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Speaker 1: You can't spot that team that many goals and you

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Speaker 1: know I mean, well, we gotta wake up.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to Kracking this morning, a presentation of the Krack

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Speaker 3: Here's Mike Beton.

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Speaker 4: Those words from crackenhead coach Lane Lambert, so the response

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Speaker 4: this evening will be extremely interesting. The crack intake on

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Speaker 4: the Vancouver Caducks and the final matchup of the regular

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Speaker 4: season as the Crack and try to end the league's

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Speaker 4: longest active losing skid four consecutive games. Your face off

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Speaker 4: tonight a little past seven o'clock Pacific time, Eretimes six thirty.

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Speaker 3: From Climate Pledge Arena.

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Speaker 4: Gonna be a great one going down here for this

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Speaker 4: evening as a Crack and looking to take three out

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Speaker 4: of four in the head to head series. Coming up,

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Speaker 4: we'll have Jeff Baker join us here, VP of editorial

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Speaker 4: for Seattlekraken dot Com. Also a look and reflections on

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Speaker 4: the previous homestand Mattiveniers's growth as a leader, the Bobby

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Speaker 4: McMahon situation, and much more as a crack and again

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Speaker 4: taking on their Pacific Northwest rivals just north of the border.

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Speaker 3: Again Jeff Baker joining us in just a bit, well,

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Speaker 3: you can.

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Speaker 4: Send frustration from the Crack and after dropping a five

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Speaker 4: to one loss to the Colorado Avalanche for the Crack

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Speaker 4: and they fell to two and four to complete the

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Speaker 4: six game homestand and they're trying to get out of

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Speaker 4: a tail spin right now since the Olympic break at.

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Speaker 3: Two and six.

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Speaker 4: A little more from head coach Lane Lambert and his

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Speaker 4: reaction following the game on Thursday Climate Pledge Arena, which

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Speaker 4: saw the Crack and Pull goaltender Joey decord for Philip

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Speaker 4: Grubauer in the final two periods. Ryker Evans Potty the

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Speaker 4: only Kraken goal scores short handed in period two. So

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Speaker 4: before Jeff Baker joins us, your said, coach, Lane, which.

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Speaker 5: Do you do you think it was a case of

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Speaker 5: showing them too much respect?

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Speaker 1: I do, yep I do. And my biggest issue with

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Speaker 1: the first period as the goals they scored are just

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Speaker 1: systematical breakdowns that. You know, we've played over sixty games

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Speaker 1: this year. We need to have poison composure. We're doing

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Speaker 1: things that are absolutely mind boggling to me. It's got

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Speaker 6: Coach, you said we need to wake up. I mean,

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Speaker 6: what what do you think it takes at this point

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Speaker 6: is it possible that they're not ready to go?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly, it's a great question, you know, and like I,

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Speaker 1: like I said, probably showing them too much respect. I

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Speaker 1: we're not completely ready to go showing them too much respect.

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Speaker 1: But you know, they start rolling around in our zone.

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Speaker 1: We have a system in a structure, and we just

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Speaker 1: completely throw it in the throw it down the drain,

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Speaker 1: and they're just making plays. It's ridiculous.

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Speaker 6: You went back to Joey tonight and then shorter leash.

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Speaker 6: I guess in terms of getting him out of there,

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Speaker 3: The decision process?

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Speaker 1: And well, Joey, let's be clear, Joey, Joey played well

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Speaker 1: last game. This was not any reflection on Joey tonight.

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Speaker 1: You know, so our team needed a wake up call. Uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, so we put Grooby in, and we put

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Speaker 1: When Grooby came in. I thought he did a good job.

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Speaker 7: Coach, how much do you feel like the last four

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Speaker 3: With the structure of breakdowns.

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Speaker 7: You mentioned that's something we haven't seen much from your

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Speaker 1: Again, I think it's a matter of guys. They're either

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Speaker 1: that's the way it's been here since since we came

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Speaker 7: Coach, where would you where would you rank the team's

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Speaker 3: How do you how do you charge that up?

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Speaker 1: Well, you got to do the right things. You got

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Speaker 1: to stop making mistakes that are avoidable, and certainly you

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Speaker 1: right now, we're making too many mistakes. So you know,

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Speaker 1: we have an opportunity here on Saturday night, another big game.

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Speaker 1: You know, I sound like a broken record, but we

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Speaker 4: Better, all right, crack and hoping that better days are

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Speaker 4: right ahead here because they can certainly use them. And

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Speaker 4: not much time is left now with eighteen games to

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Speaker 3: Here for this evening on the road.

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Speaker 4: Here with the team is Jeff Baker, VP of editorial

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Speaker 4: for seattlecracking dot com, joining us now on Cracking this morning. Hi, Jeff,

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Speaker 4: and I would ask you rank that pressor from Thursday

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Speaker 3: Are we talking about top three all time? Oh?

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Speaker 5: I think it's definitely top three. I was thinking it's

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Speaker 5: this was pretty entertaining. You know, you don't like to

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Speaker 5: you know what, the show wasn't really acceptable.

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Speaker 4: I think the most concerning thing for me, Jeff, from

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Speaker 4: you lost to the Avalanche, but you put yourself in

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Speaker 4: and that's six valuable, precious premium worth their weight in

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Speaker 4: So how do you best summarize the gravity of that

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Speaker 5: Well, I mean you can't, Sugar Cody. I talked to

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Speaker 5: Saint Louis games for sure, and you know, you're right,

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Speaker 5: In the first period, they weren't they weren't doing what

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Speaker 4: Jeff, I know that we're just kind of sitting here

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Speaker 4: But at this point, past seven days of the trade deadline,

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Speaker 5: Well, I mean, you look what's happening in this country

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Speaker 4: Cracking two zero to one against Vancouver, this will be

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Speaker 5: Well, you hit it on the head. They have to

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Speaker 4: Certainly hope that you can join us here. Big thank

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