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Speaker 3: You know, after the best start in franchise history and

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Speaker 2: So that says to me, we have to keep winning,

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Speaker 1: Eight oho to one is their second longest point streak

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, that's just it, Mike. When you've got

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Speaker 1: The fourth Lawn once again, fifth straight game with the goal.

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Speaker 1: I mean, guys, how close are we to nickname territory

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Speaker 2: Jacob Alanson, he's up to what fifty hits in twelve

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's on pace for Matt Martin Territory as

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Speaker 2: I do not envy Lane or Jason or Ron or

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Speaker 1: Well I think also again this is you know, right place,

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Speaker 1: anybody back like Jayden Schwartz or Brandon Montour. And really

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Speaker 1: who knows, I mean you kind of knocking on wood,

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Speaker 1: but I mean who knows that there is an injury

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Speaker 1: you know coming up once again this next week? You

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Speaker 1: hope not, but you have to plan here, of course,

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Speaker 1: here for the possibility, and you know, mitigate these kinds

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Speaker 1: of risks. And going to answer your question, roster freeze

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Speaker 1: will be the fourth of February at noon Pacific time,

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Speaker 1: so folks take note on that as well. But this

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Speaker 1: is going to be a very compelling question. And I

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Speaker 1: wouldn't be surprised if we get this here in our

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Speaker 1: mail bag as far as how the shuffle is going

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Speaker 1: to work out, because you've got so many guys right

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Speaker 1: now firing on all cylinders, you know, as a say

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Speaker 1: often here in this business. But I mean going back

447
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Speaker 1: to this, I mean, I mean, heaven forbid you break

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Speaker 1: up that fourth line right now, because they are a

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Speaker 1: major part of this team's identity. But also why I

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Speaker 1: want to transition before we go to break big night

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Speaker 1: for Berkeley Caton last night became the third teenager in

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Speaker 1: Cracking history to score his first NHL goal. That joins

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Speaker 1: Shane Wright did so eighteen years old back in the

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty two to twenty three season. Maddyveniers a year before,

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Speaker 1: when he was nineteen years of age. He got not

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Speaker 1: one just but but also two goals. And the first

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Speaker 1: one I look at this of okay, he fires it

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Speaker 1: from the right boards, Swiman fumbles it. Maybe the shots going,

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Speaker 1: maybe that's a goal he should have. But I mean, guys,

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Speaker 1: it more than makes up here for the eighteen thy

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Speaker 1: two hundred times that Berkeley Catton was snaked it over

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Speaker 1: this last month. Eventually something had to go in and

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Speaker 1: it did. That's the hockey, guys, basically rewarding you. But

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Speaker 1: the second goal, my goodness, he looked like a five

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Speaker 1: year veteran parking that one backhander on swaymen in period three.

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Speaker 1: So what do we make out of the effort? Maybe

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Speaker 1: some luck, but ultimately results And for a player like

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Speaker 1: him who was so young but he had so gifted,

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Speaker 1: how closer are we to maybe seeing this break the

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Speaker 1: levee for his offense?

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Speaker 4: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: I think that, you know, fits made a great point

473
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Speaker 3: he's are making the point to multiple times over the

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Speaker 3: past few weeks is once Berkeley gets one, they'll come

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Speaker 3: in bushels. And when he got the second one, he

476
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Speaker 3: joked about a hat trick. The first time he gets

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Speaker 3: a goal, I thought this might happen tonight, and I

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Speaker 3: like that that he got two different style of goals.

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Speaker 3: He got a goal off of a quick, hard shot,

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Speaker 3: no decision, just McCann to him boom on net and

481
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Speaker 3: like you said, going wide, misplayed whatever. But when you

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Speaker 3: force a goalie to misplay a shot, it's because you

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Speaker 3: shot it so quickly and so hard. That's a goal

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Speaker 3: scorers goal. But the second goal was one hundred percent skill.

485
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Speaker 3: He gives the puck to Freddy Gudreau to stay on side.

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Speaker 3: Goodrou is a bit ahead of him. Goodreau gives it

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Speaker 3: back and not in the same position. He's blowing by

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Speaker 3: the Boston defenseman. Berkeley Katon is giving himself, albeit tight,

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Speaker 3: a breakaway, and then he just makes a highlight reel

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Speaker 3: move on Swimon under the bar. So you got two

491
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Speaker 3: different goals. Good quick, hard shot and then stick handling

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Speaker 3: skill under the bar. That's going to build his confidence

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Speaker 3: going into future games where he knows how to score

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Speaker 3: two different ways.

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Speaker 2: Now, the whole thing for me has been confidence. I

496
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Speaker 2: mean he is the last couple of weeks you said,

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Speaker 2: snake bit, he has had some moves, some plays that

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Speaker 2: should have resulted in goals. I mean I may be

499
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Speaker 2: a little bit, you know, a little liberal in this assessment,

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Speaker 2: but I mean he should have ten this year, just

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Speaker 2: the I.

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Speaker 1: Go back and think of to say that uc Sorrows

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Speaker 1: made then he almost parked one under Dustin Wolf back

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Speaker 1: in Calgary.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And he's had he's had these these I don't

507
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Speaker 2: even want to say flashes. We have seen consistent, skillful

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Speaker 2: play from him. And I said this the other day.

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Speaker 2: I mean this in the best way possible, the nicest

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Speaker 2: way possible. But he's taking more risks. We're seeing a

511
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Speaker 2: little bit more swagger, a little bit more cockiness out

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Speaker 2: of him, which is not a bad thing because he's

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Speaker 2: trying new things. He's a skilled player. I mean, you

514
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Speaker 2: don't score one hundred and one hundred and ten points,

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Speaker 2: one hundred and twenty points in the dub On accident, right,

516
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Speaker 2: You're not doing that by mistake. If you're scoring that

517
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Speaker 2: many points at any level, you have to be a

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Speaker 2: skilled player. You are a skilled player, and you're starting

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Speaker 2: to see a lot of that transition into the NHL

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Speaker 2: with him. You know, I've always used the analogy he's

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Speaker 2: a ninety five to five player. He's ninety five percent

522
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Speaker 2: of the way there. The last five percent is scoring

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Speaker 2: the goal, and once he finished, once he figures out

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Speaker 2: how to consistently score the goal, he will be the

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Speaker 2: most dangerous player I think in our league.

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Speaker 1: All Right, we'll get to a Winter Olympics update on

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Speaker 1: the Crack Inside, plus our conversation with Ryan Clark right

528
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Speaker 1: around the corner here on Cracking Weekly on ninety three

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Speaker 1: three KJRFM.

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Speaker 2: Well, yes, I couldn't do this without you guys, so

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Speaker 2: I appreciate it if you do for me.

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Speaker 6: So yeah, that's uh yeah, that's celebrate a good way

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Speaker 6: today with good practice.

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Speaker 1: That courtesy of the Coachella Valley Firebirds. That video from

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Speaker 1: the Dressing Room led by John Hayden, introducing Oscar Fisker Moleguard,

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Speaker 1: the newest to the Winter Olympics here from the Crack Inside,

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Speaker 1: either with the Big Club or in the pipeline. He'll

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Speaker 1: play for Denmark coming up in Italy this next month.

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Speaker 1: Fisker Mulgard by the way this year, seventeen points in

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Speaker 1: twenty eight AHL games, NHL debut this year, one assists

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Speaker 1: in three games, and again now one to four for

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Speaker 1: the Crank into the Winter Olympics, joining Philip Grewbauer with Germany,

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Speaker 1: Coppocaco and Ellie Tolvenen each here with Finland.

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Speaker 4: Guys.

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Speaker 1: Just seems like maybe again a matter of time that

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Speaker 1: Oscar Fisker Molgard is ready here to pop at this level.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I mean we've talked a lot about where he might

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Speaker 3: fit into this roster today, which you know, I don't

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Speaker 3: even want to think about based on the conversations we've

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Speaker 3: had about this roster being pretty much one hundred percent

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Speaker 3: healthy barn any more injuries this month. But I definitely

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Speaker 3: think he cracks this roster next season, and I'm exciting

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Speaker 3: to see what impact you can have.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think for Molgard, I mean he is he

556
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Speaker 2: played those three years overseas in Sweden, and a number

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Speaker 2: of every guy on this crack and roster will tell

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Speaker 2: you that he looks like a player that's played pro.

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Speaker 2: The way that he plays, the way that he carries himself.

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Speaker 2: The game wasn't too fast for him, he didn't look

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Speaker 2: out of place. And I feel like for Fisker Molgard.

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Speaker 2: I mean, if the fourth line, the Malansen, Myers and

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Speaker 2: Winterton and Karsha line weren't performing as well as they

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Speaker 2: are and have putting themselves into I think, pretty much

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Speaker 2: an unfireable position. You know, maybe you would have seen

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Speaker 2: Fisker Molgard stay around for a little bit longer. But

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Speaker 2: I'm with you, al, I think he cracks this roster.

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Speaker 2: I think next year's team is going to be that

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Speaker 2: real first wave of the crack and draft picks of

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Speaker 2: the guys that we have been waiting for, expecting to

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Speaker 2: see for quite some time. But I mean, we got

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Speaker 2: to get to next year first. Hopefully this year doesn't

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Speaker 2: end in mid April. But Fisker Molgard, I mean I

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Speaker 2: was talking to Ricky Oulchek, was the AGM for Seattle,

575
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Speaker 2: and he told me that they project him potentially to

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Speaker 2: be a top six talent, like he should be in

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Speaker 2: your top six if if everything falls the right way,

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Speaker 2: and at least as of right now, I mean, it

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Speaker 2: looks like he's well on his way to that path.

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Speaker 1: There's one thing I remember a coach told me one

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Speaker 1: time about a player who can really excel at a

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Speaker 1: high level, and that he plays with Snap and Oscar

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Speaker 1: Fisker Muligard to me plays with Snap and it could

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Speaker 1: be a matter of time again. He's cooking right now

585
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Speaker 1: the Crack, I, meanwhile, are cooking in this playoff mix.

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Speaker 1: And a good time here to go to the Beacon

587
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Speaker 1: plumbing hotline. Well, this is always a treat to have

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Speaker 1: this gentleman join us here. This is Ryan Clark of

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Speaker 1: ESPN with us now on Crack and weekly. Are a

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Speaker 1: good friend, doing great work as usual. Happy new Year,

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Speaker 1: my friend. How the holidays treat you good?

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Speaker 2: Good?

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Speaker 5: How about the holidays for all three of you, or

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Speaker 5: at least two of you.

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Speaker 1: Are a lot of family, a lot of kids, yeah,

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Speaker 1: lots lots of meat and lots of bourbon for me.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, a lot of hockey in the driveway, a lot

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Speaker 2: of kids, a lot of I tried to give my

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Speaker 2: wife as much time off as I could, so two

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Speaker 2: weeks home from school. She was off for the whole

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Speaker 2: two weeks. So I tried to run as much interference

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Speaker 2: as I could, and.

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Speaker 1: Now we have the whole seventeen game. Stress of the

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Speaker 1: honeydew List is already piling up. I know, because it's

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Speaker 1: already it's already hit me on my end right here.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, let's get here to the cracking out the top. Ryan.

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Speaker 1: They're rolling in this week as a playoff team and

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Speaker 1: we're the halfway point of the season, and there's seemingly

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Speaker 1: a major fork in the road that exists for what

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Speaker 1: feels like eighty percent of the Western Conference. There's parody

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Speaker 1: across the board. Yet there's injuries a factor of this,

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Speaker 1: and then there's a parody that least to so many

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Speaker 1: overtime and shootout losses. So what surprises you the most

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Speaker 1: about how the West has shaken out so far?

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Speaker 5: Truly nothing, because when you think about what Bill Garret,

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Speaker 5: the general manager of the Minnesota Wild, said going into

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Speaker 5: free agency, his point was this might not be the

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Speaker 5: most active period because there are twenty four teams across

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Speaker 5: the league that think they can make the playoffs. Well,

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Speaker 5: if you look at the standings as of today, you

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Speaker 5: understand why.

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Speaker 6: So like, let's look at the West.

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Speaker 5: Now, yeah, you could argue the big surprises the Winnipeg

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Speaker 5: Jets are in last place. Well, when you lose the

625
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Speaker 5: best goalie in the world the three times as and

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Speaker 5: a winner, someone who's going to.

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Speaker 6: Go into the Hall of Fame, the ringing MVP. That's

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Speaker 6: going to do damage. But maybe for.

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Speaker 5: People who don't watch the Jets, they don't understand just

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Speaker 5: how reliant that team was on Connor hell of it, because.

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Speaker 6: If you look at all the underlying.

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Speaker 5: Metrics from shots allowed for sixty, danger chance is allowed

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Speaker 5: for sixty, scoring chances allowed for sixty, they give up

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Speaker 5: a lot and it means that you need to have

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Speaker 5: a really good goalie and they had a world class

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Speaker 5: goal and now they don't, and that along with some

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Speaker 5: of the scoring challenges. So yeah, that one would be

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Speaker 5: a surprise, but you look at everything else, and yes,

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Speaker 5: maybe the Blues being three points out of contention given

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Speaker 5: they were cloud team last year, but even then there's

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Speaker 5: still enough time for these teams to hypothetically get back

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Speaker 5: into it. And so look, there might be the order

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Speaker 5: of some teams that might be a little bit surprising,

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Speaker 5: like maybe the Ducks are a surprised to some people,

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Speaker 5: maybe they're not. Maybe the Sharks and effect they look

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Speaker 5: at how to schedules to surprises some people. Maybe it isn't.

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Speaker 5: But when you look at let's say a division like

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Speaker 5: the Central those teams that are there are not a surprise.

649
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Speaker 5: Maybe how well they are doing in the case of

650
00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:24,000
Speaker 5: Colorado is, but in terms of what they're doing, it's

651
00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:26,000
Speaker 5: not so to see the landscape being what it is.

652
00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:27,720
Speaker 6: This is about what you.

653
00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:32,160
Speaker 3: Would expect, Klaky, do you think the Western Conference is bad?

654
00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:35,400
Speaker 3: And the reason I asked that question is that I'm

655
00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:38,480
Speaker 3: starting to hear rumblings, you know, from the internet, like, hey,

656
00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:40,160
Speaker 3: the Cracker are in a playoff spot now, but the

657
00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:44,600
Speaker 3: Western Conference is bad, Like, you know this conference were better,

658
00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:46,640
Speaker 3: you know, Seattle wouldn't be anywhere near where they are

659
00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:47,000
Speaker 3: right now.

660
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:48,000
Speaker 4: What are your thoughts on that?

661
00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:51,160
Speaker 5: Well, it's so hard to say, because everyone's going to

662
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:52,880
Speaker 5: look at the East and say, well, at one point

663
00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:55,000
Speaker 5: in time, every team is five hundred or above. You

664
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,320
Speaker 5: look at the West, it's not look, mathematics just is

665
00:33:57,360 --> 00:33:59,920
Speaker 5: going to show you that not everyone can be five hundred.

666
00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:05,600
Speaker 5: Once that said, this is a really competitive conference that

667
00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:08,919
Speaker 5: you could argue is it maybe more top heavy.

668
00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:09,320
Speaker 6: Than the East?

669
00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:12,000
Speaker 5: Sure, because when you look at the East and you

670
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:14,160
Speaker 5: look at the teams that are doing well right now,

671
00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:17,319
Speaker 5: the Red Wings look like they could be the team

672
00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:20,040
Speaker 5: that wins the East, but we also don't know because

673
00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:22,880
Speaker 5: they haven't been proven in the playoffs with this particular group,

674
00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:26,600
Speaker 5: we know what the lightning are, but also we are

675
00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:28,399
Speaker 5: still waiting to see can they get back to being

676
00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:30,640
Speaker 5: a team that can win a Stanley Cup. And the

677
00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:34,840
Speaker 5: Montreal Canadians again young team, but there's still questions. Carolina,

678
00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:37,879
Speaker 5: the big question there has been can you get over

679
00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:41,080
Speaker 5: the hump? The Islanders are a surprise, whereas the Capitals.

680
00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:43,360
Speaker 5: For people again it's about how do you sort of

681
00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:45,759
Speaker 5: build off of what you've been doing with Spencer Carberry?

682
00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:48,400
Speaker 5: But then you think about the rest of the landscape.

683
00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:52,040
Speaker 5: People are wondering, good Columbus still turn around, can Autowa

684
00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:54,640
Speaker 5: get back into it? What happens with the Least, what

685
00:34:54,680 --> 00:34:57,520
Speaker 5: happens with the Rangers? Could the Savers be a thing again?

686
00:34:57,560 --> 00:34:59,440
Speaker 5: There's a lot of questions there. Whereas if I hate

687
00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:03,320
Speaker 5: when you look at the West, you understand why people

688
00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:04,560
Speaker 5: may feel that way.

689
00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:05,760
Speaker 6: But as we talked.

690
00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:09,280
Speaker 5: About just a little bit ago, if Conrad Hellibuok is healthy,

691
00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:13,000
Speaker 5: how much different does Winnipead look. Saint Louis isn't that

692
00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:14,759
Speaker 5: far out of it, Utah is not that far out

693
00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:16,279
Speaker 5: of the San Jose is not that far out of it.

694
00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:18,279
Speaker 5: There are teams that are doing things to show they

695
00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:20,320
Speaker 5: are not that far out of it. And so yes,

696
00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:22,560
Speaker 5: you have the Flames, you have the Canups. Those are

697
00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:24,040
Speaker 5: teams that look like they're going to be in the

698
00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:27,160
Speaker 5: lottery that maybe help or hurt the argument, depending on

699
00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:29,880
Speaker 5: where you fall on it to suggest that the West

700
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:32,520
Speaker 5: is not good or weak or no, it's just the

701
00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:34,880
Speaker 5: West is a different set of circumstances.

702
00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:39,279
Speaker 2: So I'll just say on the same vein some what

703
00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:42,520
Speaker 2: has to give? What gives here this season? Because when

704
00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:46,520
Speaker 2: you look at you know, you've got what in the

705
00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:50,760
Speaker 2: in the Western Conference, twelve of the sixteen teams within

706
00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:55,000
Speaker 2: three points of a playoff spot ish give or take

707
00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:58,000
Speaker 2: four points of a playoff spot. Are we going to

708
00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:01,719
Speaker 2: be looking at, you know, the the second wildcard in

709
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:05,440
Speaker 2: the West finishing at eighty five points and then the

710
00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:08,719
Speaker 2: next three or four teams back finishing at eighty two?

711
00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:11,759
Speaker 2: Like where do you see the drop off? Is it

712
00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:15,640
Speaker 2: going to be? You know, historically teams like Anaheim and

713
00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:19,000
Speaker 2: San Jose and you know in Utah, are they going

714
00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:21,799
Speaker 2: to start to fall off? Or do you see this

715
00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:26,399
Speaker 2: parody continuing to game seventy five to Game eighty two.

716
00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:28,440
Speaker 6: Sure, let's sart the first question.

717
00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:31,239
Speaker 5: It's possible we could see this excentric the whole season

718
00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:33,840
Speaker 5: because we think about how close the Flames were last

719
00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:36,560
Speaker 5: season to make the playoffs, but then the year before that.

720
00:36:36,719 --> 00:36:39,440
Speaker 5: We've seen other examples, going as far back to the

721
00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:41,919
Speaker 5: Blues in twenty eighteen, where they missed the playoffs by

722
00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:44,480
Speaker 5: what was it like a point or two they just

723
00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:45,280
Speaker 5: made the trade.

724
00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:47,440
Speaker 6: People thought well, if you don't make that trade.

725
00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:49,359
Speaker 5: Maybe year playoff team, and then a year later they'd

726
00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:52,359
Speaker 5: win the Stanley Cup. So that's sort of always been

727
00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:54,560
Speaker 5: there where you've had these teams are going to the

728
00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:56,759
Speaker 5: last two weeks of the season, like we saw last

729
00:36:56,800 --> 00:36:59,600
Speaker 5: year with Utah, Vancouver, Calgary trying to make a push.

730
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:03,719
Speaker 5: Where that's going to exist as far where some of

731
00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:06,640
Speaker 5: these teams fall off like that is the big mystery.

732
00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:08,360
Speaker 6: So let's take San Jose.

733
00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:12,200
Speaker 5: That's right now maybe the biggest question because there is

734
00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:14,000
Speaker 5: so much you there's a lot of talent.

735
00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:15,120
Speaker 6: You have Maclin.

736
00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:18,000
Speaker 5: Celebrating someone who is getting MVP vote, someone who's going

737
00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:19,759
Speaker 5: to the oly big team. Some of that, for all

738
00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:22,480
Speaker 5: intention purposes, looks the part of a true number one

739
00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:26,040
Speaker 5: center in the NHL, but you also need a supporting cast.

740
00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:28,120
Speaker 5: And the way that the Sharks have been structured the

741
00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:29,160
Speaker 5: last few years.

742
00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:31,640
Speaker 6: Ever it is they've been a team that has gone out.

743
00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:34,240
Speaker 5: And Gott knows veteran players are on those one year deals,

744
00:37:34,239 --> 00:37:36,839
Speaker 5: so when the deadline comes, they can move on from

745
00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:39,640
Speaker 5: those players and then get more draft capital.

746
00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:43,920
Speaker 6: So what happens if they're still within a playoff playoffs

747
00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:46,239
Speaker 6: face here, like, if you're in my career, do.

748
00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:48,960
Speaker 5: You sit there and say, maybe you add, maybe you subtract,

749
00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:51,719
Speaker 5: you keep with things as planned because it's still been

750
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:55,280
Speaker 5: a strong season, But how do you sort of evaluate

751
00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:57,279
Speaker 5: where you are and if you're ahead of schedules, if

752
00:37:57,280 --> 00:38:01,360
Speaker 5: you're the Utah man the playoff for the goal you

753
00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:04,719
Speaker 5: go get JJ Peterca, you saved the cap space you have,

754
00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:06,680
Speaker 5: you're in position that when you come back from the

755
00:38:06,719 --> 00:38:09,680
Speaker 5: Olympic breaker, maybe even before, you can make at least

756
00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:12,320
Speaker 5: one or two moves, depending on how you manage your money.

757
00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:15,720
Speaker 5: So that's just the thing is with some of these teams.

758
00:38:15,719 --> 00:38:20,000
Speaker 5: And let's play Anheim too that conversation too. Anaheim is

759
00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:23,000
Speaker 5: that team that people thought going in if there's going

760
00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:25,479
Speaker 5: to be someone from the outside looking at that makes

761
00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:29,840
Speaker 5: the playoffs. If it's not Utah, it's Anaheim, because Anaheim

762
00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:32,759
Speaker 5: has been building the last few seasons. Anaheim had this

763
00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:35,880
Speaker 5: sort of offseason where it went out and it made

764
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:38,239
Speaker 5: the moves, it freed up the cap space. You're able

765
00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:40,319
Speaker 5: to get Chris Krider, and all of a sudden, you

766
00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:43,080
Speaker 5: look at that team where what was once this sort

767
00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:45,279
Speaker 5: of young team where he had veterans here and there.

768
00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:49,080
Speaker 5: It's a blend of both and you're seeing contributions from

769
00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:52,320
Speaker 5: everyone of all ages in addition to having a coach

770
00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:54,440
Speaker 5: that is one of the all time great coaches this

771
00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:55,160
Speaker 5: league is seen.

772
00:38:55,480 --> 00:38:56,600
Speaker 6: And so that's just it is.

773
00:38:56,640 --> 00:38:59,239
Speaker 5: There are so many variables with all those teams to

774
00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:02,200
Speaker 5: where yes, it might be difficult to predict. But at

775
00:39:02,239 --> 00:39:04,799
Speaker 5: the same time, how many of those same people who

776
00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:07,360
Speaker 5: raise this question, of the same people who say I

777
00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:09,160
Speaker 5: can't believe for in January and it feels like the

778
00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:10,280
Speaker 5: season's already over.

779
00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:13,000
Speaker 4: You have to you have.

780
00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:15,719
Speaker 5: To give either it's you want the season to be

781
00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:18,879
Speaker 5: over by January so you can do whatever.

782
00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:21,160
Speaker 6: It is you want, or you want days to be

783
00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:22,440
Speaker 6: as interesting as possible.

784
00:39:22,719 --> 00:39:25,520
Speaker 5: March going into April with the idea that it's only

785
00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:27,480
Speaker 5: going to make the playoffs even more interested.

786
00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:30,239
Speaker 2: You know, it's funny you say that because I said

787
00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:32,799
Speaker 2: this going into last year, I said this going into

788
00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:35,279
Speaker 2: this year. If I'm the Seattle Kracken, for example, my

789
00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:42,400
Speaker 2: goal is to play more cracking, right, My goal is

790
00:39:42,440 --> 00:39:48,440
Speaker 2: to play meaningful games into March. Right, Game seventy has

791
00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:52,319
Speaker 2: to matter, that's got to mean something. But on the

792
00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:56,000
Speaker 2: other side of that, I also hear the argument of man,

793
00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:58,839
Speaker 2: I wish this team was worse than they are so

794
00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:01,200
Speaker 2: we could just start selling off these pieces and play

795
00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:03,680
Speaker 2: for the future. So it's funny you say that because

796
00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:07,200
Speaker 2: there's a lot of people, fans and other folks in

797
00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:10,440
Speaker 2: Seattle and out of Seattle that are kind of stuck

798
00:40:10,719 --> 00:40:12,000
Speaker 2: in that mushy middle there.

799
00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:16,440
Speaker 5: It's easy to understand why, because, like go back to

800
00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:19,319
Speaker 5: San Jose and let's go back to Anaheim.

801
00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:20,920
Speaker 6: Part of the formula for how.

802
00:40:20,760 --> 00:40:22,480
Speaker 5: These teams are able to be where they are right

803
00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:25,000
Speaker 5: now is because they were able to get those high

804
00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:28,640
Speaker 5: picks by being so far down you look at the

805
00:40:28,680 --> 00:40:32,160
Speaker 5: teams that are winning right now. In most cases, Tampa

806
00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:35,040
Speaker 5: was able to draft exceptionally well throughout all rounds.

807
00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:36,640
Speaker 6: But the way they were able to hit.

808
00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:39,160
Speaker 5: On those first round picks, in the case of koutra

809
00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:41,920
Speaker 5: off a high second, it has helped build a foundation

810
00:40:42,080 --> 00:40:45,719
Speaker 5: for what it is today. And so you understand that

811
00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:48,719
Speaker 5: argument and why people feel that way. Again, Let's take

812
00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:51,520
Speaker 5: a team like Battle, which where like McKinnon was the

813
00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:55,400
Speaker 5: number one pick, landeskod was the top three pick, mccarr

814
00:40:55,480 --> 00:40:59,280
Speaker 5: was the top four pick. Like those things that absolutely

815
00:40:59,320 --> 00:41:02,600
Speaker 5: matter down it's just no different or even going out

816
00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:04,759
Speaker 5: and getting those players, because look, let's look at what

817
00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:05,399
Speaker 5: the Wild did.

818
00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:07,080
Speaker 6: They went out and got top ten pick and.

819
00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:10,520
Speaker 5: Quinn Hughes and look what that has done for them NBA.

820
00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:12,279
Speaker 6: So there is something to be said for that.

821
00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:14,799
Speaker 5: It's just a hard part for a team like a

822
00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:17,320
Speaker 5: crack like the Crack, and there's multiple factors.

823
00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:20,680
Speaker 6: Number one is it's like, so what are you.

824
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:23,319
Speaker 5: Are you the team that in year one you are

825
00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:25,560
Speaker 5: a lottery team that looked like you're going down this path,

826
00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:27,920
Speaker 5: or are you the team in year two where maybe

827
00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:30,160
Speaker 5: the playoffs are a reality and that's kind of where

828
00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:31,080
Speaker 5: they're at right now.

829
00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:32,839
Speaker 6: But then there's other factors to.

830
00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:35,640
Speaker 5: Consider too, such as like what makes the most sense

831
00:41:35,719 --> 00:41:39,680
Speaker 5: long term, how do you justify this in a market where, look,

832
00:41:39,719 --> 00:41:43,360
Speaker 5: the Seahawks are very good, the Mariners are very good,

833
00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:46,120
Speaker 5: you dub, looks like you could do something with football.

834
00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:50,080
Speaker 5: You love women's soccer. Men's soccer are a thing there,

835
00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:53,680
Speaker 5: the Storm, the Ring. It's a competitive market there. But

836
00:41:53,719 --> 00:41:55,799
Speaker 5: then also too not to get too much down this path,

837
00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:58,560
Speaker 5: but it is also the economics of it, because, like

838
00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:01,680
Speaker 5: if you were charging that price weight in that market,

839
00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:04,840
Speaker 5: you're expecting to see a team that's competitive, not a

840
00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:06,920
Speaker 5: team that's languishing in the standings.

841
00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:09,359
Speaker 6: And so in a lot of ways, you're almost in a.

842
00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:10,280
Speaker 2: No win situation.

843
00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:13,480
Speaker 1: Ryan, if this cluster in the Western Conference holds firm

844
00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:15,799
Speaker 1: after the Olympic break, do you think that there's more

845
00:42:15,920 --> 00:42:17,080
Speaker 1: sellers or more buyers.

846
00:42:17,560 --> 00:42:20,520
Speaker 5: It's so hard to say because it all depends upon

847
00:42:20,640 --> 00:42:22,399
Speaker 5: the team and it's overall.

848
00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:24,440
Speaker 6: I guess you could say landscape.

849
00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:27,120
Speaker 5: So let's go tell you neighbor, random team in the

850
00:42:27,120 --> 00:42:29,919
Speaker 5: East or West, just any random team that you think

851
00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:30,279
Speaker 5: can be.

852
00:42:30,239 --> 00:42:34,319
Speaker 6: A buyer or seller. Philadelphia, Okay, So the Flyers are

853
00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:35,120
Speaker 6: a great, great giit.

854
00:42:35,239 --> 00:42:38,120
Speaker 5: So the way the Flyers are currently built and where

855
00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:40,920
Speaker 5: they currently stand right now is this. They are holding

856
00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:43,319
Speaker 5: down the first wild card. They are a team that

857
00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:46,080
Speaker 5: has youth, they have veterans, they have a good mix.

858
00:42:46,640 --> 00:42:48,960
Speaker 5: You could see a situation where they think they're ready

859
00:42:48,960 --> 00:42:51,600
Speaker 5: to add because they've been building and building and building

860
00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:54,640
Speaker 5: to get to that point. If let's see the Winnipeg

861
00:42:54,719 --> 00:42:57,200
Speaker 5: Jets get counter Helbok act back, they go on a

862
00:42:57,200 --> 00:42:59,680
Speaker 5: little bit of a run. The way Winnipeg is built,

863
00:42:59,719 --> 00:43:01,440
Speaker 5: you would think that's a team that would love to

864
00:43:01,440 --> 00:43:04,879
Speaker 5: try to add. Florida is the same thing. Net if

865
00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:07,799
Speaker 5: you're the Buffalo Sabers and you have a decision to make,

866
00:43:08,760 --> 00:43:11,560
Speaker 5: this is where it gets really fascinating because on one hand,

867
00:43:12,040 --> 00:43:12,920
Speaker 5: you know what it's like.

868
00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:15,040
Speaker 6: To go through the draft and you've added great.

869
00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:16,480
Speaker 5: Talent in the draft, but on the other you're now

870
00:43:16,520 --> 00:43:19,040
Speaker 5: being ran by Armo Kakalin and who the man has

871
00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:20,960
Speaker 5: experience of not only getting really good.

872
00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:23,240
Speaker 6: Talent with winning and going to the playoffs.

873
00:43:23,239 --> 00:43:26,000
Speaker 5: And so again, everyone's situation is different, and it seems

874
00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:29,680
Speaker 5: like the macro and the micro in terms of where

875
00:43:29,719 --> 00:43:32,759
Speaker 5: you're at an organization on your grand scheme as well

876
00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:35,040
Speaker 5: as where you're at the moment, seems like that's going

877
00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:37,000
Speaker 5: to determine what teams do ahead of the deadline.

878
00:43:38,080 --> 00:43:39,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think one of the things that concerns me

879
00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:42,960
Speaker 3: is is the goal differential. And you know, being a

880
00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:45,640
Speaker 3: stat guy, it stands out to me that the Pacific

881
00:43:45,719 --> 00:43:50,480
Speaker 3: is all read, and you know, championship teams tend to

882
00:43:51,040 --> 00:43:53,239
Speaker 3: hover more in the green, and certainly the top three

883
00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:56,040
Speaker 3: or four teams in the Central are in that area.

884
00:43:56,080 --> 00:43:59,880
Speaker 3: And I have to look at, you know, the comment

885
00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:02,719
Speaker 3: around buyers or sellers. I think the bigger that red

886
00:44:02,840 --> 00:44:06,120
Speaker 3: number gets, the more likelihood you're probably a seller. You know.

887
00:44:06,880 --> 00:44:09,240
Speaker 3: If you can't get that goal differential into the green,

888
00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:11,799
Speaker 3: you're probably not making the playoffs or you're probably not

889
00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:12,439
Speaker 3: going deep.

890
00:44:13,239 --> 00:44:15,000
Speaker 5: And that's a fair point. But I think it also

891
00:44:15,040 --> 00:44:17,359
Speaker 5: depends upon what team you're talking about. So let's keep

892
00:44:17,360 --> 00:44:20,400
Speaker 5: it to the Pacific. If you are the Vegas gold Knights,

893
00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:22,840
Speaker 5: you know what you're there to do, and that is

894
00:44:22,880 --> 00:44:25,320
Speaker 5: to win, and it is to win at all costs.

895
00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:29,160
Speaker 5: It's just how do you find the goaltending to find

896
00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:32,320
Speaker 5: a way to get you that consistency, because look, your

897
00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:35,200
Speaker 5: top six has gone through changes with the Alexetrangelo gone

898
00:44:35,239 --> 00:44:37,480
Speaker 5: of course Nick Haguen being gone, so you've had to

899
00:44:37,480 --> 00:44:38,480
Speaker 5: do some different things.

900
00:44:38,520 --> 00:44:41,840
Speaker 6: If you're the Edmonton Oilers, it's the same story.

901
00:44:41,840 --> 00:44:45,520
Speaker 5: It's spin, which is you're trying to find consistency in that.

902
00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:47,800
Speaker 6: Maybe you found that. Who knows.

903
00:44:47,880 --> 00:44:51,200
Speaker 5: If you're the Kraken, it's a native gold differential as

904
00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:54,040
Speaker 5: of today, But who's to say that doesn't evaporate because

905
00:44:54,120 --> 00:44:55,840
Speaker 5: you think about the last eight games, they've been the

906
00:44:55,880 --> 00:44:56,920
Speaker 5: best team in the NHL.

907
00:44:57,160 --> 00:45:01,240
Speaker 3: Yeah, Golden on par for sure getting goaltending, you're getting

908
00:45:01,719 --> 00:45:03,720
Speaker 3: offensive output from.

909
00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:07,160
Speaker 5: Everyone from Tolden Into to Freddy Control, like you're finding

910
00:45:07,160 --> 00:45:08,680
Speaker 5: a way to make it work and so long, Yes,

911
00:45:08,760 --> 00:45:10,680
Speaker 5: that's just a snatch out of eight games. It's just

912
00:45:10,680 --> 00:45:12,319
Speaker 5: how do you take eight games and you make it

913
00:45:12,360 --> 00:45:15,160
Speaker 5: into ten to twelve to twenty so that way you

914
00:45:15,160 --> 00:45:17,359
Speaker 5: get a better idea of what you are. But to

915
00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:20,120
Speaker 5: that point, I certainly get what you're saying, but it

916
00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:23,320
Speaker 5: also goes back to, well, how can you correct these things?

917
00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:25,480
Speaker 5: And if you can't correct these things, you're left with

918
00:45:25,520 --> 00:45:28,719
Speaker 5: a difficult decision. Unless, frankly, at this point you're one

919
00:45:28,719 --> 00:45:31,560
Speaker 5: of those teams in the Central Division where gold differential

920
00:45:31,680 --> 00:45:34,400
Speaker 5: just hasn't been a problem for Colorado, Dallas or Minnesota.

921
00:45:34,920 --> 00:45:37,319
Speaker 2: I love asking this question to folks who come on.

922
00:45:37,520 --> 00:45:40,480
Speaker 2: You know you're you're dialed in. You've got friends and

923
00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:44,400
Speaker 2: contacts all across the league. Clarky, what are folks saying

924
00:45:44,480 --> 00:45:47,359
Speaker 2: about Seattle? I mean, in the beginning of the year,

925
00:45:47,840 --> 00:45:51,000
Speaker 2: you get off to the best starting franchise history. We're

926
00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:54,240
Speaker 2: all aboard the lane train. We're all Laniacs. This team

927
00:45:54,320 --> 00:45:57,600
Speaker 2: defensively is playing well. You go on the one, nine

928
00:45:57,600 --> 00:46:01,240
Speaker 2: and one run. Now you're on a seven and one run.

929
00:46:02,120 --> 00:46:05,000
Speaker 2: Are what's the word on the streets? What are they

930
00:46:05,080 --> 00:46:07,560
Speaker 2: saying on the streets about the Seattle cracking.

931
00:46:08,520 --> 00:46:11,080
Speaker 6: It's just sort of wait and see because you just

932
00:46:11,280 --> 00:46:11,879
Speaker 6: don't know.

933
00:46:12,080 --> 00:46:14,760
Speaker 5: And like, let's think about what you just said about

934
00:46:14,920 --> 00:46:17,880
Speaker 5: what things look like from late November to mid December

935
00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:21,680
Speaker 5: with this team. That's a lot of losses, and it's

936
00:46:21,719 --> 00:46:25,200
Speaker 5: the sort of losses that make you wonder, Okay, are they.

937
00:46:25,120 --> 00:46:26,080
Speaker 6: A lot or a team?

938
00:46:26,200 --> 00:46:28,879
Speaker 5: Maybe this is how they move forward, maybe they move

939
00:46:28,920 --> 00:46:31,479
Speaker 5: on from players. And then you look at the last

940
00:46:31,480 --> 00:46:34,480
Speaker 5: eight games and now they're a playoff team, and they're

941
00:46:34,480 --> 00:46:36,680
Speaker 5: a playoff team at a time in which a lot

942
00:46:36,719 --> 00:46:39,359
Speaker 5: of teams have an opportunity to really make a run.

943
00:46:39,680 --> 00:46:40,840
Speaker 6: And so the top of the Grankitet.

944
00:46:40,880 --> 00:46:42,880
Speaker 5: That just seems to be like, let's wait and see,

945
00:46:42,920 --> 00:46:46,120
Speaker 5: because that's kind of what this organization has been from

946
00:46:46,200 --> 00:46:47,520
Speaker 5: day one, where like.

947
00:46:47,560 --> 00:46:50,960
Speaker 6: You see these glimpses where you go, Okay, maybe they're

948
00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:53,719
Speaker 6: not there, maybe they go through the draft and they

949
00:46:53,719 --> 00:46:55,120
Speaker 6: try to do it that way.

950
00:46:55,200 --> 00:46:58,080
Speaker 5: But then when they start winning these games and they

951
00:46:58,080 --> 00:47:00,640
Speaker 5: start flirting with a playoff spot there be a wild

952
00:47:00,719 --> 00:47:04,040
Speaker 5: card in one of the divisional places, you're then left wondering.

953
00:47:04,360 --> 00:47:06,960
Speaker 6: Maybe, but we just need to see more.

954
00:47:07,320 --> 00:47:09,480
Speaker 5: And that's the thing with them, is just you need

955
00:47:09,520 --> 00:47:12,839
Speaker 5: to see more because the reality is is Goldtending know

956
00:47:12,920 --> 00:47:15,640
Speaker 5: what you have in Joey to Core. When Philip Grubauer

957
00:47:15,719 --> 00:47:17,000
Speaker 5: is healthy, you know.

958
00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:18,000
Speaker 2: What you have with him.

959
00:47:18,040 --> 00:47:20,880
Speaker 5: It's just a matter of can you keep the continuity

960
00:47:20,880 --> 00:47:22,959
Speaker 5: in the offensive zone defensive zone.

961
00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:25,520
Speaker 6: Compared to what they were last season, there has been

962
00:47:25,560 --> 00:47:27,000
Speaker 6: a dramatic change, but.

963
00:47:27,000 --> 00:47:29,239
Speaker 5: It is about seeing can they keep this going in

964
00:47:29,320 --> 00:47:31,640
Speaker 5: the offensive end if they can do that and they

965
00:47:31,640 --> 00:47:34,400
Speaker 5: can have all those pieces working, but more importantly, they

966
00:47:34,440 --> 00:47:38,480
Speaker 5: can avoid these banks of losing four or five, six

967
00:47:38,800 --> 00:47:41,759
Speaker 5: upwards of seven games and they can manage that. So

968
00:47:41,880 --> 00:47:44,919
Speaker 5: a whole pace in a Western conference where Frankly, having

969
00:47:45,080 --> 00:47:47,600
Speaker 5: defense and goaltending is what's going to make a difference.

970
00:47:47,880 --> 00:47:49,920
Speaker 5: You would think that they have a really good chance

971
00:47:49,920 --> 00:47:52,799
Speaker 5: of making the playoffs, but again, at the same time,

972
00:47:52,880 --> 00:47:55,800
Speaker 5: you just don't know because it's the Western Conference.

973
00:47:56,400 --> 00:47:59,800
Speaker 2: I got one more four o'clock before we go. Olympics

974
00:47:59,800 --> 00:48:03,239
Speaker 2: are coming up, and a lot of names were left

975
00:48:03,280 --> 00:48:05,600
Speaker 2: off of the Team USA roster and most don'ta b

976
00:48:05,719 --> 00:48:09,200
Speaker 2: Jason Robertson. I think Canada had a few other snubs

977
00:48:09,239 --> 00:48:11,919
Speaker 2: as well. Just you know, for a lot of fans

978
00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:15,680
Speaker 2: in Seattle, this will be our first Olympics for a

979
00:48:15,680 --> 00:48:19,440
Speaker 2: lot of these folks watching their players. Copple Coco, Elliots,

980
00:48:19,440 --> 00:48:23,600
Speaker 2: Hovenen going, Philip Grubauer as well. I mean, what can

981
00:48:23,640 --> 00:48:26,000
Speaker 2: we expect this year in the Olympics, just in terms

982
00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:29,480
Speaker 2: of how and why this is different from what we've

983
00:48:29,520 --> 00:48:32,120
Speaker 2: seen in the past, and just the early outlook on

984
00:48:32,160 --> 00:48:33,120
Speaker 2: some of these teams.

985
00:48:33,560 --> 00:48:35,760
Speaker 5: Sure, well, in terms of what makes it so important,

986
00:48:35,880 --> 00:48:37,320
Speaker 5: it's the fact that it's the first games that have

987
00:48:37,400 --> 00:48:39,880
Speaker 5: had NHL players in quite some time.

988
00:48:39,960 --> 00:48:42,560
Speaker 6: And what we saw at the Four Nations was this.

989
00:48:42,680 --> 00:48:46,120
Speaker 5: We saw extremely fast, hot and we saw a skill,

990
00:48:46,640 --> 00:48:50,040
Speaker 5: we saw strategy. You saw everything that makes this game

991
00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:54,480
Speaker 5: so interesting to watch at the most elevated levels, and

992
00:48:54,600 --> 00:48:56,200
Speaker 5: not only going to get a chance to see that,

993
00:48:56,280 --> 00:48:57,879
Speaker 5: but you get a chance to see how the rest

994
00:48:57,920 --> 00:48:59,000
Speaker 5: of the world compares.

995
00:48:59,040 --> 00:49:00,399
Speaker 6: Because look at the feigns.

996
00:49:00,840 --> 00:49:03,440
Speaker 5: It was Canada and the United States, it was Finland,

997
00:49:03,440 --> 00:49:05,920
Speaker 5: it was Sweden. That that's about as good as it gets.

998
00:49:06,160 --> 00:49:08,560
Speaker 5: Of course, there's the conversation to be had about Russia

999
00:49:08,600 --> 00:49:11,200
Speaker 5: and not being there, but that's another discussion for another time.

1000
00:49:11,239 --> 00:49:13,520
Speaker 5: But when you look at other nations, you think about

1001
00:49:13,560 --> 00:49:15,799
Speaker 5: Switzerland and the fact that Switzerland has been a really

1002
00:49:15,840 --> 00:49:18,600
Speaker 5: strong team at the last couple of World Championships. They've

1003
00:49:18,600 --> 00:49:22,320
Speaker 5: got NHL players like Koheshier and Roman Yoseland. There is

1004
00:49:22,360 --> 00:49:24,719
Speaker 5: a lot of talent that's come out of Switzerland over

1005
00:49:24,719 --> 00:49:27,200
Speaker 5: the last ten to fifteen years, and so when you

1006
00:49:27,239 --> 00:49:30,080
Speaker 5: think about what the Olympics could be, that's where it is.

1007
00:49:30,120 --> 00:49:31,680
Speaker 6: It's yes, it's looking at sort.

1008
00:49:31,560 --> 00:49:34,080
Speaker 5: Of your big name nations, but really in some ways

1009
00:49:34,120 --> 00:49:36,120
Speaker 5: it's a state in the Union and how far the

1010
00:49:36,200 --> 00:49:39,200
Speaker 5: game has come along. And that's only just with men's hockey,

1011
00:49:39,280 --> 00:49:42,200
Speaker 5: Like that's with women's hockey. Well, now that Seattle has

1012
00:49:42,200 --> 00:49:45,200
Speaker 5: the tour because like, look, Canada and United States only

1013
00:49:45,239 --> 00:49:48,560
Speaker 5: one gold medal game since nineteen ninety eight, when when

1014
00:49:48,600 --> 00:49:50,719
Speaker 5: women's hockey first game in the Olympics has been in

1015
00:49:50,800 --> 00:49:52,440
Speaker 5: Canada in the US, like, that is much of a

1016
00:49:52,440 --> 00:49:54,840
Speaker 5: struggle they have had on this rivalry. But at the

1017
00:49:54,840 --> 00:49:57,279
Speaker 5: same time, you look at that tournament and you wonder, like,

1018
00:49:57,640 --> 00:50:01,680
Speaker 5: what could Finland do? Could the checks to because we

1019
00:50:01,800 --> 00:50:04,240
Speaker 5: just saw the World Juniors and right now check hockey

1020
00:50:04,239 --> 00:50:06,080
Speaker 5: looks like it is going through eighth best.

1021
00:50:06,200 --> 00:50:08,839
Speaker 2: I saw that check the public roster this morning and

1022
00:50:09,000 --> 00:50:12,239
Speaker 2: I was like, Yo, they could make they could put

1023
00:50:12,280 --> 00:50:13,320
Speaker 2: some people on notice.

1024
00:50:13,640 --> 00:50:14,439
Speaker 6: Like that's what I'm saying.

1025
00:50:14,480 --> 00:50:16,279
Speaker 5: It's like with the men's and the women's like they

1026
00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:18,879
Speaker 5: look like they're about to go into a really, really

1027
00:50:18,920 --> 00:50:21,520
Speaker 5: strong period. And so that's just the thing is like

1028
00:50:21,520 --> 00:50:23,640
Speaker 5: what the NHL, We're so used to looking at everything

1029
00:50:23,640 --> 00:50:25,959
Speaker 5: through the prism of teams and that makes sense, where

1030
00:50:26,080 --> 00:50:27,880
Speaker 5: something like this it's about looking at it in a

1031
00:50:27,880 --> 00:50:30,760
Speaker 5: way like, well, what is the state of the game nationally?

1032
00:50:30,800 --> 00:50:33,640
Speaker 5: And if you're in the United States an American hockey fan,

1033
00:50:33,960 --> 00:50:37,280
Speaker 5: you're looking at this Olympics taking could they win gold?

1034
00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:39,480
Speaker 5: Because they just did it at the World if you're

1035
00:50:39,480 --> 00:50:41,759
Speaker 5: a Canadian hockey fan, you're looking at.

1036
00:50:41,680 --> 00:50:44,560
Speaker 6: This wondering do they have the goaltending?

1037
00:50:44,680 --> 00:50:46,719
Speaker 5: They got the forwards, they look like they have the

1038
00:50:46,760 --> 00:50:48,840
Speaker 5: defense with do they have the goaltending to win? And

1039
00:50:48,880 --> 00:50:50,759
Speaker 5: if you're everyone else, you're just looking to see how

1040
00:50:50,760 --> 00:50:52,839
Speaker 5: far you can go in a tournament that has been

1041
00:50:52,880 --> 00:50:55,720
Speaker 5: described as it is. These two Juggernauts and everybody else

1042
00:50:56,040 --> 00:50:57,360
Speaker 5: are the ones trying to challenge.

1043
00:50:57,520 --> 00:50:59,360
Speaker 1: Looking forward to it here this next month. Well you

1044
00:50:59,400 --> 00:51:03,280
Speaker 1: are here there everywhere. We all envy your airline miles, Ryan,

1045
00:51:03,960 --> 00:51:06,799
Speaker 1: thank you again. We will do this again later on

1046
00:51:06,840 --> 00:51:08,879
Speaker 1: down the road. Appreciate you, my friend. Happy New Year.

1047
00:51:09,640 --> 00:51:10,919
Speaker 6: Likewise, guys, thank you so much.

1048
00:51:11,160 --> 00:51:13,880
Speaker 1: Thanks all right, Clarky, thank you very much. Great talking

1049
00:51:13,920 --> 00:51:16,920
Speaker 1: with you. That's Ryan Clark of ESPN joining us. Everett

1050
00:51:16,920 --> 00:51:19,600
Speaker 1: Al myself back to wrap it up after this right

1051
00:51:19,640 --> 00:51:22,399
Speaker 1: here on Cracking Weekly on ninety three to three KJRFM.

1052
00:51:23,040 --> 00:51:25,120
Speaker 1: I want to thank Ryan Clark also for joining us

1053
00:51:25,160 --> 00:51:27,480
Speaker 1: a few moments ago. Great to hear from. Clarky does

1054
00:51:27,480 --> 00:51:30,120
Speaker 1: a great job as usual with the ESPN for the

1055
00:51:30,239 --> 00:51:33,600
Speaker 1: national scale. Time to get into our mailbag segment here

1056
00:51:33,600 --> 00:51:36,200
Speaker 1: before we wrap this one up here fellas, and I

1057
00:51:36,239 --> 00:51:38,759
Speaker 1: really appreciate these questions coming in because they are so

1058
00:51:39,239 --> 00:51:42,480
Speaker 1: thought compelling. Here for this, we start with Maddy Addex asking,

1059
00:51:43,200 --> 00:51:45,920
Speaker 1: I think we have to start talking about the trade deadline.

1060
00:51:46,000 --> 00:51:49,160
Speaker 1: Are the krack and going to be buyers sellers or

1061
00:51:49,200 --> 00:51:52,600
Speaker 1: will they stick with what they have? I'll begin with this,

1062
00:51:53,440 --> 00:51:55,480
Speaker 1: and I think as of right now, you have to

1063
00:51:55,680 --> 00:51:58,480
Speaker 1: prepare for a whole lot of stand pat in this

1064
00:51:58,600 --> 00:52:02,640
Speaker 1: league based on the conditions. Not many teams are out

1065
00:52:02,640 --> 00:52:05,920
Speaker 1: of this mix. Not many guys are looking to offsell

1066
00:52:06,040 --> 00:52:09,319
Speaker 1: or offshoot top end scores, get rid of players, looking

1067
00:52:09,320 --> 00:52:12,200
Speaker 1: to add more youngsters. And you know, if you want

1068
00:52:12,239 --> 00:52:13,840
Speaker 1: to get a top guy right now for the crack in,

1069
00:52:13,880 --> 00:52:16,720
Speaker 1: your biggest need is that and it's an elite top

1070
00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:19,479
Speaker 1: line guy. But do you trade a veteran to open

1071
00:52:19,480 --> 00:52:22,080
Speaker 1: a spot here for a young guy? I mean, as possible,

1072
00:52:22,360 --> 00:52:25,000
Speaker 1: But at this point, who wants to mess with this roster?

1073
00:52:25,239 --> 00:52:27,960
Speaker 1: I mean for me, I think next summer is when

1074
00:52:27,960 --> 00:52:30,520
Speaker 1: this is maybe going to get interesting. Maybe, I think

1075
00:52:30,560 --> 00:52:33,160
Speaker 1: perhaps in the trade market. And you got a lot

1076
00:52:33,160 --> 00:52:35,680
Speaker 1: of contracts up here for the crack inside, young guys

1077
00:52:35,719 --> 00:52:37,920
Speaker 1: pushing here for a spot. Everett, you got to this

1078
00:52:38,000 --> 00:52:40,879
Speaker 1: earlier here on this show and on this podcast drop.

1079
00:52:41,080 --> 00:52:43,360
Speaker 1: But it's kind of got like an old school college

1080
00:52:43,360 --> 00:52:47,480
Speaker 1: sports type of feel where there's potential to see a

1081
00:52:47,520 --> 00:52:50,680
Speaker 1: few of the older guys write it out. Do you

1082
00:52:50,800 --> 00:52:53,919
Speaker 1: move on? Do you not? Potentially? But then you got

1083
00:52:53,920 --> 00:52:56,560
Speaker 1: a lot more young kids in a brand new class

1084
00:52:56,960 --> 00:52:59,719
Speaker 1: waiting here to come in and then take over.

1085
00:53:01,080 --> 00:53:03,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I think what you said was was

1086
00:53:03,960 --> 00:53:09,360
Speaker 2: spot on. A lot of teams are close. Columbus Calgary,

1087
00:53:10,120 --> 00:53:16,960
Speaker 2: Vancouver and Winnipeg. Actually nope, yes, Columbus, Calgary, Vancouver, Winnipeg

1088
00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:20,600
Speaker 2: are the only four teams in the league who are

1089
00:53:20,640 --> 00:53:23,280
Speaker 2: more than four points back of a playoff spot today.

1090
00:53:23,840 --> 00:53:27,719
Speaker 2: So I mean, if you're looking to add, great, but

1091
00:53:27,840 --> 00:53:30,120
Speaker 2: there's not a whole lot of sellers. And when you

1092
00:53:30,239 --> 00:53:34,080
Speaker 2: have twenty eight of thirty two teams in the playoffs

1093
00:53:34,200 --> 00:53:37,799
Speaker 2: or within four points of the playoffs, that's a weekend, right,

1094
00:53:37,880 --> 00:53:39,239
Speaker 2: that's the back to back.

1095
00:53:39,280 --> 00:53:41,360
Speaker 1: Then they're gonna have to overpay also, and what's that

1096
00:53:41,360 --> 00:53:42,000
Speaker 1: going to cost you?

1097
00:53:42,480 --> 00:53:45,279
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a flu bug going through your locker room

1098
00:53:45,360 --> 00:53:47,279
Speaker 2: to knock you out for a couple of games. So,

1099
00:53:47,560 --> 00:53:49,759
Speaker 2: and you're right, Mike, I mean, what's that going to cost. Sure.

1100
00:53:49,800 --> 00:53:53,440
Speaker 2: Everybody wants top line scoring. Everybody wants to to to

1101
00:53:53,520 --> 00:53:56,480
Speaker 2: bring in a top six centermen. They want to bring

1102
00:53:56,520 --> 00:53:58,759
Speaker 2: in a scoring winger who you can put in the

1103
00:53:58,760 --> 00:54:00,960
Speaker 2: power playing great give me your top two prospects in

1104
00:54:01,000 --> 00:54:04,200
Speaker 2: the first round pick. I'm not doing that. So there's

1105
00:54:04,320 --> 00:54:07,440
Speaker 2: a lot of I'm with you. I think this is

1106
00:54:07,480 --> 00:54:09,799
Speaker 2: going to be one of the more boring at least

1107
00:54:09,880 --> 00:54:14,040
Speaker 2: as of today. We don't know what happens in January,

1108
00:54:14,120 --> 00:54:17,440
Speaker 2: the Olympic break. So many teams have so many players,

1109
00:54:17,520 --> 00:54:21,799
Speaker 2: and I promise you somebody's gonna get hurt. We'll see

1110
00:54:21,800 --> 00:54:23,680
Speaker 2: what happens when we get to mid March, but as

1111
00:54:23,719 --> 00:54:27,480
Speaker 2: of right now, this may be a pretty boring trade deadline.

1112
00:54:27,880 --> 00:54:30,960
Speaker 3: Well, I know the teams you mentioned too fits. Vancouver

1113
00:54:31,000 --> 00:54:32,520
Speaker 3: is the one that stands out to me because they

1114
00:54:32,640 --> 00:54:35,640
Speaker 3: get a dash twenty eight goal differential, But vankou Row

1115
00:54:35,800 --> 00:54:38,279
Speaker 3: just went through a big trade. I don't see them

1116
00:54:38,320 --> 00:54:42,520
Speaker 3: doing much in that timeframe, so you know, maybe Winnipeg

1117
00:54:42,600 --> 00:54:46,400
Speaker 3: stands out as making a big move. But again, the

1118
00:54:46,440 --> 00:54:48,080
Speaker 3: reason they're in the position right now is because of

1119
00:54:48,120 --> 00:54:51,440
Speaker 3: their goaltender. With Hellabuck being out, I think that they

1120
00:54:51,440 --> 00:54:54,520
Speaker 3: don't necessarily need much, but when you don't have your

1121
00:54:54,520 --> 00:54:56,920
Speaker 3: goaltender in the lineup, that's probably why they're at the

1122
00:54:56,920 --> 00:55:01,440
Speaker 3: bottom of the conference right now. So it's tough to

1123
00:55:01,440 --> 00:55:03,600
Speaker 3: put a finger on a team and say that team

1124
00:55:03,680 --> 00:55:06,440
Speaker 3: is absolutely a cellar at least at this point. Because

1125
00:55:06,440 --> 00:55:08,600
Speaker 3: of what you just said, so many teams are so

1126
00:55:08,800 --> 00:55:10,560
Speaker 3: close to being in a wildcard spot.

1127
00:55:11,200 --> 00:55:14,640
Speaker 1: Dave's question here at X who do you sit or

1128
00:55:14,719 --> 00:55:18,360
Speaker 1: send down to Coachella when Jaden Schwartz comes back. I

1129
00:55:18,440 --> 00:55:21,480
Speaker 1: predicted this earlier in the show and this question was

1130
00:55:21,520 --> 00:55:24,520
Speaker 1: going to happen. I think you start looking at who's

1131
00:55:24,520 --> 00:55:27,239
Speaker 1: been out recently, and ty Car Chay's been that guy

1132
00:55:27,680 --> 00:55:30,080
Speaker 1: four games in a row before last night, and he

1133
00:55:30,200 --> 00:55:32,600
Speaker 1: sat not for lack of ability or lack of results,

1134
00:55:32,640 --> 00:55:35,440
Speaker 1: but just because everything is rolling right now. I mean

1135
00:55:35,440 --> 00:55:38,000
Speaker 1: from the veneer's line to right's line. I mean again,

1136
00:55:38,040 --> 00:55:41,400
Speaker 1: heaven forbid you touch that fourth line right now. The

1137
00:55:41,520 --> 00:55:45,799
Speaker 1: tricky part do you send him down? You go through

1138
00:55:45,800 --> 00:55:48,640
Speaker 1: waivers with him, and who knows with an injury if

1139
00:55:48,680 --> 00:55:50,799
Speaker 1: you know someone else might need a guy like that

1140
00:55:51,040 --> 00:55:52,799
Speaker 1: and quicker to point out the crack and do have

1141
00:55:52,880 --> 00:55:55,120
Speaker 1: room right now for one more roster spot. But then

1142
00:55:55,160 --> 00:55:56,520
Speaker 1: you have to factor in what do you do when

1143
00:55:56,560 --> 00:56:01,040
Speaker 1: Matt Murray gets healthy, and then definitely Brandon Montour as well.

1144
00:56:01,120 --> 00:56:03,440
Speaker 1: I think this is where the competitive part of this

1145
00:56:03,560 --> 00:56:06,799
Speaker 1: here for this team really comes into play. And it's

1146
00:56:06,840 --> 00:56:09,400
Speaker 1: a good problem to have, and it's up to guys

1147
00:56:09,440 --> 00:56:13,120
Speaker 1: who you know, have more I would say, exchangeable traits

1148
00:56:13,520 --> 00:56:16,040
Speaker 1: to keep their game up, keep them honest, and keep

1149
00:56:16,040 --> 00:56:18,439
Speaker 1: them accountable here during a time like this, I mean,

1150
00:56:18,640 --> 00:56:20,879
Speaker 1: does Jason Botterill still trade out to make room?

1151
00:56:20,920 --> 00:56:21,320
Speaker 3: Imine?

1152
00:56:21,360 --> 00:56:23,520
Speaker 1: Who knows? I mean you get a nice return maybe,

1153
00:56:23,520 --> 00:56:25,719
Speaker 1: but who knows what that can do. But I mean

1154
00:56:25,880 --> 00:56:28,919
Speaker 1: that's all small chadow. We've heard elsewhere from across the league,

1155
00:56:29,560 --> 00:56:32,319
Speaker 1: and trades usually happened like a flash of lightning, say

1156
00:56:32,400 --> 00:56:35,120
Speaker 1: the course of Mason Marshmen situation, which the course was

1157
00:56:35,520 --> 00:56:37,480
Speaker 1: percolating here for a while.

1158
00:56:38,840 --> 00:56:42,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, Jane Schwartz is a left winger and

1159
00:56:43,080 --> 00:56:45,879
Speaker 3: you've got Cocko, Winterton, Katon and Karchie on that left

1160
00:56:45,920 --> 00:56:49,200
Speaker 3: wing right now, based on the last game's roster and

1161
00:56:49,719 --> 00:56:52,520
Speaker 3: Carche is the easy one to say that he bumps

1162
00:56:52,560 --> 00:56:54,640
Speaker 3: out because he's been out for a few games, which

1163
00:56:54,640 --> 00:56:56,560
Speaker 3: would put Winterton back on that forth line. I don't

1164
00:56:56,560 --> 00:56:59,920
Speaker 3: think anybody's disappointed at that. So to me, that's the

1165
00:57:00,040 --> 00:57:03,799
Speaker 3: easy move. The more complicated move is there's some sort

1166
00:57:03,840 --> 00:57:07,280
Speaker 3: of a trade where it's multiple players getting back getting

1167
00:57:07,320 --> 00:57:10,279
Speaker 3: back you know, a single player. So you're making room

1168
00:57:10,320 --> 00:57:13,200
Speaker 3: on your roster, you're making room on your on your

1169
00:57:13,200 --> 00:57:18,200
Speaker 3: cap table to also fit to Schwartz back into lineup.

1170
00:57:19,240 --> 00:57:22,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think with Schwartz, I think you'll be safe.

1171
00:57:22,640 --> 00:57:25,919
Speaker 2: You're at twenty two roster spots right now, you can

1172
00:57:25,960 --> 00:57:28,560
Speaker 2: have twenty three. I'm almost positive that cap won't be

1173
00:57:28,600 --> 00:57:31,200
Speaker 2: an issue when Schwartz comes back. The problem is going

1174
00:57:31,280 --> 00:57:33,840
Speaker 2: to be when Murray comes back and when Montor comes back,

1175
00:57:33,920 --> 00:57:36,680
Speaker 2: because you can't be at twenty four to twenty five guys.

1176
00:57:37,120 --> 00:57:40,320
Speaker 2: That is when I feel we're going to have to

1177
00:57:40,320 --> 00:57:43,680
Speaker 2: have this conversation of who are we sending down And

1178
00:57:43,800 --> 00:57:49,400
Speaker 2: like I said before, in a very kind of cynical way,

1179
00:57:49,800 --> 00:57:53,480
Speaker 2: you want to get to January as you are right now.

1180
00:57:53,560 --> 00:57:55,440
Speaker 2: You know very much. If I don't move, the t

1181
00:57:55,600 --> 00:57:58,880
Speaker 2: Rex can't see me, right like, just keep on doing

1182
00:57:58,920 --> 00:58:01,880
Speaker 2: what you're doing. Nothing is here and then here take

1183
00:58:01,920 --> 00:58:04,360
Speaker 2: that can down the road. When you've got three weeks

1184
00:58:04,360 --> 00:58:07,360
Speaker 2: in February. You can't make moves, but you can talk

1185
00:58:07,400 --> 00:58:09,280
Speaker 2: internally about moves, like, hey, guys, what are we gonna

1186
00:58:09,280 --> 00:58:11,680
Speaker 2: do after the Olympic break? So, in a perfect world,

1187
00:58:11,720 --> 00:58:16,160
Speaker 2: Schwartz comes back, there's your twenty third. You're fine. Obviously

1188
00:58:16,200 --> 00:58:18,480
Speaker 2: you want to get Montor back as quickly as possible.

1189
00:58:18,560 --> 00:58:22,040
Speaker 2: Obviously you want to get Matt Murray back to playing games,

1190
00:58:22,120 --> 00:58:25,600
Speaker 2: and you want a full, healthy complement of players. But

1191
00:58:26,040 --> 00:58:29,600
Speaker 2: for what they're doing right now, you can't upset this

1192
00:58:29,680 --> 00:58:32,200
Speaker 2: proverbial apple cart. And I'm with you. I think because

1193
00:58:32,200 --> 00:58:35,360
Speaker 2: of just the numbers, maybe KRTS is the easy one

1194
00:58:36,240 --> 00:58:40,080
Speaker 2: to sit to healthy scratch. But I mean, I don't

1195
00:58:40,120 --> 00:58:43,360
Speaker 2: think we're gonna have to worry about sending guys back

1196
00:58:43,520 --> 00:58:46,200
Speaker 2: until Montor and or Murray come.

1197
00:58:46,080 --> 00:58:49,400
Speaker 1: Back, coming up here for the Kraken Thursday tomorrow night

1198
00:58:49,480 --> 00:58:53,520
Speaker 1: against the Minnesota Wild. Then you have the Carolina Hurricanes

1199
00:58:53,600 --> 00:58:58,000
Speaker 1: waiting at home on Saturday and they have been rolling

1200
00:58:58,080 --> 00:59:01,240
Speaker 1: once again in the Metro Division. And then Monday in

1201
00:59:01,400 --> 00:59:04,520
Speaker 1: the Big Apple, all of us gonna be together for

1202
00:59:04,600 --> 00:59:07,120
Speaker 1: the Kraken and the New York Rangers, and we'll do

1203
00:59:07,200 --> 00:59:10,880
Speaker 1: this show once again live on location. In the Big Apple.

1204
00:59:10,960 --> 00:59:13,000
Speaker 1: That's gonna be fun here. But I mean, for the

1205
00:59:13,040 --> 00:59:16,120
Speaker 1: time being, six points on the table, are we good

1206
00:59:16,120 --> 00:59:18,560
Speaker 1: here with a minimum of four points coming up?

1207
00:59:19,720 --> 00:59:24,160
Speaker 2: I think so? Yeah. I think first of all, home

1208
00:59:24,240 --> 00:59:28,080
Speaker 2: on Thursday in Carolina for Saturday wild that.

1209
00:59:28,120 --> 00:59:29,160
Speaker 4: Is three hours later.

1210
00:59:29,320 --> 00:59:34,520
Speaker 2: That is wild behavior. I'm sorry. I I Marshawn Lynch.

1211
00:59:34,560 --> 00:59:36,640
Speaker 2: I'm here so I don't get fine, so don't find

1212
00:59:36,640 --> 00:59:41,680
Speaker 2: me for what I'm that is ludicrous that this team

1213
00:59:42,120 --> 00:59:45,720
Speaker 2: has got to go three hours. I lose three hours.

1214
00:59:45,720 --> 00:59:49,320
Speaker 2: You're leaving at nine to thirty on Friday, you're checking

1215
00:59:49,360 --> 00:59:53,880
Speaker 2: into your hotel at around six forty five. First row problems.

1216
00:59:53,880 --> 00:59:56,240
Speaker 2: I get it. We travel pretty well, but still you're

1217
00:59:56,280 --> 00:59:59,000
Speaker 2: expecting the kracking to be at their best on the

1218
00:59:59,040 --> 01:00:02,600
Speaker 2: East Coast forty hours later. Wild behavior. Sorry I had

1219
01:00:02,600 --> 01:00:04,000
Speaker 2: to get that in there, But yeah, I think four

1220
01:00:04,040 --> 01:00:06,920
Speaker 2: of six, four of every six points should be your

1221
01:00:06,960 --> 01:00:09,400
Speaker 2: goal and if you can get five, if you can

1222
01:00:09,400 --> 01:00:11,720
Speaker 2: get six, that obviously would be better. But I mean

1223
01:00:11,800 --> 01:00:14,720
Speaker 2: four of every six points you should be aiming to

1224
01:00:14,800 --> 01:00:17,680
Speaker 2: take on each three game segment.

1225
01:00:18,160 --> 01:00:21,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, with a month that's full of tests just in

1226
01:00:21,120 --> 01:00:25,720
Speaker 3: total volume alone, but certainly a powerhouse team and the

1227
01:00:25,800 --> 01:00:29,400
Speaker 3: Hurricanes forty eight hours after you're playing in the Minnesota Wild.

1228
01:00:30,280 --> 01:00:31,960
Speaker 3: Four and six is going to be a big ask,

1229
01:00:32,040 --> 01:00:33,800
Speaker 3: and that Carolina game is going to be probably one

1230
01:00:33,840 --> 01:00:35,160
Speaker 3: of the bigger tests of this month.

1231
01:00:35,720 --> 01:00:38,200
Speaker 1: Let's get to our three stars here the halfway point

1232
01:00:38,280 --> 01:00:38,880
Speaker 1: of the season.

1233
01:00:38,920 --> 01:00:39,280
Speaker 6: Folks.

1234
01:00:39,280 --> 01:00:41,640
Speaker 1: You wait long enough for it. Let's get to it

1235
01:00:41,720 --> 01:00:45,200
Speaker 1: right now. I'll begin. My third star goes to a

1236
01:00:45,280 --> 01:00:50,520
Speaker 1: recently called up Coachella Valley Firebird in Jacob Mullanson. This

1237
01:00:50,720 --> 01:00:53,880
Speaker 1: is what this kind of game does to not just

1238
01:00:54,120 --> 01:00:58,080
Speaker 1: reinvigorate a team that look to be on the brink

1239
01:00:58,120 --> 01:01:02,240
Speaker 1: about a month ago, but also so reinvigorate the imagination

1240
01:01:02,520 --> 01:01:06,640
Speaker 1: of an identity that this fan base is embracing right now.

1241
01:01:06,960 --> 01:01:09,880
Speaker 1: Mallanson hits Millonson can go to the front of the net.

1242
01:01:10,080 --> 01:01:12,720
Speaker 1: He can score as well to Everett. You brought up

1243
01:01:12,720 --> 01:01:15,240
Speaker 1: his ability back in the in the Quebec League as

1244
01:01:15,240 --> 01:01:18,280
Speaker 1: well back in Major Junior. But he plays with poise,

1245
01:01:18,520 --> 01:01:21,880
Speaker 1: he plays with snap, he plays with embrasiveness, and he

1246
01:01:21,960 --> 01:01:25,560
Speaker 1: plays with a fearless approach that has really found a

1247
01:01:25,560 --> 01:01:29,800
Speaker 1: way to reinvigorate the other three lines that go on

1248
01:01:29,840 --> 01:01:32,800
Speaker 1: the ice. After this line goes out and tries to

1249
01:01:32,840 --> 01:01:36,200
Speaker 1: do damage. He'll hit anything that moves. And I don't

1250
01:01:36,200 --> 01:01:38,560
Speaker 1: want to get ahead of myself here, but can you

1251
01:01:38,640 --> 01:01:43,680
Speaker 1: imagine if the playoffs are a reality coming up in April,

1252
01:01:44,120 --> 01:01:48,440
Speaker 1: what this line can do in a seven game series.

1253
01:01:48,560 --> 01:01:52,160
Speaker 1: My goodness, that is going to be fun to watch.

1254
01:01:52,480 --> 01:01:55,480
Speaker 1: Jacob Allanson is my third star. Second star goes to

1255
01:01:55,560 --> 01:01:59,240
Speaker 1: Philip Grubauer, who is right now authoring perhaps a comeback

1256
01:01:59,280 --> 01:02:01,600
Speaker 1: Player of the Year story right now in the National

1257
01:02:01,600 --> 01:02:05,280
Speaker 1: Hockey League. Colin Zulianello did amazing work with him. He's

1258
01:02:05,280 --> 01:02:08,600
Speaker 1: done amazing work with this whole goaltending corner to get

1259
01:02:08,640 --> 01:02:10,600
Speaker 1: them now to perform as one of the best, if

1260
01:02:10,600 --> 01:02:14,960
Speaker 1: not the best unit collectively in the NHL. But there

1261
01:02:15,000 --> 01:02:19,479
Speaker 1: have been rare a game this season where you think

1262
01:02:19,520 --> 01:02:22,000
Speaker 1: grew Bauer gives up a goal that he wants to

1263
01:02:22,040 --> 01:02:24,560
Speaker 1: have back. I can't recall the last time he had

1264
01:02:25,280 --> 01:02:28,560
Speaker 1: that kind of game. He helped his team roll right

1265
01:02:28,640 --> 01:02:32,760
Speaker 1: through what was a tough California stretch. He looked phenomenal

1266
01:02:32,840 --> 01:02:36,160
Speaker 1: last week. He had a season high forty one saves

1267
01:02:36,520 --> 01:02:39,920
Speaker 1: against the Flames. The penalty shot up on Jonathan Huberto

1268
01:02:40,320 --> 01:02:43,200
Speaker 1: an amazing glove save he had later in that first period.

1269
01:02:43,600 --> 01:02:47,080
Speaker 1: He is finding ways to bail out his team sometimes

1270
01:02:47,080 --> 01:02:49,400
Speaker 1: when their game is not at their best, and he

1271
01:02:49,520 --> 01:02:51,640
Speaker 1: is a big reason why the crack And are in

1272
01:02:51,640 --> 01:02:55,080
Speaker 1: a playoff spot. Philip Greenbauer is my second star of

1273
01:02:55,120 --> 01:02:58,080
Speaker 1: the halfway point of the season. My first star's head

1274
01:02:58,080 --> 01:03:02,320
Speaker 1: coach Lane Lambert. Without question, this team is not in

1275
01:03:02,400 --> 01:03:07,280
Speaker 1: position without him. The discipline he installed, the accountability he installed,

1276
01:03:07,520 --> 01:03:09,840
Speaker 1: and his system as well that he installed. And we

1277
01:03:09,880 --> 01:03:11,600
Speaker 1: got to this earlier here, but I think to me,

1278
01:03:12,400 --> 01:03:16,160
Speaker 1: watching them go through line by line at five on

1279
01:03:16,280 --> 01:03:20,800
Speaker 1: five at Calgary, there was a certain assertiveness I watched

1280
01:03:20,800 --> 01:03:23,560
Speaker 1: them play with their structure that beginning in the third

1281
01:03:23,600 --> 01:03:26,440
Speaker 1: period began to really frustrate the Flames, who have been

1282
01:03:26,520 --> 01:03:29,640
Speaker 1: very good on home ice, and when it comes to

1283
01:03:29,720 --> 01:03:32,280
Speaker 1: a close game and a tight game, you need a

1284
01:03:32,320 --> 01:03:35,000
Speaker 1: system like this to be able to hold up. What

1285
01:03:35,040 --> 01:03:38,640
Speaker 1: you've done through about forty minutes of play. Defense is

1286
01:03:38,640 --> 01:03:40,480
Speaker 1: going to help you win a lot of games in

1287
01:03:40,520 --> 01:03:42,800
Speaker 1: this league. Here for this year, he's brought on a

1288
01:03:42,840 --> 01:03:45,800
Speaker 1: brand new attitude. He has helped keep players honest. He

1289
01:03:45,880 --> 01:03:49,640
Speaker 1: is out now foster a culture of trying to stay

1290
01:03:49,680 --> 01:03:52,440
Speaker 1: at your best to stay in this lineup right now,

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01:03:52,760 --> 01:03:55,520
Speaker 1: and he has helped a few players also either begin

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01:03:55,640 --> 01:03:59,560
Speaker 1: to realize what defense does as far as the end

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01:03:59,560 --> 01:04:02,080
Speaker 1: game in the NHL or is he He has also

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01:04:02,080 --> 01:04:06,240
Speaker 1: helped take other players to a next level defensively as well.

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01:04:06,680 --> 01:04:09,840
Speaker 1: In the NHL. That's system he put in has helped

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Speaker 1: out goaltending. And without question, I think you have to

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Speaker 1: put Lane Lambert right now in the conversation as one

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Speaker 1: of the top coaches in the NHL here for this season,

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Speaker 1: with how they're hanging right now in this playoff. Next,

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Speaker 1: Lane Lambert is my first start at the halfway point

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Speaker 1: of the season.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, those are those are all good, all very compelling arguments. Michael,

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01:04:31,680 --> 01:04:33,800
Speaker 2: You've got no argument for me, But I'm gonna argue

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01:04:33,840 --> 01:04:34,000
Speaker 2: with you.

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01:04:35,080 --> 01:04:38,160
Speaker 4: Why we have a show here, my third star of.

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01:04:38,080 --> 01:04:40,560
Speaker 2: The week of the week, of the of the halfway

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01:04:40,600 --> 01:04:45,280
Speaker 2: part of the season, collectively the fourth line Cards, Winderton, Milanson,

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01:04:45,560 --> 01:04:50,000
Speaker 2: Myers like that fourth line Without them, I don't think

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01:04:50,080 --> 01:04:53,280
Speaker 2: this team's on this nine toho to one run that

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01:04:53,320 --> 01:04:55,280
Speaker 2: they're on right now. Is eight oh to one run

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01:04:55,280 --> 01:04:57,480
Speaker 2: that they're on right now. I don't think we've seen

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01:04:57,520 --> 01:05:00,440
Speaker 2: the success. I don't think we've seen the excite meant

1313
01:05:01,080 --> 01:05:03,760
Speaker 2: around this team without that fourth line, and they've just

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01:05:03,800 --> 01:05:07,600
Speaker 2: been a buzzsaw. I mean in terms of uplifting this

1315
01:05:07,720 --> 01:05:10,760
Speaker 2: team so that they you know, I look at stars,

1316
01:05:10,800 --> 01:05:14,120
Speaker 2: and I look at MVPs and things like that, the

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01:05:14,320 --> 01:05:17,000
Speaker 2: value that they provide to your team, and there's a

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01:05:17,040 --> 01:05:19,960
Speaker 2: lot of value in that fourth line. My second star

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01:05:20,360 --> 01:05:23,400
Speaker 2: is going to be Jordan Everley. I think leading your

1320
01:05:23,400 --> 01:05:26,720
Speaker 2: team and scoring your captain being able to do this

1321
01:05:26,920 --> 01:05:29,919
Speaker 2: forty games missed last year with an injury. I said

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01:05:29,960 --> 01:05:33,240
Speaker 2: it on the television broadcast the other day. A lot

1323
01:05:33,280 --> 01:05:36,040
Speaker 2: of guys when with that injury would have hung them up.

1324
01:05:36,280 --> 01:05:38,480
Speaker 2: They wouldn't have tried to come back from that. And

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01:05:39,120 --> 01:05:43,200
Speaker 2: he is now off to the second best start offensively

1326
01:05:43,720 --> 01:05:46,919
Speaker 2: in his career at thirty six years old, thirty five

1327
01:05:47,040 --> 01:05:49,840
Speaker 2: years old. That is amazing what he's been able to

1328
01:05:49,880 --> 01:05:53,440
Speaker 2: do and leading on the ice, leading in the locker room.

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Speaker 2: Jared mccannony the other day said, I think he's gotten

1330
01:05:55,960 --> 01:06:00,959
Speaker 2: faster as he's gotten older. So the ebbsnumber two Star

1331
01:06:01,160 --> 01:06:04,920
Speaker 2: of the half. And then I'm going Philip Grubauer. I

1332
01:06:04,960 --> 01:06:09,440
Speaker 2: mean the resurgence that we've seen from him seven to

1333
01:06:09,440 --> 01:06:13,360
Speaker 2: three and one this season. He is. He is going back.

1334
01:06:13,440 --> 01:06:19,760
Speaker 2: He's getting back to that trusted position that he had

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01:06:20,040 --> 01:06:22,439
Speaker 2: in year one and year two. I know that when

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01:06:22,480 --> 01:06:25,520
Speaker 2: I put Philip Grubauer on the ice, he's going to

1337
01:06:25,640 --> 01:06:28,520
Speaker 2: let in no more than two goals, maybe three on occasion.

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Speaker 2: He's going to make the big stops when when you

1339
01:06:31,240 --> 01:06:33,440
Speaker 2: need them to be made. He's going to calm the

1340
01:06:33,480 --> 01:06:37,480
Speaker 2: game down and again value when you look at would

1341
01:06:37,480 --> 01:06:41,520
Speaker 2: this team be where they are without Philip Grubauer. I

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01:06:41,600 --> 01:06:43,200
Speaker 2: don't think so. So he's my number one star in

1343
01:06:43,240 --> 01:06:43,760
Speaker 2: the first half.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, a couple of different names for me.

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Speaker 3: Third star for the first half for me is Channer

1346
01:06:49,840 --> 01:06:54,520
Speaker 3: Stevenson eleven, sixteen and twenty seven points so far. He's

1347
01:06:54,560 --> 01:06:57,520
Speaker 3: your team's best faceoff guy at fifty two percent. He's

1348
01:06:57,560 --> 01:07:00,680
Speaker 3: your best takeaway guy at seventeen so far in the season.

1349
01:07:01,200 --> 01:07:04,840
Speaker 3: I like how Chanders Stevenson just quietly gets things done.

1350
01:07:05,120 --> 01:07:09,840
Speaker 3: You know, he's not eccentric in his play. He's not

1351
01:07:09,960 --> 01:07:13,320
Speaker 3: going to jump into the glass after a goal. He's

1352
01:07:13,360 --> 01:07:15,760
Speaker 3: going to quietly make a backdoor pass. Someone's going to bury.

1353
01:07:15,800 --> 01:07:17,120
Speaker 3: It's going to tap him on the back and say

1354
01:07:17,200 --> 01:07:19,080
Speaker 3: nice finish. And back to the bench to do it again.

1355
01:07:19,480 --> 01:07:22,320
Speaker 3: So Channer sceon, since my third star on the first half,

1356
01:07:22,560 --> 01:07:24,920
Speaker 3: second star I got to go with Elie Tolin. I

1357
01:07:24,960 --> 01:07:27,000
Speaker 3: talk about him a lot, probably just as much as

1358
01:07:27,000 --> 01:07:29,439
Speaker 3: I talk about the fourth line, but I like him

1359
01:07:29,600 --> 01:07:32,120
Speaker 3: for the same reason I like the fourth line. He's

1360
01:07:32,120 --> 01:07:35,120
Speaker 3: got a balanced game. Seven goals, eighteen assists for twenty

1361
01:07:35,120 --> 01:07:38,040
Speaker 3: five points in the first half. He's first in hits

1362
01:07:38,120 --> 01:07:42,960
Speaker 3: right now. He leads the charge both on the physicality

1363
01:07:42,960 --> 01:07:46,120
Speaker 3: of the game, and I'm sure Jacob Monson's looking at him,

1364
01:07:46,160 --> 01:07:47,840
Speaker 3: going that's the guy I'm going to model my game

1365
01:07:47,880 --> 01:07:50,520
Speaker 3: after right there. So I like it for that reason

1366
01:07:50,560 --> 01:07:52,640
Speaker 3: as well. He's my second star on the first half.

1367
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Speaker 3: And then my first star goes to the goalten named

1368
01:07:56,600 --> 01:08:00,320
Speaker 3: trio of Decord, Grubauer, and Murray as well, three of

1369
01:08:00,400 --> 01:08:03,200
Speaker 3: them sporting save percentages above nine hundred nine oh three

1370
01:08:03,240 --> 01:08:05,440
Speaker 3: to cored nine two six for Grubauer and nine two

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01:08:05,400 --> 01:08:07,240
Speaker 3: to two for Murray. And you might say, well, Murray's

1372
01:08:07,280 --> 01:08:10,280
Speaker 3: only played five games. He's making a million dollars a year,

1373
01:08:10,600 --> 01:08:12,480
Speaker 3: like he probably doesn't need to play more than ten

1374
01:08:12,560 --> 01:08:14,080
Speaker 3: or fifteen games. But if he's going to have a

1375
01:08:14,120 --> 01:08:17,240
Speaker 3: safe percentage above nine hundred. I got to include him

1376
01:08:17,280 --> 01:08:20,719
Speaker 3: in that trio and on on behalf of the goaltending trio.

1377
01:08:20,800 --> 01:08:23,719
Speaker 3: Here to accept the award is Jason Bottrell and Adam

1378
01:08:23,800 --> 01:08:27,600
Speaker 3: Larson as well. Bottrel for bringing in three goaltenders and

1379
01:08:27,680 --> 01:08:31,720
Speaker 3: and Colin Zulianello as well. Bottl for bringing in three goaltenders.

1380
01:08:32,000 --> 01:08:35,920
Speaker 3: Zulianello for coaching these guys up to get them to

1381
01:08:36,000 --> 01:08:39,080
Speaker 3: the levels they're at right now. And Adam Marson's like,

1382
01:08:39,320 --> 01:08:41,719
Speaker 3: and I've blocked ninety three shots so far this season,

1383
01:08:41,760 --> 01:08:43,719
Speaker 3: top of the team, so those pucks aren't even beginning

1384
01:08:43,760 --> 01:08:46,360
Speaker 3: my goaltenders, which has to be helping their stats. So

1385
01:08:46,600 --> 01:08:50,800
Speaker 3: those three guys are four. So that's my first star

1386
01:08:50,840 --> 01:08:51,719
Speaker 3: is the goaltending trio?

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01:08:51,760 --> 01:08:53,519
Speaker 1: All right? That's all the time. We got folks again

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01:08:53,560 --> 01:08:57,080
Speaker 1: tomorrow night Crack at Minnesota seven o'clock, puck Drop six thirty,

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Speaker 1: airtime ninety three three KJRFM Global Credit Union crackin Audio Network.

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Speaker 1: Our thanks to Ryan Clark for joining us forever and

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Speaker 1: now I might see it