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Speaker 3: This is Maddie Banier's.

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Speaker 4: You're listening to Crack and Weekly with Mike Benton. Crack

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Speaker 4: and Weekly is a three man round table from Philadelphia. Yep,

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Speaker 4: on the Philadelphia Flyers This evening Pacific time, four pm.

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Speaker 4: Everett's and the TV side Alconiski with me. I'm Mike Benton.

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Speaker 4: dot com. Lot to cover Here for a busy week

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Speaker 4: ahead on the Crack and Side where they're off to

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Speaker 4: their best art in franchise history through five games. Can

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Speaker 4: they keep it going? Through Philadelphia, Washington, Winnipeg and Edmonton.

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Speaker 4: It's gonna be gonna be back home finally, especially for

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Speaker 4: these two guys sitting here to Mike rightly down the

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Speaker 4: road for way, way, way too long. Ask their significant other.

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Speaker 4: John Walton joins us here in just a bit. Also

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Speaker 4: Cap and the Washington Capitals with us also a brief

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Speaker 4: look at Philadelphia with his views here from the Eastern Conference.

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Speaker 4: Alex Ovechkin potentially getting close to nine hundred goals. Could

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Speaker 4: he hit the milestone or can the crack and stop

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Speaker 4: him in his tracks? To end back to back? John

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Speaker 4: Walton joining us in just a bit before Everett now

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Speaker 4: join us as well. Here's what you may have missed

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Speaker 4: with Everett and now on the call, I.

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Speaker 5: Don't say fuck far circle.

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Speaker 6: Josh Burhuru picks it up and shoots from the high slot.

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Speaker 6: I'll miss why Alexiak walks.

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Speaker 1: In high slot scores.

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Speaker 7: Shadey Alexiak rip swad toward the net through traffic. I

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Speaker 7: don't think Botombo ever saw it, and the Seattle crackt

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Speaker 7: retie the game three three fifteen twelve to play. In

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Speaker 3: Was a McCann feed up to Alexiak two from the

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Speaker 3: right to his left side. He's left handed shot and

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Speaker 3: he shot back across the green to Montebo's glove side.

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Speaker 1: This game's not enough again.

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Speaker 6: Three then veneers winning it back for Seattle. There's Montour

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Speaker 7: Shot block McCann scoress Sharon McCann goals in three straight

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Speaker 7: and the Seattle Cracket come all the way back to

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Speaker 7: take a four to three lead twelve oh four to play.

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Speaker 3: In the third, a puck goes DDD up with the

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Speaker 3: puck drops right down to Jared McCann, who spins around,

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Speaker 3: puts the glove side on Sam montepontebaut three excuse me,

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Speaker 3: four to three Seattle.

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Speaker 5: That's it.

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Speaker 7: Picks up the puck right wing circle one thirty five

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Speaker 7: left it over time.

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Speaker 8: Cold Coawfield put the circle and come showing the court

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Speaker 8: to me, ever so slightly goes upstairs hand the crack

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Speaker 8: in game a point football in over.

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Speaker 6: Time by mine more score in the ears, drops it

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Speaker 6: off to Montour. It'll skate left side, hand it off

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Speaker 6: line from on Toura Stevenson down low, everly trying.

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Speaker 7: Their shovel it in turn aside rebound. Stevenson stores.

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Speaker 7: Stevenson left circle on the power play.

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Speaker 7: It's three two seventeen forty five left here.

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Speaker 1: The third oh.

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Speaker 3: Is every down that left side there, getting a good

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Speaker 6: Cracking in the ears drops it off to Montour, It'll

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Speaker 7: Stevenson down low, everly trying to shovel it in turn

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Speaker 1: The third oh.

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Speaker 3: It's every down that left side there, getting a good

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Speaker 3: in the third period, three two cracking, Shane.

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Speaker 1: Pinto can put it away for the whole team.

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Speaker 7: Right handed shot Shane Pinto from the red line, carries

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Speaker 1: In, shoots, scores, and the Ottawa Senators.

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Speaker 7: Come back after the Kraken took the lead early in

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Speaker 6: They score.

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Speaker 7: Late in the third, survive a push from Seattle in overtime,

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Speaker 7: right side through heavy traffic in front. Stolars got ran into.

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Speaker 7: We'll see what this will be, but as of right

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Speaker 7: now the goal will stand. And it was Brandon Carlow

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Speaker 6: That should not be goaltender interference. And the Kraken back

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Speaker 7: mahurah his first goal as a Seattle Kraken wins it

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Speaker 7: in overtime four three in Toronto.

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Speaker 3: Bring on the final cake.

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Speaker 4: Joshmahura with his first goal sinds the twenty twenty two

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Speaker 4: and twenty three season. He went through one hundred and

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Speaker 4: statement making win at Toronto to cap the first five

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Speaker 4: Everets got TV again for tonight at Philadelphia. Back on

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Speaker 4: the radio side for Washington on Tuesday. Phila's great to

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Speaker 4: be doing this year the three man round table here

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Speaker 4: in Philly. It's my first time in this beloved city.

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Speaker 4: I gotta now ask you for porners, because you two

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Speaker 4: are the veterans here in this spot. Yeah.

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Speaker 5: I mean, this is a good town, this Philly.

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Speaker 6: I remember the first year I missed this road trip

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Speaker 6: here during the Super Bowl, and this was just it's

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Speaker 6: a really good town. I like this town. A lot

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Speaker 6: of great meet in this city. Al is just beside

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Speaker 6: himself with all of the the steaks and the cheese

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Speaker 6: show you a good time. We're gonna show you a

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Mike, it's a great area around here as well.

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Speaker 3: Not only is there are there great restaurants and great

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Speaker 3: watering holes. You can also do a little retail therapy

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Speaker 3: as well. As I found out today there's some Inndocino

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Speaker 3: there's some state and liberty. There's a little bit of everything.

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Speaker 3: Little Lemon.

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Speaker 4: I'm not making the ever fits you in al Kaniski

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Speaker 4: money right now. I'm still on the budget here at

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Speaker 4: this point where I'm trying to kind of space it

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Speaker 4: out for the food and mean, trust me, if you

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Speaker 4: we're getting into that good part of a town right

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Speaker 4: now to get that knocked out again. John Walton joins

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Speaker 4: us here in just a bit played by play voice

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Speaker 4: for the Washington Capitals Radio Network. Let's first jump into

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Speaker 4: what we learned from this past week. Two overtime losses

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Speaker 4: are in a shootout as well at Montreal and Ottawa,

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Speaker 4: and guys, easily this team could be five and zero

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Speaker 4: right now through five games. They have been that good

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Speaker 4: at Ottawa where it was so close until Dylan Cousins

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Speaker 4: but the win at Toronto told me this, when you

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Speaker 4: get Anthony Stolars and other players talking in their room

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Speaker 4: about how fed up he was with the opposing team

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Speaker 4: the Kraken crashing his net all night long, making it miserable.

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Speaker 4: And then Joey Decoord down the other way is playing

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Speaker 4: cats like he's playing catch in his front yard, paraphrasing him.

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Speaker 4: Ladies and gentlemen, you have a team identity now in

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Speaker 4: full force heading into Philadelphia. They are playing the exact

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Speaker 4: way Lane Lambert wants them to play. At three to

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Speaker 3: We talk about Anthony Stillars's comments after the game, and

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Speaker 3: it was one of the keys we talked about in

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Speaker 3: the pregame, which is getting bodies to the front of

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Speaker 6: Yeah, and I think too. You know, going back to

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Speaker 6: that team identity. Listen, they're never going to admit it,

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Speaker 6: So you come into this year, you you already establish

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Speaker 6: and we're seeing that every day. And I think, you know,

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Speaker 6: and it seems like every game for the Kraken is

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Speaker 6: their best game of the season. Last night was our

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Speaker 6: best effort of the year until the next game, and

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Speaker 6: then that night's effort was the best effort of the year.

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Speaker 6: They're playing consistent style and I think for me, the

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Speaker 6: that the third period leads. The Kracking have been tied

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Speaker 6: this year, and they've blown four in a row, ultimately

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Speaker 6: going to overtime. But now they got the monkey off

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Speaker 6: and you're just hoping that they can continue this throughout

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Speaker 1: But look at this.

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Speaker 4: How does that depth get tested even more? And how

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Speaker 1: John, Great to have you.

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Speaker 4: And now that Alex Ovechkin has to pass Wayne Gretzky's

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Speaker 1: Nothing. We're just going home. That's it. I you know,

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Speaker 6: John to go back to OVI for a second. Take

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Speaker 1: that he was starting to heat up, and you really

438
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Speaker 1: felt like, Okay, I think it's going to happen. There

439
00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:38,400
Speaker 1: were little lulls here and there, but you know when

440
00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:40,639
Speaker 1: it really became a parent. You know, he tied the

441
00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:43,440
Speaker 1: record at home, and it would have been amazing because

442
00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:45,760
Speaker 1: he was this close against Chicago to getting a hat

443
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Speaker 1: trick and maybe even four and doing it in front

444
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Speaker 1: of the home fans. It would have been nice. Yeah,

445
00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:54,280
Speaker 1: But you know, ultimately for those who love the game

446
00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:57,520
Speaker 1: like we all do, to be just in the building.

447
00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:00,399
Speaker 1: Funny enough, I Matthew darsh has been a friend for

448
00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:02,360
Speaker 1: a long time. He was he played in Hershey when

449
00:22:02,359 --> 00:22:06,200
Speaker 1: I was there, and now is the gem of the Islanders.

450
00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:09,520
Speaker 1: Funny enough, he was there that day with Tampa Bay. Yeah,

451
00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:12,119
Speaker 1: because the entire staff had come out. They were playing

452
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Speaker 1: the Rangers, and then they all made the trip because hey, listen, like, guys,

453
00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,399
Speaker 1: we got to go see this. I mean we're here practically.

454
00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:20,600
Speaker 1: Uh So all the you know, John Cooper was there

455
00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:24,000
Speaker 1: and all, and Julian Breesebaugh and all the Tampa Bay guys,

456
00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:26,840
Speaker 1: and he just had this moment and you felt like

457
00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:29,080
Speaker 1: it was going to happen. But you know, it's a

458
00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:31,040
Speaker 1: day game, and you know, just kind of getting into

459
00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:33,040
Speaker 1: it and then the second period of powerplay comes and

460
00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:34,960
Speaker 1: I just remember, like my heart was in my throat.

461
00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,240
Speaker 1: I was like, this could be it, like right here,

462
00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:40,000
Speaker 1: Like I remember watching on ESPN when Gary Thorn and

463
00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:43,399
Speaker 1: Bill Clement called it when Gretzky passed Gordy and I

464
00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:46,960
Speaker 1: was in college and I never could have imagined being

465
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Speaker 1: in that moment or being one of the guys that

466
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Speaker 1: got to call the next one. And honestly, I don't

467
00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:56,960
Speaker 1: know if this is ever getting brought not in my lifetime,

468
00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:00,080
Speaker 1: I'm never going to see it. But you know, I

469
00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:02,200
Speaker 1: I just I don't know that it's going to happen again.

470
00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:05,600
Speaker 1: But man to be there and just it was so perfect,

471
00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:07,720
Speaker 1: Like whether you're you're Joe b or your me Joe

472
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Speaker 1: Benanadi r TV guy here the only thing you hoped

473
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Speaker 1: for with all these milestones that have happened, you know,

474
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Speaker 1: whether rolling over the odometer six hundred seve hundred, eight hundred,

475
00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:18,399
Speaker 1: it was pleased for the love of God, let it

476
00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:24,959
Speaker 1: be clean. Yeah, no deflection, No, I mean six hundred

477
00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:27,760
Speaker 1: was put the fear of God in me. Because we

478
00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:30,000
Speaker 1: were playing Winnipeg and Hallibuck was in net and it

479
00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:32,680
Speaker 1: was a scramble in front and he goes to it

480
00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,840
Speaker 1: and there's just that moment it hesitations us. I'm pretty

481
00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:37,919
Speaker 1: sure he got it. I think so, and you're just

482
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Speaker 1: oh my god, Devin hundred was was clean, but it

483
00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:43,160
Speaker 1: was quick. It was a third period of a game

484
00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:44,919
Speaker 1: with the capture losing in New Jersey. It was a

485
00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:46,119
Speaker 1: day game, and it just all of a sudden. He

486
00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:47,879
Speaker 1: hadn't scored in eight games. Yeah, and all of a

487
00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:50,080
Speaker 1: sudden it's there and boom, Like everyone has been kind

488
00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:54,760
Speaker 1: of different. Eight ninety five was beautiful. It was exactly

489
00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:57,080
Speaker 1: if you could have drawn it up, if you could

490
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Speaker 1: have said, I want a cross ice feed from I

491
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Speaker 1: don't care who it is, winding up Vintage in the office,

492
00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:08,160
Speaker 1: no doubt or blow them away. It was perfect. And

493
00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,160
Speaker 1: you when you're on the call and you're just saying,

494
00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:12,679
Speaker 1: it's like you see it. If they said, if this

495
00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:16,679
Speaker 1: goes in, I'm gonna be okay with that, and it was.

496
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Speaker 1: And you know, I was happy with mine. I know

497
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Speaker 1: Joe was happy with his, and we're all just like

498
00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:24,879
Speaker 1: you just try to give the magnitude of the moment

499
00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:27,800
Speaker 1: what it deserves and hope that it resonates. And that's

500
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Speaker 1: all we can do, right, I mean, you know, you

501
00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:31,600
Speaker 1: know how it is. I mean, it's just for everything

502
00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:33,439
Speaker 1: that happens. I mean, you just want to give credence

503
00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:35,920
Speaker 1: to the moment and then in my mind, just get

504
00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:38,040
Speaker 1: out of the way and just you know, let you know,

505
00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:40,919
Speaker 1: the speeches and Gretzky and Ov and the game stops

506
00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:43,000
Speaker 1: and all of the wonderfulness it was happening had nothing

507
00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:45,439
Speaker 1: to do with us, But being able to watch that,

508
00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:48,480
Speaker 1: I'll never forget it. It was wonderful. My son was

509
00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:53,080
Speaker 1: there just to be able to have that moment happen.

510
00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:56,479
Speaker 1: It didn't matter where, it didn't matter who the goalie was,

511
00:24:56,520 --> 00:24:58,119
Speaker 1: it didn't matter who the other team was. It was

512
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Speaker 1: just this great celebration of our great game, and I'm

513
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Speaker 1: so glad I got to be a small part of it.

514
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Speaker 6: A lot of folks in Pittsburgh will tell you that

515
00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:07,000
Speaker 6: when the Penguins won all those Cups, they've never done

516
00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:10,040
Speaker 6: it on home ice, and a number of fans are like, man,

517
00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:13,680
Speaker 6: the Pens couldn't have given me one cup on home ice.

518
00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,880
Speaker 6: Obviously the record was great. It was a day game

519
00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:20,760
Speaker 6: on Long Island. I mean, the moment is already a ten,

520
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Speaker 6: But is it like a nine point seven because it

521
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Speaker 6: wasn't in DC, or it doesn't matter the moment happened,

522
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Speaker 6: and it's now going to be etched in history.

523
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Speaker 1: I am tremendously fortunate that between when I was in

524
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Speaker 1: Hershey and we won three Cups there and then I

525
00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:43,239
Speaker 1: got to be part of one here that winning at

526
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Speaker 1: home is special. I got to do that once with Hershey.

527
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Speaker 1: The other two are on the road, and then we

528
00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:50,280
Speaker 1: were in Vegas for this one. Here it is there

529
00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:53,760
Speaker 1: is something special about and this was exactly the same

530
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Speaker 1: because you know, Nick Baxtrom came back and tj Oshi

531
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Speaker 1: came back, and you know, there are all these guys

532
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Speaker 1: in the room and Tom Wilson was you know know

533
00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:02,639
Speaker 1: we the best. My favorite interview with Tommy ever, and

534
00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:04,919
Speaker 1: I've had a bunch of them. Yeah, just you know,

535
00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:07,600
Speaker 1: so appreciative, like and he and Dylan Strom. You couldn't

536
00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:10,040
Speaker 1: have picked two guys that would love to who can

537
00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:12,879
Speaker 1: appreciate the moment. Willie who's been here for you know,

538
00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:15,040
Speaker 1: Willie's going to be a captain here when over retires,

539
00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:17,280
Speaker 1: and being able to kind of almost felt like a

540
00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:20,560
Speaker 1: bit of a torch passing. And Dylan Strom, who's you know,

541
00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:22,880
Speaker 1: a stats guy and and loves the game so much.

542
00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:26,679
Speaker 1: I mean, they appreciated it. Having that moment on the

543
00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:31,199
Speaker 1: road is okay because selfishly, you know, you're you're on

544
00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:33,680
Speaker 1: that bus together going to the plane, and like, I mean,

545
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Speaker 1: if you're gonna win a cup and you're not going

546
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Speaker 1: to do it at home, friends, by the way, do

547
00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:43,080
Speaker 1: it in Vegas. Yes, that that wasn't terrible. But to

548
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Speaker 1: have that moment with your teammates and your your workmates,

549
00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:50,760
Speaker 1: uh and your you know, our pr staff and our

550
00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:53,879
Speaker 1: our broadcast staff and all of that, there is something

551
00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:57,160
Speaker 1: special to it. To your point, though, could it Would

552
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Speaker 1: it have been great to do it at home for

553
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Speaker 1: the cup? Yes, would have been great to do it

554
00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:03,800
Speaker 1: at home, yes, But there's actually I think two such

555
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Speaker 1: to it. I would have loved to have seen him

556
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Speaker 1: do it at home because I think they would have

557
00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:09,560
Speaker 1: burned the building down. It would have been unbelievable. But

558
00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:12,359
Speaker 1: it would also you know, it is nice from a

559
00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:15,800
Speaker 1: selfish perspective. It's just this moment that felt, hey, like

560
00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:17,720
Speaker 1: this happened and we were all here for it, and

561
00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:21,320
Speaker 1: it's just this very almost an intimate level of hey,

562
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Speaker 1: we got to do this really cool thing. And it

563
00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:26,679
Speaker 1: was just the fifty five sixty people that were on

564
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Speaker 1: the plane. Both are good. I was just glad that

565
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Speaker 1: you got to be a part of it.

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Speaker 4: I can't wait here for the book when John, you're

567
00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:36,600
Speaker 4: all done with your career and we get to start

568
00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:38,560
Speaker 4: to see the stories about what happened in Vegas. But

569
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Speaker 4: then again, whatever happens in Vegas days in Vegas, we've

570
00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:43,840
Speaker 4: already learned that here throughout the entire year.

571
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Speaker 1: I'm not much of a writer, probably be a comic book,

572
00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:48,879
Speaker 1: but we'll do the best. I'll tell you what.

573
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Speaker 4: We're saving this here for your autobiography, and we can't

574
00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:53,680
Speaker 4: wait for the stories because John, we know what happens

575
00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:56,040
Speaker 4: in Vegas stays in Vegas. But maybe it will stay

576
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Speaker 4: that way. Of course, it's there for a reason. John

577
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Speaker 4: Walton joining us again by play announcer on the Capitol's

578
00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:05,720
Speaker 4: radio network here on Cracking Weekly. And let's get onto

579
00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:08,840
Speaker 4: a player who is starting to really grow it in

580
00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:12,240
Speaker 4: front of our very eyes, offensively and part of the

581
00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:16,040
Speaker 4: culture for Spencer Carberry being laid down. This guy who

582
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Speaker 4: really is developing and benefiting from this A young guy

583
00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:23,240
Speaker 4: at six six, two forty seven and built like a warehouse.

584
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Speaker 4: His name is Alexei Protus. At twenty four years of age.

585
00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:28,920
Speaker 4: He's off to a great start. I recall watching him

586
00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:31,040
Speaker 4: in Prince Albert in the Western Hockey League, where he

587
00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:34,919
Speaker 4: was absolutely dominant. He had thirty goals last season. So

588
00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:38,200
Speaker 4: what's the ceiling for Alexi Protus this year?

589
00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:42,239
Speaker 1: I don't think he has won Mike. We were in

590
00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:46,520
Speaker 1: Long Island recently and we had asked Ryan Leonard about

591
00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:50,360
Speaker 1: him because they both had scored in that game. And Leonard,

592
00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:53,960
Speaker 1: who for being a rookie, certainly is good with a

593
00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,800
Speaker 1: turn of phrase and is pretty witty. He said he

594
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Speaker 1: was built in a laboratory, and I do believe that

595
00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:03,080
Speaker 1: to be true. Almost we are scouring Belarus to see

596
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Speaker 1: if there's any more relatives. We've got heally in our

597
00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:10,360
Speaker 1: system at six foot six. If there's any cousins or

598
00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:14,520
Speaker 1: distant relatives we can recruit, we're going to try. He's

599
00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:18,840
Speaker 1: phenomenal and we knew he would be a good player.

600
00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,800
Speaker 1: I don't know, at least when I saw him in

601
00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:24,600
Speaker 1: Hershey a couple of years ago and they were running

602
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Speaker 1: to the Cup and I kind of got to tag

603
00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:28,000
Speaker 1: along and be the sideline reporter and I got to

604
00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:32,400
Speaker 1: know him during that time, and he's such a wonderful

605
00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:34,800
Speaker 1: human being and just a delight to be around in

606
00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:38,080
Speaker 1: the room. And his brother is the same way, and

607
00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:41,840
Speaker 1: to be able to have that, I don't know that

608
00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:45,840
Speaker 1: there is a ceiling. I mean, thirty goals seems about right.

609
00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:49,440
Speaker 1: Maybe more defensively, I mean, you know, I heard Jeff

610
00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:51,880
Speaker 1: Merrick recently as podcasts, you know, pitching him as a

611
00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:54,960
Speaker 1: potential selky guy as a best defense before it, and

612
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:56,960
Speaker 1: he's good. It's just that usually those are sentiment, right.

613
00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:59,240
Speaker 1: I mean, Patrese Bergeron took it pretty much every year,

614
00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:01,479
Speaker 1: and I can't remember. I mean, I'm sure there's been

615
00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:04,120
Speaker 1: a few, you know, in my lifetime, but not usually

616
00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:06,640
Speaker 1: it's a center Maan. I'd like to think that Wingers

617
00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:09,520
Speaker 1: would get some love. He certainly deserves it, and I

618
00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:12,160
Speaker 1: think when you've got a guy of his caliber, I mean,

619
00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:14,120
Speaker 1: this team's gonna be building around him for a long

620
00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:16,600
Speaker 1: time to come. The contract for a Vatkins up at

621
00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:18,200
Speaker 1: the end of the year, where we don't know what

622
00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:20,360
Speaker 1: that's gonna be. Carlson's up at the end of the year.

623
00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:23,000
Speaker 1: We don't know what's happening there either, But you know,

624
00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:26,840
Speaker 1: the changing of the guard is coming soon and Alexei

625
00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:28,360
Speaker 1: Protest is gonna be a big part of it. Spencer

626
00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:30,480
Speaker 1: Carberry's gonna be a big part of it. You mentioned him.

627
00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:32,920
Speaker 1: The only coach to ever win Coach of the Year

628
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Speaker 1: echl Ahl NHL, And again, just a lot of the

629
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Speaker 1: culture and a lot of what goes on here. Guys

630
00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:42,640
Speaker 1: come from other places, they come here and they stay,

631
00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:45,959
Speaker 1: and a lot of them. Whether it was Dylan Strom,

632
00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:48,800
Speaker 1: I still can't believe that Chicago said now we're good

633
00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:50,600
Speaker 1: here when he was in RFA. He's led this team

634
00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:53,920
Speaker 1: in scoring three years in a row. Logan Thompson he

635
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:55,680
Speaker 1: started a year on his deal and wasn't making a

636
00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:57,760
Speaker 1: million bucks in Vegas, and he goes thirty one and

637
00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:00,920
Speaker 1: six last year this organization and goes out and finds

638
00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:05,280
Speaker 1: guys that they see something that other organizations don't. Rasmus

639
00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:07,360
Speaker 1: Sandin's another one. Oh, it's just a power PLAYU guy.

640
00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:10,600
Speaker 1: Now he's a terrific two way defenseman now and was

641
00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:14,360
Speaker 1: brought along here and developed and you know, this organization,

642
00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:17,800
Speaker 1: it's no accident that they are where they are right now,

643
00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:20,480
Speaker 1: even not having all these first round picks and picking

644
00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:23,520
Speaker 1: late in the first round for basically two decades is

645
00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:26,120
Speaker 1: that they identify guys they want. They get some sleepers

646
00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:29,920
Speaker 1: in the draft, they identify players that now, this guy,

647
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,640
Speaker 1: you know, the organization sours on him, and then suddenly

648
00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:34,760
Speaker 1: they find a place in Washington for him. And that's

649
00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:37,040
Speaker 1: been going on here a long time. So it's a

650
00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:39,560
Speaker 1: fun culture to be a part of and I think

651
00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:40,920
Speaker 1: that's why they win a lot of hockey games.

652
00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:43,000
Speaker 4: John, for the few moments we have left to your list,

653
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:45,480
Speaker 4: touch on the Philadelphia Flyers. Of course you see them

654
00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,120
Speaker 4: here in the Eastern Conference and from the twenty thousand

655
00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:51,680
Speaker 4: foot view, they've undergone a coaching change. Rick Tackett is

656
00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:54,840
Speaker 4: in this season. What are the Flyers going to be

657
00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:55,320
Speaker 4: all about.

658
00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:56,800
Speaker 1: I think they're going to have a tough time making

659
00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:59,320
Speaker 1: the playoffs, but I think that they're coming. I mean,

660
00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:01,800
Speaker 1: I think they're you know, Matt Famieachkoff as we've seen

661
00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:03,680
Speaker 1: another of him, He's going to be a star for them.

662
00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:06,520
Speaker 1: They're starting to turn the corner. But they're a team

663
00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:09,360
Speaker 1: that I think that you know, in this division, it's Carolina,

664
00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:11,520
Speaker 1: New Jersey and Washington and I think everything else will

665
00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:14,120
Speaker 1: kind of filtered after that. But tough to play against.

666
00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:16,280
Speaker 1: Rick Todget's going to get them to win. I suspect

667
00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:18,400
Speaker 1: they're going to be a load here in the years

668
00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:18,720
Speaker 1: to come.

669
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Speaker 4: Well, John, we always look forward to these conversations. You've

670
00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:24,640
Speaker 4: done phenomenal work throughout the years. And congratulations again on

671
00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:27,520
Speaker 4: a call for the Ages this last season Alex Ovechkin

672
00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:31,000
Speaker 4: breaking Wayne Gretzky's all time goal scoring record. You'll have

673
00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:34,800
Speaker 4: that forever. But again, always appreciate your insight here with us.

674
00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:36,760
Speaker 4: You're always welcome back on and we'll look forward to

675
00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:38,720
Speaker 4: getting you back on once again. Thanks John.

676
00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:41,040
Speaker 1: Thatlla's great to chat with you always, and we get

677
00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:42,880
Speaker 1: a lot of time in Seattle this year when we

678
00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:44,840
Speaker 1: come that way in January. That's a good thing. We're

679
00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:46,520
Speaker 1: looking forward to it. So thanks very much.

680
00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:48,400
Speaker 4: All right, great to hear from John Walton, good friend

681
00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:50,480
Speaker 4: of ours here for the Crack and Audio Network, long

682
00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:53,800
Speaker 4: time play by play man for the Washington Capitals Radio Network.

683
00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:56,640
Speaker 4: He and evera fits you have the Cincinnati Connections. So

684
00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:59,960
Speaker 4: I was a bit outnumbered on that one two cyclone

685
00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:03,840
Speaker 4: in one thunder or one aces broadcast as well. John's

686
00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:05,840
Speaker 4: an absolute beauty. I love talking to the guy.

687
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,760
Speaker 6: Yeah, John is one of my favorite people. In this business,

688
00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:12,680
Speaker 6: and I will always be forever indebted to John.

689
00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:13,680
Speaker 5: He gave me my.

690
00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:17,680
Speaker 6: First opportunity to put on an NHL headset. I got

691
00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:22,520
Speaker 6: to call a Capital's Bruins preseason game the year after

692
00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:24,720
Speaker 6: they won the Cup. So they had just won the

693
00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:28,000
Speaker 6: Cup in Vegas, and then the very next game the

694
00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:31,840
Speaker 6: Capitals played, although it was preseason, was their first preseason

695
00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:34,640
Speaker 6: game against Boston. So he gave me that opportunity. I

696
00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:37,760
Speaker 6: will forever be grateful for him. Like you and I, Mike,

697
00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:41,640
Speaker 6: he came up through the minors twelve fifteen plus years

698
00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:44,120
Speaker 6: in the Coast and then in the American League as well.

699
00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:46,800
Speaker 6: So when you look at guys around the league who

700
00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:49,320
Speaker 6: get it, he's the guy that gets it, and and

701
00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:50,080
Speaker 6: I love him dearly.

702
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:53,560
Speaker 4: That's one of the guys that I really admired coming

703
00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:56,400
Speaker 4: up the ladder in the EHL because he had grinded

704
00:33:56,520 --> 00:34:00,440
Speaker 4: so hard coming from Cincinnati and then into hers she

705
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:03,320
Speaker 4: and then getting the Washington job, and then wasn't just

706
00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:05,040
Speaker 4: a guy who you know, called play by play and

707
00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:07,400
Speaker 4: just went home. I mean, you were very much involved

708
00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:09,360
Speaker 4: here on the crack inside. It's a new day and

709
00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:12,920
Speaker 4: age where you know our roles are evolving, and John

710
00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:16,760
Speaker 4: helped spearhead the Capitol's radio efforts from behind the scenes,

711
00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:18,680
Speaker 4: so he calls a great game. But he's just an

712
00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:20,719
Speaker 4: absolute workhorse and a guy that a lot of us

713
00:34:20,719 --> 00:34:24,560
Speaker 4: certainly look up to pros pro and even better gentleman

714
00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:26,600
Speaker 4: John Walton joining us here as the Crack and getting

715
00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:29,319
Speaker 4: set with the Capitols coming up tomorrow night. For this

716
00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:31,799
Speaker 4: night though, they'll take on the Philadelphia Flyers. They're still

717
00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:34,280
Speaker 4: trying to figure things out with head coach Rick Tockett,

718
00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:37,560
Speaker 4: and they'd come off an overtime win over the Minnesota

719
00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:40,680
Speaker 4: Wild as well. I kind of got the field talking

720
00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:44,759
Speaker 4: to while broadcaster Joe O'Donnell in that there's still very

721
00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:47,560
Speaker 4: much a team that's in flux and perhaps the Crack

722
00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:49,840
Speaker 4: and are catching them right now at the right time.

723
00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:53,600
Speaker 4: There's no Coppocaco, there's no Riiker Evans. We'll see when

724
00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:56,400
Speaker 4: Montour is going to be back. I wouldn't expect him, though,

725
00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:58,319
Speaker 4: to be ready here and play this game coming up

726
00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:02,480
Speaker 4: here for this evening, But then there's questions about Ryan Lindgren.

727
00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:07,040
Speaker 4: So it really is next man up mentality, and I

728
00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:10,279
Speaker 4: think if you can pass one test, depending upon what

729
00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:13,080
Speaker 4: lane Lambert does with his lineup like you did in

730
00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:16,320
Speaker 4: Toronto and really putting a lot of workload on Adam

731
00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:20,120
Speaker 4: Larson and Vince Done defensively. You're giving yourselves a chance

732
00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:22,640
Speaker 4: here against a Flyers team's trying to really still figure

733
00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:24,520
Speaker 4: itself out, right now, Yeah, and you.

734
00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:26,480
Speaker 6: Can't afford to take the Flyers lightly right. You know,

735
00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:28,440
Speaker 6: you heard John Walton talk about how this is going

736
00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:30,000
Speaker 6: to be a team that they're going.

737
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:31,520
Speaker 5: To struggle to score goals this year.

738
00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:34,120
Speaker 6: You bring in Rick Tockett, so you know, I think

739
00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:36,560
Speaker 6: that's another team that, like Seattle, is going to have

740
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:39,400
Speaker 6: a change of identity. We saw what he did in

741
00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:42,120
Speaker 6: Vancouver and I think he's the right man for the job.

742
00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:44,560
Speaker 6: But they're still a very young team, and going through

743
00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:48,000
Speaker 6: all my player notes for the game here tonight, you

744
00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:53,000
Speaker 6: know they've got fifteen guys who have five or less

745
00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:56,120
Speaker 6: years of service time in the NHL, So this is

746
00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:58,600
Speaker 6: pretty a pretty young team in Philly.

747
00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:01,799
Speaker 5: I hate the phrase trap game, I really do.

748
00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:03,920
Speaker 6: I'm not even gonna use it, but this is a

749
00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:08,200
Speaker 6: game that potentially for Seattle, you can't afford to overlook

750
00:36:08,239 --> 00:36:10,759
Speaker 6: them because you've got Washington tomorrow night.

751
00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:12,240
Speaker 5: I think Philadelphia.

752
00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:17,200
Speaker 6: You know they're They're a team that can score if

753
00:36:17,239 --> 00:36:20,319
Speaker 6: you let them. Dan Vladar six one in one all

754
00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:24,000
Speaker 6: time against the Kraken. He's five zero and one in

755
00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:27,160
Speaker 6: the last six against Seattle. So if Vladar is the

756
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:31,200
Speaker 6: guy going tonight, that that doesn't bode well. You know,

757
00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:34,520
Speaker 6: historically for Seattle, this is a game that even though

758
00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:36,960
Speaker 6: you got washed coming up tomorrow, you cannot afford to

759
00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:37,239
Speaker 6: take them.

760
00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:39,319
Speaker 3: Lightly Funny you mentioned Dan Vodar because I thought the

761
00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:41,000
Speaker 3: same thing as well. And I looked back at the

762
00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:43,240
Speaker 3: game logs for the Flyers so far, and they flip

763
00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:46,360
Speaker 3: flopped every game. It's been Samuel jis Arson, Daniel Vodar,

764
00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:48,880
Speaker 3: back and forth. And if that holds true, it should

765
00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:51,800
Speaker 3: be Samuel Arrison tonight. I don't think it's gonna be

766
00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:53,760
Speaker 3: if you look at that record with Dan Voldar.

767
00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:55,600
Speaker 1: So we'll see. But you know the thing about it

768
00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:56,000
Speaker 1: is with a.

769
00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:58,719
Speaker 3: Ricktocket coach team is you know the compete level is

770
00:36:58,760 --> 00:37:00,880
Speaker 3: gonna be high. You know the no quit level is

771
00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:03,480
Speaker 3: going to be high. You know the workff effort's going

772
00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:05,360
Speaker 3: to be there. I think that's a lot of the

773
00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:08,560
Speaker 3: Kraken identity as well. So it's gonna be a battle.

774
00:37:08,239 --> 00:37:11,040
Speaker 4: For what it's worth. Lane Lambert looking for his first

775
00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:14,640
Speaker 4: win head to head against Rick Tocket too previously faced

776
00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:18,560
Speaker 4: off when Taka just took the Canucks job, succeeding Bruce Boudreau.

777
00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:20,960
Speaker 4: Lane Lambert was back with the Islanders. But I mean,

778
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,600
Speaker 4: as they say, coaches often can be changed men when

779
00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:26,520
Speaker 4: they get into their second NHL job here and Lane

780
00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:28,799
Speaker 4: Lambert right now doing some pretty incredible things, so he's

781
00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:31,239
Speaker 4: looking to get his first win against Rick Tocket had

782
00:37:31,239 --> 00:37:33,759
Speaker 4: to head here for this evening before we move on

783
00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:36,280
Speaker 4: to the ideal week ahead and our three Stars picks.

784
00:37:36,719 --> 00:37:38,279
Speaker 4: I didn't want to kind of put the spotlight on

785
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:41,200
Speaker 4: the Matti Banear's line because we talked about so much

786
00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:46,080
Speaker 4: during the offseason. Where Matti Beneer's goes, this team could

787
00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:49,160
Speaker 4: go as well. And again Everett, you mentioned we hate

788
00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:51,399
Speaker 4: talking about twenty twenty two to twenty three. It's getting

789
00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:54,560
Speaker 4: up there now with comparing you know, the expansion draft

790
00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:57,799
Speaker 4: here to Vegas way like back five years ago. But

791
00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:01,560
Speaker 4: Matty Beaneer's that's at the bar for his production. But

792
00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:03,840
Speaker 4: now the league figures you out and what can you

793
00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:06,160
Speaker 4: do to win that? Cat and mouse game to get

794
00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:09,359
Speaker 4: back to your ideal numbers. Right now, Beniar's with three

795
00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:13,680
Speaker 4: points in five games. He's playing also with Jared McCann

796
00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:16,720
Speaker 4: near point per game, leading goal scorer on this team,

797
00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:21,640
Speaker 4: and Jordan Eberley four assists through five games. But you're

798
00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:24,920
Speaker 4: not looking at just a baseline numbers here for Beniers.

799
00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:29,239
Speaker 4: I've looked over and over and over at one on

800
00:38:29,239 --> 00:38:32,520
Speaker 4: one foot races and I'm not groaning. Oh, he should

801
00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:33,879
Speaker 4: have had that one. He should have had that one.

802
00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:36,120
Speaker 1: It's wow, what a play.

803
00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:38,640
Speaker 4: He took the body, he laid the shoulder in. He's

804
00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:41,479
Speaker 4: doing damage back in his own zone in a good

805
00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:45,759
Speaker 4: way and finding the exit lane for this team. But

806
00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:49,400
Speaker 4: also he's finding a way to produce. Help out McCann,

807
00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:52,520
Speaker 4: help out Eberley, And this is what you want. Can

808
00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:56,360
Speaker 4: you find your guy who now is taking a leadership

809
00:38:56,440 --> 00:38:58,360
Speaker 4: role even more with an A on the front of

810
00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:01,200
Speaker 4: his jersey and have him played a complete two hundred

811
00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:05,120
Speaker 4: foot game, Maddy, Beniers, so far, so good.

812
00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:07,719
Speaker 6: Yeah, we talk about the crack and every game they

813
00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:11,440
Speaker 6: play it seems like you're saying to yourself, man, this

814
00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:13,000
Speaker 6: might be the best game that I think we've seen

815
00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:15,240
Speaker 6: this season, And I feel like with Matty Beanier's every

816
00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:18,560
Speaker 6: game he's played, I feel like I find myself saying, man,

817
00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:20,880
Speaker 6: this might be one of his best performances in the

818
00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:23,239
Speaker 6: last couple of years here in Seattle. And it's not

819
00:39:23,280 --> 00:39:26,320
Speaker 6: a bad thing, right, It's just him maturing and growing.

820
00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:27,440
Speaker 5: You know.

821
00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:29,719
Speaker 6: Coming into the season, they were talking about him as

822
00:39:29,719 --> 00:39:31,880
Speaker 6: a Selkie dark course for you know, one of the

823
00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:34,800
Speaker 6: top defensive forwards in the league. And he's turning into

824
00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:39,719
Speaker 6: a defensive minded, responsible two way player. And you're right,

825
00:39:39,920 --> 00:39:42,319
Speaker 6: I think now that he is, you know, going through

826
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:44,920
Speaker 6: the league for the fourth time and he's seeing a

827
00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:48,080
Speaker 6: lot of these teams again, and you know, you start

828
00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:51,040
Speaker 6: to know what it takes to be at your best

829
00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:55,520
Speaker 6: every day and bring you know, ninety percent minimum every

830
00:39:55,640 --> 00:39:58,360
Speaker 6: single day. Right, You're finding out what it takes to

831
00:39:58,400 --> 00:40:01,280
Speaker 6: survive in this league and and it's paying off dividends

832
00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:04,880
Speaker 6: and watching him play this year. This is the Matty

833
00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:08,000
Speaker 6: Beaneers that the Kraken drafted. This is the Matt Ebneers

834
00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:12,080
Speaker 6: that they expected to get when when he came here

835
00:40:12,080 --> 00:40:12,640
Speaker 6: to Seattle.

836
00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:14,840
Speaker 5: And I think he's just getting started this season.

837
00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:15,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, you and.

838
00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:18,040
Speaker 3: I've talked a lot about him over this past week.

839
00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:21,480
Speaker 3: And the thing that I'm seeing is another element to

840
00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:23,960
Speaker 3: his game that I didn't see over the past two seasons.

841
00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:26,239
Speaker 3: But over the past two seasons, you know, when given

842
00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:31,480
Speaker 3: the opportunity a plus in offensive ability, but he struggled

843
00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:33,280
Speaker 3: on the defensive side of the pocket. I'm not seeing

844
00:40:33,280 --> 00:40:35,160
Speaker 3: that as much this year. And you know, for the

845
00:40:35,239 --> 00:40:38,279
Speaker 3: kids out there, it's like unlocking a skin for your

846
00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:41,680
Speaker 3: character in a game where they become stronger, they become bigger,

847
00:40:41,719 --> 00:40:44,480
Speaker 3: they become faster. Maybe it's a suit of arm or whatever,

848
00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:47,400
Speaker 3: but that's what I'm seeing in Matti Beiners. His game

849
00:40:47,480 --> 00:40:50,399
Speaker 3: has grown to a new level and it's exciting to see.

850
00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:54,120
Speaker 4: Before we really get into the mean of Monday, here

851
00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:57,680
Speaker 4: one more when the Mariners will reach the World Series

852
00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:00,759
Speaker 4: for their first time in franchise history. I know my

853
00:41:00,920 --> 00:41:03,960
Speaker 4: dad a fans in seventy seven, a fan since the

854
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:06,799
Speaker 4: pilots is on pins and needles right now with this

855
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:09,799
Speaker 4: or we could be talking about Game seven, which will

856
00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:11,399
Speaker 4: be going on a little bit after we have puck

857
00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:15,040
Speaker 4: drop here in Philadelphia. But how do we make of

858
00:41:15,080 --> 00:41:18,880
Speaker 4: the crack and worry Mariners jerseys to Toronto? What a

859
00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:20,600
Speaker 4: way to make a statement.

860
00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:21,080
Speaker 1: That was awesome.

861
00:41:21,239 --> 00:41:24,399
Speaker 6: I mean, listen, you're showing up and you're showing out

862
00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:28,319
Speaker 6: for your city in Toronto. I made the comment on

863
00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:30,680
Speaker 6: the air the other day that if you go back

864
00:41:30,719 --> 00:41:37,279
Speaker 6: to Wednesday, we potentially are looking at six consecutive days

865
00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:43,719
Speaker 6: of Seattle versus Toronto sporting events, and I mean, it's awesome. Obviously,

866
00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:47,680
Speaker 6: it all started with Josh Naylor wearing a champagne soaked

867
00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:51,040
Speaker 6: third jersey when they beat the Tigers in Game five

868
00:41:51,080 --> 00:41:54,000
Speaker 6: of the DS. And you know, a lot of guys

869
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:55,719
Speaker 6: in this room love baseball. A lot of guys in

870
00:41:55,719 --> 00:41:58,879
Speaker 6: this room love the Jays as well. But they they're

871
00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:02,720
Speaker 6: they're putting there there. I guess country.

872
00:42:02,360 --> 00:42:06,400
Speaker 5: Loyalty on hold to support their city now. And it's

873
00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:07,160
Speaker 5: been really good to see.

874
00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:07,839
Speaker 1: I think it's up.

875
00:42:07,880 --> 00:42:09,160
Speaker 3: It's been awesome to see as well.

876
00:42:09,239 --> 00:42:09,600
Speaker 1: I was.

877
00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:12,800
Speaker 3: I was especially tickled to see Lane Lambert wearing his

878
00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:15,759
Speaker 3: postgame presser as well, and some of the comments he

879
00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:19,000
Speaker 3: made about you know what a sports city Seattle is,

880
00:42:19,040 --> 00:42:22,319
Speaker 3: And you know the thing about it is that the

881
00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:24,440
Speaker 3: players were told that the Maple Police were gonna wear

882
00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:28,080
Speaker 3: Blue Jays jerseys in they never did, and that says

883
00:42:28,080 --> 00:42:31,920
Speaker 3: a lot in itself right, Seattle versus Toronto. So I

884
00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:34,759
Speaker 3: think that the message that it sends, not only to

885
00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:37,080
Speaker 3: the Kraken fans, not only to the city of Seattle

886
00:42:37,160 --> 00:42:39,080
Speaker 3: and the teams themselves is really cool.

887
00:42:39,160 --> 00:42:41,960
Speaker 4: Here's Lane Lambert, by the way, after the win against

888
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:45,000
Speaker 4: some Maple Leafs wearing his Mariners jersey. What a meant

889
00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:45,920
Speaker 4: to roll out that jersey?

890
00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:48,400
Speaker 2: Well, I think it's mutual. I think, uh, you know,

891
00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:53,600
Speaker 2: Josh Naylor supports us too. We're just wearing our jersey

892
00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:57,239
Speaker 2: after they won, you know, and in the locker room,

893
00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:02,759
Speaker 2: and you know, I it's again, it's about our hometown,

894
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:08,360
Speaker 2: and it's about our fans and our city. And I'll

895
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:11,000
Speaker 2: say it again. Our city is a great sports town

896
00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:13,759
Speaker 2: and we've had you know, we have great fans in

897
00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:17,600
Speaker 2: every uh you know, in every sport, and you know

898
00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:20,399
Speaker 2: we're supporting them just as they would support us.

899
00:43:20,680 --> 00:43:20,919
Speaker 1: Friends.

900
00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:23,320
Speaker 4: Again, I want to go back to al Koniski's comments

901
00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:27,120
Speaker 4: here about this team wearing Mariners jerseys and where they

902
00:43:27,160 --> 00:43:29,319
Speaker 4: come from. And you have a lot of players on

903
00:43:29,360 --> 00:43:33,280
Speaker 4: this roster who are from the Ontario province as well.

904
00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:35,839
Speaker 4: They could have chosen to wear it or not wear it.

905
00:43:36,080 --> 00:43:40,040
Speaker 4: But again, Lane Lambert said, I've coached in Toronto, I'm

906
00:43:40,080 --> 00:43:43,600
Speaker 4: now coaching in Seattle. I'm a Homer, I'm wearing the

907
00:43:43,600 --> 00:43:46,919
Speaker 4: Mariner jersey. No one forced them to do this. They

908
00:43:46,960 --> 00:43:50,680
Speaker 4: did it by choice. That's how special this sports market

909
00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:53,560
Speaker 4: is in the city of Seattle. Let's get onto the

910
00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:55,920
Speaker 4: ideal week ahead. Here for the cracket. You got Philadelphia

911
00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:59,239
Speaker 4: this evening, you have Washington coming up tomorrow night, Winnipeg

912
00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:02,960
Speaker 4: on Thursday A. Don't show any signs of falling back,

913
00:44:03,160 --> 00:44:06,640
Speaker 4: maybe from what people projected them to do. And then

914
00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:09,919
Speaker 4: you come back home to face the Flying Conor McDavid's

915
00:44:09,920 --> 00:44:14,799
Speaker 4: and Leon dr Teidels and the Edmonton Oilers. Four points

916
00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:17,920
Speaker 4: on the table. But I like where this team is

917
00:44:17,960 --> 00:44:21,200
Speaker 4: going with its identity. I'm thinking if you can get

918
00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:23,160
Speaker 4: maybe five of eight, you call it a good week.

919
00:44:23,200 --> 00:44:23,439
Speaker 1: Guys.

920
00:44:23,440 --> 00:44:23,880
Speaker 4: What about you?

921
00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:25,480
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean I think going four and oh with

922
00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:28,920
Speaker 6: four shoutouts I think is great. That's to me, that's

923
00:44:29,320 --> 00:44:31,040
Speaker 6: that that that's the low bar, Michael, though.

924
00:44:31,080 --> 00:44:35,080
Speaker 5: The low bar is for no Listen, I mean for me,

925
00:44:36,760 --> 00:44:39,640
Speaker 5: you're still you're still learning and growing.

926
00:44:39,400 --> 00:44:40,160
Speaker 1: Within this system.

927
00:44:40,239 --> 00:44:40,479
Speaker 5: Right.

928
00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:43,239
Speaker 6: We talked about this, Alan and I did I think

929
00:44:43,320 --> 00:44:47,520
Speaker 6: more important than the wins and losses is consistency. If

930
00:44:47,560 --> 00:44:50,319
Speaker 6: you lose games, but you lose games the way that

931
00:44:50,360 --> 00:44:54,279
Speaker 6: you've been playing the last five I don't think you're

932
00:44:54,320 --> 00:44:56,520
Speaker 6: gonna have too much of a problem with that, because, hey,

933
00:44:57,080 --> 00:44:59,480
Speaker 6: we played to our identity. We played the best of

934
00:44:59,520 --> 00:45:02,160
Speaker 6: our ability. That said, I'm with you. If you can

935
00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:04,560
Speaker 6: take more points than you lose five of eight points,

936
00:45:04,920 --> 00:45:08,520
Speaker 6: you can you can keep the the zero in the

937
00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:11,680
Speaker 6: lost column for as long as possible, maybe a one loss.

938
00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:13,799
Speaker 6: You know, a week you go three to one in

939
00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:16,399
Speaker 6: or two to one in one or three in one,

940
00:45:16,440 --> 00:45:22,040
Speaker 6: whatever it is. I again, playing the right way, playing consistently,

941
00:45:22,160 --> 00:45:24,279
Speaker 6: That for me, is gonna be most important because you

942
00:45:24,280 --> 00:45:26,239
Speaker 6: don't want to go out in there, especially against some

943
00:45:26,320 --> 00:45:29,319
Speaker 6: teams that in Winnipeg and Edmonton in particular. If you

944
00:45:29,320 --> 00:45:31,640
Speaker 6: want to make the playoffs, you're gonna have to go

945
00:45:31,680 --> 00:45:34,400
Speaker 6: through these teams, either in the regular season or in

946
00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:37,520
Speaker 6: the first couple of rounds. Right, So these are gonna

947
00:45:37,520 --> 00:45:40,680
Speaker 6: be those those first tune up, those first litmus test

948
00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:44,200
Speaker 6: games against teams in your conference, in your division that

949
00:45:44,239 --> 00:45:46,680
Speaker 6: you're gonna be battling with for the next seventy five games.

950
00:45:47,680 --> 00:45:50,200
Speaker 3: Yeah, and listen, it's still a real small sample size

951
00:45:50,239 --> 00:45:53,120
Speaker 3: five games, five games in seventy seven to go. I

952
00:45:53,160 --> 00:45:56,160
Speaker 3: think the status out there today was last year there

953
00:45:56,160 --> 00:45:59,319
Speaker 3: were five teams that were didn't have a lot loss

954
00:45:59,320 --> 00:46:01,840
Speaker 3: in regulations through five games. Only two made the playoffs.

955
00:46:01,840 --> 00:46:05,000
Speaker 3: So you know, this is a great start. They got

956
00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:07,840
Speaker 3: to keep it going. This is building their identity, but

957
00:46:08,280 --> 00:46:11,200
Speaker 3: there's a long road ahead before we start talking about playoffs.

958
00:46:11,719 --> 00:46:14,479
Speaker 4: We wrap this up with our three stars of the week.

959
00:46:14,600 --> 00:46:17,520
Speaker 4: I'll begin I'm gonna go with my third star in

960
00:46:17,600 --> 00:46:19,840
Speaker 4: Matty Benier's and again I go back to what I

961
00:46:19,840 --> 00:46:23,279
Speaker 4: said earlier. A terrific two hundred foot game. He is

962
00:46:23,320 --> 00:46:26,719
Speaker 4: looking stronger on pucks fifty to fifty battles. He looks

963
00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:29,480
Speaker 4: a step quicker as well, and he is helping elevate

964
00:46:29,520 --> 00:46:33,400
Speaker 4: his linemates and Jered McCann and Jordan Eberley. My second

965
00:46:33,440 --> 00:46:37,719
Speaker 4: star is going to go to Josh Mahera because being

966
00:46:37,800 --> 00:46:42,200
Speaker 4: put into duty given the circumstances here of this Kraken lineup,

967
00:46:42,440 --> 00:46:47,040
Speaker 4: fifteen minutes against the maple Leafs means sometimes fifteen minutes

968
00:46:47,080 --> 00:46:50,600
Speaker 4: of what you're gonna do when you're facing Matthews, Nilander

969
00:46:50,960 --> 00:46:55,560
Speaker 4: Tavares et cetera, and he left a vapor trail right

970
00:46:55,600 --> 00:46:59,040
Speaker 4: in front of William Nielander for the overtime winner to

971
00:46:59,040 --> 00:47:02,279
Speaker 4: get his first goals since twenty twenty three against the

972
00:47:02,360 --> 00:47:06,600
Speaker 4: same team as well. That's perseverance. Josh Mhura is my

973
00:47:06,680 --> 00:47:09,040
Speaker 4: second star of the week, my first star as well.

974
00:47:09,719 --> 00:47:14,480
Speaker 4: Vin's done because of the lineup shuffle and you put

975
00:47:15,200 --> 00:47:18,000
Speaker 4: the Kraken right into this fire against the Maple Leafs

976
00:47:18,200 --> 00:47:21,680
Speaker 4: on Hockey Night in Canada. Brandon Montor's gotta be away

977
00:47:21,760 --> 00:47:24,480
Speaker 4: for a while. You're down then Ryan Lindgren though, late

978
00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:26,239
Speaker 4: in the game, and there are questions of what's gonna

979
00:47:26,239 --> 00:47:29,000
Speaker 4: happen here to this defensive court until they can get

980
00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:32,240
Speaker 4: some bodies back. But you're putting again a great load

981
00:47:32,600 --> 00:47:36,040
Speaker 4: on the shoulders of Done and Larson. Vin's done, logging

982
00:47:36,160 --> 00:47:39,120
Speaker 4: over twenty eight minutes of ice time. He's your leading

983
00:47:39,239 --> 00:47:42,160
Speaker 4: score now and he's looking like the Vince Done of

984
00:47:42,320 --> 00:47:45,359
Speaker 4: old that has helped carry this team an two hundred

985
00:47:45,400 --> 00:47:49,120
Speaker 4: foot game on the back end, and he was phenomenal.

986
00:47:49,239 --> 00:47:50,200
Speaker 1: Vince Dune's my first name.

987
00:47:50,360 --> 00:47:52,759
Speaker 6: Yeah, this one's tough for me. I got about five

988
00:47:52,880 --> 00:47:55,239
Speaker 6: guys that I could throw into this conversation, I think

989
00:47:55,760 --> 00:47:56,799
Speaker 6: my third star.

990
00:47:57,120 --> 00:47:58,520
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go Mason Marchman.

991
00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:00,880
Speaker 6: You know, we were talking talking about hell and I,

992
00:48:01,560 --> 00:48:03,600
Speaker 6: you know, needing to see more from him in the

993
00:48:03,680 --> 00:48:06,040
Speaker 6: last couple of games. Getting points in both those games,

994
00:48:06,120 --> 00:48:09,560
Speaker 6: and I think again Toronto, call it what it was,

995
00:48:09,680 --> 00:48:12,120
Speaker 6: you're playing in Toronto, you're playing at home, or you

996
00:48:12,160 --> 00:48:12,640
Speaker 6: know whatever.

997
00:48:12,880 --> 00:48:14,520
Speaker 5: I thought that was a really good game for him.

998
00:48:14,719 --> 00:48:16,960
Speaker 6: So he's my third star, my second star for the

999
00:48:17,040 --> 00:48:19,680
Speaker 6: exact same reason Chandler Stevens right points him back to

1000
00:48:19,760 --> 00:48:22,120
Speaker 6: back games, four points in his last two games.

1001
00:48:22,960 --> 00:48:26,479
Speaker 5: I think he really needed to have a good week.

1002
00:48:27,080 --> 00:48:29,080
Speaker 6: Just you know, I don't want to see a slow start,

1003
00:48:29,160 --> 00:48:32,880
Speaker 6: but just from where he was and to where he

1004
00:48:33,040 --> 00:48:34,240
Speaker 6: is now, I think.

1005
00:48:34,480 --> 00:48:37,680
Speaker 5: His play has increased, His play has gotten better and

1006
00:48:37,840 --> 00:48:38,320
Speaker 5: the best.

1007
00:48:38,120 --> 00:48:40,480
Speaker 6: Face off man exactly how you're bang on there and

1008
00:48:40,680 --> 00:48:42,879
Speaker 6: my number one star, this was this was so hard.

1009
00:48:42,960 --> 00:48:45,319
Speaker 6: But I'm giving Shane right, right, I mean, I think

1010
00:48:45,400 --> 00:48:47,839
Speaker 6: Shane Wright getting a goal in your one hundred game.

1011
00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:52,520
Speaker 5: Again, like Maddie, we've seen a very consistent style of

1012
00:48:52,640 --> 00:48:55,359
Speaker 5: play with him, and I think last year with him

1013
00:48:55,480 --> 00:48:57,760
Speaker 5: up and down the line up, going on different lines,

1014
00:48:57,800 --> 00:49:01,480
Speaker 5: having different linemates. We're wondering what's gonna be the plan

1015
00:49:01,640 --> 00:49:01,960
Speaker 5: for him.

1016
00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:04,319
Speaker 6: But now this year, he's been playing for the most

1017
00:49:04,360 --> 00:49:06,920
Speaker 6: part with the same guys the first five games, and we're.

1018
00:49:06,800 --> 00:49:10,120
Speaker 5: Starting to see this this Shane Wright who is.

1019
00:49:11,719 --> 00:49:16,040
Speaker 6: Developing into a really strong two way player, not unlike

1020
00:49:16,080 --> 00:49:16,640
Speaker 6: Matty Pairs.

1021
00:49:16,840 --> 00:49:19,040
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna go a different route with my three stars.

1022
00:49:19,040 --> 00:49:21,600
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna go with the unsung hero route.

1023
00:49:21,719 --> 00:49:23,279
Speaker 3: You know, I like the physical game. You know I

1024
00:49:23,400 --> 00:49:25,479
Speaker 3: like the gritty game. So that's the direction I'm gonna

1025
00:49:25,480 --> 00:49:27,799
Speaker 3: come at this from. Ty car Cha is my third

1026
00:49:27,840 --> 00:49:30,960
Speaker 3: star for the week. Ty car Cha leads the team

1027
00:49:31,040 --> 00:49:33,000
Speaker 3: right now with twenty one hits on the season, and

1028
00:49:33,760 --> 00:49:36,760
Speaker 3: he's been playing in that fourth line role. He's figuring

1029
00:49:36,800 --> 00:49:39,000
Speaker 3: out how to be that guy on the ford line

1030
00:49:39,040 --> 00:49:41,520
Speaker 3: where when he gets the opportunity to shoot the buck,

1031
00:49:41,600 --> 00:49:44,000
Speaker 3: of course he's shooting the score, but he knows that

1032
00:49:44,320 --> 00:49:46,200
Speaker 3: the rest of the time he's going to play a physical,

1033
00:49:46,280 --> 00:49:48,560
Speaker 3: gritty game. So ty car Cha is my third star

1034
00:49:48,640 --> 00:49:51,560
Speaker 3: for playing that way. Like second star for the same reasons,

1035
00:49:51,800 --> 00:49:55,200
Speaker 3: Ellie Tobin. He's second behind ty Karscha with twenty twenty

1036
00:49:55,320 --> 00:49:58,440
Speaker 3: hits on the year. So far, he quietly goes out

1037
00:49:58,520 --> 00:50:01,359
Speaker 3: there and just plays the physical and fitts and I've

1038
00:50:01,400 --> 00:50:03,640
Speaker 3: talked to him in some of the media veils. He

1039
00:50:03,800 --> 00:50:05,400
Speaker 3: just knows that's the way he has to play to

1040
00:50:05,480 --> 00:50:07,520
Speaker 3: get into the game and contribute.

1041
00:50:07,600 --> 00:50:08,200
Speaker 1: And he likes it.

1042
00:50:08,280 --> 00:50:10,880
Speaker 3: And it's he doesn't go seek it intentionally. It just

1043
00:50:11,040 --> 00:50:14,399
Speaker 3: comes to himself. Elie Twelven is my second start. First

1044
00:50:14,440 --> 00:50:16,680
Speaker 3: star I gotta go to the blue line is Adam Larson.

1045
00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:20,360
Speaker 3: He leads the team with seventeen blocks and again this

1046
00:50:20,600 --> 00:50:25,160
Speaker 3: team hirt, Yes, he did this team with this defensive

1047
00:50:25,280 --> 00:50:29,360
Speaker 3: minded structure that Lane Lambert is implementing. It starts with

1048
00:50:29,440 --> 00:50:31,879
Speaker 3: blocking shots and not letting pucks get to the front

1049
00:50:31,880 --> 00:50:34,239
Speaker 3: of the net to get to your goaltender. Shots that

1050
00:50:34,360 --> 00:50:36,400
Speaker 3: never have a chance of going in are blocked. And

1051
00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:39,279
Speaker 3: and Adam Larson leads the seventeen right now.

1052
00:50:39,200 --> 00:50:40,520
Speaker 1: In the season. So he's my first start.

1053
00:50:40,800 --> 00:50:43,880
Speaker 4: Round and pound is part of this team's DNA for

1054
00:50:44,040 --> 00:50:46,719
Speaker 4: this season. And speaking of boys, time to go out

1055
00:50:46,760 --> 00:50:51,239
Speaker 4: and pound some cheese takes, shall we? Yeah, we're in Philadelphia,

1056
00:50:51,440 --> 00:50:53,680
Speaker 4: glad he can be with us here for cracking whey again.

1057
00:50:53,800 --> 00:50:56,600
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1058
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1059
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1060
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1061
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1062
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