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Speaker 3: kjar dot com. The Kraken from the last time we

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Speaker 3: You can't beat Uncle Jackson Manhattan. I will say that

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Speaker 7: Coach talking about the shorthanded goals. Is there a common

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Speaker 2: That was indicated to them.

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Speaker 3: That was a short hand of goal. And here's Lane

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Speaker 9: Coach, you kind of mentioned yesterday that there might be

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Speaker 3: the Blender, who said, I mean, it's like training camp

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think he's frustrated, Mike.

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Speaker 4: I think he's frustrated that he's seen this team at

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Speaker 5: So I get it.

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Speaker 5: So I get his position on those questions. I think

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Speaker 4: I think it spreads beyond in terms of, you know,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think for me listening to that, it goes

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Speaker 1: And we've seen that, whether that be some bad passes

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Speaker 2: All of these things are fixable. All of these things

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Speaker 1: And you know, I don't have the comments in front

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Speaker 3: After the Utah game.

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Speaker 3: More deep stuff here, and we're gonna get back to goaltending.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, Mike, I looked at the last five games for

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Speaker 4: for each goaltender, six of them have had save percentages

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Speaker 4: We're gonna put five or six in tonight and we'll

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Speaker 5: But I don't you can count on that very often.

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Speaker 4: So if these goaltenders aren't playing above nine hundred save percentages,

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Speaker 5: That's where those goals were scored.

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Speaker 4: So I'm not putting it on Joey decord that three

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Speaker 5: They were screens.

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Speaker 4: My point is is that when this goltening duo, and

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Speaker 5: They don't put this team in the position to win

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know this, It's it's very unfortunate because it's

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Speaker 2: To have a bad day.

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Speaker 5: They're not allowed to have a slump.

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Speaker 1: And that's unfortunate because, like, how many times have we

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Speaker 2: And I'm not trying to call.

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Speaker 2: And we and we've said it before.

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Speaker 1: This is not me talking smack like this is this

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Speaker 2: Weight to put.

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Speaker 1: You need a Patrick Wavian goaltending performance in order to

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Speaker 1: twelve goals in the last two games. Right, They've been

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Speaker 1: outscored twelve to six in the last two games.

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Speaker 2: It would be nice if the Cracking could.

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Speaker 1: Outscore a team twelve to six over a two game stretch, right,

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Speaker 1: That would be nicest, Right, But it's just not how

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Speaker 1: this team is constructed. We've talked about the offensive struggles

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Speaker 1: all season long. It's just not this team. So it

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Speaker 1: is the unfortunate weight that the goaltenders have to bear.

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Speaker 1: And I say all of this to say, Joey Decord

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Speaker 1: in the last couple of games is probably going through

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Speaker 1: an average normal slump that anybody in the course of

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Speaker 1: an eighty two game season will go through right. This

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Speaker 1: is nothing egregious. This isn't like man Joey Decord has washed,

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Speaker 1: you know. This is this is Joey Decord playing in

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Speaker 1: January with you know, twenty some odds starts under his belt.

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Speaker 1: He's going to get back, He's gonna get back to

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Speaker 1: playing the way that we've seen him play all year long.

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Speaker 1: But it's just magnified because the cracking had been losing games.

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Speaker 3: Before we get to break here, I want to check

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Speaker 3: in here on the power play because they have been

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Speaker 3: terrific and I think they deserve a lot as far

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Speaker 3: as the spotlight on them, because since December one, thirty

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Speaker 3: point eight percent, the only better team in the NHL

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Speaker 3: in that span is the Edmonton Oilers at thirty five

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Speaker 3: point five. Chris Taylor is helping steer that wheel right now,

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Speaker 3: deserving a lot of praise. They are not just producing,

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Speaker 3: but delivering in key moments. And I think on the

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Speaker 3: flip side, the shorthanded goals, yeah, it's a rash that's

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Speaker 3: got to stop here, but overall they are producing. I

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Speaker 3: go back and look here at the point man for

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Speaker 3: powerplay ice time, and this is where it gets interesting.

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Speaker 3: The Boston game vin'ce done powerplay ice time two forty

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Speaker 3: eight Brandon Montour three twelve. This coincided with the re

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Speaker 3: turned a Montor here to the lineup Utah game, Vin's

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Speaker 3: done two fifteen Montor a shade below him at two

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Speaker 3: oh eight. Last game against Pittsburgh, Vin's done two thirty

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Speaker 3: three random Montur two fifty. I'm posing this in this matter.

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Speaker 3: Do we think there's a conversation merited about how the

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Speaker 3: number two unit or parts of it are now being

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Speaker 3: used more and deservedly?

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Speaker 4: So, yeah, I think you're always trying to stack your

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Speaker 4: top unit as much as possible, Mikey. I think they, uh,

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Speaker 4: you know, that's your best shot of scoring on the

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Speaker 4: power play. Not because the first half of the power

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Speaker 4: play is better than the second half of the power play.

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Speaker 4: It's just that that first unit tends to stay on

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Speaker 4: the ice longer. That first unit. You know, if they

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Speaker 4: don't get up ice right away, but it's later in

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Speaker 4: the first minute that they finally get some sustained ozone

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Speaker 4: time at you know, fifty seconds, sixty seconds, they're going

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Speaker 4: to keep going. So now you're pushing into a minute,

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Speaker 4: minute and a half. That second unit just doesn't have

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Speaker 4: as much time. So I like the idea of stacking

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Speaker 4: your first unit. I don't think our first unit is stacked.

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Speaker 4: If you were, you probably would have Montour and Done

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Speaker 4: together out there a couple of big shots. That's my

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Speaker 4: comment on personnel, but I also have comments on.

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Speaker 5: The approach to the power play.

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Speaker 4: I still don't think they're shooting the puck enough, and

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Speaker 4: it seems like when they do shoot the puck. We

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Speaker 4: saw Jared mccannon shoot the puck in the Pittsburgh game

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Speaker 4: on the power play, and Stewart Skinner could see the

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Speaker 4: shot the entire way comes out, takes out the angles,

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Speaker 4: makes a good say, no traffic in front? Saw done

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Speaker 4: do it a couple of times, same thing, no traffic

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Speaker 4: in front. But when there is traffic, it seems like

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Speaker 4: this team doesn't shoot the puck. And obviously there's a

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Speaker 4: fear of it going off a shin pad and giving

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Speaker 4: up a shorthand and break away.

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Speaker 5: I get that, but.

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Speaker 4: It's putting the pucks past the shin pads, as we

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Speaker 4: saw Pittsburgh do three times in that game, that often

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Speaker 4: result in either goal or or skirmishes in front they

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Speaker 4: can can turn into goals.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think as far as the power play goals,

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Speaker 1: I mean power play goes.

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Speaker 2: It's it's shooting.

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Speaker 1: And again I say it all the time. I hate

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Speaker 1: to be the guy six cors lights in in the

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Speaker 1: fifth row. But you're seeing the Kraken shoot the puck more,

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Speaker 1: whether it's from the point, whether it's McCann getting that

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Speaker 1: shot off. And and we've said, you know this team's

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Speaker 1: gonna score by going to the net. Shoot the puck,

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Speaker 1: go to the net, jam it off someone's face, I mean,

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Speaker 1: or off someone's backside, off someone's leg, off a shin.

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Speaker 1: We asked Lane Lambert about two weeks ago, three weeks

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Speaker 1: ago what the change was on the power play, and

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Speaker 1: he was kind of cagy. He was a little cooie

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Speaker 1: about He was like, I'm not gonna tell you what

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Speaker 1: this change was, but we get changed.

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Speaker 6: I was like, okay, sounds good, but but I'm not

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Speaker 6: gonna argue with you.

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Speaker 1: But no, out you're right, like I think the Kraken

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Speaker 1: if they loaded up that top power play unit with

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Speaker 1: with a dum and.

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Speaker 6: I'm on tour two of your shooters, and then you

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Speaker 6: give that.

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Speaker 1: Second power play to Riker Evans and because they're only

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Speaker 1: getting forty seconds and you think about it, right, So,

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Speaker 1: but no, I like the direction the power play is going.

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Speaker 1: In the penalty kill, I feel like has been making

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Speaker 1: improvements in spurts a little bit. You know that they'll

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Speaker 1: go pretty well and then they'll give up a couple

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Speaker 1: that you like to see not go in and they go,

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Speaker 1: you know, back to playing pretty well for the next

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Speaker 1: four or five games. But you know, as as far

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Speaker 1: as the power play goals goes, that's one of those

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Speaker 1: areas that I think if we want to keep seeing

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Speaker 1: this team stay in the fight, you need one of

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Speaker 1: those units. You can't have two bad special teams units.

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Speaker 1: And right now your power play has been giving you

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Speaker 1: some much needy goals.

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Speaker 4: So just one comment on goal scoring because I want

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Speaker 4: to I want to time my previous comments about needing

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Speaker 4: to score four or more to having success, and part

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Speaker 4: of that is the power play.

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Speaker 5: But the last time.

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Speaker 4: This team scored four goals in regulation was Big Boston

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Speaker 4: wins seven to four, And you could say seven goals

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Speaker 4: is a lot of goals.

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Speaker 5: Maybe that's an anomaly game.

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Speaker 4: But prior to that, you have to look back to

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Speaker 4: December fourth against Edmonton and it was a four to

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Speaker 4: one win where this team scored four goals in regulation.

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Speaker 4: Now what I mean is there were no empty net goals.

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Speaker 4: There are a lot of goals or a lot of

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Speaker 4: games where there were wins where they were empty net goals,

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Speaker 4: and it ended up being four total, but four that

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Speaker 4: don't include an empty net goal that goes back.

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Speaker 5: To December fourth.

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Speaker 4: So my point is that when you look at the

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Speaker 4: wins throughout the year, other than a small handful, this

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Speaker 4: team needs to keep the goals against at three or less,

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Speaker 4: and when they don't, whether that's the goaltender's fault, whether

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Speaker 4: that's screens, whether it's the player's fault, whether it's the

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Speaker 4: coach's fault, they oftentimes are not in a position to win.

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Speaker 1: This cracking team is a three to two team. This

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Speaker 1: is a two to one, three to two hockey team.

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Speaker 1: This isn't a five to four team, This isn't a

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Speaker 1: four to three team. This is a three to two

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Speaker 1: team and win. And by all account it seems like

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Speaker 1: they have been pretty comfortable. But when they get comfortable

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Speaker 1: realizing it's not always going to be sexy, it's not

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Speaker 1: always going to be pretty, you're allowed to win games three.

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Speaker 4: To one, and you're right fits it's not fair to

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Speaker 4: blame the goaltenders. They're allowed to have a bad night

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Speaker 4: as well, and you know when they can't see shots

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Speaker 4: coming through. My point was is that Joey Decord didn't

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Speaker 4: necessarily play bad in that Pittsburgh loss.

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Speaker 5: He just couldn't see the bucks.

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Speaker 4: So if they're if the goaltenders can't keep this team

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Speaker 4: at three goals against or less, they're often not.

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Speaker 5: In a position to win. That's just the reality.

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Speaker 3: We have to get to break here because we have

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Speaker 3: Evan Pivnick coming up, but again our Crack and Whetley

592
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Speaker 3: poll question, who's next to get called up from Coachella Valley.

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Speaker 3: Vote right now at x AD Krack and audio and

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Speaker 3: as a Jacob Alanson or Jagger Fergus or Oscar Fisko

595
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Speaker 3: Mulgard or someone else, vote right now. Evan Pivnik right

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Speaker 3: around the corner right here on ninety three three k JRFM.

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Speaker 3: A lot to talk about here with Coachella Valley's six

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Speaker 3: points clear of the cut line heading into this part

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Speaker 3: of the season and without further ado. Joining us right

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Speaker 3: now is broadcast voice Ethan Pevnik for the Coachella Valley Firebirds.

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Speaker 3: Piv and enjoined some fun in the sun right now

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Speaker 3: and also some Firebirds wins on top of that. How

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Speaker 3: are you, man?

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Speaker 2: I'm doing great.

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Speaker 10: Those two paired together, I think, uh make for a

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Speaker 10: great couple of winter months, if we can call it

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Speaker 10: a winter.

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Speaker 1: I see your I see your your social media posts

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Speaker 1: every now and again, and it's just sunny. You're outside

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Speaker 1: and in a Firebirds jersey promoting Pride night. You got

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Speaker 1: a little glisten of sweat because it's a little warmed eye.

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Speaker 2: I always have a glisten of sweat.

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Speaker 3: How many times have you made it into the office

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Speaker 3: in flip lops like Dan Bilsman used to tell us

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Speaker 3: he used to do.

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Speaker 10: I hate my I hate my feet, So not very often,

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Speaker 10: but you know what I've I've thought about it before.

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Speaker 10: I probably have done it a couple of times because

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Speaker 10: I if here's here's here's a flexment for you guys,

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Speaker 10: I will do it if I'm like playing golf later

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Speaker 10: in the day and I need to pop it.

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Speaker 3: Down nice, you know.

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Speaker 2: But I don't do that very often.

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Speaker 3: Past a halfway point of the season, PIV. What are

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Speaker 3: we learning about this team, the kids and where Derek

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Speaker 3: Laxtall's taking them?

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Speaker 10: I think one thing we've learned is it's a resilient team.

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Speaker 10: And whether that is because of the inexperience for a

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Speaker 10: lot of these players or just the overall character, could

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Speaker 10: be a combination of the two. But it feels like

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Speaker 10: every time the Firebirds are down in a game, they

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Speaker 10: don't get down on themselves. They kind of just go

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Speaker 10: out and say, Okay, well, you know what, we have

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Speaker 10: X amount of time left in this game. Let's go

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Speaker 10: out and make the most of it. And we've seen

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Speaker 10: them come back from multi goal deficits a bunch this year,

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Speaker 10: and it's it's different guys that step up too. I

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Speaker 10: think the Firebirds were struggling about three weeks ago and

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Speaker 10: and kind of at the core of their heartbeat was

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Speaker 10: was a fourth line, kind of similar to how the

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Speaker 10: Kraken were. Their fourth line was keeping them moving until

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Speaker 10: the other guys kind of found their groove once again.

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Speaker 10: Getting Yannie Newman back down and him getting acclimated was

644
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Speaker 10: a big help. And again, Jagger Fercus and Logan Morrison

645
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Speaker 10: are just having fantastic seasons. You paired that with Oscar

646
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Speaker 10: Fisker Molgard who's doing your great job as well, And

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Speaker 10: of course you know, John Hayden has been a guy

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Speaker 10: who's been down the majority of the year and has

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Speaker 10: just kind of made the most of it. So it's

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Speaker 10: been really good to see everyone come together. And then defensively,

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Speaker 10: you know, Tyson jug Nath has been doing his thing.

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Speaker 10: He's just been so consistent for Coachella Valley this season,

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Speaker 10: and goaltending has been top notch too.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we'll get to some prospects here in a bit,

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Speaker 3: but I think the obvious question off the bat is

656
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Speaker 3: people who have been watching Yanni Newman, people who've been

657
00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:36,200
Speaker 3: watching Jacob Allanson, they know what they're all about. At

658
00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:38,320
Speaker 3: the NHL level. The question is how much more can

659
00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:40,920
Speaker 3: they refine their game right now or how much can

660
00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:43,520
Speaker 3: they hold firm until the numbers called right back up

661
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Speaker 3: again once a roster spot opens. So I mean Yannie Newman,

662
00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:50,360
Speaker 3: I mean well deserved for AHL Player of the Week honors.

663
00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:52,840
Speaker 3: Three straight games with two goals, and my goodness, it's

664
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Speaker 3: like it doesn't matter where he's fighting a way to

665
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Speaker 3: score a goal. Evan with a shot going to the

666
00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:59,880
Speaker 3: front of the net. Jacob Allanson, I wish hits were tracking.

667
00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:03,160
Speaker 3: AHL stats don't make this possible. He too at this

668
00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:06,880
Speaker 3: present day, but one assist since coming back, five shots

669
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Speaker 3: as well in two games since coming back. What do

670
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Speaker 3: we make so far out of Newman and Malanson while

671
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Speaker 3: they're there right now?

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Speaker 10: I think Newman took a little bit of time to

673
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Speaker 10: acclimate back. I think the main thing was just the

674
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Speaker 10: time on ice was a big differentiator for him. You know,

675
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Speaker 10: he came in this season not playing a ton of

676
00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:26,560
Speaker 10: minutes each game with the Kraken, and then he went

677
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Speaker 10: from playing a few minutes to not playing at all,

678
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Speaker 10: and then all of a sudden, his first game back

679
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Speaker 10: down here, I think he played, you know, at least

680
00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:35,880
Speaker 10: fifteen minutes, and I think he felt it a little bit.

681
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Speaker 10: So it took a little bit for him to get acclimated.

682
00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:39,960
Speaker 10: But you know what, once he does, he's a goal scorer.

683
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Speaker 10: He's a guy who just goes in and puts the

684
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Speaker 10: puck in the back of the net, no matter how

685
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Speaker 10: it is. He had a power play goal in his

686
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Speaker 10: first game, but I think his leg has kind of

687
00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:50,960
Speaker 10: caught up to him a bit. He was minus five

688
00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:54,720
Speaker 10: in that game too, but he since has adjusted. He's

689
00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:58,200
Speaker 10: been a plus seven over his last four games mentioned

690
00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:01,560
Speaker 10: six goals and assist as well, AHL Player of the Week.

691
00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:03,600
Speaker 10: So he's just he's just finding ways to hit the

692
00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:05,280
Speaker 10: back of the net and he's been really sharp.

693
00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:06,800
Speaker 2: And you talked about Jacob Allanson.

694
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Speaker 10: He's a guy who I think has come back and

695
00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:13,480
Speaker 10: he's just been a better version of himself since his

696
00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:14,920
Speaker 10: call up in the NHL. And that will do it

697
00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:16,680
Speaker 10: for you, right, you know, you get your confidence back,

698
00:34:16,719 --> 00:34:21,520
Speaker 10: you get big time minutes, you get higher responsibilities, better responsibilities,

699
00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:25,960
Speaker 10: and I think he came back and really is you know,

700
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Speaker 10: I'm I'm sure the conversation between him and you know,

701
00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:32,920
Speaker 10: the crack and hockey ops, you know, Jason Botral and

702
00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:35,680
Speaker 10: Ron Francis, I'm sure it was a great conversation. You know,

703
00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:38,680
Speaker 10: it probably met me like the way he probably left

704
00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:41,520
Speaker 10: that meeting. I'm sure he felt great. Right, Hey, we

705
00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:44,439
Speaker 10: we love to keep it right now, but hey, contracts

706
00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:47,359
Speaker 10: and waivers and whatnot. Go down and do your thing

707
00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:50,280
Speaker 10: with with the Firebirds a place where he's comfortable playing

708
00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:51,319
Speaker 10: without a doubt.

709
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Speaker 6: You know what.

710
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Speaker 10: He he's just he's been awesome. He's you know, I

711
00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:57,720
Speaker 10: don't know if there's a little ship on his shoulder.

712
00:34:57,719 --> 00:34:58,319
Speaker 2: I'm sure there is.

713
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Speaker 10: Right, Whenever you get sent down, you're you want to

714
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:03,759
Speaker 10: show people that you belong and you know, he's come

715
00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:07,120
Speaker 10: in hit everything that moves, He's you know, had a

716
00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:09,600
Speaker 10: couple of assists. He just makes things happen, and that's

717
00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:11,120
Speaker 10: he's doing the same exact thing as he did up

718
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Speaker 10: in the NHL.

719
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Speaker 2: His game doesn't change with Jannie Newman. What were the

720
00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:14,880
Speaker 2: things that they sent.

721
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Speaker 6: Him down to work on.

722
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Speaker 10: I think one of the biggest things is trusting the shot.

723
00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:21,759
Speaker 10: I think confidence is the biggest thing for Yanni and

724
00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:25,320
Speaker 10: I'm sure for any young player who has scored so much,

725
00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:27,080
Speaker 10: and I think we see it a lot with the

726
00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:29,960
Speaker 10: guys coming from junior. I know he came from overseas

727
00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:33,800
Speaker 10: in Finland, but you go from being the guy right

728
00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:37,840
Speaker 10: and you're expected to be a contributing player when you

729
00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:40,000
Speaker 10: get to the American Hockey League. Things are different though,

730
00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:42,440
Speaker 10: because everyone in the league, for the most part, was

731
00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:46,080
Speaker 10: the guy at one point. But you know, it took

732
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Speaker 10: Gianni a little bit to figure out last year too,

733
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Speaker 10: once he started playing a little bit adjusted, and then

734
00:35:50,239 --> 00:35:52,560
Speaker 10: he ended up scoring twenty eight goals and becoming an

735
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:55,920
Speaker 10: All Star and one of the best rookies in the league.

736
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Speaker 10: But it's just a little bit of confidence for him,

737
00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:01,080
Speaker 10: and I think when he plays more, he plays consistently,

738
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Speaker 10: that's when we see the best of Yonnie Newman.

739
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:04,120
Speaker 2: We're starting to see it right now.

740
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Speaker 10: And hopefully if he gets call up another call up

741
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:09,480
Speaker 10: this year, which we hope he does, he steps up

742
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:12,279
Speaker 10: and keep keeps that confidence up to the NHL level.

743
00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:15,239
Speaker 3: Evan Pivnick joining us right now on the Beacon Plumbing hotline,

744
00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:17,880
Speaker 3: and I want to get to Oscar Fisker Moleguard here.

745
00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:20,959
Speaker 3: Evan twenty one points in thirty four games, and people

746
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:24,760
Speaker 3: who might look at surface numbers might say, well, ho hum,

747
00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:27,560
Speaker 3: and he's got points now in three straight games. But

748
00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:30,400
Speaker 3: I think we learned a little bit more with Fisker

749
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:33,680
Speaker 3: Moleguard at the NHL level with the right kind of

750
00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:36,239
Speaker 3: role and the right kind of fit for him, and

751
00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:39,040
Speaker 3: how he's able to adapt to the pace of the

752
00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:43,799
Speaker 3: NHL and then help find a way to generate momentum,

753
00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:48,160
Speaker 3: if not scoring opportunities at the NHL level. So what

754
00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:51,400
Speaker 3: do the numbers say about him, but also the play

755
00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:53,239
Speaker 3: under the hood say about him right.

756
00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:55,480
Speaker 10: Now, I think he's one of the smartest players on

757
00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:58,400
Speaker 10: the roster. I think you look at it from you know,

758
00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:01,080
Speaker 10: you mentioned points, points are what they are, right, and

759
00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:02,759
Speaker 10: there are times where he'll set up a play and

760
00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:05,920
Speaker 10: if they gave you know, third assists on a play,

761
00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:07,839
Speaker 10: then you could probably chock him up for another ten

762
00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:11,400
Speaker 10: points or so. He is just an incredibly smart player.

763
00:37:11,719 --> 00:37:13,960
Speaker 10: And you can see that experience that he got from

764
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:16,879
Speaker 10: playing in the SHL orright, he played a few years there,

765
00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:19,560
Speaker 10: and that's playing against men and since an eighteen nineteen

766
00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:22,400
Speaker 10: year old kid playing against guys who are you know,

767
00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:26,640
Speaker 10: matured and and bigger and stronger and smarter, and I

768
00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:29,160
Speaker 10: think that helped him so much in his development and

769
00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:31,799
Speaker 10: that's why I think he's developed to this point where

770
00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:33,440
Speaker 10: he can play in the National Hockey League and make

771
00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:36,200
Speaker 10: an impact. You know, he's a key player on the

772
00:37:36,239 --> 00:37:39,120
Speaker 10: palty kill, key player and the power play. He's just

773
00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:41,440
Speaker 10: a guy that you want to have on your team

774
00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:45,279
Speaker 10: and into in difficult situations because he can get the

775
00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:45,719
Speaker 10: job done.

776
00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:46,920
Speaker 2: He doesn't freak out about it.

777
00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:49,800
Speaker 10: He kind of just takes it as a calm approach

778
00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:53,000
Speaker 10: to everything he does. And he's also he's a great

779
00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:54,680
Speaker 10: kid as well. He's great for the guys to have

780
00:37:54,719 --> 00:37:58,439
Speaker 10: in the locker room. He's a calming presence, that's sure,

781
00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:01,239
Speaker 10: and Tyler how vocal he is, but he's kind of

782
00:38:01,239 --> 00:38:04,800
Speaker 10: a leader by example, especially for these younger guys from.

783
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Speaker 1: What you've seen, Evan, what in your mind is the

784
00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:12,719
Speaker 1: gap between an Oscar Fisker Moligard, a Jacob Malanson, a

785
00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:16,680
Speaker 1: Yannie Newman, the Jagger Furcus? What's their gap between playing

786
00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:19,680
Speaker 1: in the AHL and playing in the NHL. And I

787
00:38:19,719 --> 00:38:21,640
Speaker 1: asked that because I was talking to a fan the

788
00:38:21,719 --> 00:38:23,759
Speaker 1: other day and a big baseball guy, and he was,

789
00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:26,280
Speaker 1: you know, trying to he explain to me how Triple

790
00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:28,480
Speaker 1: A Baseball versus the Mariners work.

791
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:30,000
Speaker 6: And you know, I was telling.

792
00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:32,080
Speaker 1: Him the exact same thing about the AHL and Berth

793
00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:35,760
Speaker 1: the NHL. But when you're looking at that gap between

794
00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:40,080
Speaker 1: an everyday NHL player and an everyday AHL player or

795
00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:44,160
Speaker 1: or fringe guy in AHL versus NHL, what.

796
00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:47,040
Speaker 6: In your mind is the is the difference?

797
00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:52,600
Speaker 1: What what is that X factor why Malanson and Fisker,

798
00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:55,359
Speaker 1: Mouligard need to go up and down versus why they

799
00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:56,240
Speaker 1: just can't stay.

800
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:57,000
Speaker 6: Here at the NHL level.

801
00:38:57,840 --> 00:39:01,439
Speaker 10: I think the biggest thing is waiting for their right

802
00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:04,600
Speaker 10: time to shine. It's opportunity and I think that's why

803
00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:06,440
Speaker 10: you see it when when guys go to different teams,

804
00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:08,880
Speaker 10: guys get traded and you know, change of scenery and whatnot.

805
00:39:09,120 --> 00:39:12,120
Speaker 10: You sometimes see guys perform way better than they did

806
00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:14,799
Speaker 10: even though they were on you know, playing the third line,

807
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:16,480
Speaker 10: but now they're up to the second line and getting

808
00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:20,840
Speaker 10: better opportunities, playing more minutes, playing more consistently. You know,

809
00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:23,200
Speaker 10: that's that's the tough thing when you look at what

810
00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:27,000
Speaker 10: the Kraken can do. When a guy like if they

811
00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:29,440
Speaker 10: call Jagger Fercus up, where does he fit in in

812
00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:31,800
Speaker 10: the lineup? When Jacob Malonson goes up and plays in

813
00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:34,799
Speaker 10: the fourth line, that's his style of play. It's not

814
00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:36,680
Speaker 10: necessarily the same style of play as if you call

815
00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:38,720
Speaker 10: it Jagger Fercus. He's not going to be that fourth

816
00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:40,799
Speaker 10: line guy. So you want to be able to slot

817
00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:42,920
Speaker 10: him in where you can and be the most have

818
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:45,319
Speaker 10: the most success when he's in that role. You know,

819
00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:47,680
Speaker 10: Oscar Fisker molg are the same way. He's not a

820
00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:50,560
Speaker 10: fourth line grinder. He could play a little bit more

821
00:39:50,560 --> 00:39:52,200
Speaker 10: of a tougher role if he needs to, but he's

822
00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:55,120
Speaker 10: a guy who needs to be second first line power

823
00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:58,719
Speaker 10: play minutes and whatnot. But I think that's kind of

824
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:01,880
Speaker 10: the gap is just more so the opportunity than the skill.

825
00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:05,160
Speaker 10: You put yourself in the right situation, you're gonna score points.

826
00:40:05,239 --> 00:40:08,560
Speaker 10: I mean you you know, Fits, you know, I haven't

827
00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:09,239
Speaker 10: never seen you.

828
00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:10,920
Speaker 2: Play hockey, but you don't want to.

829
00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:13,200
Speaker 3: Yeah, but if you're, oh, but it would make for

830
00:40:13,239 --> 00:40:16,280
Speaker 3: great content though the people.

831
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:19,040
Speaker 10: Yes, if you're But if you're on the first line,

832
00:40:19,239 --> 00:40:21,160
Speaker 10: you know, first unit power play, standing in front of

833
00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:22,920
Speaker 10: the net, you're gonna get a couple points here and

834
00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:25,080
Speaker 10: there if you just plant yourself there, right, yep, one

835
00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:25,720
Speaker 10: way or another.

836
00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:27,680
Speaker 2: And I'm not saying.

837
00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:30,880
Speaker 10: Clause I saying, everet Fits you can play in the

838
00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:31,920
Speaker 10: National Hockey League.

839
00:40:32,080 --> 00:40:35,320
Speaker 2: But that's what I'm hearing. But that's that's what sources

840
00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:35,800
Speaker 2: are saying.

841
00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:36,759
Speaker 3: That ever said.

842
00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:39,080
Speaker 2: But that's that's the point I'm trying to make.

843
00:40:39,160 --> 00:40:41,759
Speaker 10: Right, You're out there with your top line guys who

844
00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:43,960
Speaker 10: can make things happen, and it's a little bit more

845
00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:47,200
Speaker 10: of a situational thing than than a skill thing. Granted,

846
00:40:47,239 --> 00:40:50,240
Speaker 10: you have to be an exceptional athlete, an exceptional player

847
00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:52,239
Speaker 10: to be in the National Hockey League, right, That's why

848
00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:54,040
Speaker 10: it's the best league in the world. But there are

849
00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:57,640
Speaker 10: scenarios where guys are put into positions to succeed, and

850
00:40:57,680 --> 00:41:01,279
Speaker 10: I think the Kraken deaf we take that into consideration

851
00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:04,040
Speaker 10: of calling these guys up and going.

852
00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:04,400
Speaker 2: Up and down.

853
00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:08,120
Speaker 1: So in that same vein, then we've seen Malanson at

854
00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:12,799
Speaker 1: Vister Molgard, We've saw Logan Morrison, We've seen Villie Odovinen,

855
00:41:12,920 --> 00:41:15,960
Speaker 1: we've seen Yannie Newman of the nick A Coco came

856
00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:18,360
Speaker 1: up last year for a bit, as well of the

857
00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:22,600
Speaker 1: guys the Krack, And haven't seen in your mind who's

858
00:41:22,680 --> 00:41:25,840
Speaker 1: next up? Who were you looking at on a daily

859
00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:30,480
Speaker 1: basis and saying, just give this kid a chance and

860
00:41:30,520 --> 00:41:32,200
Speaker 1: we'll never see him back down here again.

861
00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:36,160
Speaker 10: I'll say, one who has gotten a call up but

862
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:38,000
Speaker 10: it hasn't gotten a call up in a bit is

863
00:41:38,040 --> 00:41:40,520
Speaker 10: Logan Morrison, who I think is flying under the radar

864
00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:43,400
Speaker 10: right now because of his line made success in Jagger

865
00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:46,880
Speaker 10: Fercus and how anticipated Jagger Fergus's arrival to pro hockey

866
00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:49,680
Speaker 10: has been. You know, he scored, you know, Fercus scored

867
00:41:49,719 --> 00:41:52,160
Speaker 10: by seventy five goals that last year in junior and

868
00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:54,640
Speaker 10: obviously a lot of weight on his shoulders coming into

869
00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:56,920
Speaker 10: his rookie year trying to repeat that and now he's

870
00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:59,319
Speaker 10: kind of figured things out. But Logan Morrison has kind

871
00:41:59,360 --> 00:42:01,200
Speaker 10: of flown under their radar a little bit in terms

872
00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:03,799
Speaker 10: of his his points. He has twenty goals this year,

873
00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:06,640
Speaker 10: he leads the Firebirds and goals. He's now eleventh in

874
00:42:07,120 --> 00:42:10,239
Speaker 10: league scoring. He was in TEMP yesterday thirty six points

875
00:42:10,239 --> 00:42:14,440
Speaker 10: in thirty seven games. It's just a solid, skilled player

876
00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:16,200
Speaker 10: who I think can really make an impact in the

877
00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:19,680
Speaker 10: National Hockey League have given that same opportunity, So I

878
00:42:19,719 --> 00:42:21,640
Speaker 10: wouldn't say it's it's kind of a newer guy, but

879
00:42:21,719 --> 00:42:23,440
Speaker 10: a guy who has gotten a call up to the

880
00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:25,600
Speaker 10: National Hockey League before but hasn't in a bit, so

881
00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:27,719
Speaker 10: I think he's He's kind of my pick right now.

882
00:42:27,880 --> 00:42:32,319
Speaker 3: Jagger Furcus and Tyson Jugnauth will also be gartering plenty

883
00:42:32,360 --> 00:42:34,680
Speaker 3: of attention because during the Olympic break they'll be going

884
00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:39,839
Speaker 3: to the AHL All Star Classic in Rockford this next month.

885
00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:43,520
Speaker 3: Fergus right now is the leading score on the Firebirds,

886
00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:47,280
Speaker 3: and Tyson Jugnath what he is doing to I think

887
00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:49,840
Speaker 3: open the doors for his future on the Crack and

888
00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:52,560
Speaker 3: Blue line. My goodness, twenty eight points in thirty seven

889
00:42:52,600 --> 00:42:57,560
Speaker 3: games and he's your leading rookies score right now on

890
00:42:57,600 --> 00:43:01,520
Speaker 3: the Firebirds PIV. What a separation geting Jagger Furcus and

891
00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:04,440
Speaker 3: Tyson jugnaff from making the big club and sticking there

892
00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:05,240
Speaker 3: down the road.

893
00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:08,120
Speaker 10: I think right now is the lack of roster space.

894
00:43:08,239 --> 00:43:10,880
Speaker 10: I think that's the biggest one, you know what, I

895
00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:14,120
Speaker 10: think there's there's always kind of been this conversation that

896
00:43:14,560 --> 00:43:17,480
Speaker 10: defensemen need more time than forwards to develop. And I

897
00:43:17,520 --> 00:43:19,560
Speaker 10: think that's a case by case basis, but I think

898
00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:22,640
Speaker 10: around the league, especially over the last you know, last

899
00:43:22,719 --> 00:43:25,840
Speaker 10: while once you know, development in the American Hockey League

900
00:43:25,840 --> 00:43:29,160
Speaker 10: has been more of a focus. It's always been, well,

901
00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:31,799
Speaker 10: a defenseman needs three to four years, three to five

902
00:43:31,880 --> 00:43:35,000
Speaker 10: years to develop. One thing about Tyson Jugnat, although he

903
00:43:35,160 --> 00:43:37,879
Speaker 10: you know, he's in the WHL. Last year he's the

904
00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:40,840
Speaker 10: WHL Defenseman of the Year, keep in mind that Tyson

905
00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:44,400
Speaker 10: Jugnav also played a season with the University of Wisconsin.

906
00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:47,239
Speaker 10: So he is a guy that has a little bit

907
00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:52,440
Speaker 10: more of a structure in terms of development, because college

908
00:43:52,560 --> 00:43:54,640
Speaker 10: develops a little bit differently than the WHL.

909
00:43:54,719 --> 00:43:54,879
Speaker 2: Does.

910
00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:57,279
Speaker 10: You play less games, it's more time in the gym,

911
00:43:57,360 --> 00:44:01,080
Speaker 10: more time in practice, more structure than in the w

912
00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:03,719
Speaker 10: h L in terms of how they prepare. So if

913
00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:07,640
Speaker 10: you're Tyson Dugnath, when you're exactly you're you're in the

914
00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:10,839
Speaker 10: gym for an hour a day, right for four days

915
00:44:10,880 --> 00:44:13,200
Speaker 10: a week, sometimes five days a week, depending on your schedule.

916
00:44:13,520 --> 00:44:15,400
Speaker 2: So I think that has developed.

917
00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:17,759
Speaker 10: Him in a little bit more of a mature way

918
00:44:17,800 --> 00:44:20,080
Speaker 10: where he has found his game and you're seeing a

919
00:44:20,080 --> 00:44:23,120
Speaker 10: little bit more of what he's going to be. So

920
00:44:23,200 --> 00:44:25,640
Speaker 10: I think that's what's really really nice to see about

921
00:44:25,680 --> 00:44:28,160
Speaker 10: Tyson Dugnath, and that's why I think he's kind of

922
00:44:28,200 --> 00:44:32,080
Speaker 10: ahead of where they project him to be right now

923
00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:34,319
Speaker 10: and hopefully get to see him the National Hockey League soon.

924
00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:37,160
Speaker 10: I think that's you know, he's a fun player to watch.

925
00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:39,680
Speaker 10: He makes things happen out there, and you know what,

926
00:44:39,880 --> 00:44:42,640
Speaker 10: he scores goals, he gets assists, he sets up the

927
00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:45,440
Speaker 10: power play, he does a lot of really really great

928
00:44:45,480 --> 00:44:48,919
Speaker 10: things well. And I think obviously still needs a little

929
00:44:48,920 --> 00:44:52,120
Speaker 10: more time for development, because everyone does in some way,

930
00:44:52,160 --> 00:44:54,560
Speaker 10: shape or form. But I'm excited to see for his

931
00:44:54,600 --> 00:44:56,800
Speaker 10: future because he's he's just a really fun player to

932
00:44:56,840 --> 00:44:59,480
Speaker 10: watch and he's a mature kid for his age.

933
00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:02,920
Speaker 3: Five game home Stand Underway Firebirds back in action tomorrow

934
00:45:03,040 --> 00:45:06,480
Speaker 3: night hosting the San Jose Barracuda. That's Evan Picnick joining

935
00:45:06,560 --> 00:45:08,959
Speaker 3: us PIV. Thanks so much. Once again, We're gonna break

936
00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:11,160
Speaker 3: get back right with you here with our poll question

937
00:45:11,640 --> 00:45:14,320
Speaker 3: mail bag and also three keys right here on Cracking

938
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Speaker 3: Weekly on ninety three three k JARFM. Ninety percent of

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00:45:19,560 --> 00:45:24,960
Speaker 3: you say Jacob Alansen come on down once again. That

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00:45:25,120 --> 00:45:28,279
Speaker 3: is our weekly poll question again. Vote for that at

941
00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:30,640
Speaker 3: X right now at crack an Audio Net. I want

942
00:45:30,640 --> 00:45:32,759
Speaker 3: to thank Evia Picnick for joining us here a few

943
00:45:32,760 --> 00:45:34,719
Speaker 3: moments ago. Great to hear about the progress of the

944
00:45:34,800 --> 00:45:37,840
Speaker 3: kids who are doing a ton right now at AHL

945
00:45:37,920 --> 00:45:40,040
Speaker 3: Coachella Valley. And hey, maybe it's a matter of time

946
00:45:40,040 --> 00:45:42,480
Speaker 3: before they're up here and they're producing over and over

947
00:45:42,520 --> 00:45:44,439
Speaker 3: and over as key parts of the lineup, and maybe

948
00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:47,480
Speaker 3: it's a matter of not if, but when. But it's

949
00:45:47,520 --> 00:45:49,759
Speaker 3: a wait and see thing right now. But it transitions

950
00:45:49,800 --> 00:45:53,360
Speaker 3: into our mail bag segment again. Find crack an Audio

951
00:45:53,400 --> 00:45:55,680
Speaker 3: Net at Cracking Audio Net. I'm at X by the way,

952
00:45:55,680 --> 00:45:58,320
Speaker 3: I bet and underscore Mike Everett's at the Voice Fits

953
00:45:58,400 --> 00:46:01,640
Speaker 3: Alice at Alcadis. Let's good to it right now here.

954
00:46:01,680 --> 00:46:05,239
Speaker 3: First off Zach asking, can we stop referring to the

955
00:46:05,239 --> 00:46:08,360
Speaker 3: the Ben Myers line as the fourth line? It seemed

956
00:46:08,360 --> 00:46:11,000
Speaker 3: pretty established as a third line. You have to go

957
00:46:11,040 --> 00:46:13,200
Speaker 3: back hereto The Devil's Game to find a game where

958
00:46:13,400 --> 00:46:17,040
Speaker 3: the right line had maybe more five on five time

959
00:46:17,120 --> 00:46:20,400
Speaker 3: on ice. I don't want to tease my three stars here, fellas,

960
00:46:20,440 --> 00:46:23,040
Speaker 3: but I mean it's getting more to the point now

961
00:46:23,040 --> 00:46:26,400
Speaker 3: where I even look back at the Pittsburgh game where

962
00:46:26,840 --> 00:46:30,359
Speaker 3: Ben Myers and the chaos they were producing, the Ford

963
00:46:30,440 --> 00:46:33,480
Speaker 3: checking pressure that they were producing as well getting into

964
00:46:33,520 --> 00:46:36,799
Speaker 3: the first two goals. He just can't he just can't

965
00:46:36,840 --> 00:46:38,920
Speaker 3: resist putting that line right back out there.

966
00:46:39,280 --> 00:46:41,560
Speaker 4: Yeah, this this dance we do and we do it

967
00:46:41,600 --> 00:46:44,000
Speaker 4: with coach Lane Lambert as well. About the first line,

968
00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:46,160
Speaker 4: the fourth line, who's the second line? And there are

969
00:46:46,200 --> 00:46:48,439
Speaker 4: there are no first, second, or third or fourth lines,

970
00:46:48,440 --> 00:46:52,360
Speaker 4: that just lines. I think it's interesting, you know, having

971
00:46:52,400 --> 00:46:54,160
Speaker 4: played the game, have you coached the game, and now

972
00:46:54,200 --> 00:46:55,239
Speaker 4: broadcasting the game.

973
00:46:55,760 --> 00:46:58,520
Speaker 5: There are four lines, however you want to number.

974
00:46:58,840 --> 00:47:01,439
Speaker 4: However you want to number them up to you, it's

975
00:47:01,560 --> 00:47:05,080
Speaker 4: often numbered from your highest skilled line that produces the

976
00:47:05,120 --> 00:47:07,040
Speaker 4: most over the course of the season. Is your number

977
00:47:07,080 --> 00:47:09,279
Speaker 4: one line. Your fourth line is probably the one that

978
00:47:09,560 --> 00:47:12,319
Speaker 4: contributes contributes the least. I think you can go time

979
00:47:12,360 --> 00:47:14,640
Speaker 4: on ice. That tends to be very a very easy

980
00:47:14,640 --> 00:47:17,000
Speaker 4: way to sort it out, which which three guys have

981
00:47:17,080 --> 00:47:20,239
Speaker 4: the most or least amount of time in the game. So, yes,

982
00:47:20,360 --> 00:47:22,480
Speaker 4: there are some games where the fourth line is your

983
00:47:22,520 --> 00:47:24,759
Speaker 4: best line. And I love those games because I love

984
00:47:24,760 --> 00:47:27,520
Speaker 4: a good fourth line. So you know, yeah, don't get

985
00:47:27,560 --> 00:47:29,399
Speaker 4: too caught up in it. It's just an easy way

986
00:47:29,440 --> 00:47:31,000
Speaker 4: to reference which line is which.

987
00:47:31,560 --> 00:47:34,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, for me, they're the identity of this team. I

988
00:47:34,120 --> 00:47:36,120
Speaker 2: think the way that you want to play, the way that.

989
00:47:36,080 --> 00:47:37,840
Speaker 1: We've been we just talked about it, right, this is

990
00:47:37,880 --> 00:47:40,319
Speaker 1: going to be a team that you know, they're not

991
00:47:40,360 --> 00:47:41,799
Speaker 1: going to score a lot of goals, So what else

992
00:47:41,800 --> 00:47:42,200
Speaker 1: can you do?

993
00:47:42,320 --> 00:47:42,720
Speaker 5: Defend?

994
00:47:42,920 --> 00:47:47,640
Speaker 1: Hit, you know, skate, hustle, work hard, everything that that

995
00:47:47,719 --> 00:47:49,560
Speaker 1: fourth line has been able to do. And oh, by

996
00:47:49,560 --> 00:47:52,080
Speaker 1: the way, they've been chipping in some offense as well.

997
00:47:52,160 --> 00:47:54,960
Speaker 1: So I mean I would call them the identity line.

998
00:47:55,200 --> 00:47:58,160
Speaker 1: I think Lane has a lot of trust, excuse me,

999
00:47:58,200 --> 00:48:00,480
Speaker 1: in that line. I know that he likes, you know,

1000
00:48:00,600 --> 00:48:06,239
Speaker 1: Ben Myers and Ryan Winterton and Jacob Allanson and ty

1001
00:48:06,320 --> 00:48:11,440
Speaker 1: Carha that combination of those four guys. You know, that

1002
00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:13,920
Speaker 1: is the type of identity you want this team to

1003
00:48:13,960 --> 00:48:15,959
Speaker 1: play with. And like I said before earlier in the show,

1004
00:48:16,320 --> 00:48:21,239
Speaker 1: if that line can can filter through, that mentality can

1005
00:48:21,239 --> 00:48:23,920
Speaker 1: filter through the rest of this roster, this team is going.

1006
00:48:23,880 --> 00:48:24,600
Speaker 2: To be in a good spot.

1007
00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:27,320
Speaker 3: I'm gonna get to two questions here and kind of

1008
00:48:27,400 --> 00:48:29,120
Speaker 3: lump them into one answer because I think they're they're

1009
00:48:29,160 --> 00:48:31,239
Speaker 3: both related and they're both connected here, and we'll just

1010
00:48:31,320 --> 00:48:33,640
Speaker 3: kind of rattle off our thoughts here on this, and

1011
00:48:33,680 --> 00:48:35,360
Speaker 3: some of this goes back to our first segment and

1012
00:48:35,360 --> 00:48:37,320
Speaker 3: what we were talking about as far as the young kids.

1013
00:48:37,680 --> 00:48:40,440
Speaker 3: Tyler asking why is there a delay in trading expiring

1014
00:48:40,520 --> 00:48:43,520
Speaker 3: contracts a team has proven with wins and losses that

1015
00:48:43,640 --> 00:48:47,319
Speaker 3: players like Jacob Allanson and ty Karta are more productive

1016
00:48:47,640 --> 00:48:50,760
Speaker 3: than others, and then Phil asking why to mot someone

1017
00:48:50,880 --> 00:48:53,799
Speaker 3: like Malanson when he was lighting a fire here on

1018
00:48:53,840 --> 00:48:57,560
Speaker 3: this team. To answer Tyler's first question, I think for me,

1019
00:48:57,560 --> 00:48:59,239
Speaker 3: it's a wait and see approach, and I think maybe

1020
00:48:59,239 --> 00:49:00,759
Speaker 3: that that we've seen, you know, I think the tip

1021
00:49:00,800 --> 00:49:03,000
Speaker 3: of the iceberg here with the key for sherwood trade

1022
00:49:03,360 --> 00:49:06,759
Speaker 3: from Vancouver to San Jose. But I think also, what

1023
00:49:06,840 --> 00:49:09,920
Speaker 3: Phil is saying is what a lot of fans are thinking.

1024
00:49:10,360 --> 00:49:12,680
Speaker 3: And again you can go to my account of Twitter

1025
00:49:12,719 --> 00:49:14,200
Speaker 3: and x and look at the replies here from the

1026
00:49:14,280 --> 00:49:17,200
Speaker 3: last roughly twenty four hours here on this matter. I think,

1027
00:49:17,280 --> 00:49:20,640
Speaker 3: what we know, there's a simple answer here to this,

1028
00:49:20,840 --> 00:49:23,520
Speaker 3: and we saw it coming. The Kraken are limited on

1029
00:49:23,640 --> 00:49:27,040
Speaker 3: players who've got to pass through waivers. Malanson's one of

1030
00:49:27,040 --> 00:49:29,360
Speaker 3: the few who are a waiver exempt, so you don't

1031
00:49:29,400 --> 00:49:31,719
Speaker 3: lose him once you send him down. The only other

1032
00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:37,040
Speaker 3: three Berkeley Catton, Shane Wright, and Ryan Winterton. So there's

1033
00:49:37,040 --> 00:49:40,120
Speaker 3: a strong risk that you take with putting someone else through.

1034
00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:43,120
Speaker 3: I use say ty Krci as an example. And then

1035
00:49:43,480 --> 00:49:46,399
Speaker 3: maybe then after that do you wait on a trade, Well,

1036
00:49:46,400 --> 00:49:50,720
Speaker 3: that's definitely a wait and see approach. Recently, Jason botterol

1037
00:49:50,840 --> 00:49:52,800
Speaker 3: he wants to improve this team. The playoffs were a

1038
00:49:52,840 --> 00:49:55,480
Speaker 3: part of the conversation, and he wants to get Matt Evenier's,

1039
00:49:55,760 --> 00:49:59,480
Speaker 3: Shane Wright, Berkeley Catton more support. The playoffs can certainly

1040
00:49:59,480 --> 00:50:02,560
Speaker 3: help them in their career development as well. So who's in,

1041
00:50:02,760 --> 00:50:05,160
Speaker 3: who's out a month from now, a week from now,

1042
00:50:05,480 --> 00:50:08,080
Speaker 3: who knows. But this is a pure numbers game. The

1043
00:50:08,120 --> 00:50:09,760
Speaker 3: Cracker I'm playing with right now.

1044
00:50:10,320 --> 00:50:13,840
Speaker 1: I'm gonna tap the sign. It takes two to tango

1045
00:50:13,920 --> 00:50:16,280
Speaker 1: when it comes to trades. And I've said it before.

1046
00:50:16,840 --> 00:50:20,279
Speaker 1: I would love nothing more than for Jason Moshrel to

1047
00:50:20,360 --> 00:50:24,400
Speaker 1: offer up three seventh round picks to Colorado for Nathan McKinnon.

1048
00:50:25,600 --> 00:50:30,000
Speaker 1: Not gonna happen, right, And I always say.

1049
00:50:29,840 --> 00:50:34,200
Speaker 3: The EA Sports Game has rejected your trade.

1050
00:50:33,960 --> 00:50:36,520
Speaker 1: And you gotta work the problem backwards, right, you talk

1051
00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:39,600
Speaker 1: about the expiring vet contracts and all that. The deal's

1052
00:50:39,600 --> 00:50:41,480
Speaker 1: got to make sense, you know what I mean? Like,

1053
00:50:43,080 --> 00:50:47,480
Speaker 1: if i'm you know, Jason Robertson, I'm gonna say that. Okay,

1054
00:50:47,560 --> 00:50:50,120
Speaker 1: Jason Robertson's a name that we've heard. I read an

1055
00:50:50,200 --> 00:50:52,960
Speaker 1: article last week that said he wants twelve million dollars.

1056
00:50:53,560 --> 00:50:57,120
Speaker 1: He wants ranting in money, otherwise he might demand a trade.

1057
00:50:57,120 --> 00:50:58,239
Speaker 6: Now, this is based.

1058
00:50:57,960 --> 00:51:01,719
Speaker 1: Off off of the article that this author wrote, So

1059
00:51:01,800 --> 00:51:03,600
Speaker 1: this is nothing that he has done.

1060
00:51:04,080 --> 00:51:07,600
Speaker 6: But this is just based off of this article. Well,

1061
00:51:07,600 --> 00:51:08,120
Speaker 6: if you're the.

1062
00:51:08,160 --> 00:51:11,000
Speaker 1: Dallas Stars and you look at the Seattle crack and

1063
00:51:11,080 --> 00:51:14,399
Speaker 1: roster for Jason Robertson, who are you going to want?

1064
00:51:14,480 --> 00:51:17,440
Speaker 1: You need to work that problem backwards. Jason Robertson, not

1065
00:51:17,600 --> 00:51:21,080
Speaker 1: even is he twenty five, twenty four, five six ish, right,

1066
00:51:21,480 --> 00:51:23,719
Speaker 1: he's one of your He's one of the top, if

1067
00:51:23,719 --> 00:51:26,359
Speaker 1: not the top scoring American player in the NHL this year,

1068
00:51:27,239 --> 00:51:33,160
Speaker 1: consistently a thirty five goal player, consistently an eighty ninety

1069
00:51:33,239 --> 00:51:37,160
Speaker 1: plus point player. You're going to have to give up

1070
00:51:37,360 --> 00:51:41,239
Speaker 1: that much value for Jason Robertson. You've got four first

1071
00:51:41,280 --> 00:51:43,439
Speaker 1: round picks, so it's going to take at least one,

1072
00:51:43,600 --> 00:51:45,879
Speaker 1: maybe two of those. And then you start looking at

1073
00:51:45,880 --> 00:51:48,279
Speaker 1: your prospect pool. Who won the prospect pool? Are you

1074
00:51:48,320 --> 00:51:50,320
Speaker 1: willing to give up? Then you look at your current

1075
00:51:50,360 --> 00:51:52,920
Speaker 1: live roster, Well, who won your current live roster?

1076
00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:54,000
Speaker 6: Are you willing to give up?

1077
00:51:54,200 --> 00:51:55,920
Speaker 1: The Kraken are going to enter a phase here in

1078
00:51:55,920 --> 00:51:58,279
Speaker 1: the next couple of months, I think before the deadline

1079
00:51:58,360 --> 00:52:02,160
Speaker 1: and definitely coming up into this where the first generation

1080
00:52:02,440 --> 00:52:05,000
Speaker 1: of cracking players will not be here next year.

1081
00:52:05,040 --> 00:52:06,240
Speaker 6: It's just it's it's a fact.

1082
00:52:06,280 --> 00:52:08,240
Speaker 1: There's a there's a number of players on this roster

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Speaker 1: whose contracts are up, they're getting older for whatever reason.

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Speaker 6: A lot of fan favorites aren't gonna be here.

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Speaker 2: So I think a lot of the.

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Speaker 1: Fans are starting to realize that man, the guy that

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Speaker 1: really got me into this put to this. You know,

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Speaker 1: I was a big Mike Benton fan coming up and

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Speaker 1: playing in the NHL. Well, now Mike Ben's contract is

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Speaker 1: up and Mike Ben's going off.

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Speaker 3: To fans callery fans, fans, I appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, but but but you know what I mean, right,

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Speaker 1: so you're gonna start seeing a lot of these guys

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Speaker 1: get traded. So I say all that to say, yes,

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Speaker 1: I would love for some of the contracts to get

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Speaker 1: moved out and your.

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Speaker 2: Upgrading team, but it takes two to tango.

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Speaker 1: And who knows, you know, Jason Boshell could have been

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Speaker 1: making all these phone calls across the across the league

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Speaker 1: and someone could have been like, you know what, thanks

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Speaker 1: but no thanks. Who knows he could have he he

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Speaker 1: could have potentially been offering you know, thirty one other tracks.

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Speaker 6: I say, hey, thirty one other teams. Here you go,

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Speaker 6: I'll give you X for y eh.

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Speaker 2: Thanks. I'm all good, though, so you never know what

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Speaker 2: has happened.

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Speaker 3: All right, three Stars time now and I'll begin first

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Speaker 3: off with Ellie Tolvenan and maybe not the prettiest game

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Speaker 3: I think numbers wise, a lot of the guys that

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Speaker 3: have the prettiest game as far as plus minus may

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Speaker 3: be if you want to really even account for that stat.

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Speaker 3: But I mean Ellie Tolbnan, ever since they made the

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Speaker 3: roster moves here in the last week or so before

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Speaker 3: the Boston game, thirteen hits leads the Kraken. We know

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Speaker 3: what he does when he shoots the puck, we also

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Speaker 3: know what he does when he plays physically. Leads this

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Speaker 3: team right now with thirteen hits, two goals as well

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Speaker 3: in a tough stretch, and the more and more that

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Speaker 3: you can find open ice for him on the power

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Speaker 3: play like they found for him at Pittsburgh where he

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Speaker 3: just launched that absolute missile right paste, ARDT. Skinner, you're

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Speaker 3: going to be in business offensively, and so I like

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Speaker 3: what Ellie Tolvenan is doing when he can play physically,

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Speaker 3: when he can also find ways to search for open

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Speaker 3: eyes and find a way to get himself in good

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Speaker 3: position to use his shot. Those were moments that mattered

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Speaker 3: a lot to me. I go back as well of

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Speaker 3: the Boston game. Another snipe that he had right past

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Speaker 3: Jeremy's swiman when he played that one off the boards.

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Speaker 3: It's a shot like his that can find the smallest

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Speaker 3: kind of holes that are exposed by goaltenders that make

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Speaker 3: a big difference right now for this offense. So Ellie

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Speaker 3: Tolbenen and what's been really a rough last week here

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Speaker 3: for this team in four games is my third star.

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Speaker 3: My second star is Ben Myers, and I think defining

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Speaker 3: the kind of energy and fire this team is looking

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Speaker 3: for is something that he personifies. And I mean again,

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Speaker 3: I go back to this lane. Lambert couldn't resist putting

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Speaker 3: him out there. It was certainly justified and it just

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Speaker 3: seems as if no matter who plays with Ben Myers,

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Speaker 3: you're finding a way to generate energy pressure here with

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Speaker 3: the forward check and eventually results. He factored in on

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Speaker 3: both goals the first two goals the crack and scored

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Speaker 3: against the Pittsburgh Penguins, and then the face off circle

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Speaker 3: as well against a good Pittsburgh team, nine of thirteen

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Speaker 3: against Sidney Crosby won four of six face offs as well.

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Speaker 3: Time on ice. It's creeping up now. Fourteen fifty five

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Speaker 3: against Utah. Ben Myers was my second star of the week.

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Speaker 3: My first star is Brandon Montour and getting him back.

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Speaker 3: I think has been huge here for this defense. Getting

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Speaker 3: him back has been huge as well for the power play.

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Speaker 3: He had an assist in his first game back against Boston.

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Speaker 3: But I even think when you saw a game get

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Speaker 3: as chippy and for as well, the Kracking were playing

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Speaker 3: and you had to admit that the Krack and we're

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Speaker 3: playing pretty well. Despite being down two nothing against Boston,

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Speaker 3: the Bruins tried to raise the stakes physically emotionally as well.

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Speaker 3: Montour was there at every step of the way to

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Speaker 3: make sure the Kraken were in the fight physically and emotionally.

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Speaker 3: It was pretty apparent with the slash he took, then

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Speaker 3: taking some chirps as well from Jeremy swimming and elsewhere.

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Speaker 3: We're seeing the kind of emotional leadership that Brandon Montour

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Speaker 3: can give this team, not just offensively but also all

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Speaker 3: across board, and I think you're seeing some really good

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Speaker 3: results out of them. Brandon mont towards my first Star

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Speaker 3: of the week.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, Mike, I agree with everything you said there. Interestingly,

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Speaker 4: I only had one carryover from year three. My third

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Speaker 4: star is that carryover Ben Myers's goal and assist in

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Speaker 4: his last five As you said, twelve to fifteen minutes

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Speaker 4: of time on ice, and it is increasing even in

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Speaker 4: this plus minus, and that's not that's hard to do

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Speaker 4: based on that record over the over the last five

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Speaker 4: one three one, you know, a high of fourteen to

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Speaker 4: fifty five in the Utah game. So Lane Lambert is

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Speaker 4: absolutely starting to trust him more on the ice. Not

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Speaker 4: to mention three shots on goal. My second star is

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Speaker 4: every two goals one assistant his last five six shots

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Speaker 4: on goals, So he's firing the puck a lot, which

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Speaker 4: you want from your captain and a guy with that

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Speaker 4: kind of shot.

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Speaker 5: So I liked that a lot.

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Speaker 4: And then my first star, I'm going to give to

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Speaker 4: Jared mccannon two goals to assist an eleven shots on

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Speaker 4: goal over that five you over those five games, you

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Speaker 4: want nineteen shooting as much as possible every single game.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I had a hard time with Alan, you and

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Speaker 1: I were kind of in lockstep. But Mike, your three stars,

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Speaker 1: I was wanting to make all of them my number

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Speaker 1: one star, my number three star, but I think for

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Speaker 1: me my number three star Ellie TOLVD and for the

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Speaker 1: reasons that you said, just the way that he has

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Speaker 1: been finding ways to either generate he's been hitting, he's

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Speaker 1: been shooting, he's been fighting for pugs. You know that

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Speaker 1: battle level that he's on that he has the last week,

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Speaker 1: I mean more than the last week, but in particularly

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Speaker 1: for this conversation, last week has been has been rock solid.

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Speaker 1: I think, like Al said, I'm gonna go with Jordan

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Speaker 1: Eberly is my number two star, continuing the second best

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Speaker 1: start of his career. He's found the fountain of youth,

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Speaker 1: if you will, that is continuing to help drag this team,

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Speaker 1: put him on his back in big moments. And then

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Speaker 1: Jared mccannon again, I like the line that he's playing

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Speaker 1: on and he's now in twenty four games play.

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Speaker 2: Let me pull this up real quick.

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Speaker 1: Twenty four games played this season for Jared McCann. He's

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Speaker 1: got points in seventeen of those twenty four games.

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Speaker 2: So I mean he.

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Speaker 1: Is consistently putting this team on his back, scoring when

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00:58:25,800 --> 00:58:28,400
Speaker 1: it matters. That shot that he has, we know what

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Speaker 1: it can do. So for me, those are my three stars.

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Speaker 3: All right, gonna be a fun one tomorrow night once

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Speaker 3: again National TV. He's got the Islander game. We're gonna

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Speaker 3: be your only local source for broadcast coverage and keep

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Speaker 3: no puck drop scheduled a half hour earlier than usual.

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Speaker 3: It'll be quite a bit past six thirty, but that's

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Speaker 3: on the schedule. Here we're on air at six Anaheim,

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Speaker 3: coming up at home on Friday, New Jersey at home Sunday,

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Speaker 3: twelve pm faceoff. Take note to clear the way here

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Speaker 3: for Seahawks playoff football and then the Capitol's right back

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Speaker 3: here as well, come up this next Tuesday. That's all

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Speaker 3: the time we have again, big thanks ever it now

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Speaker 3: of course for the usual roundtable. Also big thank you

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Speaker 3: to Evan Pivnik. Talk with you tomorrow for the Kracking

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Speaker 3: and Islanders and this is Cracking Weekly on ninety three

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Speaker 3: three kJ RFM