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Speaker 1: Man Hey, Kevin Jesse here super pumped about the season

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Speaker 1: getting going again here already using the Minnesota mantra.

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Speaker 2: Well we'll get there next year. Lots of things need

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Speaker 2: to go great as far as health and production, and

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Speaker 2: I agree with Brett big time that the youngsters need

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Speaker 2: to get a significant chance to play on top three line. Lastly,

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Speaker 2: what's the over under on the amount of times Russo

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Speaker 2: talks about your candles in the press box?

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Speaker 3: Thanks and go wild?

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Speaker 4: Yeah?

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Speaker 5: Amen, that's more of a Dan Burrero thing, But I

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Speaker 5: don't they're both infatuated with how my area smells.

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Speaker 4: If you don't like it, don't come into it. It's

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Speaker 4: really that easy.

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Speaker 5: Speaking of America's favorite blogger, let's go to Saint Louis

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Speaker 5: Michael Russo of The Athletic Andthathletic dot Com. What I

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Speaker 5: love about having you on, Russo is that Brett blakemore

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Speaker 5: usually waits till last second to call the guest, and

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Speaker 5: I'm always worried we're going to get.

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Speaker 4: Him out on time.

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Speaker 5: He calls you like ten minutes early, so we can

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Speaker 5: have a pre sho with you now.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he and I had a great conversation waiting for you.

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Speaker 3: No shocks. I guess that I thought the most impressive

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Speaker 3: part of that toss backs is the guy saying that

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Speaker 3: Brett Blakemore made a great point.

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Speaker 4: Seriously, it doesn't have an often. Oh my goodness, Well

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Speaker 4: we've been we've been talking. Go ahead.

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Speaker 3: My first question is Pat mcletty on vacation, Like, what's

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Speaker 3: going on? Why am I the guest?

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Speaker 6: No?

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Speaker 4: I had Pat on as well. Believe me.

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Speaker 5: Uh Moleski calls them lifeboats. I've had lifeboat after lifeboat

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Speaker 5: after lifeboat, including Joe O'Donnell, including Patt NICCOLETTI. We're going

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Speaker 5: to finish up the show with Cal Clutterbuck, But how

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Speaker 5: do you start a brand new season without Michael Russo

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Speaker 5: of the Athletic in the Athletic dot com.

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Speaker 4: We had to squeeze in.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, mostly because you got to ask clutter uh.

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Speaker 3: Like uh. I was talking to Nino the other day,

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Speaker 3: I saw that I saw a podcast with clutter recently

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Speaker 3: where he basically said the same thing when he got

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Speaker 3: to the Islanders he was just freaking out, you know,

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Speaker 3: and and then you look at him. Turned it into

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Speaker 5: Pretty impressive, without a doubt, and I very much look

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Speaker 5: forward to that conversation.

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Speaker 4: I was going to say I was gonna have Joe.

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Speaker 5: Smith on instead, but he's busy, He's he's the one

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Speaker 5: that actually works in your tandem.

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Speaker 4: So I know that you had some free time, so

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Speaker 4: I know i'd be able to squeeze you in.

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Speaker 3: That is very true, So Joe, I feel bad they

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Speaker 3: sent it. Like I even was thinking as I was

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Speaker 3: walking over here where they sent two of us to

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Speaker 3: in Montgomery's press Correntson that's going the blues room, So

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Speaker 3: it's like they Yeah, they sent two of us to

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Speaker 3: Saint Louis so he could work and I could do radio. Yeah.

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Speaker 5: Well, we definitely appreciate it, and it's an opportunity to

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Speaker 5: plug the Athletic.

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Speaker 4: In the Athletic dot Com.

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Speaker 5: You guys got all the best writers and all the

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Speaker 5: great stuff. I highly recommend it to anybody out there

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Speaker 5: at the Athletic dot Com.

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Speaker 4: Your feelings coming into the brand new season.

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Speaker 5: We've been talking duckies and bunnies, rainbows and unicorns. Everyone's

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Speaker 5: feeling good going into game number one. How about you

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Speaker 5: as you cover this team.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I'm excited about real hockey, and that's for sure.

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Speaker 5: In Game one doesn't mean that this is going to

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Speaker 4: Alone the first game.

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Speaker 5: more to claim that top six role. So Marcus Felino

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Speaker 3: I'll also be interested to see what Jonas Berdeen. But

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Speaker 3: Hunter Hat was great. He had a really good rookie

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Speaker 3: you know, unfortunately for Nico Sturm, it is looking like

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Speaker 5: would they get their hands on?

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Speaker 4: What is the Athletic and the Athletic dot com.

435
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Speaker 3: You go to the Athletic dot com slash wild and

436
00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:27,000
Speaker 3: click on a story and you can go. You can

437
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Speaker 3: get a probably a discount even by going if you're

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Speaker 3: a first time subscriber or the Athletic dot Com slash

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Speaker 3: Rusto probably gets into so really appreciate that. Kevin Aaron

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Speaker 3: Stickman wants me to tell you to check your voicemail.

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Speaker 3: Oh boy, apparently, yeah, apparently you never check them.

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Speaker 4: Okay, I will give you that.

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Speaker 3: Listen, Yeah, unless I don't understand what he's saying. Also

444
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Speaker 3: said that you had some big meeting the other day

445
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Speaker 3: that you're worried about.

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Speaker 4: Don't worry. But I don't know what he's talking about.

447
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Speaker 4: And it's just fine. That's sick man.

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Speaker 5: You know what, after twenty five years, I think he's

449
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Speaker 5: gone bonkers. He's he's got bats in the belfree. Tell

450
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Speaker 5: him to concentrate, do his own job. I'll do mine

451
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Speaker 5: and everything will be fine.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, keep up the good word. Work for Blake Moore.

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Speaker 3: Really good job.

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Speaker 4: Thank you all right, enjoyce skate. We'll talk to you tonight,

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Speaker 4: all right, see keV Michael.

456
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Speaker 5: Russo of the Athletic and Theathletic dot Com. Have you

457
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Speaker 5: Brett Blakemore got off your wallet and gone to Fvathletic

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Speaker 5: dot com slash Russo and got your fill of America's

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Speaker 5: favorite blogger.

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Speaker 4: Well after high praise like that, how could you not

461
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Speaker 4: without adult? Oh what a guy.

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Speaker 5: Let's take a break and then I want to squeeze

463
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Speaker 5: in Brett Blakemore's breakaways. And before we wrap up the show,

464
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Speaker 5: we're gonna hear from former Wild forward Cal Clutterbuck. He's

465
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Speaker 5: hung up the skates, he's in front of a television camera,

466
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Speaker 5: and he's our exclusive NHL insider. Can't wait for that,

467
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Speaker 5: can't wait to hear more of your talkbacks as well.

468
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Speaker 5: Still giving away tickets not only for Saturday, when the

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Speaker 5: Wild hosts the Columbus Blue Jackets, but Game three of

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Speaker 5: the regular season and Monday's game two of the home

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Speaker 5: schedule when they host the LA Kings.

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Speaker 4: Send in those talkbacks. We're giving away tickets as we

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Speaker 4: roll forward on the fan. Before we go with the

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Speaker 5: From the beautiful studios of Saint Louis Park, Kevin follow

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Speaker 5: us in for Paul Allen and Eric Nordquis this afternoon

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Speaker 5: on KFA, and I should say this morning leading into

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Speaker 5: this afternoon, which is going to lead into the regular

482
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Speaker 5: season opener for the Minnesota Wild tonight. They'll be in

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Speaker 5: Saint Louis pregame at six forty five. Puck drops at

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Speaker 5: seven o'clock. Right here on FM one hundred point three

485
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Speaker 5: the fan to talk about not only the here and

486
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Speaker 5: now with the Minnesota Wild, but the glory days. Our

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Speaker 5: good buddy Cal Clutterbuck joining us now from Long Island.

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Speaker 4: Cal. It is always great to hear your voice. How

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Speaker 4: are you, my friend.

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Speaker 3: I'm very very good.

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Speaker 6: I'm actually in Pittsburgh getting ready for the Isles opener tonight.

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Speaker 4: That's right, TV. So that's right.

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Speaker 6: Beautiful Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Speaker 4: Good for you, the Steel City.

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Speaker 5: How exciting is it to not only drop the puck

496
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Speaker 5: on a brand new season. You're a guy that did

497
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Speaker 5: it for a number of years in the National Hockey League,

498
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Speaker 5: but a little bit different this year as a guy

499
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Speaker 5: that's you know, going to be behind that TV camera.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, it is different, you know. I as I boarded

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Speaker 6: the plane yesterday with the guys who are on the

502
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Speaker 6: team and playing, and I've got a couple recently retired

503
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Speaker 6: former teammates who are have taken roles that require them

504
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Speaker 6: to be on the plane. Sitting at the front was

505
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Speaker 6: a little different than sitting at the card table. I'm

506
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Speaker 6: not going to tell you, but it's good. It's it's

507
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Speaker 6: kind of nice to be kind of back into this

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Speaker 6: routine of traveling. And like you said, the beginning of

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Speaker 6: the season is always the most exciting time for for

510
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Speaker 6: every team and every fan of every team because you know,

511
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Speaker 6: everyone has the same opportunity to go out there and

512
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Speaker 6: try and have a great year and ultimately win a cup.

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Speaker 6: So it's a very exciting time for for hockey fans

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Speaker 6: and players and staff alike.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: I know.

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Speaker 5: We talked last spring on Beyond the Pond here right

518
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Speaker 5: here on FM one hundred point three the Fan about

519
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Speaker 5: your new gig and moving on from the playing days

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Speaker 5: skate hanging up the skates and doing this TV thing.

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Speaker 4: Are you enjoying it?

522
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Speaker 5: And I guess it's still very early, so everything's fun

523
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Speaker 5: when you do it once. But now that you're getting

524
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Speaker 5: into the routine, are you digging the process. I know

525
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Speaker 5: what it's like on the radio side, and it's a

526
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Speaker 5: lot more relaxed TV. There's a lot of people talking

527
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Speaker 5: in your ear. You love to comb your hair, but

528
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Speaker 5: you got to comb your hair, wear makeup and all

529
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Speaker 5: that stuff. Are you enjoying everything that goes into the

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Speaker 5: process of being on television?

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Speaker 3: Yeah? I am.

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Speaker 6: I think it's there is a lot. But you know

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Speaker 6: what was good for me is I I kind of

534
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Speaker 6: took a guest appearance at the home opener last year

535
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Speaker 6: for the Islanders, just kind of not expecting anything, so

536
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Speaker 6: I wasn't really trying to do well. So I've kind

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Speaker 6: of maintained that attitude and just you know, for me,

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Speaker 6: I enjoy watching the game talking about the game, and

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Speaker 6: for me, that's kind of what it really is. And

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Speaker 6: and you know, the more time you spend on TV

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Speaker 6: and getting prepared, you know, it gets a little easier.

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Speaker 6: But I just enjoy being able to, uh, you know,

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Speaker 6: relay a little bit information that that I may have

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Speaker 6: from my years of experience to you know, an islander,

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Speaker 6: a fan base, or or a fan base of visiting

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Speaker 6: fan base that might be listening to the game. And

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Speaker 6: I like just being able to point things out to

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Speaker 6: them that they might not otherwise see or might not

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Speaker 6: otherwise understand. And I I really enjoyed that part of

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Speaker 6: the job. And and I've got a great crew that

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Speaker 6: I work with at MSG Networks. There. You know, everything

552
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Speaker 6: we do is pretty streamlined and we don't spend too

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Speaker 6: much time on on things that don't require too much time.

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Speaker 6: So it's been a it's been a really fun process

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Speaker 6: for me and and just being able to kind of

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Speaker 6: stay in the game. And I was kind of I

557
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Speaker 6: think I underestimated how much I would miss the routine

558
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Speaker 6: and the game when I for decided to hang them up.

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Speaker 6: And this has been a great sort of filler for

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Speaker 6: me at transition into what is now becoming a second career.

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Speaker 6: But all of it put together just seems to be

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Speaker 6: working at the moment, and I'm going to keep doing

563
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Speaker 6: it until till I lose the joy, as they say,

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Speaker 6: and then we'll look for something else. But at the moment,

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Speaker 6: I'm really enjoying it.

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Speaker 5: Talking about a former Wild forward Cal Clutterbuck, if you

567
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Speaker 5: can believe it, a third round pick by the Wild

568
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Speaker 5: back in two thousand and six, six seasons with the

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Speaker 5: Minnesota while from seven to thirteen, but seventeen years total

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Speaker 5: in the National Hockey League, you flourished, even you were

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Speaker 5: great here in Minnesota, but what you did there on

572
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Speaker 5: Long Island was unbelievable.

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Speaker 4: The career that you were able to put together.

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Speaker 5: I want to talk about your memories and even talk

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Speaker 5: about what's going on there in the Eastern Conference with

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Speaker 5: your beloved Islanders here in a moment, But is tonight

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Speaker 5: going to be especially difficult? When they dropped the puck

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Speaker 5: on a new season. It's one thing to hang up

579
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Speaker 5: the skates and go through all that emotions, but there's

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Speaker 5: something special about.

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Speaker 4: Opening night as a player.

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Speaker 5: It takes on a whole another meaning you're not going

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Speaker 5: to be a part of that in the same way

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Speaker 5: that you've been for so many years. How tough is

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Speaker 5: that going to be to swallow when you're in the

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Speaker 5: broadcast booth, whether the instead of there on the red line.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, you know, it's kind of justification for me. That

588
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Speaker 6: I that I made the decision at the right time.

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Speaker 6: I'm totally fine with it. I'm excited to be a

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Speaker 6: part of it. In a different way. I think if

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Speaker 6: I was just sitting at home watching I might feel

592
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Speaker 6: a little more of that. But I really think that,

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Speaker 6: you know, I did what I could while I was playing,

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Speaker 6: and it was probably time. And you know, between that

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Speaker 6: and the opportunities that are presented to you when your

596
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Speaker 6: contract comes up after seventeen years, you kind of, you know,

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Speaker 6: you look at all the things that go into the

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Speaker 6: opening day of the season, all the summer training, the

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Speaker 6: training camp, all the difficult things that you have to do.

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Speaker 6: I was in my head just ready to go and

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Speaker 6: take a break, and so it's exciting for me here

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Speaker 6: and you know, on Long Island right now, it's an

603
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Speaker 6: exciting fresh start. Obviously lou Lamorello is no longer here,

604
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Speaker 6: and Matthew darsh comes in, and Matthew Shaeffer and really

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Speaker 6: in this over the course of the summer, there was

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Speaker 6: a lot that happened with the Islanders that doesn't normally

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Speaker 6: happen in summers, especially when you know a team has

608
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Speaker 6: missed the playoffs and in a long offseason, usually it

609
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Speaker 6: gets pretty boring, but there was a lot going on here,

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Speaker 6: so it's an exciting time for Islander fans. And Matthew

611
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Speaker 6: Shaffer making his debut tonight. He's been amazing through the preseason,

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Speaker 6: so very excited to be able to be a part

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Speaker 6: of that call tonight.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, what'd you see from the number one overall pick

615
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Speaker 5: and Matthew Shaeffer? I know the upside looks tremendous, unbelievable

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Speaker 5: future for this kid. How do you think he's going

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Speaker 5: to be as he splashes onto the NHL scene.

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Speaker 4: Well, he has a level.

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Speaker 6: Of maturity I think, you know, it's been well documented

620
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Speaker 6: that is unlike most you know, eighteen year old kids,

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Speaker 6: and his abilities seem to match his confidence on the

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Speaker 6: ice kind of carries through off the ice of his

623
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Speaker 6: ability to in his eagerness to learn from not only

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Speaker 6: the guys around him, but you know, the guys who

625
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Speaker 6: are no longer playing. I know he talked to Matt

626
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Speaker 6: Martin a lot of him and I have had a

627
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Speaker 6: couple of conversations. He's just a really eager kid, and

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Speaker 6: a lot of kids who are in that position with

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Speaker 6: that much attention sometimes don't have the same sort of

630
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Speaker 6: mentality of this is my first step. I'm excited to

631
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Speaker 6: be here, but I need to you know, take in information.

632
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Speaker 6: I want to learn. I want to learn how to

633
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Speaker 6: be and you know, he's he just has that future

634
00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:38,200
Speaker 6: captain sort of personality and his on ice abilities are

635
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Speaker 6: are pretty evident. I think NHL fans will get to

636
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Speaker 6: to notice him pretty quickly. His skating ability is you know, elite.

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Speaker 6: He's a defenseman, but he loves he loves getting up

638
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Speaker 6: the ice. I think the thing I love about him

639
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Speaker 6: the most is when he makes the d toity pass

640
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Speaker 6: in the neutral zone. He's he's on his horse and he's,

641
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Speaker 6: you know, sometimes the first guy in the fore check.

642
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Speaker 6: Probably the UH. Probably he's going to take some harnessing

643
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Speaker 6: to figure out when the right time isn't when it isn't.

644
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Speaker 6: But I think for a young guy, for him to

645
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Speaker 6: have a confidence to be able to go up there

646
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Speaker 6: and get up in the rush, and he's really going

647
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Speaker 6: to create a look that the Islanders haven't had from

648
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Speaker 6: the back end in a very long time, probably since

649
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Speaker 6: the UH you know Minnesota native Nick Letty days where

650
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Speaker 6: Nick could be a one man breakout and get up

651
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Speaker 6: and create odd man Rushes with his speed and and

652
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Speaker 6: it still be the first guy back. And you know,

653
00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:31,360
Speaker 6: similar to Brent Burns when he was first a young

654
00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:33,960
Speaker 6: kid playing defense, he was, you know, a forward and

655
00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:36,160
Speaker 6: a defenseman. So he had a tendency to get up

656
00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:38,520
Speaker 6: there and be involved. And I think that just the

657
00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:41,080
Speaker 6: NHL these days is such a five man offense league

658
00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:44,520
Speaker 6: that you need defenseman that that can skate, need defenseman

659
00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:46,160
Speaker 6: he can make plays, and you need guys who are

660
00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:47,720
Speaker 6: willing to get up there and have the ability to

661
00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:50,800
Speaker 6: recover if things don't work out. So he has all

662
00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:53,120
Speaker 6: those things. And I'm sure he's going to make his

663
00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:56,680
Speaker 6: mistakes like anybody does, but I think his ability and

664
00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:59,200
Speaker 6: his confidence are enough so that the Islanders is going

665
00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:00,920
Speaker 6: to be able to put up with the mistakes, especially

666
00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:01,360
Speaker 6: early on.

667
00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:06,280
Speaker 5: Dude, you better hope your buddy uh Bus Nasty that

668
00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:09,040
Speaker 5: you never lose the joy of You're a natural. This

669
00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:12,040
Speaker 5: is unbelievable. You were playing two minutes ago and here

670
00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:14,880
Speaker 5: you are. You're ready to take down Paul Bizinette there

671
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:17,000
Speaker 5: on the on the national stage.

672
00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:18,600
Speaker 4: You're You're a natural at this thing.

673
00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:22,400
Speaker 6: Well, I do love the game, and I and I

674
00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:26,200
Speaker 6: spent years while I was playing studying it because I, uh,

675
00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:28,160
Speaker 6: you know, I was I was put in a different

676
00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:30,719
Speaker 6: role in New York than I than I probably was

677
00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:34,240
Speaker 6: on the trajectory for Minnesota, and and I really leaned

678
00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:35,920
Speaker 6: into it. I got lucky. I mean, I had two

679
00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:38,760
Speaker 6: linemates that were not only great friends, but we were

680
00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:41,000
Speaker 6: such a great fit as a lion and I really

681
00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:42,920
Speaker 6: the three of us kind of took it upon ourselves

682
00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:45,720
Speaker 6: to to add a dynamic to that, to that Islander

683
00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:47,680
Speaker 6: team that that a lot of teams didn't have. And

684
00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:49,720
Speaker 6: and in doing so, I think we've kind of really

685
00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:54,200
Speaker 6: kind of revolutionized the way people look at their fourth lines.

686
00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:57,280
Speaker 6: We still had some a lot of physicality and and

687
00:30:57,280 --> 00:31:02,120
Speaker 6: and Marty obviously was able to take air business, you know,

688
00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:03,680
Speaker 6: on the fifth the cuff side of things. But we

689
00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:05,080
Speaker 6: were able to go out there and play against other

690
00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:07,680
Speaker 6: teams good players and really make it difficult on them

691
00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:09,880
Speaker 6: and allow you know, our best players to go out

692
00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:14,160
Speaker 6: there and play against, you know, take offensive chances, playing

693
00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:17,240
Speaker 6: against lines who weren't as productive offensively and maybe weren't

694
00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:20,400
Speaker 6: as talented. So that really gave us an advantage. And

695
00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:23,600
Speaker 6: doing so, you know, you just you really learn the

696
00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:25,400
Speaker 6: nuances of the game. I had a couple of great

697
00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:28,280
Speaker 6: coaches along the way, and you know, I was always

698
00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:31,400
Speaker 6: just a detailed, detailed person, and I think that's you know,

699
00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:32,880
Speaker 6: that's really why I was able to play for as

700
00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:35,960
Speaker 6: long as I did, because I just I really thought

701
00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:38,880
Speaker 6: about I was very thoughtful about the way that I

702
00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:41,320
Speaker 6: would go out there and play the game. And as

703
00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:43,000
Speaker 6: much as people think I was just kind of a

704
00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:47,160
Speaker 6: run around body checker, which I probably was in Minnesota,

705
00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:50,480
Speaker 6: I really I took some time to learn the game

706
00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:52,880
Speaker 6: on a deeper level and I really just like, I

707
00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:55,200
Speaker 6: like thinking about the game and talking about it, and

708
00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:59,840
Speaker 6: so hopefully I'm gonna have a platform to do it for.

709
00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:01,520
Speaker 4: Your Yeah, good, good for you.

710
00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:05,000
Speaker 5: A year off to an amazing start of your media career.

711
00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:08,000
Speaker 5: Seventeen seasons in the National Hockey League. That doesn't happen

712
00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:10,400
Speaker 5: by accident, and it's awesome to think that it started

713
00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:11,520
Speaker 5: here in Minnesota.

714
00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:13,120
Speaker 4: Real quick to the Eastern Conference.

715
00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:15,560
Speaker 5: We like to think of the Central Division as the

716
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:18,160
Speaker 5: toughest division in hockey, but then I look over at

717
00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:21,480
Speaker 5: the Metropolitan Division where your Islanders reside, and I know

718
00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:25,080
Speaker 5: that the expectations are great for your team coming into

719
00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:26,920
Speaker 5: this season. But when I look at they got to

720
00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:29,160
Speaker 5: deal with an up and comer like the New Jersey Devils,

721
00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:32,160
Speaker 5: the Carolina Hurricanes, which are a beast every year. The

722
00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:34,800
Speaker 5: Capitol's still with Ovechkin, the New York Rangers. You know,

723
00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:36,840
Speaker 5: they're always going to be a tough beat. And then

724
00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:38,320
Speaker 5: some of the other teams that are coming through there.

725
00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:41,160
Speaker 5: I mean, the Penguins still have Sidney Crosby, you got

726
00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:43,160
Speaker 5: the Flyers, the Blue Jackets.

727
00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:44,840
Speaker 4: That is a tough division.

728
00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:46,760
Speaker 5: And as much as we like to talk about the Central,

729
00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:48,880
Speaker 5: the Metro is not an easy target either.

730
00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:52,280
Speaker 6: No, I think you're right about the Central. I think

731
00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:56,520
Speaker 6: it's developed into the premier division, and the Metropolitan was

732
00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:59,440
Speaker 6: for years when I was in the meat of my

733
00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:03,840
Speaker 6: Islander career that the Metropolitan Division was as tough as

734
00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:06,160
Speaker 6: you're going to get. But what the benefit of playing

735
00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:08,480
Speaker 6: in in a good division, and if not the best

736
00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:11,960
Speaker 6: division in hockey, is that you need to you spend

737
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:15,160
Speaker 6: the regular season playing almost what people would call playoff hockey,

738
00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:17,440
Speaker 6: or else you don't make the playoffs. And and so

739
00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:21,320
Speaker 6: what happens is is over the course of the year,

740
00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:24,560
Speaker 6: you get better and you get better quicker, and if

741
00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:26,320
Speaker 6: you don't you don't, you know, you don't get your

742
00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:29,120
Speaker 6: chance at the playoffs. So when the playoffs do come,

743
00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:32,760
Speaker 6: those divisions are always are always more prepared, and you

744
00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:35,400
Speaker 6: see those teams kind of making long runs. And that's

745
00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:36,800
Speaker 6: how it was for us in the Metro. I I

746
00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:40,240
Speaker 6: just really enjoyed the level of competition. And and then

747
00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:42,000
Speaker 6: on top of that, when you go play teams and

748
00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:45,440
Speaker 6: other divisions, potentially teams that are a little weaker, you're

749
00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:48,320
Speaker 6: able to to win those games and a lot of

750
00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:52,200
Speaker 6: times win them convincingly and have what we've used to

751
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:55,600
Speaker 6: call low stress, no doubt ors in the league. You know,

752
00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:58,120
Speaker 6: if you can if you can just get to that point,

753
00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:00,000
Speaker 6: then then you're going to have a really easy time

754
00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:02,400
Speaker 6: making the playoffs. So in a lot of ways, you know,

755
00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:04,520
Speaker 6: a tough division is a good thing for a team,

756
00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:06,760
Speaker 6: especially a team that has the ability to compete in

757
00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:11,080
Speaker 6: that division. So I think it's a good thing. And

758
00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:12,839
Speaker 6: you know, the Metro being what it is, it's not

759
00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:15,840
Speaker 6: what it used to be. But there are some teams

760
00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:18,480
Speaker 6: sort of making their way through. The Carolina Hurricanes obviously

761
00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:22,480
Speaker 6: very good year over year. The New Jersey Devils really

762
00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:24,840
Speaker 6: depends on if they can stay healthy they've had issues

763
00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:27,719
Speaker 6: with injuries, and when they're not injured, they they've had

764
00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:30,279
Speaker 6: great seasons one hundred points seasons with the crew they

765
00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:33,840
Speaker 6: have there, and the Islanders and the Penguins and a

766
00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:36,279
Speaker 6: couple of these teams that Washington did it last year.

767
00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:38,120
Speaker 6: I think they did a really good job of revamping

768
00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:41,120
Speaker 6: with their old veterans, injecting some youth and some speed

769
00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:43,040
Speaker 6: inner lineup. They had a lot of success with that,

770
00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:46,520
Speaker 6: obviously on the riding the coat tails of Obi's magical

771
00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:50,040
Speaker 6: run last year towards eight ninety five. But you know,

772
00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:53,640
Speaker 6: I think for the Islanders, the thought process is, now,

773
00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:56,319
Speaker 6: how do we how do we take the the guys

774
00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:58,160
Speaker 6: who are in their prime and marry them with the

775
00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:00,239
Speaker 6: young guys that we've been able to pick up through

776
00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:03,479
Speaker 6: the draft and spreeing and signings and formulate a team

777
00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:05,880
Speaker 6: that's gonna, you know, compete in this division.

778
00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:08,279
Speaker 5: Yeah, well, we'll see how it all develops there in

779
00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:11,480
Speaker 5: the Eastern Conference. The focus over here is about the

780
00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:14,000
Speaker 5: Western Conference and the Wild heading into game number one

781
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:15,640
Speaker 5: tonight in Saint Louis.

782
00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:18,319
Speaker 4: Seventeen years in the National Hockey League.

783
00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:21,000
Speaker 5: Again, we're talking to former Wild forward, former Wild draft

784
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:24,239
Speaker 5: pick cal Clutterbucks seventeen years in the NHL, the bulk

785
00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:26,680
Speaker 5: of it there with the New York Calenders, but six

786
00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:30,439
Speaker 5: glorious seasons began your career here in Minnesota from two

787
00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:33,240
Speaker 5: thousand and seven to twenty thirteen. Hedge On last spring,

788
00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:35,399
Speaker 5: had you recount a little bit of that, But as

789
00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:38,080
Speaker 5: we enter the twenty fifth season of Minnesota Wild Hockey,

790
00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:40,520
Speaker 5: tell me there's not a special place in your heart

791
00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:43,880
Speaker 5: for when you donned the ice here at what was

792
00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:45,200
Speaker 5: then Excel Energy Center.

793
00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:47,359
Speaker 4: Yeah.

794
00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:50,200
Speaker 6: I mean, what a great place to start a career,

795
00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:53,840
Speaker 6: you know, I am. I look back on those years

796
00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:57,000
Speaker 6: with a lot of fondness. I love my time there.

797
00:35:57,040 --> 00:35:58,800
Speaker 6: I wish I could have played there a little longer.

798
00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:02,839
Speaker 6: It's just a great It's a great place to live,

799
00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:05,480
Speaker 6: first and foremost, and that hockey team, as you know,

800
00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:09,200
Speaker 6: is supported so well and so honestly, you know, I

801
00:36:09,239 --> 00:36:12,440
Speaker 6: think you go around two different markets and you see

802
00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:15,239
Speaker 6: teams that go through years where they're struggling a little

803
00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:16,839
Speaker 6: bit for a couple of years, and and the fan

804
00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:19,600
Speaker 6: base starts to disappear a little bit, the rink isn't

805
00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:22,280
Speaker 6: as full. It just wasn't the case there, And and

806
00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:24,880
Speaker 6: I just love the energy that that building brought, and

807
00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:26,600
Speaker 6: it brought out a lot of energy in me, and

808
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:28,440
Speaker 6: I love being able to go out there and make

809
00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:33,640
Speaker 6: make people cheer and give them something that you know

810
00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:36,000
Speaker 6: that they can enjoy. I was going to go out

811
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:37,520
Speaker 6: there and work as hard as I could and and

812
00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:41,000
Speaker 6: try and bank some bodies and score some goals, and

813
00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:43,960
Speaker 6: you know, just play hard. And I really enjoyed my

814
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:45,839
Speaker 6: time there. When I got drafted there and finally made

815
00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:47,600
Speaker 6: the team, I I really felt like I was going

816
00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:49,560
Speaker 6: to be there for my whole career. Obviously that didn't

817
00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:53,279
Speaker 6: work out, but uh, you know, twenty five years of

818
00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:56,160
Speaker 6: Minnesota Wild hockey, I can't, you know, where does the

819
00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:59,640
Speaker 6: time go. I felt like it was just still an

820
00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:02,279
Speaker 6: expand franchise. Had that feeling when I moved in there,

821
00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:05,359
Speaker 6: but you know that the team was was pretty good,

822
00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:08,200
Speaker 6: and then you know, we had a couple of years

823
00:37:08,239 --> 00:37:10,759
Speaker 6: where where we didn't make the playoffs and then I

824
00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:13,799
Speaker 6: was out. But you know, it's it's really is a

825
00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:15,880
Speaker 6: great place. And everybody that's played there since and has

826
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:18,760
Speaker 6: played there before me as I feel, shares my sentiment.

827
00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:24,080
Speaker 6: So it's hopefully it's a great twenty five twenty fifth

828
00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:27,160
Speaker 6: anniversary season, and I was talking to our old buddy,

829
00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:29,279
Speaker 6: Aaron Sickman. I'm thinking about maybe coming out there for

830
00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:32,880
Speaker 6: one of those games, one of the alumni games, and

831
00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:35,080
Speaker 6: maybe pop my head in there and see some old

832
00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:36,719
Speaker 6: faces and try and enjoy a night or two.

833
00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:40,440
Speaker 5: I hope you do this coming weekend, Saturday night. The

834
00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:43,240
Speaker 5: inaugural coaching staff is going to be here, Jacques Lamaire,

835
00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:48,240
Speaker 5: Doug Risebro from the management side, Mario Tromblay, Mike Ramsey,

836
00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:52,200
Speaker 5: Bob Mason. They're dropping the puck on game number one

837
00:37:52,239 --> 00:37:54,600
Speaker 5: of the home season, and it'll be cool to see

838
00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:57,719
Speaker 5: those faces. I can't wait to see yours. You're in Minnesota,

839
00:37:57,880 --> 00:37:59,920
Speaker 5: We got you, gotta stop buying. We'll have you on

840
00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:02,480
Speaker 5: here with myself and Tom Reid and hopefully we can

841
00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:03,080
Speaker 5: make that happen.

842
00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:06,200
Speaker 6: Yeah, that'd be great. That'd be great. I love that.

843
00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:08,920
Speaker 5: All right, clutter, enjoy the game tonight. Good luck in Pittsburgh,

844
00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:11,360
Speaker 5: good luck this season. I hope they put your makeup

845
00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:13,640
Speaker 5: on right and you get that hair comb just perfectly.

846
00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:15,279
Speaker 3: Oh.

847
00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:17,279
Speaker 6: I do all that myself, but you know that I'm

848
00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:20,759
Speaker 6: not letting anybody.

849
00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:21,399
Speaker 4: Go get them. Thanks for doing this. We'll talk soon,

850
00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:25,040
Speaker 4: all right. But there is the great Cal Clutterbuck.

851
00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:28,080
Speaker 5: I really wanted to get into the Eric Belange story

852
00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:32,480
Speaker 5: when he and Derek Bouguard filled his car with styrofoam peanuts.

853
00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:34,799
Speaker 5: I've never flat out asked him about it, and I

854
00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:36,759
Speaker 5: wanted to see how far down that road he'd go.

855
00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:37,719
Speaker 4: But I'm out of time.

856
00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:38,920
Speaker 5: I got to take a quick break and then we'll

857
00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:42,160
Speaker 5: squeeze in Brett Blakemore's breakaways till the top and reward

858
00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:45,239
Speaker 5: another couple of tickets to the home opener Saturday, when

859
00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:47,640
Speaker 5: the Wild hosts the Blue Jackets. But tonight it's game

860
00:38:47,719 --> 00:38:50,480
Speaker 5: number one of the regular season, coming up from Saint Louis.

861
00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:52,279
Speaker 4: You'll hear all the action on the fan.

862
00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:59,760
Speaker 5: Horrible clock management, but hopefully the last three hours makeup

863
00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:01,440
Speaker 5: for this sprint to the finish.

864
00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:04,520
Speaker 4: We had a blast. We talked to Cal Clutterbuck, Michael Russo.

865
00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:07,680
Speaker 5: Joe O'Donnell, Pat mcletty, and a bunch of other folks.

866
00:39:07,719 --> 00:39:08,240
Speaker 4: In between.

867
00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:10,399
Speaker 5: We also gave away a bunch of tickets. You might

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Speaker 5: be getting a text from me. May already got it

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Speaker 5: for a pair of tickets for the home opener comes Saturday,

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Speaker 5: when the Wild host the Columbus Blue Jackets.

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Speaker 4: Hopefully you won those tickets.

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Speaker 5: If you didn't, Wild dot com slash tickets to get yours,

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Speaker 5: and at the very least, hopefully you're on the air

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Speaker 5: tonight with us at six forty five pregame for Game

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Speaker 5: number one Duckies and Bunnies, Rainbows and Unicorns. The future

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Speaker 5: is bright and it starts tonight in Saint Louis.

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Speaker 4: Brett Blake Moore, thank you for your time, good luck

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Speaker 4: the rest of the day.

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Speaker 7: And thanks for listening to KFA and podcast Today's Paul

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Speaker 7: Allen Show. We're listening back to previous show and interviews

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