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Speaker 1: Welcome to Cracking this morning, a presentation of the Cracking

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Speaker 1: Audio Network. Ken Sports Radio ninety three point three KJR FM.

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Speaker 1: Here's Mike Benton, Game three of the homestand coming up

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Speaker 1: this evening. Welcome to Cracking this morning.

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Speaker 2: On a Friday, January twenty third, Mike Benton with you

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Speaker 2: seven o'clock face Off, going down a Climate Pledge Arena

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Speaker 2: six thirty airtime for your pregame show, served up by

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Speaker 2: Frostbrewed Corps, Light Shoes Chill all across the global Credit

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Speaker 2: Union Craken Audio Network. Breaking news going down on Thursday.

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Speaker 2: We'll talk more about that in just a bit with

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Speaker 2: evera fits you. Plus we'll also catch up with the

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Speaker 2: Ducks side with a Lexus Downey, host for Duckstream. Also

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Speaker 2: you can see her from time to time on Victory

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Speaker 2: Plus as we preview what's ahead here with the Ducks

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Speaker 2: a bit injury riddled, but finding a way to stay

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Speaker 2: in the wind.

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Speaker 3: Call him in. They're heating back up once again.

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Speaker 2: Plus turning plenty your heads toward their side after beating

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Speaker 2: the Colorado Avalanche two to one in the shootout back

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Speaker 2: on Wednesday. Before we get to everybody, here's what you

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Speaker 2: may have missed. Back on Wednesday night, with the Kraken

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Speaker 2: facing the Islanders and looking to put their foot to

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Speaker 2: the gas pedal. In period two, Matthew Barzel lost the

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Speaker 2: handle winchard Ton out to Ben Myers three on two

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Speaker 2: for Seattle.

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Speaker 4: Here's Winterton not a dun stop a broken three on

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Speaker 4: two for the kracking. Ben's done in the high slot

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Speaker 4: off the feed from Ryan Winchardton. The Seattle cracking take

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Speaker 4: the lead two on six, twenty three left in the second. Well,

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Speaker 4: let's break over the cracking end of the ice was

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Speaker 4: late in the ship. Ben Myers, trying to buy some

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Speaker 4: time in the plu line, cuts hard to his left,

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Speaker 4: puts it over the fire.

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Speaker 5: Side to Winterton, who's got nothing but a lane to

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Speaker 5: go to the net.

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Speaker 3: He puts it back to Done. Dun's got an open cage,

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Speaker 3: puts it a two.

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Speaker 6: To one cracking.

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Speaker 3: Where seconds left on the crack and power play.

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Speaker 4: Schwartz Copo Cocko sco Copo cocko, fresh off the bench

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Speaker 4: into the right circle, snaps it in by Aliaseroken. The

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Speaker 4: cracking a three one lead, three thirty two left hit

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Speaker 4: period number two.

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Speaker 5: Well some great four checking by Jayden. Schwartz goes behind

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Speaker 5: the islander. Nick comes out with that pocket Asian said.

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Speaker 5: Coppo Cocko coming out for shift. He comes right down

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Speaker 5: the slot, presents a stick. Schwartz puts it on there.

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Speaker 5: Copo Cocko puts it home.

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Speaker 1: Three one cracket.

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Speaker 2: The Crack and salvaging a one to one split in

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Speaker 2: the series. Vincetun coming out of the game with a

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Speaker 2: multi point effort, and Philip Grubauer again back to his

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Speaker 2: normal self here for this regular season, he turned in

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Speaker 2: twenty four saves and he now owns a nine to

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Speaker 2: one nine save percentage, second best in the NHL.

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Speaker 3: Well, just when you.

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Speaker 2: Thought the Kraken could operate at their healthiest, they lost

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Speaker 2: center Ben Myers lower body injury. He'll be week to

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Speaker 2: week officially, and the Krack and having to shuffle the

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Speaker 2: deck now after Myers broke into the Crack in lineup

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Speaker 2: with a pretty abrasive brand, leading to five goals with

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Speaker 2: eleven points in thirty one games and effectiveness at the

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Speaker 2: facetoft circle, winning fifty three percent of his draws. But

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Speaker 2: Jacob Allanson is also back on the way with Myers

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Speaker 2: on the shelf. Mallanson was recalled from AHL Coachella Valley

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Speaker 2: and many know what he can bring, especially with a

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Speaker 2: rugged and physical game, certainly a very effective option for

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Speaker 2: Lane Lambert for this evening's game against the Anaheim Ducks.

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Speaker 3: We'll see if he does draw in.

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Speaker 2: But in the meantime, here's reaction from Thursday's Roster News

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Speaker 2: with Everett fits you Ben Myers out week to week,

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Speaker 2: Jacob Allanson called back up from ahl coachelle A Valley

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Speaker 2: and fits I mean kind tough to absorb when you

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Speaker 2: consider Ben Myers, his usage driving offense middlely Lane Lambert

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Speaker 2: from what he said recently over the last stretch of

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Speaker 2: games based off circle as well. So what's your first

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Speaker 2: reaction with Ben Myers out and Jacob Allanson back up?

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Speaker 6: Yeah? I know that when when Milanson got sent back

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Speaker 6: of people were not too happy about a lot of

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Speaker 6: don't think you know, this is how they wanted to

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Speaker 6: get Milanson back. So you feel bad for betting it's

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Speaker 6: the way that he's played that Deason, You're right, Natty

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Speaker 6: that he has the offense and he's able to generate,

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Speaker 6: and he's a part of that identity. You know. I

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Speaker 6: know Lane really likes him. I know that he he

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Speaker 6: is that prototypical bottom six sentiment. He does everything right

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Speaker 6: and he understands his role. In maybe ten minutes a night,

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Speaker 6: he may be called Otford fifteen minutes the night. Who knows.

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Speaker 6: But this loss, I think it's going to be is

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Speaker 6: gonna be big for Seattle. But I think that also

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Speaker 6: it welcomes Jacob Allanson back to the lineup, and I

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Speaker 6: think with Ben Myers out, you now move Freddie Gadreau

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Speaker 6: gonna presumably have Winterton on the left with Gadreau in

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Speaker 6: still have a bit of an offensive touch. You know,

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Speaker 6: if you were listening to the game the other night,

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Speaker 6: Alan and I were talking about Ryan Winterton's speed and

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Speaker 6: how I don't really even think he knows how fast

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Speaker 6: he can be sometimes, So you know, This isn't an

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Speaker 6: ideal situation for Seattle. The hits keep on coming in

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Speaker 6: all knew that it was a matter of time before

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Speaker 6: he was going to get back to Seattle. But it

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Speaker 6: just sucks to see that him coming back meant that

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Speaker 3: I think also what you do is that you plug

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Speaker 2: I think not just for the fact that he can

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Speaker 2: getting back to semi familiar territory playing with Ryan Winterton.

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Speaker 2: And you mentioned Freddy Gudreaux as well in the middle,

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Speaker 2: I think this is where the part where Freddy Gudreaux

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Speaker 6: I don't think it changes at all. I mean, listen,

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Speaker 6: look at it this way, Jacob Millanson essentially has been

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Speaker 6: So I don't think he's gonna miss much from a

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Speaker 6: I think for jakab Alanson, if anything, this is an

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Speaker 6: I don't think his play was starting to dip at

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Speaker 6: I do think that this is an opportunity for him

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Speaker 6: when when Myers comes back, I'm not going to be

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Speaker 6: the one that you send back. There's going to be

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Speaker 6: harder decisions that have to be made because I'm not

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Speaker 6: I think that's going to have to be his mindset

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Speaker 6: so is that one week? Is that two weeks? I mean,

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Speaker 6: Maybe you send them back for some games in Coachella

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Speaker 2: Brick, third match up of the season coming up here,

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Speaker 2: and a great time to welcome back in our friend

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Speaker 2: here too, Kraken this morning. She is Alexis Downy host

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Speaker 2: for Duck Stream, also a part of the Victory Plus

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Speaker 3: Alexis great to have you. Thank you again for doing this.

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Speaker 2: And I think we knew that this blitz of a

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Speaker 2: have the Olympic break coming up here. But I mean,

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Speaker 2: I think, what you know, we don't do what the

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Speaker 2: a lot on one. So whether it's you know, coffee, tea, diet,

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Speaker 2: sod up, naps, whatever, what's your best advice for keeping

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Speaker 7: Well, I think for me, it's just making sure I

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Speaker 7: get enough sleep. I think that's really important, and that

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Speaker 3: It gets you out about a lot easier.

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Speaker 2: Rest is a weapon, coffee as a weapon, and certainly

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Speaker 3: That is certainly a big weapon as well.

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Speaker 2: So I mean, I think I can say the same

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Speaker 2: here for these two teams, because we're about sixty percent

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Speaker 3: And here they are.

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Speaker 2: This is going to be a fun matchup. The Cracking

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Speaker 2: and Ducks are two points apart, and here for matchup three.

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Speaker 2: But yet what surprised you the most so far with

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Speaker 2: how the Western Conference has sorted out at this point.

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Speaker 3: Of the season.

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Speaker 2: It seems as if Beckett Seneca has very much entered

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Speaker 2: Once again, thanks so much, Mike. All right, big thank

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