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Speaker 1: What up Happy Wednesday. It's nor to win for PA

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Speaker 1: nine to noon. The host returns tomorrow and we do

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Speaker 1: have actually some I mean things are getting hot nine

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Speaker 1: to do an almost prophetic Yesterday morning Talker Tuesday style

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Speaker 1: Parker Fox in studio with me by the way, hangout

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Speaker 1: out for an extra segment, a little bonus Parker at

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Speaker 1: Parker Fox two four via X Yesterday Parker during Talker Tuesday.

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Speaker 1: You know you asked for talkbacks Talker of the day,

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Speaker 1: and I just I placed it like this.

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Speaker 2: I said, Hey, if.

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Speaker 1: I told you that Kyler Murray was going to be

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Speaker 1: the answer at Vikings quarterback, what would you say?

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Speaker 2: Results were mixed?

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Speaker 1: We shall say, via the iHeartRadio talkback feature. And then

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Speaker 1: yesterday afternoon you see it, Cards are going to release

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Speaker 1: him and now apparently he's a top maybe some conversations

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Speaker 1: in relation to the quarterback spot, so we have to

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Speaker 1: talk about that. Team might be interested in trading Jonathan Grenard.

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Speaker 1: Legal tampering period starts on Monday. It's all happening, all

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Speaker 1: happening right now. It's all happening for Anthony Edwards. How

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Speaker 1: about him dropping seven triples and getting loose to get

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Speaker 1: over the Memphis Grizzlies last night. I know, for the

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Speaker 1: last month or so you've been so focused on Milan,

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Speaker 1: and in one of the savviest moves in career building history,

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Speaker 1: you actually took a two week vacation, came back and

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Speaker 1: got promoted.

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Speaker 2: So congratulations on that. That what it goes, thanks to

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Speaker 2: the banker. Not sure how that works, but it did.

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Speaker 2: That's awesome for you.

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Speaker 1: But jumping back into the seed of following the Wolves

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Speaker 1: as they get closer to the postseason, what did you

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Speaker 1: think about them making it maybe a little tougher than

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Speaker 1: it needed to be against the grizz But Anthony Edwards

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Speaker 1: just said, I'm tired of this, Let's go win it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I think if you were to ask people at that

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Speaker 3: Wolves game last night to name the five starters for

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Speaker 3: the Grizzlies, they would have a tough time. I have

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Speaker 3: a tough time even looking at it right here. You know,

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Speaker 3: I know Jiji Jackson, Jamie Wells, tied, Jerome Scottie Pippen.

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Speaker 3: But you go down the list of guys coming off

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Speaker 3: the bench and you're like, who's playing for this team?

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Speaker 3: And then you look in the first half losing and

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Speaker 3: you're trying to find ways to qualify the fact that

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Speaker 3: you can go to Denver and beat them in a

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Speaker 3: pretty convincing style and then come back home where you're

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Speaker 3: supposed to take care of.

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Speaker 2: Business and things get a little weird.

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Speaker 3: But nonetheless, you have Anthony Edwards, you have seven triples,

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Speaker 3: you have forty one points. You would hope that it

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Speaker 3: could be a little bit more of an even scoring

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Speaker 3: team effort, maybe even find ways to go to your

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Speaker 3: bench and get some guys that haven't gotten great minutes

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Speaker 3: like Joan Baron, Jay Jayalen Clark, but got to win

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Speaker 3: the game, and we did that, So you're not going

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Speaker 3: to look back in a couple of weeks and say

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Speaker 3: you barely beat them, but hey, we'll take the win.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I thought, you know some of these names and

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Speaker 1: like kind of a half G league roster that Memphis

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Speaker 1: have Johnny k Johnny Krazinski on around around ten o'clock

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Speaker 1: this morning and talk more detail about this. But looking

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Speaker 1: we lost a high scoring affair to the grizz recently too,

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Speaker 1: so there are no pushover or at least our team

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Speaker 1: again makes a little more difficult than it has to be.

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Speaker 1: But how fleeting you think about it? Not too far removed.

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Speaker 1: Grizzly a second seed, they got Jaron Jackson, they have

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Speaker 1: Desmond Baine at the time, a healthy and engaged John

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Speaker 1: and it just kind of it's a good reminder. Two

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Speaker 1: Western Conference Finals berths in a row for the Howl.

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Speaker 1: But how fleeting these moments can be when just a

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Speaker 1: few years ago people are thinking about how do you

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Speaker 2: You know what I mean?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean it feels like it was yesterday when

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Speaker 3: a team that could really find ways to figure things out.

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Speaker 3: I'm a big Brandon Clark fan. I think Park's good. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: if I were to compare my game to anybody a

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Speaker 3: in my day. But nonetheless, I always had, you know,

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Speaker 3: Zach Edy, a guy I played against, he's out now

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Speaker 2: In the West.

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Speaker 3: Order we talk about how tough it is in the West,

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Speaker 3: but if you're the Timbrels, you have to look at

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Speaker 3: it as you go on throughout the rest of the season. Here,

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Speaker 3: I think it's the mature approach, right, taking care of business,

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Speaker 3: finding ways to win at home against lesser opponents, and

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Speaker 1: Now he says he wants to win out, yeah, and

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Speaker 1: I do believe him. But actions and words, you know

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Speaker 1: how the old cliches go and such.

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Speaker 4: Yep.

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Speaker 1: The consistency of this team has been something that people

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Speaker 1: We've spent segment upon segment upon segment nine to noon,

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Speaker 1: you've talked about it with us, so many other guests,

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Speaker 1: those that cover the team and report it is this

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Speaker 1: and the way I put it on Monday when I

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Speaker 1: it's almost like you know.

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Speaker 2: Through the five stages of grief.

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Speaker 1: At first you're denying it, then you're angry about it,

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Speaker 1: the third. Then they're depressed about the whole thing. Why

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Speaker 1: can't they just do this every night? And then you

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Speaker 2: But you know, sixty two.

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Speaker 1: Games into this thing, you kind of you're you're in

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Speaker 1: and third spot or bust in the West for this team.

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Speaker 3: I think you would hope that you were already there

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Speaker 3: as a Minnesota sports fan, right you would understand what

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Speaker 3: here comes Kyle Anderson back in the mix, in the rotation.

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Speaker 3: And you know, Finchy has been pretty clear about the

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Speaker 2: So what does that look like?

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Speaker 3: You know, obviously, you know nas Reed's gonna find himself minutes.

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Speaker 3: And I think these next twenty games allow you the

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Speaker 3: you know, so I think you have to find ways

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Speaker 3: finch has the opportunity in the leeway to say, what's

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Speaker 1: Did you find yourself like some fans going, man, it

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Speaker 1: would have been cool if we got ties.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I saw the news.

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Speaker 1: I think he's signing with the Nuggets and just thinking

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Speaker 1: you mentioned Conley.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we all love Mike.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but my goodness in terms of the precipitous downfalls

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Speaker 2: But Tias Jones.

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Speaker 1: Was do you feel like we we missed out on

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Speaker 2: I thought it was gonna be a done deal.

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Speaker 3: I thought, yeah, I mean I looked at that situation

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Speaker 3: and said to myself, why would you Why would you not?

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Speaker 3: It's a it's a veteran guy that is arguably one

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Speaker 3: And who knows if we even see much more of

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Speaker 3: Mike Conley, but the fact that he's been around here

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Speaker 3: I really like where the Wolves are at, just in

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Speaker 2: Perfect for what you want to do moving forward.

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Speaker 3: I talked about it yesterday, is you might get one

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Speaker 3: he's playing defense at a high level and he hits

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Speaker 3: it's worth it for what the value that he can bring.

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Speaker 3: And we all remember the Kyle Anderson Rudy Gobert scuffle

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Speaker 3: that they can come back together for a common you know,

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Speaker 2: And this team is trying to win a championship.

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Speaker 3: So whatever pieces we trust in Tim Conley and Chris

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Speaker 1: Man, I can't wait for that slow mo three and

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Speaker 1: to be unleashed. Just the settling in. Normally you appreciate

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Speaker 2: Yep, it's going to beautiful.

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Speaker 3: He's been shooting it though he's I think that's something

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Speaker 3: the ball very well right now. So I think it's

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Speaker 3: a guy that if he can give you per game,

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Speaker 3: why not let them fly?

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Speaker 1: No, Absolutely, a couple more on the college team and

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Speaker 1: then I'll let you get on to enjoy the day.

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Speaker 1: Is Nico Medved just two more before the Big Ten Tournament?

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Speaker 1: The fourteen and fifteen Now wasn't John Wooden's Bruins, but

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Speaker 1: they did do some damage against UCLA. They get the

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Speaker 1: victory and Bobby Durkin and all those triples. But as

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Speaker 1: you look down at the first year of Nico Medved,

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Speaker 1: what impresses you For a team that had its struggles,

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Speaker 1: health issues abound, very very slim bench pickings, but a

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Speaker 1: team that fights and a team that there's clearly a

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Speaker 1: system with Nico that can be successful.

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Speaker 2: He just needs more resources.

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Speaker 1: To kick off a Wednesday, Wolves victorious last night the

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Speaker 1: You're listening to the fan.

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Speaker 2: See this one playing.

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Speaker 4: Out championship pedigree.

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Speaker 5: You're right, a lot of guys have voice the cups,

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Speaker 1: is the aforementioned mister Staylock, How you doing, Alex?

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Speaker 4: to for Team Sweden. But since coming back he's on.

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Speaker 4: He's been unbelievable for the while. And starting in Colorado,

438
00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:38,320
Speaker 4: he stopped forty four or forty five, and that huge

439
00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:41,760
Speaker 4: win in Colorado, you know, on the loss against Saint Louis,

440
00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:43,760
Speaker 4: even gives up two goals on twenty three shots, and

441
00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:45,880
Speaker 4: then again last night stops twenty four or twenty five

442
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Speaker 4: He's been quite the tear and you got to stick

443
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Speaker 4: your cap to the defensive group in front of you

444
00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:53,800
Speaker 4: that has limited Grade eight chances and kept shots for

445
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Speaker 4: the most part to the perimeter.

446
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Speaker 1: Hey, stupid question. The lord here Alex Brock Faber did

447
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Speaker 1: get that first goal night. I'm kind of curious as

448
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Speaker 1: you look at Brock's game kind of the combination of

449
00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:07,520
Speaker 1: playing with Hughes has the chance to of course evolve

450
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Speaker 1: and get better in his own right. I always think

451
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Speaker 1: about favor defense first. But he's got fourteen goals this year.

452
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Speaker 1: It's cool to see him picking his spots and finding

453
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Speaker 1: the net offensively as well. How do you parse that

454
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Speaker 1: out in terms of, well, he's playing with Hughes so

455
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Speaker 1: there will be extra chances, or is it just him

456
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Speaker 1: continuing to evolve and become a shining star right before

457
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Speaker 1: our eyes.

458
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Speaker 4: Oh no, that's not a dumb question at all. They're

459
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Speaker 4: stupid question. You you know, he's such a good player

460
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Speaker 4: defense first. You know, when you say that, maybe if

461
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Speaker 4: you look around the central and you see the Kale mccars,

462
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Speaker 4: you see the Miro heydskins, you see the Josh Morrissey

463
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Speaker 4: is the points they put up every year. Yeah, they

464
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Speaker 4: bring maybe a little bit more offense than Favor does,

465
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Speaker 4: but he still has that offensibility. I think he just

466
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Speaker 4: takes so much pride into playing a game similar and

467
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Speaker 4: more like to you know, a Charlie McAboy. You got

468
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Speaker 4: to watch what he did in the Olympics just this

469
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Speaker 4: past month, and I mean he plays so heavy. Even

470
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Speaker 4: when he gets offense, he takes it right. A guy

471
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Speaker 4: like Charlie mcivoy and Black Favor, but they're so good

472
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Speaker 4: with their feet and staying on the inside. And now

473
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Speaker 4: he's ending plays early in the defensive zone. You don't

474
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Speaker 4: see many extended shifts for those guys in their own

475
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Speaker 4: zone because they're so good at closing on guys just

476
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Speaker 4: when they know they have them in an area where

477
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Speaker 4: they can end up play. And now that allows that

478
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Speaker 4: line if he's you know, he's gonna be out there

479
00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:32,360
Speaker 4: with to is almost ninety nine percent of the time

480
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Speaker 4: to get up and play offense. As soon as that

481
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Speaker 4: group gets the puck, they want to go on attack,

482
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Speaker 4: and Hinds does a good job of getting his top

483
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Speaker 4: two lines out there with that deep hair, and the

484
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Speaker 4: faster they can get out of the defensive zone, the

485
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Speaker 4: more they can spend time in the offensive own and

486
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Speaker 4: where they're dangerous, they can work all their exchanges and

487
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Speaker 4: their scissor plays and seam players. And he saw that

488
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Speaker 4: last night on a few shifts. And yeah, you talk

489
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Speaker 4: about favority defense first. I don't know it'd be fun

490
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Speaker 4: to sit h indown and ask what he thinks. I

491
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Speaker 4: think he loves playing in the offensive zone. Any player

492
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Speaker 4: loves playing the offensive zone. I just think he's so

493
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Speaker 4: effective in the defensive zone and getting the puck and uh,

494
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Speaker 4: bringing the team into an offensive zone attack.

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Speaker 1: Well, I don't want to offend the guy, so I'm

496
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Speaker 1: not going to hit him with Yeah, just your defense first.

497
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Speaker 1: That's kind of all you can do. So it's cute

498
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Speaker 1: found money when you score a goal. Uh, he's terrisfic Man.

499
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Speaker 4: You could have hit me with calling me an offensive

500
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Speaker 4: first goaltender, and I have no problem with that. I

501
00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:26,320
Speaker 4: never make a ton of saves, but I was always

502
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Speaker 4: thinking offense.

503
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Speaker 2: Just what it is you mentioned McAvoy.

504
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Speaker 1: Had you ever been a part of a of a

505
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Speaker 1: like a melee in the crease that required somebody like

506
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Speaker 1: a McAvoy to get behind you and try to play

507
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Speaker 1: big in front of a wide open net.

508
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Speaker 2: You ever have that happen?

509
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Speaker 4: Oh yeah, I mean, believe it or not. My mouth

510
00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:47,359
Speaker 4: got me in a little bit of trouble sometimes in

511
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Speaker 4: the crease and there was a lot of melees around

512
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Speaker 4: her crease and uh, you know, but that saved macor

513
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Speaker 4: you know he made in the Olympic, or the Hello

514
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Speaker 4: Buck saved, the Malloy saved getting behind the goalie and

515
00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:03,840
Speaker 4: eliminating that shot is about to go across the goal

516
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Speaker 4: line being incredible. And there's been a lot of times

517
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Speaker 4: where where I had to have defenseman bailed me out

518
00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:10,840
Speaker 4: with trust me, but not on that type of stage.

519
00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:14,119
Speaker 4: I mean, at the world's greatest stage. It's it's pretty

520
00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:14,600
Speaker 4: dang cool.

521
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Speaker 2: Well it's it's it's a team game, there's no doubt

522
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Speaker 2: about that. Speaking of the team two.

523
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Speaker 1: You mentioned you mentioned bro Dean coming back, So there's

524
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Speaker 1: the depth piece associated with it, just kind of you

525
00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:28,720
Speaker 1: not ambiguity, but just a little cloudy in terms of

526
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Speaker 1: when he'd find his way to the ice again as

527
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Speaker 1: we waded throughout the Olympic break. But awesome to have

528
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Speaker 1: him in the value of that depth. But I thought

529
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Speaker 1: he I thought he looked good last night.

530
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Speaker 4: Absolutely, and they had the fortune of having the Olympic

531
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Speaker 4: break and kind of a little built in rest time

532
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Speaker 4: for Jonas who you know, he's played heavy minutes playoffs

533
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Speaker 4: games in his career. He's played a lot of hockey,

534
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Speaker 4: a lot of hard hockey. And the one thing with

535
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Speaker 4: him is he's so underrated in this league. You know,

536
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Speaker 4: so many times when I talked to you know, other

537
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Speaker 4: people in the media, ex Players, when I was playing,

538
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Speaker 4: and I talk about Jonas verdein like, he's got to

539
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Speaker 4: be one of the best in the league. You know, people,

540
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Speaker 4: you gotta be Kidney. I'm like, I get to see

541
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Speaker 4: him on a daily basis. I played behind him. I

542
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Speaker 4: see what he does. It's just incredible. And you know

543
00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:14,520
Speaker 4: he's out for an extended period of time. It's his

544
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Speaker 4: first game back. He always questioned, you know, how's he

545
00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:18,280
Speaker 4: gonna feel, and he's gonna work his way into it.

546
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Speaker 4: It's gonna be you know, he's got feel out process.

547
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Speaker 4: And I mean, if he went to that game last

548
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Speaker 4: night as an unassuming fan, you'd have no clue that

549
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Speaker 4: he just did a spent that extended amount of time

550
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Speaker 4: on the shelf and not playing. He's just he's so

551
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Speaker 4: good with his feet like his puck skills. So going

552
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Speaker 4: to a corner and it's one on two and somehow

553
00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:37,080
Speaker 4: he comes out of it with the puck. It's it's

554
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Speaker 4: just incredible to watch. And they have him back in

555
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Speaker 4: the lineup. I know, defensive coach Jack Capuano, when he

556
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Speaker 4: looks on at that bench and he's got twenty five

557
00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:46,400
Speaker 4: backsit in front of him, he can flip him over

558
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Speaker 4: the boards against any line and any opposing team in

559
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Speaker 4: this league.

560
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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's sweet. Now, we didn't get to see.

561
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Speaker 1: A lot of this guy last night, but Robbie Fabric

562
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Speaker 1: by the way, Covin and cleanup thanks to Brett Blake Moore,

563
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Speaker 1: I said, fabriy. I believe last segment pronunciation matters nine

564
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Speaker 1: to noon and fabric is the correct way to put it.

565
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Speaker 2: I'm sorry about that, but I remember.

566
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Speaker 1: Seeing him pressure earlier days of his career with the Blues.

567
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Speaker 1: Moves on now finds his way to the Minnesota while

568
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Speaker 1: getting his first shifts. Is there a period of acclamation

569
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Speaker 1: with a new guy in the lineup or am I

570
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Speaker 1: just overthinking it?

571
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Speaker 4: The biggest thing is, you know so many of the systems.

572
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Speaker 4: I don't want to say you know the systems in

573
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Speaker 4: the NHL are so every team is so different what

574
00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:32,880
Speaker 4: they're playing. It's a lot of it's similar for check

575
00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:36,159
Speaker 4: neutral's own defensives don't coverage, whether you're doing a man

576
00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:38,119
Speaker 4: on man or zone or whatever it may be. But

577
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Speaker 4: I think the biggest thing going into the locker room

578
00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:44,399
Speaker 4: is the terminology and the way a coach uses it.

579
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Speaker 4: And you know, saying the defensives on one coach calls

580
00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:49,399
Speaker 4: it a shrink and the other coach calls it a swarm.

581
00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:52,440
Speaker 4: It's the same thing, but just getting comfortable with what

582
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Speaker 4: the coach is calling it and what it may be

583
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Speaker 4: in the confusion. And you know, he's a professional, he's

584
00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:00,680
Speaker 4: a veteran. Now he doesn't he knows he had the

585
00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:02,040
Speaker 4: ability to go up to a coach and grabd match

586
00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:03,320
Speaker 4: precic say hey, what do you mean by this? What

587
00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:06,080
Speaker 4: do you mean by this? And I think he's going

588
00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:09,120
Speaker 4: to gravitate and learn from this system in a hurry.

589
00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:11,920
Speaker 4: I thought he was great last night. He was effective.

590
00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:14,399
Speaker 4: He had two greatest scoring chances, one in the second

591
00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:16,840
Speaker 4: where he showed that he still does have good speed,

592
00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:19,320
Speaker 4: got around the Tampa defender and the only thing to

593
00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:22,480
Speaker 4: stop him was the eleven inches of Asilaski's left pad

594
00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:25,119
Speaker 4: if he raises that, if he raises it as an

595
00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:26,840
Speaker 4: unbelievable goal. He had a chance in the first it

596
00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:28,879
Speaker 4: just rolled off his stick, but you know, he had

597
00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:30,080
Speaker 4: a big hit the neutral zone.

598
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Speaker 2: I thought he did.

599
00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:33,359
Speaker 4: Exactly what this wild team wants him to. Give him

600
00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:35,680
Speaker 4: a spark, bring a little bit of offense with some speed,

601
00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:38,280
Speaker 4: hungary on talks, and I think he did that. He

602
00:26:38,359 --> 00:26:40,520
Speaker 4: made a play two when the defense's owned from the

603
00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:42,720
Speaker 4: wall and popped it to the middle to you know,

604
00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:45,000
Speaker 4: a simple breakout. Those are the players that Hinens is

605
00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:47,160
Speaker 4: going to gain. Trust him. He's gonna get more time,

606
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Speaker 4: and I think you're going to see him play in

607
00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:50,679
Speaker 4: that bottom six row. I don't think it's always going

608
00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:52,399
Speaker 4: to be a four plying spot. There's a chance he

609
00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:54,239
Speaker 4: gonna be on that third line, and you know, if

610
00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:56,239
Speaker 4: he keeps up the way he played last night.

611
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Speaker 1: Another new guy to the mix was announced yesterday and

612
00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:03,440
Speaker 1: a lot of people are like, Okay, Billy g just

613
00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:06,159
Speaker 1: made made a move with the with the Predators. Oh,

614
00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:12,120
Speaker 1: Steven stat No, Michael mccaron, you do you know where

615
00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:14,679
Speaker 1: where you scrambling to get to know him a little bit?

616
00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:18,000
Speaker 1: Seen anything from him plays it. I mean he's six six,

617
00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:20,400
Speaker 1: so he's a freaking goliath out there on the ice.

618
00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:24,199
Speaker 2: But anything you know about mister mccarrn uh.

619
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Speaker 4: He played in talks the right way. He plays an

620
00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:31,160
Speaker 4: honest hockey game, and I think that's what Billy Garren appreciates.

621
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Speaker 4: And a player like mcaren to give up a second

622
00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:36,479
Speaker 4: round pick, you know, he's gonna make a difference here.

623
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Speaker 4: He brings eyes. You see what he's done to some

624
00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:40,800
Speaker 4: of the wild players, not what he's done, but what

625
00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:43,000
Speaker 4: he's got into some of the wild players. Middle Penny

626
00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:45,680
Speaker 4: spot him multiple times. He got into a Poleno in

627
00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:48,479
Speaker 4: the past, and the clips going all over the internet

628
00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:51,200
Speaker 4: right now with Zucarello. Zucarello, you know, had like a

629
00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:54,520
Speaker 4: fired bucks and swing right at the top of his kneecaps,

630
00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:56,680
Speaker 4: And I heard Billy talked about it last night. It

631
00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:58,479
Speaker 4: was a pretty good acting job. He's not gonna win

632
00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:02,520
Speaker 4: any Oscars for how he react did it to that slash,

633
00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:04,800
Speaker 4: But no, he's going to be effective. He can get

634
00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:06,560
Speaker 4: in a circle, he can win face offs with the

635
00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:09,280
Speaker 4: wild looking for he's going to penalty kill. He can

636
00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:12,000
Speaker 4: bring offense. But he's a big body and come playoff time,

637
00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,000
Speaker 4: he's an effective player. He's played playoff games. And you know,

638
00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:18,440
Speaker 4: I think it's a great acquisition for this group. And

639
00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:21,360
Speaker 4: do I think they're done. Perhaps not. It's just gonna

640
00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:22,959
Speaker 4: be interesting what's going to fall here in the next

641
00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:25,159
Speaker 4: few days leading up to the trade deadline on Friday.

642
00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:29,159
Speaker 2: Yeah, indeed, I you know, perhaps not in what the price.

643
00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:32,800
Speaker 1: Everybody just assumes Vinnie Trocheck's going to be here by

644
00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:36,160
Speaker 1: the time the Friday deadline hits. With with mcaren though,

645
00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:39,280
Speaker 1: before moving on winning the face offs, you mentioned that

646
00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:41,440
Speaker 1: specifically de zone face offs.

647
00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:43,520
Speaker 2: I make this joke every once in a while.

648
00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:45,280
Speaker 1: It feels like we haven't won a face off since

649
00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:48,720
Speaker 1: Koivu was still playing. I mean, just the trouble this

650
00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:52,000
Speaker 1: team has had in spots in terms of finding somebody

651
00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:54,440
Speaker 1: that can win fifty at a fifty five percent clip,

652
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Speaker 1: you know, and maybe McCarran helps with that.

653
00:28:57,760 --> 00:29:00,200
Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, it's not all on the centerment as well. Well,

654
00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:02,920
Speaker 4: And you know, the wingers got to help out on

655
00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:07,080
Speaker 4: draws and it's such a hard skill and you know,

656
00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:09,560
Speaker 4: you have guys in there that are just h you know,

657
00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:14,720
Speaker 4: competitors and want to puck to Hartman's ericsonaxtterms. You know

658
00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:16,880
Speaker 4: he's done on a couple of teams. You're up, who's

659
00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:19,440
Speaker 4: a young young forward, You'm center in this league trying

660
00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:21,880
Speaker 4: to figure out it takes time and you know, if

661
00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:24,080
Speaker 4: you're of it's it's something we will dealt with his

662
00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:26,560
Speaker 4: wild fans for so long with with Eric Sinak and

663
00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:29,760
Speaker 4: early on in his career, it was always the comparison.

664
00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:32,760
Speaker 4: We'll look at professor what he's doing in Vancouver. You know,

665
00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:35,240
Speaker 4: he'll go profess when he's putting up goals, and everybody's

666
00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:38,880
Speaker 4: be patient, Be patient, I think find the fans are realizing, Okay,

667
00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:41,520
Speaker 4: look at what Eric Sinac does on a nightly basis

668
00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:44,920
Speaker 4: now for this team, and you're off, he's similar, similar

669
00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:47,840
Speaker 4: in a way where's he's so intelligent? Is hockey i

670
00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:49,560
Speaker 4: Q so great? It's just going to take time for

671
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:51,120
Speaker 4: him to figure it out. And he's going to become

672
00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:53,800
Speaker 4: stronger and stronger every year in the face off circle.

673
00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:57,280
Speaker 4: And it's just one of those things that it's not

674
00:29:57,520 --> 00:30:00,479
Speaker 4: their strength right now, but that's just as of now,

675
00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:02,800
Speaker 4: and you can always get better at that. Billy did

676
00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:06,200
Speaker 4: that and went and grabbed Michael mccarena and also fabric

677
00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:08,320
Speaker 4: has the ability to jump in and take face offs.

678
00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:10,520
Speaker 4: And you know, I'll veteran almost five hundred games in

679
00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:13,360
Speaker 4: this league, Robbie Favry, he can get in there and

680
00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:17,120
Speaker 4: help in the faceoff circle as well. And No, it's

681
00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:19,560
Speaker 4: just it's something that needs improvement. I'm sure it's talked about.

682
00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:21,880
Speaker 4: It's worked on every day pre and polls, practice, and

683
00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:25,480
Speaker 4: you hope to see it start turning the other way

684
00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:28,280
Speaker 4: and getting more a little bit more strength in the

685
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Speaker 4: face off circle.

686
00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:32,280
Speaker 1: How much does this this extra day here before they

687
00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:34,800
Speaker 1: go to Vegas? How much does that rest matter? I

688
00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:37,040
Speaker 1: mean we're all kind of you know, dug into Wow,

689
00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:39,720
Speaker 1: look at Quinn Hughes jet setting across the country back

690
00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:41,840
Speaker 1: and forth to New York and then he's back in

691
00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:44,760
Speaker 1: his sweater scoring a sweet goal against the Lightning.

692
00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:46,320
Speaker 2: The next day. Like, how much does that extra day

693
00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:47,000
Speaker 2: you think matter?

694
00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:50,360
Speaker 1: Just some extra disease, get the nap schedule back in

695
00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:54,640
Speaker 1: regular rhythm again and be ready for those golden nights

696
00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:55,320
Speaker 1: on Friday night.

697
00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:58,760
Speaker 4: Well, Quinn Hughes is different. I think he just plugs

698
00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:01,760
Speaker 4: in at night. I don't know if he sleeps or what,

699
00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:05,640
Speaker 4: but his schedule, he's been on is unbelievable and I

700
00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:07,840
Speaker 4: just can't I can't figure out he's never showed energy.

701
00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:10,840
Speaker 4: But we joked about that last night on air with

702
00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:13,560
Speaker 4: Joel Is that what would Billy like to trade for

703
00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:15,280
Speaker 4: right now? And I said, I think he'd like to

704
00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:16,760
Speaker 4: trade for a night asleep for a lot of his

705
00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:19,720
Speaker 4: players first and foremost, and then maybe go for for

706
00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:23,480
Speaker 4: a top top to mine center. But yeah, these two days,

707
00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:27,480
Speaker 4: obviously today being a day off for the group and

708
00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:30,960
Speaker 4: well deserved a you know, big win, and obviously not

709
00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:32,600
Speaker 4: get in the bed probably for most of them until

710
00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:35,400
Speaker 4: two am last night, but he won the row for

711
00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:39,120
Speaker 4: two tough games and rest as the weapon. That's what

712
00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:41,000
Speaker 4: the players always joke about when they want a day

713
00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:42,920
Speaker 4: off as the rest as weapon. But truly, this time

714
00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:44,720
Speaker 4: of year, it really is. And it seems weird to

715
00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:46,600
Speaker 4: say coming out of an Olympic brick where he just

716
00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:48,080
Speaker 4: said two and a half weeks off for most of

717
00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:50,480
Speaker 4: the guys, but it's the time of year where this

718
00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:53,000
Speaker 4: schedule is just sold dense and you're not going to

719
00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:55,560
Speaker 4: have many opportunities where you have two days off. Yeah,

720
00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:57,800
Speaker 4: so it's it's a great time for this group to

721
00:31:57,800 --> 00:31:58,440
Speaker 4: get a little rest.

722
00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:01,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, And as with any L players playing in the Olympics,

723
00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:03,760
Speaker 1: whether it's four Nations or some other bid up the

724
00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:06,440
Speaker 1: sleeve of mister Bettman. In the NHL, these sorts of

725
00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:08,960
Speaker 1: schedules are probably going to become the norm. Eighty four

726
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:12,800
Speaker 1: regular season games too. Time for a couple more, Alex staylock.

727
00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:14,920
Speaker 1: You heard him last night last a couple of games

728
00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:17,800
Speaker 1: actually on the radio, the radio call with Joe Donald

729
00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:22,000
Speaker 1: providing some hockey analysis. I got this via the text line, Alex,

730
00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:26,400
Speaker 1: you know you know Pete Bursich, right, oh yeah, yeah,

731
00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:31,560
Speaker 1: the fellow analyst. Right, if it was If it was

732
00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:36,040
Speaker 1: just one, I wouldn't have said anything. But the text

733
00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:38,920
Speaker 1: lines rolling in, I thought that was Bursach trying to

734
00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:43,120
Speaker 1: talk wild for a minute smiley laughing emoji, then Mark

735
00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:46,840
Speaker 1: and saying, wow, sounds like Pete Bursich talking hockey today.

736
00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:50,200
Speaker 1: And then another tuned in mid segment and was wondering

737
00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:53,320
Speaker 1: why Bursch was talking hockey. Alex, sounds just like him.

738
00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:53,720
Speaker 2: How about that?

739
00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:58,520
Speaker 1: You sound like Pete Bursich's incredible.

740
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Speaker 4: I mean, that's good to hear. The first that's all

741
00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:02,760
Speaker 4: been sent in via the top line. I didn't get

742
00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:06,040
Speaker 4: that last night on a I read hotline intermission, so

743
00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:10,040
Speaker 4: it was none of that. When Falmas brought up all

744
00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:12,280
Speaker 4: the questions, I was worried. When they do the texting questions,

745
00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:14,680
Speaker 4: I'm like thought, gosh, what could be texting, especially some

746
00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:16,720
Speaker 4: of my buddies. I can only imagine what he sees.

747
00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:18,680
Speaker 2: Well, I got to be honest the next day you do.

748
00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:20,840
Speaker 1: Now that you've given me that idea, I'm gonna be

749
00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:23,960
Speaker 1: hitting that six four six eighty six hard during the intermission.

750
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Speaker 4: It's a total well, hey, extreme.

751
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:32,720
Speaker 2: High school, high school.

752
00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:34,680
Speaker 1: Well, actually, before I get to the high school side

753
00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:37,320
Speaker 1: of things, South Saint Paul's finest Alex Staylock on the

754
00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:40,320
Speaker 1: nine to noon show this morning, Carell capriz Off. It

755
00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:42,360
Speaker 1: didn't didn't mention that, but but you're at the arena

756
00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:45,320
Speaker 1: last night. Uh, probably getting some heck from his from

757
00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:47,880
Speaker 1: his boys because he gets number two twenty on an

758
00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:50,240
Speaker 1: empty netter, like come on, man, they're just kind of

759
00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:52,960
Speaker 1: giving it to you there. But but he passes Mary

760
00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:56,200
Speaker 1: and Gaberick in lightning speed, like three hundred and eighty

761
00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:58,280
Speaker 1: one ish games I believe. I think it's three eighty

762
00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:02,160
Speaker 1: one and Gabriick with the the congratulatory video and such.

763
00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:05,040
Speaker 1: What was that like with the Carill Love when when

764
00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:08,560
Speaker 1: he iced that thing last night, it was pretty cool and.

765
00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:10,759
Speaker 4: Joe had a great call on that. I think his

766
00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:14,320
Speaker 4: direct words or move over Mary, and which was you

767
00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:18,160
Speaker 4: know Mary Gabrick who when the mission first game back

768
00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:20,640
Speaker 4: to Minnesota, who was the superstar here? He was at

769
00:34:20,680 --> 00:34:22,640
Speaker 4: that time? He was so fast in the league in

770
00:34:22,640 --> 00:34:24,720
Speaker 4: the early two thousands. The game was a lot different,

771
00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:28,719
Speaker 4: but you know there's similar players. They're electrifying when they

772
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:31,000
Speaker 4: get to puff. There the type of players that you know,

773
00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:33,680
Speaker 4: the crowd gets on their feet, there's a whisper in

774
00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:34,240
Speaker 4: the building.

775
00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:34,960
Speaker 2: You just hear it.

776
00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:37,640
Speaker 4: It sounds different when Carell gets the buck, something's gonna happen.

777
00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:41,040
Speaker 4: And you're starting to see it as well when when

778
00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:44,040
Speaker 4: Quinn Hughes gets the puck. But he's been that way

779
00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:47,240
Speaker 4: since day one, since he scored his overtime winner against

780
00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:49,520
Speaker 4: the La Kings here during the COVID shortened year. It's

781
00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:53,040
Speaker 4: just it's been so fun to watch. I mean, just

782
00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:54,960
Speaker 4: being at youth drinks. I mean every team might get

783
00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,040
Speaker 4: plays against, there is a ninety seven on that team.

784
00:34:57,120 --> 00:34:59,480
Speaker 4: It just shows that the impact he's had on this

785
00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:02,360
Speaker 4: hockey community. He loves that. He always has a smile.

786
00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:05,560
Speaker 4: He loves the game as such a good superstar and

787
00:35:05,719 --> 00:35:07,960
Speaker 4: role model for our kids to look at on a

788
00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:11,680
Speaker 4: nightly basis. And we're lucky to have him and to

789
00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:15,239
Speaker 4: get where he did already and franchise history scoring is

790
00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:17,320
Speaker 4: pretty incredible. It's gonna be fun to watch what he

791
00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:18,880
Speaker 4: can do with, you know, for the rest.

792
00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:19,239
Speaker 5: Of his career.

793
00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:22,640
Speaker 1: So impressive. Indeed to the high school ranks. High School

794
00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:25,800
Speaker 1: Hockey Attorney kicks off starting at eleven. It's here Tibbet

795
00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:28,800
Speaker 1: and Dodge County. So you you were a member of

796
00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:31,600
Speaker 1: South Saint Paul, you went to the tourney, it was

797
00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:35,640
Speaker 1: like four And what was that experience like? And are

798
00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:37,759
Speaker 1: you still locked in? It sounds like you're still locked

799
00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:40,320
Speaker 1: in on the tourney even today it is.

800
00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:43,120
Speaker 4: Yeah, I am locked in. I mean maybe not as

801
00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:45,759
Speaker 4: great as the I know Kevin gorg is extremely locked in.

802
00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:48,880
Speaker 4: He conkered into this whole thing. I I'm gonna go

803
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:50,920
Speaker 4: find a spot to grab some launch and try to

804
00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:53,279
Speaker 4: watch the eleven o'clock start and I just love the

805
00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:57,520
Speaker 4: kickoff to it. And I'll be you know, teachers, I

806
00:35:57,600 --> 00:36:01,279
Speaker 4: remember you know, I'm agent myself. But it's a turny time.

807
00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:02,960
Speaker 4: You know, it was a turny time as an elementary

808
00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:06,920
Speaker 4: student at Seal St. Paul when the when the portable

809
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:09,000
Speaker 4: TV would come on, the four wheel cart and your

810
00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:10,919
Speaker 4: door would open. It was time to just sit around

811
00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:15,560
Speaker 4: the TV and and watch all the studs of you know,

812
00:36:15,719 --> 00:36:19,759
Speaker 4: the mid nineties of Jefferson's and it's a great time

813
00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:21,160
Speaker 4: of year. And I know our kids look forward to

814
00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:22,840
Speaker 4: going to school. They come home they talk about their

815
00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:25,040
Speaker 4: teacher turned the tournament on and it's like, it's so

816
00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:28,000
Speaker 4: great that that gets done. But no, it's special. I

817
00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:29,920
Speaker 4: mean any team that gets to go you're playing with

818
00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:33,440
Speaker 4: you know, your your kids who played with the UT

819
00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:35,879
Speaker 4: hockey from squirts all the way up. And when you're

820
00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:37,120
Speaker 4: a squirts, do you think you were going to make

821
00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:39,120
Speaker 4: the state tournament? No, it's just a pipe dream. You

822
00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:41,160
Speaker 4: see it on TV. You're like, there's no way possible.

823
00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:44,000
Speaker 4: And then he gets high school And for us, did

824
00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:46,319
Speaker 4: we have the most skilled No, but we we got

825
00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:48,400
Speaker 4: We got along so well as a group, We had

826
00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:51,160
Speaker 4: so much fun. We played every sport together and at

827
00:36:51,239 --> 00:36:54,239
Speaker 4: the end there's just no one's stopping us. And you know,

828
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:56,520
Speaker 4: it's a group that when we get together, we still

829
00:36:56,520 --> 00:36:59,400
Speaker 4: talk about, we still be s about, and you know,

830
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:01,520
Speaker 4: it's a ton of and I'm looking forward to the

831
00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:04,239
Speaker 4: next team, the next team that's going to surprise somebody

832
00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:06,799
Speaker 4: at the tournament. Uh, who's gonna have the bleach hair?

833
00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:08,680
Speaker 4: Who's gonna say what when they get out to the camera.

834
00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:10,280
Speaker 4: It's it's a great time.

835
00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:11,680
Speaker 2: Here, Absolutely it is.

836
00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:14,280
Speaker 1: And I don't mean to put you on the spot,

837
00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:16,680
Speaker 1: but do we know when we're going to get to

838
00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:19,000
Speaker 1: hear you with Joe again? Or just still getting the

839
00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:21,440
Speaker 1: schedule put together. It's been a blast listening to you

840
00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:22,120
Speaker 1: the last couple.

841
00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:28,400
Speaker 4: Yeah, we're still putting the schedule together, Joel. Yeah. I

842
00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:30,279
Speaker 4: hope I haven't bugged Joe too much. I tried to

843
00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:32,880
Speaker 4: text him. He won't answer me, So maybe he's already

844
00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:40,240
Speaker 4: sick of meybe this veg this this Vegas trip, Vegas, Colorado.

845
00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:44,160
Speaker 4: Perhaps I'll join the group and and be with Joe

846
00:37:44,239 --> 00:37:47,359
Speaker 4: on air. And I was hoping to make it down

847
00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:49,799
Speaker 4: to uh some of the state tournament and bringing uh

848
00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:51,960
Speaker 4: my kid down there and check it out. But if

849
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:53,399
Speaker 4: I go on the road, that'll be just as fun

850
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:56,080
Speaker 4: to see. Uh. Obviously a game down in the Fortress

851
00:37:56,360 --> 00:37:58,720
Speaker 4: in Vegas and then uh, you know, a great battle

852
00:37:58,800 --> 00:37:59,960
Speaker 4: in Colorado Sunday.

853
00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:01,239
Speaker 2: No, that's awesome, man.

854
00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:03,600
Speaker 1: Hey, thanks for giving me time after a late one

855
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:04,960
Speaker 1: at Grand Casino last night.

856
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:06,279
Speaker 2: We'll catch up again soon, all right.

857
00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:10,759
Speaker 4: I do gotta say congratulations the team services Minneso Wild

858
00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:17,160
Speaker 4: Team Services extraordinaire. Should I call him Dominic Kenning who

859
00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:21,960
Speaker 4: his wife delivered their first baby, Kelly Marie Henning yesterday.

860
00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:24,640
Speaker 4: So I was exciting news for the Wild family the

861
00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:30,520
Speaker 4: addition of one. So will mom is healthy, baby is healthy.

862
00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:33,160
Speaker 4: So it's all good news on that front.

863
00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:35,680
Speaker 2: Dude. That's awesome man. We should have led with you.

864
00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:39,239
Speaker 4: Yeah, so exciting. Yeah, they were there first, and uh,

865
00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:41,879
Speaker 4: you know, it's pretty pretty special. And just before a game,

866
00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:44,480
Speaker 4: all the boys got the text that she delivered a

867
00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:46,279
Speaker 4: healthy baby. So it was awesome news.

868
00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:49,040
Speaker 1: Oh hell yeah, man, congrats you said it is Dominic,

869
00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:50,440
Speaker 1: and then it was Kelly Marie.

870
00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:53,880
Speaker 4: Kelly Marie's the baby. Nicole is the wife. Yes, there

871
00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:57,000
Speaker 4: a six pound, twelve once baby. So member of the

872
00:38:57,040 --> 00:38:59,640
Speaker 4: Wild fan base has has arrived as of yesterday.

873
00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:00,600
Speaker 2: That's awesome.

874
00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:03,360
Speaker 1: Get sickman on the he's got to get the baby

875
00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:06,320
Speaker 1: a onesie and do a little celebration in house.

876
00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:09,080
Speaker 2: That's that's awesome. Man, Hey, thanks again, and will you

877
00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:09,840
Speaker 2: be Are you going to.

878
00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:11,800
Speaker 4: Be at Grand Casino tonight at six oh one for

879
00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:15,200
Speaker 4: the Mankato Scarlets tilt against the delan O Tigers.

880
00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:17,359
Speaker 2: No, I'm going to be on my couch watching that game.

881
00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:20,359
Speaker 1: Man. I mean, it's uh, it's it's it's a tough

882
00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:23,399
Speaker 1: it's a tough draw for the Scarlets. But I'm absolutely

883
00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:25,920
Speaker 1: going to watch Mankato West and Delano today.

884
00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:26,359
Speaker 2: For sure.

885
00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:30,279
Speaker 4: Word is the tender of the sophomore Blake Brecky has

886
00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:32,320
Speaker 4: the ability to steal a game or two in this tournament.

887
00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:34,680
Speaker 4: So I'm excited to watch that because you know, if

888
00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:36,239
Speaker 4: a goalie gets hot this time of year, they can

889
00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:36,759
Speaker 4: go on a run.

890
00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:38,239
Speaker 2: That's what I That's what I hear.

891
00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:38,520
Speaker 5: Man.

892
00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:41,480
Speaker 1: No, I I I I've read a little bit about Brecky.

893
00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:43,120
Speaker 1: I'm not going to pretend that I know their roster

894
00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:45,080
Speaker 1: up and down. It's just it's it's red and white.

895
00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:45,759
Speaker 2: I'm in on them.

896
00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:47,759
Speaker 1: I'm from Fankato, so I'm going to root for him.

897
00:39:48,040 --> 00:39:50,400
Speaker 1: But I have specifically heard that Brecky's kind of a

898
00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:52,800
Speaker 1: unit man that he can. He can absolutely win a

899
00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:54,759
Speaker 1: game for him today he.

900
00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:57,759
Speaker 4: Was unbelievable in the section for him And like I said,

901
00:39:57,800 --> 00:39:59,319
Speaker 4: you get feeling it this time of year and anything

902
00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:03,640
Speaker 4: can happen. It's one game similar to the Olyptics, and yeah,

903
00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:06,440
Speaker 4: I'm excited. I'm excited. These kids just playing for an

904
00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:08,759
Speaker 4: eighteen thousand fans for the first time. Anything can happen

905
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:11,640
Speaker 4: on on that ice. So it's a day one of Attorney.

906
00:40:11,719 --> 00:40:12,719
Speaker 2: Let's go, let's go.

907
00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:14,799
Speaker 1: Indeed, I'm going to hit that text line next time

908
00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:17,239
Speaker 1: you're on the radio, all right, please don't.

909
00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:22,200
Speaker 2: I'll see that's Alex stay Lock.

910
00:40:22,800 --> 00:40:25,239
Speaker 1: Whether it's the Minnesota Wild radio network, you hear him

911
00:40:25,239 --> 00:40:29,360
Speaker 1: doing some work for them, former Minnesota Wild goaltender and

912
00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:33,439
Speaker 1: of course South Saint Paul's finest as Attorney approaches today

913
00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:36,440
Speaker 1: at Grand Casino Arena. Thanks to Alex for giving me

914
00:40:36,520 --> 00:40:38,439
Speaker 1: some time this morning. We're gonna get some vikings news

915
00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:42,440
Speaker 1: around the corner. In relation, we got QBS being it's

916
00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:45,719
Speaker 1: set to be released from their favorite teams. Suddenly. Maybe

917
00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:48,400
Speaker 1: our favorite pass rusher is up for trade. What's that

918
00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:50,920
Speaker 1: all about? We can chat about that text line six

919
00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:54,399
Speaker 1: four six eight six Brat, Shawn Bryant, KFA and text

920
00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:57,680
Speaker 1: lines open for business. And then at ten am Johnny

921
00:40:57,680 --> 00:41:00,399
Speaker 1: Athletic John Krasinski of the Athletic will join me as

922
00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:02,799
Speaker 1: we jump back into the Howl after their win last

923
00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:05,880
Speaker 1: night over the Grizz. Brett's here, I'm Nordo. Thanks for

924
00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:07,600
Speaker 1: hanging out with us nine to do another fan.

925
00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:12,200
Speaker 6: The Fan celebrates our five thousand dollars winners and the

926
00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:17,160
Speaker 6: iHeart Radios think a teacher's hired by donors Shoes. There's

927
00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:20,240
Speaker 6: still time to nominate a public school teacher making a difference.

928
00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:22,440
Speaker 6: They could be next to win five thousand dollars to

929
00:41:22,520 --> 00:41:23,560
Speaker 6: make over their classroom.

930
00:41:23,560 --> 00:41:24,160
Speaker 2: You can do it now.

931
00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:28,120
Speaker 6: iHeartRadio dot com slash teachers. iHeartRadio dot com slash teachers.

932
00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:30,960
Speaker 6: Do you have a favorite teacher back in the day, Brett,

933
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:34,000
Speaker 6: I mostly blocked that stuff out at this point.

934
00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:38,360
Speaker 2: Really, you think like if you asked me to go

935
00:41:38,440 --> 00:41:41,480
Speaker 2: in my high school and list off the I would struggle.

936
00:41:41,640 --> 00:41:43,279
Speaker 1: I mean, it doesn't it doesn't have to be like

937
00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:46,719
Speaker 1: Dead Poets Society or you know, lou Diamond Philips came

938
00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:50,000
Speaker 1: and deliver, But but you don't have any Robin Williams

939
00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:53,239
Speaker 1: from that Yeah for me, Yeah, it was, well, it's

940
00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:59,160
Speaker 1: it's tenth grade history teacher. Social studies teacher. Mister sipe

941
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:02,280
Speaker 1: Mankato west was was one of my favorites.

942
00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:03,120
Speaker 4: A Ms.

943
00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:05,960
Speaker 1: Linvall, an English teacher I had freshman year man. I

944
00:42:06,040 --> 00:42:09,160
Speaker 1: gave her hell Holy Cats as she a saint for

945
00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:13,319
Speaker 1: dealing with idiots like me. But she was tremendous. There's

946
00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:15,920
Speaker 1: a couple that stand out. No offense to any of

947
00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:18,560
Speaker 1: my other teachers, is I don't you know, I haven't.

948
00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:20,560
Speaker 1: I don't have any issues that would require me to

949
00:42:20,680 --> 00:42:25,319
Speaker 1: block out anything. So I mean, this is a safe space, Brett,

950
00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:25,840
Speaker 1: if you.

951
00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:29,759
Speaker 2: Just let me know. But thank a teacher. How about that?

952
00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:30,560
Speaker 2: Thank you teacher?

953
00:42:30,760 --> 00:42:33,680
Speaker 1: Many many people to be thanked on a daily basis,

954
00:42:33,719 --> 00:42:38,400
Speaker 1: including those participating in the text line. Next up, Minnesota

955
00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:42,200
Speaker 1: Wild at the Golden Nights. That's a Friday night affair.

956
00:42:43,080 --> 00:42:45,840
Speaker 1: Friday night weeks done. Slide down the back of the

957
00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:50,480
Speaker 1: Dinosaur at five pm. Call it a week, Nordo, this

958
00:42:50,600 --> 00:42:52,920
Speaker 1: is John the mil carrier. You've opened a can of worms.

959
00:42:53,160 --> 00:42:56,239
Speaker 1: The whole station has bit undertones. Everyone will blow up

960
00:42:56,280 --> 00:42:58,640
Speaker 1: the text line the next time, Alex stay Lock, I

961
00:42:58,760 --> 00:42:59,480
Speaker 1: was thinking of that.

962
00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:06,680
Speaker 2: Uh good, terrific six four six eight six obvious.

963
00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:10,279
Speaker 1: You know, be respectful and everything, but ask Alex some

964
00:43:10,440 --> 00:43:14,440
Speaker 1: good questions and make it lively on a Friday night,

965
00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:18,319
Speaker 1: make Kevin Falness have to weed through a title wave

966
00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:21,760
Speaker 1: of text messages, whether it be Friday night, whenever, whenever

967
00:43:21,880 --> 00:43:26,080
Speaker 1: his next bit is a side alongside, We'll do it anytime,

968
00:43:26,120 --> 00:43:28,279
Speaker 1: whether it's Tom, it's Alex. Anybody, just pump up the

969
00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:32,560
Speaker 1: text line and get involved with this wild team who, thankfully,

970
00:43:32,920 --> 00:43:37,200
Speaker 1: after two straight l's, just dominated the lightning last night

971
00:43:37,239 --> 00:43:43,280
Speaker 1: to Viking's News, this will be probably a larger conversation tomorrow,

972
00:43:43,600 --> 00:43:47,160
Speaker 1: certainly Friday, and then of course as the NFL season,

973
00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:50,640
Speaker 1: we've barely taken a breath post Combine or really even

974
00:43:50,719 --> 00:43:53,680
Speaker 1: post Super Bowl, a little bit of that lull for

975
00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:56,000
Speaker 1: about a week before everyone heads to Indy and the

976
00:43:56,040 --> 00:43:59,560
Speaker 1: steamrolling begins from an intel standpoint. But Monday is the

977
00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:02,640
Speaker 1: legal tam tampering period, right, So that's when that's when

978
00:44:02,680 --> 00:44:07,080
Speaker 1: the deals are done, and then free agency, I believe,

979
00:44:07,120 --> 00:44:10,560
Speaker 1: in ernest begins on Wednesday. The league year begins, and

980
00:44:10,680 --> 00:44:12,880
Speaker 1: all those deals that we hear about on Monday and

981
00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:17,280
Speaker 1: Tuesday and Wednesday morning. They can become official sometime on Wednesday,

982
00:44:18,680 --> 00:44:20,840
Speaker 1: so effectively free agency starts on Monday.

983
00:44:21,840 --> 00:44:23,560
Speaker 2: But talker Tuesdays.

984
00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:26,160
Speaker 1: I mentioned it in the open almost prophetic as it

985
00:44:26,360 --> 00:44:29,279
Speaker 1: was yesterday, and it's just kind of throwaway. You're a

986
00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:32,200
Speaker 1: Vikings fan. I'm a Vikings fan. I'm an adult child,

987
00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:34,439
Speaker 1: and I want my favorite team to win every single game.

988
00:44:34,960 --> 00:44:37,560
Speaker 1: And what I watched in twenty twenty five wasn't good enough.

989
00:44:37,680 --> 00:44:41,399
Speaker 1: The GM was let go, and now Rob Brazinski feels

990
00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:43,759
Speaker 1: like you should just be the GM. But we'll see

991
00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:48,040
Speaker 1: that work itself out over the next couple next couple

992
00:44:48,120 --> 00:44:48,480
Speaker 1: of months.

993
00:44:48,560 --> 00:44:51,880
Speaker 2: But we's just done a talker Tuesday.

994
00:44:51,960 --> 00:44:56,000
Speaker 1: Hey, if I told you Kyler Murray was being added

995
00:44:56,080 --> 00:44:58,759
Speaker 1: to the QB room of the Minnesota Vikings.

996
00:44:58,680 --> 00:44:59,239
Speaker 4: What do you think?

997
00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:01,920
Speaker 1: And we did a bunch of talkbacks on it yesterday

998
00:45:01,960 --> 00:45:03,480
Speaker 1: and a lot of jokes, you know, the call of

999
00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:07,719
Speaker 1: duty bits always in play, arm punts and all of

1000
00:45:07,800 --> 00:45:10,400
Speaker 1: those things. Maybe he can join the Minnesota Twins, and

1001
00:45:10,520 --> 00:45:13,360
Speaker 1: he can play for both teams, given his proclivities for

1002
00:45:13,440 --> 00:45:16,880
Speaker 1: baseball and given the fact that the team, well, I

1003
00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:18,320
Speaker 1: don't know if it's exactly.

1004
00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:20,400
Speaker 2: An open tryout territory down in Fort Myers.

1005
00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:23,560
Speaker 1: But things are looking grim from a health standpoint, maybe

1006
00:45:23,600 --> 00:45:26,799
Speaker 1: from a salary standpoint as well, with the favorite baseball team.

1007
00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:29,400
Speaker 1: But then the news comes out yesterday the Cardinals do

1008
00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:34,320
Speaker 1: indeed intend to release him, and you're gonna let the

1009
00:45:34,680 --> 00:45:36,840
Speaker 1: it's gonna be doom scrolling and it's going to be

1010
00:45:36,920 --> 00:45:40,480
Speaker 1: hyper timeline refreshing. That's all going to begin on Wednesday,

1011
00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:43,360
Speaker 1: when the league year begins and Kyler Murray is officially

1012
00:45:43,440 --> 00:45:46,640
Speaker 1: released from the Cardinals. So there's kind of two it

1013
00:45:46,760 --> 00:45:49,759
Speaker 1: feels to me on a Wednesday, a week from now,

1014
00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:54,960
Speaker 1: a week in advance of free agency. Two, it's two

1015
00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:59,160
Speaker 1: routes for me. It's Kyler Murray or it's Gino Smith.

1016
00:46:00,840 --> 00:46:04,120
Speaker 1: Now I have a week, so this could change drastically.

1017
00:46:04,560 --> 00:46:07,440
Speaker 1: That's the fun thing about making opinions. They're subject to change.

1018
00:46:07,840 --> 00:46:10,359
Speaker 1: But as of today, on a Wednesday morning, how does

1019
00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:14,000
Speaker 1: it hit you it's either Geno Smith or it's Kyler Murray.

1020
00:46:15,040 --> 00:46:20,320
Speaker 1: Geno is a bridge to McCarthy. If you add Geno Smith,

1021
00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:26,160
Speaker 1: you still are thinking about the pathway to JJ McCarthy

1022
00:46:26,239 --> 00:46:30,680
Speaker 1: becoming the starter in the long term. Geno is a

1023
00:46:30,840 --> 00:46:36,320
Speaker 1: bridge Kyler Murray might be different, a more interesting situation,

1024
00:46:36,600 --> 00:46:42,239
Speaker 1: potentially a dilemma for the Purple with Sam Darnald in

1025
00:46:42,280 --> 00:46:48,200
Speaker 1: twenty twenty four, him moving on. The impetus for that

1026
00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:52,000
Speaker 1: really is the idea that okay, tenth overall pick injured

1027
00:46:52,040 --> 00:46:54,439
Speaker 1: all of twenty twenty four. Good thing that we had

1028
00:46:55,120 --> 00:46:58,680
Speaker 1: what we thought was a bridge in Sam Darnald performs

1029
00:46:59,200 --> 00:47:01,960
Speaker 1: incredibly well well, sacked a ton, lose the game at

1030
00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:05,200
Speaker 1: the Rams, and he moves on. The idea was JJ

1031
00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:08,800
Speaker 1: McCarthy is the a plan, that's the plan moving forward.

1032
00:47:08,880 --> 00:47:11,920
Speaker 1: That's why we are okay with wishing Sam Donald the

1033
00:47:11,960 --> 00:47:14,560
Speaker 1: best of luck and hope everything works out for him

1034
00:47:15,120 --> 00:47:15,760
Speaker 1: in Seattle.

1035
00:47:16,840 --> 00:47:18,160
Speaker 2: Well it did, didn't it.

1036
00:47:19,160 --> 00:47:21,200
Speaker 1: It worked out at a high level for mister Donald,

1037
00:47:22,080 --> 00:47:24,480
Speaker 1: and we saw what we saw from the ten games

1038
00:47:24,520 --> 00:47:28,400
Speaker 1: of JJ McCarthy in twenty twenty five. Gino Smith is

1039
00:47:28,520 --> 00:47:33,319
Speaker 1: that bridge in twenty twenty six. I believe where you're

1040
00:47:33,400 --> 00:47:38,719
Speaker 1: adding him because you believe that certainly competition, I think

1041
00:47:38,800 --> 00:47:43,480
Speaker 1: Gino wins that job. Another year of sitting, another year

1042
00:47:43,520 --> 00:47:48,480
Speaker 1: of learning, maturation, that that puts JJ McCarthy in a

1043
00:47:48,520 --> 00:47:52,120
Speaker 1: spot to start in twenty twenty seven. Adding Kyler Murray

1044
00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:57,120
Speaker 1: is interesting because if Kyler Murray comes here now, first

1045
00:47:57,120 --> 00:48:01,320
Speaker 1: of all, I keep seeing it. If it is truly

1046
00:48:01,520 --> 00:48:04,560
Speaker 1: just veteran minimum deal, multiple teams would be interesting. It'll

1047
00:48:04,600 --> 00:48:06,400
Speaker 1: cost you, I mean, it's not going to cost twenty million,

1048
00:48:06,440 --> 00:48:08,799
Speaker 1: but maybe it costs five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten

1049
00:48:08,920 --> 00:48:15,400
Speaker 1: million dollars for for Kyler Murray's services. This is another

1050
00:48:15,440 --> 00:48:18,799
Speaker 1: spot where I feel like he's started. Now.

1051
00:48:18,960 --> 00:48:21,280
Speaker 2: If it goes super well, that's a dilemma.

1052
00:48:22,960 --> 00:48:27,200
Speaker 1: If it's kind of disastrous, then Kyler drives the coach insane, well,

1053
00:48:27,239 --> 00:48:31,160
Speaker 1: that becomes it's a bridge in its own right. But

1054
00:48:32,560 --> 00:48:37,799
Speaker 1: if Kyler's good, is that the end of JJ McCarthy's

1055
00:48:37,840 --> 00:48:41,440
Speaker 1: run as a starter or competing for a starter in Minnesota?

1056
00:48:41,520 --> 00:48:44,440
Speaker 1: Is the is it? Is it a backup for him?

1057
00:48:45,160 --> 00:48:47,000
Speaker 1: If it goes really well, you're not picking up the

1058
00:48:47,080 --> 00:48:51,200
Speaker 1: fifth year option. If it goes really well, you're potentially

1059
00:48:51,520 --> 00:48:53,759
Speaker 1: whatever the contract would look like at this stage, you're

1060
00:48:53,840 --> 00:48:57,759
Speaker 1: extending a Kyler Murray and potentially trading the former tenth

1061
00:48:57,840 --> 00:49:00,799
Speaker 1: overall pick to give him an opportunity at his own

1062
00:49:00,880 --> 00:49:02,600
Speaker 1: reclamation project with another city.

1063
00:49:03,280 --> 00:49:04,920
Speaker 2: And that's where I look at it. A week a

1064
00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:05,760
Speaker 2: week in advance.

1065
00:49:06,200 --> 00:49:10,279
Speaker 1: Gino Smith the bridge a potentially more interesting dilemma for

1066
00:49:10,360 --> 00:49:13,160
Speaker 1: the Purple with Kyler Murray, but those feel like the

1067
00:49:13,239 --> 00:49:16,719
Speaker 1: two front runners at this stage. We're gonna pause and

1068
00:49:16,840 --> 00:49:21,240
Speaker 1: jump back into text line, have we lost our minds?

1069
00:49:21,520 --> 00:49:22,960
Speaker 1: Murray gets hurt more than JJ.

1070
00:49:23,960 --> 00:49:24,160
Speaker 2: Yeah.

1071
00:49:24,200 --> 00:49:26,560
Speaker 1: Two of the last three years. Two of the last

1072
00:49:26,560 --> 00:49:29,360
Speaker 1: three years have been a problem. Indeed, I don't disagree

1073
00:49:29,400 --> 00:49:31,640
Speaker 1: with you there, But that's where it feels like a

1074
00:49:31,680 --> 00:49:34,280
Speaker 1: week in advance of free agency, Gino.

1075
00:49:34,120 --> 00:49:36,279
Speaker 2: Smith or Kyler Murray? How does that hate you?

1076
00:49:37,360 --> 00:49:39,760
Speaker 1: We're gonna pause and we're going to get to Johnny

1077
00:49:39,760 --> 00:49:42,600
Speaker 1: Athletic right around the corner. But of course, the news

1078
00:49:42,680 --> 00:49:45,840
Speaker 1: coming out yesterday the chefter post on X that the

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Speaker 1: Vikings are open to trading Jonathan Grenard. There's some things

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Speaker 1: to factor in and discuss in relation to that, and

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Speaker 1: we're going to get to that during the second hour here.

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Speaker 1: But Johnny Athletic John Krazinski joins me next