1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:04,640 Speaker 1: Do it from the ponds to the pros. It's time 2 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: for Beyond the Pond on the Fan. Here are your hosts, 3 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:12,080 Speaker 1: Pat mcalletty and Kevin Faullness. 4 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 2: But that's right, it is Beyond the Pond. Welcome to 5 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 2: another Saturday Morning on KFA and Kevin following us along 6 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:34,199 Speaker 2: with Patt mccletty Patrick Will sounded like you had some 7 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 2: fun last night out there in man Kittle. 8 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:39,160 Speaker 3: It was one of the most fun games to call 9 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:42,560 Speaker 3: for me all season long. 10 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 4: It was. 11 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 3: It was a tremendous hockey game. The pace of the game, 12 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 3: all of that, the crowd, the atmosphere that it was. 13 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:56,280 Speaker 3: You know, there's a reason why you know. Uh, that's 14 00:00:56,320 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 3: another another story for another day of on campus site. Yeah, 15 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 3: for championships and uh is just perfect. 16 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 4: It was. It was just a really, really fun night. 17 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 2: As many people know, we have lots of topics to 18 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:15,559 Speaker 2: get into today. I'm beyond the pod just a few 19 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 2: and we will get into all of them and more 20 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 2: as the show rolls on over the course of the 21 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 2: next two hours. If you want to get involved in 22 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 2: the conversation, we welcome your talkbacks today. We welcome your 23 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 2: text At six four six eighty six. But let's start 24 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 2: out with a trip down a man Cato where you 25 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:32,479 Speaker 2: and Ben Holden had a great time last night calling 26 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 2: the CCHA Championship. 27 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:37,560 Speaker 3: The winner of this game is in the in the tournament. 28 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 3: Beat the loser will not beat. It's going to be 29 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 3: a great game. 30 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 5: I want to stop at the dice Scar stole the state, 31 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 5: but he doesn't flock that one. Cup Chaps in twenty two, 32 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 5: twenty three, twenty five, and twenty six and the Bavericks 33 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 5: will go to the ncublea turn four and eleven time. 34 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 2: The voice of Ben holding along with Pat mccletty on 35 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 2: Mid Coast Sports Network of calling all the action as 36 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:10,519 Speaker 2: Mankato State, Minnesota State home boy. 37 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 4: I did it. 38 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 2: It's been a long time since I made that in 39 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 2: the state. Minnesota State in man Cato got the victory. 40 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:18,919 Speaker 2: Their head coach as Luke Strand in his third year 41 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 2: as head coach. They are the twenty twenty six Mason 42 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 2: Cup Champs. Congrats on the title last night, Luke, like 43 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:26,799 Speaker 2: Pat mccalletty says, heck of a game. 44 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 4: Heck of I an atmosphere. 45 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:30,640 Speaker 6: No thanks you, I thank you for having me on 46 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 6: your unbelievable very well deserved for the community and the 47 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 6: fan base, the campus community. It's makes it a great 48 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 6: place and the hockey that is happening by Mancata right now, 49 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 6: and it's kind of fun to be a part of. 50 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 3: Luke has so many things I want to talk about, 51 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 3: but I'm gonna I'm gonna start at the at. 52 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 4: The at the back end we had you on. 53 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 3: Don did a terrific job interviewing you after the game. 54 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 3: But the emotion that you had, I mean, honest, I 55 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:12,919 Speaker 3: almost shed a tear with your thoughts after the game. 56 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 3: It was just I you know, I don't like I said, 57 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 3: I you almost brought me to tears. It was so emotional, 58 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 3: so heartfelt, and what college hockey is all about your 59 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 3: your feelings about your players. And if that doesn't say 60 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 3: at all, if that's not what it's all about, man, 61 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 3: I tell you what it was. It was just it 62 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 3: was great to see. 63 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 6: Yeah, I'm that's probably as much a fault as it 64 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 6: is a good thing at times. But yeah, the guys, 65 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 6: you know, the relationships for for myself and our staff 66 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 6: with our players, I don't this time of year, it's 67 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 6: about people. It's not about talent, the fine whatever, But 68 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 6: you've played together, you know, out of be accountable for 69 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 6: each other basically, And we have a special special guys 70 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:12,119 Speaker 6: here and the guys that thrive here are are they're 71 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 6: good dudes. And if they're not there, it won't be 72 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 6: as pleasurable as it should be and could be because 73 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:19,919 Speaker 6: we do a lot of things in the community. We 74 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:23,840 Speaker 6: do a lot of things together and at the end 75 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 6: of the day, right these times of year, that's that's 76 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:27,400 Speaker 6: what this is all about. 77 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:29,839 Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, it. 78 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 3: Goes to show how great a program that you run 79 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 3: when you have when you have seventeen new players on 80 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 3: your team, and that's not easy to implement everyone. Get 81 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:54,720 Speaker 3: them all on the same page, get them all believing, 82 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 3: get them all to know what Minnesota State Hockey is. 83 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 3: And and people don't understand, you know, and especially new players 84 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:09,919 Speaker 3: coming in, they don't know about the program, they don't 85 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 3: know the history and and and that's with every school. 86 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:18,480 Speaker 3: But yeah, but to take seventeen of them, and and 87 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 3: and and the leaderships starts at the top with you 88 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 3: and then goes to her, you know, to the Evan 89 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 3: mrs and the Wheelers in the in the in the tracys. 90 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:30,839 Speaker 3: But to be able to get those players to understand, believe, 91 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 3: and then and then execute it. 92 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 4: It's it's uh, it's just a you know, hats off to. 93 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:44,160 Speaker 6: You, thank you. No, it's uh, it's obviously time. I 94 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 6: do think emotion, and I also they have to have 95 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 6: value you if you want to come. And we're still 96 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 6: getting better at this time of year. And frankly one 97 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 6: is because the guys there's no question on their desire 98 00:05:56,120 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 6: to be better. But I think it's the value of people. 99 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:04,039 Speaker 6: Not where is that the same here? The person makes 100 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 6: the player and like and if you don't value the person, 101 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:10,279 Speaker 6: good luck value in the player. It doesn't really work 102 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 6: the opposite direction. So but it's it kind of it 103 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 6: fits here. It makes it here. I know there's been 104 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 6: complaints that our games there are too smothering and too. 105 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 3: It wasn't last night. 106 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 6: I tell you that one the other teams right part 107 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 6: of the deal. 108 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 3: Let's talk about the game last night, and you know, 109 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:33,720 Speaker 3: it was really interesting. And I commented to Ben off Air, 110 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 3: you know, during the week we have our conversations with 111 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 3: you and then and then we were we get access 112 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:43,280 Speaker 3: to some of the players. Well, we had Lamir, we 113 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 3: had Wheeler, and we had Evan Mert and and and 114 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 3: sometimes in those conversations, at least for me, I look 115 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 3: for little tells of you know, their character there, you know, 116 00:06:57,040 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 3: you know what, you know how they prepare all that stuff, right, 117 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 3: And we talk about the team, and we talked and 118 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 3: I commented. I commented to Ben, I said, you know, Ben, 119 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 3: when we talked to those guys, I don't know about you, 120 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 3: but I got a feeling that these guys were going 121 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 3: to be the ones that you know, we're gonna we're 122 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 3: gonna shine in the game. And sure enough, Lemir I 123 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 3: mean a goal and assist, Evan Murr a goal in 124 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 3: two assists, and Wheeler just an animal, eating eating pucks, 125 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 3: killing plays. Uh, I mean, and that Hey, listen, your 126 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 3: whole team played well, but those three guys really, to 127 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 3: me just said, you know, we're going to take this 128 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 3: team and and and lead them and win it tonight. 129 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 6: Yeah they're special, man. I you know, nine blocks, but yeah, 130 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 6: that's not the ordinary man doing it. I don't know. 131 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:04,600 Speaker 6: And you guys have been around hockey and other sports 132 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 6: so much, but I think at this time of year, 133 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 6: when you listen to your teams speak and they're speaking 134 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 6: the same language, and as a coach are always hoping 135 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 6: that that's come out of your mouth into their ears 136 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 6: and make them really live it. That's the time of 137 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 6: year and I think that's where that's where our guys 138 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 6: get We've pride ourselves and playing their bestockey at the 139 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 6: most important time. But it is about the leadership. And 140 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 6: you know, you start to start a year and you're 141 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 6: the coach and you want to get some things going 142 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:38,079 Speaker 6: in the right direction. And at some point, if you're 143 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 6: going to be a great team, you got to get 144 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 6: out of the driver's seat and the player's got to 145 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 6: be driving it. And all you do is maybe give 146 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:50,200 Speaker 6: them the GPS and it's and that's where we're at. 147 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:53,079 Speaker 2: Good talking to Luke Strand, head coach of the Minnesota 148 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 2: State Mavericks. Third year as the head coach. This year, 149 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:58,840 Speaker 2: not only won the Mason Cump last night as the 150 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:03,079 Speaker 2: c CHA title because they took down Saint Thomas four 151 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:05,599 Speaker 2: to one. That was in man Kato, also won the 152 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:09,560 Speaker 2: Mcnotton Cup as the CCHA regular season champs twenty two, 153 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 2: ten and seven record overall. Now you get the automatic 154 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 2: bid to the NC DOUBLEA tournament. You find out tomorrow 155 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 2: your fate next weekend. What it'll be going forward. If 156 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:21,679 Speaker 2: you can just sum up the season as a whole 157 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 2: and how you feel going into the NC doublea tournament. 158 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 2: Now that you know that you've secured your spot. 159 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:32,640 Speaker 6: As a coach, I can say you I feel even yes, 160 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 6: just a different feeling. Year two of it, back to 161 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:41,000 Speaker 6: back is hard. The targets bigger, but our response we 162 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 6: had a little adversity there, you know, early January we 163 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 6: weren't playing great and our guys took on a challenge. 164 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 6: We've had our back against the wall for a while. 165 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 6: I have the response to being in that situation is 166 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:56,680 Speaker 6: probably the most exciting of the coach. And now whoever 167 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 6: we play, wherever they put us, we got to be 168 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:01,880 Speaker 6: ready to go and go play whatever that opponent is. 169 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:04,120 Speaker 6: And there's a lot of hockey be played today, I 170 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:07,280 Speaker 6: think to sort some things out, but fun time of year. 171 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:09,280 Speaker 6: There's a lot of lessons to be learned from going 172 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:11,840 Speaker 6: through it a year ago and the head coach. I've 173 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:13,559 Speaker 6: been through it as an assistant coach, but as the head 174 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 6: coach you learn a lot and our guys you have 175 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:18,320 Speaker 6: a lot of input what these days look like. 176 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 4: Luke, thank you very much for doing this. 177 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 2: Congratulations on the victory and good luck in the NCAA tournament. 178 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,240 Speaker 6: Thank you, Tim, the guys and Pat, thank you guys. 179 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:28,839 Speaker 6: You and Ben Rock appreciate a ton. 180 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 3: Thank you and uh you have you know what, what 181 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:34,960 Speaker 3: a year for you guys. Keep it rolling, Okay, thanks 182 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 3: y appreciate you guys. 183 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:36,200 Speaker 6: Take care. 184 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:37,079 Speaker 4: Yeah, you got there. 185 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:39,959 Speaker 2: You go. Luke Strand, the head coach at Minnesota State, 186 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 2: tip of that cap to the Tommy's as well. Have 187 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:46,440 Speaker 2: a valiant fight. Uh their final year in the cch 188 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:47,040 Speaker 2: A right, they. 189 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 7: Go to the n. 190 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:51,920 Speaker 4: NHD next season. You know, it's a jump. 191 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 3: I wish they would have waited another year, but but 192 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:58,120 Speaker 3: they're going, and and Rico does does a terrific job there. 193 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:00,680 Speaker 3: And uh, and they had a they had a really 194 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:05,199 Speaker 3: good team too. And my sun Devils are ready for him. 195 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:09,200 Speaker 3: I'll tell you what, the sun devil devil, that's right. 196 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 3: I hope the sun Devil's good luck. I mean, I 197 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 3: hope you move up a notch next year, coach. 198 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:19,199 Speaker 4: Yeah, they all are hoping and praying for get more experience. 199 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:20,839 Speaker 4: Next year. We're going to be in a good spot. 200 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 2: Good luck to you and yours. There is a lot 201 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:26,480 Speaker 2: to left to be figured out. I think they were 202 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:30,079 Speaker 2: the twelfth of sixteen spots to be nailed down. Yeah, 203 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:32,480 Speaker 2: so there's four more spots hanging in the balance tonight. 204 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:35,079 Speaker 2: We'll get into the weeds with that with Brad Schlossman 205 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 2: in about a half hour from now. If you want 206 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:39,600 Speaker 2: to get into that conversation, you certainly can six four 207 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:40,320 Speaker 2: six eighty six. 208 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:42,559 Speaker 4: But we've got to address the white elephant in the 209 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 4: room too. 210 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:48,200 Speaker 2: A big, incredible change in Golden Gopher hockey on the 211 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 2: men's and women's side, on both ends of the spectrum 212 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:54,200 Speaker 2: this past week. It's unbelievable to think that not only 213 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 2: do you lose Brad Frost but within twenty four hours, 214 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:59,959 Speaker 2: Bob Moscow also parts ways with the University of Minnesota. 215 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:03,680 Speaker 2: It took me by surprise. I'm not on the inside 216 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 2: like you are. How did this news grab you? Brad 217 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:09,480 Speaker 2: Frost Bob Moscow both gone within twenty four hours? 218 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 3: Sadness because they're both they're both friends and and you know, 219 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 3: before I start talking about it, and this supplies at 220 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:30,760 Speaker 3: least to me, for college athletics, for the majority of coaches, now, 221 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:35,320 Speaker 3: there's some that are outliers. I really think that the 222 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:39,760 Speaker 3: shelf life is and should be you know, a five 223 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:43,680 Speaker 3: to seven year run in maybe eight okay, maybe eight 224 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 3: before the program needs needs a change, not because a 225 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:51,760 Speaker 3: person did poorly or a person did great. 226 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:54,560 Speaker 4: I just, you know, I just I think that. 227 00:12:56,720 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 3: The fans and everybody just they like change sometimes. And 228 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:08,160 Speaker 3: and and I and I think, you know, I I 229 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:15,080 Speaker 3: haven't spoken to Bob, you know, live, just via text, 230 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 3: but he's really happy with He's at peace with it. 231 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 4: And I tell you. 232 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 3: He deserves. 233 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:29,959 Speaker 4: His legacy will go down as one of. 234 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:35,440 Speaker 3: Really really good things that he did here at the 235 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:40,480 Speaker 3: university where the program was. What what he did, he 236 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:44,040 Speaker 3: brought the fans back, he brought the alumni back, he 237 00:13:44,679 --> 00:13:46,840 Speaker 3: brought you know, donors. 238 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 4: Back, and and you know, it's. 239 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:55,640 Speaker 3: It's really really hard to win championships, super super hard, 240 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:58,920 Speaker 3: and you know, and and and I hope that he's 241 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:02,440 Speaker 3: not the of, oh, you didn't win a championship, because 242 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 3: what he did for this program, and uh is it 243 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 3: was was really taken to players like my former players 244 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 3: like myself pretty heartfelt because he brought a lot of 245 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 3: people together, and our alumni is as as strong as 246 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:31,080 Speaker 3: it ever has been, and the and the and so 247 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 3: you know, I mean, I. 248 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 4: Owe a lot. 249 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:41,560 Speaker 3: He's a really really good friend and I'm really really 250 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:45,880 Speaker 3: happy for him, and you know. 251 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 4: That's where I'm at with him, Well said lots of 252 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 4: lawyers to this onion. 253 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 2: Why don't we get a break out of the way 254 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 2: so we can delve a little bit deeper into the topic, 255 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:58,240 Speaker 2: not only Bob Moscow, but also Brad Frost, the state 256 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 2: of Golden Gopher hockey win. We continue want to get 257 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 2: in on the conversation. It's easy text us six four, 258 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 2: six eighty six. We can take it right to the 259 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:07,840 Speaker 2: doorstep of Pat mcletty. You can also drop us some 260 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 2: of those talkbacks on the free iHeartRadio app. 261 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:12,760 Speaker 4: We'll get to all that and more next. I'm Bey 262 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 4: on the pond. 263 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 8: As you can tell, that's it. The Golden Golfers lose 264 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 8: this game five or six to two with that empty 265 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 8: net goal by Christian Shoon at the end, and Minnesota 266 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 8: goes into the offseason quietly. 267 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:38,000 Speaker 4: As hard as everything sounds. There's tremendous pride in that 268 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 4: room right now, and they're hurry so we will rise 269 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:46,080 Speaker 4: again the end of the season and the end of 270 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:46,640 Speaker 4: an era. 271 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:50,400 Speaker 2: Bob Motsko don as head coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers. 272 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 4: Busy week from Mark Coyle. 273 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:55,080 Speaker 2: First he lets go Brad Frost after nineteen seasons and 274 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:57,000 Speaker 2: four NCAA championships. 275 00:15:57,280 --> 00:15:58,720 Speaker 4: Then files it up like twenty four. 276 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 2: Hours later and we find out how for eight years 277 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 2: at the University of Minnesota, the Gophers and Moscow are 278 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 2: mutually parting ways. 279 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:08,880 Speaker 4: I'll tell you, Pat, you told us your reaction to 280 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 4: the news. 281 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 2: I heard Louis tell Barero earlier this week before the 282 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 2: news broke that he expected Moscow finish out the contract 283 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:18,680 Speaker 2: and would probably step away. Did it surprise you on 284 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 2: the timing and the way it all went down, or 285 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 2: did you see this coming? 286 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:22,800 Speaker 3: No? 287 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:25,160 Speaker 4: I did not. I did not see it coming in. 288 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:29,280 Speaker 3: You know, Bob and I've had conversations over over the years. 289 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 4: You know, since he's been here that you know, uh. 290 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 3: His as I as I as I had talked about, 291 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:41,520 Speaker 3: you know, about shelf life. He didn't. You know, he's 292 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 3: sixty five years old now and there's going to be 293 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 3: a time when it when he was going to be done, 294 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:55,080 Speaker 3: and he had talked about that, and I don't I think, uh, 295 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 3: you know, this past year was not was not a 296 00:16:57,600 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 3: good year. 297 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:00,240 Speaker 4: I mean, let's let's face it, it's not funny, and 298 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:02,920 Speaker 4: I'm sure or anyone else here, and so you never 299 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 4: want to end like that. 300 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 3: But but ultimately, I think he decided that you know, 301 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:13,000 Speaker 3: enough enough, enough's enough. And I think, you know, I 302 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:18,040 Speaker 3: think something's bothered him. You know, you don't like to 303 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 3: get booed in your own buildings and and and that's 304 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 3: fans emotions, and I get it, I get it, but 305 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:29,680 Speaker 3: you know, I think and I'm not I don't want 306 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:32,960 Speaker 3: to put words in his mouth, but I'm thinking he thought, 307 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:36,600 Speaker 3: you know, what do I need? You know, the social 308 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:40,479 Speaker 3: media getting hammered, even though it's a few and you know, 309 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:43,280 Speaker 3: let's let's not forget what social media is. 310 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:46,240 Speaker 4: It's a few people that always. 311 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 3: Are the ones that just have their thoughts a squeaky wheel, 312 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,960 Speaker 3: and they are very and they have the ability to 313 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:56,920 Speaker 3: do that, and so be it. But I think that 314 00:17:57,240 --> 00:18:01,160 Speaker 3: kind of stuff got to him a little bit. And 315 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 3: and you know, the booing at home sometimes not all 316 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:08,440 Speaker 3: the time, you know, and I think he just thought, 317 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:11,560 Speaker 3: you know what, Okay, I'll pass it along. 318 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:14,719 Speaker 4: I don't want to. I don't want to go through that. 319 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:19,600 Speaker 3: And so, you know, good for him, and and he's 320 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:23,000 Speaker 3: he's earned it and he's you know, I think he's 321 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:23,840 Speaker 3: going to be in a good. 322 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:25,359 Speaker 4: Place if they beat Quinnipie. 323 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:27,240 Speaker 2: You think about that that was only three years ago, 324 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:29,800 Speaker 2: and how things change in that dramatic amount of time. 325 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 2: If they beat them in twenty twenty three in Tampa. 326 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 2: Are we having this conversation right now? 327 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:38,359 Speaker 3: No, because I and I only say that because I think, 328 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 3: you know, he's still could have had the year that 329 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:43,400 Speaker 3: he had this year that they that the team had 330 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:46,600 Speaker 3: this year, because nothing is you know, every year is different, 331 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 3: and so especially now, what do I think we would 332 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 3: be having this conversation? 333 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:53,520 Speaker 4: Probably not, because I think. 334 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:58,680 Speaker 3: Maybe the fire would have been there to get another one. 335 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 4: And you know, was that that was the team. 336 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:07,399 Speaker 3: I mean, that team was loaded and you know, unfortunately 337 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:13,080 Speaker 3: didn't win. Had they had won, maybe that fires is 338 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:15,879 Speaker 3: still there and maybe he lost some of that fire 339 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:25,359 Speaker 3: after that too, And so oh that's yeah, our question, 340 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:28,600 Speaker 3: it is. But I think you're right, I have an 341 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 3: unanswerable question. Yeah, and I don't think that we're having 342 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:35,159 Speaker 3: that that I think you would have finished out the contract. 343 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:38,400 Speaker 2: Yes, two sides of the conversation. Let's start with the positives, 344 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:40,320 Speaker 2: and you brought up some of them. A five consecutive 345 00:19:40,359 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 2: NCAA tournament appearances from twenty twenty one to twenty twenty five, 346 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:46,119 Speaker 2: back to back trips to the Frozen Four in twenty 347 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:48,920 Speaker 2: two and twenty three, three Big Ten titles, one Big 348 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:52,520 Speaker 2: Ten Tournament championship, and a three time Big Ten Coach 349 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:55,040 Speaker 2: of the Year. The other point that you brought up 350 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:57,200 Speaker 2: was the building. It wasn't that long ago. We were 351 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:00,240 Speaker 2: talking about what has happened to this organization? So what 352 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:03,520 Speaker 2: has happened to They were empty and we saw it. 353 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:06,400 Speaker 2: Over the course of his eight years on the University 354 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:09,399 Speaker 2: of Minnesota campus, people gradually built it back up. And 355 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:11,440 Speaker 2: even this year, I know it wasn't fun to watch 356 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:12,639 Speaker 2: and win only eleven games. 357 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:16,200 Speaker 3: We had great crowds, great crowds all season long, and a. 358 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 2: Lot of that falls on the shoulders of what Bob 359 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 2: Moscow did one hundred percent. 360 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:24,480 Speaker 3: It does and you know, and but you know, we're 361 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:30,720 Speaker 3: at an age of college sports now, especially at schools like Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, 362 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:35,680 Speaker 3: Michigan State, North Dakota. Uh, you know out East Boston, 363 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:40,520 Speaker 3: you Boston College, you know, you you just laid out 364 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:45,440 Speaker 3: what he did. But man if you're down one year, 365 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 3: you're the worst coach in the world, and you know, 366 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:52,320 Speaker 3: that's what could you have done to just completely destroy 367 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:57,399 Speaker 3: our program? And I'm like, that's why sometimes I should 368 00:20:57,400 --> 00:21:03,639 Speaker 3: stay off social media. But it's just it baffles me. 369 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:05,880 Speaker 4: It baffles me because you know what. 370 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:12,040 Speaker 3: Every team wants to win, Every team wins a recruiting battle, 371 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:16,479 Speaker 3: every team you know, and and it's it's a it's 372 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:17,679 Speaker 3: a different landscape. 373 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:20,359 Speaker 2: And I want to get into that too, because that 374 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:24,080 Speaker 2: might go in the category of negatives. But continuing on 375 00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:26,879 Speaker 2: the path of the positives for a second, you touched 376 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:30,480 Speaker 2: on engaging with the. 377 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:31,600 Speaker 4: Alumni for right, wrong or indifference. 378 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 2: I have no idea why there was a disconnect in 379 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:38,080 Speaker 2: years past with previous regimes, but he made a point 380 00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 2: to reconnect with the alumni. How important was that and 381 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 2: has that been and how much more connected does the 382 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:46,960 Speaker 2: alumni feel again to the program. 383 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:47,400 Speaker 4: You know, as they should. 384 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:51,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, for a kid like me, and I'm seeing guys 385 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 3: flying in from you know, teams of the seventies and 386 00:21:58,960 --> 00:21:59,920 Speaker 3: guys who I grew up. 387 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 4: We're my heroes. 388 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:02,760 Speaker 3: And then you get to see him and then you 389 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:06,399 Speaker 3: get to interact, and when we're all together it's you know, 390 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:11,760 Speaker 3: you you get to our little golf event and you 391 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 3: know you have something in your pocket and it's called 392 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:16,320 Speaker 3: an ego and you have to leave it right at 393 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 3: the at the. 394 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:21,440 Speaker 4: Registration table. And that's how it is. 395 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 3: And it is you know, that event, you know, was 396 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:31,280 Speaker 3: so fun and and what Bob did too, and he 397 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:32,119 Speaker 3: did it for our. 398 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:33,160 Speaker 4: Family last year. 399 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 3: He honors guys every year, and you know, Paul Martin 400 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:44,720 Speaker 3: does a great job. Jacob Leroy and Ben Gordon and 401 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:49,440 Speaker 3: you know put it, you know, are the masterminds behind it. 402 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:54,119 Speaker 3: Bob's idea. And you know everybody's like, wow, you know 403 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 3: I didn't know this about this guy or about that guy, 404 00:22:57,359 --> 00:23:01,160 Speaker 3: or about that family or what he and it's just 405 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:05,359 Speaker 3: really it's really cool. It's and uh, you know, my 406 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 3: brother Don's in a wheelchair, and and you know, and 407 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 3: and Joe, my brother, and you know, you know about 408 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:14,920 Speaker 3: Joe retiring, and you know, first thing, Bob says, Okay, 409 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:16,400 Speaker 3: we're honoring your family this year. 410 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 4: Pretty cool. It calls me up, or we're honoring you. 411 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:20,560 Speaker 4: I'm like, well, don't honor me. Honor them. You know, 412 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:22,760 Speaker 4: they both won national championships. 413 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 3: They're the guys I'm not you know, but and but anyway, 414 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:29,159 Speaker 3: and you know, and and it's it was just it 415 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:34,359 Speaker 3: was a really cool thing. And uh and and that's 416 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:38,480 Speaker 3: the impact that that he had and he's had on 417 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:42,600 Speaker 3: on on all of us. And there's there's so many 418 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 3: great players that that played here, obviously, but also great 419 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 3: people and you and you get to talk and there's 420 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:55,359 Speaker 3: not enough time there to go all the way around 421 00:23:55,400 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 3: and oh yeah, there's Randy Scarta, Oh there's you know, 422 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:06,159 Speaker 3: Rob Harris or whoever whoever, right, and and you know, 423 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:09,439 Speaker 3: you just see so many faces that you know that 424 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:12,520 Speaker 3: you just have haven't talked to. And it's wonderful. And 425 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 3: that's all a credit to Bob. And that was his mission. 426 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 3: His first statement when he got the job was, this 427 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:27,080 Speaker 3: is not my program. This is your program. Is he 428 00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:29,800 Speaker 3: in a little alumni event, this is your program, right, 429 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:35,480 Speaker 3: I'm just here to oversee it. And automatically every player was. 430 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 4: Like wow, yeah, wow, fantastic. 431 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:38,240 Speaker 6: You know. 432 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 2: So, yeah, that was a good stand And that's great 433 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:42,640 Speaker 2: and he did a great job of connecting those dots. 434 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:45,720 Speaker 2: And hopefully, and I assume it will, that they will 435 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:46,879 Speaker 2: continue that going forward. 436 00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:50,159 Speaker 4: Whoever takes control. Every coin is two sides. 437 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:54,720 Speaker 2: I talked a lot about the good stuff being Devil's advocate, 438 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:56,960 Speaker 2: some of the bad stuff, and this year, you know, 439 00:24:57,359 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 2: flat out of it, it wasn't great. Eleven three were 440 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 2: season since the early seventies by win percentage in just 441 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:07,960 Speaker 2: seven point fifteen and two in the big ten. A 442 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:09,760 Speaker 2: lot of folks out there, not a lot of folks, 443 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:11,600 Speaker 2: but some of the more vocal that I see every 444 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:13,919 Speaker 2: every week on the text lines that you see on 445 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:17,520 Speaker 2: social media, they wonder if the new way of coaching 446 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:21,639 Speaker 2: in the NCAA has passed Bob Moswell. That means the 447 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:24,600 Speaker 2: transfer portal, That means nil. A lot of things have 448 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:27,439 Speaker 2: changed in a short amount of time. Has it taken 449 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:30,200 Speaker 2: Bob Moskoll by surprise? And is that part of the demise? 450 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:30,400 Speaker 7: Here? 451 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:36,280 Speaker 3: I will tell you this, and there's good and bad. Okay, 452 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:38,719 Speaker 3: there's good and bad in this And what I'm about 453 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:44,720 Speaker 3: to say, No, the nil and all of that didn't 454 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:46,639 Speaker 3: has not passed him by and he doesn't know what 455 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:52,399 Speaker 3: he's doing, and blah blah blah blah blah. So that's 456 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:57,480 Speaker 3: on the good side. The bad side was him not 457 00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 3: using it. But what he did, and it was a mistake, 458 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 3: was was the good part and the nice part. He 459 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:16,600 Speaker 3: honored the commitments that he made to the players that 460 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:20,160 Speaker 3: he had offered scholarships to, and he brought them in. 461 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:25,040 Speaker 3: Some of them, no question, should have stayed another year 462 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:29,760 Speaker 3: in junior with how college hockey is. So if they stay, 463 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:34,160 Speaker 3: then he could have hit the portal. He opted not 464 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 3: to do that. Where other teams were highly successful Michigan, 465 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:46,080 Speaker 3: Michigan State, Penn State, Wisconsin, North Dakota, some of those 466 00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:54,359 Speaker 3: players would have been Gophers or I could have been Gophers. Sure, okay, 467 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:56,320 Speaker 3: you know you got to recruit them and you gotta 468 00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 3: blah blah blah blah blah. He opted not to do that, 469 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,480 Speaker 3: and he knows it was a mistake. I think the 470 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:06,400 Speaker 3: staff knows it was a mistake. And so you brought 471 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 3: in players that the freshman class is a good class. 472 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:14,639 Speaker 3: You know, Javon Moore was ready. 473 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 7: LJ. 474 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:17,919 Speaker 3: Mooney was ready. I think some of the other ones 475 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:22,880 Speaker 3: needed that year. They're going to be good players, yeah, 476 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:28,440 Speaker 3: but but you just don't walk in as a freshman 477 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:31,840 Speaker 3: and you know, light it up. 478 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:32,760 Speaker 4: You know, it's hard. 479 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:37,639 Speaker 3: So I think that that was the mistake. 480 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:39,080 Speaker 4: I think you would acknowledge it. 481 00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:42,719 Speaker 3: I think the staff would acknowledge it, and that's what 482 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:44,920 Speaker 3: led to where they were this year. 483 00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:47,560 Speaker 2: Will bring Brad Schlossman into the conversation here after we 484 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:49,239 Speaker 2: take a quick break. But I want to bring up 485 00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 2: some of the potential candidates. And I'm sure you've heard 486 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:54,680 Speaker 2: about them, and I'm sure Mark Coyle has heard about them. 487 00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:57,920 Speaker 2: There's three in particular that stand out above the rest, 488 00:27:57,920 --> 00:27:58,960 Speaker 2: and there are other names. 489 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:02,440 Speaker 4: Now there's two, Now there's two. Garrett Raboyne is off 490 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:04,560 Speaker 4: the US. Yeah, yeah, he resigned, And. 491 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:05,960 Speaker 2: Good on him, though, I mean, you know what, it 492 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:07,159 Speaker 2: would have been great to have him on at the 493 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:09,520 Speaker 2: University of Minnesota, but what he's done in Augustana, that 494 00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:12,520 Speaker 2: would have been certainly it would have been upgrade for 495 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:15,760 Speaker 2: him to take the move over to the Gophers. But 496 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:18,240 Speaker 2: he's made a commitment to august Dan and he's built 497 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:20,560 Speaker 2: this thing from scratch, and that would have been tough 498 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:22,760 Speaker 2: for him to say, I'm going over here now. 499 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:23,960 Speaker 4: And good on him. 500 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:25,760 Speaker 3: And I love Garrett and he's done a great job 501 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:28,800 Speaker 3: and he's a great coach, and I would tell him 502 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:31,199 Speaker 3: this to his face. And I think, and I'm not 503 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:34,199 Speaker 3: speaking for him, but I think part of it was 504 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,440 Speaker 3: I don't think he's really. 505 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:38,120 Speaker 4: A smart guy. 506 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:44,040 Speaker 3: Sure, and he had an opportunity before Brett when Bob 507 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:47,400 Speaker 3: left there to be in the mix for the same 508 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:48,000 Speaker 3: Cloud job. 509 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:51,280 Speaker 4: Interesting, and he said, no, I'm not going to do 510 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:52,840 Speaker 4: it because I'm not ready. 511 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:56,400 Speaker 3: And part of that is I think he's thinking the 512 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:59,760 Speaker 3: same thing with Minnesota. And I would tell him, I 513 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:03,200 Speaker 3: don't think you're ready. This is a big job. It's 514 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:06,640 Speaker 3: not just a coach, you know, you're you're coaching the players. Yeah, 515 00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:12,040 Speaker 3: you have alumni, donors, lots of a lot of tentacles, 516 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:16,800 Speaker 3: and and I don't and and personally, I don't think 517 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:20,840 Speaker 3: that he was ready for for for for all this. 518 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:25,960 Speaker 3: Yet he will be. He will be, and I think 519 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:29,880 Speaker 3: he knows that. And so again, good on him. And 520 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,880 Speaker 3: he loves it where he's at and he's building something there. 521 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:37,920 Speaker 3: He's got a beautiful arena and and so he does 522 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:42,760 Speaker 3: a terrific job. But I think he made this smart decision. 523 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:46,560 Speaker 2: So Garra Boyne removes his thought his name from that hat. 524 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:49,120 Speaker 2: The two big ones that are still out there includes 525 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:53,200 Speaker 2: Brett Larson, head coach at Saint Cloud State. Let's just 526 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:56,160 Speaker 2: go over the final two guys that we're talking about. Larsen, 527 00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:59,960 Speaker 2: in particular your synopsis on him obviously outstanding job there 528 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,040 Speaker 2: at Saint Claude State, What would you think about him 529 00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:03,800 Speaker 2: as the heir apparent of Bob Motskow. 530 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:06,600 Speaker 3: I'm going to put it to you this way. 531 00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:07,440 Speaker 4: Okay. 532 00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:12,840 Speaker 3: The university called me and I and I think they've 533 00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:15,840 Speaker 3: reached out to, you know, a couple couple other people. 534 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:19,640 Speaker 4: You know, I don't know how many. You know, Louis 535 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:20,320 Speaker 4: for sure. 536 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:30,440 Speaker 3: And uh. And they they wanted a list from me. Interesting, okay, 537 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:33,040 Speaker 3: And I had told them, well, if you just want 538 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:39,040 Speaker 3: to list from me, that's that's no good. I mean, 539 00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:45,160 Speaker 3: here's my list. Open up the College Hockey book and 540 00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:49,000 Speaker 3: you will find who's coaching Division one. But if you 541 00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:54,479 Speaker 3: want my feelings on who I believe should be, I 542 00:30:54,520 --> 00:31:00,080 Speaker 3: will give you that. The conversation went further than and 543 00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:05,920 Speaker 3: I gave my thoughts on that, and I base it 544 00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:13,080 Speaker 3: on all the coaches I know, which is pretty much 545 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:15,320 Speaker 3: ninety percent of them. 546 00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:17,080 Speaker 4: I was going to say everybody. 547 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:20,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, and I've been in their locker rooms. I've been 548 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:24,440 Speaker 3: in the coaches rooms. I know them personally and such. 549 00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:31,440 Speaker 3: Hence I gave my observations and who I thought interesting 550 00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:33,040 Speaker 3: I'm you know, because. 551 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:39,480 Speaker 4: A long email apparently well long, was it a conversation 552 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:43,720 Speaker 4: or an email? More than one? Okay? Probably three? Interesting? 553 00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:48,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, okay, And then they will have questions for me 554 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:52,920 Speaker 3: and then I will answer them, and you know, they 555 00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:56,000 Speaker 3: do a good job. And Mark Coyle is getting ripped 556 00:31:56,040 --> 00:32:00,280 Speaker 3: on social media, which is a complete joke, but. 557 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:03,520 Speaker 2: It's unfortunately he hasn't addressed it though in person in 558 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:05,680 Speaker 2: any way, whether it's via zoom. I know he's very busy, 559 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:07,320 Speaker 2: but it still would have been nice to have him 560 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:09,920 Speaker 2: address this. I mean, these are two significant and the 561 00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:13,160 Speaker 2: fact that that they've agreed to and there were mutually 562 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:13,920 Speaker 2: part ways. 563 00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:16,400 Speaker 3: Of months and on those on that not on the 564 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:16,840 Speaker 3: new coach. 565 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:19,640 Speaker 4: No, no, no, you should have been addressed. Why did 566 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:21,600 Speaker 4: this happen? Gotcha? Neither here nor there? 567 00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:25,800 Speaker 2: Continue I'm sorry and and and I think that's why 568 00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:29,720 Speaker 2: he's so, you know, the conversations are you know, okay, 569 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:35,200 Speaker 2: you know, as an alum, what do you think about, 570 00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:39,840 Speaker 2: you know, the attributes of being the head coach of 571 00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:46,360 Speaker 2: the University of Minnesota. So I laid out what I 572 00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:51,720 Speaker 2: thought are are the key elements of running this program 573 00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:56,840 Speaker 2: and continuing its tradition and what it is all about 574 00:32:57,160 --> 00:33:01,560 Speaker 2: and the history asked you know, I mean the past, 575 00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:06,000 Speaker 2: the present, and the future, okay, Okay, So I give 576 00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:10,400 Speaker 2: them my input there okay, And and so. 577 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:16,760 Speaker 4: You know, and again it's just not Pat mcletty. 578 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:21,760 Speaker 3: It's other people giving their ideas, okay, and then they put. 579 00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:22,640 Speaker 4: Them together. 580 00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:27,760 Speaker 3: And the suggestions are made of who. 581 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:31,720 Speaker 2: Okay, So let me ask you this then to boil 582 00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:32,720 Speaker 2: it down in a nutshell? 583 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:33,479 Speaker 4: Am I dancing? 584 00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:34,040 Speaker 3: Well enough? 585 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:34,520 Speaker 4: Yeah? 586 00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:38,000 Speaker 2: I mean so then without putting you in a weird position. 587 00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:39,920 Speaker 2: And I'm not asking the guy that responded to that 588 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:43,200 Speaker 2: email in three parts over forty days, whatever it was. 589 00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:46,520 Speaker 2: I'm asking the radio guy that does be on the pond. 590 00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:51,000 Speaker 2: Is Brett Larson and Grant Patoleny on your list? 591 00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:52,719 Speaker 4: And do they check those boxes that you listed? 592 00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:53,600 Speaker 3: Uh? 593 00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:55,479 Speaker 4: They're on that list? Okay. 594 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:59,280 Speaker 3: And I'll leave it at that, okay. I have to, yeah, 595 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:02,760 Speaker 3: just because it's not fair to take either one of them. 596 00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:06,240 Speaker 3: And I give you my thoughts on RABS because now 597 00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:11,879 Speaker 3: he's gone yep, okay, so uh you know, I yeah, 598 00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:15,160 Speaker 3: Well we'll see how what what decision Mark makes. 599 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:17,239 Speaker 4: None of us, none of us on. 600 00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:21,040 Speaker 3: The outside, are have any have any you know, we 601 00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:23,560 Speaker 3: don't do the hiring, firing or anything, but you know, 602 00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:27,640 Speaker 3: we're just part of the process of that thing. So 603 00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:30,040 Speaker 3: what I don't like and I want to get out 604 00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:33,520 Speaker 3: there is that, you know. And and again I go 605 00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:36,040 Speaker 3: to social media, well how about this guy? 606 00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:37,320 Speaker 4: This guy and this guy? 607 00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:41,600 Speaker 3: And I'm like, okay, why And I don't get anything back, 608 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:45,839 Speaker 3: you know, because they're coaching there or whatever. What if 609 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:50,960 Speaker 3: someone asked me about a particular I gotta know. Every morning, 610 00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:53,200 Speaker 3: I get what about this guy? What about this guy? 611 00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:54,000 Speaker 4: You know he did? 612 00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:55,120 Speaker 3: Oh they should get this guy? 613 00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:55,399 Speaker 4: Sure? 614 00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:58,360 Speaker 3: And I say why and you know, and my response 615 00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:01,400 Speaker 3: is and and some I do not know about and 616 00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:04,359 Speaker 3: their personality and their coaching style and all of that. 617 00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:06,399 Speaker 4: It's it's a name. 618 00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:11,680 Speaker 3: A name does nothing for me. It does nothing. I 619 00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:14,359 Speaker 3: in my response back to them, I am not going 620 00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:17,680 Speaker 3: to comment because I don't know enough. 621 00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:20,239 Speaker 4: To comment on him. On this person. 622 00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:25,200 Speaker 3: Yeap enough, you know, And and so that's that's the 623 00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:29,719 Speaker 3: But if I know about a person and their personality 624 00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:32,839 Speaker 3: and you know, I'd either recommend. 625 00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:33,280 Speaker 4: Or not recommend. 626 00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:35,040 Speaker 3: But I'm not just gonna Oh, we got to get 627 00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:40,320 Speaker 3: you know, John Doe from you know, uh pick a 628 00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:42,359 Speaker 3: college you know, I don't want to name a college 629 00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:44,600 Speaker 3: because you're saying, oh, yeah, exactly, yeah, you know so, 630 00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:48,120 Speaker 3: so that's how that works out. And you know, I, 631 00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:51,879 Speaker 3: you know, you listen where it is. You know, I'm 632 00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:55,400 Speaker 3: going to support and do what I can from an 633 00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:59,000 Speaker 3: alumni standpoint like the other alumni will do to support 634 00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:01,520 Speaker 3: the new guy coming in, and you know we'll go 635 00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:01,879 Speaker 3: from there. 636 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:04,080 Speaker 2: Love the attitude that of course the voice of Pat 637 00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:05,919 Speaker 2: Nicoletty right here on beyond the pond. 638 00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:07,960 Speaker 4: We're super late for a break, so let's get. 639 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:09,480 Speaker 2: One out of the way, and then we'll bring the 640 00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:12,279 Speaker 2: schloss into the conversation where we can talk about the 641 00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:15,440 Speaker 2: Gopher situation with him, and then the college of the 642 00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:18,239 Speaker 2: hockey landscape in a bigger picture as we make our 643 00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:20,960 Speaker 2: way to the NCAA tournament. A couple of bids left 644 00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:23,080 Speaker 2: to fill out tonight and then we'll know the full 645 00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:27,160 Speaker 2: field tomorrow about two o'clock here in the Central time zone. 646 00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:28,200 Speaker 4: So still more to come here. 647 00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:32,440 Speaker 3: On that question for you, Yes, as you're bracket busted yet. 648 00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:36,520 Speaker 2: In basketball, yeah, no, Now, we said that this is 649 00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:39,239 Speaker 2: going to be a basketball freezone. I make no apologies 650 00:36:39,239 --> 00:36:41,120 Speaker 2: for a basketball free zone for two hours. 651 00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:42,440 Speaker 4: I did two brackets. 652 00:36:42,520 --> 00:36:44,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, one on the men's side and one on the 653 00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:48,080 Speaker 3: women's side. Yeah, I'm really looking good on the women's side. 654 00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:50,040 Speaker 3: But you don't want to talk about it. 655 00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:51,400 Speaker 4: So I did two brackets. 656 00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:54,040 Speaker 2: I had AI fill it out and I almost got 657 00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:57,040 Speaker 2: completely dumped when Duke almost got squeezed out of the 658 00:36:57,040 --> 00:36:58,960 Speaker 2: tur That would have done that one, and I would have. 659 00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:01,440 Speaker 4: Been I'm here for you. Why don't you call me? 660 00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:03,960 Speaker 2: Because I don't want to put that much effort into it. 661 00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:06,320 Speaker 2: I don't I'd rather just watch it and be casual. 662 00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:10,800 Speaker 2: I've got four or five Listen, you're sending three million 663 00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:13,200 Speaker 2: word emails back and forth with a university. 664 00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:15,680 Speaker 4: You don't have time to fill up my bracket. All right, 665 00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:17,360 Speaker 4: we got to go more after this on the Fan. 666 00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:35,399 Speaker 2: Beyond the Pond continues A little late, but better late 667 00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:38,680 Speaker 2: than never. For Brad Schlossman of the Grand Fores Harold, 668 00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:43,320 Speaker 2: you can find him on x at Schlossman GF Bradley. 669 00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:45,120 Speaker 2: I know we've got a lot to talk about when 670 00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:47,239 Speaker 2: he comes to college hockey, but why don't we just 671 00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:49,040 Speaker 2: jump right into a Wait a second. 672 00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:54,360 Speaker 3: Wait a second, Okay, welcome the Bob Mackenzie of college hockey. 673 00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:55,759 Speaker 4: Why don't you start with that? 674 00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:58,640 Speaker 2: I should, I kind of did. I introduced him, I 675 00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:01,360 Speaker 2: introduced his the paper he works for. 676 00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:06,759 Speaker 3: I gave the you ripped him last time? You don't 677 00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:09,000 Speaker 3: you like him? Have I ever ripped you? Brad? 678 00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:09,359 Speaker 4: Yeah? 679 00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:12,600 Speaker 3: Last time he was on not even once. Didn't rip it, 680 00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:14,960 Speaker 3: but you were kind of condescending of him. 681 00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:17,719 Speaker 2: Good morning, and welcome to be on the pond. The 682 00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:21,719 Speaker 2: Bob Mackenzie of college hockey. There, our favorite expert when 683 00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:23,280 Speaker 2: it comes to this fine sport. 684 00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:25,520 Speaker 4: Let's just jump right into it. 685 00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:29,280 Speaker 2: Brad, give us your reaction to hearing the Gophers parted 686 00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:32,320 Speaker 2: ways not only with Brad Frost but also Bob Moscow 687 00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:35,000 Speaker 2: within twenty four hours. 688 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:38,560 Speaker 9: Yeah, you know, I think what Brad Frost was entering 689 00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:41,360 Speaker 9: the last year of the contract. That always makes you 690 00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:46,520 Speaker 9: wonder what's what the future is going to hold. Obviously 691 00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:48,879 Speaker 9: he had a lot of success there over the years, 692 00:38:49,080 --> 00:38:51,000 Speaker 9: but you just never know where the coaches in their 693 00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:54,040 Speaker 9: last year of the contract or has one year left. 694 00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:59,120 Speaker 9: My reaction to Bob Moscow was essentially like, I think 695 00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:02,799 Speaker 9: we're in a different era of college hockey now, and 696 00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:07,320 Speaker 9: you know, we really don't have those you know, the 697 00:39:07,719 --> 00:39:11,520 Speaker 9: Jack Parkers and the Red Berenson's and these coaches that 698 00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:15,719 Speaker 9: have just been at one spot forever. And you know, 699 00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:18,879 Speaker 9: I don't know if it's partially with social media or 700 00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:22,560 Speaker 9: everything that goes around it, but there isn't a lot 701 00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:25,480 Speaker 9: of leeway for down years in college hockey anymore. And 702 00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:29,840 Speaker 9: I think the two programs that are probably the biggest 703 00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:33,480 Speaker 9: pressure cookers in the country by far are North Dakota 704 00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:38,400 Speaker 9: and Minnesota. And I think coaches with the resume of 705 00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:43,600 Speaker 9: Bob Moscow and Brad Barry at other schools probably would 706 00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:49,799 Speaker 9: have lasted. I think, you know, it's just there's not 707 00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:52,279 Speaker 9: a lot of room for down years, and especially you know, 708 00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:55,160 Speaker 9: I think if Minnesota's closer to five hundred, is Bob 709 00:39:55,200 --> 00:40:01,800 Speaker 9: Moscow still there? Maybe probably? But yeah, yeah, obviously Minnesota 710 00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:05,319 Speaker 9: decided to make the change, and yeah, it just feels like, 711 00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:09,000 Speaker 9: you know, we don't have those really long tenured coaches. 712 00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:12,920 Speaker 9: Scott Sandalin at Minnesota Duluth is one of them. Scott 713 00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:15,400 Speaker 9: Sandalin has missed the n CUAA Tournament three years in 714 00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:18,040 Speaker 9: a row. Does he survive at Minnesota or North Dakota 715 00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:21,880 Speaker 9: with that, No, But you know he does at Minnesota, 716 00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:25,040 Speaker 9: Dalut So it's it's just challenging with some of these 717 00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:30,720 Speaker 9: big schools, especially in this environment with more really good teams. 718 00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:33,200 Speaker 9: I look at who, you know, you look at Hockey East. 719 00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:37,360 Speaker 9: Who with the longest streak of NCAA tournament appearances in 720 00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:40,799 Speaker 9: Hockey East. It's Providence at two. 721 00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:42,840 Speaker 4: Interesting. Yeah, wow. 722 00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:44,480 Speaker 9: You know, you look at the Big Ten. Who is 723 00:40:44,520 --> 00:40:46,719 Speaker 9: the longest streak of nca appearances in the Big Ten 724 00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:51,000 Speaker 9: right now counting this here, it's Michigan State with three. 725 00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:51,640 Speaker 5: Wow. 726 00:40:52,680 --> 00:40:54,719 Speaker 9: You know, we're not seeing these teams that go to 727 00:40:54,719 --> 00:40:57,480 Speaker 9: the NCAA fifteen years in a row anymore. It's just 728 00:40:57,760 --> 00:41:01,880 Speaker 9: a different time. We're it's leading to more turnover from 729 00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:06,040 Speaker 9: these coaches. And yeah, it's just a different era. 730 00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:11,480 Speaker 3: College hockey is really really good right now. And you know, 731 00:41:11,680 --> 00:41:15,360 Speaker 3: I and you and I have talked about this schloss 732 00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:20,959 Speaker 3: the CCHA and I talked to different coaches. They told 733 00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:25,000 Speaker 3: me they think they had thought that Bowling Green could 734 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:27,800 Speaker 3: have could have, you know, at times, was the best 735 00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:32,560 Speaker 3: team in the conference. And they had six teams that 736 00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:37,920 Speaker 3: were neck and neck all season long, and you know, 737 00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:41,239 Speaker 3: it's it's really you know, there's a chance there's a 738 00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:44,120 Speaker 3: really good chance now that the CCHA is going to 739 00:41:44,120 --> 00:41:45,640 Speaker 3: get two teams. 740 00:41:45,200 --> 00:41:47,640 Speaker 4: In the in the tournament. 741 00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:51,600 Speaker 3: But I you know, I got laughed at for saying, well, 742 00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:55,239 Speaker 3: you know, I thought that there could be three, and 743 00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:58,600 Speaker 3: it was what are you talking about? You know, but 744 00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:03,520 Speaker 3: they're certainly, in my opinion, were three good enough teams 745 00:42:03,520 --> 00:42:05,680 Speaker 3: to be in the sixteen team field. 746 00:42:07,719 --> 00:42:07,919 Speaker 7: Yeah. 747 00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:10,799 Speaker 9: I mean, I don't think there's any question it. You know, 748 00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:13,880 Speaker 9: college hockey is just deeper than it's ever been, and 749 00:42:13,960 --> 00:42:18,120 Speaker 9: part of that is due to the CHL players becoming available. 750 00:42:18,239 --> 00:42:19,080 Speaker 4: It's just natural. 751 00:42:19,160 --> 00:42:22,160 Speaker 9: If you have a deeper player pool, you're going to 752 00:42:22,239 --> 00:42:25,280 Speaker 9: have more parody. And no matter what sport or whatever 753 00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:28,680 Speaker 9: you're doing, that's just, you know, how it's going to work. 754 00:42:28,719 --> 00:42:32,000 Speaker 9: And like that's part of the reason why the CCHA 755 00:42:32,239 --> 00:42:36,440 Speaker 9: was the first league to support CHL players coming to 756 00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:40,239 Speaker 9: college hockey. They were smart enough to figure out that 757 00:42:40,280 --> 00:42:42,600 Speaker 9: this is going to lead to parody, It is going 758 00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:46,480 Speaker 9: to help, it's going to help everybody. But the net 759 00:42:46,520 --> 00:42:50,080 Speaker 9: gain is larger for the CCHA schools than the non 760 00:42:51,080 --> 00:42:54,839 Speaker 9: big blue bloods, and they were right in picking that. 761 00:42:54,880 --> 00:42:56,640 Speaker 9: You know, they've got what three teams in the top 762 00:42:56,680 --> 00:43:00,399 Speaker 9: twenty of the the MPI. Yeah, yeah, I I'm looking 763 00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:02,360 Speaker 9: at some of these teams that are missing the tournament. 764 00:43:02,880 --> 00:43:07,960 Speaker 9: I mean the Boston College with James Haggins and jam 765 00:43:08,040 --> 00:43:10,960 Speaker 9: with Turno and Oscar Hemming and these guys they're out, 766 00:43:11,120 --> 00:43:15,880 Speaker 9: and Michael Crobbell and UMass they're out. It's like it's 767 00:43:17,040 --> 00:43:19,280 Speaker 9: there's some really good teams that are missing the tournament. 768 00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:22,680 Speaker 9: And you know, it's made for a great product. Yeah, 769 00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:26,040 Speaker 9: you know, like we see awesome games no matter who's playing. 770 00:43:26,360 --> 00:43:28,360 Speaker 9: It's you know, I felt like, you know, sometimes in 771 00:43:29,320 --> 00:43:32,600 Speaker 9: the late ninety or you know, the nineties and early 772 00:43:32,640 --> 00:43:35,480 Speaker 9: two thousands, you get these like eight to two games 773 00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:37,400 Speaker 9: all the time, and you know, I just think we 774 00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:40,000 Speaker 9: don't see that anymore. It's just so competitive right now. 775 00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:41,840 Speaker 2: Hey, real quick before we turn the page on the 776 00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:44,920 Speaker 2: Gophers situation and we definitely want to get into the 777 00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:48,080 Speaker 2: NCAA tournament and how everything's starting to shake out. We 778 00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:50,200 Speaker 2: just went through some of the candidates. Pats in a 779 00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:52,719 Speaker 2: different situation than you are. He's kind of involved in 780 00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:55,800 Speaker 2: the process, at least in terms of a lengthy email 781 00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:56,760 Speaker 2: with people over. 782 00:43:56,560 --> 00:43:57,920 Speaker 4: There at the University of Minnesota. 783 00:43:57,960 --> 00:44:00,880 Speaker 2: So if you were going to predict, right now, Brad Schlassman, 784 00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:03,319 Speaker 2: who you think will be the next head coach for 785 00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:05,439 Speaker 2: the Minnesota Golden Go for men's hockey team. 786 00:44:05,560 --> 00:44:07,120 Speaker 4: Who would you put your money on right now? 787 00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:09,080 Speaker 6: Oh? 788 00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:12,400 Speaker 9: Man, I mean all all signs are pointing toward Brett 789 00:44:12,480 --> 00:44:17,280 Speaker 9: Larson or Grant Potley. And and you have Brett Larson 790 00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:20,480 Speaker 9: who's been at Saint Cloud State. You know, he was 791 00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:25,120 Speaker 9: a national championship winning assistant at Minnesota Duluth. You know 792 00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:28,840 Speaker 9: Grant Patolny, he's been an assistant at Minnesota, former captain. 793 00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:29,880 Speaker 6: You know. 794 00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:36,760 Speaker 9: I guess who do the administrators in Minnesota's athletic department? 795 00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:40,480 Speaker 9: What is their thought process? 796 00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:42,120 Speaker 4: I just you're dancing. 797 00:44:43,160 --> 00:44:48,800 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, I mean you are unbelievable. You are unbelievable. 798 00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:52,040 Speaker 9: So you are your. 799 00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:55,359 Speaker 4: Your money says it's one of those two guys most likely. Yeah, 800 00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:56,880 Speaker 4: I mean that's a fair answer. 801 00:44:56,960 --> 00:44:58,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a fair answer. 802 00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:00,879 Speaker 9: Yeah, yeah, I mean it's and it seems like they're 803 00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:05,319 Speaker 9: going quickly, which is very interesting to me that the 804 00:45:05,320 --> 00:45:10,000 Speaker 9: the the transfer portal rules are different this year. Like 805 00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:13,359 Speaker 9: in the past, guys could jump in. Even last year, 806 00:45:13,640 --> 00:45:16,320 Speaker 9: North Dakota went and hired in like a week because 807 00:45:16,360 --> 00:45:17,600 Speaker 9: their guys could jump in the. 808 00:45:17,520 --> 00:45:18,600 Speaker 7: Portal right away. 809 00:45:18,760 --> 00:45:20,799 Speaker 9: There were all these other teams trying to get their 810 00:45:20,840 --> 00:45:23,280 Speaker 9: guys in the portal. They can't go in the portal 811 00:45:23,360 --> 00:45:28,200 Speaker 9: right now for almost a month, right now, well, you know, 812 00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:32,200 Speaker 9: three weeks, yes, so there is time to make this higher. 813 00:45:32,520 --> 00:45:35,560 Speaker 9: It does appear they're going quickly. I mean, you know, 814 00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:38,439 Speaker 9: Pardoner even thought to the guy you guys just had 815 00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:41,000 Speaker 9: on if Luke Strand would end up being a candidate 816 00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:43,760 Speaker 9: there too. He's done a really good job at Minnesota State. 817 00:45:43,800 --> 00:45:46,799 Speaker 9: But all signs are Brett Larson, griff Toli. 818 00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:51,399 Speaker 3: Okay, okay, I'm going to push back on the timing part. 819 00:45:51,520 --> 00:45:55,040 Speaker 3: I think you need to get it done asap, even 820 00:45:55,120 --> 00:46:00,319 Speaker 3: though the portal does not open until the thirteen h 821 00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:05,200 Speaker 3: of April. You've got to get you got to find 822 00:46:05,239 --> 00:46:08,359 Speaker 3: out a who you like coming back, how many that 823 00:46:08,440 --> 00:46:10,759 Speaker 3: you have to you know, kind of plan for in 824 00:46:10,800 --> 00:46:16,719 Speaker 3: the portal, recruits that may you know, have the ability 825 00:46:16,760 --> 00:46:22,200 Speaker 3: to to decommit now and right I mean you, I mean, 826 00:46:22,239 --> 00:46:24,879 Speaker 3: there's a lot of work to do before that, and 827 00:46:25,960 --> 00:46:28,480 Speaker 3: you know you can't just say, oh, portals open, and 828 00:46:29,080 --> 00:46:33,400 Speaker 3: you know, I mean, I think a good coach would 829 00:46:33,440 --> 00:46:36,959 Speaker 3: need to do all the all of the preparation prior to. 830 00:46:38,760 --> 00:46:42,440 Speaker 9: Yeah, and you're you're not wrong there, That's that's definitely 831 00:46:42,440 --> 00:46:46,839 Speaker 9: part of it. It is a different timeline. It is 832 00:46:47,040 --> 00:46:50,560 Speaker 9: just you know, if if they hire a coach, you know, 833 00:46:50,640 --> 00:46:55,399 Speaker 9: tomorrow versus a week from tomorrow, I think they're fine 834 00:46:55,440 --> 00:46:58,280 Speaker 9: either way. Yeah, but yes, I mean, you're you're not wrong. 835 00:46:58,640 --> 00:47:01,799 Speaker 9: You can't just hu It would be challenging to make 836 00:47:01,800 --> 00:47:03,680 Speaker 9: the higher on the eve of the portal opening. 837 00:47:03,840 --> 00:47:05,640 Speaker 4: Yeah, Brett, we really screwed up the clock. 838 00:47:05,680 --> 00:47:07,359 Speaker 2: Can I squeeze in a break here and then we'll 839 00:47:07,360 --> 00:47:08,960 Speaker 2: call you back in like five minutes so we can 840 00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:12,000 Speaker 2: continue the NCAA talk. We'll put the Gopher stuff to bed, 841 00:47:12,040 --> 00:47:15,240 Speaker 2: and we'll move on to everything that's going on, whatever 842 00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:16,480 Speaker 2: else is going on in college. 843 00:47:16,560 --> 00:47:18,680 Speaker 3: To help us who's going to make the tournament? Because 844 00:47:18,760 --> 00:47:21,319 Speaker 3: it's goofy yea. Yeah, all right, let's do that. 845 00:47:21,400 --> 00:47:21,880 Speaker 9: Let's absolu. 846 00:47:22,280 --> 00:47:23,279 Speaker 4: Let's take a quick break. 847 00:47:23,320 --> 00:47:25,880 Speaker 2: When we continue, we'll have more with Brad Schloss and 848 00:47:25,920 --> 00:47:26,960 Speaker 2: we'll get him back online. 849 00:47:27,160 --> 00:47:28,719 Speaker 4: Continue that college hockey talk. 850 00:47:29,360 --> 00:47:31,160 Speaker 2: Also in this next hour, we want we want to 851 00:47:31,160 --> 00:47:33,960 Speaker 2: get into the Minnesota Wild and the National Hockey League. 852 00:47:33,960 --> 00:47:36,160 Speaker 2: We've still got Brett Blakemore's Breakaways and we're going to 853 00:47:36,160 --> 00:47:38,839 Speaker 2: be joined by Jack Copouano before we wrap things up. 854 00:47:39,000 --> 00:47:41,920 Speaker 2: It's all coming up next in hour two of Beyond 855 00:47:41,920 --> 00:47:47,960 Speaker 2: the Pond. All right, welcome back our two of Beyond 856 00:47:47,960 --> 00:47:50,480 Speaker 2: the Pond. We're with our guy. I have to call 857 00:47:50,560 --> 00:47:53,160 Speaker 2: him the Bob McKenzie of college Hockey. 858 00:47:53,160 --> 00:47:56,520 Speaker 4: Thank you. It is a sure respect to me. I 859 00:47:56,560 --> 00:47:58,920 Speaker 4: think I do. Actually I try you. 860 00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:01,520 Speaker 3: I can give him a hard time, and you know 861 00:48:01,640 --> 00:48:05,160 Speaker 3: I'm fine with that, but you've got to give him respect. 862 00:48:05,239 --> 00:48:07,600 Speaker 2: All right, Well, the Bob mackenzie of College Hockey joins 863 00:48:07,640 --> 00:48:10,319 Speaker 2: us again, Brad Schlossman and the Grand Forts Herald. You 864 00:48:10,320 --> 00:48:13,319 Speaker 2: can find him on x at Schlossman GF and you 865 00:48:13,320 --> 00:48:16,359 Speaker 2: can also find his work online at grandfortshrald dot com. 866 00:48:16,360 --> 00:48:18,040 Speaker 2: Every once in a while you might even bump into 867 00:48:18,120 --> 00:48:21,040 Speaker 2: him at a rink near you. Bradley, this is a 868 00:48:21,040 --> 00:48:25,000 Speaker 2: big day in college hockey. We've got twelve spots locked up, 869 00:48:25,040 --> 00:48:27,680 Speaker 2: including the Minnesota State Mavericks. They get it done last 870 00:48:27,760 --> 00:48:31,319 Speaker 2: night by taking out Saint Thomas in the CCHA title game. 871 00:48:31,600 --> 00:48:34,120 Speaker 2: Now we've got some mother holes to fill. What intrigues 872 00:48:34,160 --> 00:48:37,440 Speaker 2: you most about today? As you look at the upcoming schedule. 873 00:48:39,280 --> 00:48:44,839 Speaker 9: Well, I think around here everyone's watching Augustana. Are the 874 00:48:44,920 --> 00:48:49,399 Speaker 9: vikings going to get into the NCAA tournament. Augustana needs 875 00:48:49,600 --> 00:48:51,479 Speaker 9: three results to go its way. 876 00:48:51,680 --> 00:48:53,480 Speaker 4: I thought it was down to two three. 877 00:48:53,840 --> 00:48:57,120 Speaker 9: All three need to be favorites winning their tournament, so 878 00:48:57,160 --> 00:49:04,120 Speaker 9: it's not super far fetched. The three games Augie needs 879 00:49:04,280 --> 00:49:10,160 Speaker 9: Dartmouth to beat Princeton, Michigan to beat Ohio State, one, 880 00:49:10,440 --> 00:49:14,080 Speaker 9: Yukon to beat Merrimack in Hockey East. If all three 881 00:49:14,120 --> 00:49:19,480 Speaker 9: of those happen, Augustana is in the tournament and almost 882 00:49:19,520 --> 00:49:22,279 Speaker 9: surely going to play North Dakota in sup Balls in 883 00:49:22,320 --> 00:49:22,919 Speaker 9: the first round. 884 00:49:23,120 --> 00:49:27,800 Speaker 3: What are if you were to what you one is 885 00:49:27,840 --> 00:49:33,880 Speaker 3: the trickiest that people ought to be watching or paying 886 00:49:33,920 --> 00:49:34,520 Speaker 3: attention to? 887 00:49:36,320 --> 00:49:36,839 Speaker 4: Those three? 888 00:49:37,000 --> 00:49:42,000 Speaker 9: You know, I feel the trickiest might be Hockey East. 889 00:49:43,239 --> 00:49:46,680 Speaker 9: You know, Merrimack is I know Yukon's playing really well, 890 00:49:47,320 --> 00:49:50,640 Speaker 9: but but Merrimack is two. And when you have Max 891 00:49:50,760 --> 00:49:54,960 Speaker 9: Lundgren and goal playing the way he is, you know, 892 00:49:55,200 --> 00:49:59,160 Speaker 9: Merrimack is becoming a big threat. You know, I think 893 00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:03,479 Speaker 9: Merrior Max d certainly give up chances, but but Max 894 00:50:03,560 --> 00:50:06,680 Speaker 9: Lungern has been sensational in covering them. 895 00:50:06,760 --> 00:50:06,920 Speaker 6: Up. 896 00:50:07,040 --> 00:50:09,920 Speaker 9: The Merrimack got a big top line that's been playing 897 00:50:09,960 --> 00:50:13,200 Speaker 9: really well. I think that's going to be a really 898 00:50:13,200 --> 00:50:16,200 Speaker 9: good game over out in Boston. 899 00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:20,520 Speaker 3: Can you can, I tell you mine? Yes, I think 900 00:50:20,880 --> 00:50:25,880 Speaker 3: Ohio State Michigan. And I say that because you know, 901 00:50:26,040 --> 00:50:30,640 Speaker 3: Ohio State just couldn't find its way in the first 902 00:50:30,680 --> 00:50:34,120 Speaker 3: half of the year and in the second half. You know, 903 00:50:34,400 --> 00:50:39,399 Speaker 3: Ohio State has has guys that can score. They have 904 00:50:39,480 --> 00:50:43,399 Speaker 3: three or four guys that are you know, legitimately can 905 00:50:43,440 --> 00:50:44,200 Speaker 3: score for him. 906 00:50:44,800 --> 00:50:47,080 Speaker 4: And you know Steve Rolick and the. 907 00:50:47,120 --> 00:50:53,520 Speaker 3: Way that he puts in a defensive scheme, they can 908 00:50:53,760 --> 00:50:59,640 Speaker 3: really frustrate teams. And for them to go into was 909 00:51:00,040 --> 00:51:04,760 Speaker 3: Johnson and just throttle them seventy two. 910 00:51:05,000 --> 00:51:05,799 Speaker 4: I think it was. 911 00:51:06,760 --> 00:51:11,080 Speaker 3: And then next step playing the team I think will 912 00:51:11,120 --> 00:51:14,040 Speaker 3: be in the Frozen four, who I think is the 913 00:51:14,080 --> 00:51:21,080 Speaker 3: most balanced, skilled, defensive, best goalie in the country and 914 00:51:22,040 --> 00:51:29,040 Speaker 3: Trey Augustin and go into East Lansing and beat Michigan State. 915 00:51:30,760 --> 00:51:33,640 Speaker 4: You know, the role that they're on and the belief 916 00:51:33,719 --> 00:51:34,360 Speaker 4: that they. 917 00:51:34,239 --> 00:51:40,040 Speaker 3: Have, you know, gives me, you know, some you know 918 00:51:40,239 --> 00:51:44,680 Speaker 3: confidence in them, would if that's the right word, against 919 00:51:44,680 --> 00:51:49,000 Speaker 3: a really really good Michigan team, Your thoughts. 920 00:51:49,280 --> 00:51:51,960 Speaker 9: Well, the thing that's interesting to me about Ohio State, 921 00:51:52,160 --> 00:51:55,320 Speaker 9: the buck Eyes are fourteen twenty and two. 922 00:51:55,440 --> 00:51:56,160 Speaker 4: So you look at. 923 00:51:56,040 --> 00:51:59,520 Speaker 9: Their record and you're like, ah, not great. The Buckeyes 924 00:51:59,600 --> 00:52:02,560 Speaker 9: were one in eight in three on three overtime. 925 00:52:02,880 --> 00:52:05,000 Speaker 4: Oh wow, I did not know that. 926 00:52:06,200 --> 00:52:09,480 Speaker 9: Their record is sharply skewed by how bad they were 927 00:52:09,520 --> 00:52:11,839 Speaker 9: in three on three. Of course, last week now all 928 00:52:11,840 --> 00:52:14,120 Speaker 9: of a sudden overtimes five on five in the playoffs, 929 00:52:14,160 --> 00:52:17,319 Speaker 9: and hey they won one. Yeah, they beat Michigan State 930 00:52:17,600 --> 00:52:19,680 Speaker 9: in five on five overtime. So the buck guys are 931 00:52:19,760 --> 00:52:22,240 Speaker 9: very very happy there's no more three on three overtime. 932 00:52:22,520 --> 00:52:25,000 Speaker 9: But I feel their their records is a little bit 933 00:52:25,040 --> 00:52:27,840 Speaker 9: misleading in that sense that they're probably closer to a 934 00:52:27,880 --> 00:52:31,640 Speaker 9: five hundred team than their record shows, just because they 935 00:52:31,640 --> 00:52:33,680 Speaker 9: were so bad in three on three this year. 936 00:52:34,960 --> 00:52:38,759 Speaker 3: Interesting, Yeah, I think that. I think for me, that's 937 00:52:38,880 --> 00:52:40,040 Speaker 3: going to be the game to watch. 938 00:52:42,160 --> 00:52:44,560 Speaker 9: So yeah, I'll look forward to watching that one. I mean, 939 00:52:45,280 --> 00:52:47,839 Speaker 9: I watched a lot of games yesterday and a lot 940 00:52:47,840 --> 00:52:50,720 Speaker 9: of them were awesome. And you know, the women's games 941 00:52:50,719 --> 00:52:52,759 Speaker 9: were great too. You know, you had the Penn State 942 00:52:52,760 --> 00:52:56,120 Speaker 9: Wisconsin game was wonderful. So it's uh, what did you think? 943 00:52:56,200 --> 00:52:56,839 Speaker 4: What did you think? 944 00:52:57,239 --> 00:53:00,680 Speaker 3: What did you think of Minnesota State and and and 945 00:53:00,719 --> 00:53:01,320 Speaker 3: the Tommies. 946 00:53:03,680 --> 00:53:07,440 Speaker 9: Well, I thought the call on TV was absolutely brilliant. 947 00:53:07,760 --> 00:53:11,600 Speaker 3: Thank you. Check in the mail now. Ben ben Holden 948 00:53:11,760 --> 00:53:13,879 Speaker 3: is is Uh. I don't know if there's any better 949 00:53:13,960 --> 00:53:15,799 Speaker 3: than than than him. 950 00:53:15,800 --> 00:53:20,080 Speaker 9: I just thought, you know, Minnesota States has become really 951 00:53:20,280 --> 00:53:23,440 Speaker 9: really difficult to beat at home in the c h 952 00:53:23,520 --> 00:53:28,279 Speaker 9: A playoffs. A wonderful crowd there last night, an impressive 953 00:53:28,360 --> 00:53:33,200 Speaker 9: performance by the Mavericks, and you know, they're just a 954 00:53:33,320 --> 00:53:36,360 Speaker 9: really really difficult out whoever gets them in the in 955 00:53:36,440 --> 00:53:37,240 Speaker 9: C tournament. 956 00:53:37,600 --> 00:53:39,759 Speaker 4: I think we forget last year they. 957 00:53:41,040 --> 00:53:43,120 Speaker 9: You know, Patt, I think you and I were sitting 958 00:53:43,120 --> 00:53:46,120 Speaker 9: there watching that game together mich We had Western Michigan 959 00:53:46,160 --> 00:53:47,359 Speaker 9: on the ropes in the first round. 960 00:53:47,520 --> 00:53:49,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, could have beat them, and they could have been 961 00:53:49,080 --> 00:53:51,759 Speaker 3: the team that that went on. I mean, they were 962 00:53:51,800 --> 00:53:56,320 Speaker 3: one pipe away from from winning it and and they were. Yeah, 963 00:53:56,440 --> 00:53:59,840 Speaker 3: and so okay, let me ask you this. You know 964 00:54:00,520 --> 00:54:07,520 Speaker 3: you've been covering these Frozen Fours forever and NCAA tournaments forever. 965 00:54:08,640 --> 00:54:12,319 Speaker 3: To me, you know, this year I see as many 966 00:54:12,400 --> 00:54:16,520 Speaker 3: as ten, maybe twelve teams that have a potential chance 967 00:54:16,600 --> 00:54:22,120 Speaker 3: to win the national title this year, what are your thoughts? 968 00:54:22,280 --> 00:54:25,120 Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean you might even be on the low 969 00:54:25,239 --> 00:54:27,640 Speaker 9: end the way things are going. You know, you look 970 00:54:27,680 --> 00:54:32,319 Speaker 9: at some of these potential four seeds, and you know, 971 00:54:32,440 --> 00:54:35,120 Speaker 9: with with with Alex Tracy at Minnesota State, they're going 972 00:54:35,160 --> 00:54:37,359 Speaker 9: to play a low scoring game. They're just so tough 973 00:54:37,400 --> 00:54:42,160 Speaker 9: to score on. Augustian is the same way. You know, 974 00:54:42,480 --> 00:54:44,880 Speaker 9: there are a lot of teams that can win it 975 00:54:44,880 --> 00:54:48,400 Speaker 9: this year, probably more than than past years. And I 976 00:54:48,440 --> 00:54:52,000 Speaker 9: think that just goes to show the depth of college 977 00:54:52,000 --> 00:54:56,439 Speaker 9: hockey and there's just not a lot of margins for air. 978 00:54:57,120 --> 00:54:59,600 Speaker 9: You need to be a really good team, you need 979 00:54:59,640 --> 00:55:03,399 Speaker 9: to get great goaltending, and you're gonna need to win 980 00:55:03,480 --> 00:55:05,840 Speaker 9: some coin flip games. The last team that won the 981 00:55:05,920 --> 00:55:10,319 Speaker 9: national title without having to win an overtime game was 982 00:55:10,400 --> 00:55:11,880 Speaker 9: Denver in twenty seventeen. 983 00:55:12,160 --> 00:55:13,560 Speaker 3: Huh wow, So. 984 00:55:13,680 --> 00:55:16,759 Speaker 9: Like everyone's getting into these overtime games where we all 985 00:55:16,800 --> 00:55:19,279 Speaker 9: know it's just that coin flip at that point, and 986 00:55:19,400 --> 00:55:23,160 Speaker 9: some of them are having two overtime games. You know, 987 00:55:23,200 --> 00:55:25,799 Speaker 9: Western Michigan won two, right, two of their four games 988 00:55:25,840 --> 00:55:29,359 Speaker 9: were overtime last year. Denver the year before, I think 989 00:55:29,400 --> 00:55:32,800 Speaker 9: they had two overtimes of their four wins. Like, the 990 00:55:33,120 --> 00:55:36,600 Speaker 9: difference between winning a national championship and losing first round 991 00:55:36,640 --> 00:55:39,400 Speaker 9: is almost nothing. As you said, Pat, last year, it 992 00:55:39,480 --> 00:55:41,880 Speaker 9: was a quarter of an inch of a post the 993 00:55:41,920 --> 00:55:46,120 Speaker 9: difference between Western being gone first round in winning the 994 00:55:46,200 --> 00:55:49,759 Speaker 9: national title. So you got to get in the night 995 00:55:49,840 --> 00:55:53,680 Speaker 9: that Natty winners have had great goaltending and hey, they 996 00:55:53,880 --> 00:55:55,480 Speaker 9: they've won coin flips. 997 00:55:56,320 --> 00:55:58,120 Speaker 2: Let me ask you a question about the future has 998 00:55:58,160 --> 00:56:00,000 Speaker 2: nothing to do with the Golden Gophers other than by 999 00:56:00,160 --> 00:56:02,560 Speaker 2: Moscow was the head coach of the world junior team 1000 00:56:02,600 --> 00:56:05,600 Speaker 2: for Team USA. Now the rumor is the next guy 1001 00:56:05,680 --> 00:56:08,880 Speaker 2: is going to be Adam Nightingale, head coach at Michigan State. 1002 00:56:09,320 --> 00:56:11,760 Speaker 4: Do you guys, have you guys heard those rumors? 1003 00:56:11,920 --> 00:56:13,640 Speaker 2: And what do you think about Nightingale as the next 1004 00:56:13,640 --> 00:56:16,200 Speaker 2: guy leading the Red, White and Blue with the juniors. 1005 00:56:18,280 --> 00:56:19,080 Speaker 4: Well, he's had. 1006 00:56:18,920 --> 00:56:22,000 Speaker 9: A lot of success at Michigan State. He came from 1007 00:56:22,080 --> 00:56:27,239 Speaker 9: the nt VP before that. That one certainly makes a 1008 00:56:27,239 --> 00:56:28,880 Speaker 9: lot of sense and does not surprise me. 1009 00:56:29,880 --> 00:56:34,719 Speaker 4: Patrick. I'm sorry, I was looking at something that I said. 1010 00:56:35,520 --> 00:56:36,480 Speaker 4: Did you hear what I asked? 1011 00:56:36,560 --> 00:56:36,600 Speaker 3: No? 1012 00:56:36,719 --> 00:56:40,600 Speaker 2: I what do you common man? 1013 00:56:40,680 --> 00:56:40,879 Speaker 6: Now? 1014 00:56:41,200 --> 00:56:42,960 Speaker 4: I just had to I have to admit it. 1015 00:56:43,000 --> 00:56:46,239 Speaker 3: I got it important, okay, that had I totally get it, 1016 00:56:46,760 --> 00:56:47,920 Speaker 3: very I apologize. 1017 00:56:47,960 --> 00:56:49,799 Speaker 4: That's okay, that's shame on me. 1018 00:56:49,920 --> 00:56:52,160 Speaker 2: I was asking about Adam Nightingale. He is rumored to 1019 00:56:52,200 --> 00:56:54,520 Speaker 2: be the next head coach for the World Junior team. 1020 00:56:55,520 --> 00:56:57,000 Speaker 4: Great choice, I think. 1021 00:56:57,160 --> 00:56:59,640 Speaker 3: I think he will do a really really good job 1022 00:56:59,680 --> 00:57:03,520 Speaker 3: in his familiarity with the National Development Program and this 1023 00:57:03,680 --> 00:57:07,600 Speaker 3: time there, and and and what he's done at Michigan State. 1024 00:57:08,440 --> 00:57:11,520 Speaker 3: He's just a really good coach. Would you concur Well, 1025 00:57:11,560 --> 00:57:16,800 Speaker 3: he did already it to you, so that's good. You 1026 00:57:16,840 --> 00:57:18,680 Speaker 3: guys are both on the same page. Yes, I think 1027 00:57:18,720 --> 00:57:20,960 Speaker 3: I think it's really I think it's a really good choice. 1028 00:57:21,000 --> 00:57:21,600 Speaker 4: Awesome stuff. 1029 00:57:21,600 --> 00:57:24,120 Speaker 2: Anything else for mister Schlossman before we turn our attention. 1030 00:57:23,840 --> 00:57:27,320 Speaker 3: To the wild No, I uh, I mean there's lots 1031 00:57:27,360 --> 00:57:31,280 Speaker 3: of stuff, but it's off air stuff. So yeah, I'll 1032 00:57:31,320 --> 00:57:34,000 Speaker 3: be calling this. I'll be calling you slas. 1033 00:57:33,840 --> 00:57:37,280 Speaker 2: Look forward to that there. Definitely appreciate your time. I 1034 00:57:37,360 --> 00:57:40,200 Speaker 2: paid attention to everything you said, Pat got most of it, and. 1035 00:57:40,640 --> 00:57:41,240 Speaker 4: We'll do it again. 1036 00:57:41,360 --> 00:57:41,640 Speaker 6: So much. 1037 00:57:41,880 --> 00:57:44,040 Speaker 3: Just one thing that I had to totally get it. 1038 00:57:44,640 --> 00:57:48,840 Speaker 4: I'm sorry, schloss I'm you know, at least I admit it. 1039 00:57:48,960 --> 00:57:54,800 Speaker 4: You did, you did right, It was very nice. Yeah, thanks, yeah, 1040 00:57:54,920 --> 00:57:55,240 Speaker 4: you bet. 1041 00:57:55,240 --> 00:57:59,000 Speaker 2: There we go in touch the Bob Mackenzie of College 1042 00:57:59,040 --> 00:58:02,720 Speaker 2: Hockey Brad lost Ben. Find him on next at Schlossman GF. 1043 00:58:02,920 --> 00:58:04,880 Speaker 2: You can also find his work A Grand Fresh World. 1044 00:58:04,920 --> 00:58:05,439 Speaker 3: Is there something? 1045 00:58:06,040 --> 00:58:07,520 Speaker 2: Yes, we got to take a break and we haven't 1046 00:58:07,520 --> 00:58:09,800 Speaker 2: even talked about the Wild. They've got a pretty significant 1047 00:58:09,800 --> 00:58:13,360 Speaker 2: matchup coming up today in Saint Paul's game number what 1048 00:58:13,800 --> 00:58:16,520 Speaker 2: game number seventy one? Still twelve games left to go 1049 00:58:16,560 --> 00:58:18,800 Speaker 2: in the regular season, and it won't be a full 1050 00:58:18,800 --> 00:58:20,360 Speaker 2: lineup on either side of the yay. 1051 00:58:20,480 --> 00:58:22,360 Speaker 4: And it's not the end of the world. 1052 00:58:22,360 --> 00:58:24,720 Speaker 2: If win, loser, draw, it won't be the end of 1053 00:58:24,720 --> 00:58:26,920 Speaker 2: the world. Still, you like to put your best foot forward. 1054 00:58:27,160 --> 00:58:29,600 Speaker 2: It's going to be a packed house in Saint Paul 1055 00:58:29,680 --> 00:58:32,400 Speaker 2: for the Wild and Stars. One of the biggest crowds 1056 00:58:32,400 --> 00:58:34,480 Speaker 2: of the season is when I'm told that is awesome, 1057 00:58:34,560 --> 00:58:37,400 Speaker 2: beautiful day outside, it should be a fun day inside 1058 00:58:37,440 --> 00:58:37,840 Speaker 2: as well. 1059 00:58:37,840 --> 00:58:40,120 Speaker 4: Short today, I bet, oh. 1060 00:58:40,080 --> 00:58:41,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure, it's going to be a beautiful day 1061 00:58:41,640 --> 00:58:43,360 Speaker 2: here in the State of Hockey, and hopefully the Wild 1062 00:58:43,720 --> 00:58:46,440 Speaker 2: do their part to end a four game losing Street homes. 1063 00:58:47,440 --> 00:58:50,080 Speaker 3: You know, I'm pumped as we're getting closer to the playoffs, 1064 00:58:50,200 --> 00:58:52,120 Speaker 3: I am aren't you at a point I know we 1065 00:58:52,200 --> 00:58:53,760 Speaker 3: got to take a break, but aren't you to the 1066 00:58:53,800 --> 00:58:55,800 Speaker 3: point where you know what's got enough? 1067 00:58:55,880 --> 00:58:57,720 Speaker 2: Yes, without a doubt, But it is nice to have 1068 00:58:57,840 --> 00:59:00,680 Speaker 2: this runway to get these guys healthy. These are two 1069 00:59:00,680 --> 00:59:04,040 Speaker 2: significant guys, well three if you include Fellino. Three significant 1070 00:59:04,040 --> 00:59:05,520 Speaker 2: guys that will be out of the lineup today. But 1071 00:59:05,560 --> 00:59:07,840 Speaker 2: we'll get all get into all that more when we 1072 00:59:07,880 --> 00:59:20,120 Speaker 2: continue with Brett Blakemore's breakaways. Man, all right, Jack Capuano 1073 00:59:20,240 --> 00:59:22,280 Speaker 2: coming up in I don't know, ten to fifteen minutes. 1074 00:59:22,320 --> 00:59:24,840 Speaker 2: We'll get ready for the Wild and Stars coming up 1075 00:59:24,840 --> 00:59:27,240 Speaker 2: in Saint Paul. Pregame at two forty five right here 1076 00:59:27,280 --> 00:59:31,320 Speaker 2: on the fan. Puck drops at three seventeen this afternoon. 1077 00:59:31,600 --> 00:59:33,440 Speaker 2: Later puck drop because they're going to do a special 1078 00:59:33,480 --> 00:59:36,720 Speaker 2: ceremony honoring one thousand games for the captain of the 1079 00:59:36,760 --> 00:59:39,440 Speaker 2: Minnesota Wild, Jared Spurgeon. So if you are going, make 1080 00:59:39,480 --> 00:59:41,320 Speaker 2: sure you're there early. If you're not going, we have 1081 00:59:41,360 --> 00:59:47,160 Speaker 2: a sound clap sounder. I mean that is awesome for 1082 00:59:47,320 --> 00:59:49,440 Speaker 2: Jared Spurge. I mean it's unbelievable. 1083 00:59:50,080 --> 00:59:53,560 Speaker 4: We can just do this. There we go. Thank good job, Brett. 1084 00:59:53,760 --> 00:59:56,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, a thousand games, Brett. They're going to honor him 1085 00:59:56,800 --> 00:59:58,760 Speaker 2: today again. If you're going, be there in your seat 1086 00:59:58,800 --> 01:00:01,280 Speaker 2: early they do. It's a fantast ceremony every time they 1087 01:00:01,320 --> 01:00:03,240 Speaker 2: do this, but a little something special in the fact 1088 01:00:03,280 --> 01:00:05,920 Speaker 2: that he's only the second player in Wild history do 1089 01:00:06,000 --> 01:00:08,760 Speaker 2: it all in a Wild uniform. And we will carry 1090 01:00:08,760 --> 01:00:11,240 Speaker 2: the entire ceremony right here on the fan right now. 1091 01:00:11,280 --> 01:00:14,880 Speaker 2: We will carry I've bred Blake Moyer's breakaways. It's time 1092 01:00:15,040 --> 01:00:17,960 Speaker 2: for Blake for breakaway. 1093 01:00:18,040 --> 01:00:20,640 Speaker 10: You barely wanted to tease it yesterday on passwords. 1094 01:00:20,680 --> 01:00:22,680 Speaker 4: I forgot to remind you. I forgot. You know what. 1095 01:00:22,920 --> 01:00:24,600 Speaker 2: Every time I'm leaving, I want to get out of 1096 01:00:24,640 --> 01:00:26,000 Speaker 2: there so we can get on with the rest of 1097 01:00:26,040 --> 01:00:26,400 Speaker 2: his day. 1098 01:00:26,840 --> 01:00:29,520 Speaker 4: Yesterday I did. Oh my god, Cory, why. 1099 01:00:31,760 --> 01:00:36,680 Speaker 2: Yes, yes, we ca Why are we so surprised by that? 1100 01:00:36,760 --> 01:00:39,480 Speaker 2: I carried the Do you know who we played against? 1101 01:00:39,760 --> 01:00:42,680 Speaker 2: It was me and Corey? What you got, Corey? 1102 01:00:42,880 --> 01:00:46,520 Speaker 4: I know, I believe me. Corey is a brainyat He's fantastic. 1103 01:00:46,640 --> 01:00:48,920 Speaker 4: He's one of the best partners I've ever had. Was 1104 01:00:48,920 --> 01:00:49,440 Speaker 4: he nervous. 1105 01:00:49,840 --> 01:00:52,000 Speaker 2: You know, he predicted a victory and you know who 1106 01:00:52,000 --> 01:00:56,280 Speaker 2: we played, Barb and Common. We take down Barb's pretty 1107 01:00:56,280 --> 01:00:58,400 Speaker 2: good two hundred combined wins between the two of them. 1108 01:00:58,680 --> 01:01:01,520 Speaker 3: Has no care factor. Well he did yesterday, Oh he 1109 01:01:01,600 --> 01:01:03,919 Speaker 3: did walkause you were there, And how can. 1110 01:01:03,880 --> 01:01:04,440 Speaker 4: I loose to you? 1111 01:01:04,640 --> 01:01:04,880 Speaker 7: I think? 1112 01:01:05,160 --> 01:01:07,680 Speaker 2: Well, but then again, this guy is the guy that 1113 01:01:07,720 --> 01:01:09,840 Speaker 2: was running it because there was no Brandon Maleski is. 1114 01:01:09,840 --> 01:01:12,600 Speaker 3: He's still at Disney World. He is a land. 1115 01:01:12,760 --> 01:01:16,760 Speaker 4: I think he's both. I think he's relocated. But it's 1116 01:01:16,760 --> 01:01:17,400 Speaker 4: a little different. 1117 01:01:17,400 --> 01:01:20,040 Speaker 2: First of all, when Brandon Maleski's running it, he constantly 1118 01:01:20,080 --> 01:01:20,600 Speaker 2: berates me. 1119 01:01:20,840 --> 01:01:24,120 Speaker 4: He treats me like I worse than must I don't know. 1120 01:01:24,240 --> 01:01:26,560 Speaker 2: That's fine, And his words were a little different than 1121 01:01:26,720 --> 01:01:27,960 Speaker 2: than Brett's as well, So I. 1122 01:01:27,880 --> 01:01:29,440 Speaker 3: Hope you have a little bit more respect for me 1123 01:01:29,520 --> 01:01:31,880 Speaker 3: than in how kind I am to you? 1124 01:01:31,600 --> 01:01:35,640 Speaker 2: You you're very kind when you're paying attention to me. Brett. 1125 01:01:35,880 --> 01:01:39,280 Speaker 10: All right, here we go Breakaways. Yes, we haven't talked 1126 01:01:39,320 --> 01:01:41,680 Speaker 10: to any wild at all. I've been running Common for 1127 01:01:41,760 --> 01:01:44,760 Speaker 10: like a week and change because of said Disney World trips. 1128 01:01:44,760 --> 01:01:47,200 Speaker 10: So I'm gonna shamelessly steal a bit from a five 1129 01:01:47,360 --> 01:01:47,760 Speaker 10: three four. 1130 01:01:48,800 --> 01:01:50,400 Speaker 4: Now it's time. 1131 01:01:50,160 --> 01:01:55,240 Speaker 1: To play onto something or on something. 1132 01:01:55,400 --> 01:01:57,880 Speaker 4: You know, I feel like a chocolato. 1133 01:01:59,640 --> 01:02:02,720 Speaker 10: So that crunch. No, no, it has nothing to do 1134 01:02:02,760 --> 01:02:05,760 Speaker 10: with that. So I know this. This losing streak, Yeah, 1135 01:02:05,800 --> 01:02:08,360 Speaker 10: they won Chicago in overtime, but the losing streak at home, 1136 01:02:08,400 --> 01:02:11,240 Speaker 10: it's been like one out of the last five, got 1137 01:02:11,280 --> 01:02:12,880 Speaker 10: four straight at home, four straight home. 1138 01:02:12,960 --> 01:02:14,040 Speaker 4: It's unacceptable. 1139 01:02:14,080 --> 01:02:16,040 Speaker 10: Frankly, garn said this. 1140 01:02:17,120 --> 01:02:19,080 Speaker 4: It is. Oh, it's so funny. 1141 01:02:19,120 --> 01:02:23,439 Speaker 10: We're losing four continue at home. I know Pat's gonna 1142 01:02:23,440 --> 01:02:25,960 Speaker 10: say these are NHL teams. They had the right to 1143 01:02:26,000 --> 01:02:28,440 Speaker 10: win as well. And I'm not panicking over the playoffs 1144 01:02:28,480 --> 01:02:30,280 Speaker 10: at all right now. I think he gets healthy. 1145 01:02:30,480 --> 01:02:31,080 Speaker 4: No I'm not. 1146 01:02:31,200 --> 01:02:34,320 Speaker 10: I'm telling you i'm not. But in the short term, 1147 01:02:34,520 --> 01:02:36,880 Speaker 10: I actually don't think it's as simple to write off 1148 01:02:36,920 --> 01:02:39,680 Speaker 10: as well. They're they're in the NHL two. 1149 01:02:39,760 --> 01:02:39,840 Speaker 7: Like. 1150 01:02:39,960 --> 01:02:43,000 Speaker 10: I don't think the Wild have put together a full 1151 01:02:43,120 --> 01:02:46,200 Speaker 10: sixty minutes in like a week in check, like. 1152 01:02:46,160 --> 01:02:49,160 Speaker 2: Two week in fact, agree with that. There have been 1153 01:02:49,240 --> 01:02:51,320 Speaker 2: spurts where they've played great. They've had a period here 1154 01:02:51,320 --> 01:02:54,640 Speaker 2: and there where they played amazing. The game against It 1155 01:02:54,720 --> 01:02:57,480 Speaker 2: must have been the Chicago game. They dominated the first period, 1156 01:02:57,520 --> 01:02:59,800 Speaker 2: got out to a three to one league, they dominated 1157 01:03:00,040 --> 01:03:02,439 Speaker 2: overtime and ended up winning it on the Zuccarello goal. 1158 01:03:02,640 --> 01:03:04,760 Speaker 2: But in between, I said on the broadcast the other night, 1159 01:03:04,960 --> 01:03:06,920 Speaker 2: it was the squishy middle. It wasn't so great for 1160 01:03:06,960 --> 01:03:11,320 Speaker 2: the final forty minutes of regulation. But again, I hope 1161 01:03:11,320 --> 01:03:13,000 Speaker 2: they're getting it out of their system now and they're 1162 01:03:13,000 --> 01:03:13,760 Speaker 2: not at full strength. 1163 01:03:13,840 --> 01:03:15,000 Speaker 4: None of these are excuses. 1164 01:03:15,160 --> 01:03:17,000 Speaker 2: But at the same time, if there's a time to 1165 01:03:17,000 --> 01:03:18,520 Speaker 2: get it out of the way, it's with twelve games 1166 01:03:18,600 --> 01:03:20,720 Speaker 2: left in the regular season, when you're trying to blow 1167 01:03:20,760 --> 01:03:21,520 Speaker 2: out some of the dust. 1168 01:03:21,960 --> 01:03:24,240 Speaker 3: Brett, I'm going to go back to like nine to 1169 01:03:24,280 --> 01:03:28,840 Speaker 3: forty one, maybe nine thirty one, when I was where 1170 01:03:28,880 --> 01:03:31,560 Speaker 3: you are right now. Yeah, and we had a conversation. 1171 01:03:31,680 --> 01:03:33,160 Speaker 3: Can you relay that conversation? 1172 01:03:34,640 --> 01:03:36,680 Speaker 4: No, because I was listening to senecon so go ahead. 1173 01:03:37,360 --> 01:03:40,480 Speaker 3: No, you weren't because you were staring right at me, 1174 01:03:41,120 --> 01:03:44,479 Speaker 3: and I explained, it's no big deal. Yeah, But why 1175 01:03:44,520 --> 01:03:45,160 Speaker 3: did I say that? 1176 01:03:45,200 --> 01:03:45,360 Speaker 6: Though? 1177 01:03:45,840 --> 01:03:49,680 Speaker 3: You can't just say it's no big deal without explanation, right, 1178 01:03:49,720 --> 01:03:53,640 Speaker 3: And did I explain to you my thoughts on all 1179 01:03:53,680 --> 01:03:53,960 Speaker 3: of this. 1180 01:03:55,280 --> 01:03:57,880 Speaker 4: Just go ahead and tell the people you're speas please. 1181 01:03:58,760 --> 01:04:05,720 Speaker 3: Well, I think I have to say it again, don't I. 1182 01:04:05,720 --> 01:04:09,200 Speaker 3: I think I think there's uh when you when you 1183 01:04:09,200 --> 01:04:11,960 Speaker 3: bring in new guys and all of a sudden, never oh, 1184 01:04:12,160 --> 01:04:14,240 Speaker 3: you know, we bring in new guys, get out there 1185 01:04:14,280 --> 01:04:16,360 Speaker 3: and you know we're gonna play like the Minnesota at 1186 01:04:16,480 --> 01:04:19,360 Speaker 3: well you know, I think there's a process of getting 1187 01:04:19,360 --> 01:04:22,600 Speaker 3: to that point. And that's why I am not afraid 1188 01:04:23,440 --> 01:04:26,480 Speaker 3: or concerned about how they're playing. A. You get the 1189 01:04:26,520 --> 01:04:29,600 Speaker 3: guys in in you trade form, You get them in 1190 01:04:29,640 --> 01:04:34,040 Speaker 3: the room. That's that's part A. B. You implement them 1191 01:04:34,080 --> 01:04:38,920 Speaker 3: into the way that they operate, whether it be uh, 1192 01:04:39,000 --> 01:04:42,560 Speaker 3: their travel, their practice there, all of that, All of 1193 01:04:42,600 --> 01:04:46,120 Speaker 3: that is implementation. B. You put them in the game 1194 01:04:46,240 --> 01:04:48,960 Speaker 3: in a lineup, not necessarily with the guys that they're going. 1195 01:04:48,960 --> 01:04:50,880 Speaker 4: To be playing, just in the lineup. 1196 01:04:51,360 --> 01:04:55,479 Speaker 3: And then and then once that all happens and there's 1197 01:04:55,520 --> 01:04:59,040 Speaker 3: a comfort level, well then you start. And this is 1198 01:04:59,080 --> 01:05:02,840 Speaker 3: not when the coaches to find the right rules and 1199 01:05:02,960 --> 01:05:06,000 Speaker 3: sit and and and the style that they're going to 1200 01:05:06,160 --> 01:05:10,280 Speaker 3: play in the playoffs. And so that's why I think 1201 01:05:10,320 --> 01:05:12,680 Speaker 3: they have time. They haven't done it yet, and I 1202 01:05:12,720 --> 01:05:16,960 Speaker 3: think that they that they will once they say bam. 1203 01:05:17,160 --> 01:05:19,320 Speaker 3: This is how it is. I think this team is 1204 01:05:19,360 --> 01:05:22,439 Speaker 3: going to find be fine. Doesn't guarantee you win because 1205 01:05:22,440 --> 01:05:27,720 Speaker 3: you play Colorado and Dallas. But you know what, the 1206 01:05:27,760 --> 01:05:31,360 Speaker 3: Colorado and Dallas are saying the same darn thing. You know, 1207 01:05:31,440 --> 01:05:34,600 Speaker 3: we got to play Minnesota and and so that's where 1208 01:05:34,640 --> 01:05:35,960 Speaker 3: I'm at, And that's so I'm not. 1209 01:05:36,160 --> 01:05:38,960 Speaker 4: I do not worry game to game where they are. 1210 01:05:39,120 --> 01:05:41,920 Speaker 4: I look at the totality of it. Well, I'm I'm known. 1211 01:05:42,040 --> 01:05:44,160 Speaker 10: I'm not going to panic after today, just in light 1212 01:05:44,200 --> 01:05:45,880 Speaker 10: of all the injuries and stuff. But I feel like 1213 01:05:45,920 --> 01:05:48,280 Speaker 10: if the if there's a lopsided score and grank Sina 1214 01:05:48,280 --> 01:05:51,000 Speaker 10: Arena and Dallas goes all over, I think there could 1215 01:05:51,080 --> 01:05:52,040 Speaker 10: be some panic. 1216 01:05:53,880 --> 01:05:55,200 Speaker 4: To I mean, what does that mean. 1217 01:05:55,560 --> 01:05:59,560 Speaker 2: Whatever happens today, I don't think does not have an 1218 01:05:59,560 --> 01:06:00,560 Speaker 2: impact the postseason. 1219 01:06:02,720 --> 01:06:06,080 Speaker 4: Said I did not. I said there will be people 1220 01:06:06,120 --> 01:06:08,880 Speaker 4: that are panics. Oh you're not one of them. 1221 01:06:08,960 --> 01:06:11,920 Speaker 10: Correct, Okay, all right, yes, I think he Okay, I 1222 01:06:11,920 --> 01:06:13,760 Speaker 10: think no, I did not. 1223 01:06:14,200 --> 01:06:17,120 Speaker 3: Maybe he misspoke, Maybe he misspoke, but that's okay. 1224 01:06:17,200 --> 01:06:18,960 Speaker 4: Let's move on the next one. Play the tape. We'll 1225 01:06:18,960 --> 01:06:19,400 Speaker 4: go ahead. 1226 01:06:20,200 --> 01:06:24,160 Speaker 10: Speaking of just playing Colorado or Dallas, probably Dallas in 1227 01:06:24,200 --> 01:06:27,520 Speaker 10: the first round. Uh, did you listen to America's Favorite 1228 01:06:27,560 --> 01:06:32,640 Speaker 10: bloggers arguments with Anthony Lapanta basically getting in a screaming 1229 01:06:32,720 --> 01:06:36,840 Speaker 10: match between this playoff format. In the side of Russo, 1230 01:06:37,400 --> 01:06:41,000 Speaker 10: it is it makes no sense, it's not competitively balanced. 1231 01:06:41,200 --> 01:06:45,520 Speaker 10: It's Betman admitted that it was just for money. Uh, 1232 01:06:45,600 --> 01:06:50,000 Speaker 10: and it makes no sense. And Lapanta's side, he said, well, 1233 01:06:50,040 --> 01:06:52,280 Speaker 10: they knew what it was to start the season, and 1234 01:06:52,320 --> 01:06:53,600 Speaker 10: that was the main argument. 1235 01:06:53,600 --> 01:06:56,600 Speaker 2: I don't know how anyone can back up this playoff 1236 01:06:56,640 --> 01:06:59,400 Speaker 2: format and say that it makes sense. It's great, You're 1237 01:06:59,400 --> 01:07:02,680 Speaker 2: gonna have two of the top three teams in the league, 1238 01:07:02,760 --> 01:07:04,520 Speaker 2: not just the Western Conference out. 1239 01:07:05,280 --> 01:07:08,120 Speaker 4: It's unbelievable that how this is going to stack up. 1240 01:07:08,160 --> 01:07:10,680 Speaker 2: And meanwhile, you look at what's going to happen to 1241 01:07:10,920 --> 01:07:14,160 Speaker 2: Anaheim and Utah that's most likely your your first round 1242 01:07:14,240 --> 01:07:15,720 Speaker 2: matchup on the other end of the bracket. 1243 01:07:15,800 --> 01:07:20,760 Speaker 3: I I credible. I think they they they they blow 1244 01:07:20,800 --> 01:07:23,200 Speaker 3: it all in the first round. Ye don't you want 1245 01:07:23,280 --> 01:07:26,160 Speaker 3: to build towards, of course, what you are going to see, 1246 01:07:26,240 --> 01:07:28,680 Speaker 3: and you know, like a Canada in the US in 1247 01:07:28,760 --> 01:07:31,720 Speaker 3: the in the gold medal game. What if Canada and 1248 01:07:31,800 --> 01:07:35,320 Speaker 3: the US played in the round robin or whatever, and 1249 01:07:35,360 --> 01:07:37,560 Speaker 3: then they had to play in that first quarterfinal game. 1250 01:07:38,560 --> 01:07:40,760 Speaker 2: Gary Betman has done a lot of really good things 1251 01:07:40,800 --> 01:07:44,000 Speaker 2: for the National Hockey League, the players, the owners. There's 1252 01:07:44,040 --> 01:07:46,480 Speaker 2: a lot you can commend Gary Bettman on, but he's 1253 01:07:46,520 --> 01:07:49,960 Speaker 2: sold bleeping stubborn. And this is a great example. I mean, 1254 01:07:50,080 --> 01:07:52,040 Speaker 2: just to make you wrong and change it back. 1255 01:07:52,120 --> 01:07:54,840 Speaker 3: Well you know what that is where the general managers 1256 01:07:54,920 --> 01:07:57,200 Speaker 3: or the board of governors or whatever have to come 1257 01:07:57,200 --> 01:08:00,240 Speaker 3: in into Gary enough, Gary enough, because this is not 1258 01:08:00,320 --> 01:08:03,520 Speaker 3: good for the league, and because you want to build it. 1259 01:08:03,560 --> 01:08:06,520 Speaker 3: I would. I don't know, and maybe Hal they can 1260 01:08:06,600 --> 01:08:09,080 Speaker 3: look it up for us, and Alvey probably knows in 1261 01:08:09,120 --> 01:08:13,440 Speaker 3: the top of his head. The ratings in the first 1262 01:08:13,520 --> 01:08:17,360 Speaker 3: round compared to this second round. I bet you. I 1263 01:08:17,400 --> 01:08:20,840 Speaker 3: bet you the second round is much lower than. 1264 01:08:20,720 --> 01:08:23,880 Speaker 4: The first round. Possible, I'll say this too. 1265 01:08:23,960 --> 01:08:27,479 Speaker 10: And so the argument for it was a they knew 1266 01:08:27,520 --> 01:08:29,719 Speaker 10: it coming into the season, which makes no sense whatsoever. 1267 01:08:29,720 --> 01:08:30,439 Speaker 4: It doesn't make it good. 1268 01:08:30,960 --> 01:08:33,599 Speaker 3: Yeah, five years ago, ten years, how long exactly been 1269 01:08:33,600 --> 01:08:33,960 Speaker 3: doing it. 1270 01:08:34,360 --> 01:08:37,599 Speaker 10: But the other argument was it's an aberration. It's only 1271 01:08:37,680 --> 01:08:40,760 Speaker 10: this year that it's negatively affected teams. It hasn't been. 1272 01:08:41,040 --> 01:08:44,840 Speaker 10: We've had this conversation in this segment every year, Yeah, 1273 01:08:44,920 --> 01:08:47,560 Speaker 10: saying I don't want the while to tank, but it 1274 01:08:47,600 --> 01:08:50,439 Speaker 10: would benefit them to tank to get a better matchup 1275 01:08:50,479 --> 01:08:51,040 Speaker 10: in the playoffs. 1276 01:08:51,400 --> 01:08:53,880 Speaker 4: I love the person. I hate the argument. 1277 01:08:53,920 --> 01:08:56,000 Speaker 2: There's no one is going to die on that hill 1278 01:08:56,040 --> 01:08:59,760 Speaker 2: and say this is a good playoff format. Nobody in 1279 01:08:59,800 --> 01:09:02,200 Speaker 2: the right mind thinks that there's no reason to take 1280 01:09:02,240 --> 01:09:03,120 Speaker 2: that side of the argument. 1281 01:09:03,160 --> 01:09:06,000 Speaker 4: Back in nineteen Back in nineteen eighty one. 1282 01:09:06,840 --> 01:09:12,360 Speaker 3: They did through a one through sixteen, one versus sixteen. 1283 01:09:12,800 --> 01:09:17,360 Speaker 3: It was awesome. The New York Rangers defeated. I only 1284 01:09:17,400 --> 01:09:20,000 Speaker 3: know this because my brother Joe was on the team. 1285 01:09:20,560 --> 01:09:23,599 Speaker 3: They were They finished number fifteen in the league and 1286 01:09:24,080 --> 01:09:26,800 Speaker 3: the Blues were second, and it should have been a 1287 01:09:26,840 --> 01:09:29,360 Speaker 3: Blues you know, but there was your upset. 1288 01:09:29,640 --> 01:09:32,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, I honestly, it was great. I don't care if 1289 01:09:32,280 --> 01:09:34,559 Speaker 2: it's one versus sixteen. If it's one versus eight and 1290 01:09:34,560 --> 01:09:36,680 Speaker 2: you just do a vidicon, that's fine. Either way is 1291 01:09:36,680 --> 01:09:40,360 Speaker 2: fine with me. This way is broken. It's not the 1292 01:09:40,439 --> 01:09:41,719 Speaker 2: right way to handle things. 1293 01:09:41,720 --> 01:09:44,559 Speaker 4: What what what word am I looking for? 1294 01:09:45,240 --> 01:09:48,960 Speaker 3: You know? What good does it do? You? You know? 1295 01:09:49,040 --> 01:09:49,400 Speaker 2: You you. 1296 01:09:50,840 --> 01:09:53,639 Speaker 3: To win? You know you finish eighth. Yeah, well, yeah, 1297 01:09:53,680 --> 01:09:55,800 Speaker 3: you know, you may be in a better position than 1298 01:09:55,840 --> 01:09:56,599 Speaker 3: the number two team. 1299 01:09:56,680 --> 01:09:56,880 Speaker 4: Yeah. 1300 01:09:56,960 --> 01:10:01,519 Speaker 10: There's no playoff format in major sports that rewards you 1301 01:10:01,600 --> 01:10:02,400 Speaker 10: for losing. 1302 01:10:02,200 --> 01:10:06,680 Speaker 2: Again, Yeah, there's there's absolutely no backing it up. And 1303 01:10:06,840 --> 01:10:08,960 Speaker 2: it goes without saying, let's do this, Brett, we got 1304 01:10:09,080 --> 01:10:11,160 Speaker 2: a break. I want to be on time for Jack Capuano, 1305 01:10:11,240 --> 01:10:13,200 Speaker 2: So let's get this breakout of the way, and then 1306 01:10:13,240 --> 01:10:15,439 Speaker 2: if we have time after Jack, maybe we'll even get 1307 01:10:15,439 --> 01:10:18,200 Speaker 2: back to some more Brett Blakemore's breakaways. But for now, 1308 01:10:18,240 --> 01:10:20,080 Speaker 2: we break, and then on the other side we bring 1309 01:10:20,120 --> 01:10:22,679 Speaker 2: in Jack Coppauano to preview the Wild and Stars. 1310 01:10:31,960 --> 01:10:39,000 Speaker 10: Spurgeon shot, Peace, gone, shared, Spurgeon win, did it over time. 1311 01:10:39,479 --> 01:10:41,920 Speaker 9: It's pretty special just to look back on a lot 1312 01:10:41,920 --> 01:10:44,600 Speaker 9: of fun memories, a lot of fun teammates, and a 1313 01:10:44,600 --> 01:10:46,320 Speaker 9: lot of great people we met along the way, so 1314 01:10:46,680 --> 01:10:48,800 Speaker 9: to share with them as well as special for us. 1315 01:10:49,760 --> 01:10:53,160 Speaker 2: The captain of the Minnesota Wild, Jared Spurgeon, honored today 1316 01:10:53,160 --> 01:10:55,960 Speaker 2: before the Wild take on the Stars for one thousand 1317 01:10:56,000 --> 01:10:58,320 Speaker 2: games in the National Hockey League, all of them coming 1318 01:10:58,400 --> 01:11:01,080 Speaker 2: in a Minnesota Wild uniform game of two forty five 1319 01:11:01,360 --> 01:11:05,479 Speaker 2: right here on the fans special ceremony honoring Jared Spurgeon, 1320 01:11:05,479 --> 01:11:07,439 Speaker 2: a guy who's gonna have a great seat for all 1321 01:11:07,479 --> 01:11:10,760 Speaker 2: the action, while the associate coach, Jack Cappolano joined us. 1322 01:11:10,760 --> 01:11:11,680 Speaker 4: Now on Beyond the. 1323 01:11:11,680 --> 01:11:14,400 Speaker 2: Pond, Jack, that's Pat mcletty, my buddy. I'm Kevin Falmas. 1324 01:11:14,400 --> 01:11:15,519 Speaker 2: Thanks again for joining us. 1325 01:11:16,640 --> 01:11:17,599 Speaker 7: Yeah, thanks for having me. 1326 01:11:17,960 --> 01:11:18,360 Speaker 3: You bet. 1327 01:11:18,600 --> 01:11:21,439 Speaker 2: Let's just start right there with the captain being honored today. 1328 01:11:21,680 --> 01:11:23,599 Speaker 2: I don't know what you knew of him before coming 1329 01:11:23,600 --> 01:11:25,400 Speaker 2: to Minnesota, but you've had a chance to watch him 1330 01:11:25,439 --> 01:11:27,679 Speaker 2: in action. When you see forty six on the ice, 1331 01:11:27,680 --> 01:11:29,200 Speaker 2: when you see him off the ice, what do you 1332 01:11:29,240 --> 01:11:30,799 Speaker 2: think of when you think of Jared Spurgeon. 1333 01:11:31,960 --> 01:11:33,800 Speaker 7: Well, I do know him because when I was in 1334 01:11:33,800 --> 01:11:35,760 Speaker 7: New York, we drafted him, but we never signed him. 1335 01:11:35,880 --> 01:11:38,840 Speaker 7: Oh yeah, yeah, and I go back, yeah, Bridge and 1336 01:11:38,840 --> 01:11:43,240 Speaker 7: I go back a while. But you know, when you 1337 01:11:43,280 --> 01:11:46,479 Speaker 7: look at his size, obviously, and then you see what 1338 01:11:46,520 --> 01:11:49,360 Speaker 7: he brings. He plays. He plays a bigger man's game. 1339 01:11:49,400 --> 01:11:51,400 Speaker 7: He's got a good stick, he's physically he does whatever 1340 01:11:51,439 --> 01:11:53,839 Speaker 7: it takes the block a shot. That's why he's the captain. 1341 01:11:54,200 --> 01:11:56,680 Speaker 7: He's got to obviously the voice in the room. But 1342 01:11:56,720 --> 01:11:59,360 Speaker 7: at the end of the day. More importantly, he's a 1343 01:11:59,360 --> 01:12:03,040 Speaker 7: great human being, great family man, great father, and you 1344 01:12:03,080 --> 01:12:05,400 Speaker 7: know what, the wild lucky to have him for all 1345 01:12:05,439 --> 01:12:06,320 Speaker 7: these years. 1346 01:12:06,080 --> 01:12:09,600 Speaker 3: You know, Jack, you know, I mean it truly is 1347 01:12:09,680 --> 01:12:13,280 Speaker 3: amazing a guy for his side. You look at him, 1348 01:12:13,520 --> 01:12:16,200 Speaker 3: you know, in person, in street clothing, and you say, 1349 01:12:16,320 --> 01:12:19,240 Speaker 3: this guy plays in the National Hockey League. Okay, let's 1350 01:12:19,280 --> 01:12:22,240 Speaker 3: put that aside. But that being said, I mean, what 1351 01:12:22,439 --> 01:12:25,479 Speaker 3: is the message that you have for for for younger 1352 01:12:25,560 --> 01:12:29,800 Speaker 3: players that are like a Jared Spurgeon. I mean, what 1353 01:12:29,800 --> 01:12:33,599 Speaker 3: what are some of the attributes that you know that 1354 01:12:33,800 --> 01:12:36,519 Speaker 3: allowed him to be able to play as many games 1355 01:12:37,000 --> 01:12:39,120 Speaker 3: in the league, in a league that is, you know, 1356 01:12:39,840 --> 01:12:44,439 Speaker 3: rough and hard and all of that. You know, what, 1357 01:12:44,439 --> 01:12:47,040 Speaker 3: what do you say to two young kids like that 1358 01:12:47,479 --> 01:12:51,240 Speaker 3: aspiring to get to it where Jared is today? 1359 01:12:52,200 --> 01:12:52,439 Speaker 6: Yeah? 1360 01:12:52,479 --> 01:12:54,840 Speaker 7: Well, first thing is you got to take the right path, right. 1361 01:12:55,160 --> 01:12:57,080 Speaker 7: We see so many kids, you know, when they get 1362 01:12:57,080 --> 01:12:59,120 Speaker 7: to the high school level, and beyond that, you know, 1363 01:12:59,200 --> 01:13:02,000 Speaker 7: you just got to make sure that you talk about 1364 01:13:02,040 --> 01:13:04,280 Speaker 7: taking care of yourself and you are who you hang with. 1365 01:13:04,520 --> 01:13:08,120 Speaker 7: And you know, he's always been obviously a guy that's 1366 01:13:08,160 --> 01:13:09,040 Speaker 7: taking care of himself. 1367 01:13:09,160 --> 01:13:09,679 Speaker 6: Number One. 1368 01:13:10,000 --> 01:13:11,800 Speaker 7: To play this long, and to get back to your 1369 01:13:11,800 --> 01:13:14,400 Speaker 7: first question, he's played this long because of his hockey iq. 1370 01:13:14,920 --> 01:13:17,559 Speaker 7: He knows that there are times in the game that 1371 01:13:17,600 --> 01:13:20,559 Speaker 7: he's battling bigger and physical players and the box out's 1372 01:13:20,600 --> 01:13:24,439 Speaker 7: on there. But he has obviously the hockey sense how 1373 01:13:24,479 --> 01:13:27,720 Speaker 7: to angle and how to use the stick very well. 1374 01:13:27,720 --> 01:13:29,799 Speaker 7: It's it goes back to a guy that I watched 1375 01:13:29,920 --> 01:13:34,840 Speaker 7: a lot when I was coaching, Brian Rafolski, the Devils. 1376 01:13:34,200 --> 01:13:38,479 Speaker 7: But they exactly and they they know, you know what 1377 01:13:38,520 --> 01:13:41,760 Speaker 7: their strengths and weaknesses are. So I would I would 1378 01:13:41,760 --> 01:13:44,360 Speaker 7: say to any young player that you know doesn't feel 1379 01:13:44,360 --> 01:13:46,880 Speaker 7: like they have the size, which today the game has changed, 1380 01:13:46,920 --> 01:13:49,479 Speaker 7: as you know, it used to be size and the 1381 01:13:49,600 --> 01:13:51,280 Speaker 7: NHL has done a great job with the game and 1382 01:13:51,320 --> 01:13:53,120 Speaker 7: where it's at right now with the skill and speed 1383 01:13:53,160 --> 01:13:56,080 Speaker 7: of the game. So you know how a defenseman handles 1384 01:13:56,080 --> 01:13:59,439 Speaker 7: it is important because it is the toughest position to 1385 01:13:59,479 --> 01:14:01,919 Speaker 7: play with the rule change is no different in football 1386 01:14:01,920 --> 01:14:05,880 Speaker 7: that you can't touch a wide receiver anymore. So it's 1387 01:14:05,880 --> 01:14:09,880 Speaker 7: about offense. But Jared obviously brings offense, but he plays 1388 01:14:09,960 --> 01:14:13,559 Speaker 7: against big, top end players on the opposition all the 1389 01:14:13,600 --> 01:14:17,519 Speaker 7: time and he just has the tremendous hockey since to 1390 01:14:17,560 --> 01:14:18,120 Speaker 7: play the game. 1391 01:14:18,280 --> 01:14:20,840 Speaker 2: Well, here we are seventy games into this season, and 1392 01:14:21,080 --> 01:14:24,000 Speaker 2: every season is going to have its peaks and valleys. 1393 01:14:24,000 --> 01:14:26,559 Speaker 2: Certainly a valley at the start of the year dropping 1394 01:14:26,600 --> 01:14:28,240 Speaker 2: nine to twelve out of the gates. It's been a 1395 01:14:28,240 --> 01:14:31,559 Speaker 2: magical ride since then. Up until present time, it's been 1396 01:14:31,560 --> 01:14:33,400 Speaker 2: a little bit of a dip here as of late. 1397 01:14:34,080 --> 01:14:36,240 Speaker 2: What are your feelings about this team going into the 1398 01:14:36,240 --> 01:14:39,879 Speaker 2: final dozen considering where you're at and some of the 1399 01:14:39,920 --> 01:14:41,759 Speaker 2: setbacks that you've had here down the stretch. 1400 01:14:42,840 --> 01:14:46,040 Speaker 7: Yeah, for sure, I think it's mindset. To be honest 1401 01:14:46,080 --> 01:14:50,720 Speaker 7: with you, I think anybody can beat anybody any given 1402 01:14:50,800 --> 01:14:53,559 Speaker 7: night in this league. They're all good players, the national 1403 01:14:53,560 --> 01:14:56,120 Speaker 7: hockey players. They're trying to win. I think we lost 1404 01:14:56,120 --> 01:14:58,840 Speaker 7: our swagger a little bit, the attitude that we play with, 1405 01:14:59,640 --> 01:15:02,280 Speaker 7: the frame work, the foundation, the identity that we play 1406 01:15:02,360 --> 01:15:04,639 Speaker 7: with with. We just have to get back to that. 1407 01:15:05,960 --> 01:15:09,120 Speaker 7: And you know, when adversity is always going to sit in, 1408 01:15:09,160 --> 01:15:11,000 Speaker 7: but it's how you handle it. So you know, we 1409 01:15:11,040 --> 01:15:12,600 Speaker 7: got a lot of faith in this group. You know, 1410 01:15:12,640 --> 01:15:16,040 Speaker 7: we're playing a good team in the Dallas Stars Central 1411 01:15:16,040 --> 01:15:18,720 Speaker 7: Division rivals, so you know, hopefully we can get back 1412 01:15:18,760 --> 01:15:21,719 Speaker 7: on track today, and and I think you can't. And 1413 01:15:21,960 --> 01:15:24,080 Speaker 7: with our group were so offensive too. We play a 1414 01:15:24,120 --> 01:15:26,559 Speaker 7: solid defensive game, but we're not scoring right now. And 1415 01:15:26,720 --> 01:15:28,679 Speaker 7: I think guys are squeezing their sticks. They just got 1416 01:15:28,680 --> 01:15:31,280 Speaker 7: to go out relaxed, play the game, and when they 1417 01:15:31,280 --> 01:15:33,759 Speaker 7: get an opportunity, we have to trigger them off pucks 1418 01:15:33,760 --> 01:15:35,160 Speaker 7: and we have to we have to play in the 1419 01:15:35,160 --> 01:15:36,280 Speaker 7: interior a little bit more. 1420 01:15:36,840 --> 01:15:40,960 Speaker 3: Jack, I'm gonna give you my synopsis because I do 1421 01:15:41,040 --> 01:15:45,040 Speaker 3: not panic at all, and I look at the totality 1422 01:15:45,760 --> 01:15:51,960 Speaker 3: of of what Bill gearon uh did at the deadline 1423 01:15:52,200 --> 01:15:54,679 Speaker 3: and and so forth and so on. Okay, so I'm 1424 01:15:54,680 --> 01:16:00,200 Speaker 3: gonna give you my synopsis. I think that you know, 1425 01:16:00,240 --> 01:16:02,160 Speaker 3: when you you know, you bring in a Nick Filley 1426 01:16:02,280 --> 01:16:05,200 Speaker 3: or you bring in a Macaren how many other guys, Kevin, 1427 01:16:05,280 --> 01:16:07,639 Speaker 3: I don't know, okay, but you're bringing new. 1428 01:16:07,479 --> 01:16:09,479 Speaker 4: Guys and and and. 1429 01:16:09,960 --> 01:16:15,120 Speaker 3: I just think that it takes God, it takes you know, 1430 01:16:15,240 --> 01:16:18,080 Speaker 3: you guys. I think, are you know, trying to figure out, okay, 1431 01:16:18,240 --> 01:16:20,280 Speaker 3: where are these pieces all gonna fit when we get 1432 01:16:20,320 --> 01:16:24,799 Speaker 3: to playoff time? And I think it's acclimating, acclimating new players. 1433 01:16:24,840 --> 01:16:27,200 Speaker 3: It's not like you know, you guys are you know, 1434 01:16:27,240 --> 01:16:29,400 Speaker 3: you're trading with us, you're in the lineup and and go. 1435 01:16:29,840 --> 01:16:35,840 Speaker 3: I just think it takes time and and once everybody 1436 01:16:35,920 --> 01:16:39,240 Speaker 3: does get acclimated to their new home and and how 1437 01:16:39,320 --> 01:16:43,960 Speaker 3: things operate and how you guys want to uh uh, 1438 01:16:44,120 --> 01:16:48,240 Speaker 3: you know, put it together for the playoffs, I think 1439 01:16:48,280 --> 01:16:50,920 Speaker 3: you're gonna be just fine. So I do not look 1440 01:16:50,960 --> 01:16:52,920 Speaker 3: at it like, oh man, we're in a three game 1441 01:16:52,960 --> 01:16:55,240 Speaker 3: losing streak, and you know, nobody likes that. 1442 01:16:55,600 --> 01:16:57,880 Speaker 4: You guys don't like it. You want to win every game. 1443 01:16:58,240 --> 01:17:02,400 Speaker 3: But I just think that, you know, once everybody gets acclimated, 1444 01:17:02,680 --> 01:17:05,360 Speaker 3: they get in the roles, you get your guys back 1445 01:17:05,360 --> 01:17:06,080 Speaker 3: who are healthy. 1446 01:17:06,760 --> 01:17:07,000 Speaker 2: Man. 1447 01:17:07,200 --> 01:17:11,200 Speaker 3: I you know, I'm I'm I'm very very optimistic heading 1448 01:17:11,240 --> 01:17:12,320 Speaker 3: into the playoffs. 1449 01:17:12,800 --> 01:17:13,200 Speaker 4: Is that fair? 1450 01:17:13,280 --> 01:17:13,479 Speaker 6: Yeah? 1451 01:17:13,479 --> 01:17:17,120 Speaker 7: I think I think obviously what Craig and Billy have 1452 01:17:17,200 --> 01:17:20,800 Speaker 7: done has been, you know, tremendous. With the addition of 1453 01:17:20,920 --> 01:17:23,000 Speaker 7: the players that you mentioned and bringing Quinn Hughes in 1454 01:17:23,560 --> 01:17:26,160 Speaker 7: and and the roster that we have, we're built to 1455 01:17:26,200 --> 01:17:28,040 Speaker 7: win now. Right. We're one of the older teams in 1456 01:17:28,040 --> 01:17:32,280 Speaker 7: the league. We're experienced, and I do agree with you 1457 01:17:32,320 --> 01:17:34,080 Speaker 7: a little bit on that trying to you know, get 1458 01:17:34,080 --> 01:17:36,559 Speaker 7: into some roles that we need with Ecky and Caprice 1459 01:17:36,600 --> 01:17:40,439 Speaker 7: off out and and you know Marcus south Felino right 1460 01:17:40,479 --> 01:17:42,280 Speaker 7: now too, and they come back and trying to get 1461 01:17:42,280 --> 01:17:46,160 Speaker 7: the lines and how we're going to move forward with them. 1462 01:17:46,400 --> 01:17:48,840 Speaker 7: But on the flip side of that, I will say 1463 01:17:48,880 --> 01:17:51,720 Speaker 7: that I think, you know, for us, we have to 1464 01:17:51,760 --> 01:17:55,360 Speaker 7: maintain that competitive edge, that physicality that we bring every night, 1465 01:17:55,720 --> 01:17:57,840 Speaker 7: and we can't let the details and the habits slip 1466 01:17:57,880 --> 01:18:00,479 Speaker 7: at all. We continue to move forward. So when we 1467 01:18:00,520 --> 01:18:03,160 Speaker 7: do get everybody back, I do agree. I think it's 1468 01:18:03,200 --> 01:18:04,960 Speaker 7: a little bit of an adjustment to some guys, some 1469 01:18:05,000 --> 01:18:06,719 Speaker 7: guys that committed, it's a little it was a little 1470 01:18:06,720 --> 01:18:10,080 Speaker 7: bit of a different system as well, and the neutral 1471 01:18:10,160 --> 01:18:12,759 Speaker 7: zone and the D zone as well. Sure, So hopefully, 1472 01:18:12,760 --> 01:18:14,600 Speaker 7: like you said, when we get everybody back and we 1473 01:18:14,680 --> 01:18:17,760 Speaker 7: get together and it'll be contagious in the room too, 1474 01:18:17,760 --> 01:18:19,679 Speaker 7: with the leadership that we have in the older guys 1475 01:18:19,680 --> 01:18:22,880 Speaker 7: that we have and they know what ownership and general 1476 01:18:22,920 --> 01:18:26,800 Speaker 7: manager have done to help us obviously this year to 1477 01:18:27,080 --> 01:18:29,439 Speaker 7: uh to uh make a push for it. 1478 01:18:29,960 --> 01:18:31,479 Speaker 2: Let me ask you about one of the guys that 1479 01:18:31,520 --> 01:18:33,600 Speaker 2: we're brought in at the trade deadline. It's been a 1480 01:18:33,600 --> 01:18:35,960 Speaker 2: small body of work here in a Wild uniform because 1481 01:18:35,960 --> 01:18:37,920 Speaker 2: he was out injured for a handful of games. But 1482 01:18:38,040 --> 01:18:41,599 Speaker 2: because Eric Sinek is out, Caprice is out, it's given 1483 01:18:41,640 --> 01:18:44,040 Speaker 2: him the opportunity now that he's healthy to get a 1484 01:18:44,040 --> 01:18:46,080 Speaker 2: little bit of an expanded role and for you guys 1485 01:18:46,120 --> 01:18:48,439 Speaker 2: to get your eyeballs on him in a Wild uniform. 1486 01:18:48,680 --> 01:18:51,760 Speaker 2: Bobby Brake when he's healthy and he's going, what do 1487 01:18:51,760 --> 01:18:52,519 Speaker 2: you like about him? 1488 01:18:52,520 --> 01:18:53,839 Speaker 4: What does he do for this lineup? 1489 01:18:54,920 --> 01:18:57,960 Speaker 7: Well, there's another guy that doesn't have a tremendous size, 1490 01:18:58,000 --> 01:19:01,519 Speaker 7: but when you when you watch him, obviously we watch 1491 01:19:01,560 --> 01:19:03,800 Speaker 7: him in Philadelphia a lot, but he does a lot 1492 01:19:03,840 --> 01:19:05,920 Speaker 7: of things the right way. He does the intangibles of 1493 01:19:05,960 --> 01:19:07,559 Speaker 7: the game. He does a lot of the little things 1494 01:19:08,720 --> 01:19:10,920 Speaker 7: that we asked for, and then he gives us that 1495 01:19:11,000 --> 01:19:13,400 Speaker 7: knack around the net with his hands. In his hockey 1496 01:19:13,439 --> 01:19:15,200 Speaker 7: sense and his goal scoring. He's going to add some 1497 01:19:15,240 --> 01:19:17,599 Speaker 7: offense for us, but he is a solid defensive player. 1498 01:19:18,560 --> 01:19:22,160 Speaker 7: He does take what to win and you know, it 1499 01:19:22,200 --> 01:19:24,080 Speaker 7: was a good asset for us to bring in because 1500 01:19:24,080 --> 01:19:26,240 Speaker 7: he does have that experience. I know he's from the area, 1501 01:19:27,240 --> 01:19:30,559 Speaker 7: but he's going to compliment our top nine up and 1502 01:19:30,600 --> 01:19:33,040 Speaker 7: down that lineup in any way that we need him. 1503 01:19:33,080 --> 01:19:37,080 Speaker 3: You know, the playoffs system is what it is, okay, 1504 01:19:37,400 --> 01:19:39,920 Speaker 3: and you know, you know, we can talk about it 1505 01:19:40,000 --> 01:19:41,440 Speaker 3: until we're blowing the face. 1506 01:19:41,880 --> 01:19:43,760 Speaker 4: But that's the reality of it. 1507 01:19:44,760 --> 01:19:48,960 Speaker 3: Knowing where you are and and and with a number 1508 01:19:49,000 --> 01:19:51,080 Speaker 3: of games left, you know, pretty tough to get that 1509 01:19:51,200 --> 01:19:55,000 Speaker 3: number one spot, you know whatever, do you think that 1510 01:19:55,160 --> 01:19:59,120 Speaker 3: plays in the mindset of the players about where we 1511 01:19:59,200 --> 01:20:01,960 Speaker 3: are in the season and you pretty much know who 1512 01:20:02,000 --> 01:20:05,960 Speaker 3: your opponent is going to be in the playoffs. I 1513 01:20:06,000 --> 01:20:08,639 Speaker 3: know you don't want your team to to have that, 1514 01:20:08,840 --> 01:20:12,280 Speaker 3: but do you think you know just by nature, guys 1515 01:20:12,360 --> 01:20:15,439 Speaker 3: are saying, oh, you know, you know, maybe you know, 1516 01:20:15,520 --> 01:20:18,240 Speaker 3: not paying attention to the details. And I mean, is 1517 01:20:18,280 --> 01:20:21,240 Speaker 3: that kind of the challenge for you guys also of 1518 01:20:21,320 --> 01:20:23,880 Speaker 3: keeping them in that right frame of mind? 1519 01:20:25,760 --> 01:20:29,160 Speaker 7: Well, the mindset is everything, right, Yeah? And my my 1520 01:20:29,360 --> 01:20:31,920 Speaker 7: thing is I think as a coaching staff and the 1521 01:20:32,000 --> 01:20:34,080 Speaker 7: leadership group in the room have done a good job. Yeah, 1522 01:20:34,120 --> 01:20:36,680 Speaker 7: we might know who we're playing, but we all know 1523 01:20:36,800 --> 01:20:39,639 Speaker 7: and from my experience as well too, like we would 1524 01:20:39,720 --> 01:20:42,880 Speaker 7: love to get home ice. Yeah, and you know, for me, 1525 01:20:44,040 --> 01:20:46,439 Speaker 7: game sevens are you know, I'd rather be here than 1526 01:20:46,439 --> 01:20:51,000 Speaker 7: somewhere else. Right, at the end of the day, I 1527 01:20:51,000 --> 01:20:53,040 Speaker 7: think we have the right group. And I'm not saying 1528 01:20:53,080 --> 01:20:55,040 Speaker 7: like the details have slipped a little bit or the 1529 01:20:55,320 --> 01:20:58,559 Speaker 7: the There's been a couple of nights where you know, 1530 01:20:58,640 --> 01:21:01,400 Speaker 7: we just we don't this a lot here, Yeah, I 1531 01:21:01,400 --> 01:21:04,280 Speaker 7: mean with the schedule's tough, so there's a lot of video, 1532 01:21:04,360 --> 01:21:06,840 Speaker 7: there's a lot of teaching. We have a good practice yesterday. 1533 01:21:07,040 --> 01:21:10,280 Speaker 7: We'll have another good practice tomorrow. Like we're finally getting 1534 01:21:10,320 --> 01:21:13,360 Speaker 7: in obviously to some time a week in practice because 1535 01:21:13,640 --> 01:21:15,439 Speaker 7: you could show all the video you want. I could 1536 01:21:15,520 --> 01:21:17,360 Speaker 7: watch YouTube all day how to hit a golf ball, 1537 01:21:17,400 --> 01:21:19,400 Speaker 7: but I don't do it. 1538 01:21:19,960 --> 01:21:22,200 Speaker 4: I ain't doing it's perfect. 1539 01:21:22,360 --> 01:21:25,120 Speaker 7: Yeah yeah, So at the end of the day, like 1540 01:21:25,200 --> 01:21:29,080 Speaker 7: the repetition drives execution, right, So I thought we had 1541 01:21:29,080 --> 01:21:31,240 Speaker 7: a good skate yesterday. We're just getting back to some 1542 01:21:31,360 --> 01:21:34,400 Speaker 7: things that we need to work on because guys need reps, 1543 01:21:34,479 --> 01:21:38,320 Speaker 7: as you know. So we love our group here. We 1544 01:21:38,400 --> 01:21:41,960 Speaker 7: got great character, great day to day with Spurgeye against Dallas, 1545 01:21:42,040 --> 01:21:45,160 Speaker 7: so you know, win, lose a draw. Moving forward, we 1546 01:21:45,280 --> 01:21:47,800 Speaker 7: just got to continue to play and if we play 1547 01:21:47,880 --> 01:21:50,360 Speaker 7: the structure game because the structure will always protect us 1548 01:21:50,360 --> 01:21:52,720 Speaker 7: and we and we play with our identity. You know, 1549 01:21:52,760 --> 01:21:54,599 Speaker 7: we have a chance to beat anybody in this league. 1550 01:21:54,720 --> 01:21:56,960 Speaker 2: Give us a preview of today while taking on the 1551 01:21:57,000 --> 01:22:00,759 Speaker 2: Stars again, what these two teams look like now compared 1552 01:22:00,800 --> 01:22:03,040 Speaker 2: to in a month from now when the playoffs start. 1553 01:22:03,120 --> 01:22:06,000 Speaker 2: It could be night and day. You guys have had changes, 1554 01:22:06,160 --> 01:22:08,920 Speaker 2: You've had injuries. They're going through the exact same thing. 1555 01:22:08,960 --> 01:22:12,560 Speaker 2: They're They're getting it done on a pretty consistent level. 1556 01:22:12,680 --> 01:22:15,320 Speaker 2: What is the scouting report on the Dallas Stars going 1557 01:22:15,320 --> 01:22:17,360 Speaker 2: into today's action and beyond. 1558 01:22:18,960 --> 01:22:22,240 Speaker 7: Well, we we know the way they play. They they 1559 01:22:22,280 --> 01:22:24,880 Speaker 7: have some guys on the back end that obviously are 1560 01:22:24,880 --> 01:22:27,120 Speaker 7: going to be involved in the offense. And like you said, right, 1561 01:22:27,200 --> 01:22:29,600 Speaker 7: Ruby Hints is out, Ranting's out, We got Echil for 1562 01:22:29,720 --> 01:22:31,560 Speaker 7: pree off out. Like things are going to change. But 1563 01:22:32,880 --> 01:22:35,080 Speaker 7: it comes back again to the competitive nature of the 1564 01:22:35,080 --> 01:22:37,120 Speaker 7: game and who's gonna who's gonna tilt the ice and 1565 01:22:37,120 --> 01:22:40,759 Speaker 7: win the territorial battle. Like these games are, they're not sexy. 1566 01:22:40,840 --> 01:22:43,040 Speaker 7: It's not the sexy play that wins we it's the 1567 01:22:43,080 --> 01:22:45,760 Speaker 7: team that wins that Both the blue paints at each end, 1568 01:22:45,800 --> 01:22:47,759 Speaker 7: they're usually going to win the game, and obviously special 1569 01:22:47,800 --> 01:22:51,599 Speaker 7: teams and goaltending, so we know them real well. They 1570 01:22:51,720 --> 01:22:55,280 Speaker 7: they they they They pushed the pace pretty well. They 1571 01:22:55,400 --> 01:22:59,000 Speaker 7: got four guys in the offense, so obviously four checks important, 1572 01:22:59,000 --> 01:23:01,439 Speaker 7: A line rush against his important, And for us, we're 1573 01:23:01,479 --> 01:23:03,880 Speaker 7: not going to change who we are, but we'll go 1574 01:23:03,920 --> 01:23:06,519 Speaker 7: over a few things what they do and you know, 1575 01:23:06,560 --> 01:23:07,800 Speaker 7: hopefully we can combat then. 1576 01:23:08,080 --> 01:23:11,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm looking out this window here. It's beautiful, it's sunny, 1577 01:23:11,360 --> 01:23:15,559 Speaker 2: it's springtime. The weather's supposed to be seventy degrees today. 1578 01:23:16,080 --> 01:23:18,040 Speaker 2: I'm told that it's going to be the best crowd 1579 01:23:18,200 --> 01:23:22,280 Speaker 2: in the this season, supposed to be the pack to 1580 01:23:22,320 --> 01:23:25,160 Speaker 2: the gills and you got the special ceremony for Jared Spurgeon. 1581 01:23:25,280 --> 01:23:26,439 Speaker 4: How great is this time of year. 1582 01:23:27,600 --> 01:23:30,240 Speaker 7: It's a great time of year, and especially like you know, 1583 01:23:30,640 --> 01:23:34,599 Speaker 7: in when when when you're still playing when that weather 1584 01:23:34,680 --> 01:23:39,000 Speaker 7: is like that, you've done something right. So we we 1585 01:23:39,120 --> 01:23:41,960 Speaker 7: got I don't even know how many games, but it's 1586 01:23:41,080 --> 01:23:44,160 Speaker 7: the two games, one dozen left. Yeah, I was going 1587 01:23:44,240 --> 01:23:46,600 Speaker 7: to say ten or eleven, but we just got to 1588 01:23:46,640 --> 01:23:48,640 Speaker 7: make sure it's going to be a great atmosphere. The 1589 01:23:48,680 --> 01:23:52,080 Speaker 7: crowd is tremendous here. You know, we just got to 1590 01:23:52,080 --> 01:23:53,960 Speaker 7: make sure that we compete at a high level, and 1591 01:23:53,960 --> 01:23:55,400 Speaker 7: we've got to get them in the game. I don't 1592 01:23:55,439 --> 01:23:58,320 Speaker 7: think we talked about our starts over the last week, 1593 01:23:58,360 --> 01:24:00,360 Speaker 7: and they haven't been great. And that's the one area 1594 01:24:00,400 --> 01:24:03,639 Speaker 7: that if we can just try to, you know, play 1595 01:24:03,640 --> 01:24:05,840 Speaker 7: a half ice game and get in there and play 1596 01:24:05,840 --> 01:24:07,799 Speaker 7: a little bit more physical than what we've been playing 1597 01:24:07,800 --> 01:24:10,559 Speaker 7: and get the crowd into it. You know, that's that's 1598 01:24:10,600 --> 01:24:12,479 Speaker 7: something that we want to do against a skilled team 1599 01:24:12,520 --> 01:24:16,840 Speaker 7: today obviously, but yeah, it should be a great atmosphere 1600 01:24:16,840 --> 01:24:19,240 Speaker 7: here against Dallas today. Two top teams, like you said, 1601 01:24:19,280 --> 01:24:22,320 Speaker 7: missing a couple of players, but kind of evens itself out. 1602 01:24:22,439 --> 01:24:25,720 Speaker 7: So I'm looking forward to it. 1603 01:24:25,800 --> 01:24:28,600 Speaker 3: Okay, I want to I want to keep you in 1604 01:24:28,640 --> 01:24:30,360 Speaker 3: a good mood. So I'm going to give you a 1605 01:24:30,400 --> 01:24:34,599 Speaker 3: little piece of advice, and you know, I really hope 1606 01:24:34,600 --> 01:24:38,679 Speaker 3: you take this seriously. You watch a lot of video. 1607 01:24:39,920 --> 01:24:44,920 Speaker 3: Just don't watch video of the nineteen eighty four that 1608 01:24:45,360 --> 01:24:49,240 Speaker 3: year is correct, of the Minnesota main game. Okay, don't 1609 01:24:49,320 --> 01:24:51,040 Speaker 3: do that. Don't do that. 1610 01:24:51,120 --> 01:24:52,360 Speaker 4: You had to know it was coming, Jack. 1611 01:24:52,479 --> 01:24:54,360 Speaker 3: I want to keep you in a good mood. Okay. 1612 01:24:54,760 --> 01:24:57,080 Speaker 7: Yeah, but you know what I do though, I go 1613 01:24:57,160 --> 01:24:59,639 Speaker 7: back to Lake I go back to Lake Placid. Well 1614 01:24:59,680 --> 01:25:01,840 Speaker 7: we will one and you got and you guys with two. 1615 01:25:02,120 --> 01:25:04,519 Speaker 7: And that's when we played the consolation game. We got 1616 01:25:04,520 --> 01:25:08,360 Speaker 7: wiped out by saying Lake Superior. You lost the game 1617 01:25:08,960 --> 01:25:09,880 Speaker 7: and then beat you. 1618 01:25:10,200 --> 01:25:15,040 Speaker 3: I can't hear you. 1619 01:25:11,640 --> 01:25:18,040 Speaker 4: I there's something wrong with my I did hear what 1620 01:25:18,080 --> 01:25:19,240 Speaker 4: he said. God bless you, Jack. 1621 01:25:19,640 --> 01:25:21,800 Speaker 2: Thanks thanks for thanks for firing back. You know what, 1622 01:25:22,040 --> 01:25:23,000 Speaker 2: stand up to the bully. 1623 01:25:23,160 --> 01:25:25,160 Speaker 3: I love it. I love it. Hey, good luck, great 1624 01:25:25,200 --> 01:25:25,720 Speaker 3: talking you. 1625 01:25:25,680 --> 01:25:26,479 Speaker 4: Thanks for coming on. 1626 01:25:26,680 --> 01:25:28,080 Speaker 7: Good talking to you. 1627 01:25:28,439 --> 01:25:28,960 Speaker 4: There. 1628 01:25:28,960 --> 01:25:32,599 Speaker 2: He is Jack Capuano, associate coach for the Minnesota While 1629 01:25:33,000 --> 01:25:35,240 Speaker 2: he did, he stood his ground. Wow, that's what Brett 1630 01:25:35,240 --> 01:25:37,479 Speaker 2: Blake Bern. You tried to bully him around a little bit. 1631 01:25:37,640 --> 01:25:38,840 Speaker 2: I don't stand up Anyboddy. 1632 01:25:38,960 --> 01:25:40,919 Speaker 3: I was. I was giving advice. 1633 01:25:41,520 --> 01:25:43,360 Speaker 4: I like it all right. So we got about four 1634 01:25:43,400 --> 01:25:44,840 Speaker 4: or five minutes here real quick. 1635 01:25:45,520 --> 01:25:47,800 Speaker 2: Again, it feels like it's written in the stars that 1636 01:25:47,840 --> 01:25:49,240 Speaker 2: it's going to be the wild and then the stars 1637 01:25:49,240 --> 01:25:52,280 Speaker 2: come uh the end of the season and starting the 1638 01:25:52,280 --> 01:25:55,519 Speaker 2: postseason when both sides are healthy, because they're not right now. No, 1639 01:25:55,760 --> 01:25:58,280 Speaker 2: like he said, no Caprice Off, no Eric Sinak, no 1640 01:25:58,439 --> 01:26:02,080 Speaker 2: Marcus Flino there without rope Hints there without Miko Ranton, 1641 01:26:02,160 --> 01:26:05,000 Speaker 2: and they're injured, battered and bruised as well. But let's 1642 01:26:05,000 --> 01:26:08,800 Speaker 2: say magically everybody's healthy going into Game one, the Wild 1643 01:26:08,840 --> 01:26:10,479 Speaker 2: matchup against the Really. 1644 01:26:10,280 --> 01:26:14,160 Speaker 3: Do I like it because I you know, I think 1645 01:26:14,160 --> 01:26:16,840 Speaker 3: we have a little bit more scoring than than they do. 1646 01:26:17,080 --> 01:26:21,360 Speaker 3: And you know, our depth and are that is going 1647 01:26:21,400 --> 01:26:23,479 Speaker 3: to be the key. You know, we always talk about 1648 01:26:23,479 --> 01:26:27,680 Speaker 3: our bottom six. I think our bottom six when they 1649 01:26:27,720 --> 01:26:31,360 Speaker 3: are put together, is going to be really We're we're 1650 01:26:31,400 --> 01:26:34,320 Speaker 3: going to be a really hard team to play against. 1651 01:26:34,439 --> 01:26:37,200 Speaker 3: And it you know, you know, you look at the 1652 01:26:37,280 --> 01:26:40,880 Speaker 3: grizzled Nick Folino, he just you know, you add him 1653 01:26:40,880 --> 01:26:43,519 Speaker 3: to that third or four wherever they end up. I don't, 1654 01:26:43,640 --> 01:26:44,120 Speaker 3: I don't know. 1655 01:26:44,520 --> 01:26:46,040 Speaker 4: I just think we're going to be a hard team 1656 01:26:46,040 --> 01:26:46,759 Speaker 4: to play against. 1657 01:26:47,200 --> 01:26:50,280 Speaker 3: And the real big key is to get to where 1658 01:26:50,320 --> 01:26:52,719 Speaker 3: you want to get to, you are going to need 1659 01:26:53,040 --> 01:26:58,040 Speaker 3: everybody because when you play hard, you know, some injuries 1660 01:26:58,120 --> 01:27:01,599 Speaker 3: happen and you got to have the depth. And that's 1661 01:27:02,200 --> 01:27:06,280 Speaker 3: what I like more so more than anything about this 1662 01:27:06,400 --> 01:27:07,400 Speaker 3: Minnesota Wild team. 1663 01:27:07,840 --> 01:27:11,960 Speaker 2: One thing they've been doing that Unfortunately they're dealing with 1664 01:27:12,000 --> 01:27:14,200 Speaker 2: this injury situation for Capriso. These are the first two 1665 01:27:14,240 --> 01:27:16,320 Speaker 2: games he's missed all season long, but they've had a 1666 01:27:16,400 --> 01:27:19,240 Speaker 2: chance to try some different combinations. That includes on the 1667 01:27:19,240 --> 01:27:22,719 Speaker 2: blue line where it's been locked and loaded, Quinn Hughes 1668 01:27:22,800 --> 01:27:23,880 Speaker 2: with Brock Favor. 1669 01:27:24,080 --> 01:27:26,040 Speaker 4: Now they're moving them around a little bit. Last game 1670 01:27:26,080 --> 01:27:27,639 Speaker 4: it was Favor. 1671 01:27:27,720 --> 01:27:31,160 Speaker 2: You know, Hughes was skating with Jared Spurgeon and you 1672 01:27:31,240 --> 01:27:33,559 Speaker 2: had Brodean skating with brock Favor. What do you think 1673 01:27:33,560 --> 01:27:35,479 Speaker 2: about those matchups or would you like to keep it 1674 01:27:35,520 --> 01:27:36,320 Speaker 2: the way it's been? 1675 01:27:36,439 --> 01:27:38,080 Speaker 3: Well, I think they need to. I mean, I think 1676 01:27:38,120 --> 01:27:42,559 Speaker 3: they need to see, you know, everything, because again going 1677 01:27:42,600 --> 01:27:45,120 Speaker 3: back to what if guys get you know, I think 1678 01:27:45,160 --> 01:27:48,080 Speaker 3: you need some some some guys to play and get 1679 01:27:48,120 --> 01:27:50,679 Speaker 3: that feeling of how that other person plays. 1680 01:27:50,720 --> 01:27:54,719 Speaker 4: I think, you know, I think I think that's just fine. Yeah, 1681 01:27:54,760 --> 01:27:56,760 Speaker 4: and you got to try it because with. 1682 01:27:56,760 --> 01:27:59,080 Speaker 3: The decore, you could always you know, with the decore, 1683 01:27:59,160 --> 01:28:01,840 Speaker 3: if you watched during the game, you know, sometimes a 1684 01:28:01,880 --> 01:28:04,000 Speaker 3: guy is just throwing out with another. 1685 01:28:03,720 --> 01:28:07,840 Speaker 4: Guy and and and for whatever reason, and so I'm 1686 01:28:08,040 --> 01:28:10,040 Speaker 4: fine with it. You're good with the goaltending as well. 1687 01:28:10,439 --> 01:28:13,360 Speaker 2: We know what they've got in Jake Ottinger Philip Gustinson's 1688 01:28:13,400 --> 01:28:15,439 Speaker 2: numbers have been really good, especially coming out of the 1689 01:28:15,479 --> 01:28:18,400 Speaker 2: Olympic break. Maybe the one setback. I can't remember who 1690 01:28:18,400 --> 01:28:21,960 Speaker 2: the OI lost to just recently. But still you're good 1691 01:28:21,960 --> 01:28:24,760 Speaker 2: with Gustson as your guy. Well, I I know that 1692 01:28:24,840 --> 01:28:26,280 Speaker 2: you have a choice. I think they got to go 1693 01:28:26,360 --> 01:28:27,000 Speaker 2: with one guy. 1694 01:28:27,200 --> 01:28:29,400 Speaker 3: And I think they really got to ramp him up 1695 01:28:29,439 --> 01:28:32,120 Speaker 3: and get him in that type of mode where you're 1696 01:28:32,160 --> 01:28:34,920 Speaker 3: going to be playing seven game series and you and 1697 01:28:34,960 --> 01:28:39,360 Speaker 3: so I think the mindset really is a big, big factor. 1698 01:28:39,800 --> 01:28:42,520 Speaker 4: Uh and and. 1699 01:28:41,760 --> 01:28:44,000 Speaker 3: And how you prepare for the playoffs. And I think 1700 01:28:44,000 --> 01:28:46,639 Speaker 3: they got to get him ready and say, listen, you're 1701 01:28:46,680 --> 01:28:48,880 Speaker 3: going to be the guy. You're gonna the net is 1702 01:28:48,920 --> 01:28:52,120 Speaker 3: yours every night. Let's not you know, am I in 1703 01:28:52,240 --> 01:28:55,679 Speaker 3: tonight or not? Let you know, let's go and and 1704 01:28:55,680 --> 01:28:58,599 Speaker 3: and so you got to get him ready to have 1705 01:28:58,680 --> 01:29:00,639 Speaker 3: that mentality bring it. 1706 01:29:00,880 --> 01:29:03,040 Speaker 4: We got one minute. We got one minute. I'm sure 1707 01:29:03,040 --> 01:29:05,320 Speaker 4: he goes to the bathroom before the game as well. 1708 01:29:05,160 --> 01:29:07,720 Speaker 2: That too, We got one minute next week when we 1709 01:29:07,760 --> 01:29:09,360 Speaker 2: talk at this time, will there be a new head 1710 01:29:09,400 --> 01:29:11,000 Speaker 2: coach of the Golden Golf for men's hockey team. 1711 01:29:11,040 --> 01:29:12,280 Speaker 4: Yes, it'll be done by then. 1712 01:29:12,439 --> 01:29:14,559 Speaker 2: Yes, if we're not going to predict to what it is, 1713 01:29:14,720 --> 01:29:17,599 Speaker 2: I I you know, I know you can't, but. 1714 01:29:17,560 --> 01:29:18,639 Speaker 4: I'd like to put you on the spot. 1715 01:29:18,680 --> 01:29:19,680 Speaker 3: Yeah. 1716 01:29:19,720 --> 01:29:21,920 Speaker 4: Thanks, Enjoy your day of watching hockey. Enjoy your day 1717 01:29:21,920 --> 01:29:23,000 Speaker 4: of watching hoops. 1718 01:29:22,680 --> 01:29:25,639 Speaker 2: Absolutely and hopefully you text Trent Tucker and Dave Sinek 1719 01:29:25,800 --> 01:29:26,559 Speaker 2: you guys have a blast. 1720 01:29:26,600 --> 01:29:27,760 Speaker 3: Brett have a great day. 1721 01:29:28,200 --> 01:29:30,160 Speaker 4: Oh thank you. Quit panicking, Brett, Go. 1722 01:29:30,200 --> 01:29:30,880 Speaker 3: Get some rests. 1723 01:29:30,960 --> 01:29:34,439 Speaker 10: Yeah, Kevin, you said that Pat's the welly, but then 1724 01:29:34,479 --> 01:29:35,519 Speaker 10: you texted a text. 1725 01:29:35,520 --> 01:29:37,840 Speaker 4: Are back. He's panicking all over the place. I want 1726 01:29:37,880 --> 01:29:39,160 Speaker 4: a mess. I can see it too. 1727 01:29:39,439 --> 01:29:42,519 Speaker 3: Can we talk about Can we talk about Nordy? 1728 01:29:43,120 --> 01:29:46,120 Speaker 2: Nordy and capt and crunch and count chocolate. All right, 1729 01:29:46,120 --> 01:29:46,920 Speaker 2: we gotta go, gentlemen. 1730 01:29:46,960 --> 01:29:48,000 Speaker 4: Great job. As a way, thank you. 1731 01:29:48,200 --> 01:29:49,960 Speaker 2: We'll do it again next week. We do it every week. 1732 01:29:50,000 --> 01:29:52,040 Speaker 2: It's called Beyond the Pond. We are on from ten 1733 01:29:52,120 --> 01:29:55,040 Speaker 2: to noon every Saturday on k f A n later 1734 01:29:55,080 --> 01:29:58,360 Speaker 2: on today two forty five pregame puck drops at three seventeen. 1735 01:29:58,680 --> 01:30:01,519 Speaker 2: Special ceremony on in one thousand games to the NHL 1736 01:30:01,760 --> 01:30:03,880 Speaker 2: for Jared Spurgeon be there or b Square