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Speaker 3: Welcome to Kraken this morning, a presentation of the krak

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Speaker 3: and Audio network Ken Sports Radio ninety three point three

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Speaker 3: KJR FM. Here's Mike Benton. He's back after being called

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Speaker 3: up on Saturday. That was for Jacob Mallonson.

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Speaker 4: Back in training camp in September and the Seattle Crack

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Speaker 4: and hoping he can bring more of those attributes as

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Speaker 4: before the holiday break as well. Mike Betton, with you

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Speaker 4: for cracking this morning. On a Sunday, December fourteenth, five pm.

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Speaker 4: Puck drop coming your way from Climate Pledgerina Ever it

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Speaker 4: usual back by the course light landing in section twenty. Postgame,

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Speaker 4: al Kiniski and myself with you all the way up

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Speaker 4: three KJRFM and for game coverage all across the Global

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Speaker 4: Credit Union Kraken Audio Network. So if Malanson and jere

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Speaker 4: and with TV play by play man John Foresland of

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Speaker 4: course on the Krack and Hockey Network will also discuss

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Speaker 4: first matchup with Buffalo, and the Quinn Hughes deal. It

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Speaker 4: does John measure it with other big trades? Other blockbuster

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Speaker 4: to hearing from John Forestland. We can certainly bet a

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Speaker 4: in just a matter of moments. A little flashback as

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Speaker 4: well to Friday with the Kraken taking on the Utah

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Speaker 5: Turka kicked it ahead, but Freddy Gidrou intercepting. Now Mason

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Speaker 4: matchups in the Lifetime series. It's back home now for

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Speaker 4: And I want to put this to bed because did

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Speaker 1: great to be with you, Michael. Yeah. Uh. And so

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Speaker 1: I just said I've had enough and I announced my

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Speaker 4: Well me, Hey, it's do you remember the whole comment

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Speaker 1: Just trying to still lives. He still goes by that

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Speaker 4: Live in the moment here, That's that's why we enjoy

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Speaker 1: Just that they have to somehow stay connected it as

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Speaker 1: You know, the game in Utah is a perfect example

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Speaker 1: So to me, that's fixable. A power play is something

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Speaker 4: back again and stay with the Utah game. Johnny, what'd

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Speaker 1: Well, I mean you're going to be have a game

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Speaker 1: So somebody was watching upstairs, Mush Senior was watching upstairs

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Speaker 1: Don't worry about other things that are surrounding you. Play

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, you got to go way back, and

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Speaker 1: the deal for Coco. You know, like it had to happen.

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Speaker 1: Did it pan out? Well? It did last year to

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Speaker 1: and he's had a hard time gaining traction. Hopefully he's

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Speaker 1: the potential to add a young player with a high ceiling,

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Speaker 1: you know, was there and there was a trade that

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Speaker 1: kind of shook things up at the time. Seems like

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Speaker 1: you know, maybe maybe it's time for something to happen,

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Speaker 1: you know, with this roster. We'll see. But that so

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Speaker 1: that you know, Pittsburgh did the same thing on the

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Speaker 1: same day by sending Tristan Jari to Edmonton and kind

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Speaker 1: of shaking things up there. So you know, before the

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Speaker 1: trade freeze, before the holidays, let's get to happy holidays.

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Speaker 1: You know, maybe there's a chance to see some more

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Speaker 1: deals around the league. I think it's good for the

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Speaker 1: league in.

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Speaker 4: General entertainment business, right, you know, that's.

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Speaker 1: Right, right, And this is what gets people talking about

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Speaker 1: the sport. When you have the same bloody roster from

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Speaker 1: training camps and to the trading deadline, it's groundhog day, right.

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Speaker 1: So I think it's a good thing. I think trades

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Speaker 1: are fun. That's the way it needs to be. And

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Speaker 1: I'm not surprised that it was Bill Barren who was

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Speaker 1: able to do it because he's not afraid and you know,

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Speaker 1: the great gms in history around the NHL and in

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Speaker 1: any sport, I've been the ones who are not afraid

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Speaker 1: to make a mistake because you will. You will make

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Speaker 1: a mistake. And you know you just got to say, hey,

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Speaker 1: I tried. You know hindsight. Everybody can look back at

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Speaker 1: every transaction with hindsight, but you got to you got

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Speaker 1: to get to it, and the Wild did and now

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Speaker 1: you know the at the top of the league. And

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Speaker 1: Hughes will play today, he'll play Sunday against Boston and

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Speaker 1: you know, we'll see where it goes. But they they've

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Speaker 1: they've transformed the nature of their team by adding that player.

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Speaker 4: To say, your insights for us are like a gift

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Speaker 4: in the stocking stuff for here, Johnny, appreciate you have

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Speaker 4: a good call.

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Speaker 1: Okay, Mike, take care.

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Speaker 4: You got a Johnny all killer, no filler. That's why

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Speaker 4: we appreciate you. Certainly. The time is always well spent

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Speaker 4: with you to have a great call, my friend. Ay,

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Speaker 4: the cracking taking on the Buffalo Sabers in the game

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Speaker 4: that you won't want to miss. Also across a pretty

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Speaker 4: busy sports day in the Seattle landscape, of course, the

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Speaker 4: Seattle Seahawks will be in action against Indianapolis for a

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Speaker 4: one pm kickoff, So hey, doubleheader might not be a

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Speaker 4: bad idea here if you're down for the NFL side

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Speaker 4: in the afternoon and the NHL side as well in

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Speaker 4: the evening. The Krack and facing the Sabers team first

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Speaker 4: of two matchups on the campaign and historically this MATCHUB

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Speaker 4: says it's a good time for the Kraken to get

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Speaker 4: back onto winning matters. They have won seven of eight

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Speaker 4: meetings overall against Buffalo, including three of four on home ice.

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Speaker 4: They will square off once again in Buffalo on March

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Speaker 4: twenty eighth. Chandler Stevenson right now leads the Cracking as

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Speaker 4: far as who's hot with points in four consecutive games,

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Speaker 4: and for the Savers we mentioned Tase Thompson and Rasmus Dahlin.

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Speaker 4: Without question there are the big ones to stop as well,

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Speaker 4: Thompson riding a three game goal scoring streak and Dahleen

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Speaker 4: on the back end with points in four consecutive games

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Speaker 4: and a total overall. Looking forward to having you join

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Speaker 4: us again this evening five pm put Drop four thirty

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Speaker 4: airtime all across the global Credit Union Craken Audio Network,

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Speaker 4: Postgamer going live across the street at Tom's watchbar. We

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

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Speaker 4: again to John Forest lind And for cracking this morning.

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Speaker 4: I'm Mike Benton. Enjoy the game man, have a happy Sunday.

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