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Speaker 4: Nine to noon on a Thursday.

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Speaker 5: It's Nordowen for Pa and we'll get to the timber

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Speaker 5: later on, but the first hour dedicated to the Minnesota Wild.

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Speaker 5: Puck drop shortly after seven pm this evening, Calgary in town,

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Speaker 5: take none or give none. That's an opportunity tonight. Joining

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Speaker 5: me now, head coach of the Minnesota Wild, John Hines.

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Speaker 5: How you doing, John?

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Speaker 3: I'm great, Nord are you doing, my man?

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Speaker 4: It's a beautiful morning. Thank you for giving me some time.

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Speaker 5: The one thing starting before we dig in either to

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Speaker 5: I believe it may be the most in the NHL.

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Speaker 5: I don't mind just winning in regulation, right.

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Speaker 5: How much during the course of a busy season are

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Speaker 5: Stupid question number two for you, coach. How much time

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Speaker 5: Puck drop on your home for Wild Hockey the Fan,

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Speaker 5: That's John Hines, head coach, Minnesota Wild, Wild and the

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Speaker 5: If you're in Minnesota, Wild, thank you for listening to

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Speaker 5: His name's Kevin Falness and I believe he's at TRIA

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Speaker 5: preparing another another game day, another match day. The end

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Speaker 4: I mean, couldn't we just made it a five game.

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Speaker 7: had five shots on Volstead in the overtime period, and

437
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Speaker 7: he shut the door for the rest of the way.

438
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Speaker 7: So as bad or as off his game as he

439
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Speaker 7: was early on, that's how good he was later. And

440
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Speaker 7: hopefully this is what spurs him going forward, because you know,

441
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Speaker 7: there's a lot of trade speculation and he's part of

442
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Speaker 7: the rumor mill and all that other good stuff. But

443
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Speaker 7: for my money, you need two solid goaltenders in your

444
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Speaker 7: back pocket, especially coming down the home stretch. The playoffs

445
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Speaker 7: are a whole different animal, but you got to get

446
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Speaker 7: there first, and there's so much hockey in so little

447
00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:40,639
Speaker 7: time that you need two valuable goaltenders.

448
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Speaker 4: And right now in the wild have that, especially when

449
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Speaker 4: Valsta's on his game.

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Speaker 5: Now, I know, with all your duties that one of

451
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Speaker 5: them is definitely not sitting in a room with Bill

452
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Speaker 5: Garren making suggestions in terms of potential transactions and trades.

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Speaker 5: Trade deadline I believe is after the Olympic break, like

454
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Speaker 5: early March.

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Speaker 4: Let's call it. It's like the fifth or the sixth.

456
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Speaker 4: I think, yeah.

457
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Speaker 5: But to that end, that's what I've been reading a

458
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Speaker 5: ton of you mentioned it is what Valstet could potentially

459
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Speaker 5: get in return, well, you know, the another big swing

460
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Speaker 5: from Billy g. We're going all in terminology like that,

461
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Speaker 5: and I'm kind of you in your camp here, Kevin,

462
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Speaker 5: where it's it's it's been tough to watch recently, which

463
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Speaker 5: which by the way, would inherently maybe I guess, water

464
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Speaker 5: down or dilute his trade value if you're thinking about

465
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Speaker 5: a big swing. But then the other end of it

466
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Speaker 5: is you do need to you do need that secondary option,

467
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Speaker 5: and you know we don't have the Shasturkin or the

468
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Speaker 5: Vassilevski or the the absolute stone cold number one best

469
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Speaker 5: goaltender in the NHL. We need that guy that might

470
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Speaker 5: be able to come in in a spell so I

471
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Speaker 5: just think what could be gained from a transaction like that,

472
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Speaker 5: But maybe what's lost is something to focus on too.

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Speaker 4: I'll tell you this.

474
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Speaker 7: Russo floated the you know, America's favorite blogger on the

475
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Speaker 7: Athletic in the Athletic dot com him his friendly cohort

476
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Speaker 7: floated the idea of the wild dealing ball stand because

477
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Speaker 7: that's basically your big bargaining chip left, your big trade

478
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Speaker 7: chip left that you could go out there and put

479
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Speaker 7: on the market. And if you do that, well, then

480
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Speaker 7: who fills that role as your backup goaltender? And they

481
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Speaker 7: floated out the possibility of bringing Mark Andre Fleury out

482
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Speaker 7: of retirement. How cool would that be. He's already in

483
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Speaker 7: the building, Like I said, I just saw he did

484
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Speaker 7: a ceremonial park drop with Golagaski install over the weekend.

485
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Speaker 7: He's definitely here. I think he misses the game and

486
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Speaker 7: he wouldn't have to uproot. Now, this is all completely

487
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Speaker 7: out of thin air. I have known nothing to go

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Speaker 7: by other than reading America's favorite blogger. Is that a possibility?

489
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Speaker 7: I don't know, but it's it's pretty intriguing because that's

490
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Speaker 7: a known commodity. The guy's in phenomenal shape. Obviously, you

491
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Speaker 7: get him back out there on the ice, he'd be

492
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Speaker 7: outstanding and he'd be the perfect you know, foil for

493
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Speaker 7: Philip Gustafson down the stretching into the playoffs, should he

494
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Speaker 7: his number be called.

495
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Speaker 4: But I don't know. I don't know if that's fair

496
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Speaker 4: retail or fact.

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Speaker 7: But either way, that's what America's favorite blogger putting black

498
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Speaker 7: and white ink.

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Speaker 5: Well, continuing with that hypothetical, you're kind of telling me

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Speaker 5: that you would not be you would not be worried about.

501
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Speaker 7: His return to form. I'm a shot. No, I'm sure

502
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Speaker 7: he's in amazing shape. Yeah, no, he he's still every

503
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Speaker 7: once in a while he straps him on during practices,

504
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Speaker 7: like when they got optionals, and you know, the Gus

505
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Speaker 7: Buss and the Great Wall of Saint Paul take a

506
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Speaker 7: day off to go put their feet up and go

507
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Speaker 7: watch Swedish highlight film or whatever they do on their

508
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Speaker 7: on their time off. Mark Henry Fleury, that would be

509
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Speaker 7: the least of my worry. If he could be up

510
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Speaker 7: to game speed in rapid fire fashion. The guy's forty

511
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Speaker 7: years old, he's done it all. I think he'd be

512
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Speaker 7: wouldn't wouldn't even be an issue. But again, this is

513
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Speaker 7: incredible speculation. I just can't imagine that it would come

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Speaker 7: to fruition. But if it did, it would be fascinating. No,

515
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Speaker 7: fascinating is an understatement. If that was to come to

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Speaker 7: come to pass. Let me hit you with this, so

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Speaker 7: you know, kind of tail of two games for Valstat. Yeah,

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Speaker 7: Russo's text, I'm not a blugger Matt piece emoji.

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Speaker 4: I'd do as soon as he said. And he just

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Speaker 4: fed into it, didn't he Yeah, every time, don't encourage it.

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Speaker 7: That's the best. That's why Russo is h o F

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Speaker 7: That's what I tell my youngest son. He's constantly picked

523
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Speaker 7: on by the middle case. We could given him the reaction,

524
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Speaker 7: he can't do it. He feeds the fire every time.

525
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Speaker 7: That's the blogger just did with that that text.

526
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Speaker 5: So, so you you heard me talking to John again

527
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Speaker 5: confirming that that Gushtusen was back in net.

528
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Speaker 4: But but to that end again, tale of two games.

529
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Speaker 4: How do you how do you balance dual.

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Speaker 5: Responsibility regarding ooh, that's a goal that Valstat should have

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Speaker 5: had back versus Hey, we're finding ourselves in some spots,

532
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Speaker 5: specifically earlier in the game where maybe we're just not

533
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Speaker 5: as tight as we need to be in the back

534
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Speaker 5: and and we're putting ourselves in these spots not necessarily

535
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Speaker 5: because of what Valstat or Gus are doing or not doing,

536
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Speaker 5: but simply the guys in front of them, uh that

537
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Speaker 5: they aren't in the right spots defensively to assist their

538
00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:05,640
Speaker 5: guy between the pipes. How do you balance dual responsibility there,

539
00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:07,520
Speaker 5: Kevin Well, I think everybody.

540
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Speaker 7: Takes responsibility for the first half of the hockey game.

541
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Speaker 7: I think you put the third goal on Yespervalsta. I

542
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Speaker 7: don't know that I put the other two directly on

543
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Speaker 7: his shoulders. Nobody started on time in that hockey game,

544
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Speaker 7: and it went from bad to worse when the Wilder

545
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Speaker 7: down two zero. You know, you think about that that

546
00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:25,480
Speaker 7: turnover the brock favorhead in his own end. He tries

547
00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:27,680
Speaker 7: to do a little drop pass, ends up in prime

548
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Speaker 7: territory for Ryan Donado and he buries it, and the

549
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Speaker 7: Wilder down two rip at that point, and then it

550
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Speaker 7: went bad for worse when you know, by all accounts,

551
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Speaker 7: and Gus Valsa was the first one to admit it,

552
00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:40,720
Speaker 7: he led up a softy to go down three zero.

553
00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:45,320
Speaker 7: The entire team started poorly, and luckily they got fired

554
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Speaker 7: up when Yakav Trenyon stopped the bleeding in the second period,

555
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Speaker 7: and then they got the two goals in the third.

556
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Speaker 7: It was a title wave for the Chicago Blackhawks to

557
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Speaker 7: try to try to stop the bleeding on the other way.

558
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Speaker 7: But I think the wild once they got to going.

559
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Speaker 7: Nobody's off the blame chart there in the first half

560
00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:04,840
Speaker 7: of that hockey game. That's what I'm trying to say.

561
00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:07,280
Speaker 7: It falls on the feet of everyone, including the goaltender.

562
00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:08,200
Speaker 7: But it wasn't just him.

563
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Speaker 5: That was an all around poor effort for the first

564
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Speaker 5: half of that hockey game. What do you make of

565
00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:17,119
Speaker 5: all these ot shootout games? Yeah, So, speaking of the

566
00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:23,320
Speaker 5: aforementioned columnist and writer for The Athletic I had stupidly,

567
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Speaker 5: I just should have read his piece right away.

568
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Speaker 4: He had it in there.

569
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Speaker 5: But I'm digging into ESPN and I'm trying to count

570
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Speaker 5: the Okay, so how many on the schedule boom boom

571
00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:35,400
Speaker 5: boom the losses versus the wins. They're eleven and ten

572
00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:39,560
Speaker 5: in their overtime and shootout games. Yeah, and I believe

573
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Speaker 5: that has to be the most in the NHL. I

574
00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:43,760
Speaker 5: didn't walk around and count up every single one of

575
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Speaker 5: them in the standings. But that is a preposterous number

576
00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:50,080
Speaker 5: of games that can't be solved in regulation. Tongues of

577
00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:53,080
Speaker 5: three on three for this team. Yeah, I've been keeping Italian.

578
00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:56,280
Speaker 5: I have to keep updating it because the numbers teams.

579
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Speaker 5: As I go through the numbers in the postgame every night,

580
00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:02,920
Speaker 5: not only twenty one overtimes this season, but ten of

581
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Speaker 5: the last seventeen games have gone past regulation, and that

582
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Speaker 5: includes four overtime wins. You got to shootout win the

583
00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:12,040
Speaker 5: other night against the Chicago Blackhawks. Three overtime losses and

584
00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:15,080
Speaker 5: two shootout losses, so I mean ten times in the

585
00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:17,399
Speaker 5: last seventeen games they've had to deal with this.

586
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Speaker 4: It is fun.

587
00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:21,800
Speaker 7: I mean, I enjoy overtime. I hate the shootout, but

588
00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:24,920
Speaker 7: it has made for some drama. You know, in these

589
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:27,720
Speaker 7: last seventeen games. It would just be nice to finish

590
00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:30,640
Speaker 7: it off in regulation, get the two points, give none,

591
00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:33,440
Speaker 7: and move on. But points are points at this point

592
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Speaker 7: in time. You know, you can't be too awfully picky.

593
00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:38,200
Speaker 7: You take what you get and you don't throw a fit,

594
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Speaker 7: as we say in the fall in this household, No,

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Speaker 7: I agree with you.

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Speaker 5: I'm just thinking, if you recall this conversation, and again,

597
00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:48,080
Speaker 5: by all accounts, I mean they're eleven and ten in

598
00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:50,200
Speaker 5: those I mean that's we want better than that. But

599
00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:53,120
Speaker 5: they're getting points in those games, no doubt about it.

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Speaker 4: But I'm just thinking, you.

601
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Speaker 5: Know, for a couple of years there, Kevin, we would

602
00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:59,440
Speaker 5: have these conversations like why the hell can't we win

603
00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:02,120
Speaker 5: at the X and now Grand Casino Arena.

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Speaker 4: It's, you know, the home crowd trying to get paid off.

605
00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:07,640
Speaker 7: You think about that that home stretch where you take

606
00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:10,280
Speaker 7: that tough one to ot against the Islanders so you

607
00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:12,960
Speaker 7: get a point. But then it was the the Hughes

608
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Speaker 7: affair on that Monday earlier this month, you get waxed

609
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Speaker 7: by New Jersey boxing the box off to an zero

610
00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:22,000
Speaker 7: to one start, Winnipeg comes to town and drops six

611
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Speaker 7: on us.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and then and then now even you get on the.

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Speaker 5: On the winning side of two of three versus Detroit

614
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Speaker 5: and the these these Blackhawks, but all the same, it's

615
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Speaker 5: just like, if it's like crowd of nineteen thousand trying

616
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Speaker 5: to get paid off, can we just drop six.

617
00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:40,080
Speaker 4: On somebody in front of the home fans?

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Speaker 5: Get out in regulation and send everybody home with the

619
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Speaker 5: biggest of smiles.

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Speaker 4: I'll tell you this much.

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Speaker 7: Take out the Devil's game and the the Jets game. Yeah,

622
00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:55,400
Speaker 7: out of those were definitely awful. That's as bad as

623
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Speaker 7: they've played since October. And I was afraid that the

624
00:29:58,040 --> 00:29:59,760
Speaker 7: Wheels are going to come off from that point forward.

625
00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:02,360
Speaker 7: Fast forward, they go on a road trip, they're missing

626
00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:04,880
Speaker 7: five key guys, and they end up getting a ton

627
00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:07,160
Speaker 7: of points on that three game swing out east.

628
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Speaker 4: I thought the Wheels were gonna come off. They didn't.

629
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Speaker 7: But what I'm saying is the way they've played on

630
00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:15,120
Speaker 7: home ice has actually not been all that terrible. Take

631
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Speaker 7: October out of the mix, take those two games out

632
00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:19,280
Speaker 7: of the Devils and the Jets out of the mix,

633
00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:20,240
Speaker 7: and this team.

634
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Speaker 4: Has played some really good hockey on home ice.

635
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Speaker 7: The updated numbers look like this, not only fifteen six

636
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Speaker 7: and seven at home, but how about fourteen three and

637
00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:31,120
Speaker 7: five their last twenty two at Grand Casino since November first,

638
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Speaker 7: they're playing good hockey neither two zero to one on

639
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Speaker 7: this home stand. Again, that's five out of a possible

640
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Speaker 7: six points. I don't know that you could ask for

641
00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:39,280
Speaker 7: much more than that, And I think that the fans

642
00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:43,400
Speaker 7: are enjoying the action. Two games since November first, not

643
00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:46,760
Speaker 7: great on the home schedule, but overall, more often than not,

644
00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:48,720
Speaker 7: they're witnessing some fun hockey.

645
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Speaker 4: One thing I've been thinking about Kevin and you know, you.

646
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Speaker 7: Can just look at box scorers and stuff and just again, okay,

647
00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:59,200
Speaker 7: goals assists. You look at capriz Off and his sixty four,

648
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Speaker 7: Boldie behind him with the fifty four. That feels like

649
00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:04,320
Speaker 7: that's kind of been cooling of late, but still very

650
00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:08,080
Speaker 7: good season for Boldie. What have you thought about secondary

651
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:10,960
Speaker 7: contributions over the last couple of weeks, whether it was

652
00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:14,640
Speaker 7: Johansson looked like he was just had you know, had

653
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Speaker 7: a hair on fire for about a month and a

654
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Speaker 7: half stretch.

655
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Speaker 4: They're kind of cooled.

656
00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:21,160
Speaker 5: You see him kind of back in the mix contributing,

657
00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:25,880
Speaker 5: I think, and creating chances. Tarasenko it's coming in waves

658
00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:29,840
Speaker 5: for him at this particular point, but just secondary offensive

659
00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:32,960
Speaker 5: contribution something I feel like this team really needs as

660
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:33,800
Speaker 5: we push forward.

661
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Speaker 4: What do you think about that? Yeah, it's saved their bake.

662
00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:38,719
Speaker 7: And on that road trip again, you had five key

663
00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:41,400
Speaker 7: members of the lineup out and that includes the entire

664
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Speaker 7: second line, so it was going to be either you're

665
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,640
Speaker 7: going to swim with your secondary scoring or you're going

666
00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:49,280
Speaker 7: to sink. And they got that in waves from Marcus

667
00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:52,200
Speaker 7: Felino scored a hat trick in Toronto.

668
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Speaker 4: I think he had five goals in two games, something

669
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Speaker 4: to that effect.

670
00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:59,880
Speaker 7: Vladimir Tarasenko four glals in two games, Zukerrel. I don't

671
00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:01,920
Speaker 7: know that you count him as a secondary scoring but

672
00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:05,000
Speaker 7: I did. When it's not Caprice off or Boldie on

673
00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:08,920
Speaker 7: the board, and Hartman as well has been electric, So

674
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Speaker 7: I mean the other two guys when we talked about

675
00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:15,400
Speaker 7: Batman and Robin and Caprice having Boldie combining for almost

676
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:18,040
Speaker 7: sixty goals, that's gonna be your bread and butter.

677
00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:19,920
Speaker 4: But other guys have been adding into the mix.

678
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,080
Speaker 7: And not only that, you're getting contributions on the blue line,

679
00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:24,560
Speaker 7: whether it be a brock favor, I mean Quinn Hughes

680
00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:27,920
Speaker 7: all he does, he's an Apple factory's setting up assists.

681
00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:31,320
Speaker 7: And Jared Spurgeon the other night's scoring as well. I

682
00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:33,320
Speaker 7: think the biggest key for this team coming out of

683
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Speaker 7: the Olympic break. Hopefully God willing, they come out of

684
00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:40,360
Speaker 7: Milan healthy and then you get Jonas brodein back on track,

685
00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:42,880
Speaker 7: because if you guys, Jonas Brodein and everyone else on

686
00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:45,000
Speaker 7: your blue line is healthy one to six, that might

687
00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:46,680
Speaker 7: be your best defensive corps in the NHL.

688
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Speaker 5: Is there is there a vibe, you know, the it's

689
00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:53,640
Speaker 5: that Brodine would be healthy coming out of the break.

690
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Speaker 4: Is that something right now? I mean, just so much

691
00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:56,840
Speaker 4: is unknown about that.

692
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Speaker 7: And you know, Brodean, by the way, I saw something

693
00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:02,360
Speaker 7: and I'm not trying to put you on the spot,

694
00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:04,160
Speaker 7: so I'm just gonna throw it out there and if

695
00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:06,560
Speaker 7: I'm wrong, I'm wrong. But just kind of the injury

696
00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:10,080
Speaker 7: issues with bro Dean, like getting sixty five seventy games

697
00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:14,600
Speaker 7: out of a season out of him, it's been tough sledding, man.

698
00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:17,520
Speaker 7: And you know, with this Olympic break, maybe it's not

699
00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:20,320
Speaker 7: a great time for some, but maybe that's the perfect time.

700
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Speaker 7: And you just kind of hope at this stage that

701
00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:24,560
Speaker 7: you're gonna have bro Dean with some momentum out of

702
00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:27,120
Speaker 7: the pause. Yeah, I mean that's the hope. I mean,

703
00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:30,560
Speaker 7: in the big picture, that's that's the hope coming out

704
00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:32,560
Speaker 7: of that. That would be the best case scenario. It

705
00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:35,000
Speaker 7: sucks for him, I mean, this must be just awful

706
00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:38,680
Speaker 7: you finally get an opportunity to represent your country in

707
00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:41,479
Speaker 7: the Olympics. And as much as everyone loves representing their

708
00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:43,479
Speaker 7: team and the Stanley Cup and all that is awesome

709
00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:46,520
Speaker 7: and there's so much fun about Stanley Cup playoff hockey,

710
00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:48,920
Speaker 7: it goes to another level for these guys when they're

711
00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:52,480
Speaker 7: representing their country and wearing their country's colors on that

712
00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:56,360
Speaker 7: Olympic stage. And for him to have that opportunity stripped

713
00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:58,720
Speaker 7: for him because he's just not healthy enough, I think

714
00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:01,840
Speaker 7: it's incredibly uns selfish of him to make the decision

715
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:05,000
Speaker 7: to say, Okay, I'm gonna four go that instead take

716
00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:07,040
Speaker 7: care of whatever it is that's ailing me and be

717
00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:07,960
Speaker 7: ready for the home.

718
00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:09,360
Speaker 4: Stretch, because that's going to be the most.

719
00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:14,720
Speaker 7: Important time for this franchise, coming into the post Olympic stretch.

720
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Speaker 4: It sucks for him that he has to miss it,

721
00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:17,680
Speaker 4: and it opens up.

722
00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:20,200
Speaker 7: Another opportunity for another Swedish player to get in, and

723
00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:23,680
Speaker 7: it also, you know, on another level, Marcus Johansson gets

724
00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:26,040
Speaker 7: in to fill the void in the front end. So

725
00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:29,960
Speaker 7: that's a dream realized for him, but just a hard

726
00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:33,480
Speaker 7: blow for I'm sure Brodein to accept that he has

727
00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:36,000
Speaker 7: to miss the Olympics. But from a selfish standpoint, from

728
00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:38,480
Speaker 7: a Wild fan standpoint, that should mean good things coming

729
00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:40,760
Speaker 7: down the stretch. He should be healthy, wealthy, and wise

730
00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:43,040
Speaker 7: coming out of that Olympic break, along with all the

731
00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:46,840
Speaker 7: Wild Russians. They should be relaxed, nice and tanned and

732
00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:49,680
Speaker 7: ready to go for the most important hockey of the season.

733
00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:52,880
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's one of those things, you know, Is.

734
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Speaker 5: It a good time to pause? Is it a bad

735
00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:58,080
Speaker 5: time to pause? I mean John Hines doesn't have time

736
00:34:58,120 --> 00:34:59,880
Speaker 5: to think about that. He's trying to beat the Flames.

737
00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:02,680
Speaker 5: It's a four game stretcher. I think four games sprint

738
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:06,960
Speaker 5: to the break. But from a health standpoint, from a okay,

739
00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:09,360
Speaker 5: let's you know, Volstek gets his head right over the

740
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:12,160
Speaker 5: next few weeks. Like some of those, you could you

741
00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:15,040
Speaker 5: could talk yourself into believing that the Olympic breaks coming

742
00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:16,880
Speaker 5: at a fantastic time for the Wild.

743
00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:19,440
Speaker 7: I one hundred percent would buy into that. If that's

744
00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:22,759
Speaker 7: what you're selling, I'm buying. There's been so much hockey.

745
00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:26,840
Speaker 7: They've had played half their regular season schedule by January first,

746
00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:29,640
Speaker 7: I mean that's unheard of. They're playing fifteen, sixteen games

747
00:35:29,719 --> 00:35:32,760
Speaker 7: a month, and that means you're playing on an everyday average,

748
00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:35,760
Speaker 7: every other day average, and they're squeezing in three games

749
00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:38,880
Speaker 7: in four nights, six and nine. It's just incredible the

750
00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:41,120
Speaker 7: amount of hockey these guys have played. And there's no

751
00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:44,440
Speaker 7: wonder that the injury situation is cropping up around the

752
00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:46,520
Speaker 7: National Hockey League, not just the Wild. I mean, that's

753
00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:49,040
Speaker 7: what we concentrate on. And certainly the Wild have been

754
00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:51,319
Speaker 7: battered and bruised the last few years, but this year

755
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:53,759
Speaker 7: in particular, because this is what we're in the middle of,

756
00:35:54,120 --> 00:35:56,720
Speaker 7: they've dealt with injuries throughout the course of this season.

757
00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:58,879
Speaker 7: The good thing is they you know, knocking on wood.

758
00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:01,960
Speaker 7: You haven't had to deal with it with your goaltenders

759
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:03,920
Speaker 7: and you haven't had to deal with the carill caprisos,

760
00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:05,719
Speaker 7: so they've been able to stay afloat. But for the

761
00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:10,200
Speaker 7: most part, everybody's taking a beating this season because of

762
00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:12,920
Speaker 7: the schedule. So I think the Olympic break is not

763
00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:15,959
Speaker 7: going to do anything but help, especially the Minnesota Wild

764
00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:18,319
Speaker 7: as they try to, you know, heal up. The question

765
00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:19,760
Speaker 7: is going to be how are they going to emerge

766
00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:22,000
Speaker 7: from the Olympic break because they've got ten guys going

767
00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:25,680
Speaker 7: over Tomlan to represent whether it be the Americans, whether

768
00:36:25,719 --> 00:36:27,799
Speaker 7: it be the Swedes. I mean, they've got a ton

769
00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:29,960
Speaker 7: of guys going over there, So how do they emerge

770
00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:33,000
Speaker 7: from it? Because I guarantee you no one's coming out

771
00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:36,239
Speaker 7: of there, you know, feeling rested and recuperated. That's going

772
00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:38,719
Speaker 7: to be hard hockey. That's going to be tough, and

773
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:41,240
Speaker 7: it's going to be a mental grind. The end result

774
00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:43,759
Speaker 7: is going to be really good for someone, but it's

775
00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:45,840
Speaker 7: going to be a matter of how they emerge from that.

776
00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:48,280
Speaker 7: You know, it's been kind of in you know, sadly

777
00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:50,800
Speaker 7: the Wild haven't had to experience this, but kind of

778
00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:54,320
Speaker 7: the the accumulation of games and what that means to

779
00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:57,399
Speaker 7: really good teams. You think about Caine and Taves right

780
00:36:57,480 --> 00:37:00,320
Speaker 7: when the the Blackhawks won those three Cups and I

781
00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:02,880
Speaker 7: think it was every other year, maybe ten, twelve, fourteen

782
00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:05,800
Speaker 7: or so, I forget what the exact numbers were, but

783
00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:08,040
Speaker 7: they won every other year they win those three Cups,

784
00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:10,640
Speaker 7: and it was kind of a conversation, Wow, you know,

785
00:37:10,719 --> 00:37:13,000
Speaker 7: these guys are beating down They've done a lot of

786
00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:18,000
Speaker 7: aging on the ice with these late runs into early summer,

787
00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:20,640
Speaker 7: and do you feel like, I mean, is that kind

788
00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:23,200
Speaker 7: of what you're intimating here is kind of the idea

789
00:37:23,239 --> 00:37:25,920
Speaker 7: that there's going to be some players. The combination of

790
00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:29,160
Speaker 7: eighty two games plus an Olympic run, plus potentially a

791
00:37:29,239 --> 00:37:31,719
Speaker 7: playoff run, Like, that's a lot of miles, a lot

792
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:33,880
Speaker 7: of tread taking off the tires in one stretch.

793
00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:36,560
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, you know, that's why you got June, July,

794
00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:38,160
Speaker 4: and August and there's not a lot going on.

795
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:40,919
Speaker 7: They get that three month break, at the very least,

796
00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:44,160
Speaker 7: they just sit back, relax and think about what they

797
00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:47,040
Speaker 7: accomplished or what they want to do for the upcoming season.

798
00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:49,200
Speaker 7: It is it's a grind for every one of these

799
00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:51,600
Speaker 7: teams and every one of these players, and especially think

800
00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:53,759
Speaker 7: of what like the Florida Panthers for example, what they've

801
00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:55,960
Speaker 7: had to go through, and you know, on a different note,

802
00:37:55,960 --> 00:37:58,040
Speaker 7: the Edmonton others. They've played a ton of hockey, but

803
00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:01,799
Speaker 7: they haven't been rewarded like the Panthers have it. It'll

804
00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:05,120
Speaker 7: be interesting to see how these teams and these players

805
00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:07,319
Speaker 7: manage that coming out of that Olympic break.

806
00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:08,920
Speaker 4: But it is going to be a grind. I mean,

807
00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:10,239
Speaker 4: the Olympics are one thing.

808
00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:12,480
Speaker 7: Then you get back you got a twenty thirty games

809
00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:14,600
Speaker 7: slate left before you get to the playoffs, and then

810
00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:17,720
Speaker 7: once you get to that, it's for best of seven series.

811
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:19,520
Speaker 7: You know, you need sixteen wins to take down the

812
00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:23,120
Speaker 7: entire thing. And that's why it's the most incredible trophy

813
00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:24,920
Speaker 7: in all of sports, because it's the hardest one to win.

814
00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:27,920
Speaker 5: Indeed, let me do this. I want to pause, come back.

815
00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:30,359
Speaker 5: I got a few more for you here, and why

816
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:32,920
Speaker 5: don't you pause right now? Okay, yeah, I mean there

817
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:35,480
Speaker 5: was a long segment, wasn't it as well? Making a

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Speaker 5: Kevin Falness still from from Tria, from the practice rink,

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Speaker 5: maybe some sounds of hockey, mister Fallness is Is Quinn

834
00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:33,279
Speaker 5: Hughes still out on the ice.

835
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Speaker 7: No, his doppelganger, Zach Bogoshan is out there now, so

836
00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:40,000
Speaker 7: he's not working.

837
00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:41,640
Speaker 4: I think they're taking a breather there.

838
00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:44,279
Speaker 7: You won't hear a lot of Here we go now,

839
00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:48,919
Speaker 7: the pucks are moving, sta flying, very big blocker saved

840
00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:53,000
Speaker 7: by Connor Bulpray, Well, don't don't report line rushes if

841
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:56,040
Speaker 7: you see them, because that's what Michael Russo would prefer

842
00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:58,240
Speaker 7: to do that. So we're just gonna let him handle

843
00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:01,719
Speaker 7: the line rushes and we'll we'll hand We're aways from that.

844
00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:03,000
Speaker 7: There's only one guy out here.

845
00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:05,799
Speaker 5: So there's the furthest thing from a line rush as

846
00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:12,320
Speaker 5: we speak with this team very much a playoff operation,

847
00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:15,640
Speaker 5: the Minnesota Wild and it's kind of there's still this

848
00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:22,080
Speaker 5: significant water line in not just the division but also

849
00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:25,360
Speaker 5: the conference in the West where your top three teams,

850
00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:29,280
Speaker 5: Colorado far and away above everybody, the Wild and the Stars,

851
00:40:29,440 --> 00:40:31,800
Speaker 5: and well then as of now, it feels kind of

852
00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:34,840
Speaker 5: like everybody else except how about Utah kind of on

853
00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:39,320
Speaker 5: a heater right now. I mean the positioning of the

854
00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:43,279
Speaker 5: NHL from from a parody standpoint at this point, and

855
00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:46,280
Speaker 5: it's still so early to kind of make these broad,

856
00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:50,840
Speaker 5: sweeping judgments, but it has felt very, very top heavy.

857
00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:54,960
Speaker 5: But you are seeing some movement underneath the Wild and

858
00:40:55,040 --> 00:40:57,279
Speaker 5: in the West in totality of some teams that are

859
00:40:57,320 --> 00:40:59,399
Speaker 5: kind of starting to figure some things out and push

860
00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:00,400
Speaker 5: themselves forward.

861
00:41:00,760 --> 00:41:02,320
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, it's.

862
00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:04,560
Speaker 7: Going to be a dogfight for those last two wild

863
00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:08,000
Speaker 7: card spots or the wild card spots is in the

864
00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:11,440
Speaker 7: Western Conference. It's a whole nother muddled mess over there

865
00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:15,200
Speaker 7: in the East as well, But Utah, San jose A, La.

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00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:15,840
Speaker 4: Seattle.

867
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Speaker 7: They're ain't a lot separating any of those teams. The

868
00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:20,400
Speaker 7: one that I would love to see go away is

869
00:41:20,560 --> 00:41:24,040
Speaker 7: Nashville on my wish list. I know everyone's talking about

870
00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:28,719
Speaker 7: different possibilities out there, but for me, the Wild, my

871
00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:30,719
Speaker 7: guy that I've had circled that I think would be

872
00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:33,720
Speaker 7: just a perfect fit here in Minnesota is Ryan O'Reilly.

873
00:41:34,080 --> 00:41:36,480
Speaker 4: How you make it work money wise? What they want

874
00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:38,720
Speaker 4: in return? I have no idea but to get.

875
00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:41,680
Speaker 7: What Ryan O'Reilly on this team for this stretch running

876
00:41:41,719 --> 00:41:44,040
Speaker 7: into the playoffs would be amazing. The problem is the

877
00:41:44,120 --> 00:41:46,800
Speaker 7: Predators keep hanging around. They're right there, you know, on

878
00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:49,719
Speaker 7: the cusp of you know, being relevant, and until they

879
00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:52,680
Speaker 7: go away and turn into Calgary or Chicago and start

880
00:41:52,760 --> 00:41:55,160
Speaker 7: circling the drain there, I don't know that they can

881
00:41:55,239 --> 00:41:57,080
Speaker 7: part with Ryano Roddy. It doesn't sound like he wants

882
00:41:57,120 --> 00:42:01,200
Speaker 7: to leave there anyway. So regardless, I think Bill Garran's

883
00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:02,959
Speaker 7: going to go out and make something happen.

884
00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:05,839
Speaker 4: But this is what I mean. Everyone feels like they've

885
00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:06,520
Speaker 4: got a chance er.

886
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:08,839
Speaker 7: There's going to be more buyers than sellers, and it's

887
00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:12,400
Speaker 7: going to make for a fascinating trade deadline there in

888
00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:13,040
Speaker 7: early March.

889
00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:17,759
Speaker 5: As Minnesota sports fans, we have some natural defeatist in us,

890
00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:20,880
Speaker 5: and it's been bred into us. It's part of our

891
00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:24,840
Speaker 5: identity and a lot of respects here. Where I've just

892
00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:27,960
Speaker 5: again from reading from Afar and just kind of soaking

893
00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:30,319
Speaker 5: it in there is the question of Okay, what does

894
00:42:30,520 --> 00:42:33,279
Speaker 5: all in mean for the Minnesota while there are there

895
00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:35,120
Speaker 5: are people that you know just like, oh my goodness,

896
00:42:35,680 --> 00:42:38,279
Speaker 5: look at what Colorado is doing. You could get in

897
00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:42,000
Speaker 5: a badass center, you could get a badass top six

898
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:47,560
Speaker 5: contributor before the deadline, and you still feel like it's

899
00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:52,040
Speaker 5: a massive uphill battle to to not only to thrown Colorado,

900
00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:54,680
Speaker 5: but just maybe get out of the first round, as

901
00:42:54,760 --> 00:42:57,160
Speaker 5: it would be right now against the Dallas Stars. And

902
00:42:57,520 --> 00:42:59,800
Speaker 5: whether you're hosting or on the road thinking about the

903
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:03,280
Speaker 5: dog fight, that would be like what does if forget

904
00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:05,400
Speaker 5: about Volstad and all that, Like, what does all in

905
00:43:05,719 --> 00:43:08,320
Speaker 5: mean to you as it pertains to the wild. I

906
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:10,800
Speaker 5: think they've already gone all in with the acquisition of

907
00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:13,560
Speaker 5: Quinn Hughes and predicted that, Yeah, if we talked about

908
00:43:13,640 --> 00:43:17,000
Speaker 5: that beyond the Pond with Pat mcalletty early in the season,

909
00:43:17,080 --> 00:43:19,000
Speaker 5: that you know what Bill Garan needs to do. He

910
00:43:19,160 --> 00:43:21,960
Speaker 5: just needs to send basically four first round picks to

911
00:43:22,040 --> 00:43:24,759
Speaker 5: Vancouver and pull Quinn Hughes out of that malaise and

912
00:43:24,840 --> 00:43:25,719
Speaker 5: bring in to Minnesota.

913
00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:27,399
Speaker 7: We would have been laughed off the air. We would

914
00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:29,640
Speaker 7: have been in the PST tournament. No one would have

915
00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:32,320
Speaker 7: thought that was possible. Uh, to go and get a

916
00:43:32,400 --> 00:43:35,360
Speaker 7: game changer like Quinn Hughes and add a third legit

917
00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:39,880
Speaker 7: superstar on this roster him Caprice Off Boldie. You've got

918
00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:44,480
Speaker 7: the makings of a real amazing setup here for Minnesota.

919
00:43:45,440 --> 00:43:48,040
Speaker 4: So to me, they've already gone all in. Now what

920
00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:49,799
Speaker 4: do you do to push it to that next level?

921
00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:52,280
Speaker 7: And that's the question that is going to be sitting

922
00:43:52,360 --> 00:43:54,840
Speaker 7: on the at the feet of Bill Garan, because, like

923
00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:57,120
Speaker 7: you said, I don't care what they do. There's no

924
00:43:57,360 --> 00:43:59,600
Speaker 7: guarantee that this will get them out of the first

925
00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:02,000
Speaker 7: round for the first time since twenty fifteen. This is

926
00:44:02,160 --> 00:44:04,480
Speaker 7: just a gauntlet of I mean, the league in general

927
00:44:04,560 --> 00:44:07,160
Speaker 7: is a bastard regardless. But then you got to deal

928
00:44:07,239 --> 00:44:09,880
Speaker 7: with the monster, the three headed monster in the Central

929
00:44:09,920 --> 00:44:12,160
Speaker 7: Division as good as the Wilder. They've got to deal

930
00:44:12,200 --> 00:44:14,120
Speaker 7: with the Dallas Stars, most likely in the first round,

931
00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:17,239
Speaker 7: get past them, climb that Mount Everest, and then you

932
00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:19,239
Speaker 7: got to deal with the Colorado Wablines that are on

933
00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:22,319
Speaker 7: another level from everyone, with mccarr and McKinnon and all

934
00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:25,120
Speaker 7: the toys that they have at their disposal. So no

935
00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:28,320
Speaker 7: matter what they do, there's no promises that nothing's guaranteed,

936
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:30,880
Speaker 7: but it's better to do something than nothing and and

937
00:44:31,280 --> 00:44:34,879
Speaker 7: take your chances. You know, you've got probably the best

938
00:44:34,920 --> 00:44:37,000
Speaker 7: team in franchise history. And that's saying a lot twenty

939
00:44:37,040 --> 00:44:39,440
Speaker 7: five years the while they've been around. This is probably

940
00:44:39,520 --> 00:44:41,719
Speaker 7: the best and deepest team they've ever had. Now, if

941
00:44:41,719 --> 00:44:43,319
Speaker 7: you can add a couple of pieces here and there

942
00:44:43,600 --> 00:44:45,799
Speaker 7: over the course of the next month, roll the dice,

943
00:44:45,880 --> 00:44:48,640
Speaker 7: let's see where it goes. Yeah, most most talented team.

944
00:44:48,680 --> 00:44:50,759
Speaker 7: It feels like by far right. I mean, even if

945
00:44:50,920 --> 00:44:53,400
Speaker 7: if you're pointing at the three year that was, no,

946
00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:58,960
Speaker 7: that doesn't compare. That was a different situation exactly. They've

947
00:44:58,960 --> 00:45:01,360
Speaker 7: had other teams. They've had players like Brian Rawlson on

948
00:45:01,440 --> 00:45:04,480
Speaker 7: this team, maryon Gabrick, Pavel Dimitra. You know, I could

949
00:45:04,520 --> 00:45:07,000
Speaker 7: go down the list and start naming guys and probably

950
00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:10,480
Speaker 7: forget a handful where they've had some talented teams, but

951
00:45:10,640 --> 00:45:13,880
Speaker 7: nothing like this. God loved maryon Gabrick. But he's not

952
00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:17,520
Speaker 7: Coroll Caprice. If he's not, probably he's a different player

953
00:45:17,560 --> 00:45:19,879
Speaker 7: than I'm Matt Boldie. But Matt Boldie's on another level

954
00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:23,240
Speaker 7: as well. They've got three legitimate superstars on their roster

955
00:45:23,400 --> 00:45:26,160
Speaker 7: for the first time in franchise history, And that's what

956
00:45:26,239 --> 00:45:26,520
Speaker 7: I mean.

957
00:45:26,680 --> 00:45:27,960
Speaker 4: They're built for success.

958
00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:30,480
Speaker 7: The problem is, so two are the Dallas Stars, So

959
00:45:30,600 --> 00:45:32,040
Speaker 7: two are the Colorado Avalanche.

960
00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:32,399
Speaker 3: Wow.

961
00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:35,360
Speaker 5: I mean, if Wes Walls and Richard Park are listening

962
00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:36,640
Speaker 5: to this, they couldn't.

963
00:45:36,320 --> 00:45:37,160
Speaker 4: Be the first to admit it.

964
00:45:37,320 --> 00:45:41,800
Speaker 5: They could not be more incensed. You you follow this

965
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:44,320
Speaker 5: this team as closely as you do for your craft.

966
00:45:45,480 --> 00:45:49,279
Speaker 5: Just the first two against against this grimy Flames team

967
00:45:49,440 --> 00:45:52,799
Speaker 5: that in some ways is in the basement but has provided.

968
00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:55,319
Speaker 5: I mean, what a thorn this team has been through too.

969
00:45:55,480 --> 00:45:57,319
Speaker 5: You had to grind through the first one. I think

970
00:45:57,920 --> 00:46:00,200
Speaker 5: the head coach mentioned it was basically one nothing and

971
00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:03,160
Speaker 5: then an empty netter, and then you could not score

972
00:46:03,239 --> 00:46:05,279
Speaker 5: on the power play to save your life against these

973
00:46:05,320 --> 00:46:06,240
Speaker 5: guys in Calgary.

974
00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:09,840
Speaker 7: Like, what are you looking forward to tonight? That the

975
00:46:09,880 --> 00:46:12,600
Speaker 7: Wild don't take them lightly? That's I think the problem

976
00:46:12,680 --> 00:46:14,920
Speaker 7: with the Wild since November. First, all these tears that

977
00:46:14,960 --> 00:46:19,520
Speaker 7: they've been on, they've fallen short against teams all due

978
00:46:19,520 --> 00:46:22,879
Speaker 7: respected or beneath them in the standings and in any

979
00:46:23,440 --> 00:46:26,359
Speaker 7: any other way. Chicago might have been one of those

980
00:46:26,800 --> 00:46:29,720
Speaker 7: those circumstances as well, where they just took them lightly,

981
00:46:30,080 --> 00:46:32,399
Speaker 7: didn't give them the full respect they deserve. Any team

982
00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:34,560
Speaker 7: can win on any given night in the National Hockey League.

983
00:46:34,560 --> 00:46:37,640
Speaker 7: There's not a lot separating worse from first. And if

984
00:46:37,680 --> 00:46:39,640
Speaker 7: you take them lightly especial Wild team that they're not

985
00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:42,560
Speaker 7: good enough to just coast to a victory. I think

986
00:46:42,640 --> 00:46:45,359
Speaker 7: they need to, you know, really put the hammer down

987
00:46:45,520 --> 00:46:47,359
Speaker 7: right from the opening face off. We say that all

988
00:46:47,400 --> 00:46:49,279
Speaker 7: the time, but I'd really like to see them do that.

989
00:46:49,360 --> 00:46:51,640
Speaker 7: Calgary is not a very good team right now. Hope

990
00:46:51,680 --> 00:46:55,160
Speaker 7: has been extinguished there at the saddle Dome, and they're

991
00:46:55,200 --> 00:46:55,799
Speaker 7: not very good.

992
00:46:56,520 --> 00:46:58,760
Speaker 4: They do have some good players. They've got no Osam Kadri.

993
00:46:58,880 --> 00:47:01,080
Speaker 7: That would be a guy that I hate to play

994
00:47:01,080 --> 00:47:02,400
Speaker 7: against him, but would love to see him in a

995
00:47:02,440 --> 00:47:04,879
Speaker 7: Wild uniform if Bill Geran can go pull that off

996
00:47:04,920 --> 00:47:07,920
Speaker 7: the magic wish tree. But this is a team that

997
00:47:07,960 --> 00:47:09,560
Speaker 7: you've got to stop. They've lost four in a row,

998
00:47:09,640 --> 00:47:11,279
Speaker 7: nine of their last twelve, and they've dropped five of

999
00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:13,840
Speaker 7: seven on the road. This team is right for the picking.

1000
00:47:13,880 --> 00:47:15,840
Speaker 7: But don't give them hope. Hey, dumb question.

1001
00:47:16,120 --> 00:47:20,520
Speaker 5: So Calgary, Hubert Dooh was on the He was the

1002
00:47:20,680 --> 00:47:24,160
Speaker 5: other side of the ka Chuck thing, right where Kachuck

1003
00:47:24,239 --> 00:47:27,359
Speaker 5: goes to Florida and now they're searching for a three peet,

1004
00:47:27,360 --> 00:47:30,400
Speaker 5: although I think Kachuck has really been banged up for a.

1005
00:47:30,440 --> 00:47:33,919
Speaker 7: Large part of the Hockey Day Minnesota was his third

1006
00:47:33,960 --> 00:47:37,080
Speaker 7: of the season, So he's ready not only to rejoin

1007
00:47:37,120 --> 00:47:40,439
Speaker 7: the two times defending Stanley Cup champs, but he's going

1008
00:47:40,600 --> 00:47:42,759
Speaker 7: to represent the Red, White and Blue over there in

1009
00:47:42,840 --> 00:47:44,759
Speaker 7: the line, which is awesome news for anyone that's going

1010
00:47:44,840 --> 00:47:45,680
Speaker 7: to file the Olympics.

1011
00:47:45,760 --> 00:47:48,400
Speaker 5: So how negative do you think it is in Calgary

1012
00:47:48,600 --> 00:47:51,440
Speaker 5: with with Huberto who didn't live up to that. I mean,

1013
00:47:51,520 --> 00:47:54,239
Speaker 5: what a monstrous season he had just before the move,

1014
00:47:54,880 --> 00:47:57,560
Speaker 5: and he's never really materialized, although I think he had

1015
00:47:57,600 --> 00:48:00,640
Speaker 5: a goal against a wild up in Calgary recently. But

1016
00:48:01,160 --> 00:48:05,000
Speaker 5: they just that team making such a mammoth move like

1017
00:48:05,120 --> 00:48:09,080
Speaker 5: that in it going so catastrophically wrong. And and then

1018
00:48:09,160 --> 00:48:11,479
Speaker 5: now they've really been on the grind, not being able

1019
00:48:11,560 --> 00:48:14,359
Speaker 5: to get their way through into the postseason. Now they're

1020
00:48:14,400 --> 00:48:16,600
Speaker 5: they're one of the bottom feeders. That's just got to

1021
00:48:16,640 --> 00:48:18,000
Speaker 5: be a disaster up in Calgary.

1022
00:48:18,280 --> 00:48:20,400
Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean, for so many different reasons. They had

1023
00:48:20,560 --> 00:48:22,600
Speaker 7: a really good team not that long ago.

1024
00:48:22,840 --> 00:48:26,160
Speaker 5: And but it was goaltending right wasn't Holmestrom a problem

1025
00:48:26,239 --> 00:48:27,200
Speaker 5: or inconsistent for them?

1026
00:48:27,280 --> 00:48:27,719
Speaker 4: Something like that.

1027
00:48:28,960 --> 00:48:31,160
Speaker 7: The Calgary Flames, I can't say I've been following all

1028
00:48:31,200 --> 00:48:35,520
Speaker 7: that closely. I mean, but they one Johnny Hockey. They

1029
00:48:35,719 --> 00:48:37,680
Speaker 7: wasn't at one time at Johnny Hockey on that team.

1030
00:48:37,760 --> 00:48:40,719
Speaker 7: Think of what that team looked like, say, five, six,

1031
00:48:40,840 --> 00:48:43,960
Speaker 7: seven years ago, and then Johnny Hockey leaves for Columbus,

1032
00:48:44,440 --> 00:48:47,840
Speaker 7: and God rest his soul, and of course the Kachuck

1033
00:48:47,920 --> 00:48:51,040
Speaker 7: situation where he bails out of there, and it's just

1034
00:48:51,320 --> 00:48:54,360
Speaker 7: it's it's gone from bad to worst. They there is

1035
00:48:54,520 --> 00:48:57,399
Speaker 7: hope on the horizon for that team, and especially they're

1036
00:48:57,440 --> 00:49:00,920
Speaker 7: getting they're building a new building up there in the

1037
00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:02,359
Speaker 7: Saddle Dome is finally going away.

1038
00:49:02,760 --> 00:49:03,799
Speaker 4: We were talking about the other night.

1039
00:49:03,880 --> 00:49:07,279
Speaker 7: That's probably the second oldest rink in the in the

1040
00:49:07,360 --> 00:49:09,239
Speaker 7: league outside of Madison Square Garden.

1041
00:49:09,320 --> 00:49:12,040
Speaker 4: So they need something new in that area for sure.

1042
00:49:12,440 --> 00:49:14,439
Speaker 4: But that's great. I'm glad.

1043
00:49:14,480 --> 00:49:16,319
Speaker 7: I hope their future is bright the here and now,

1044
00:49:16,600 --> 00:49:19,200
Speaker 7: including tonight, that should be two points for the.

1045
00:49:19,200 --> 00:49:20,480
Speaker 4: While to put in their back pocket.

1046
00:49:20,719 --> 00:49:22,640
Speaker 7: Finish off the four game homestand three zero one to

1047
00:49:22,680 --> 00:49:24,840
Speaker 7: one and go to Edmonton feeling good about yourself.

1048
00:49:25,080 --> 00:49:26,720
Speaker 4: I love it, man. I'll let you get to business.

1049
00:49:26,760 --> 00:49:28,880
Speaker 5: I just really appreciate you joining me this morning and

1050
00:49:29,239 --> 00:49:31,040
Speaker 5: giving me some insight from tree of my friend.

1051
00:49:31,440 --> 00:49:33,640
Speaker 7: Let me tell you this, Beyond the Pond returns full

1052
00:49:33,680 --> 00:49:36,840
Speaker 7: strength Saturday morning, ten to noon, and we've got America's

1053
00:49:36,840 --> 00:49:39,640
Speaker 7: favorite blogger joining us in Michael Russo of the Athletic

1054
00:49:39,880 --> 00:49:43,440
Speaker 7: and the Athletic dot com. Plus Bill Garren, general manager

1055
00:49:43,480 --> 00:49:45,800
Speaker 7: of not only the Minnesota While but also of Team USA.

1056
00:49:45,960 --> 00:49:48,719
Speaker 4: So we're on from ten to noon. I think the

1057
00:49:48,880 --> 00:49:51,440
Speaker 4: America's favorite blogger at eleven o'clock. We got Billy g

1058
00:49:52,000 --> 00:49:54,560
Speaker 4: at eleven thirty five. It should be awesome. You just

1059
00:49:54,680 --> 00:49:56,920
Speaker 4: keep stoking that fire, don't you. I hope he's listening.

1060
00:49:57,239 --> 00:49:58,680
Speaker 7: He is, I know he is.

1061
00:49:59,719 --> 00:50:01,680
Speaker 4: Thanks, brother, I'll talk you and catch up with you soon.

1062
00:50:01,680 --> 00:50:03,200
Speaker 4: All right, Yes you will see Eric.

1063
00:50:03,320 --> 00:50:07,320
Speaker 5: See that's Kevin Fauness Minnesota Wild Radio Network at Radio

1064
00:50:07,400 --> 00:50:10,759
Speaker 5: Fallness via X and he's the maestro. He's pulling all

1065
00:50:11,080 --> 00:50:14,799
Speaker 5: the strings down at Grand Casino Arena, as you will

1066
00:50:14,880 --> 00:50:17,680
Speaker 5: hear Joe Donell and Tom Reed on the call this evening,

1067
00:50:18,320 --> 00:50:21,680
Speaker 5: hoping rubber match style that the Wild just drops six

1068
00:50:21,800 --> 00:50:25,719
Speaker 5: on Calgary's heads and leave town to Edmonton with two

1069
00:50:25,800 --> 00:50:28,360
Speaker 5: points giving none. That's what we're looking forward to with

1070
00:50:28,840 --> 00:50:32,480
Speaker 5: puck drops shortly after seven pm tonight, just find their way.

1071
00:50:32,360 --> 00:50:33,880
Speaker 4: At home overtime shootouts.

1072
00:50:33,920 --> 00:50:37,000
Speaker 5: Yeah, that can be fun and entertaining, but let's just

1073
00:50:37,040 --> 00:50:39,800
Speaker 5: handle this in the first sixty and call it an evening.

1074
00:50:40,120 --> 00:50:42,840
Speaker 5: But I'm get on the plane fee feeling good about themselves.

1075
00:50:43,400 --> 00:50:47,040
Speaker 5: Transition to football around the corner. Ron Johnson's going to

1076
00:50:47,080 --> 00:50:50,080
Speaker 5: be in studio at eleven. Myriad topics to jump into

1077
00:50:50,239 --> 00:50:54,040
Speaker 5: with him, and a little bit of a Gophers element

1078
00:50:54,160 --> 00:50:57,040
Speaker 5: to it. Coy Perritch. He was texting me earlier this

1079
00:50:57,120 --> 00:50:59,600
Speaker 5: week telling me, why are we talking about this?

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Speaker 3: Well, you know what.

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Speaker 5: We're going to give him the chance to talk about

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Speaker 5: it with Ron at eleven. But next Ben Gestling, Star Tribune,

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Speaker 5: Startribune dot Com he's going to be in studio a

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Speaker 5: mix of Vikings and NFL talkers with him for the

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Speaker 5: next couple of long segments here as it's nord to

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Speaker 5: win for Pa, Brett Blake Moore producing nine to newon

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