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Speaker 1: Brandon Montour, the hero in Tampa.

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Speaker 2: It's a four.

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Speaker 1: To three crack and win in overtime.

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Speaker 3: Hey all, we can say, can the crack and get

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Speaker 3: a little more of that? Matter of fact for the

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Speaker 3: majority of the nine games left here for the regular season.

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Speaker 3: Welcome to Cracking Weekly once again. Mike Benton alkiniski with you.

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Speaker 3: Everett is off here for the evening. Don't worry, he's

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Speaker 3: got commitments, so'll be back with us again. Do this

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Speaker 3: for the Crack and then where they're at right now

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Speaker 3: joining me and out here for this evening. Alison Lucan,

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Speaker 3: our friend from the TV side, crackin Hockey Network or

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Speaker 3: handywork at Seattlecracking dot com. Also PWHL torrent On Foxer Team.

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Speaker 3: Plus we will cover reaction from this trip. Bobby McMahon

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Speaker 3: PWHL presence also in Seattle, plus the legacy of Adam Larson,

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Speaker 3: who will be honored tomorrow night against Utah for his

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Speaker 3: one thousandth NHL game. Alison Lucan will be joining us

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Speaker 3: here in just a bit, plus your mail bank questions

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Speaker 3: and reaction, and our three stars al three stars mine

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Speaker 3: as well too. All Right, so here we go, with

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Speaker 3: they have plenty of competition San Jose winning tied with

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Speaker 3: There are plenty of balls still up in the air

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Speaker 3: right now, coming off of one to three and to

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Speaker 3: here for this, and I'll begin with opening thoughts, sal

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Speaker 3: And there's there's big picture in small picture to this.

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Speaker 3: I think again, if you asked anybody back on September one,

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Speaker 3: on April one? The answer is yes. That's my opinion.

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Speaker 3: Meaningful hockey is here. It's captured the attention of the

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Speaker 3: They got out to a one to nothing lead just twice.

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Speaker 3: So to me, this did not mean expectations, and I

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Speaker 4: Yeah, nine games left, Mikey and the krack and need

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Speaker 4: Yeah no, I think that that's what you often do

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Speaker 4: But you just call out a bunch of them where

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Speaker 3: always looking for more here to build the brand. As

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Speaker 2: And all you're saying is here for LA and Saint Louis.

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Speaker 3: No three point game, no three point game, no, no three.

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Speaker 3: call Rotto Avalanche in Rocky Mountain High Allison Luke in

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Speaker 3: with us after this right here on Cracking Weekly ninety

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Speaker 3: three three kJ RFM, looking for a road.

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Speaker 1: Again, broken up Momentari leaving the Firebirds handle Chugg Knoff

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Speaker 1: weft side Shaal Bilman inside Fires.

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Speaker 5: Swanny.

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Speaker 1: First goal of the season for Newman comes in its

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Speaker 1: thirty first game.

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Speaker 2: The Firebirds strike of the powder playing lead one.

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Speaker 3: Now big thanks to Evan Pivnik and the Firebirds broadcast

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Speaker 3: team for that call. All right, it is April Fool's Day,

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Speaker 3: but don't be fooled. The Coachella Valley Firebirds look a

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Speaker 3: lot like a playoff team these days. Mike Benton again

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Speaker 3: with you bank here on Cracking Weekly with Al Koniski.

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Speaker 3: Firebirds have won five in a row. They're also coming

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Speaker 3: off a four to one win over San Jose. That

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Speaker 3: goal you had just heard a part of a for

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Speaker 3: two win over the Barracoot last Saturday, courtesy Yannie Newman.

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Speaker 3: He and the Firebirds getting closer here to a playoff

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Speaker 3: berth with nine games left. Magic number is seven to Clems,

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Speaker 3: their fourth right now in the Pacific Division, thirty seven

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Speaker 3: to twenty one and five their record under Derek Waxtall.

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Speaker 3: Back in action tonight against the Ontario Rain. Of course,

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Speaker 3: the Firebirds just getting Logan Morrison back from the crack,

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Speaker 3: and he, of course recalled under emergency conditions. He leads

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Speaker 3: the Firebirds right now fifty seven points in sixty two games.

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Speaker 3: Jaggerfurcus is also two points back Morrison's fifty seven points

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Speaker 3: tight for eighth right now in American Hockey League scoring.

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Speaker 3: That's our look at the Firebirds and again for more

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Speaker 3: Infocvfirebirds dot com the place to go all right without

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Speaker 3: further Ado joining us now on the Beacon Plumbing Hotline,

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Speaker 3: one of our favorites, of course, analysts for the krack

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Speaker 3: and Hockey Network, analyst for PWHL Tour and on Fox

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Speaker 3: thirteen plus handywork scene at seattlecracken dot com. Her voice

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Speaker 3: also heard on the Too Many Men podcast. If I

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Speaker 3: keep going, this might read light the grapes of wrath.

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Speaker 3: She's working hard. She's Alison Lucan Alison, without further ado, Hi,

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Speaker 3: how are you.

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Speaker 6: I'm great, Thanks for having me, guys, happy.

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Speaker 2: To be here any time here.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I wish we were talking about, of course, a

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Speaker 3: son of your picture after last night and a lost

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Speaker 3: to Edmonton, but coming off of three nothing loss, a

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Speaker 3: day off here to recalibrate before two games at home, Allison,

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Speaker 3: give us your state of the Crack and right now

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Speaker 3: with nine games left.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean, I think everyone's seeing what's happening and

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Speaker 7: feeling the joy and despair that is this time of year.

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Speaker 6: You know, I think let's start a big picture.

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Speaker 7: I think that even I was saying going into this season,

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Speaker 7: if this was a team that could get to a

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Speaker 7: place that was playing meaningful hockey in late March and April,

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Speaker 7: we would all be thrilled. So I think we have

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Speaker 7: to big picture, appreciate that small picture.

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Speaker 6: You know.

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Speaker 7: The team has said coach Ambert has said, this is

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Speaker 7: playoff hockey for them now, and in playoff hockey, scoring

491
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Speaker 7: drives up, everything gets tighter, and that's what's happening to

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Speaker 7: the Crack. And I don't mind a ton of how

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Speaker 7: they played versus Edmonton, but they.

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Speaker 6: Just couldn't score.

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Speaker 7: They couldn't put the puck in the net, and some

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Speaker 7: small mistakes against some skilled players really burned them. I

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Speaker 7: think that once this season is over, this team is

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Speaker 7: going to have earned what they get. You know, there's

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Speaker 7: been some key games and we can all point to

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Speaker 7: some of them that I think were missed opportunities that

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Speaker 7: make now a game like last night have higher importance

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Speaker 7: than maybe it had to have if they'd started a

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Speaker 7: little bit better coming out of that Olympic break in particular.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'll get to hear for the you know, the

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Speaker 3: just following up on that was six games on the road,

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Speaker 3: that's all done. You know, we saw maybe the emission

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Speaker 3: of guilt with getting out of the gate against teams

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Speaker 3: like Nashville, Columbus and Florida, and then the fire was

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Speaker 3: lit in Florida and then that led into the big

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Speaker 3: overtime when at Tampa. So what do you think that

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Speaker 3: we learned maybe about those six games affecting how the

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Speaker 3: crack and had to approach the.

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Speaker 2: Final nine left here with road.

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Speaker 3: Games still left in Winnipeg, Minnesota, Vegas and Colorado.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean again, how to approach is the time

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Speaker 7: for tweaking things is done well passed, and we all

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Speaker 7: here intimately know that practice time is at a premium

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Speaker 7: as well. I think that you know and we all

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Speaker 7: know this also that you have to lead by example.

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Speaker 7: And I think particularly in that game in Tampa, you

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Speaker 7: know Brandon montor Chandler Stevenson. I'll even put Maddie Benier's

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Speaker 7: in this category, and Philip Grubauer too. We're seeing some

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Speaker 7: players who know what this time of year means and

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Speaker 7: what it takes take it to another level. And I

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Speaker 7: think that now the challenge is to the rest of

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Speaker 7: this roster, and no one's you know, phoning it in

527
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Speaker 7: or not trying to play well.

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Speaker 6: But this is about leveling up.

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Speaker 7: And really I talked to some guys when they here

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Speaker 7: the other day and someone said to me, it comes

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Speaker 7: from the fact that I hate to lose even more

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Speaker 7: than I care about winning, and that switch needs to

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Speaker 7: flip for more players than the few that I mentioned.

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Speaker 5: Alison.

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Speaker 4: Despite to where the krack and are right now two

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Speaker 4: points sort of a wild card spot, they have injected

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Speaker 4: some life into their lineup since the Olympic break. Talk

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Speaker 4: a little bit about Coppocaco and Philip Grubauer coming off

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Speaker 4: the Olympic break, and also the addition of Bobby McMahon.

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Speaker 4: I know that he's been on a terrorism late.

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Speaker 6: Oh yeah, for sure.

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Speaker 7: I mean Bobby McMahon has been I've argued this and

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Speaker 7: perhaps the best trade deadline move across.

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Speaker 6: The league this season.

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Speaker 7: I mean you could suggest in terms of fit and

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Speaker 7: also production, I think he's been fantastic.

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Speaker 6: I like the way he plays.

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Speaker 7: I think that the simpleness of his game, and I

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Speaker 7: mean that is a compliment, makes him easy to play with.

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Speaker 7: He's direct, he's not afraid to shoot, he's not afraid

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Speaker 7: to go to the net, and we've seen his speed

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Speaker 7: on display as well, and so I think when a

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Speaker 7: player comes in and plays that way, again easy to

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Speaker 7: play with, but also easy to see the impact. And

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Speaker 7: when we talk about players kind of pulling each other

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Speaker 7: into the fight, I think his style does that. And

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Speaker 7: to your point, Coppo and you know Grubauer, I think

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Speaker 7: these are two players who in some ways, and I

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Speaker 7: think we see this on the men's and women's side.

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Speaker 6: The Olympics are this.

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Speaker 7: Amazing, awesome thing and you love that players get to

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Speaker 7: do it. But then it's almost like an exhale when

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Speaker 7: they're done right, because there's been competing things pulling at you,

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Speaker 7: competing loves pulling at you. And I think for Grubauer,

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Speaker 7: you know, having more regular play going into the Olympics,

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Speaker 7: playing well at the Olympics really sets him up to

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Speaker 7: now be solid first time with three straight starts this season,

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Speaker 7: just last night and then Coppo, same kind of trajectory.

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Speaker 7: I think he found confidence being back with his fellow fins.

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Speaker 7: And I think also for him it's health right, it's

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Speaker 7: just consistent reps and health. It will stop start for

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Speaker 7: him so much at the start of this season. I

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Speaker 7: think we're just seeing him hit his stride with support

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Speaker 7: of a great Olympics performance because he's healthy and now

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Speaker 7: can do what the team needs him to do.

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Speaker 3: Allison Luke and joining us here at the Beacon Plumbing

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Speaker 3: hotline right now and another Olympian that I'll get to

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Speaker 3: maybe a bit more under the radar, but I mean,

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Speaker 3: my goodness, he goes out and plays there and overall

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Speaker 3: it seems like he doesn't skip a bea coming back up.

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Speaker 3: That's Oscar fisk Er Molegard and we'll see at the

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Speaker 3: front office as different plans, But I mean, I love

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Speaker 3: how he is fitting in right now from the overall

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Speaker 3: scope of things, But what does this last stretch of

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Speaker 3: games potentially you think mean for him for this next season?

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Speaker 3: And then what's impressed maybe you the most here about

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Speaker 3: what he's brought coming back up.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean, I think for him personally and individually,

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Speaker 7: I think he's got to feel good right because he's

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Speaker 7: being used more. Lane Lambert was clear about that we're

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Speaker 7: going to give him more ice time than what he

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Speaker 7: saw that first couple of times he came up, So

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Speaker 7: he's got to feel c confident. And I think this

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Speaker 7: is a player, to Al's point, that did benefit from

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Speaker 7: an Olympic experience. I talked to Oliver Buorick Strand when

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Speaker 7: Tampa Bay was here, and he was very impressed with

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Speaker 7: what Oscar did in the Olympics with their country's team.

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Speaker 7: So I think he did get that confidence boost, and

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Speaker 7: I think this is an important step in his development

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Speaker 7: as far as what he's doing right now. You know,

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Speaker 7: I like how he's playing, he doesn't he He has

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Speaker 7: a confidence, a simple quiet confidence to the way he

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Speaker 7: plays that I really appreciate. I also appreciate how well

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Speaker 7: he reads plays, he knows where to be, he knows

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Speaker 7: how to break up opportunities, break up possession, and I

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Speaker 7: think he has an offensive mind to him too, coupled

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Speaker 7: with that defensive responsibility. I think, is this a player

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Speaker 7: who maybe still continues to move, you know, back and

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Speaker 7: forth between AHL and the NHL.

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Speaker 6: For a little bit more sure And is that a

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Speaker 6: bad thing?

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Speaker 7: Absolutely not, because he's he's really proving to be one

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Speaker 7: of those solid types of players that can really help

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Speaker 7: make a solid NHL roster long term.

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Speaker 4: So with nine gyme left, eighteen points in the line,

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Speaker 4: I look at the last five Allison and I see

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Speaker 4: twenty shots on goal in Tampa Bay and that was

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Speaker 4: the the OT winner. It seems to me, and this

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Speaker 4: is this is where my questions. It seems to me

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Speaker 4: that this team has success when they play from their

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Speaker 4: own posts out But you know the numbers better than anybody.

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Speaker 4: What do you think about that?

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean it's funny because if you go quote

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Speaker 7: unquote by the numbers, and it's funny. This is a

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Speaker 7: Laine Lambert team. When he was hired. I looked at

626
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Speaker 7: his Islanders team and it's very similar. They kind of

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Speaker 7: defy what common knowledge thinks, and to me, that's a

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Speaker 7: trigger to say, there's something missing in what we're doing

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Speaker 7: with the numbers right now, and it's measuring how defense

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Speaker 7: to offense.

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Speaker 6: Really can be effective. We aren't. We can't. They are

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Speaker 6: being outshot on the regular this team, and they are

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Speaker 6: usually a.

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Speaker 7: Low shot count to your point, but they have won

635
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Speaker 7: a lot this year playing that way.

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Speaker 6: So in this case, to me, and.

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Speaker 7: I've said this on air, like at this point, I

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Speaker 7: don't necessarily look so much at the shot count with

639
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Speaker 7: this group. I look at what they're doing defensively, and

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Speaker 7: I look at how confident they are with the puck

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Speaker 7: and in their transition play, and those things aren't available publicly.

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Speaker 7: I can see some of that. But you know again,

643
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Speaker 7: I think teams like this, the flip side of that

644
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Speaker 7: is the Carolina team that shoots every single thing they can,

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Speaker 7: and that doesn't necessarily tell the story of how they

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Speaker 7: win either. So I think if the kracking can continue

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Speaker 7: to find success in the way they play, those of

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Speaker 7: us who look at numbers should be challenged to say,

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Speaker 7: what are we missing because these numbers don't support what

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Speaker 7: they're doing, but they're doing something, which means we're not

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Speaker 7: measuring the right things.

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Speaker 3: In this instance, you can call the Pacific Division maybe crazy,

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Speaker 3: you can call a chaotic. Connor mc david will call

654
00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:45,239
Speaker 3: it a pillow fight here. But I mean, in this

655
00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:48,120
Speaker 3: whole scope, you still have the kings hanging around this

656
00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:50,960
Speaker 3: picture right now, San Jose. They're hanging on for dear life.

657
00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:54,080
Speaker 3: But what maybe surprised you the most about how this

658
00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:56,640
Speaker 3: division has unfolded at this point of the season.

659
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Speaker 7: I mean, I think it's literally just the lack of

660
00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:02,920
Speaker 7: like someone coming up and seizing this thing right like

661
00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:08,720
Speaker 7: it's crazy. Honestly, I think what surprised me is Anaheim.

662
00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:12,600
Speaker 7: I saw them as a team coming up, and I

663
00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:16,400
Speaker 7: do think and this is they're going to be good

664
00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:18,120
Speaker 7: long term because of how they've been built, but they're

665
00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:21,680
Speaker 7: not necessarily great defensively yet a little similar to Sam Jose,

666
00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:24,440
Speaker 7: but a different vibe and so, but it surprised me

667
00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:27,080
Speaker 7: that they've been able to claim to the number one

668
00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:30,400
Speaker 7: spot like they have good for them. And then I've

669
00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:33,479
Speaker 7: also been surprised by how lack of days ago Vegas

670
00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:35,840
Speaker 7: has gone about taking care of their business this year,

671
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:38,120
Speaker 7: and we see they get a coaching change as a result.

672
00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:41,000
Speaker 6: But yeah, I think overall this division.

673
00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:44,600
Speaker 7: And I think that's part of what you know, maybe

674
00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:46,480
Speaker 7: Krack and fans are feeling too, is that in a

675
00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:48,800
Speaker 7: division where no one's laying claim to it, come on

676
00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:52,320
Speaker 7: cracking just right and they'll be the team that steps up.

677
00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:55,360
Speaker 6: So yeah, a weird year, A weird year for sure

678
00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:56,320
Speaker 6: in this division.

679
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean the goalscoring differentials plus ten for edmund

680
00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:00,800
Speaker 4: ten and plus twenty.

681
00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:02,680
Speaker 5: Yeah, it's insane.

682
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:04,800
Speaker 4: And to me, you know, if you take out Edmonton

683
00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:08,120
Speaker 4: obviously Connor McDavid there, it could just be, you know,

684
00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:12,440
Speaker 4: a lack of high performance scoring that has these coupled

685
00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:14,640
Speaker 4: with goaltending that has a lot of these teams in

686
00:34:14,680 --> 00:34:17,480
Speaker 4: the red that are still making playoff positions. Nashville Predators

687
00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:20,480
Speaker 4: dash twenty six goals, franchill and they're in the wild

688
00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:23,040
Speaker 4: card two spot right now. So what do you see

689
00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:25,520
Speaker 4: is the secret sauce here of these last nine elis.

690
00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:27,920
Speaker 4: And obviously we talked a little bit about defense and

691
00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:30,440
Speaker 4: playing from the posts out I think that's huge, But

692
00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:32,080
Speaker 4: what are the crawd What are the three things that

693
00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:34,080
Speaker 4: Krack can have to do to get as many of

694
00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:35,400
Speaker 4: these points left on the table.

695
00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:38,360
Speaker 7: Yeah, I think I think taking care of the puck

696
00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:40,799
Speaker 7: is key. I mean, and you know, again this is

697
00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:43,799
Speaker 7: not Adam Larson did not lose that game last night,

698
00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:46,040
Speaker 7: but you know, Adam Larson has a turnover and that

699
00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:48,000
Speaker 7: eventually leads to a second goal against.

700
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Speaker 6: That makes it that much harder to dig out.

701
00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:52,080
Speaker 7: And I think we saw this in the game versus

702
00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:55,840
Speaker 7: Columbus as well, just a lack of puck management. I

703
00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:58,000
Speaker 7: think that's what I hear as well when we hear

704
00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:01,000
Speaker 7: Coach Lambert say things about not getting to fancy. We

705
00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:03,120
Speaker 7: don't need a fancy pass. We don't need you to

706
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:06,120
Speaker 7: try the extra move or the extra pass. Just get

707
00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:07,839
Speaker 7: to where you need to be and shoot the puck

708
00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:09,880
Speaker 7: or get out of your zone. Do the task at hand.

709
00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:13,400
Speaker 7: That's number one for me. Number two for me is

710
00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:17,839
Speaker 7: consistent goaltending continuing. That's really been such a big part

711
00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:20,480
Speaker 7: of what this team did all season. And I'm certainly

712
00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:22,560
Speaker 7: not saying it's falling off, but it has to stay

713
00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:25,759
Speaker 7: solid and then and I think we all talked about

714
00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:28,160
Speaker 7: this yesterday, you know, seeing the shooting mentality.

715
00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:30,320
Speaker 6: They picked it up in the second and third periods.

716
00:35:30,719 --> 00:35:33,480
Speaker 7: But this is a team that does have to work

717
00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:35,480
Speaker 7: hard to get it scoring chances, so when you get

718
00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:39,319
Speaker 7: them again, don't take the extra pass, don't hesitate, don't

719
00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:41,520
Speaker 7: dust it off unless you absolutely have to. To settle

720
00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:44,120
Speaker 7: the puck. Shoot everything you can towards the net.

721
00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:46,520
Speaker 3: I moved down the hallway, so to speak. As far

722
00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:48,759
Speaker 3: as the hockey conversation here, of course, your work with

723
00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:51,640
Speaker 3: the PWUHL tour and fantastic as usual, by the way,

724
00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:54,640
Speaker 3: but they just get hillarvery night back from the mcl

725
00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:57,200
Speaker 3: scare at the Olympics. I mean, tough news a Hannah

726
00:35:57,200 --> 00:35:59,759
Speaker 3: Bilka being out for the season. I love watching her play,

727
00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:03,080
Speaker 3: but first off, what's the overall scope of this, Dallas,

728
00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:05,919
Speaker 3: And as far as what the Winter Olympics, did hear

729
00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:08,400
Speaker 3: the women's gold medal and how much that helped the

730
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:09,600
Speaker 3: game's exposure around here?

731
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Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean it's been amazing, right.

732
00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:15,640
Speaker 7: I think that you know, Hillary has said this and

733
00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:17,560
Speaker 7: she would know even better than I that that was

734
00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:21,400
Speaker 7: perhaps the best team USA ever assembled, her team that

735
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:25,720
Speaker 7: she captained, and they just steamrolled through those Olympic Games.

736
00:36:25,719 --> 00:36:28,960
Speaker 7: It was awesome to watch. And then I think coupled

737
00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:31,040
Speaker 7: with the effect that you know on the women's side

738
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:32,799
Speaker 7: the men's side, you've always been able to if you

739
00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:35,600
Speaker 7: wanted to watch hockey around the world, there were places

740
00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:39,040
Speaker 7: to go do that. Prior to the PWHL, there really

741
00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:41,319
Speaker 7: wasn't an easily accessible way for that to happen. You

742
00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:44,000
Speaker 7: saw this team, you got excited, and then four years

743
00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:46,560
Speaker 7: later you saw him again. So I think we're starting

744
00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:49,279
Speaker 7: to see, particularly you know here in Seattle, where we

745
00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:52,799
Speaker 7: love our women's sports and our men's sports, people can

746
00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:56,359
Speaker 7: now go and support these athletes and say, I want

747
00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:57,759
Speaker 7: to be part of this, And I think it's a

748
00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:01,480
Speaker 7: very accessible way to the sport, a more financially accessible

749
00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:02,520
Speaker 7: way into the sport.

750
00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:04,319
Speaker 6: And you know, I love too.

751
00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:07,919
Speaker 7: While Hillary couldn't play while she was recovering, I love

752
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:10,200
Speaker 7: that she was able to go out and be an ambassador,

753
00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:13,120
Speaker 7: to raise the spotlight on what these women did, what

754
00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:17,360
Speaker 7: this team did, and just be celebrated and have the

755
00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:21,279
Speaker 7: paradigm continue to start to shift that there is no

756
00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:24,440
Speaker 7: difference between a women's sport and a men's sport. They

757
00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:27,000
Speaker 7: should be celebrated for what they accomplish, and when they're great,

758
00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:29,120
Speaker 7: they should be recognized as such, and if they can

759
00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:31,399
Speaker 7: compete at a high level, we should all go watch

760
00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:32,120
Speaker 7: and support them.

761
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:35,360
Speaker 3: Torner back taking on the New York Sirens this Saturday

762
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:38,319
Speaker 3: over sixteen thousand for the return of Hillary Knight in

763
00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:41,319
Speaker 3: that loss to Ottawa. Been a tough year, twenty two

764
00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:43,719
Speaker 3: points seven games left right now in the season for them,

765
00:37:43,719 --> 00:37:46,920
Speaker 3: it's good to have a course of captain back. But Allison,

766
00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:49,080
Speaker 3: how much do you think the draft for them is

767
00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:52,600
Speaker 3: going to help reshape this team short term and long term?

768
00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:53,080
Speaker 6: Yeah?

769
00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:55,400
Speaker 7: So you know it's going to be interesting because the

770
00:37:55,480 --> 00:38:01,000
Speaker 7: PWHL doesn't handle drafting like most national sports do, and

771
00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:03,720
Speaker 7: I love it. They do what's called gold Plan drafting,

772
00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:08,080
Speaker 7: which means when your team is eliminated, the clock starts fresh,

773
00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:11,160
Speaker 7: and every point you earn, the team with the most

774
00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:15,000
Speaker 7: points has the best chance of improving their draft position.

775
00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:17,080
Speaker 7: So you're not going to see tanking. You're not going

776
00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:20,640
Speaker 7: to see teams just mailing it in. It's really really cool.

777
00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:23,040
Speaker 7: But I think, you know, again, this is the power

778
00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:25,960
Speaker 7: of those Olympics is that you saw some players in

779
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:28,960
Speaker 7: those games, like KK Harvey, you know, Leila Edwards, that

780
00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:33,520
Speaker 7: those kind of of talents coming to a team whoever

781
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:36,239
Speaker 7: is lucky enough to get them is just awesome. And

782
00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:38,440
Speaker 7: it continues that cycle of oh, we know that player,

783
00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:40,480
Speaker 7: and now that player's here, and even if that player

784
00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:42,239
Speaker 7: isn't here, you're going to see that player when that

785
00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:44,600
Speaker 7: team comes through your market where you play.

786
00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:47,080
Speaker 6: So, and I think.

787
00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:50,440
Speaker 7: Too for this, for this Torrent squad and all the squads,

788
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:53,720
Speaker 7: next year could be interesting. There's talk of expansion again,

789
00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:58,360
Speaker 7: so rosters are going to be reshaped again. But for

790
00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:01,040
Speaker 7: a Torrent and even a GoldenEye, you're going to have

791
00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:02,120
Speaker 7: a year under your belt.

792
00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:03,080
Speaker 6: You're going to have a year.

793
00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:05,800
Speaker 7: They've never had travel like this in this league before,

794
00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:08,359
Speaker 7: so there's been a big learning curve to that. There's

795
00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:12,200
Speaker 7: a more established culture, there's a more established lifestyle, so

796
00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:14,359
Speaker 7: many things that they had to figure out fresh are

797
00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:17,239
Speaker 7: going to be in place. Systems, the teammates who stay

798
00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:20,400
Speaker 7: under contract will still be here, So I think draft

799
00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:23,480
Speaker 7: plus familiarity is going to help both of those teams.

800
00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:24,480
Speaker 6: And then maybe there's.

801
00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:26,759
Speaker 7: Two new or four new who's to say, we don't

802
00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:28,839
Speaker 7: know for sure coming on board to make things even

803
00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:29,440
Speaker 7: more interesting.

804
00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:35,840
Speaker 4: And then there's the NBA coming to town as well, allegedly, So.

805
00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:41,279
Speaker 3: Yeah, Allison, Finally, Adam Larson one thousand games still be

806
00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:44,719
Speaker 3: saluted Tomorrow night when the cracking come back home to you.

807
00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:46,759
Speaker 3: What's this legacy meant so far for the first four

808
00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:47,640
Speaker 3: plus seasons here.

809
00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:52,080
Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean, I think I from my experience, I

810
00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:55,040
Speaker 7: don't know that. I think fans feel this and they

811
00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:58,440
Speaker 7: maybe don't articulate it yet, and that's totally fine. But

812
00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:01,120
Speaker 7: this is a player who chose to come to Seattle

813
00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:03,000
Speaker 7: and chose to stay in Seattle.

814
00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:05,320
Speaker 6: I think that's going to be a huge.

815
00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:07,480
Speaker 7: Part of his legacy, of being a player that wanted

816
00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:10,279
Speaker 7: to be here and wanted to build this. I think

817
00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:14,320
Speaker 7: his style and his demeanor endears him to both teammates

818
00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:17,399
Speaker 7: and fans alike. And I think on the ice, it's

819
00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:20,239
Speaker 7: easy to talk about how strong and excellent he is

820
00:40:20,239 --> 00:40:23,439
Speaker 7: as a defensive player. But for me, the other thing

821
00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:26,080
Speaker 7: that I think he should be heralded for is he's

822
00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:29,080
Speaker 7: kind of been the magic to unlock Vince Dunn's game too,

823
00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:32,200
Speaker 7: right in that Vince Dunn loves playing with him, and

824
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:34,720
Speaker 7: Vince did a lot of work in these off seasons

825
00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:37,000
Speaker 7: to get to a level where he can continue to

826
00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:39,759
Speaker 7: play with Adam Larson. Then they have a chemistry now

827
00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:42,880
Speaker 7: that really works. And so I think that you know,

828
00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:45,320
Speaker 7: in five ten years Crack and fans should still be

829
00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:47,600
Speaker 7: saying the name Adam Larson as a big part of

830
00:40:48,080 --> 00:40:50,719
Speaker 7: a team that was built on a defensive identity and

831
00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:53,080
Speaker 7: live true to that and gave everything he could and

832
00:40:53,239 --> 00:40:55,920
Speaker 7: was perhaps one of the most dedicated players to the

833
00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:57,839
Speaker 7: game that comes through this arena to date.

834
00:40:58,320 --> 00:41:00,360
Speaker 3: Well said, he's going to be a slid before the

835
00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:03,160
Speaker 3: opening face off of the Kraken and the Utah Mammoth.

836
00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:05,800
Speaker 3: As far as you well said, well written as well.

837
00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:07,880
Speaker 3: Appreciate the time, Alison, Thank you. We'll talk to you

838
00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:08,319
Speaker 3: again soon.

839
00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:09,640
Speaker 6: Thanks so much.

840
00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:12,479
Speaker 7: This is fun with al here breaking out a bigger team.

841
00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:12,960
Speaker 2: That's good.

842
00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:14,240
Speaker 6: Thanks for having me, guys.

843
00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:16,359
Speaker 2: Thanks great stuff, you bet.

844
00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:18,799
Speaker 3: I always looking to get bigger and better big Thanks

845
00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:21,160
Speaker 3: again to Alison Luke and for joining us. By the way,

846
00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:25,000
Speaker 3: find her at Twitter and X at Allison L. Allison

847
00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:27,719
Speaker 3: with one L before the letter L A L I

848
00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:30,000
Speaker 3: S O N L is a place to find her

849
00:41:30,040 --> 00:41:33,080
Speaker 3: at Twitter and X. All right, mail bag, three stars,

850
00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:35,480
Speaker 3: all wrap up, all right after this right here on

851
00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:38,839
Speaker 3: Cracking Weekly on ninety three to three KJRFM. All right,

852
00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:41,040
Speaker 3: let's hear it. Nine games left. What do you think

853
00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:43,560
Speaker 3: is the biggest game of the year, and a lot

854
00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:46,520
Speaker 3: are you saying, Well, the time is now to put

855
00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:49,640
Speaker 3: foot to gas. It is tomorrow night against a Utah

856
00:41:49,719 --> 00:41:54,120
Speaker 3: mammoth that got fifty percent of the vote thirty three

857
00:41:54,239 --> 00:41:56,719
Speaker 3: percent of you. By the way, say the home finale

858
00:41:56,760 --> 00:42:00,160
Speaker 3: against the Los Angeles Kings will be the biggest game

859
00:42:00,239 --> 00:42:04,439
Speaker 3: of the year. A lot to shakeouts before that game

860
00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:06,719
Speaker 3: on April thirteenth, But again let's hear it from you.

861
00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:09,719
Speaker 3: Drop your vote right now at Crack and Audio and again,

862
00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:11,960
Speaker 3: with nine games left, what do you think is the

863
00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:14,880
Speaker 3: biggest game of the year. Big things Once again to

864
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:17,480
Speaker 3: Alison Luke Ann for joining us once again the Cracking

865
00:42:17,560 --> 00:42:19,400
Speaker 3: back in action tomorrow night. She'll be on the TV

866
00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:24,920
Speaker 3: desk also PWHL Torrent hosting New York again on Saturday,

867
00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:28,239
Speaker 3: Mike and Now with you as well. Everett fits you

868
00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:30,320
Speaker 3: off here for the week back with us two here

869
00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:34,640
Speaker 3: for this next week. So before we get to our

870
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Speaker 3: mailbag segment, I can't help but think that Tomorrow night

871
00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:41,560
Speaker 3: is the biggest game just because of the circumstances. L

872
00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:43,920
Speaker 3: If you basically used up all the equity that you

873
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:47,160
Speaker 3: can from this last six game road trip, I mean

874
00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:49,719
Speaker 3: you're looking at Winnipeg and going in there with how

875
00:42:49,760 --> 00:42:51,920
Speaker 3: noisy it can be. You're looking at maybe the Kings

876
00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:54,320
Speaker 3: and how close they can be. But I mean, first

877
00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:57,359
Speaker 3: things first, I mean Utah is a legitimate playoff team.

878
00:42:57,400 --> 00:42:59,920
Speaker 3: They're gonna make it. They're a tough out. This is

879
00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:01,719
Speaker 3: your biggest game of the year, coming back home op

880
00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:02,600
Speaker 3: that six game trip.

881
00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:07,280
Speaker 4: Yeah, this Utah team has proven that they've got the

882
00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:10,520
Speaker 4: legs to go into this playoff run, and I wouldn't

883
00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:12,319
Speaker 4: be surprised for them to hold on to one of

884
00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:16,239
Speaker 4: these two remaining wild card spots. Obviously, they've got the

885
00:43:16,280 --> 00:43:20,239
Speaker 4: backing of Ashley and Ryan Smith and what they've done

886
00:43:20,239 --> 00:43:22,319
Speaker 4: out there in Utah and continued to do so.

887
00:43:22,719 --> 00:43:24,960
Speaker 5: They're definitely a team that's streaking right now.

888
00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:29,399
Speaker 4: Having said that, they are coming into Seattle, it's home

889
00:43:29,480 --> 00:43:31,960
Speaker 4: iice advantage for the Kraken, and they're going to have

890
00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:33,600
Speaker 4: to find a way to take advantage of that.

891
00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:35,720
Speaker 5: They've got to get a great start.

892
00:43:35,719 --> 00:43:37,480
Speaker 4: They've got to go out and win that first period,

893
00:43:37,520 --> 00:43:40,000
Speaker 4: and even if they don't, they've got to come back

894
00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:42,640
Speaker 4: with a strong push in the second. You know, you

895
00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:45,600
Speaker 4: can't see a two goal lead in the first period

896
00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:48,400
Speaker 4: turn into a two to two tie after the opposing

897
00:43:48,400 --> 00:43:50,960
Speaker 4: team pushes in the second period, which they always do.

898
00:43:51,320 --> 00:43:52,960
Speaker 4: We see it every single game. We saw the krack

899
00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:56,040
Speaker 4: and do it last game. So ideally, you win that

900
00:43:56,080 --> 00:43:58,200
Speaker 4: first period, you hold off that push in the second,

901
00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:00,719
Speaker 4: and you bring home our regulation win in that game

902
00:44:00,719 --> 00:44:01,880
Speaker 4: against Utah Thursday.

903
00:44:02,120 --> 00:44:03,879
Speaker 3: Also, what you're hoping at here is that the Kings

904
00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:05,960
Speaker 3: can find a way to slip against what is right

905
00:44:05,960 --> 00:44:09,359
Speaker 3: now the easiest strength of schedule in the NHL. Right now,

906
00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:12,440
Speaker 3: they have nine games left. They still have two against

907
00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:14,719
Speaker 3: the Canucks, they have one against the Flames, they have

908
00:44:14,840 --> 00:44:17,360
Speaker 3: one against the Blues, they have one against the Leafs,

909
00:44:17,800 --> 00:44:20,840
Speaker 3: one of course against the Kraken, but also two against

910
00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:26,960
Speaker 3: the Nashville Predators. Those are looming large on their side. Nashville, meanwhile,

911
00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:29,600
Speaker 3: has got to deal with Minnesota for at least one

912
00:44:29,640 --> 00:44:33,319
Speaker 3: more time. And plus also not just the Kings, but

913
00:44:33,400 --> 00:44:38,120
Speaker 3: also San Jose twice Utah also won. So you've got

914
00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:40,279
Speaker 3: to make as much hey, as I said earlier in

915
00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:43,719
Speaker 3: this show, proverbally, almost each and every game right now

916
00:44:43,719 --> 00:44:46,280
Speaker 3: when nine games left and l I like your theory

917
00:44:46,320 --> 00:44:48,720
Speaker 3: of if you can bank fourteen points out of eighteen,

918
00:44:49,320 --> 00:44:52,040
Speaker 3: put foot to Gas. That's going to really put you

919
00:44:52,120 --> 00:44:55,960
Speaker 3: in great position here to grab that second wildcard spot

920
00:44:55,960 --> 00:44:59,120
Speaker 3: because it has been so volatile as far as positioning

921
00:44:59,560 --> 00:45:03,200
Speaker 3: in this Ustern Conference for virtually the entire season. All right,

922
00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:05,560
Speaker 3: under our mail bag segment, we go once again hit

923
00:45:05,640 --> 00:45:07,880
Speaker 3: us up at Betton Underscore mic from my account. Go

924
00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:10,120
Speaker 3: ahead and follow the crack and Audio network at Cracking

925
00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:15,080
Speaker 3: Audio at al Kiniski's also at al Kaniski. Question from Rob,

926
00:45:15,200 --> 00:45:16,920
Speaker 3: I would love to know why when we should be,

927
00:45:17,040 --> 00:45:19,880
Speaker 3: you know, battling to get into playoff contention, it seems

928
00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:23,800
Speaker 3: as if maybe there's some disinterest or even the slightest

929
00:45:23,840 --> 00:45:25,680
Speaker 3: bit of hunger to fight. Is this, you know, a

930
00:45:25,719 --> 00:45:29,560
Speaker 3: talent issue somewhere else? I'm convinced that coaching is not

931
00:45:29,719 --> 00:45:33,640
Speaker 3: our problem. Not from Rob on Twitter and next, the

932
00:45:33,640 --> 00:45:36,560
Speaker 3: way I can summarize this is that Lane Lambert has

933
00:45:36,600 --> 00:45:40,800
Speaker 3: done everything he can to lead the horse to water

934
00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:44,480
Speaker 3: right now in nine games left in this regular season.

935
00:45:44,840 --> 00:45:47,680
Speaker 3: The structure proved that you can win games three to

936
00:45:47,719 --> 00:45:50,720
Speaker 3: two and two to one. This is how this roster

937
00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:54,560
Speaker 3: is built. Right now, I'm convinced again a little bit

938
00:45:54,640 --> 00:45:57,920
Speaker 3: less that it's one hundred percent of a passion issue.

939
00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:00,839
Speaker 3: And granted some questions in some the have certainly been

940
00:46:00,920 --> 00:46:03,160
Speaker 3: valid here, but again, I think this is more of

941
00:46:03,280 --> 00:46:07,239
Speaker 3: just meeting the moment where Lane Lambert said this himself.

942
00:46:07,760 --> 00:46:12,680
Speaker 3: You can't play with a timid space against teams like Colorado,

943
00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:14,239
Speaker 3: against teams like Tampa Bay.

944
00:46:14,280 --> 00:46:16,640
Speaker 2: We heard this over and over and over, and.

945
00:46:16,600 --> 00:46:20,439
Speaker 3: I think the methodology of gripping your stick a little

946
00:46:20,480 --> 00:46:23,279
Speaker 3: bit too tight. As they say in this business, with

947
00:46:23,520 --> 00:46:28,680
Speaker 3: tension comes hesitation, and with the extra second of hesitation,

948
00:46:29,200 --> 00:46:32,320
Speaker 3: you're burned, especially at this time of year, because players

949
00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:36,640
Speaker 3: are faster, systems execute faster, and they're much more dialed

950
00:46:36,640 --> 00:46:39,040
Speaker 3: in where you're starting to see the teams who give

951
00:46:39,320 --> 00:46:41,600
Speaker 3: the extra inch find their way to the top.

952
00:46:42,440 --> 00:46:44,440
Speaker 4: Yeah, And I think that we saw some of that

953
00:46:44,560 --> 00:46:47,360
Speaker 4: in the game in Edmonton, where in that first period

954
00:46:47,440 --> 00:46:50,600
Speaker 4: Edmonton was not giving Seattle any time in space to

955
00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:52,919
Speaker 4: get anything done. And when you do that, you make

956
00:46:52,960 --> 00:46:55,000
Speaker 4: bad decisions with the puck. When you do that, it's

957
00:46:55,000 --> 00:46:57,880
Speaker 4: tough to get team speed going because they're on you

958
00:46:58,000 --> 00:47:00,480
Speaker 4: right away. I think that's exactly the with a crack

959
00:47:00,520 --> 00:47:03,360
Speaker 4: you need to play going forward these last nine games,

960
00:47:03,360 --> 00:47:07,520
Speaker 4: and certainly against teams like Vegas like Colorado where you know,

961
00:47:07,680 --> 00:47:10,560
Speaker 4: including Utah, where they've got a lot of talent. They

962
00:47:10,560 --> 00:47:13,799
Speaker 4: can get you into that track me kind of game

963
00:47:13,880 --> 00:47:16,400
Speaker 4: if you let them. You don't let them by playing

964
00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:18,600
Speaker 4: them type, playing them physical and forcing them to make

965
00:47:18,640 --> 00:47:19,360
Speaker 4: bad decisions.

966
00:47:19,600 --> 00:47:23,080
Speaker 3: Once again, find us a crack and audio network. The

967
00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:25,920
Speaker 3: handle is Cracking audio Net. We had a lot of

968
00:47:25,920 --> 00:47:28,480
Speaker 3: reaction as far as what the grade was here from

969
00:47:28,880 --> 00:47:32,719
Speaker 3: this last road trip, and it wasn't very complementary. I

970
00:47:32,719 --> 00:47:34,879
Speaker 3: don't think one three and two deserves anything a little

971
00:47:34,920 --> 00:47:37,840
Speaker 3: bit higher than that. But I think there's once again

972
00:47:38,600 --> 00:47:42,120
Speaker 3: a common expectation here is that at this time of year,

973
00:47:42,360 --> 00:47:45,200
Speaker 3: when you have been talking about being in the playoff mix,

974
00:47:45,239 --> 00:47:49,560
Speaker 3: when you have been talking about making the playoffs, there's

975
00:47:49,600 --> 00:47:52,920
Speaker 3: more attention, and with the attention comes a greater demand

976
00:47:53,320 --> 00:47:55,120
Speaker 3: to elevate your game. And so this is where I

977
00:47:55,120 --> 00:47:57,880
Speaker 3: would think that you know, the root of this was,

978
00:47:57,960 --> 00:48:00,520
Speaker 3: you know, disappointment. I get this one here from the

979
00:48:00,520 --> 00:48:02,920
Speaker 3: handle blended Unicorn at Twitter and X. You're gonna be

980
00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:04,880
Speaker 3: a bit more generous here than others and say it

981
00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:07,960
Speaker 3: was a see the problem was and the Kraken played terrible.

982
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:11,080
Speaker 3: It's that other teams elevate their games at this time

983
00:48:11,120 --> 00:48:13,320
Speaker 3: of year, and the Kraken did not as a result.

984
00:48:14,160 --> 00:48:17,920
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean that that's fair. I think that's you know,

985
00:48:18,040 --> 00:48:20,160
Speaker 4: two things can be true. I think that the other

986
00:48:20,200 --> 00:48:21,279
Speaker 4: team can elevate their game.

987
00:48:21,320 --> 00:48:22,360
Speaker 5: But that's that's.

988
00:48:22,160 --> 00:48:24,359
Speaker 4: What you're going into every team trying to do, trying

989
00:48:24,400 --> 00:48:26,880
Speaker 4: to outplay the guy across from you, the team across

990
00:48:26,920 --> 00:48:29,000
Speaker 4: from you, and you know, it's it's a battle of

991
00:48:29,040 --> 00:48:33,359
Speaker 4: wills every single shift, every single play. So yeah, if

992
00:48:33,360 --> 00:48:35,960
Speaker 4: you're able to elevate, that your your your game. And

993
00:48:36,120 --> 00:48:39,240
Speaker 4: when when when you talk about elevating, that's the defensive

994
00:48:39,280 --> 00:48:42,200
Speaker 4: side of the pack, that's that's that's your goaltender and net.

995
00:48:42,239 --> 00:48:45,200
Speaker 5: That's winning fifty to fifty puck battles, that's.

996
00:48:45,200 --> 00:48:47,319
Speaker 4: Playing more physical than when you start to put all

997
00:48:47,360 --> 00:48:50,720
Speaker 4: those all those things together, that's what elevating your game means.

998
00:48:51,000 --> 00:48:53,040
Speaker 3: Hey, Kevin at Twitter and x set, he just gave

999
00:48:53,080 --> 00:48:55,160
Speaker 3: him a D because they had at least three chances

1000
00:48:55,160 --> 00:48:58,960
Speaker 3: to get at least six or seven points lost of Nashville.

1001
00:48:59,200 --> 00:49:02,280
Speaker 3: Last of Columbus US lost to Florida. He didn't expect

1002
00:49:02,280 --> 00:49:04,879
Speaker 3: to win over Tampa Bay. The Kracking did get that though,

1003
00:49:04,920 --> 00:49:08,000
Speaker 3: But the krakend last night with too many turnovers and

1004
00:49:08,080 --> 00:49:11,839
Speaker 3: too many giveaways, and they had to play flawless, as

1005
00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:13,080
Speaker 3: he says, to be competitive.

1006
00:49:13,800 --> 00:49:17,520
Speaker 4: Yeah, and that's just it, you know, a giveaway from

1007
00:49:17,560 --> 00:49:22,160
Speaker 4: Adam Larson, a rare giveaway as well, But it's not

1008
00:49:22,239 --> 00:49:25,959
Speaker 4: necessarily that that particular play, it wasn't Adam Larson giving

1009
00:49:25,960 --> 00:49:29,640
Speaker 4: the puck away. It was Edmonton attacking the pucks so

1010
00:49:29,800 --> 00:49:32,560
Speaker 4: quickly that caused them to I think that that was

1011
00:49:32,800 --> 00:49:37,879
Speaker 4: that was the Casperry goal. It caused them to get

1012
00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:42,160
Speaker 4: that opportunity. So you know a lot of people would

1013
00:49:42,160 --> 00:49:44,520
Speaker 4: blame Adam Larson for that. That's that's a pass that

1014
00:49:44,600 --> 00:49:46,359
Speaker 4: she probably makes nine times out of ten the rest

1015
00:49:46,400 --> 00:49:48,359
Speaker 4: of the season and doesn't doesn't get it picked off.

1016
00:49:48,440 --> 00:49:52,360
Speaker 5: So you know, I'd like to see him make a better.

1017
00:49:52,680 --> 00:49:55,800
Speaker 4: Better decision there as we get closer to the playoffs

1018
00:49:55,800 --> 00:49:57,319
Speaker 4: and closer to the end of the season, because I think

1019
00:49:57,360 --> 00:49:59,680
Speaker 4: in the playoffs that pass gets picked off a little

1020
00:49:59,680 --> 00:50:01,600
Speaker 4: more free than it does in the first ten games

1021
00:50:01,600 --> 00:50:02,080
Speaker 4: of the season.

1022
00:50:02,200 --> 00:50:04,640
Speaker 3: All right, With that further ado, time now to get

1023
00:50:04,680 --> 00:50:08,080
Speaker 3: to our three stars here in this one. I'll go first,

1024
00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:11,520
Speaker 3: my third star of the Week is Philip Grubauer for

1025
00:50:11,560 --> 00:50:14,440
Speaker 3: a couple of reasons. Number one, last night four hundredth

1026
00:50:14,600 --> 00:50:18,040
Speaker 3: NHL game, and I think a big testimony to what

1027
00:50:18,120 --> 00:50:21,880
Speaker 3: I think turning the page represents after what was the

1028
00:50:21,960 --> 00:50:25,000
Speaker 3: season that just went completely off the tracks last year,

1029
00:50:25,040 --> 00:50:27,839
Speaker 3: and many of us had questions about the long term

1030
00:50:27,920 --> 00:50:30,720
Speaker 3: viability for him in it. But to give him credit,

1031
00:50:31,000 --> 00:50:34,359
Speaker 3: getting to work with Colin Zulianello and Coachella Valley, I

1032
00:50:34,400 --> 00:50:36,480
Speaker 3: think flipped the switch and you saw how much a

1033
00:50:36,480 --> 00:50:40,160
Speaker 3: summer of reset, a new coach, a new system, a

1034
00:50:40,200 --> 00:50:43,200
Speaker 3: new plan made a big difference here for him. And

1035
00:50:43,239 --> 00:50:45,440
Speaker 3: I said this right back about middle of the season.

1036
00:50:45,440 --> 00:50:48,239
Speaker 3: He's your mid season MVP. The numbers that have taken

1037
00:50:48,280 --> 00:50:50,520
Speaker 3: a dip a little bit but grew Bauer very strong

1038
00:50:50,520 --> 00:50:53,239
Speaker 3: in net. Last night certainly was not on him. The

1039
00:50:53,280 --> 00:50:56,759
Speaker 3: Buffalo game was not on him. The cracking needed a

1040
00:50:56,800 --> 00:50:59,440
Speaker 3: little bit more offense, and I think except for maybe

1041
00:50:59,680 --> 00:51:02,160
Speaker 3: the two on one goal, I mean you can't ask

1042
00:51:02,200 --> 00:51:04,600
Speaker 3: for a much better effort out of Philip Grubauer like

1043
00:51:04,640 --> 00:51:07,480
Speaker 3: in last night's game. And for his performance and getting

1044
00:51:07,480 --> 00:51:10,360
Speaker 3: the game four hundred, he is my third star of

1045
00:51:10,440 --> 00:51:14,160
Speaker 3: the week. My second star goes to Brandon Montour. Two

1046
00:51:14,239 --> 00:51:17,360
Speaker 3: goals since we last had this radio show, both coming

1047
00:51:17,400 --> 00:51:20,839
Speaker 3: in the same game, both coming really couldn't have come

1048
00:51:20,840 --> 00:51:23,480
Speaker 3: at a better time, and against Tampa Bay where he

1049
00:51:23,560 --> 00:51:26,040
Speaker 3: finished off the lightning and in a place where he

1050
00:51:26,160 --> 00:51:31,120
Speaker 3: drew lightning rod type of attention. You and Everett mentioned

1051
00:51:31,160 --> 00:51:34,440
Speaker 3: this al of course, his history in Florida. Other players

1052
00:51:34,440 --> 00:51:37,680
Speaker 3: were very aware of his history. I talked with Berkeley Catton.

1053
00:51:38,239 --> 00:51:42,440
Speaker 3: Montour was engaged, he was locked in, he was chirping,

1054
00:51:42,800 --> 00:51:45,520
Speaker 3: He knew about how high the stakes were for that game.

1055
00:51:45,840 --> 00:51:46,759
Speaker 2: He was dialed in.

1056
00:51:47,120 --> 00:51:49,680
Speaker 3: I think to me it also sets an example just

1057
00:51:49,840 --> 00:51:52,920
Speaker 3: not just you know, not not just with the overtime

1058
00:51:52,920 --> 00:51:56,520
Speaker 3: winner that he's scored here, but this again is the

1059
00:51:56,640 --> 00:51:59,799
Speaker 3: kind of brand the Kraken are looking for. In crunch time.

1060
00:52:00,080 --> 00:52:02,840
Speaker 3: He is keeping the room loose, that's part of his job,

1061
00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:07,000
Speaker 3: and then he finds a way to emotionally rise to

1062
00:52:07,040 --> 00:52:11,000
Speaker 3: the moment within control. You saw that two goal effort happen.

1063
00:52:11,120 --> 00:52:14,759
Speaker 3: Brandon Montour is my second start, without question, first star

1064
00:52:15,280 --> 00:52:18,560
Speaker 3: Bobby McMahon. It seems like it is lather Rein's repeat

1065
00:52:18,640 --> 00:52:21,680
Speaker 3: since the trade deadline. But again, as Allison said, I

1066
00:52:21,680 --> 00:52:23,960
Speaker 3: mean her take on this. It might be the trade

1067
00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:26,600
Speaker 3: deadline pickup of the year right now, and it's hard

1068
00:52:26,600 --> 00:52:29,760
Speaker 3: to argue with that six game road trip, three goals

1069
00:52:29,760 --> 00:52:33,160
Speaker 3: to assist five points as well, last three games since

1070
00:52:33,160 --> 00:52:37,280
Speaker 3: this radio show four points tied with Coppocaco two goals

1071
00:52:37,360 --> 00:52:40,520
Speaker 3: in those three games. The Buffalo game that he's scored

1072
00:52:40,560 --> 00:52:43,440
Speaker 3: to make it to nothing. My goodness, that burned down

1073
00:52:43,480 --> 00:52:46,239
Speaker 3: the highlight reel. My goodness. I can't wait to see

1074
00:52:46,280 --> 00:52:48,520
Speaker 3: more of this here in Seattle. He may get the

1075
00:52:48,560 --> 00:52:51,920
Speaker 3: bag he deserves to hear at this point. Bobby McMahon

1076
00:52:51,960 --> 00:52:54,120
Speaker 3: take a bow, A big reason why the Kraken are

1077
00:52:54,160 --> 00:52:55,000
Speaker 3: still in this fight.

1078
00:52:55,160 --> 00:52:56,000
Speaker 2: He's my first start.

1079
00:52:56,920 --> 00:52:59,080
Speaker 4: Yeah, two of the same for me. I'll start with

1080
00:52:59,120 --> 00:53:02,280
Speaker 4: Grubauers third star two too and one. Over his last

1081
00:53:02,360 --> 00:53:05,839
Speaker 4: five save percentage of the percentages that were all north

1082
00:53:05,880 --> 00:53:08,840
Speaker 4: of nine hundred except for one that Tampa Bay lost,

1083
00:53:08,920 --> 00:53:12,279
Speaker 4: the first Tampa Bay game. He's averaged two point eight

1084
00:53:12,320 --> 00:53:15,520
Speaker 4: goals against over the last five, but again losing that

1085
00:53:15,560 --> 00:53:17,879
Speaker 4: game five to one. The first one against Tampa has

1086
00:53:17,920 --> 00:53:20,440
Speaker 4: a big impact on that. I like how he was

1087
00:53:20,480 --> 00:53:23,399
Speaker 4: able to come back and play that the lightning game

1088
00:53:23,600 --> 00:53:25,799
Speaker 4: in Tampa Bay and get the win. I love when

1089
00:53:25,800 --> 00:53:29,359
Speaker 4: a goaltender gets that opportunity and obviously has success doing that.

1090
00:53:29,800 --> 00:53:32,840
Speaker 4: But for all those reasons, he's my third star. My

1091
00:53:32,920 --> 00:53:35,840
Speaker 4: second star goes to Kapocaco. Two goals and four assists

1092
00:53:35,880 --> 00:53:39,160
Speaker 4: and his last five. Like we talked about with Alison,

1093
00:53:39,239 --> 00:53:42,319
Speaker 4: he's been lights out since the Olympic break, coming back

1094
00:53:42,360 --> 00:53:45,480
Speaker 4: after playing for his country. He's found a way to

1095
00:53:45,640 --> 00:53:49,319
Speaker 4: elevate his game, which in past conversations I've said, that's

1096
00:53:49,360 --> 00:53:51,920
Speaker 4: the best you can hope for, other than maybe winning

1097
00:53:51,960 --> 00:53:52,360
Speaker 4: the medal.

1098
00:53:52,600 --> 00:53:53,960
Speaker 5: Coming back to the Olympics is.

1099
00:53:53,920 --> 00:53:57,160
Speaker 4: Elevating your game, and both he and Grubauer have both

1100
00:53:57,239 --> 00:53:59,600
Speaker 4: done that. So he's my second star. And then I

1101
00:53:59,680 --> 00:54:05,480
Speaker 4: agree Bobby McMahon. This guy, he's he's taken over the

1102
00:54:06,200 --> 00:54:08,160
Speaker 4: leader in the clubhouse for power wingers.

1103
00:54:08,160 --> 00:54:09,400
Speaker 5: In this team.

1104
00:54:09,520 --> 00:54:12,640
Speaker 4: I put a guy like Ellie Tolvenan in there as well,

1105
00:54:12,680 --> 00:54:15,560
Speaker 4: but McMahon's a little bit faster than Ellie tolven and

1106
00:54:15,600 --> 00:54:18,720
Speaker 4: he plays just as physical. He has just is elite,

1107
00:54:18,760 --> 00:54:21,439
Speaker 4: an elite of a shot, loves going to the front

1108
00:54:21,440 --> 00:54:23,680
Speaker 4: of the net. There's a lot more excitement that I

1109
00:54:23,680 --> 00:54:25,879
Speaker 4: look forward to seeing in this game, and I hope

1110
00:54:25,880 --> 00:54:27,759
Speaker 4: the Cracken are able to keep him for the for

1111
00:54:27,880 --> 00:54:32,120
Speaker 4: the for future years. But boy, mccacmahon, he's my first star.

1112
00:54:32,480 --> 00:54:35,040
Speaker 3: He's been phenomenal. Here can the Cracking get more of that?

1113
00:54:35,080 --> 00:54:38,680
Speaker 3: Beginning Tomorrow night against the Utah Mammoth. We'll talk more

1114
00:54:38,680 --> 00:54:40,839
Speaker 3: about it at six point thirty on air post game

1115
00:54:40,840 --> 00:54:43,799
Speaker 3: coverage by the way, at Tom's Watchbar. Same deal for

1116
00:54:43,840 --> 00:54:47,080
Speaker 3: Saturday Kraken and the Blackhawks. We'll talk with you then,

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00:54:47,440 --> 00:54:48,879
Speaker 3: Everett now on the call.

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00:54:48,920 --> 00:54:49,640
Speaker 2: I'll be with you.

1119
00:54:49,600 --> 00:54:52,600
Speaker 3: Once again pregame, intermission and postgame as well. All right,

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00:54:52,640 --> 00:54:54,640
Speaker 3: all the time we got right here. Big thanks also

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00:54:55,040 --> 00:54:58,319
Speaker 3: to Alison Lucan for joining us and for al I

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00:54:58,440 --> 00:54:59,680
Speaker 3: Mike here for Cracking Weekly.

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Speaker 2: See Yeah,