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Speaker 1: Sounds of hockey wild. Oh my God, of average.

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Speaker 2: Hot fucks for everybody, all says wild.

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Speaker 1: Shall we begin? They're calling it a fall this Friday.

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Speaker 1: I'm okay with that.

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Speaker 3: Back in the big seat for Paul Allen and Eric

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Speaker 3: Nordquiz Kevin Fallness. Here on the other side of the glass,

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Speaker 3: it's my buddy, Brett blakemore feeling better. It sounds like

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Speaker 3: Brett Hi.

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Speaker 4: Kevin, Yes, I am feeling better. I'm almost there, so

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Speaker 4: we're we're at the finish line.

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Speaker 1: You look good.

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Speaker 3: I've got an action pack show planned for the next

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Speaker 3: three hours as we see in for Paul Allen, right,

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Speaker 3: I mean, well, you're gonna be interactive, and we'll get

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Speaker 3: to that here in a little bit. But I want

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Speaker 3: to start a little different. There's so much going on

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Speaker 3: besides hockey. There's the Olympics, there's the NBA All Star

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Speaker 3: break that's over. The Timberwolves are back on the Florida

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Speaker 3: Night Vikings. They're still looking for a general manager who's

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Speaker 3: going to be their quarterback this year.

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Speaker 1: Baseball season is underway. Bad news out of Florida.

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Speaker 3: But regardless, the twin season is right around the corner.

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Speaker 1: I have no idea where to begin?

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Speaker 3: So you know me, I hate stealing bits, but I

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Speaker 2: No.

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Speaker 4: I almost swung the clubs the other day when a

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Speaker 1: Could it be golf Minnesota wild?

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Speaker 3: I guess if we gotta let's go to the hotline

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Speaker 3: right off the bat and talk to that star defenceman

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Speaker 3: for the Minnesota whild creeping in Middleton stores.

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Speaker 5: A laser by Middleton, A one time right by Middleton,

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Speaker 5: tuck down et centa, put the rights by Jake Middleton, walks.

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Speaker 1: In Middleton sixties star defenseman.

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Speaker 3: Indeed in my eyes, Jake Middleton, and welcome to KFA

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Speaker 3: and Kevin Fallness here with you.

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Speaker 1: How you doing, buddy?

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Speaker 2: Doing good? Better now? Star defense in the morning.

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Speaker 3: How is it your You're back in the state of hockey.

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Speaker 3: Let me live through you for a minute. I did

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Speaker 3: nothing during the Olympic break. I stayed home. I was

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Speaker 3: with my kids. I watched a ton of youth hockey.

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Speaker 3: What did you do? Tell me you went somewhere warm.

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Speaker 2: Went somewhere warm and left the kids out home. The

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Speaker 2: Spurgeon's haartment and our significant others took a trip down

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Speaker 1: How bizarre is this?

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Speaker 3: I mean, you get all star breaks during the season,

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Speaker 3: and it's going to be a rush coming out of it.

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Speaker 3: What is this oasis like as you you know, you

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Speaker 2: Yeah, No, it's weird. I think the hardest part right

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Speaker 2: now is coming back and the guys who aren't at

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Speaker 2: the Olympics. We're doing another kind of mini training camp

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Speaker 2: right now. So you're shocking the system two times in

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Speaker 2: a couple of weeks off and but no, it's good.

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Speaker 2: You know, it makes it makes you really excited to

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Speaker 3: You did get on the ice a couple of days ago.

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Speaker 3: What was that first touch like as you try to

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Speaker 2: Yeah, first two days where we got up and down

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Speaker 2: Everyone's looking good at Chris so everyone's excited to be

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Speaker 2: Huh yeah, Flowers just the man. I mean, I don't

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Speaker 3: I'm sure a lot of your downtime has been taking

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Speaker 3: So what was it like, What hasn't been like for

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Speaker 2: Been really cool to see all these guys have the

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Speaker 3: Give me your impressions of Quinn Hughes as a teammate

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Speaker 3: and the guy that scored one of the biggest goals

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Hughes, He's just a rock star. And you know

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Speaker 1: He's unbelievable, Jake.

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Speaker 3: I think for fans here, they're getting accustomed to seeing

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Speaker 3: just how good this dude is until you get to

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Speaker 3: see him in a Wild uniform. How about for you,

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Speaker 3: when did it click for you that? I mean, this

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Speaker 2: Yeah to touch on that it was we kind of

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Speaker 2: that are beyond exceptional. Right, He's a superstar, and it's

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Speaker 3: Capauana on everyone knows about John Hines. He's on the

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Speaker 3: What do you like as a coach?

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Speaker 2: Passionate hockey fan, passionate hockey man. He's just a good

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Speaker 3: Can't wait to hear from him. Now the break is

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Speaker 3: We can recap all of that, but how do you

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Speaker 1: Come out of the Olympic.

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Speaker 2: Break well by getting our feet under us and in

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Speaker 2: we'll have success throughout the rest of the year. Last

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Speaker 2: one for you, I think we've only got twenty four games.

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Speaker 3: That's it, right, Yeah, two dozen games are left on

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Speaker 1: Take October out of the equation.

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Speaker 3: How much fun has this season been for you as

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Speaker 2: Just the camaraderie we have in the room and the

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Speaker 3: Thanks for helping us start the show, Jake. Enjoy the

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Speaker 2: See you guys, Take care there you go.

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Speaker 3: Wild defenceman Jake Middleton helping us start the show here

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Speaker 3: nine to noon, filling in for Paul Allen. My name

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Speaker 3: is Kevin Falmas. That's Jake Middleton. Eight seasons in the

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Speaker 3: National Hockey League, fifth with the Minnesota Wild this season,

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Speaker 3: He's not Jared Spurgeon. He's not Quinn Hughes, He's not

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Speaker 4: Absolutely. His pairing sometimes is Spurgeon. It's a solid pairing,

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Speaker 3: It's funny, well good to hear from Jake Middleton's It's

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Speaker 3: I know the Timberwolves start tonight in Dallas, and things

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Speaker 1: Fall into place. I really had.

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Speaker 3: A driving desire to have Johnny Krasinski on today, just

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Speaker 1: No, I'm I'm jammed.

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Speaker 3: It's just it's just unfortunately I can't squeeze him in.

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Speaker 3: But it would have been a lot of fun. When

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Speaker 3: Jack Hapuuano, the wild associate coach, is going to join

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Speaker 1: Like we said with.

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Speaker 3: Midzi, twenty four games left in the regular season and

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Speaker 3: then we're off to the best part of the year,

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Speaker 3: which is playoff hockey, which unbelievably is right around the corner.

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Speaker 3: Before that, though, Brad Frost, Golden Gopher women's head coach,

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Speaker 1: Brad Frost, what does he have to do with that?

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Speaker 1: We're talking to Brad Frost next on the Fan. You're

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Speaker 5: The past for color defet's been Thanks cool, overcome here

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Speaker 3: Have you come out down off You're high yet?

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Speaker 6: That was a pretty exciting one. We were watching as

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Speaker 6: You know, when when the US won the draw and

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Speaker 6: Not real well. We we've talked several times. Obviously, have

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Speaker 6: Oh yeah, you know, there's obviously they the US kind

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Speaker 3: Well, anybody that watches and knows who got the goals

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Speaker 6: For sure. I think the biggest thing is just that,

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Speaker 3: I think people are getting exposed to her and what

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Speaker 3: Is she your favorite player? You probably can't admit that

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Speaker 1: Give me a preview of the weekend against the Bulldigs.

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Speaker 3: Always great when you get the interstate stuff going and

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Speaker 6: Yeah, it should be another another great series. Bulldogs are

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Speaker 1: Where do your allegiance lie? Then? Do you do you

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Speaker 3: with the red, white and blue?

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Speaker 1: What are you going to do?

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Speaker 2: Brad?

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I think I'll probably be right down the middle

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Speaker 6: and I'll win either way. So you know what a

443
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Speaker 6: showcase though for hockey. I mean, it's just so good

444
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Speaker 6: to have the NHL as back in the Olympics, and

445
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Speaker 6: to see the talent that both well all the teams,

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Speaker 6: but in particular Canada and US have is just so special.

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Speaker 6: It's so amazing to watch, and I imagine many people

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Speaker 6: will be tuning in so hopefully that cam the US

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Speaker 6: game can happen.

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Speaker 3: Sounds great, Brad, Thanks for making time here. Good luck

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Speaker 3: the rest of the season, and I'm sure we'll reach

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Speaker 3: out here very shortly.

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Speaker 1: I'm Beyon the Pond.

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Speaker 6: I appreciate it. Kevin, Thanks, I have a great day.

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Speaker 1: There you go.

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Speaker 3: Brad Frost, head coach of the Golden Gopher women's hockey team,

457
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Speaker 3: as mentioned twenty four to seven and one on the season.

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Speaker 1: Stub their toe a little.

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Speaker 3: Bit last week against the second ranked Ohio State buck guys,

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Speaker 3: but they're back at it again tonight, trying to make

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Speaker 3: amends against the Bulldogs of und Friday. That's tonight at

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Speaker 3: six o'clock tomorrow afternoon at two Tickets available a gophersports

463
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Speaker 3: dot com go see Brad Frost and the rest of

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Speaker 3: the Gophers go toe to toe with the Bulldogs on

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Speaker 3: the U of M campus.

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Speaker 1: So that should be a blast.

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Speaker 3: Why don't I do this take a little break early

468
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Speaker 3: there Brett and what we're gonna do. We're gonna talk

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Speaker 3: to Jack Coppolana next, but then I'm thinking we can

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Speaker 3: probably squeeze in some Brett Blakemore's Breakaways before the top

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Speaker 3: of the hour.

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Speaker 1: How's that to spring that on you? Right here and

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Speaker 1: right now?

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Speaker 7: Oh?

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Speaker 1: You can't wait, can you? I can't wait.

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Speaker 3: The only thing that would make it better is if

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Speaker 3: Pat mccletty was here to pour water on every great

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Speaker 3: idea you have. I feel bad because I did have

479
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Speaker 3: to take when Woody Page finally responded, yes he joined,

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Speaker 3: I had to kick mickeletty to the side, and I.

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Speaker 1: Feel bad about that.

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Speaker 3: But I talk to him every week, so I don't

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Speaker 3: think he feels bad about it. And he was on

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Speaker 3: yesterday with PA so it was something new, something different.

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Speaker 3: So my apologies out loud and proud to Pat mccalletty.

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Speaker 3: But yes, on the other side of break not only

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Speaker 3: Jack Coppolano an update on the Minnesota Wild, but it's

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Speaker 3: very possible we'll also get the return of Brett Blakemore's

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Speaker 3: Breakaways on the fan.

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Speaker 7: I'm paying to wait three and a half minutes and

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Speaker 7: over times over time.

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Speaker 1: Let's ye have the Divine of States. Thanks sloop walking here.

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Speaker 1: The other semmis.

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Speaker 3: Kenny Albert once again on NBC. One of those guys

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Speaker 3: with Minnesota Wild ties against the Wild. The Americans pass

496
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Speaker 3: those pesky Swedes and they're off to the semifinals coming

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Speaker 3: up later on this afternoon. One guy that I know

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Speaker 3: has been an interested observer and everything American hockey is wild,

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Speaker 3: Associate coach Jack Happolano nice enough to join us now

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Speaker 3: on k f A n.

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Speaker 1: Jack, I'm Kevin Falness, thanks for joining us.

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Speaker 8: Thank you.

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Speaker 2: Hey.

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Speaker 3: Just had Jake Middleton on at the top of the arm.

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Speaker 3: We were talking a little bit about what he did

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Speaker 3: during the Olympic break. I know you're back in the

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Speaker 3: fire again. Did you get a chance to take a

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Speaker 3: breather and get away from hockey for a couple of

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Speaker 3: days at least at the start of the break.

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Speaker 8: You know what I did? I uh we We went

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Speaker 8: down to Florida with I took my wife and my

512
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Speaker 8: excuse me, my daughter and her husband and my grandson

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Speaker 8: who's three years old, and spent four days on the

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Speaker 8: beach and actually had a great time. So the weather

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Speaker 8: was good. Got to spend some time with the grandson.

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Speaker 8: Which was great.

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Speaker 1: That is outstanding.

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Speaker 3: Like I said with Jake, this is kind of an

519
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Speaker 3: oasis in the middle of the grind, that is, and

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Speaker 3: especially for a coach. I mean it's tough enough for

521
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Speaker 3: a player, but for the coaches, I mean, you guys

522
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Speaker 3: are burning the midnight oil.

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Speaker 1: This is just kind of like strange.

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Speaker 3: It's almost like the middle of summer, in the middle

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Speaker 3: of winter where you get just a time where there's

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Speaker 3: just nothing going on because of this extended Olympic break.

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Speaker 1: How nice has this been?

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Speaker 8: It's been nice. Obviously was still dialed in here. You know,

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Speaker 8: we met as soon as everybody got back last week,

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Speaker 8: the four days prior to the you know, the return

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Speaker 8: to play, to make sure that we had again our

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Speaker 8: video and our practice plans ready to go, similar to

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Speaker 8: the Four Nations, but this year is obviously we I

534
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Speaker 8: think we had the most Olympians off any team. So

535
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Speaker 8: we got three lines and we've got six defencemen. We

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Speaker 8: got a couple of guys coming back from Sweden here

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Speaker 8: on Tuesday and then Stirmy as well. But you know,

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Speaker 8: so it's a little bit different formation as you go

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Speaker 8: through as far as your drills, but you know, you

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Speaker 8: want to get back to your framework and your structure,

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Speaker 8: and most importantly, you want to get back to the

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Speaker 8: timing and conditioning. So we're ready to play against Colorado

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Speaker 8: next week.

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Speaker 1: How hard?

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Speaker 3: I mean, these are professional athletes, they're fine tuned. I

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Speaker 3: don't think a week away from the ice is going

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Speaker 3: to do set them back all that much. But what

548
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Speaker 3: did they look like other than that brand new tan?

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Speaker 3: A lot of them are sporting. How did they look

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Speaker 3: in that first day back on the ice.

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Speaker 8: You know what we met with them before, as we

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Speaker 8: did last year. Again, they're professional, like we have a

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Speaker 8: veteran group. They know collectively how important the first half

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Speaker 8: was for us and where we are in the standings,

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Speaker 8: and and it's been all business and we know that

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Speaker 8: the second half is going to be tough as well,

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Speaker 8: and we want to position ourselves the best that we can. Obviously,

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Speaker 8: a lot of teams they're going to be fighting for

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Speaker 8: playoff spots in home ice, and we want to be

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Speaker 8: one of those teams obviously. So but the first two

561
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Speaker 8: days were really good. They had a day off today

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Speaker 8: just to treat and train day and we'll be back

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Speaker 8: at it tomorrow. But the tempo was going to obviously

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Speaker 8: increase every day. They're well aware of that. But like

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Speaker 8: I said, the character of the commitment level of our

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Speaker 8: players has been excellent.

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Speaker 3: A massive push coming up for your squad coming out

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Speaker 3: of the Olympic break. You got two dozen games left

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Speaker 3: before you start the postseason and that's going to be fantastic.

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Speaker 3: But before we look forward, let's look back to the

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Speaker 3: first almost sixty games of this season.

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Speaker 1: How would you recap it?

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Speaker 3: Outside of the I think we can all agree dropping

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Speaker 3: nine to twelve to start the year was not the

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Speaker 3: preferred method to get on things underway, But you put

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Speaker 3: October behind you and you've been rolling ever since.

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Speaker 1: How would you sum up the first almost sixty games.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, I think the start, like you said, was not

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Speaker 8: the start that we wanted, especially after the way that

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Speaker 8: we finished last year. And then I thought we played

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Speaker 8: really well against Vegas and in the first round of

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Speaker 8: the playoffs. But like I said, we got we got

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Speaker 8: an experienced group, we got a veteran group.

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 8: I think the guys came together after that after that

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Speaker 8: little losing streak. But the one thing about our group

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Speaker 8: is they understand the identity that we have to play

588
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Speaker 8: with and when we when we got back to that identity.

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Speaker 8: When we played within our structure, we had success. And

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Speaker 8: obviously our goaltending has been excellent for us. You know,

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Speaker 8: we were scoring quite a few goals. We were giving

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Speaker 8: up a little bit too much, but we kind of

593
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Speaker 8: tightened that up there. But overall, I would I would

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Speaker 8: say that our group has played really well and has

595
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Speaker 8: played within the structure and the framework and the foundation

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Speaker 8: and the identity that we need to play. I think

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Speaker 8: they realized that when we when we get off script

598
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Speaker 8: and we don't play, every team in the league has

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Speaker 8: to play a certain way, right, So we might be

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Speaker 8: different than other teams, but we know exactly the way

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Speaker 8: that we have to be to play to be successful.

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Speaker 1: And the stats speed for itself.

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Speaker 3: Thirty four, fourteen and ten into the break and right

604
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Speaker 3: in a five game win streak, But it sounded like

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Speaker 3: going into that break, Jack, if you can help rewind again,

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Speaker 3: and that.

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Speaker 1: Five game win streak was awesome.

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Speaker 3: You piled up the points and all that is good,

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Speaker 3: but it didn't feel like you, guys, felt like you

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Speaker 3: were playing your game to its perfection. Maybe a little

611
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Speaker 3: loosey goosey defensively, Maybe some things we're lacking.

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Speaker 1: What things.

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Speaker 3: Are you trying to tighten up now as the as

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Speaker 3: the race really heats up coming out of the break,

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Speaker 3: starting with that trip to Colorado.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, you're exactly right. I think that we realize as

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Speaker 8: a team, with the players that we have, we're going

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Speaker 8: to score goals. There's no question, Like we can down

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Speaker 8: two nothing after two, we come back and score three

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Speaker 8: in one of the games, Like we're going to score.

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Speaker 8: We just got to make sure that, you know, we

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Speaker 8: tighten up defensively a little bit and that that's the

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Speaker 8: big thing with us, and we know that good defense

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Speaker 8: leads a great offense and we're going to just continue

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Speaker 8: to nail that hoom with our guys. But they know

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Speaker 8: that as a group, So that would be the one area,

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Speaker 8: like you said, if we can and I don't. And

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Speaker 8: again I don't know why we got away from it

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Speaker 8: a little bit, you know why we were a little

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Speaker 8: loosey goosey, But that's a sign of a good team

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Speaker 8: when you when you get out of your structure a

632
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Speaker 8: little bit and you still win. But we can be

633
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Speaker 8: better and we know that.

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Speaker 3: Talking a while, tossociate coach Jack Hapawana leading the charge

635
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Speaker 3: here while John Hines is leading the Americans from the

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Speaker 3: bench along with Mike Sullivan and Crewe for the Red, White,

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Speaker 3: and Blue in action later today against Slovakia. I thought

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Speaker 3: this team was playing well even before the massive trade,

639
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Speaker 3: and then you land the blackbuster that is Quinn Hughes.

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Speaker 3: We're seeing him on an international level, we see him

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Speaker 3: in a Wild uniform, and we know just how good

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Speaker 3: he is. How has he changed the dynamics of this

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Speaker 3: team since landing here in December.

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Speaker 8: I think it changes your mindset. I think you know,

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Speaker 8: with Craig and Billy making a move like this, you

646
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Speaker 8: know what it does to the room, right to the

647
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Speaker 8: to the to the guys in the room that our

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Speaker 8: time is now. We're not getting any younger. As as

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Speaker 8: a team. We have a veteran group. We have a

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Speaker 8: group that can do some damage. You know, Billy knows that,

651
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Speaker 8: and you know that that trade that he made shows

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Speaker 8: to the players that, hey, you know, this is where

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Speaker 8: we are as an organization. We want to take the

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Speaker 8: next step. So not only uh landing a player that's

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Speaker 8: going to help your team, but it does do something

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Speaker 8: mentally in the mindset for the players as well and

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Speaker 8: gives them that confidence.

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Speaker 3: What's it been like for you watching the Olympics, then,

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Speaker 3: I mean the entire thing has been great. The men's

660
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Speaker 3: ice hockey has been something special. And that game in particular,

661
00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:33,640
Speaker 3: the Americans and the Swedes going toe to toe in

662
00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:35,880
Speaker 3: the quarterfinals. It was just interesting in my mind to

663
00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:38,880
Speaker 3: see jewel Erks and ec for example, battling brock Favor

664
00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:40,920
Speaker 3: taking punches to the head. One time he goes down,

665
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,720
Speaker 3: he gets right back up in typical Jewelers and Eric's

666
00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:46,200
Speaker 3: and X fashion. What was it like for you, as

667
00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:48,680
Speaker 3: a guy with a rooting interest to watch that game

668
00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:49,800
Speaker 3: unfold in particular?

669
00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:52,760
Speaker 8: Well, number one, you don't want to see anybody get injured,

670
00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:54,480
Speaker 8: right when you when you go to these tournaments and

671
00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:57,880
Speaker 8: it's a short tournament, but but be you know, when

672
00:30:57,880 --> 00:30:59,880
Speaker 8: guys play for the country, they play hard, and they

673
00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:01,760
Speaker 8: go to battle against one another and they're going to

674
00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:04,560
Speaker 8: do whatever it takes to win. So it's been a

675
00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:07,000
Speaker 8: good tournament, you know, it was. It was great watching

676
00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:10,120
Speaker 8: the women's game yesterday too, Like I enjoyed watching that.

677
00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:14,160
Speaker 8: And then now we're down to the final four teams

678
00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:17,400
Speaker 8: here that start here this morning and then this afternoon.

679
00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:21,040
Speaker 1: But it's it's it's.

680
00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:22,920
Speaker 8: Like anything else, right, you're watching your guys, you're rooting

681
00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:24,760
Speaker 8: them in. You want to see everybody do well, no

682
00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:26,959
Speaker 8: matter what team they're on, even though I'm from the US,

683
00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:29,680
Speaker 8: but I thought Sweden the US game was a really

684
00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:32,080
Speaker 8: good game, you know it. It was a tight game,

685
00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:35,440
Speaker 8: like we all thought it would be. And now moving forward,

686
00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:38,000
Speaker 8: we'll see if it ends up US Canada.

687
00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:40,600
Speaker 3: Just a couple more for you, Jack, Really appreciate your time,

688
00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:44,920
Speaker 3: Jack Haplana joining us here on kfa N. Listening to

689
00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:48,000
Speaker 3: some of the accounts from the post game afterwards, a

690
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:49,600
Speaker 3: lot of the guys on the bench said they could

691
00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:52,120
Speaker 3: see this Quinn Hughes play developing that he's this is

692
00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:54,240
Speaker 3: kind of his patented thing to find space in the

693
00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:56,360
Speaker 3: middle and then drive the net. And then he sends

694
00:31:56,360 --> 00:31:59,720
Speaker 3: that just wicked ristshot over the glove of Mark Strum.

695
00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:02,640
Speaker 3: Did you, as a coach see that developing as overtime

696
00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:03,320
Speaker 3: was going on.

697
00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:09,880
Speaker 8: Well, yeah, the thing about Quinn everybody talks about, you know,

698
00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:15,080
Speaker 8: his his hockey IQ, and you know how he's elusive

699
00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:18,520
Speaker 8: and deceptive and everything. But if you watch that play,

700
00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:21,600
Speaker 8: I watch develop He knew that he had some tie

701
00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:24,720
Speaker 8: players on the ice for the opposition, and he didn't change, right,

702
00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:26,800
Speaker 8: he stayed on the ice, and then when he got

703
00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:28,520
Speaker 8: in his own he does what he does right. He

704
00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:33,200
Speaker 8: cuts back, he turns quickly. You know, he's a he's

705
00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:35,680
Speaker 8: a possession type guy, and he's not afraid to shoot

706
00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:37,720
Speaker 8: the pucket. That's exactly what he did. Kind of used

707
00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:39,920
Speaker 8: him as a screen and great shot off the post

708
00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:42,280
Speaker 8: and then sends us to the to the semi game.

709
00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:45,880
Speaker 8: But doesn't surprise me with his skill level and confidence

710
00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:46,880
Speaker 8: and how he plays the game.

711
00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:48,840
Speaker 1: Help me set the table for this afternoon.

712
00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:51,320
Speaker 3: It's Canada and Finland this morning that's about to get

713
00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:54,000
Speaker 3: under way. Probably they have dropped the puck, I think

714
00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:54,520
Speaker 3: over there.

715
00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:54,760
Speaker 1: In the line.

716
00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:56,040
Speaker 3: But the big one that we're going to be paying

717
00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:59,760
Speaker 3: attention to the United States against Slovakia definitely not a

718
00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:00,320
Speaker 3: pushow over.

719
00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:02,320
Speaker 1: The United States can't look past Slovakia.

720
00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:06,600
Speaker 3: And that goaltender with Minnesota wild Ties, Samuel hallav How

721
00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:08,959
Speaker 3: impressed have you been about this kid that you probably

722
00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:10,240
Speaker 3: remember well from training camp.

723
00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:13,960
Speaker 8: Yeah, and he is a big man, and you know

724
00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:16,160
Speaker 8: he's square of the pucket and he battles and he

725
00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:19,760
Speaker 8: works hard, so you know it'll be a good game.

726
00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:23,160
Speaker 8: I think you're exactly correct. The US can't you know,

727
00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:25,800
Speaker 8: look by him. Obviously they have a favorite obviously in

728
00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:28,880
Speaker 8: this game, a lot more talent. But as we know,

729
00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:31,440
Speaker 8: you have to play as a team. But Slovak do'll

730
00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:35,360
Speaker 8: be excited to play and if US just continues to

731
00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:39,240
Speaker 8: play the way they play and stay disciplined, I think

732
00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:40,680
Speaker 8: they got a great chance to move on.

733
00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:43,240
Speaker 3: Last thing for you, how excited are you to get

734
00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:46,680
Speaker 3: back to regular game situations and you're playing every other

735
00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:50,400
Speaker 3: night and sometimes three games in fournites. How excited are

736
00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:53,400
Speaker 3: you for this final push into the playoffs with just

737
00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:54,840
Speaker 3: twenty four games left on the docket.

738
00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:58,160
Speaker 8: I'm excited because this You know, I've been around for

739
00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:01,040
Speaker 8: a while and I've coached in different organizations, and I've

740
00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:04,719
Speaker 8: said this before, like this is probably the best team

741
00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:07,560
Speaker 8: that I've that I've been around. When you look at

742
00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:10,160
Speaker 8: the personnel that we have and what Billy and Craig

743
00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:12,560
Speaker 8: have done for the organization, and not to mention both

744
00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:15,800
Speaker 8: goaltenders that we have, this is a very special group.

745
00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:18,960
Speaker 8: So I'm really looking forward to dropping the puck here

746
00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:20,840
Speaker 8: against Colorado here shortly.

747
00:34:20,680 --> 00:34:23,040
Speaker 3: Outstanding jacket will be here before you know it. Enjoy

748
00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:25,080
Speaker 3: the hockey, today and thanks for taking some time for

749
00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:30,120
Speaker 3: us today. Thanks dev Jack Capuano, Wild associate coach, getting

750
00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:33,560
Speaker 3: ready for the return to the NHL grind. It's been

751
00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:36,880
Speaker 3: a break, man, I can't believe. Don't tell anyone, Brett.

752
00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:40,120
Speaker 3: I haven't been to Saint Paul since February third, whatever

753
00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:42,120
Speaker 3: that last game was. I haven't gone back there since.

754
00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:44,160
Speaker 3: I can do a lot of work remotely. It's not

755
00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:46,920
Speaker 3: like I'm just sleeping in every day and not doing anything.

756
00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:48,879
Speaker 1: That's whatever. That's the common misperception.

757
00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:51,359
Speaker 3: I'm still working, but I haven't been to Saint Paul

758
00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:54,919
Speaker 3: since that final game against Nashville, which was a six.

759
00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:58,120
Speaker 1: To five month time for Saint Louis Park. It is, man,

760
00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:00,600
Speaker 1: I'll tell you what. Listening to your the worst story

761
00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:01,360
Speaker 1: the other day.

762
00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:04,080
Speaker 3: In driving the traffic here, Not to pick an old scab,

763
00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:05,920
Speaker 3: because I know that wasn't a lot of fun, but

764
00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:07,840
Speaker 3: I almost went to Saint Paul that day, and I

765
00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:09,600
Speaker 3: was thinking about what the commute would have been like

766
00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:12,120
Speaker 3: for me coming back from there to Saint Louis Park.

767
00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:14,600
Speaker 3: Listening to you and then listening to guards he tried

768
00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:16,600
Speaker 3: to get to the barn. I'm glad I made the

769
00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:18,200
Speaker 3: decision to exercise my option.

770
00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:21,880
Speaker 4: On that day, it was the perfect storm of gterally snow,

771
00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:25,879
Speaker 4: rush hour plows couldn't get out, and literally I could

772
00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:29,839
Speaker 4: have biked to work faster. Yeah, I've worked there seven years.

773
00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:31,800
Speaker 4: The long ast it's ever taken me is forty five minutes.

774
00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:34,279
Speaker 4: Took me an hour and a half year. That's just unbelievable.

775
00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:35,480
Speaker 4: That is unfortunate.

776
00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:38,000
Speaker 3: It was it made for entertaining radio, and I could

777
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:41,480
Speaker 3: only imagine like as heated as Guardy was getting on

778
00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:43,239
Speaker 3: the air, I could only imagine what he was like

779
00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:45,680
Speaker 3: when the microphone was off and he's trying. You know,

780
00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:48,480
Speaker 3: there's it wasn't your fault, it wasn't his fault. But

781
00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:50,520
Speaker 3: he's up against the clock here, he's got a game

782
00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:53,360
Speaker 3: to call, the biggest game of the season, maybe of

783
00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:53,960
Speaker 3: his career.

784
00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:56,040
Speaker 1: The phone call we had we couldn't be aired.

785
00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:59,799
Speaker 3: O rare ways I'll tell you that, Oh there's nothing,

786
00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:03,319
Speaker 3: you know, let's do a little we you know, we

787
00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:06,319
Speaker 3: do this for those of you listening, and you you know,

788
00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:09,279
Speaker 3: this is a different audience potentially than Beyond the Pond

789
00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:11,239
Speaker 3: that we do every Saturday morning from ten to noon

790
00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:14,320
Speaker 3: on KFE, and that not only Brett Blakemore and myself,

791
00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:17,160
Speaker 3: but our good friend Pat mcletty. But a staple for

792
00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:20,200
Speaker 3: Beyond the Pond is it's become this, this thing called

793
00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:22,080
Speaker 3: Brett Blakemore's Breakaways.

794
00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:27,800
Speaker 7: It's time for Brett Blakemore's breakaway.

795
00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:31,360
Speaker 9: Cast to that it Clint Hughes breakaway and oh, I

796
00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:34,799
Speaker 9: am that'd be pretty fun. Maybe up to do that,

797
00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:37,319
Speaker 9: and maybe you could get off your hands and you

798
00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:42,600
Speaker 9: can do it. So this is an opportunity to get

799
00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:43,600
Speaker 9: inside the mind.

800
00:36:43,360 --> 00:36:46,160
Speaker 3: Which is a really dangerous place to walk around. But

801
00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:48,600
Speaker 3: it's tummy's feeling better. So let's see what Brett Blakemore's

802
00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:49,880
Speaker 3: got up his dirty little sleeve.

803
00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:52,560
Speaker 1: I didn't like how you said that.

804
00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:57,680
Speaker 4: The Canadians and the Fins are playing right now, still

805
00:36:57,800 --> 00:36:59,799
Speaker 4: scoreless in the first period, about five minutes.

806
00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:03,440
Speaker 1: I got to fight. It's into the first period, I

807
00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:03,960
Speaker 1: should say.

808
00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:07,560
Speaker 4: But my question to you, I was talking to some

809
00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:08,440
Speaker 4: of my buddies last night.

810
00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:10,960
Speaker 1: We're playing games, just hanging out.

811
00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:13,319
Speaker 4: And he tells me and I would love to get

812
00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:15,839
Speaker 4: texts from this on the Bradshawn Brian KFA and text

813
00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:18,200
Speaker 4: line your thoughts because I think this could be a

814
00:37:18,239 --> 00:37:21,200
Speaker 4: polarizing I didn't think it was I thought everyone thought

815
00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:23,279
Speaker 4: like me, but he was.

816
00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:29,160
Speaker 1: Rooting nobody thinks like you. Continuing, many people have said

817
00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:31,600
Speaker 1: that he was rooting.

818
00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:34,239
Speaker 4: One of my buddies was rooting for Canada against the

819
00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:37,400
Speaker 4: Checks because he wants to play Canada in the gold

820
00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:40,319
Speaker 4: to quote earn it, to make sure that we earn

821
00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:42,319
Speaker 4: it for gold medal, and it wouldn't be the same

822
00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:44,680
Speaker 4: if we didn't beat Canada, because then we wouldn't be

823
00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:47,560
Speaker 4: the best. I'm here to tell you here's my response.

824
00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:51,240
Speaker 4: I don't care how it comes. I don't care how

825
00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:53,680
Speaker 4: the path is or how easy your heart it is.

826
00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:56,799
Speaker 4: If you win that gold medal, you're the best team there.

827
00:37:57,440 --> 00:37:57,920
Speaker 1: That's that.

828
00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:01,600
Speaker 4: So I was rooting so hard for Chechia. I'm rooting

829
00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:03,480
Speaker 4: very hard for the Fins. Although the Fins are a

830
00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:05,040
Speaker 4: very good team and that would be a challenge for

831
00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:07,120
Speaker 4: the US as well. But I'd rather play the Fins

832
00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:09,960
Speaker 4: than the Canadians, that's for sure, I think. And I

833
00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:11,920
Speaker 4: would love to get text on this. Do you actually

834
00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:15,160
Speaker 4: actively want to play Canada in the gold medal game

835
00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:18,200
Speaker 4: or are you just saying, uh, gold medals a gold medal.

836
00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:20,640
Speaker 1: I don't care outcomes that's what medal is a gold medal.

837
00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:24,440
Speaker 3: This American squad has not medaled since twenty ten. They

838
00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:28,239
Speaker 3: haven't captured gold in almost fifty years. I don't care

839
00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:30,480
Speaker 3: who's on the other side of the ice. I'm taking

840
00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:32,560
Speaker 3: that gold medal. I'm putting it on my mantle and

841
00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:35,080
Speaker 3: it is one of the biggest moments in the history

842
00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:36,040
Speaker 3: of American hockey.

843
00:38:36,520 --> 00:38:37,880
Speaker 1: And I don't care who's on the other side of

844
00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:38,200
Speaker 1: the ice.

845
00:38:38,239 --> 00:38:41,840
Speaker 3: If it's Canada, if it's Chechia, if it's the Russian

846
00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:45,200
Speaker 3: Red Army, if it's my kid's pee Wee Banham team,

847
00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:46,600
Speaker 3: I don't care who it is on the other end

848
00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:48,879
Speaker 3: of the ice. An Olympic gold is an Olympic gold,

849
00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:50,960
Speaker 3: so you take it in anyway, shape or form. But

850
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:53,319
Speaker 3: if you're an American, you're not rooting for the Canadian team.

851
00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:56,080
Speaker 3: I don't care who's on that squad. Nick Suzuki, come.

852
00:38:55,920 --> 00:39:02,719
Speaker 4: On, well there's that. Here we'll go here. Crosby is

853
00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:05,160
Speaker 4: not playing. The fan has learned for Canada right now.

854
00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:09,600
Speaker 4: I get it's a third. I get the leadership. He

855
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:12,080
Speaker 4: wears the sea. He's been there, done that. He scored

856
00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:13,840
Speaker 4: the golden goal that I ever want to see again,

857
00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:18,120
Speaker 4: he's also the third line center. How much does this impact?

858
00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:21,600
Speaker 4: I get you love the well, he's a locker.

859
00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:23,920
Speaker 3: Room guy and he's the guy that everyone You can't

860
00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:28,680
Speaker 3: talk down about Sidney Crosby. I know you can down

861
00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:32,920
Speaker 3: you can downplay Marcus Filino, but you can't downplay Sidney Crosby.

862
00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:38,160
Speaker 3: One of the best. There's no team, there's no there's

863
00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:40,680
Speaker 3: no debate. He's one of the four best players to

864
00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:43,360
Speaker 3: ever play the game. If you can get Sidney Crosby

865
00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:46,080
Speaker 3: on the ice, you take it, of course, So you

866
00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:48,600
Speaker 3: can't down anyway his impact on on on what he

867
00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:50,680
Speaker 3: would be on that team, whether he's the first line,

868
00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:53,200
Speaker 3: second line or third line. To every guy on that roster,

869
00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:57,800
Speaker 3: including Connor McDavid, especially Nate McKinnon, look up to Sidney Crosby.

870
00:39:58,000 --> 00:39:59,960
Speaker 3: I don't care who where's the letter? But he does

871
00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:01,960
Speaker 3: where the letter when he's out there for a good reason.

872
00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:04,760
Speaker 1: He's earned it. I didn't say he didn't.

873
00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:08,000
Speaker 4: What I was saying is how much on the ice

874
00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:11,439
Speaker 4: impact is going to cause Canada now that Crosby, their

875
00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:12,879
Speaker 4: third line center.

876
00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:16,640
Speaker 1: Is out for them? Yeah? Probably minimal, thank you. That's

877
00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:19,040
Speaker 1: my point. There's not a whole lot.

878
00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:22,839
Speaker 3: Yeah, No, I mean they're loaded regardless, especially and I

879
00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:24,439
Speaker 3: got to get it on this TV. I haven't seen

880
00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:27,000
Speaker 3: what their line combinations or anything, mostly.

881
00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:29,040
Speaker 4: On USA, but now they're doing speed skating, so I

882
00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:29,759
Speaker 4: don't know what's going on.

883
00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:30,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'll tell you what.

884
00:40:30,680 --> 00:40:33,360
Speaker 3: I plunk down money for Peacock for this very reason,

885
00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:35,920
Speaker 3: and the only reason is so I could watch Olympic

886
00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:38,800
Speaker 3: hockey because they do screw around with You never know

887
00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:42,040
Speaker 3: if it's going to be an MSNBC or CNBC or

888
00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:45,320
Speaker 3: NBC or whichever one of these conglomerations.

889
00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:46,600
Speaker 1: So at least if you.

890
00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:48,960
Speaker 3: Have the Peacock app, you can always find it and

891
00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:51,200
Speaker 3: you can replay it, and it's always on demand. But

892
00:40:51,239 --> 00:40:53,840
Speaker 3: it has been a hassle. I will cancel at the

893
00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:56,240
Speaker 3: minute the Olympics are over. But I did. I plunk

894
00:40:56,280 --> 00:40:57,879
Speaker 3: down the money because that's the only way I could

895
00:40:57,920 --> 00:40:59,120
Speaker 3: guarantee myself.

896
00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:01,479
Speaker 1: To watch what I want, when I want, how I want.

897
00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:03,800
Speaker 1: Let's go here.

898
00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:09,359
Speaker 4: Just to quickly uh some text Erican circle Pine saying

899
00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:11,480
Speaker 4: the gold medal is absolutely the priority. If we beat

900
00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:14,319
Speaker 4: Canada to get it, that would be much sweeter. So

901
00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:16,760
Speaker 4: kind of riding the fence there six one two guys, says,

902
00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:19,240
Speaker 4: I for sure want the Canada USA final.

903
00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:22,759
Speaker 1: That's the heavyweight championship. Bout god.

904
00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:26,319
Speaker 4: I don't disagree with that, but I would rather have

905
00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:28,480
Speaker 4: the Golden medal playing Finland than I have a silver

906
00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:34,720
Speaker 4: playing camp. So you're you, I actively am rooting against

907
00:41:34,719 --> 00:41:37,239
Speaker 4: Canada right now so we don't have to play them

908
00:41:37,239 --> 00:41:38,000
Speaker 4: in the Golden Medal game.

909
00:41:38,160 --> 00:41:41,200
Speaker 1: I can't believe that's preposterous. It's probably not preposterous.

910
00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:42,880
Speaker 3: I don't know that I'm rooting against Canada because I

911
00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:44,640
Speaker 3: don't want the Americans to face them. If they do,

912
00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:48,560
Speaker 3: then they do. That's fine. But still beating Finland isn't

913
00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:51,160
Speaker 3: exactly a cakewalk either to them.

914
00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:54,719
Speaker 4: It's I'm not saying it is. But who would you

915
00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:55,960
Speaker 4: rather play in the gold medal game.

916
00:41:56,080 --> 00:41:58,360
Speaker 3: I think I would like their chances better against Finland.

917
00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:00,000
Speaker 3: There you go, But I have no problem. If it's

918
00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:01,960
Speaker 3: Canada or if it's Finland. You take who they throw

919
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:03,879
Speaker 3: up against you. This is the best American team they've

920
00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:07,360
Speaker 3: had in maybe ever. When you look at the NHL

921
00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:10,000
Speaker 3: talent that's loaded on there. Their goaltending and is rock solid.

922
00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:13,040
Speaker 3: Their blue line is the best in the world. Certainly

923
00:42:13,080 --> 00:42:15,960
Speaker 3: they don't have the firepower of a Canadian team, but

924
00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:20,359
Speaker 3: I like their chances against no matter who they play,

925
00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:22,360
Speaker 3: and I think they could go toe to toe with Canada.

926
00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:24,840
Speaker 3: I definitely like their chances better against Finland, but still

927
00:42:25,640 --> 00:42:26,280
Speaker 3: I don't care.

928
00:42:26,120 --> 00:42:27,160
Speaker 1: Who it is. I can't.

929
00:42:27,719 --> 00:42:30,600
Speaker 3: I will not set my alarm for anything at seven

930
00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:32,799
Speaker 3: o'clock in the morning on a Sunday, but I will

931
00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:34,400
Speaker 3: get up especially early for that.

932
00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:37,000
Speaker 1: What does Nordal call.

933
00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:39,799
Speaker 3: It eggs and kegsgs and eggs, I guess that's what

934
00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:41,719
Speaker 3: I'm doing Sunday morning. If the Americans are in it,

935
00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:43,880
Speaker 3: I'm watching it. If not, I'm watching a tableway.

936
00:42:43,920 --> 00:42:45,960
Speaker 4: Godspeed to Dan Burrero, because I will be watching that

937
00:42:46,040 --> 00:42:48,399
Speaker 4: can during sermons.

938
00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:50,960
Speaker 1: So will he, and he'll describe it on it. Yeah,

939
00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:51,680
Speaker 1: that's correct.

940
00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:54,360
Speaker 4: Just looking at the lines, it looks like it was

941
00:42:54,440 --> 00:42:58,399
Speaker 4: updated earlier today. I still am not seeing a name

942
00:42:58,480 --> 00:43:02,520
Speaker 4: on here that I and I'm wondering why he's not

943
00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:03,160
Speaker 4: in the lines.

944
00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:04,400
Speaker 1: And that's Kyle Connor.

945
00:43:04,600 --> 00:43:04,839
Speaker 8: Yeah.

946
00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:07,120
Speaker 1: He's a good player. Yeah, and he can put the

947
00:43:07,120 --> 00:43:07,880
Speaker 1: puck in the net.

948
00:43:08,120 --> 00:43:11,479
Speaker 4: And I get We're not gonna have the conversation about

949
00:43:11,480 --> 00:43:13,480
Speaker 4: we need role players or penalty killers I'm not even

950
00:43:13,520 --> 00:43:15,920
Speaker 4: suggesting that he plays over a J. T. Miller Trocheck,

951
00:43:16,239 --> 00:43:17,680
Speaker 4: even though I think he should. But I don't want

952
00:43:17,680 --> 00:43:20,120
Speaker 4: to have that conversation for the fifteenth time. But even

953
00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:24,279
Speaker 4: a you know, just looking up and down, I'm not

954
00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:27,280
Speaker 4: really crazy about, like like Keller's not in the lineup either.

955
00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:30,600
Speaker 4: I guess I don't know where not looking over and

956
00:43:30,600 --> 00:43:32,080
Speaker 4: I'm not sure where you, but I guess it would

957
00:43:32,080 --> 00:43:33,880
Speaker 4: have to be over a J. T. Miller or a

958
00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:37,239
Speaker 4: Trocheck because the third line is Hughes, Larkin, Thompson. They've

959
00:43:37,239 --> 00:43:39,759
Speaker 4: both been really good. They've all been really good line

960
00:43:39,800 --> 00:43:42,000
Speaker 4: and then the top six is pretty much set. I mean,

961
00:43:42,040 --> 00:43:44,120
Speaker 4: I guess if you want to throw him in for Genzel,

962
00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:47,319
Speaker 4: but Gonzil's been good too, So as I'm talking this

963
00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:50,440
Speaker 4: through to myself now, I'm questioning. But I like Kyle Connor.

964
00:43:50,480 --> 00:43:52,440
Speaker 4: I think he's good enough to crack this roster somewhere.

965
00:43:52,480 --> 00:43:53,640
Speaker 4: Don't you think I would think?

966
00:43:53,680 --> 00:43:56,600
Speaker 3: So hard decisions, I mean, the decisions were hard on

967
00:43:56,640 --> 00:43:58,200
Speaker 3: who to bring over there, and then you've got the

968
00:43:58,239 --> 00:44:01,160
Speaker 3: best players in American hockey theory, and then you have

969
00:44:01,200 --> 00:44:03,799
Speaker 3: to figure out who's the odd man out, And unfortunately

970
00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:05,919
Speaker 3: it looks like it's Kyle Connor, but I do love

971
00:44:05,960 --> 00:44:09,200
Speaker 3: his game. I assume Hella Buk's the starter and the

972
00:44:09,239 --> 00:44:10,120
Speaker 3: D pair is the same.

973
00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:13,040
Speaker 4: I can tell you the DP pairs, they look to

974
00:44:13,120 --> 00:44:16,560
Speaker 4: be the same to me. Yes, let's look at the

975
00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:19,759
Speaker 4: tweet because I'm almost positive it's HELLI bu yeah, it's

976
00:44:19,760 --> 00:44:21,120
Speaker 4: got to be without a doubt.

977
00:44:21,160 --> 00:44:24,040
Speaker 3: I can't believe Atinger hasn't seen a second of action

978
00:44:24,280 --> 00:44:25,000
Speaker 3: during this tournament.

979
00:44:25,080 --> 00:44:26,120
Speaker 1: Thus far, it's.

980
00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:28,719
Speaker 3: Been all Hella Buck and then that one way. I

981
00:44:28,760 --> 00:44:31,120
Speaker 3: have no idea. I thought that was a mistake, No

982
00:44:31,160 --> 00:44:31,800
Speaker 3: one has.

983
00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:35,320
Speaker 4: I have yet to see a solid unless Ottinger's shook

984
00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:35,640
Speaker 4: it up.

985
00:44:35,680 --> 00:44:37,080
Speaker 1: I have no idea.

986
00:44:36,920 --> 00:44:40,600
Speaker 4: Yea, I have yet to see anyone ask or like

987
00:44:40,719 --> 00:44:43,520
Speaker 4: how Ottingre is head and shoulders better than swim?

988
00:44:43,719 --> 00:44:43,919
Speaker 1: Yeah?

989
00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:46,600
Speaker 4: Everyone knows that, yep, so yeah, and then he of course,

990
00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:48,040
Speaker 4: let's have a goal from the red line.

991
00:44:48,080 --> 00:44:50,640
Speaker 1: Didn't cost the US. But do I do one more?

992
00:44:51,280 --> 00:44:54,680
Speaker 3: Let's do one more here, Tony Scott, by the way,

993
00:44:54,719 --> 00:44:57,279
Speaker 3: coming up next, and we'll shift our focus over to

994
00:44:57,320 --> 00:45:00,560
Speaker 3: the youth scene, not only the boys section tournaments, but

995
00:45:00,600 --> 00:45:02,680
Speaker 3: the girls tournament happening as we speak down a Grand

996
00:45:02,680 --> 00:45:05,319
Speaker 3: casino arena, and uh, there's very few people he's going

997
00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:07,359
Speaker 3: to be in studio, very few people that can touch

998
00:45:07,400 --> 00:45:09,359
Speaker 3: on the youth scene better than Tony Scott. So if

999
00:45:09,360 --> 00:45:11,840
Speaker 3: you want to get in on that conversation, you can text.

1000
00:45:11,600 --> 00:45:14,160
Speaker 1: Us six four six eight six. Continue.

1001
00:45:15,640 --> 00:45:18,319
Speaker 4: By the way, still nil nil in the Canada Fins game,

1002
00:45:18,320 --> 00:45:20,080
Speaker 4: but the Fins out shooting him seven to three, So

1003
00:45:20,560 --> 00:45:23,759
Speaker 4: momentum early on with the Fins. Where is your for

1004
00:45:23,840 --> 00:45:27,120
Speaker 4: the Wild? Where is your I know you haven't traveled

1005
00:45:27,120 --> 00:45:31,040
Speaker 4: to Saint Paul in weeks? Where is your big move

1006
00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:34,000
Speaker 4: o meter at? Do you feel like it's still a

1007
00:45:34,080 --> 00:45:35,600
Speaker 4: possibility in something likely?

1008
00:45:35,719 --> 00:45:36,759
Speaker 1: I do? Well, I do.

1009
00:45:36,880 --> 00:45:38,520
Speaker 3: I don't know what's going to cost him, but it

1010
00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:41,000
Speaker 3: just feels like a foregone conclusion. If any trop check

1011
00:45:41,040 --> 00:45:42,440
Speaker 3: is going to end up on this Wild roster, I

1012
00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:44,239
Speaker 3: don't know what it's going to cost. Said big move

1013
00:45:44,280 --> 00:45:47,000
Speaker 3: a meter, Well, I don't know that there's any big

1014
00:45:47,040 --> 00:45:49,319
Speaker 3: move meters to happen for this Wild team.

1015
00:45:49,400 --> 00:45:51,319
Speaker 1: What would be your big movel meeting you want?

1016
00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:51,720
Speaker 2: Brady?

1017
00:45:51,719 --> 00:45:52,920
Speaker 1: Could you just give you a heart?

1018
00:45:53,360 --> 00:45:53,719
Speaker 9: Of course?

1019
00:45:53,719 --> 00:45:55,759
Speaker 1: I do, I know you do, but it's probably not.

1020
00:45:56,040 --> 00:45:59,359
Speaker 3: It seems yeah, you're right, but it seems like that's

1021
00:46:00,360 --> 00:46:03,719
Speaker 3: far fetched. I would say it's more tangible and more realistic,

1022
00:46:03,800 --> 00:46:06,719
Speaker 3: and it almost seems probable that Vinny Trocheck will be

1023
00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:10,080
Speaker 3: here at some point in time once the season. Again,

1024
00:46:10,120 --> 00:46:12,399
Speaker 3: that's just my speculation reading the tea leaves and reading

1025
00:46:12,440 --> 00:46:15,680
Speaker 3: between the lines with Russo what he's saying, and watching

1026
00:46:15,920 --> 00:46:19,919
Speaker 3: the mannerisms of Trocheck out there in Milan. It feels

1027
00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:21,840
Speaker 3: like it's just a matter of time before he's on

1028
00:46:21,880 --> 00:46:23,839
Speaker 3: this roster, and I think he'd compliment it very well.

1029
00:46:23,880 --> 00:46:25,799
Speaker 3: You know, you talk about that center ice depth and

1030
00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:27,360
Speaker 3: a guy that can play a great two way hockey

1031
00:46:27,480 --> 00:46:29,520
Speaker 3: and all the other stuff that you hate. I think

1032
00:46:29,560 --> 00:46:31,600
Speaker 3: that's important this time of year and especially going into

1033
00:46:31,640 --> 00:46:32,160
Speaker 3: the playoffs.

1034
00:46:32,200 --> 00:46:33,920
Speaker 4: I don't hate it at all. I think we just

1035
00:46:33,960 --> 00:46:36,200
Speaker 4: have a plethora of guys that already do that.

1036
00:46:36,200 --> 00:46:36,839
Speaker 1: That's my thing.

1037
00:46:37,000 --> 00:46:37,359
Speaker 7: You know what.

1038
00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:40,520
Speaker 3: I know, you're battling through some tummy issues, Bret Blake.

1039
00:46:40,560 --> 00:46:43,080
Speaker 1: Mar's breakaways were very good. Nice job, Brett.

1040
00:46:43,160 --> 00:46:44,719
Speaker 3: I mean, we might get back to that again over

1041
00:46:44,760 --> 00:46:46,680
Speaker 3: the final two hours, but I know what's coming up next.

1042
00:46:46,920 --> 00:46:50,160
Speaker 3: Tony Scott, we're talking youth hockey when we continue text

1043
00:46:50,239 --> 00:46:52,240
Speaker 3: us six four six eighty six. Have you got questions

1044
00:46:52,239 --> 00:46:55,360
Speaker 3: about the girls tournament in Saint Paul or the section

1045
00:46:55,440 --> 00:46:58,320
Speaker 3: tournaments happening across the great State of Hockey. You wouldn't

1046
00:46:58,360 --> 00:47:01,200
Speaker 3: believe the stuff that's crawling aroun in that mind. Tony

1047
00:47:01,239 --> 00:47:02,319
Speaker 3: Scott Next on the Fan