fighting for first place.

704
00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:21,600
Speaker 7: You can hear that alarm in my apartment when the

705
00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:24,680
Speaker 7: alarms excided. They're just testing the fire alarm. Don't worry, folks,

706
00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:26,600
Speaker 7: They're getting ready for the playoffs. That's what's going to

707
00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:29,680
Speaker 7: sound like when Buffalo scores goals. I think the Sabers

708
00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:32,359
Speaker 7: being in the playoffs will be a very exciting thing.

709
00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:35,640
Speaker 7: On that same note, I think Detroit has got to

710
00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:37,800
Speaker 7: be mentioned too, because I think they're going to also

711
00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:41,160
Speaker 7: break that gap. Interesting when I mentioned Detroit, the sound

712
00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:45,200
Speaker 7: went away. Maybe they're hiring up. I think Detroit are

713
00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:47,520
Speaker 7: the real deal. I think they're making I think Buffalo's

714
00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:50,920
Speaker 7: making it. Those are surprise teams, but you know this

715
00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:53,839
Speaker 7: mic for every good surprise, there's got to be it's

716
00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:56,960
Speaker 7: got to be a balance. Look how disappointing the Leafs

717
00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:57,279
Speaker 7: have been.

718
00:34:57,400 --> 00:34:59,759
Speaker 2: Goodness, and they looked awful here last week.

719
00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:03,080
Speaker 1: They looked absolutely out of Saint out of touch.

720
00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:06,480
Speaker 7: Yeah, and they just beat Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton. They

721
00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:10,760
Speaker 7: ten two of the the least teams no offense, Vancouver

722
00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:12,880
Speaker 7: and Calgary Calgary Triceard and they always need to do

723
00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:15,080
Speaker 7: well in Edmonton. The key for them be coming out

724
00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:16,880
Speaker 7: of the break. They're gonna play twice in Florida, then

725
00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:18,960
Speaker 7: they're here on the twenty eighth. I'm going to the game.

726
00:35:19,239 --> 00:35:22,400
Speaker 7: Ottawa's in town. Ottawa still thinks they can make the playoffs.

727
00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:24,880
Speaker 7: There's a whole lot of teams just like the West

728
00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:27,279
Speaker 7: in the East who MIC are bubbling three or four

729
00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:30,600
Speaker 7: points under. But I really believe Columbus are the team

730
00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:33,319
Speaker 7: right now. They've done everything they needed to do. They

731
00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:35,320
Speaker 7: got through the quote unquote easy part of the schedule

732
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:37,960
Speaker 7: and won every game, Mike, they won every game. They

733
00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:40,240
Speaker 7: won what eight in row.

734
00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:40,520
Speaker 2: Whatever it is.

735
00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:42,319
Speaker 7: They're nine to one in their past ten or ten.

736
00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:44,640
Speaker 7: They're ten and one since Rick Bonus took over. I

737
00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:48,520
Speaker 7: think that's the stat. So suddenly they're right behind the Islanders.

738
00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:51,439
Speaker 7: They're closer to the Mets third spot than the wild card.

739
00:35:51,719 --> 00:35:54,040
Speaker 7: It's gonna be a crazy six and a half weeks.

740
00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:56,440
Speaker 7: You're gonna be calling your team who are going to

741
00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:58,759
Speaker 7: the playoffs and you're gonna be scoreboard watching like you've

742
00:35:58,800 --> 00:35:59,800
Speaker 7: never watched before.

743
00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:04,239
Speaker 1: Mine who's the scarier I think challenge right now in

744
00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:07,040
Speaker 1: the Pacific Division as far as the crack and two

745
00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:10,040
Speaker 1: get in. Is it more of the kings panerin? But

746
00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:14,439
Speaker 1: yet still they're scoring questions elsewhere? Is it Anaheim who

747
00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:17,480
Speaker 1: is young, they have firepower, but defensive issues still or

748
00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:19,480
Speaker 1: is it San Jose nearly in that same boat and

749
00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:21,040
Speaker 1: they've been taking a slide, but yet we know what

750
00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:21,960
Speaker 1: Celebrini can do.

751
00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:26,680
Speaker 7: Celebrini's is a superstar already second year in. He's a superstar.

752
00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:29,160
Speaker 7: I mean, I don't say that often, but he is.

753
00:36:31,239 --> 00:36:33,840
Speaker 7: I'll answer it this way. I believe Vegas and Edmonton

754
00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:36,200
Speaker 7: still make the playoffs. I believe Seattle makes the playoffs.

755
00:36:36,560 --> 00:36:38,880
Speaker 7: I believe Utah makes the playoffs, not the same division

756
00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:41,759
Speaker 7: but the same conference. But there'll be a wildcard because

757
00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:44,040
Speaker 7: they're not going to get to the top three. So

758
00:36:44,239 --> 00:36:48,879
Speaker 7: suddenly that leaves one playoffs bought left. I believe Saddle's in,

759
00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:52,000
Speaker 7: and I think Anaheim's gonna take it, I think, but

760
00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:56,040
Speaker 7: I think Sales's just gonna miss. But what a step

761
00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:58,440
Speaker 7: forward they've taken. If they miss it's it's going to

762
00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:01,160
Speaker 7: be a disappointment. But like again, back in October, we

763
00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:03,239
Speaker 7: wouldn't have said Santo's fighting for a playoff spot. We

764
00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:06,040
Speaker 7: wouldn't have So it's an advancement. How do they build

765
00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:08,800
Speaker 7: on that? I think the trick will be between you guys,

766
00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:11,439
Speaker 7: So I think you make it, you got you could

767
00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:14,680
Speaker 7: be first, you guys and Anaheim. It's gonna be what

768
00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:17,520
Speaker 7: does Pineren do for the Kings and how does that

769
00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:22,640
Speaker 7: upgrade their game? Man and and and as my my

770
00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:25,400
Speaker 7: co host Peter Burr said, do other teams make a

771
00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:28,600
Speaker 7: corresponding move? Because they got the arms race now and

772
00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:29,479
Speaker 7: they've got this guy.

773
00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:33,560
Speaker 1: The Orders, the Orders are just kind of blood.

774
00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:35,800
Speaker 7: We talk about the Least being blood. The Orders have

775
00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:38,000
Speaker 7: the same record. If the Orders were in the tough

776
00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:40,120
Speaker 7: Atlantic right now, which is crazy. Every team's good in

777
00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:45,920
Speaker 7: that division, but yeah, it's just crazy, then they wouldn't

778
00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:47,880
Speaker 7: even be in the playoff picture. The Least would be

779
00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:50,480
Speaker 7: fighting for first place in the Pacific. That's just it's cyclical,

780
00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:53,560
Speaker 7: it's how it goes. So I think in whatever order,

781
00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:58,040
Speaker 7: it's going to be Vegas, Seattle, Edmonton in the playoffs,

782
00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:01,680
Speaker 7: and I and and I think Utah's taking a spot.

783
00:38:01,719 --> 00:38:03,480
Speaker 7: So what there are I think there's one spot left

784
00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:06,480
Speaker 7: for the other teams. I don't know, gonna be fun.

785
00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:09,240
Speaker 1: What are you banking on more for the Olympics, Canada

786
00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:12,480
Speaker 1: versus US or somebody else like Sweden or Finland's taking

787
00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:13,720
Speaker 1: it into the gold medal game?

788
00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:17,400
Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean, look, we want Canada US. There's some

789
00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:19,240
Speaker 7: political tensions now, but Canada US will.

790
00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:19,640
Speaker 4: Always be friends.

791
00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:20,279
Speaker 7: We'll get over this.

792
00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:21,160
Speaker 4: We will get over this.

793
00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:23,920
Speaker 7: Half my family's American. I love the States. You know

794
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:26,759
Speaker 7: that we'll get over it. But we have a good

795
00:38:26,840 --> 00:38:29,160
Speaker 7: rivalry too. We can We're like brothers. We can fight,

796
00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:31,560
Speaker 7: but we get along in the end. So we all

797
00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:34,480
Speaker 7: want Canada US. But you know, Sweden is a good team.

798
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:37,040
Speaker 7: And wouldn't it be something with Sweden and Chechia in

799
00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:39,120
Speaker 7: the flying We're all going what happened? But folks, there's

800
00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:42,080
Speaker 7: so many great NHLs on those teams. I hope people watch.

801
00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:44,800
Speaker 7: In women's hockey, I think it's the US versus Canada

802
00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:47,480
Speaker 7: usually is. Other countries are coming along, but I think

803
00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:49,359
Speaker 7: the US are the power this year. So I think

804
00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:52,680
Speaker 7: the US women are going to get the gold and

805
00:38:52,719 --> 00:38:56,319
Speaker 7: it's Canada, US Sweden to me for the men's gold.

806
00:38:56,440 --> 00:38:58,480
Speaker 7: I don't even know, you know what it is in

807
00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:01,840
Speaker 7: a short tournament. Who it's the bad penalty call? Who's

808
00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:04,600
Speaker 7: the goal to the States. Probably shouldn't be Canada on

809
00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:07,719
Speaker 7: the Four Nations face off, but mister Bidnington refound his

810
00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:10,080
Speaker 7: game and there you go. There's the difference.

811
00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:10,359
Speaker 4: Right.

812
00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:12,719
Speaker 1: Can you imagine if we have another gold medal game

813
00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:15,640
Speaker 1: going to overtime like last year in the Four Nations?

814
00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:19,160
Speaker 2: My goodness, that was theater, Mick. It was.

815
00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:21,719
Speaker 7: It was fun and it was and I loved it

816
00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:23,840
Speaker 7: and smite who won. Yeah, I'm cheering for Canada, but

817
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:25,160
Speaker 7: if the State's one, I would have been all right

818
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:27,040
Speaker 7: with that. But you know what, I'm still gonna say

819
00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:29,879
Speaker 7: this mic. It's all fun, but I want the NHL back. Yeah,

820
00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:32,280
Speaker 7: That's what I'll be looking forward to in February twenty fifth.

821
00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:35,239
Speaker 7: Is most of the guys are going to the Bahamas,

822
00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:37,759
Speaker 7: the Bermude to rest on the beach, so hanging out

823
00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:41,239
Speaker 7: with you. But the stars and superstars they're gonna come back.

824
00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:43,840
Speaker 7: They're gonna be drained. Some of those guys maybe a

825
00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:45,520
Speaker 7: little off for a couple of games.

826
00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:47,120
Speaker 1: Mike, and it's gonna kind of feel like I think,

827
00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:49,920
Speaker 1: sloppy October once again, but right back in March, right

828
00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:53,000
Speaker 1: where you have structures breaking down, you have players who

829
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:54,880
Speaker 1: are lightlier to get hurt, and all of a sudden,

830
00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:57,000
Speaker 1: you know, if you if you make a one wrong

831
00:39:57,040 --> 00:39:59,680
Speaker 1: way turn, all of a sudden, boom, it's April and

832
00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:02,319
Speaker 1: you got maybe two, three, four games to figure it out.

833
00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:06,120
Speaker 7: Oh, it's going to be crazy. You cannot afford and

834
00:40:06,239 --> 00:40:08,480
Speaker 7: elongated loose to you can find yourself out of it.

835
00:40:08,520 --> 00:40:10,080
Speaker 7: And I think this is going to go right down

836
00:40:10,080 --> 00:40:12,959
Speaker 7: to the final nights the NHL season. Who actually gets

837
00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,960
Speaker 7: in in the lower ashalon's of both conferences and also

838
00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:20,440
Speaker 7: seating outside of outside of well, even Colorado's come back

839
00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:22,400
Speaker 7: to the pack, that's not even a sure thing. With

840
00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:26,239
Speaker 7: Minnesota and Dallas, I think the only sure division. I

841
00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:29,080
Speaker 7: think Tampa takes first in the Atlantic, but not by much.

842
00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:31,359
Speaker 7: I think Carolina takes first in the met I think

843
00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:33,239
Speaker 7: they're clearly the best Metropolitan team.

844
00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:35,600
Speaker 1: They certainly know how to play, they know how to skate,

845
00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:38,040
Speaker 1: and it's like a sixty minute Cardio hit workout face

846
00:40:38,080 --> 00:40:40,120
Speaker 1: and then it feels like any kind of game night here.

847
00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:43,120
Speaker 1: But if we go into the break, McKay appreciate this,

848
00:40:43,239 --> 00:40:46,120
Speaker 1: keep up the great work once again and looking forward

849
00:40:46,120 --> 00:40:48,680
Speaker 1: to hearing from you once more on Under Review folks again.

850
00:40:48,719 --> 00:40:52,080
Speaker 1: Find him at sirius X and NHL Network Radio X

851
00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:55,120
Speaker 1: and Twitter at x bol Mick as well. Finally, before

852
00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:59,360
Speaker 1: we go Florida, Bahamas or other for you for the break.

853
00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:04,120
Speaker 7: Well, because we're working this. If I could, you know,

854
00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:06,880
Speaker 7: I've been to Bermuda, was beautiful and never been in Mohammas.

855
00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:10,560
Speaker 7: But I was in Tampa back in twenty fourteen. We

856
00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:12,319
Speaker 7: did the whole we were in Orlando, did the whole

857
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:14,000
Speaker 7: NASA tour, which I'm a rocket guy.

858
00:41:14,239 --> 00:41:14,759
Speaker 4: That was fun.

859
00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:16,239
Speaker 7: We went to Tampa and when it went to the

860
00:41:16,239 --> 00:41:19,040
Speaker 7: Causeway or whatever, it was beautiful there and we went

861
00:41:19,080 --> 00:41:22,279
Speaker 7: to see a Raised game against the Astros. Me and

862
00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:24,680
Speaker 7: like five other people, I fell in love with the

863
00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:27,040
Speaker 7: Tampa Saint Pete area, So I like, I think the

864
00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:28,080
Speaker 7: Gulf Coast is for me.

865
00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:30,080
Speaker 1: I'm doing the staycation thing right now, but if I

866
00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:32,319
Speaker 1: can make it out there Florida sometime at least for

867
00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:34,799
Speaker 1: a few a couple of weeks, I'm taking the golf

868
00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:36,680
Speaker 1: clubs out there too. I talked to one NHL head

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Speaker 1: coach about a week ago and he said, I'm taking

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Speaker 1: the kids right to Florida once we're all done so

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Speaker 1: by you seriously can't get enough of sunshine and no

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Speaker 1: matter where you are, But mickay appreciate you. Thanks once

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Speaker 1: again and to look forward to getting you back on

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Speaker 1: once again here.

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Speaker 4: Thank you anytime, Mike.

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Speaker 1: All right, that's Mick Kurrn joining us. Big thank you again, Mick.

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Speaker 1: Everga Fitzi's back with us. Next Pull Question reaction mail bag,

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Speaker 1: three stars and much more right here on Cracking Weekly

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Speaker 1: on ninety three three KJARFM. All right, let's jump into

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Speaker 1: it here for the pull question update. And I really

881
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Speaker 1: don't think I'm surprised based on what happened to games ago.

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Speaker 1: Anaheim gets the majority of your vote right now as

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Speaker 1: far as biggest threat in the Western Conference playoff picture

884
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Speaker 1: for the Cracking as far as as concerned, Anaheim with

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Speaker 1: sixty eight percent of the vote, even with the King's

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Speaker 1: picking up our Timmy Paneren just two percent of your vote.

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00:42:25,239 --> 00:42:28,799
Speaker 1: Next closest behind Anaheim is Edmonton twenty one percent. So

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Speaker 1: the Ducks right now a runaway favorite. Yet voting is

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Speaker 1: still open right now. Go ahead and check it out

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Speaker 1: at Twitter and xAd Crack in Audio Net for the

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00:42:37,400 --> 00:42:40,279
Speaker 1: Crack and Audio Network pull Question of the Week again.

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Speaker 1: The biggest threat in the Western Conference playoff picture? Is

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Speaker 1: it the King's Ducks, Vegas or Edmonton?

894
00:42:46,880 --> 00:42:47,279
Speaker 4: What's ever?

895
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Speaker 1: I think here biggest threat in this playoff picture the

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Speaker 1: Kings after they got our Timmy paneren the Ducks right

897
00:42:53,800 --> 00:42:57,839
Speaker 1: now with who they have the young firepower, Vegas well

898
00:42:57,960 --> 00:42:59,640
Speaker 1: still being Vegas still but yet.

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Speaker 2: A few whole as well in their game.

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Speaker 1: Or Edmonton who it seems like one day they are

901
00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:09,480
Speaker 1: struggling defensively and then the next day they have McDavid, Dry,

902
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Speaker 1: Sidle and Bouchard just going fall blown fifth gear.

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Speaker 4: You know what right now, I'm going Edmonton. I'm sorry. Anaheim,

904
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Speaker 4: the Ducks.

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Speaker 3: The last two games that the Kraken have played against Anaheim,

906
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Speaker 3: you mentioned the word clunker.

907
00:43:26,120 --> 00:43:27,960
Speaker 4: The Kraken got off to slow starts.

908
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:32,520
Speaker 3: They're fast, they're skilled, they have that offensive fire power.

909
00:43:32,920 --> 00:43:37,480
Speaker 3: They can score in bunches. They're a team that likes

910
00:43:37,520 --> 00:43:41,560
Speaker 3: to beat you. We talked about this against the Ducks

911
00:43:41,560 --> 00:43:46,160
Speaker 3: the other night. Anaheim. They did not allow Seattle to

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Speaker 3: get to their game hardly at all cracking, like the

913
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Speaker 3: slow things down on their breakouts, take their time reloading

914
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Speaker 3: the neutral zone. Anaheim, there was a lot of flushing

915
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Speaker 3: from behind the net. There's a lot of pressuring, a

916
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Speaker 3: very aggressive for check. Also when the Ducks broke out

917
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Speaker 3: it there's zone they use the boards a lot trying

918
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Speaker 3: to catch seattle against the wall. So that speed really,

919
00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:10,080
Speaker 3: I thought, has hindered the Kraken in recent games. A

920
00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:12,040
Speaker 3: four to two loss back on the twenty third, or

921
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Speaker 3: four to two loss a couple of nights ago on Tuesday.

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Speaker 4: So for me, I think the biggest hill to.

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Speaker 3: Climb, based on what I've seen in the last you know,

924
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Speaker 3: ten to fifteen games, is the Anaheim Ducks.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna get to some more Olympic reaction with again

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Speaker 1: Philip Grubauer, Acoppocco, Ellie Tolven and Oscar Fisco Mulgard among

927
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Speaker 1: the cracking players go into the Winter Olympics here. But

928
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Speaker 1: before that, our mail bag segment once again, you can

929
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Speaker 1: find me at Twitter and ex at Benton Underscore.

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Speaker 2: Mike. I'm gonna jump into this one.

931
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Speaker 1: Here from Curtis and I'll take the lead on this,

932
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Speaker 1: what do you think the Krakens pursuit of thirty four

933
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Speaker 1: year old ur Timmy Panarin says about where the Kraken

934
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Speaker 1: brass feels about where this team is at.

935
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Speaker 2: And then if it's I'll let you take this away.

936
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Speaker 1: As far as what you're understanding is of this here,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna go back and reference my opening thoughts here.

938
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Speaker 1: Of this, it's pretty clear cut they are a buyer

939
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Speaker 1: at this point. And for this reason, playoffs mean theater.

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Speaker 1: Theater means more eyeballs, and eyeballs as well are better

941
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Speaker 1: here long term for business.

942
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Speaker 2: And adding on to this, I understand where so many.

943
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Speaker 1: Where a few folks will say, well, you know what

944
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Speaker 1: you have to build here for the long term future,

945
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Speaker 1: why not go ahead and just tear it down?

946
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Speaker 2: No matter where you're at right now. In this playoff picture.

947
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Speaker 1: The Kraken aren't as far as other teams, like say

948
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Speaker 1: where San Jose was accruing about twenty five plus years

949
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Speaker 1: in the NHL, Anaheim roughly twenty five plus years in

950
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Speaker 1: the NHL, where you have equity where you can go

951
00:45:39,080 --> 00:45:42,239
Speaker 1: ahead and go through a long term teardown, build that

952
00:45:42,360 --> 00:45:46,200
Speaker 1: team back up, because again we saw how many empty

953
00:45:46,239 --> 00:45:49,120
Speaker 1: seats were in San Jose and definitely in Anaheim when

954
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Speaker 1: they were going through all of this the crack and

955
00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:54,200
Speaker 1: are in a very unique spot and in a very

956
00:45:54,239 --> 00:45:59,040
Speaker 1: different spot as well. Playoffs again mean eyeballs. Eyeballs mean attention,

957
00:45:59,200 --> 00:46:02,239
Speaker 1: and attention as well is very good for business here

958
00:46:02,280 --> 00:46:05,680
Speaker 1: at this point, so it's easy to understand why reportedly

959
00:46:05,719 --> 00:46:08,560
Speaker 1: they have been making strikes to add again a top

960
00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:11,960
Speaker 1: line forward here for this lineup and supplement players like

961
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Speaker 1: Matty Beneers, Jared McCann, Jordan Eberley, Chandler Stevenson, etc.

962
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Speaker 4: Etc.

963
00:46:17,960 --> 00:46:20,680
Speaker 1: Even Bertley Catton, who has found his way in this

964
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Speaker 1: lineup when healthy amongst a pretty solid veteran core.

965
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Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, I think the same again this organization.

966
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Speaker 3: You know, Ron Francis now, Jason boscherl ownership, Todd LWICKI,

967
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Speaker 3: every one of the top They have been saying that

968
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Speaker 3: we want to add, We're going to be aggressive, and

969
00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:45,040
Speaker 3: I think that pursuit of our Temipenerian shows that. However,

970
00:46:45,760 --> 00:46:50,080
Speaker 3: I am perfectly fine, and this is my opinion.

971
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Speaker 4: I'm giving my opinion here.

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Speaker 3: I am fine with the Kraken not landing Panerin for

973
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Speaker 3: a couple of reasons. I think number one. Yes, he

974
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Speaker 3: is a very good player. He is a very strong

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00:47:06,120 --> 00:47:11,239
Speaker 3: offensive player, but he's thirty four years old, and I

976
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Speaker 3: don't know if I was ready to commit the long

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Speaker 3: term deal that he wanted, the money that he wanted

978
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Speaker 3: for a player who is thirty four years old.

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Speaker 4: You know, you look at his last couple of seasons.

980
00:47:25,560 --> 00:47:27,840
Speaker 3: He had eighty nine points last year, one hundred and

981
00:47:27,840 --> 00:47:30,279
Speaker 3: twenty points last year, ninety two and ninety six.

982
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Speaker 4: So he's gone on.

983
00:47:31,120 --> 00:47:36,400
Speaker 3: Four straight years of eighty nine or more points, eighty

984
00:47:36,480 --> 00:47:42,080
Speaker 3: points at least in three seven of his last ten years.

985
00:47:42,280 --> 00:47:45,880
Speaker 3: So again, yes, he's continuing to score and produce at

986
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Speaker 3: a high level, but it's that number then he he's

987
00:47:48,480 --> 00:47:51,120
Speaker 3: thirty four that scares me. And then that eleven million

988
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Speaker 3: dollars and the kraken you know, allegedly from what you

989
00:47:55,040 --> 00:47:59,920
Speaker 3: read unofficially from around the hockey world, the pundits, you know,

990
00:48:00,080 --> 00:48:03,239
Speaker 3: the crack and offered north of twelve and then they

991
00:48:03,280 --> 00:48:05,200
Speaker 3: offered north of three to four years.

992
00:48:05,440 --> 00:48:08,040
Speaker 4: That's a little rich for me. I'm okay with them

993
00:48:08,080 --> 00:48:09,840
Speaker 4: not pulling the trigger on that.

994
00:48:10,600 --> 00:48:13,040
Speaker 3: A couple of other players whose names have been floated

995
00:48:13,120 --> 00:48:16,480
Speaker 3: around there, I understand that our temmy Paneren is that

996
00:48:17,040 --> 00:48:18,560
Speaker 3: dynamic forward that.

997
00:48:18,480 --> 00:48:19,799
Speaker 4: This team has been looking for.

998
00:48:19,920 --> 00:48:23,080
Speaker 3: But if the Kraken were in a position to make

999
00:48:23,120 --> 00:48:25,719
Speaker 3: the playoffs and to go on a deep run and

1000
00:48:25,760 --> 00:48:29,000
Speaker 3: to win a Cup in the next couple of years, okay,

1001
00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:30,920
Speaker 3: maybe I can see it. But where this team is

1002
00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:34,480
Speaker 3: right now in their development, in their maguration, I don't

1003
00:48:34,520 --> 00:48:37,480
Speaker 3: know if he fits that mold of what this team's

1004
00:48:37,480 --> 00:48:37,880
Speaker 3: trying to do.

1005
00:48:37,960 --> 00:48:40,719
Speaker 1: There's a certain type of ad in other words, they

1006
00:48:40,760 --> 00:48:43,520
Speaker 1: have to go after, and he doesn't kind of fit.

1007
00:48:43,760 --> 00:48:45,399
Speaker 2: In that sweet spot, if you will.

1008
00:48:45,600 --> 00:48:48,600
Speaker 1: Because Panera was apparently an ad because again reports were

1009
00:48:48,600 --> 00:48:51,319
Speaker 1: out there that he wanted Florida, he wanted Tampa Bay,

1010
00:48:51,320 --> 00:48:52,960
Speaker 1: and there was a good mutual fit because they're in

1011
00:48:53,000 --> 00:48:54,480
Speaker 1: a different tier than where the Crack and are at

1012
00:48:54,600 --> 00:48:56,799
Speaker 1: right now as far as playoffs, and they're in a

1013
00:48:57,040 --> 00:49:00,719
Speaker 1: must win now situation, just like you know saying you

1014
00:49:00,719 --> 00:49:04,200
Speaker 1: know Vegas is, Edmonton is the Kings think they're there.

1015
00:49:04,280 --> 00:49:06,680
Speaker 1: There are discussions whether if they're truly there or not.

1016
00:49:06,719 --> 00:49:08,680
Speaker 1: But again, it is a star driven market and pen

1017
00:49:08,760 --> 00:49:10,799
Speaker 1: aren't kind of set the bar for himself on that one.

1018
00:49:10,880 --> 00:49:13,359
Speaker 1: But you know, you do want to add but I

1019
00:49:13,360 --> 00:49:16,719
Speaker 1: think ad within the realm of cash, where is it

1020
00:49:16,800 --> 00:49:19,200
Speaker 1: going to make your team better but not take away

1021
00:49:19,239 --> 00:49:21,359
Speaker 1: too much from what you have now.

1022
00:49:21,600 --> 00:49:24,400
Speaker 3: And that said, listen, I'm all for the big splash

1023
00:49:24,719 --> 00:49:27,520
Speaker 3: you and I were talking about on the road trip.

1024
00:49:27,600 --> 00:49:30,120
Speaker 3: You know, we brought up the names of a Robert Thomas,

1025
00:49:30,160 --> 00:49:33,400
Speaker 3: of a of ad Jason Robertson players like that. I

1026
00:49:33,440 --> 00:49:36,319
Speaker 3: am all for making a big splash, but I do

1027
00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:41,160
Speaker 3: feel like for where this team is right now, you

1028
00:49:41,200 --> 00:49:43,520
Speaker 3: know you're right, you need a guy that fits the

1029
00:49:43,600 --> 00:49:46,440
Speaker 3: certain mold of what you're trying to do here. And

1030
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Speaker 3: also too, I think our Timmy pitarian is a guy

1031
00:49:50,040 --> 00:49:55,040
Speaker 3: he needs a lot of high end skill around him

1032
00:49:55,640 --> 00:49:57,719
Speaker 3: to play around him.

1033
00:49:57,840 --> 00:50:01,759
Speaker 4: And again this is a fact the Kraken.

1034
00:50:01,480 --> 00:50:07,040
Speaker 3: Just don't have that high level skill that maybe other

1035
00:50:07,120 --> 00:50:07,600
Speaker 3: teams have.

1036
00:50:07,680 --> 00:50:08,360
Speaker 4: And that's okay.

1037
00:50:08,680 --> 00:50:12,799
Speaker 3: This is a hard working, grinding team. I've never known

1038
00:50:12,880 --> 00:50:16,360
Speaker 3: our Timmy Panairen to be, you know, a grinding type

1039
00:50:16,360 --> 00:50:18,319
Speaker 3: of player. There. There might need to be a few

1040
00:50:18,400 --> 00:50:20,560
Speaker 3: nights where you're you're not gonna get a lot of touches,

1041
00:50:20,640 --> 00:50:23,680
Speaker 3: you know what I mean. So again, like I said,

1042
00:50:23,880 --> 00:50:27,719
Speaker 3: I'm okay with the Kraken not making this move and

1043
00:50:27,880 --> 00:50:30,239
Speaker 3: that that that you know and and or I guess

1044
00:50:30,239 --> 00:50:33,440
Speaker 3: he didn't choose Seattle, and that's okay for me. But

1045
00:50:33,560 --> 00:50:38,400
Speaker 3: that doesn't that doesn't say that Jason Botrel isn't going

1046
00:50:38,480 --> 00:50:41,759
Speaker 3: to still try and swing for the fences here and again,

1047
00:50:41,920 --> 00:50:44,480
Speaker 3: depending on who who you listen.

1048
00:50:44,200 --> 00:50:46,560
Speaker 4: To and who you talk to around the league, the Kraken,

1049
00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:47,440
Speaker 4: you know.

1050
00:50:47,360 --> 00:50:51,320
Speaker 3: They want a big h what do they say, franchise

1051
00:50:51,480 --> 00:50:55,799
Speaker 3: altering player. That's the phrase we keep hearing from all

1052
00:50:55,880 --> 00:50:58,960
Speaker 3: the TSN guys, all the Elliott Friedman's of the world,

1053
00:50:59,080 --> 00:51:02,440
Speaker 3: you know, those type of guys. That is who the

1054
00:51:02,520 --> 00:51:06,319
Speaker 3: Kraken you know, are going after. Recording to those quote

1055
00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:08,600
Speaker 3: unquote industry insiders, all.

1056
00:51:08,560 --> 00:51:11,920
Speaker 1: Right, question here from Jim asking what do the players

1057
00:51:11,960 --> 00:51:15,160
Speaker 1: not playing in the Olympics do during the break? Is

1058
00:51:15,200 --> 00:51:17,560
Speaker 1: there a risk of getting out of shape? That from

1059
00:51:17,719 --> 00:51:21,400
Speaker 1: Jim on Twitter and x crack and we'll have Coppocaco,

1060
00:51:21,560 --> 00:51:25,720
Speaker 1: Ellie Tulveden both out to Finland, Philip Grubauer, who should

1061
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Speaker 1: be the starting goalie for Team Germany, Oscar Fiskra Mulgard

1062
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Speaker 1: and a potential top nine, maybe top six roll perhaps

1063
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Speaker 1: with Team Denmark as well. But for everybody else. I mean,

1064
00:51:36,120 --> 00:51:39,120
Speaker 1: there's not much time to let loose too much. Roughly,

1065
00:51:39,160 --> 00:51:42,440
Speaker 1: you will have a two week break to relax, unwine, recover,

1066
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Speaker 1: recapture what was lost as far as energy and stamina

1067
00:51:45,840 --> 00:51:49,279
Speaker 1: from what was nineteen games in thirty five days. So

1068
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Speaker 1: you go into the break right now with some good momentum.

1069
00:51:52,239 --> 00:51:54,560
Speaker 1: But this is where you find balance from a busy

1070
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Speaker 1: month of January. Players go into exotic locations. You know,

1071
00:51:58,719 --> 00:52:00,399
Speaker 1: I wouldn't be surprised if there is you know, some

1072
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Speaker 1: Mexico on the menu, some Hawaii on the menu, some

1073
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Speaker 1: outer islands as well on the menu, but enough to

1074
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Speaker 1: kind of get back what you lost as far as stamina,

1075
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Speaker 1: you know, get some well deserved vitamin D from there.

1076
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Speaker 2: It's good medicine.

1077
00:52:14,600 --> 00:52:16,719
Speaker 1: And then you come back Catri here because there's gonna

1078
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Speaker 1: be a few days of practice.

1079
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Speaker 2: To get the mind back, get the legs back.

1080
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Speaker 1: So it's willing into before the crack and get back

1081
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Speaker 1: into it with back to back at Dallas and Saint Louis.

1082
00:52:24,880 --> 00:52:26,680
Speaker 4: I want to I want to turn that question back

1083
00:52:26,840 --> 00:52:29,520
Speaker 4: was Jim. Jim Will asked the question, Yes, yeah, I

1084
00:52:29,600 --> 00:52:30,799
Speaker 4: want to turn that back on Jim.

1085
00:52:30,880 --> 00:52:33,359
Speaker 3: Hey, Jim, what did you do when you were a

1086
00:52:33,640 --> 00:52:36,280
Speaker 3: mid twenties single something on vacation.

1087
00:52:37,200 --> 00:52:38,319
Speaker 4: That's what they're going to be.

1088
00:52:38,280 --> 00:52:41,960
Speaker 3: Doing as mid twenties single something's on vacation with a

1089
00:52:41,960 --> 00:52:43,960
Speaker 3: couple of days off of hockey.

1090
00:52:44,560 --> 00:52:48,480
Speaker 4: No, I guys during the break, You're right, Mike, I mean,

1091
00:52:48,640 --> 00:52:51,200
Speaker 4: this isn't summer vacation. You got a week you.

1092
00:52:51,160 --> 00:52:53,160
Speaker 3: Know, you're probably gonna you know, a couple of guys

1093
00:52:53,200 --> 00:52:55,360
Speaker 3: are gonna they're they're gonna travel together, They're gonna go

1094
00:52:55,360 --> 00:52:57,319
Speaker 3: out of town. I know a lot of guys with

1095
00:52:57,400 --> 00:52:59,640
Speaker 3: families are gonna they're gonna finally be able to be

1096
00:52:59,719 --> 00:53:02,960
Speaker 3: dad and husband at home and do things with their kids.

1097
00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:08,160
Speaker 3: You know, so they still understand what is at stake.

1098
00:53:08,239 --> 00:53:10,880
Speaker 3: They still have their eye on the prize. The NHL

1099
00:53:11,000 --> 00:53:15,399
Speaker 3: is so unique. We are the only sport that has

1100
00:53:15,800 --> 00:53:21,560
Speaker 3: a multiple week break within their season. No other sport

1101
00:53:22,000 --> 00:53:24,760
Speaker 3: has two weeks off, three weeks off in their season,

1102
00:53:25,040 --> 00:53:26,960
Speaker 3: and we're doing it every two years. Because you've got

1103
00:53:27,000 --> 00:53:29,120
Speaker 3: the World Cup of Hockey or the Four Nations, whatever

1104
00:53:29,120 --> 00:53:31,200
Speaker 3: you want to call it, coming back, and then now

1105
00:53:31,200 --> 00:53:33,719
Speaker 3: you're going to have the Olympics. You know, I would

1106
00:53:33,760 --> 00:53:38,400
Speaker 3: be willing to have the argument that on odd I

1107
00:53:38,440 --> 00:53:42,280
Speaker 3: guess every four years the Olympics should replace the World

1108
00:53:42,320 --> 00:53:45,680
Speaker 3: Championships and be in the Summer Olympics. Like basketball is

1109
00:53:45,760 --> 00:53:49,520
Speaker 3: Basketball is in the Summer Olympics. It's a winter sport, right,

1110
00:53:49,920 --> 00:53:52,880
Speaker 3: Why isn't hockey in the Summer Olympics as well? Because again,

1111
00:53:52,960 --> 00:53:56,839
Speaker 3: taking three weeks off I think is very hard financially

1112
00:53:56,920 --> 00:53:59,920
Speaker 3: for a lot of these ownership groups, but also as fans.

1113
00:54:00,040 --> 00:54:02,760
Speaker 3: You know, you take that throughy break, but they understand

1114
00:54:02,800 --> 00:54:04,759
Speaker 3: what what the what's that stake here?

1115
00:54:04,800 --> 00:54:07,040
Speaker 4: But no, there, they're gonna go to an island. They're

1116
00:54:07,040 --> 00:54:08,240
Speaker 4: gonna go somewhere warm.

1117
00:54:08,560 --> 00:54:08,719
Speaker 5: Uh.

1118
00:54:08,760 --> 00:54:11,520
Speaker 4: There's gonna be some umbrellas in their drinks. There's gonna

1119
00:54:11,560 --> 00:54:13,320
Speaker 4: be some limes in their drinks.

1120
00:54:13,840 --> 00:54:14,120
Speaker 1: Uh.

1121
00:54:14,160 --> 00:54:16,759
Speaker 3: And they're gonna they're gonna rest and recuperate, a lot

1122
00:54:16,800 --> 00:54:18,959
Speaker 3: of therapy tubs, a lot of hot tubs.

1123
00:54:18,840 --> 00:54:19,680
Speaker 4: A lot of sleeping in.

1124
00:54:19,840 --> 00:54:22,000
Speaker 3: Maybe they don't wake up at eight am, who knows,

1125
00:54:22,160 --> 00:54:24,280
Speaker 3: But yeah, just go back to when you were twenty

1126
00:54:24,320 --> 00:54:27,400
Speaker 3: something and you were going on vacation with your butts.

1127
00:54:27,440 --> 00:54:28,839
Speaker 4: That's what That's what they're gonna be doing.

1128
00:54:28,960 --> 00:54:31,840
Speaker 1: Also, don't forget as well, there are teams like Vegas.

1129
00:54:31,840 --> 00:54:35,200
Speaker 1: There are teams like Los Angeles anywhere between five to

1130
00:54:35,280 --> 00:54:37,560
Speaker 1: nine players, Tampa Bay you can throw in there. So

1131
00:54:37,960 --> 00:54:39,879
Speaker 1: I mean it's great once you can pursue a medal,

1132
00:54:39,960 --> 00:54:41,480
Speaker 1: and a lot of players want to play in these

1133
00:54:41,480 --> 00:54:45,000
Speaker 1: Olympics here, But what's going to happen in March when

1134
00:54:45,040 --> 00:54:47,359
Speaker 1: they come back and were facing the same schedule, crush

1135
00:54:47,400 --> 00:54:50,279
Speaker 1: the crack and only have three full time players if

1136
00:54:50,560 --> 00:54:53,359
Speaker 1: you know, you count the majority of Fisco Mulgar's time

1137
00:54:53,400 --> 00:54:56,680
Speaker 1: in Coachella Valley where rest is going to be on

1138
00:54:56,760 --> 00:55:00,640
Speaker 1: their side once we get right back into this everet Yeah, yeah, no, And.

1139
00:55:00,960 --> 00:55:03,359
Speaker 3: Listen, that's a very good point that I don't think

1140
00:55:03,400 --> 00:55:06,799
Speaker 3: people realize is that the Kraken just came off of a.

1141
00:55:06,800 --> 00:55:08,960
Speaker 4: Seventeen game month of January.

1142
00:55:09,200 --> 00:55:12,120
Speaker 3: They got thirteen in March, right, So it's not like

1143
00:55:12,800 --> 00:55:15,719
Speaker 3: it's gonna get any easier. And the Kraken, you know,

1144
00:55:16,040 --> 00:55:19,000
Speaker 3: with only three full time guys going to the Olympics

1145
00:55:19,000 --> 00:55:20,719
Speaker 3: and you're knocking on all the wood, you can find

1146
00:55:20,719 --> 00:55:23,480
Speaker 3: that those two guys come back healthy. Every single year,

1147
00:55:24,000 --> 00:55:31,120
Speaker 3: someone's going to get hurt. Every Olympic, every four Nations,

1148
00:55:31,160 --> 00:55:35,680
Speaker 3: every World chant, somebody always gets hurt. I was reading

1149
00:55:35,719 --> 00:55:39,839
Speaker 3: today that was a Team Finland, the women's side. Team

1150
00:55:39,920 --> 00:55:44,240
Speaker 3: Finland doesn't have enough players to play against Team Canada

1151
00:55:44,600 --> 00:55:48,560
Speaker 3: because of the neurrovirus that infected their team. There's like thirteen,

1152
00:55:48,600 --> 00:55:52,000
Speaker 3: got thirteen ladies on their team. They don't have enough

1153
00:55:52,040 --> 00:55:55,200
Speaker 3: to fill an entire roster, so they had to postpone

1154
00:55:55,320 --> 00:55:58,880
Speaker 3: their first game of the Olympics. So someone always always

1155
00:55:58,880 --> 00:56:01,759
Speaker 3: gets hurt or gets you know. You hear about the

1156
00:56:01,800 --> 00:56:05,080
Speaker 3: home run derby in baseball, does that ruin their swing?

1157
00:56:05,160 --> 00:56:07,279
Speaker 3: It didn't for cal Rally this year, thank goodness. But

1158
00:56:07,640 --> 00:56:09,400
Speaker 3: you know, if you do the home run derby, is

1159
00:56:09,440 --> 00:56:11,040
Speaker 3: it going to ruin your swing coming.

1160
00:56:10,840 --> 00:56:12,879
Speaker 4: Back down the second half of the season. So that's

1161
00:56:12,880 --> 00:56:13,840
Speaker 4: something to keep an eye on.

1162
00:56:14,040 --> 00:56:17,040
Speaker 3: And I think you're right, Mike, with Vegas having eight

1163
00:56:17,040 --> 00:56:20,160
Speaker 3: to nine guys, Colorado has all these guys. Most of

1164
00:56:20,320 --> 00:56:23,120
Speaker 3: Dallas or most of Finland is on Dallas's team.

1165
00:56:23,239 --> 00:56:25,520
Speaker 4: And you know, I do think.

1166
00:56:25,360 --> 00:56:29,040
Speaker 3: That that is maybe a silver lining of the Kraken

1167
00:56:29,200 --> 00:56:31,680
Speaker 3: not having a lot of Olympians that set. I think

1168
00:56:31,719 --> 00:56:34,279
Speaker 3: down the road we're gonna have a Maddy Vaniers and

1169
00:56:34,280 --> 00:56:37,520
Speaker 3: a Berkeley Caton and a few other players in Olympic

1170
00:56:37,640 --> 00:56:41,279
Speaker 3: conversations for years to come. But this season, rest is

1171
00:56:41,320 --> 00:56:44,000
Speaker 3: a weapon and and the Kraken I think are going

1172
00:56:44,040 --> 00:56:47,520
Speaker 3: to be one of the more weaponized teams coming out

1173
00:56:47,560 --> 00:56:51,279
Speaker 3: of the Break again, hoping and assuming that Tol, the

1174
00:56:51,960 --> 00:56:54,320
Speaker 3: KK and Gruby stay healthy.

1175
00:56:54,440 --> 00:56:56,440
Speaker 1: Let's get to our three stars before we get out

1176
00:56:56,480 --> 00:56:59,120
Speaker 1: and finally get to break because Everet's got places to go.

1177
00:56:59,280 --> 00:57:00,839
Speaker 2: Lego Lands a visit as well.

1178
00:57:00,840 --> 00:57:03,120
Speaker 1: I got a staycation in a honey due list, maybe

1179
00:57:03,160 --> 00:57:04,320
Speaker 1: some golf as well thrown.

1180
00:57:04,160 --> 00:57:06,239
Speaker 4: Into and then we're I have a bed to get

1181
00:57:06,280 --> 00:57:06,640
Speaker 4: back to.

1182
00:57:06,880 --> 00:57:10,160
Speaker 1: The Yeah, I've had to throw that in there as

1183
00:57:10,160 --> 00:57:12,800
Speaker 1: well too. I'm first gonna go with my three stars.

1184
00:57:12,840 --> 00:57:16,320
Speaker 1: My thirst star is Chandler Stevenson, who had four assists

1185
00:57:16,760 --> 00:57:19,680
Speaker 1: in the previous two Kracking victories, tied for the team

1186
00:57:19,760 --> 00:57:22,320
Speaker 1: lead five points since the last show. The delicious Pass

1187
00:57:22,440 --> 00:57:26,280
Speaker 1: last night he threw Adam Larson again was an embodiment

1188
00:57:26,320 --> 00:57:28,200
Speaker 1: of the kind of playmaker I think the Krack and

1189
00:57:28,320 --> 00:57:31,240
Speaker 1: need from him to really fortify their depth heading into

1190
00:57:31,280 --> 00:57:33,120
Speaker 1: March and into April as well.

1191
00:57:33,160 --> 00:57:34,440
Speaker 2: The face off circle.

1192
00:57:34,160 --> 00:57:37,439
Speaker 1: Again has always been a strength of his the Kings game,

1193
00:57:37,480 --> 00:57:41,320
Speaker 1: he won eleven face offs out of twenty one fifty

1194
00:57:41,400 --> 00:57:42,080
Speaker 1: two percent.

1195
00:57:42,520 --> 00:57:44,640
Speaker 2: That is not easy against an i'm J.

1196
00:57:44,800 --> 00:57:47,160
Speaker 1: Coopepatar led team, or he's getting thrown out with plenty

1197
00:57:47,240 --> 00:57:50,200
Speaker 1: of draws and cope. Patar was unconscious twenty one of

1198
00:57:50,280 --> 00:57:53,880
Speaker 1: thirty face offs he won in that game last night.

1199
00:57:53,960 --> 00:57:56,640
Speaker 1: But the more depth of Cracking can have up and

1200
00:57:56,680 --> 00:57:58,640
Speaker 1: down their lineup, It's always set in hockey. You have

1201
00:57:58,680 --> 00:58:02,280
Speaker 1: to have a good spine, which also means your centers

1202
00:58:02,680 --> 00:58:05,920
Speaker 1: line one to line four. Vaniers is reaching a new tier.

1203
00:58:06,040 --> 00:58:10,560
Speaker 1: It appears Stevenson is reaching once again a level of

1204
00:58:10,600 --> 00:58:13,160
Speaker 1: play that where if he can be this productive, the

1205
00:58:13,160 --> 00:58:14,920
Speaker 1: crack And are going to be a playoff team. And

1206
00:58:14,960 --> 00:58:17,040
Speaker 1: we saw again some and four goals in the last

1207
00:58:17,080 --> 00:58:19,640
Speaker 1: week for Shane Wright that deserves mentioned as well. But

1208
00:58:19,720 --> 00:58:22,000
Speaker 1: I think for Chandler Stevenson, this is where you're starting

1209
00:58:22,000 --> 00:58:25,360
Speaker 1: to really I think find the savvy and the playoff

1210
00:58:25,400 --> 00:58:29,800
Speaker 1: experience he's had from previous dips in Washington and Vegas

1211
00:58:29,880 --> 00:58:31,720
Speaker 1: really kick in. I know for some folks who don't

1212
00:58:31,720 --> 00:58:34,080
Speaker 1: watch this team day after day and they'll go back

1213
00:58:34,120 --> 00:58:37,240
Speaker 1: here into the analytics, well again, I want to again,

1214
00:58:37,920 --> 00:58:41,040
Speaker 1: I want to challenge you watch the game, watch him

1215
00:58:41,320 --> 00:58:44,320
Speaker 1: shift by shift and what he can do because right

1216
00:58:44,360 --> 00:58:47,360
Speaker 1: now is no accent that he's also third right now

1217
00:58:47,400 --> 00:58:50,000
Speaker 1: on this team in scoring where they want to have

1218
00:58:50,160 --> 00:58:53,440
Speaker 1: depth as a hallmark of their production. Chandler Stevenson is

1219
00:58:53,480 --> 00:58:56,320
Speaker 1: my third star of this past week. My second star

1220
00:58:56,400 --> 00:58:59,400
Speaker 1: is Joey Decord, who was brilliant in thatt against Vegas,

1221
00:58:59,640 --> 00:59:02,600
Speaker 1: brilliant and net once again last night against the Kings.

1222
00:59:02,640 --> 00:59:03,959
Speaker 2: There have been games.

1223
00:59:03,600 --> 00:59:06,680
Speaker 1: Previously where he has had to, I think be more

1224
00:59:06,800 --> 00:59:10,600
Speaker 1: active athletically, but he shook off the goal from Andre

1225
00:59:10,680 --> 00:59:13,400
Speaker 1: Kuzmenko in period one, which a goal that he might

1226
00:59:13,480 --> 00:59:16,080
Speaker 1: want to have back, but the Cracker responded and then

1227
00:59:16,120 --> 00:59:19,360
Speaker 1: you saw Decord once again settled into his game. He

1228
00:59:19,480 --> 00:59:22,280
Speaker 1: was challenged Glove's side and he answered those challenges and

1229
00:59:22,360 --> 00:59:24,680
Speaker 1: Joey Decord a big reason why the Crackers were able

1230
00:59:24,720 --> 00:59:28,120
Speaker 1: to pull out that win over the Kings last night.

1231
00:59:28,480 --> 00:59:33,280
Speaker 1: Joey Decord two wins against two very challenging Pacific Division opponents,

1232
00:59:33,600 --> 00:59:36,040
Speaker 1: twenty five saves last night against the Kings. He is

1233
00:59:36,120 --> 00:59:40,280
Speaker 1: my second star. My first star is Jared McCann as well.

1234
00:59:40,640 --> 00:59:43,440
Speaker 1: Just passing game seven hundred of his NHL career, anty

1235
00:59:43,560 --> 00:59:46,480
Speaker 1: was Stevens send five points this last week. Jared McCann

1236
00:59:46,600 --> 00:59:49,560
Speaker 1: is once again finding a role on this top line

1237
00:59:49,640 --> 00:59:52,840
Speaker 1: with the Kraken. He has been producing with Matty Beniers

1238
00:59:52,920 --> 00:59:56,080
Speaker 1: producing here with Jordan Eberley, and the game that he

1239
00:59:56,200 --> 00:59:59,440
Speaker 1: is right now producing as well says well on his

1240
00:59:59,520 --> 01:00:02,240
Speaker 1: way to a forty goal type of pace. It's pretty

1241
01:00:02,240 --> 01:00:05,400
Speaker 1: clear that the injury that he had earlier it is

1242
01:00:05,520 --> 01:00:08,480
Speaker 1: well a thing in the past, and McCann right now

1243
01:00:08,560 --> 01:00:10,600
Speaker 1: is going to be a very valuable piece of this

1244
01:00:10,680 --> 01:00:14,160
Speaker 1: playoff run. With sixteen goals in thirty two games as

1245
01:00:14,160 --> 01:00:15,920
Speaker 1: the crack and trying to march here for their second

1246
01:00:15,920 --> 01:00:16,560
Speaker 1: playoff Berth.

1247
01:00:16,880 --> 01:00:18,240
Speaker 2: Jared McCann is my first star.

1248
01:00:18,680 --> 01:00:20,240
Speaker 3: Yeah, you and I are kind of a line here.

1249
01:00:20,240 --> 01:00:23,160
Speaker 3: I'm gonna break some rules though. So my third star

1250
01:00:23,360 --> 01:00:27,280
Speaker 3: is going to be Joey Decord three. He's one four

1251
01:00:27,320 --> 01:00:29,640
Speaker 3: to row, three wins in the last week. He's got

1252
01:00:29,640 --> 01:00:32,040
Speaker 3: a two goals against average over his last four games,

1253
01:00:32,080 --> 01:00:34,320
Speaker 3: so I mean the two goals in each of his

1254
01:00:34,440 --> 01:00:38,800
Speaker 3: last four wins, So I mean that's been phenomenal. Goaltending

1255
01:00:38,800 --> 01:00:41,720
Speaker 3: has been the best you know, I think part of

1256
01:00:41,720 --> 01:00:45,760
Speaker 3: this team all year long, and and the job that

1257
01:00:45,840 --> 01:00:49,840
Speaker 3: Colin Julianello has done with Philip Grubauer, with Joey Decordtt

1258
01:00:49,880 --> 01:00:51,160
Speaker 3: Murray when he comes back healthy.

1259
01:00:51,400 --> 01:00:52,880
Speaker 4: I thought, Joey Decord.

1260
01:00:52,480 --> 01:00:55,120
Speaker 3: You need big goaltending this week, and you got it

1261
01:00:55,160 --> 01:00:55,680
Speaker 3: from him.

1262
01:00:56,000 --> 01:00:57,000
Speaker 4: So he's my number.

1263
01:00:56,760 --> 01:01:00,200
Speaker 3: Three star, the first star of the week of the NHL. Well,

1264
01:01:00,320 --> 01:01:04,240
Speaker 3: Jared McCann, he's my second star of the week four Seattle.

1265
01:01:04,280 --> 01:01:06,000
Speaker 3: I told you I'm breaking some rules here. I'll tell

1266
01:01:06,040 --> 01:01:10,000
Speaker 3: you why in a second. And again, you're right, Jared McCann.

1267
01:01:11,000 --> 01:01:16,440
Speaker 3: I mean he's proving that that injury is well behind

1268
01:01:16,520 --> 01:01:21,200
Speaker 3: him right now. I mean, Jared McCann, where's my sheet here?

1269
01:01:21,400 --> 01:01:24,960
Speaker 3: So Jared McCann has played in thirty two games this season.

1270
01:01:25,480 --> 01:01:30,800
Speaker 3: He has got points in twenty three of those thirty

1271
01:01:30,840 --> 01:01:35,480
Speaker 3: two games this season, currently on a five game point

1272
01:01:35,520 --> 01:01:39,520
Speaker 3: streak with four goals and five assists in that time.

1273
01:01:39,640 --> 01:01:42,640
Speaker 3: So he's absolutely crushing it this season.

1274
01:01:42,720 --> 01:01:47,240
Speaker 4: Jared McCann's my number two star. My number one star iszizzzzz.

1275
01:01:48,040 --> 01:01:52,080
Speaker 3: It is such an honor to represent your country. I'm

1276
01:01:52,080 --> 01:01:56,280
Speaker 3: gonna give Philip Grubauer, Eli Tolven and Coppolocaco and Oscar

1277
01:01:56,360 --> 01:01:59,280
Speaker 3: Fisker moleguard my collective number.

1278
01:01:59,000 --> 01:02:02,120
Speaker 4: One star as they send off to the Olympics. I

1279
01:02:02,160 --> 01:02:03,720
Speaker 4: hope they have the best time.

1280
01:02:04,200 --> 01:02:07,800
Speaker 3: I hope they soak up this opportunity, enjoy representing your

1281
01:02:07,800 --> 01:02:11,760
Speaker 3: country and your families and your friends and your homelands.

1282
01:02:12,000 --> 01:02:13,840
Speaker 3: Of course they're gonna listen to this and take all

1283
01:02:13,880 --> 01:02:18,440
Speaker 3: these words to heart, but those four are my number

1284
01:02:18,480 --> 01:02:21,320
Speaker 3: one star. An Olympics send off to those guys.

1285
01:02:21,600 --> 01:02:24,880
Speaker 1: Coppocaco scored a very important goal against Vegas as the

1286
01:02:24,920 --> 01:02:28,480
Speaker 1: game winner as well, Ellie Tolbden producing and also with

1287
01:02:28,520 --> 01:02:31,040
Speaker 1: some fine defensive play back in his own zone. And

1288
01:02:31,080 --> 01:02:35,000
Speaker 1: they're gonna support filming a very very important depth role

1289
01:02:35,000 --> 01:02:37,000
Speaker 1: each for them. Philip Grubauer is going to be your

1290
01:02:37,000 --> 01:02:39,280
Speaker 1: starting goaltender. Rind Ap peers here for Team Germany. And

1291
01:02:39,280 --> 01:02:41,240
Speaker 1: then we're gonna look forward to seeing what Oscar Fisco

1292
01:02:41,320 --> 01:02:45,560
Speaker 1: Mulgard can do against some elite, world class competition as

1293
01:02:45,600 --> 01:02:47,840
Speaker 1: he tries to make that next step. Then once again

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Speaker 1: turn some attention toward his way after some very good

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Speaker 1: low key play last night against the Kings and thinking

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Speaker 1: about the shot block and then the reaction that the

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Speaker 1: bench had as well and well deserve for the four

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Speaker 1: of them to be going off here to represent the

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Speaker 1: crack and at the Winter Olympics.

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Speaker 4: Yep, it's gonna be great for them.

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Speaker 3: And I listen, I become very very star spangled awesome

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Speaker 3: during the Olympics.

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Speaker 4: Don't ask me why.

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Speaker 3: For whatever reason, I will. I don't care if it's

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Speaker 3: if it's skeet shooting or slalom skiing or whatever. I

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Speaker 3: will watch any and all Olympic coverage that I can find.

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Speaker 3: But individually there will be some loud cheering and fist

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Speaker 3: pumping and high fiving whenever La Tolwin and Oscar Fisker, Mulgard,

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Speaker 3: Coppo Cocao and Philip Grubauer do something good for their team.

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Speaker 3: So I'm rooting for those four. I want those guys

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Speaker 3: to do well. You know, I think Finland is in

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Speaker 3: that category of top four.

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Speaker 4: Germany, their schedule is a little bit.

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Speaker 3: I mean, their group is manageable, and I think they've

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Speaker 3: got some pretty good talent on their team. Germany could

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Speaker 3: surprise some people, maybe get to a knockout stage. And

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Speaker 3: you know, Denmark again, it'll be Fisker Mulgar, it'll be

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Speaker 3: Oliver b york Strand as well. Good luck to former

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Speaker 3: Crack and Oliver york Strand on that list.

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Speaker 4: So you know. But I think Finland and.

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Speaker 3: Germany and particularly they can make some noise. But I

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Speaker 3: hope all four of them have fun. I hope all

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Speaker 3: four of them come back healthy.

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Speaker 4: I hope.

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Speaker 3: I hope one of them, or maybe all four of

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Speaker 3: them bring back a metal.

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Speaker 4: How about that? How about well? Can you imagine if

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Speaker 4: we had Finland.

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Speaker 3: Gold, Germany's oh goodness, and Mark Bronze, Oh my goodness.

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Speaker 4: I hope someone comes home.

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Speaker 1: With a metal, but USA all the way that will

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Speaker 1: do it here for us, it's break time once again.

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Speaker 2: Big thank you to Mike Curran, big thank.

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Speaker 1: You as well to Everett each and every week, Al Kadisky,

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Speaker 1: we miss you.

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Speaker 2: Looking forward to having it back here.

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Speaker 1: This show, by the way, returning after we get back

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Speaker 1: here from the Olympic break again. Find it on demand

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Speaker 1: via the Krack and Audio.

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