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Speaker 3: Hey, that's Eric from Hastings twenty twenty five. The Wild

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Speaker 3: finish with one hundred and five points, boldly leads a

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Speaker 1: Am I right? Dave? Are you in the great state

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Speaker 1: It's awesome, it is. This is the time to do it.

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Speaker 4: A week from now, a month from now, it might

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Speaker 4: And like I said, everything's on the table. The same

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Speaker 5: No, there's not a bigger stage, as we know than

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Speaker 4: Kevin awesome, awesome stuff, and I know there's a lot

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Speaker 5: Well, i'd summon up this way Kevin, back when we

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Speaker 1: Without a doubt. Lots to love about.

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Speaker 5: The golfers and BC tonight too. On the college side.

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Speaker 4: Lots to love about hockey. Best part about it is

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Speaker 4: Sounds like you're gonna be in town this weekend, so

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Speaker 4: That's Dave Fisher from USA Hockey talking about the World Juniors.

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Speaker 4: Great stuff. I don't need to sell that. It sells itself.

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Speaker 4: It's phenomenal hockey, and that's gonna be a great way

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Speaker 1: So jump on that with haste. Well, squeeze in a break.

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Speaker 4: When we continue, we're gonna do a segment of all talkbacks.

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Speaker 1: You get them in right now.

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Speaker 4: Britt Blake Moore and I are going to sift through

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Speaker 1: You don't win, you still you're not out of luck.

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Speaker 4: There are tickets available and some good ones in fact

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Speaker 1: That's next. I'm a fan.

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Speaker 7: Before we go, the Fan and two Minute Junk Truck

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Speaker 8: Yeah, this is Roy for mayor. Unlike when you go

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Speaker 8: Come on, boys, let's go wild.

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Speaker 1: Yes, I love it. I love that positive energy. Again.

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Speaker 4: I've hosted be on the Pond, I've hosted wild fanline,

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Speaker 1: I get it. But on day number one it should be.

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Speaker 4: Six forty five tonight, A little bit later, puck drop

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Speaker 9: Christopher Saint Paul here, Good morning, fellas. I have a

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Speaker 1: Good morning and good day.

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Speaker 4: You kind of did that to yourself. They're a talkback

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Speaker 7: I just don't think getting injured and staying healthy is

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Speaker 7: a skilled trait. I'm just of that opinion that it's

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Speaker 7: just kind of bad luck at times.

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Speaker 1: But maybe it is.

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Speaker 7: I've read this talk back, I haven't listened to it,

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Speaker 7: but I'm very curious how this sounds.

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Speaker 10: Okay, Greob Falling, this is Dylan for Northfield. Got to

442
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Speaker 10: tell you the tentacles on this Minnesota Wild season, armaedy, juicy,

443
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Speaker 10: and succulent. What I think is gonna happen while they're

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Speaker 10: gonna get healthy, stay healthy. Ninety seven is gonna take

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Speaker 10: us there one hundred and seven points division win in

446
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Speaker 10: the plaint not going to win one series, not two series,

447
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Speaker 10: not three series. It's Wild in Maple Leafs in the

448
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Speaker 10: Stanley Cup Final and you're on your own after that.

449
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Speaker 10: And I'm Dan Patrick.

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Speaker 4: That's fantastic. See I love it. Common would call that

451
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Speaker 4: duckies and bunnies. We'll call it rainbows and unicorns. But

452
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Speaker 4: again I will This is my staunch belief. You should

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Speaker 4: feel this way going into game number one of the season.

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Speaker 4: If you're the Chicago Well, you know, I don't want

455
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Speaker 4: to beg on another local team. But if you're the

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Speaker 4: Minnesota Twins, you don't have a lot of hope going

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Speaker 4: into the year, especially the way it finished. If you're

458
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Speaker 4: another team like the Arizona Coyotes before they move to Utah,

459
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Speaker 4: you probably felt real down about the club going into

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Speaker 4: the year. That shouldn't be the case here for a

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Speaker 4: Minnesota Wild team that should contend for a top spot

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Speaker 4: in the Central Division.

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Speaker 1: Do I think they'll win the Central I don't do.

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Speaker 4: I think they'll contend for a playoff spot in the

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Speaker 4: Western Conference, in the top three spot in the Central,

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Speaker 4: I do. And if that's duckies and bunnies, if that's

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Speaker 4: rainbows and unicorn, guilty is charged because I think there's

468
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Speaker 4: a lot to be excited about with this team, not

469
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Speaker 4: only with Caprisov and Boldie. What you have with the

470
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Speaker 4: blue line if they're healthy, what you have with Philip Gustilson,

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Speaker 4: approved the number one in the National Hockey League. And

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Speaker 4: then the young faces that are vying for spots in

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Speaker 4: the lineup, and some of them already handed the keys

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Speaker 4: to the car, including a zeb Buyam, who again will

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Speaker 4: quarterback their power play and for the most part probably

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Speaker 4: play top line, top pair of minutes. There's plenty to

477
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Speaker 4: be excited about with this Minnesota Wild team, and.

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Speaker 1: This is the data for it.

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Speaker 4: This is the day for the rainbows, unicorns, duckies and bunnies.

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Speaker 7: I think your best case scenario, you're the two or

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Speaker 7: the three in the central and you're gonna play the

482
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Speaker 7: two or the three in the central in the first

483
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Speaker 7: round and you're on your own after that.

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Speaker 1: But I think that's not a bad place to be.

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Speaker 1: And they were close.

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Speaker 7: I mean not that I don't want to bring up

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Speaker 7: the off sides again, but they were close twice.

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Speaker 1: Now you guys have done it.

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Speaker 4: I'd rather talk about Packers than Gustav Nyquist and his

490
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Speaker 4: fair enough toe drag the toe Gustav.

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Speaker 7: I think there's there's no reason I can't take a

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Speaker 7: step forward and at least get out of the first

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Speaker 7: round this year.

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Speaker 1: That would be so nice.

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Speaker 4: But again, no matter what they do in the regular season,

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Speaker 4: you look at the teams that are in the Central Division,

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Speaker 4: the Western Conference, and the NHL as a whole. I mean,

498
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Speaker 4: that's why it's the toughest trophy in sports to win,

499
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Speaker 4: and Florida was unbelievable, but look at the gauntlet they

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Speaker 4: had to go to get there. They had, you know,

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Speaker 4: the Edmonton Oilers two years in a row, push them

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Speaker 4: to the limit. And if you're the Edmonton Oilers, that's

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Speaker 4: a hell of a team. They're stacked. You think they're

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Speaker 4: a little frusted, that frustrated there in Edmonton, but I'm

505
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Speaker 4: sure they're feeling good about themselves coming into a new

506
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Speaker 4: season with Connor McDavid, Leon Dry, Settle and the rest

507
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Speaker 4: of them under lock and key.

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Speaker 1: We'll see what happens with this Minnesota Wild team.

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Speaker 4: Going forward again, starting tonight in the Saint Louis. A

510
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Speaker 4: guy that's going to have the play by play action

511
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Speaker 4: tonight for the Wild on the fan is Joe O'Donnell.

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Speaker 1: He'll join us next on the fan.

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Speaker 7: Good morning, gentlemen, this is done from Rochester.

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Speaker 4: What are the chances of Billy g going out and

515
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Speaker 4: the impact player after trade devide with the extra cap space.

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Speaker 5: Secondly, what are the chances.

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Speaker 9: Of our young stud defenseman captured the Calder Trophy.

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Speaker 7: Thanks, and have a good day a while, very.

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Speaker 1: Good talk back.

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Speaker 4: I'd have to look at the rookie crop to realize

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Speaker 4: where zebulliam sits, but I'd have to imagine he's going

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Speaker 4: to be in the conversation. If he has the type

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Speaker 4: of year that we all project and he's going to

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Speaker 4: get the amount of minutes that we all project, He's

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Speaker 4: going to be right there in the conversation. And the

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Speaker 4: beauty about being in the mix for a big name

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Speaker 4: at the trade deadline or even before that.

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Speaker 1: Should the need arise.

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Speaker 4: Now, Bill Garon can formulate those ideas because that dead

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Speaker 4: cap money is gone, and now the shackles are released,

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Speaker 4: and he'll have the opportunity to make some noise here

532
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Speaker 4: as this season wears along. That should be a lot

533
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Speaker 4: of fun for everyone, including wild general manager Bill Garon.

534
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Speaker 4: Congratulations to Dylan and Northfield. He had the succulent talkback

535
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Speaker 4: here early on in that last segment, and we'll give

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Speaker 4: him a pair of tickets to see the Wild and

537
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Speaker 4: Blue Jackets for the home opener Saturday in Saint Paul.

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Speaker 4: Get your own tickets at wild dot com slash tickets.

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Speaker 4: A guy that'll be there on Saturday and tonight in

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Speaker 4: Saint Louis is the play by play voice of the

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Speaker 4: Minnesota Wild, Mister Joe o'donald, Joe, Kevin Faules, Bret blakemore

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Speaker 4: back in Saint Louis Park.

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Speaker 1: How is Saint Louis treating you.

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Speaker 5: Good?

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Speaker 6: Thanks for having me fellas blueser on the ice right

546
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Speaker 6: now for morning skate and just kind of has that,

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Speaker 6: you know, the excitement, the anticipation of a new season.

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Speaker 6: It's here, finally, great to be back in the rank.

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Speaker 4: Head John Hines on earlier, and he actually likes preseason hockey.

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Speaker 4: He likes training camp. He's a teacher, his role as

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Speaker 4: a coach, he's supposed to wrap his arms around that

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Speaker 4: time of year. You as a broadcaster, myself as an

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Speaker 4: interested observer, I don't enjoy preseason hockey.

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Speaker 1: You glad it's in the rear view.

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Speaker 6: I'm glad I had that. They count for real now

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Speaker 6: you know, I do. I don't mind the preseason from

557
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Speaker 6: the standpoint of like you get to see some of

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Speaker 6: the prospects, you get to get a vibe for who's

559
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Speaker 6: playing with who you know, are their system changes to

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Speaker 6: those sorts of things. But ultimately, you know, especially that

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Speaker 6: last game against Chicago where it was like NHL lineup

562
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Speaker 6: on the NHL lineup, a pretty good preview of what's

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Speaker 6: to come. But then the game doesn't mean anything. That

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Speaker 6: to me is always like, all right, well, let's turn

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Speaker 6: the page to get ready for the for the opener here,

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Speaker 6: so I'm.

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Speaker 5: Glad it's here.

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Speaker 6: This is gonna be a big game. I mean, I

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Speaker 6: know there's eighty two regular season games for both these teams,

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Speaker 6: but you know, I think the Wild and the Blues

571
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Speaker 6: are gonna be battling it out for a playoff spot

572
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Speaker 6: when it's all said and done. And then you could

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Speaker 6: look back in the you know, the early stages of

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Speaker 6: the season and look at some some opportunities lost or gained,

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Speaker 6: and you know that at the end of the day,

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Speaker 6: these two teams were within a point of each other

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Speaker 6: last year in the regular season, and ultimately, you know,

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Speaker 6: you can't you can't make the playoffs or win the

579
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Speaker 6: Stanley Cup in October. But you can certainly put yourself

580
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Speaker 6: behind the apall if you don't get off to a

581
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Speaker 6: good start. And we've seen the Wild sort of both

582
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Speaker 6: ends of that right a couple of years ago when

583
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Speaker 6: Dean Evison eventually got fired. Slow start doomed them last

584
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Speaker 6: year hot starts but probably got him in.

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Speaker 4: No doubt that catapulted them to what they ended up needing.

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Speaker 1: Each and every one of those points in.

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Speaker 4: The grand scheme of things, even though it came down

588
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Speaker 4: to the last second of the regular season. That hot

589
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Speaker 4: start got them off to a good start because of

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Speaker 4: the fact that the injuries caught up to him as

591
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Speaker 4: the year went along.

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Speaker 1: For training camp, what did you take out of it?

593
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Speaker 4: I know, the big thing to watch for are the

594
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Speaker 4: young names and how they're evolving. The big news for

595
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Speaker 4: the Wild is that Liam Ogrin, Daniela Yurov at this

596
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Speaker 4: point didn't grab a spot in the top six.

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Speaker 1: That's disappointing.

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Speaker 4: But then on the flip side of that, you also

599
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Speaker 4: get to see maybe a Hunter hate tonight and Steve

600
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Speaker 4: william looks like he's taking another step in his career.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, and you know the other couple of guys that

602
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Speaker 6: you did mention in. David Yurashak on the back end, Yes,

603
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Speaker 6: for Baal said, you know, the back of the Philip

604
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Speaker 6: gustuson and that's one of the things they're going into

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Speaker 6: training camp. In the preseason, Kevin I was most excited about,

606
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Speaker 6: you know, as you start to roll through the summer,

607
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Speaker 6: I started thinking about the roster and what this wild

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Speaker 6: team could look like, and I was like, Hey, I

609
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Speaker 6: don't remember a time where there are this many young

610
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Speaker 6: players that Minnesota was going to count on to have

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Speaker 6: a big impact. These kids have to play, and they've

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Speaker 6: got to play well. And I'm not saying opening night,

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Speaker 6: they need to be.

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Speaker 1: At their best.

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Speaker 6: Like you said, they're kind of developing their work in progress,

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Speaker 6: you know. But but Bill Garrett has also been on

617
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Speaker 6: the record saying, like, you don't want to develop guys

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Speaker 6: in the NHL. You want to make sure they're ready.

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Speaker 6: So we're gonna find out pretty quickly here if these

620
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Speaker 6: kids are ready. If you're off if Ogrin Buyam Yachek

621
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Speaker 6: Ball said Hunter Hate if he's in the lineup tonight,

622
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Speaker 6: Like we're gonna find out pretty quick when the when

623
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Speaker 6: the lights are at its brightest year in a tough

624
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Speaker 6: building to play and to get the really good Blues team.

625
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Speaker 6: We'll get at least a little bit more of a

626
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Speaker 6: field for these kids, and I think that's an exciting time.

627
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Speaker 6: It's an exciting time to be a Wild fan. These

628
00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:03,600
Speaker 6: are first round picks. These are high end talents with

629
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Speaker 6: a good upside and a big time ceiling, and we're

630
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Speaker 6: going to get the watch to see how they perform

631
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Speaker 6: here starting tonight, and there'll be some growing pains, but

632
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Speaker 6: I really think that with the youth that they have

633
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Speaker 6: and the skill set these kids have, if they're able

634
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Speaker 6: to perform, this Wild team has a chance to be

635
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Speaker 6: really good.

636
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Speaker 4: John Hines wasn't ready to tip his hand an hour

637
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Speaker 4: and forty five minutes ago about what he'll decide with

638
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Speaker 4: the lineup, but watching practice yesterday, it sure looked like

639
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Speaker 4: Hunter Hate is going to make his NHL debut, and

640
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Speaker 4: if he does, it'll most likely be centering the fourth line.

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Speaker 4: And it did look like Jonas Brodein despite what everyone's

642
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Speaker 4: been telling us and what John Hines has been saying

643
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Speaker 4: that he'll probably miss the start of the regular season,

644
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Speaker 4: sure look like he was projected to be in the

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Speaker 4: starting lineup tonight in Saint Louis. What are you feeling

646
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Speaker 4: about And again they're not on the ice for another

647
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Speaker 4: forty five minutes, but what are you thinking about the

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Speaker 4: prospects of Brodein and Hate being in the line of

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Speaker 4: tonight for Minnesota.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I think we're going to see Hunter Hate just

651
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Speaker 6: with the numbers, you know, I do believe that that's

652
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Speaker 6: going to play out. As for Rodein, you know, kind

653
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Speaker 6: of your guests is as good as mine. I didn't

654
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:11,880
Speaker 6: expect him to be, you know, from sort of limited

655
00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:17,800
Speaker 6: contact a full contact you know, in the past, guys

656
00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:20,560
Speaker 6: have needed maybe more than a full contact practice. Maybe

657
00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:23,240
Speaker 6: it's two or three before the coaching staff and the

658
00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:25,440
Speaker 6: medical staff feel comfortable putting him in, before the player

659
00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:28,600
Speaker 6: feels comfortable going in. But Brodein's a different animal. He's

660
00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:31,640
Speaker 6: been like that his whole career, where you know, he

661
00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:33,640
Speaker 6: could miss two months, you put him back in the

662
00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:36,240
Speaker 6: lineup and he looks like he's been playing every day.

663
00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:38,240
Speaker 6: He's just a special type of player when it comes

664
00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:42,320
Speaker 6: to that. So smooth out there, so smart, just plays

665
00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:44,960
Speaker 6: within his abilities all the time and gives you exactly

666
00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:48,680
Speaker 6: what you're expecting from Jonas Berdein. So it is a

667
00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:50,840
Speaker 6: big deal though for the while, whether he's in or out,

668
00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:53,400
Speaker 6: whether it's tonight or two or three games, like the

669
00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:55,880
Speaker 6: sooner that Brodein is back and healthy and playing to

670
00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:59,720
Speaker 6: his ability, the while just becomes such an instantly better

671
00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:02,600
Speaker 6: team offensively, it's almost crazy. But again, those that have

672
00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:05,360
Speaker 6: followed a while and are fans of Jonas Berdi like

673
00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:07,520
Speaker 6: most of us, are, like they get it right, Like

674
00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:09,840
Speaker 6: he is that important along the blue line from a

675
00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:13,320
Speaker 6: stability standpoint, shutting down the other team's top players, playing

676
00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:16,040
Speaker 6: on the penalty kill, breaking the fuck out like he

677
00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:18,840
Speaker 6: just does so many things well. Whenever he's back, if

678
00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:21,480
Speaker 6: it's tonight or you know, early in this regular season,

679
00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:22,479
Speaker 6: it's a huge boost.

680
00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:26,040
Speaker 4: How about Hunter Hate the potential to make his NHL debut.

681
00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:28,680
Speaker 4: We watched him last year in the prospect camp. I

682
00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:31,320
Speaker 4: thought he flashed and showed very well then, and it

683
00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:33,840
Speaker 4: feels like his star continues to shine.

684
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:34,800
Speaker 1: Didn't he was the.

685
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:37,040
Speaker 4: Last guy cut out of training camp. Now they injury

686
00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:40,560
Speaker 4: to Nico Sturm rears at Tuglyhead and he probably gets

687
00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:43,240
Speaker 4: an opportunity to make his NHL debut tonight. What have

688
00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:45,640
Speaker 4: you liked about him and watching them and even in

689
00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:48,960
Speaker 4: these preseason games where we scored a couple of goals, you.

690
00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:52,280
Speaker 6: Notice him, you really do. And he's got some speed

691
00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:54,880
Speaker 6: to his game. And talking with some of the Hockey

692
00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:58,200
Speaker 6: Ops staff like a Brad Bombitier and Matt Hendrix and

693
00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:02,840
Speaker 6: Chris Kelleher various times throughout training camp and during the

694
00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:06,280
Speaker 6: Tom Kerber's rookie showcase where Haight was on you know,

695
00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:08,720
Speaker 6: full display. You know, I wanted to get a feel

696
00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:11,560
Speaker 6: for that. You know, for a number of prospects, Hate included,

697
00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:14,240
Speaker 6: and the one thing that I kept hearing was about

698
00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:18,280
Speaker 6: how he is tenacious. You know, he's got some like

699
00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:20,120
Speaker 6: jam to his game. Right, He's going to be in

700
00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:23,520
Speaker 6: your face. And I think that's something that's going to

701
00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:26,760
Speaker 6: really help him if tonight is his NHL debut. Is

702
00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:29,760
Speaker 6: just that confidence to buzz around out there, to play

703
00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:33,520
Speaker 6: in on the four check. Everything I gathered about Hate

704
00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:35,760
Speaker 6: is that by the end of last year, it really

705
00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:38,160
Speaker 6: earned the coaches trust in Iowa. As far as being

706
00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:41,040
Speaker 6: a two hundred foot player, the American Hockey League is,

707
00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:42,960
Speaker 6: you know, Kevin is a difficult league to play, and

708
00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:45,680
Speaker 6: especially for a young kid. For a number of reasons.

709
00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:50,160
Speaker 6: It's grown men out there. It's guys fighting for their

710
00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:54,040
Speaker 6: paycheck and for their hockey careers in some aspects. And

711
00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:56,320
Speaker 6: then you also have the mix of like really young

712
00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:59,120
Speaker 6: talented players and the bus travel and all those things

713
00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:01,040
Speaker 6: to go into playing so many back to back in

714
00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:03,880
Speaker 6: three games in three days, like, it's not an easy league.

715
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,720
Speaker 6: He had twenty goals and I'm telling you right now,

716
00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:09,000
Speaker 6: a twenty goal season the AHL for a young player

717
00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:11,200
Speaker 6: like that tells me a lot. So I'm excited to

718
00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:13,480
Speaker 6: see him if it is tonight or early in this season. Again,

719
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:16,160
Speaker 6: that the injured Nicostorm really sucks for this Wild team.

720
00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:20,760
Speaker 6: He was one of their free agent acquisitions obviously, you know,

721
00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:23,680
Speaker 6: arguably their biggest as far as that free agent signing goes.

722
00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:26,480
Speaker 6: It's a tough blow for the Wild. They really wanted

723
00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:28,600
Speaker 6: him for the face off dot of the penalty kill

724
00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:31,360
Speaker 6: and his experience. So it's gonna be a it's a

725
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:33,400
Speaker 6: big mess to not have Nico Stern for what peer

726
00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:35,320
Speaker 6: is going to be like a long time. You know,

727
00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:37,360
Speaker 6: it's a significant injury that he's going to have to

728
00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:40,960
Speaker 6: have something done about in a long rehab process. It

729
00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:43,520
Speaker 6: sounds like I mean John Hines is not very optimistic

730
00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:46,680
Speaker 6: about him being back anytime soon, So hopefully a young

731
00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:48,400
Speaker 6: kid like Hay can fill the void at least for

732
00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:50,560
Speaker 6: tonight or early in the season. We'll see where it

733
00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:51,080
Speaker 6: goes from there.

734
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:53,400
Speaker 4: Yeah, and another guy that they did get in the

735
00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:56,880
Speaker 4: off season, not only Nicostm they got Vladimir and Terasenkle

736
00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:58,840
Speaker 4: And we've been talking about a lot of the other

737
00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:01,520
Speaker 4: pieces within this line up in the first hour and

738
00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:05,440
Speaker 4: change of this broadcast, how about Latimer and Tarasenko a

739
00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:09,719
Speaker 4: tremendous upside. Definitely didn't have the best showing in the

740
00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:12,760
Speaker 4: couple of stops that he's had since he's left Saint Louis,

741
00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:15,799
Speaker 4: But what do you make of the possibility of him

742
00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:19,600
Speaker 4: in that top six role in certainly the twilight of

743
00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:22,000
Speaker 4: his career. But still a guy that I've seen it,

744
00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:23,160
Speaker 4: he can definitely shoot the puck.

745
00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:27,320
Speaker 6: Yeah, he's a goal scorer over three hundred career goals,

746
00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:28,880
Speaker 6: a lot of them in a blue sweater. So this

747
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:32,000
Speaker 6: is an interesting debut for the Wild and season opener

748
00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:33,719
Speaker 6: for him in a place he spent so many years

749
00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:37,440
Speaker 6: winning a Stanley Cup. Here at twenty nineteen, I'm looking

750
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:40,160
Speaker 6: for big things from Tarasenko. You know, if he gives

751
00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:43,799
Speaker 6: them twenty goals, I think it's a huge win. It's

752
00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:48,080
Speaker 6: you know, it was a low risk, high reward possibility

753
00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:50,000
Speaker 6: when they made that trade. You know, didn't really give

754
00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:53,200
Speaker 6: up anything to get Tarasenko this summer, and he's got

755
00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:56,240
Speaker 6: something to proved. There are people out there probably doubting

756
00:34:56,320 --> 00:34:58,759
Speaker 6: him after the year he had in Detroit. So I'm

757
00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:00,480
Speaker 6: looking forward to see what he brings. I think he's

758
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:02,399
Speaker 6: going to help out the power play mentally, you get

759
00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:05,160
Speaker 6: you have a real shooting threat now on the man advantage,

760
00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:07,279
Speaker 6: as we saw in the final preseason game when he

761
00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:10,600
Speaker 6: had a power play goal against the Blackhawks. I think

762
00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:12,880
Speaker 6: that'll open up some things up top for a boollyam

763
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:15,319
Speaker 6: to maybe have a little bit more room patrolling the

764
00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:17,399
Speaker 6: blue line on the on the top power play unit.

765
00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:20,759
Speaker 6: So I'm thinking big things are in store for Tarasenko.

766
00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:24,680
Speaker 6: You know, the thing I'll be looking for is Howsie

767
00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:26,920
Speaker 6: moving out there. You know, as he fluid, is he

768
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:30,600
Speaker 6: able to push the pace on that line with jule

769
00:35:30,719 --> 00:35:33,120
Speaker 6: Eric Sinak like or is he more of just kind

770
00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:34,920
Speaker 6: of at this point in his career a little bit

771
00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:37,200
Speaker 6: more of a stationary player and just a shooter. H

772
00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:39,000
Speaker 6: if he can give the Wild some pace to his

773
00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:41,880
Speaker 6: game uh and find some chemistry with Eric Sanak and

774
00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:44,560
Speaker 6: whoever else they eventually find to fit on that other wing,

775
00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:47,479
Speaker 6: I think there's a big chance for tarasenk go to

776
00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:50,040
Speaker 6: to deliver for this Wild team. Uh, and I think

777
00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:52,160
Speaker 6: they're certainly gonna need it. You know, goal scoring for

778
00:35:52,239 --> 00:35:55,319
Speaker 6: Minnesota was a big time issue down the stretch last year.

779
00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:59,239
Speaker 6: Late in the regular season, the goal scoring really dried up.

780
00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:01,239
Speaker 6: Now again, no Preese off, no Eric Snack for a

781
00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:04,719
Speaker 6: large stretch, you know, obviously after the four Nations face off.

782
00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:07,239
Speaker 6: So let's see what Tarasenko can give them. But I'm

783
00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:09,200
Speaker 6: hoping twenty find in the back of the net for

784
00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:11,440
Speaker 6: him is pretty realistic and he comes through on that.

785
00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:14,040
Speaker 4: To me, the big moves that Bill Garon made in

786
00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:16,880
Speaker 4: the off season was locking up those guys that were

787
00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:21,080
Speaker 4: hanging out there in the potential of expiring contracts. You

788
00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:23,880
Speaker 4: lock up Carill caprice Off, you lock up Marco Rossi,

789
00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:27,520
Speaker 4: you lock up Philip Guslsson. To me, that's huge, especially

790
00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:29,719
Speaker 4: with that Now, what's making up two thirds of your

791
00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:32,919
Speaker 4: top line? I know from my vantage point and I'm

792
00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:35,520
Speaker 4: not there in arena for those road games, but watching

793
00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:39,759
Speaker 4: Carell Caprice off, Marco Rossi and Matt Bouldie working their

794
00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:42,560
Speaker 4: magic on that top trio, I was excited for what

795
00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:45,080
Speaker 4: I saw and the potential going into.

796
00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:46,680
Speaker 1: The regular season. All that could change.

797
00:36:46,719 --> 00:36:49,200
Speaker 4: I get that after even one shift, but it looks

798
00:36:49,239 --> 00:36:51,200
Speaker 4: like that's going to be your top line going into

799
00:36:51,239 --> 00:36:53,880
Speaker 4: the regular season opener. What did you think about the

800
00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:56,160
Speaker 4: chemistry those guys have developed and how excited are you

801
00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:58,920
Speaker 4: about the possibilities for these three?

802
00:36:59,480 --> 00:36:59,960
Speaker 5: I love it.

803
00:37:00,719 --> 00:37:04,600
Speaker 6: All three of them were dynamic in their limited preseason action.

804
00:37:04,719 --> 00:37:09,520
Speaker 6: I thought I loved the chemistry. Rossi looks quicker. We

805
00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:11,840
Speaker 6: know that he you know, continues to add strength and

806
00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:16,080
Speaker 6: size uh to his frame. So I'm looking for another

807
00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:18,600
Speaker 6: big year for Rossi, who had sixty points last season.

808
00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:21,080
Speaker 6: Matt Boldi led the team in scoring again in large

809
00:37:21,080 --> 00:37:23,680
Speaker 6: part because the pre soft mess half the year. But

810
00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:26,360
Speaker 6: remember when the prisoft went out, he was pacing the

811
00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:29,520
Speaker 6: NHL in points. So you have the potential there to

812
00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:32,520
Speaker 6: be a dynamic, dynamic top line, one of the best

813
00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:35,000
Speaker 6: in the National Hockey League. The question then will be

814
00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:37,200
Speaker 6: what else do you have right? You can't be a

815
00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:39,840
Speaker 6: one line team in this league, So that's depth scoring

816
00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:42,440
Speaker 6: that second line with no Matt Cucuerello for a while.

817
00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:45,480
Speaker 6: Minnesota's death is going to be tested early because of

818
00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:48,719
Speaker 6: the injuries of Stirm and Zucuerello, and it'll be kind

819
00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:51,040
Speaker 6: of interesting for me to see who else steps up.

820
00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:53,640
Speaker 6: You know, ken Yakov Trendon have a better year. Just

821
00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:56,120
Speaker 6: a handful of goals last season wasn't good enough. He

822
00:37:56,239 --> 00:37:59,240
Speaker 6: looks quicker. We know he's lost some weight. He scored

823
00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:01,799
Speaker 6: a couple of goals in preseason. What can he give you?

824
00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:04,919
Speaker 6: Can Marcus Bellino for fifteen goals this year? Can Ryan

825
00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:07,440
Speaker 6: Hartman get back anywhere near that thirty four goal for

826
00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:09,759
Speaker 6: him from a couple of seasons ago. So I'm really

827
00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:12,560
Speaker 6: excited about the top line. I think they're going to

828
00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:15,479
Speaker 6: be dynamic and excellent most nights and probably helped carry

829
00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:18,240
Speaker 6: this Wild team to a lot of their success. But again,

830
00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:21,919
Speaker 6: after that, you know, where's the rest of the scoring from.

831
00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:23,480
Speaker 6: I think that's a big question.

832
00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:23,800
Speaker 5: For the Wild.

833
00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:26,200
Speaker 6: I hope we have answers to it, you know, sooner

834
00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:29,440
Speaker 6: rather than later, and this team performs offensively. But I

835
00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:31,439
Speaker 6: think that top line overall is going to be asked

836
00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:32,359
Speaker 6: to do a lot, and I.

837
00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:36,200
Speaker 4: Fully expect them to deliver duckies and bunnies, rainbows and unicorns.

838
00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:39,440
Speaker 4: It's game one of the regular season, so everybody's feeling

839
00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:40,440
Speaker 4: good about themselves.

840
00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:42,760
Speaker 1: Cariill Caprisov looked great.

841
00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:45,080
Speaker 4: We talked about how good he looked on that top line,

842
00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:47,640
Speaker 4: but he's coming in healthy. He looks like a fire

843
00:38:47,719 --> 00:38:50,840
Speaker 4: hadrant with legs the way he is just can fend

844
00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:54,279
Speaker 4: off attackers. We're setting me over under at forty five

845
00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:57,760
Speaker 4: goals and one hundred points. Joe O'Donnell if he plays

846
00:38:57,760 --> 00:38:59,560
Speaker 4: seventy games, do you take the over in both?

847
00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:01,000
Speaker 5: Yeah?

848
00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:04,720
Speaker 6: Absolutely. I think it's the fifty goal season. It'll be healthy.

849
00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:07,480
Speaker 6: I don't see any reason why that's not, you know,

850
00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:11,719
Speaker 6: a realistic expectation for him. He's got a chance to

851
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:16,120
Speaker 6: surpass Marion Gabrick for most goals in Wild history this

852
00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:18,239
Speaker 6: season if he stays healthy. I fully expect him to

853
00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:20,759
Speaker 6: do that. He's, you know, on the cuff of two

854
00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:23,680
Speaker 6: hundred in his career, which would pass Careazy and put

855
00:39:23,719 --> 00:39:26,560
Speaker 6: him top three all time in Wild history. I think

856
00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:28,840
Speaker 6: there's more records to be broken this year for capriz

857
00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:31,319
Speaker 6: Off and I look forward to him getting started early

858
00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:34,759
Speaker 6: in this campaign and really with that contract situation behind him,

859
00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:36,120
Speaker 6: leaving the scene in the right direction.

860
00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:38,520
Speaker 4: All right, give me a preview of game one of

861
00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:41,680
Speaker 4: the regular season. It'll be a seven to fourteen pluck

862
00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:44,879
Speaker 4: drop tonight from Saint Louis, but it.

863
00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:47,040
Speaker 1: Could have been worse. Seven to fourteen, will take it.

864
00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:50,480
Speaker 4: Give us kind of a preview of the Central Division

865
00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:53,240
Speaker 4: collision against their arrival, the Singles Blues.

866
00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:56,000
Speaker 6: Well, we know Jordan benning Kin will be in that

867
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Speaker 6: for Saint Louis. They've made a couple of changes in

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Speaker 6: the offseason. Puce Suitor brought in this summer. He's a

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Speaker 6: guy that actually had a really good year offensively last year,

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Speaker 6: one of his best in finding the back of the nets.

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Speaker 6: So he'll kind of slot in and be I'm assuming

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Speaker 6: like in that third line center ice role. We all

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Speaker 6: know about Jordan Tyro Robert Thomas, two of the top

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Speaker 6: guns for the Blues offensively over the last few years.

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Speaker 6: And we'll get our first glance or I will anyway.

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Speaker 6: Jimmy Snugger Root, you know, burst onto the team with

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Speaker 6: the Blues late last year after finishing up his collegiate career.

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Speaker 6: Had a really good playoff run for Saint Louis. Remember,

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Speaker 6: the Blues had a chance to up end the Winnipeg

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Speaker 6: Jets in Game seven and and you know, heartbreaking fashion,

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Speaker 6: drop that contest in overtime after the Jets rally to

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Speaker 6: tie it in the final second. So they're probably a

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Speaker 6: little stung from how their playoff run ended last year.

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Speaker 6: You know, both teams are pretty much regulars in the

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Speaker 6: playoffs over the last handful of years. I think that's

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Speaker 6: gonna be again an important early season up from Minnesota. Again,

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Speaker 6: one game's not gonna make or break your year, but

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Speaker 6: if you can get off with two points out of

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Speaker 6: this building and divisional game on the road to kick

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Speaker 6: things off, I think it really just sets the table

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Speaker 6: for a month October where six of the first eight

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Speaker 6: are on the road. You've got a couple of back

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Speaker 6: to backs this month, including next week when you host

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Speaker 6: LA and then go to Dallas. That's a tough back

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Speaker 6: to back. So definitely a big opportunity for Minnesota to

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Speaker 6: get off on the right foot here.

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Speaker 4: Tonight, less than eight hours until we're on the air

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Speaker 4: with the pre game from Saint Louis. Between now and then,

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Speaker 4: what happens with you. You're gonna watch the skate then

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Speaker 4: to you and Tom Reid go get lunch. Are you

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Speaker 4: buying what happens between.

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Speaker 1: Now and then?

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Speaker 6: Well, you know I'm not buying. I'm gonna jump into

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Speaker 6: Jim Montgomery's presser here in a moment and then get

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Speaker 6: ready for the while to hit the ice, finish up

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Speaker 6: a little bit of game prep, and then you know,

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Speaker 6: hopefully get ready for a win.

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Speaker 4: Good luck, Joe, if you see Gorge telling the mute

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Speaker 4: TV and we'll be listening.

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Speaker 1: For you tonight. All right, thanks Kevin.

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Speaker 4: There he is the play by play voice of You're

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Speaker 4: a Minnesota Wild Mister Joe O'Donnell, He and Tom Reid

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Speaker 4: all the play by play action. When we drop the

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Speaker 4: puck tonight on the regular season seven fourteen on your

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Speaker 4: radio dial, we'll get things underway. Pregame starts at six

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Speaker 4: forty five, and not only we can hear from John

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Speaker 4: Hines and Tom Reid, We've got a conversation with Philip Gustafson,

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Speaker 4: we got a conversation with a rookie Hunter Hate. It

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Speaker 4: should be a lot of fun to get things going

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Speaker 4: here in the regular season as we make our way

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Speaker 4: towards the eighty two game grind, make our way towards

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Speaker 4: the postseason, and who knows, could this be the year

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Speaker 4: they get out of the first round for the first

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Speaker 4: time since twenty fifteen.

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Speaker 1: I think so.

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Speaker 4: There's something going to be magical about the twenty fifth

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Speaker 4: season of Minnesota Wild Hockey. Go ahead and take in

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Speaker 4: all the action for yourself, including tonight on your radio dial,

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Speaker 4: and of course you will hashtag mute TV when we continue.

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Speaker 4: We'll continue with those talkbacks giving away tickets to the

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Speaker 4: home opener Saturday in Saint Paul when the Wild hosts

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Speaker 4: the Columbus Blue Jackets. But on the other side of break,

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Speaker 4: what a treat we have. America's favorite blogger is going

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Speaker 4: to grace your airwaves, Michael Russel from The Athletic. When

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Speaker 4: we continue on the fan