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Speaker 2: Hey, Sed, you're in Saint Paul.

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Speaker 3: Someone's got to tell that last Talkbacker that those guys

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Speaker 2: You shape, you shape, you shape.

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Speaker 4: That was a committee. That wasn't just one guy. He's

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Speaker 4: he looked at the guy in the passenger. You see

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Speaker 4: he do this with me, And they got the USA

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Speaker 2: I like it.

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Speaker 4: We're gonna fire it up, giving away free tickets to

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Speaker 4: see the Minnesota Wild inaction. Will they will be back

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Speaker 4: at Grand Casino Arena at some point?

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Speaker 2: I promise.

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Speaker 5: I know.

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Speaker 4: It feels like forever. They go in on a five

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Speaker 4: game win streak and now we just sit and wait.

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Speaker 4: But in the meantime, we've got a lot of other

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Speaker 4: fun activities taking up our time. I'm including the Winter Olympics.

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Speaker 4: We also have Gopher hockey, so much to cover. So

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Speaker 4: who better to talk to than our buddy Pat mcletty

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Speaker 2: Pat, that's Brett Blakemer. I'm Kevin Falness. Welcome as always

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Speaker 2: to cafe in Hello, guys.

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Speaker 5: I'm a little beyond the pond to day early.

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Speaker 4: Very much so, yeah, and it's a great time to

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Speaker 4: and he's a day off, well needs a day off,

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Speaker 4: And meanwhile, we get to jam a little hockey down

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Speaker 2: And we've already done that for one hour, and you

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Speaker 2: How is the trip to Notre Dame?

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Speaker 5: It was great. Yeah. In fact, we got dropped off

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Speaker 4: Extended pregame tonight, I don't know, I don't Yeah, we

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Speaker 4: Awesome, So we'll assume the broadcast starts at five point

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Speaker 2: The rematch tomorrow starting to four thirty. Pup drops at five.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, and I would say for the people, the game

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Speaker 5: I was waiting for you to do that. Thank you.

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Speaker 2: How about for you and the folks inside that building.

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Speaker 5: Well, the inability to gain any traction throughout the year

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Speaker 5: it's been it's been frustrating, it's been disappointing. There's been

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Speaker 5: Well, you know, the expectations for fans, and they're great fans,

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Speaker 5: You know, Bob fully mitted that, you know he didn't

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Speaker 4: Hopefully the turnaround begins tonight at Notre Dame again a

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Speaker 2: We've got some business.

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Speaker 4: My question would be, how are you not in Milan

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Speaker 5: And in fact, and in fact, Kevin, you remember, I

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Speaker 4: We know what you did at the University of Minnesota.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I loved it over there. You know, I spent

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Speaker 2: Absolutely outstanding. Let's do that.

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Speaker 4: Then let's put Pat mcletty on hold, and then when

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Speaker 2: So there is Olympic hockey going on here for the men.

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Speaker 2: Hey, Kevin and double B.

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Speaker 3: I think for Team USA, it's it's got to be

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Speaker 3: as candidates, let's write a hot goalie into that game

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Speaker 3: Bill Garin, please get a couple of centermen and that

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Speaker 2: That is what is in faceoffs.

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Speaker 4: Fantastic talkback effort. We're giving away tickets to the first

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Speaker 4: Pat mclatty joins us again Part two from South Bend.

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Speaker 2: Patrick. I've really enjoying the Olympics for everything that's going on.

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Speaker 2: I've watched more Olympics this year than I think maybe

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Speaker 4: And all the other good stuff. But of course the

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Speaker 2: In the very early goings.

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Speaker 5: I love the Olympics, you know, the you know, just

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Speaker 4: Were you if you were up that early? Did you

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Speaker 4: So when we last talked on Beyond the Pond last Saturday,

436
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Speaker 4: we talked about the line combinations.

437
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Speaker 2: And it doesn't sound like.

438
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Speaker 4: You were a fan of Ikeel in the between the

439
00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:05,119
Speaker 4: two Kachuck brothers and Boldie playing online with Genzel and Matthews,

440
00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:07,800
Speaker 4: how did you think of the top six yesterday?

441
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Speaker 2: At least?

442
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Speaker 5: Well, sometimes you are proven wrong or say the wrong things,

443
00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:20,000
Speaker 5: and I you know, I like the Gonzel line, you know,

444
00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:24,280
Speaker 5: with with Boldie and Matthews and the Kachuks with Eichel.

445
00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,119
Speaker 5: You know, they seem to fit really well. And so

446
00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:33,120
Speaker 5: you know, going up yesterday, you know, look pretty darn

447
00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:36,840
Speaker 5: good to me. I'm glad that Dylan Larkin is in

448
00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:39,480
Speaker 5: the middle because I think he is going to be

449
00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:42,919
Speaker 5: a key when they played Canada and going up against

450
00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:50,160
Speaker 5: whether it be McDavid or McKinnon. So you know, I think,

451
00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:52,600
Speaker 5: you know, there's a lot if you look at the

452
00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:56,600
Speaker 5: defensive pairs yesterday, they were all over the place. Sometimes

453
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Speaker 5: Boldie was with Hughes and sometimes he was with the

454
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Speaker 5: slave in and so you know, I think they're still

455
00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:06,600
Speaker 5: trying to, you know, figure that part out. But I

456
00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:10,920
Speaker 5: really do think, you know, the key for the Americans

457
00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:15,040
Speaker 5: is their decore. It is really really good and I

458
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Speaker 5: think better than any decorp in that in that Olympics.

459
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Speaker 5: So you know, I really believe that is going to

460
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Speaker 5: be the driver for the US, you know, going forward.

461
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Speaker 2: Their back end is just elite.

462
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Speaker 4: The defensive pairings that we could talk about, and plus

463
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Speaker 4: the goaltending compared to anybody else. I just think that

464
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Speaker 4: they that's where they should shine. Where Canada has the

465
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Speaker 4: offensive firepower. It's not like the Americans are are are

466
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Speaker 4: you know, completely dwarfed by the Canadians, But their defensive

467
00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:49,560
Speaker 4: pairings and what they got in goal is great.

468
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Speaker 2: We talked a lot about.

469
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Speaker 4: The possibility of Hughes and Favor being locked up on

470
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Speaker 4: the blue line because of how well they play here

471
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Speaker 4: in Minnesota with the wild not the case they're putting

472
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Speaker 4: Hugh's with macavoy Slave with Favor.

473
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Speaker 2: Are you okay with that?

474
00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:04,880
Speaker 6: Well?

475
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Speaker 5: I am, you know, But but as I said yesterday,

476
00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:11,320
Speaker 5: they you know, there were times Hughes in Faber were together.

477
00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:16,080
Speaker 5: So I think Mike Sullivan has that ability to you know,

478
00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:18,439
Speaker 5: knowing that those guys have played together. It's not like

479
00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:21,560
Speaker 5: putting two guys out there who haven't played together before.

480
00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:24,960
Speaker 5: So I think he can do that, you know, switch

481
00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:28,880
Speaker 5: the pairings up a little bit as needed. But when

482
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Speaker 5: they do play Canada, I expect Slave in Favor, you know,

483
00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:36,639
Speaker 5: to be that shutdown pair, you know, against McDavid or

484
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Speaker 5: McKinnon or Crosby or whoever they have to shut down,

485
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Speaker 5: you know, at a particular time. So you know, we'll

486
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Speaker 5: have to see how it plays out. And then when

487
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Speaker 5: it comes to the goaltending, now you know, the the

488
00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:51,879
Speaker 5: hot rumor as Swayman is going to play in the

489
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Speaker 5: next game. I don't know if I like that, Kevin.

490
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Speaker 2: I don't know.

491
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Speaker 5: You selected your guy, and you know, I think, you know,

492
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Speaker 5: even for a guy like uh, you know, Hella Buck,

493
00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:06,879
Speaker 5: you know, he's got to get used to playing with

494
00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:09,600
Speaker 5: the decor that he has too and where they want

495
00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:12,879
Speaker 5: pucks and all of that, and always handling pucks in

496
00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:17,679
Speaker 5: a little smaller rank. And so I would go, you know,

497
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Speaker 5: if you made that determination that he's going to be

498
00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:23,400
Speaker 5: the guy, then play him and you know, if he falters,

499
00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:26,119
Speaker 5: then you can make the change. But you know, I

500
00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:28,120
Speaker 5: will want to see how it plays out tomorrow.

501
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Speaker 4: How about those Canadians of Patrick, I look down the middle,

502
00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:35,760
Speaker 4: look at this, McDavid, McKinnon, Crosby, Horvat both your for

503
00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,760
Speaker 4: center iceman. When I talk about, you know, an embarrassment

504
00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:41,000
Speaker 4: of riches, that's where it starts with them, and then

505
00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,840
Speaker 4: then you throw Celebrini in on the action. Mark Stone

506
00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:45,879
Speaker 4: I thought had a great game yesterday. Of course you

507
00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:47,680
Speaker 4: got the pest that is Brad Marshan.

508
00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:48,280
Speaker 5: Uh.

509
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Speaker 4: But that middle iceed position man for the Canadians is

510
00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:53,040
Speaker 4: just unbelievably loaded.

511
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:57,640
Speaker 5: Well, you know, and and and Bennington, you know posted

512
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Speaker 5: the shout out. I think when the US plays Canada,

513
00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:06,480
Speaker 5: they have to get to Bennington, they have to get

514
00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:11,280
Speaker 5: in his head, they have to talk to him and

515
00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:14,320
Speaker 5: you know, get him off his game because it's going

516
00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:16,520
Speaker 5: to come down to goaltending when those two teams play,

517
00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:21,080
Speaker 5: there's no question in my mind. And if they can

518
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Speaker 5: get Bennington off his game, I think that is going

519
00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:28,280
Speaker 5: to be a real, real factor in the outcome of

520
00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:28,800
Speaker 5: that game.

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Speaker 4: Meanwhile, I should mention too, when we're talking about results

522
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Speaker 4: from the men's tournament at the Winter Olympics, how about

523
00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:40,720
Speaker 4: the Slovaks with the wild prospect Hallai Holy smokes, Pat

524
00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:44,040
Speaker 4: what he did against Finland thirty some saves, I think

525
00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:47,720
Speaker 4: almost forty saves and that's the wild Probably I would

526
00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:49,720
Speaker 4: have thought he was our fourth guy on the depth chart,

527
00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:52,560
Speaker 4: but maybe he's rising up the ranks of considering what

528
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Speaker 4: he's doing over there.

529
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Speaker 5: I have to be honest with you, Kevin, I didn't

530
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Speaker 5: even you know, I knew they had a goal. I

531
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Speaker 5: know who it was, and lo and behold it's him,

532
00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:07,160
Speaker 5: and boy, oh boy, did he open some eyes right

533
00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:10,720
Speaker 5: And and you know Bill Gharren was at that game

534
00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:15,440
Speaker 5: watching him, and you know, now he's thinking, you know what,

535
00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:19,000
Speaker 5: you know, we may have another guy here, and that

536
00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:23,199
Speaker 5: plays into the part of huh, you know, maybe I

537
00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:26,600
Speaker 5: can make a deal and maybe I you know, I

538
00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:29,000
Speaker 5: hate to say it, but his name's been out there.

539
00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:34,520
Speaker 5: You know that brings Walstead Vaalstead into play potentially, so

540
00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:38,960
Speaker 5: you know, you you you certainly find out things and

541
00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:42,280
Speaker 5: tournaments like this. Now we'll have to see how he

542
00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:46,240
Speaker 5: continues to play. You know, in the big stage. That

543
00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:49,320
Speaker 5: was one game. You certainly don't go off of one game.

544
00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:54,600
Speaker 5: But regardless, knowing that you have a potential guy for

545
00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:57,440
Speaker 5: the future, it bodes well for Minnesota.

546
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Speaker 4: I'm surprised if my game report is correct and the

547
00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:04,920
Speaker 4: Slovaks win over Italy earlier today, Hallave did not play.

548
00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:06,720
Speaker 2: They went with their other guy and I don't know

549
00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:09,040
Speaker 2: who he is. He's not an NHLer, but he.

550
00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:12,640
Speaker 4: Was put between the pipes, ended up making twenty saves

551
00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:15,400
Speaker 4: and the Slovaks get a three to two win over Italy,

552
00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:17,479
Speaker 4: so just something to watch. My guess is once they

553
00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:19,640
Speaker 4: come back to action, I don't know when they play again.

554
00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:23,520
Speaker 4: My guess is Iowa Wild and Wild prospects Sam hallav

555
00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:27,120
Speaker 4: will be back between the pipes real quick. I do

556
00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:29,680
Speaker 4: want to get into what's going on with this Wild team.

557
00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:32,920
Speaker 4: They go into the Olympic break feeling really good about them.

558
00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:35,800
Speaker 4: So it's five straight victories, maybe not playing their best hockey,

559
00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:38,400
Speaker 4: but definitely getting results. How do you feel about this

560
00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:41,320
Speaker 4: team now with when they do return at the end

561
00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:43,800
Speaker 4: of February, there's just two dozen games left in the

562
00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:44,520
Speaker 4: regular season.

563
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Speaker 5: Well, I feel good about him, and you know, I mean,

564
00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:51,000
Speaker 5: it's great the way they ended before the break. You

565
00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:54,200
Speaker 5: always want to end on a good note. You know,

566
00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:56,680
Speaker 5: we're going to have to see, you know, what happens.

567
00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:59,400
Speaker 5: I mean, there's a ton of rumors going around about

568
00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:04,120
Speaker 5: guys that they could get and you know, we'll see,

569
00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:07,320
Speaker 5: you know, I think we'll probably see a different team

570
00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:09,680
Speaker 5: in the next couple of weeks. I think there'll be

571
00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:12,480
Speaker 5: a couple of additions to the team. What they are,

572
00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:17,719
Speaker 5: you know, none of us know, and and so uh,

573
00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:21,920
Speaker 5: you know, hopefully they're going to address that center ized position.

574
00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:26,840
Speaker 5: And I really think that they may add a defenseman it.

575
00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:31,360
Speaker 5: That would be my guest, Kevin. But you know, in

576
00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:34,440
Speaker 5: saying that, it's got to be the right guy. The

577
00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:38,280
Speaker 5: chemistry on this team is really good right now. And

578
00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:43,720
Speaker 5: and so you know, all Harvard harken back to the

579
00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:48,720
Speaker 5: big trade that that Chuck Fletcher made with who's the kid,

580
00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:54,920
Speaker 5: Who's the guy they got from Arizona Centerman Anyway, Uh,

581
00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:56,800
Speaker 5: you know, I don't know if that was the right

582
00:30:56,840 --> 00:30:59,000
Speaker 5: fit for that team at the right time. Remember that

583
00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:03,160
Speaker 5: team was really going well and heading into the playoffs

584
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:05,200
Speaker 5: and Martin have loot right.

585
00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:08,640
Speaker 2: Well, Hansel Halet was the one that came well before.

586
00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:12,160
Speaker 5: Him, Hansel, thank you, thank yous. And it just wasn't

587
00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:16,280
Speaker 5: the right fit. So when you when you make a deal,

588
00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:19,320
Speaker 5: you got to get a guy that that is going

589
00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:23,680
Speaker 5: to fit into your team. And and so we'll have

590
00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:24,800
Speaker 5: to see what Billy does.

591
00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:27,960
Speaker 4: It really feels like it's just a matter of time

592
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:31,400
Speaker 4: before Vinnie Trochek ends up on this team from all

593
00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:34,800
Speaker 4: all the conversations and he's having fun about joining the

594
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:37,240
Speaker 4: wild picture there in uh in Milan.

595
00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:39,280
Speaker 2: It feels like that's the way This is breaking.

596
00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:41,960
Speaker 4: If it ends up and I'm just speculating, I'm guessing

597
00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:43,880
Speaker 4: reading the tea leaves, But if it ends up being

598
00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:46,800
Speaker 4: Vinnie Trochek as the guy that Bill Garon adds at

599
00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:48,640
Speaker 4: the trade deadline, what does he do for this team?

600
00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:50,479
Speaker 2: And how do you feel about that addition?

601
00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:55,520
Speaker 5: Well, I thought he played really well yesterday. You know,

602
00:31:55,800 --> 00:32:00,800
Speaker 5: he's very aggressive, he can win draws, he's they call

603
00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:03,760
Speaker 5: him that two hundred foot player. He can play the

604
00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:06,640
Speaker 5: power play, he kills penalties, he's good and you know

605
00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:10,680
Speaker 5: he's good defensively. Uh, and so I think he'd be

606
00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:13,320
Speaker 5: a good a good get for this team. What do

607
00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:16,360
Speaker 5: you give up for him? I don't know. Uh, you know,

608
00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:19,080
Speaker 5: you know, certainly Volstad is not going to be part

609
00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:21,880
Speaker 5: of that because they have one of the best goaltenders

610
00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:24,920
Speaker 5: in the in the National Hockey League and it's just

611
00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:27,560
Speaker 5: circin And so what do you give up? Do you

612
00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:30,560
Speaker 5: give up a year off? Do you give up a STRAYML?

613
00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:33,400
Speaker 5: Do you you know, do you give up a number one?

614
00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:35,960
Speaker 5: What's you know, what's the asking price going to be?

615
00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:38,320
Speaker 5: You know, there's there's gonna be a lot of teams

616
00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:42,480
Speaker 5: that are going to be interested in tro check and

617
00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:45,640
Speaker 5: so you know, it all depends what what the package is.

618
00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:50,960
Speaker 5: But yes, he certainly would be an upgrade to this

619
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Speaker 5: hockey team.

620
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:55,800
Speaker 2: I have very much enjoyed our conversation Todave, and it

621
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Speaker 2: just what's my.

622
00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:01,080
Speaker 4: Tomorrow or Tomorrow's Beyond the Punt? And I'm going to

623
00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:03,880
Speaker 4: leave you with this cliffhanger. I've got a surprise guest

624
00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:07,320
Speaker 4: at eleven o'clock who both you and Wally know very well,

625
00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:10,480
Speaker 4: and I think you're going to be extremely excited about him.

626
00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:13,960
Speaker 4: I don't want to give too many hints away because

627
00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:15,040
Speaker 4: I think it would give it away.

628
00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:19,040
Speaker 2: I don't think you need to this guy. Yeah, you

629
00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:20,960
Speaker 2: won't need prep work for this guy. This is a

630
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,760
Speaker 2: person that you both know very well, and this will

631
00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:27,240
Speaker 2: be my only hint. He's a former Golden Gopher.

632
00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:28,720
Speaker 5: Awesome.

633
00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:30,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, you guys will love it.

634
00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:33,040
Speaker 4: Eleven o'clock tomorrow part of Beyond the Pond ten to

635
00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:36,440
Speaker 4: noon on Kfan. But we will be listening tonight because

636
00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:38,640
Speaker 4: we're gonna mute TV and listen to you and Wally

637
00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:42,080
Speaker 4: from Notre Dame. Get the Golden Gopher men's hockey team

638
00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:42,680
Speaker 4: back on track.

639
00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:45,480
Speaker 5: Patrick, outstanding, Thank you, Kevin.

640
00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:47,200
Speaker 2: All right my friend, thank you, enjoying the day. Good

641
00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:48,080
Speaker 2: luck to you and Wally.

642
00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:52,120
Speaker 4: Okay, thanks by my good friend Pat mcletty out there

643
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:54,800
Speaker 4: in South ben Yeah. They're on the air tonight Twin

644
00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:57,719
Speaker 4: Cities News Talk AM eleven thirty and f M one

645
00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:01,800
Speaker 4: oh three point five Notre Dame and the Gophers five

646
00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:05,160
Speaker 4: point thirty pregame, he says, puck drops just after six o'clock.

647
00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:09,200
Speaker 4: The rematch tomorrow five o'clock in Notre Dame. Let's take

648
00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:11,120
Speaker 4: a break and then when we continue, Brett I think

649
00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:11,880
Speaker 4: this is what we'll do.

650
00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:14,800
Speaker 2: We can do Brett Blakemore's breakaways.

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Speaker 4: But we can also go through a ton of these

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Speaker 4: talkbacks and text messages because I got a lot of

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Speaker 4: them coming in, and we should get some of those

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Speaker 4: on the air because we want to give away some

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Speaker 4: of those Wild tickets. At the top of the hour,

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Speaker 4: we're going to be joined by former Wild goaltender Dwayne Rolison.

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Speaker 2: So this is your opportunity.

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Speaker 4: Fill up the text line six for six eighty six,

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Speaker 4: give us those talkbacks. We're giving away tickets to the

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Speaker 4: next three Wild home games coming up in March at

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Speaker 4: Grand Casino Arena. You can't win if you don't play,

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Speaker 4: own tickets at Wild dot com slash tickets, but we're

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Speaker 4: giving away free ones.

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Speaker 2: Next on the fan.

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Speaker 1: Feel the energy of the state of Hockey Minnesota. Wild

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Speaker 1: We'll be back at Grand Casino Arena. You don't want

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Speaker 1: to miss the speed, the hits, the roar of the crowd.

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Speaker 1: You can get your tickets Wi dot com slash tickets,

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Speaker 2: Hey Tom, Kevin from dellan O.

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Speaker 6: Just want to get your thoughts on possibly keeping Wall

673
00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:12,640
Speaker 6: steps through the season. I know we're trying to get

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Speaker 6: a top line center and you know we're looking for

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00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:18,839
Speaker 6: that boost going into the postseason, but maybe hanging on

676
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Speaker 6: to him through the postseason and into next next drop

677
00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:25,719
Speaker 6: season might not be a bad move either. Maybe get

678
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Speaker 6: more value for him, maybe be able to you know,

679
00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:32,120
Speaker 6: get a better player further down the road.

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Speaker 2: Here your thoughts, My.

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Speaker 4: Thoughts are Kevin, don't call me Tom. Of all the names,

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Speaker 4: that's not the one. Welcome back to nine to Noon,

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Speaker 4: Kevin falling us in for Paul.

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Speaker 2: Tom, Kevin, Hey, Hey Tom, Hey, Kevin, Brett Blake Moore

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Speaker 2: here as well.

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Speaker 4: You know what I'm really jonesing for here Brett Blakemore,

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Speaker 4: and I know it's coming tomorrow and be on the

688
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Speaker 4: pond because we do it each and every Saturday on

689
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Speaker 4: that wonderful hockey show that we do here on FM

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Speaker 4: one hundred point three the fan. I am jonesing for

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Speaker 4: some Brett Blakemore's breakaways.

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Speaker 7: It's time for Brett Blakemore's BREAKAWAYA.

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Speaker 2: Caprio so good.

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Speaker 7: And now blakemore Breakaway dangerous to do, but every Saturday

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00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:30,160
Speaker 7: we go inside the mind of Brett Blakemore and he

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Speaker 7: gets to just unfurl whatever it might be on on

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Speaker 7: top of his head.

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Speaker 4: A lot of the times it's dangerous, but you never know,

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Speaker 4: so let's just throw caution into the wind.

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Speaker 2: I think dangerous is strong. It's a little dangerous.

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Speaker 4: Sometimes it can be trepidacious, but it's sure.

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Speaker 2: It's usually fun and that's what we're all about here.

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00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:49,920
Speaker 4: So now, if you want to have your battle royale

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Speaker 4: between all the Minnesota mascots, this is your opportunity.

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Speaker 1: Time.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Pat will go off you we already burned it. Unfortunately.

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Speaker 1: The Talkbacker brings up a good point potentially keeping Valsett

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Speaker 1: through the season and just holding strong. I wouldn't hate it.

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00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:09,680
Speaker 1: I'm certainly not campaign for Valseet to get out of town.

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00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:12,520
Speaker 1: I absolutely love him, following him since the draft, and

711
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Speaker 1: I've believed in him since they've drafted him. But I

712
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Speaker 1: think if you're gonna make a deal, he's got to

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Speaker 1: be in it to grab a big fish.

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Speaker 2: That is the worrisome part.

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Speaker 4: I understand that he's your one shining prospect that's left

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Speaker 4: along with Charlie Strammel.

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Speaker 2: The problem that I have with that is that you

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00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:34,920
Speaker 2: need two good goals. There's still twenty four games left

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Speaker 2: to play in the regular season, and they're playing just

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Speaker 2: about every other night. And as good as Philip Gustilson

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Speaker 2: has been through the first fifty some games of this year,

722
00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:46,360
Speaker 2: he can't carry the water for two dozen consecutive games

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Speaker 2: and then be your guy into the playoffs. Now does

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Speaker 2: Marc Andre Fleury alleviate that.

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Speaker 4: I still don't know how much of that is fact,

726
00:37:53,960 --> 00:37:55,960
Speaker 4: how much of that is fiction, how much of that

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00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:59,600
Speaker 4: is wishful thinking. But that would stem the tide a

728
00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:02,319
Speaker 4: little bit. But man, there's so there's such a good

729
00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:06,719
Speaker 4: upside for Yespervolstead. You know, he comes into the out

730
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Speaker 4: of the draft as the best best goaltender in the world,

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Speaker 4: not in the National Hockey League, and definitely took a

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Speaker 4: step backwards last year for how things went. But I

733
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Speaker 4: think has proven that he can play on this level

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Speaker 4: on a consistent basis, and I'd hate to give up

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Speaker 4: on that.

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Speaker 2: But if it's the opportunity to get past the Dallas

737
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Speaker 2: Stars the Colorado Avalanche and solidify this roster, I think

738
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Speaker 2: he got to look at it. But that would be tough.

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Speaker 2: What do you think?

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Speaker 1: Typically, Well, I'll go into it here, and I think

741
00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:41,760
Speaker 1: they should trade him only if it's a big, big

742
00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:45,440
Speaker 1: fish that they're getting back. And I always not always,

743
00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:49,279
Speaker 1: but I tend to zag when everyone zigs in this

744
00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:53,359
Speaker 1: base and because I just don't, sometimes I just think

745
00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:56,280
Speaker 1: a little bit different. I have the esoteric Wild approach,

746
00:38:56,800 --> 00:38:59,080
Speaker 1: and I think that Trocheck is a good player.

747
00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:01,239
Speaker 2: I think he's on this US team for a reason.

748
00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:02,200
Speaker 2: I think he does a good job.

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Speaker 1: And if you listen to pat last segment, he says, oh,

750
00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:07,960
Speaker 1: two hundred foot player can win face offs, can kill penalties.

751
00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:11,200
Speaker 1: I'm here to tell you that's not what the Wild

752
00:39:11,239 --> 00:39:14,240
Speaker 1: need to get over the time. It's just not We've

753
00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:17,200
Speaker 1: got Eric Sinak, who's a great two hundred white player

754
00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:19,880
Speaker 1: we've got. You know, Hartman can play in the defensive zone.

755
00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:23,040
Speaker 1: You're off complaining the defense zone. Nico Sterm can kill penalties.

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Speaker 1: We've got bottom six centers galore. We've got a bunch

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Speaker 1: of them. So I don't think Trocheck is this. He's

758
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:33,640
Speaker 1: a good player, Don't get me wrong. I'm just not saying, like, boy,

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Speaker 1: here comes the Savior, Here comes the Knights of the

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Speaker 1: Veil over the corner to help John Snow.

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Speaker 2: No, this it's it.

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Speaker 1: Would be another classic Bill Garred. We'd have five bottom

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Speaker 1: six centers. It feels like our top line right now

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Speaker 1: is Hartman, capris Off Zukuerella, which godspeed. And I know

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Speaker 1: that Caprisoff likes playing with Hartman, But what if you

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Speaker 1: swung Big traded Vallstet for a Stutsla for a Brady

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Speaker 1: ku Chuck for you know, wouldn't it be awesome if

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Speaker 1: the Maple Leafs decided they just wanted to tank because

769
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Speaker 1: they're not tank, but start rebuilding because they're not very

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Speaker 1: good this year. And Matt Bowley's already playing with Austin

771
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Speaker 1: Matthews right now. Let me dream they are dreams. But

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Speaker 1: that is the type of big fish that I'm talking about,

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Speaker 1: they would be worth trading ball set for. I don't

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Speaker 1: think Trocheck again good player. I'm not saying he's terrible,

775
00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:30,200
Speaker 1: He's an awful player. I'm just saying we've already got

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Speaker 1: guys who can kill penalties.

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Speaker 2: First of all, you brought up Austin Matthews.

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Speaker 4: You brought up Jack Hughes, Pieing the Sky, awesome, great fish.

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Speaker 2: You're not gonna get him for Yes, for Volstead. So

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Speaker 2: what goes into that package?

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Speaker 1: I mean you would you would have to give probably strain,

782
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Speaker 1: probably probably yes.

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Speaker 2: I don't want to get rid of your off you

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Speaker 2: might have to.

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Speaker 1: And then you're probably gonna throw in a handful of

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Speaker 1: draft picks as well, in the first and second round.

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Speaker 2: So those.

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Speaker 4: I got you, big fish and big dreams. I think

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Speaker 4: that's great. Unfortunately, I think the guys that are available

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00:41:11,719 --> 00:41:16,440
Speaker 4: that are are more realistic are of any Trocheck, Robert Thomas,

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Speaker 4: Nasam Kadri, maybe Charlie Coyle. I I just don't see

792
00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:24,359
Speaker 4: those other guys as being attainable. To be honest at

793
00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:26,800
Speaker 4: this point in time. Doesn't mean it can't happen.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I know.

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Speaker 4: Well, but again, if we're talking fantasy hockey. That's different

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Speaker 4: than living in reality, where I tend to spend my time.

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Speaker 2: You know what else was crazy fantasy Hank Hughes get

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00:41:40,520 --> 00:41:45,200
Speaker 2: trading for ever. And I said this to Pat a

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Speaker 2: couple of weeks ago.

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Speaker 4: If we talked about landing Quinn Hughes at the beginning

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Speaker 4: of we would be in this preposterous statement tournament. There's

802
00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:57,160
Speaker 4: no way that that was in anyone's front of mind.

803
00:41:57,200 --> 00:42:00,359
Speaker 4: And yet somehow Bill Garan pulled it off. So any

804
00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:04,000
Speaker 4: of these not happen, they could happen. It just doesn't

805
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:04,960
Speaker 4: seem very realistic.

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00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,239
Speaker 2: I hope. So I'm with you, my friend.

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Speaker 1: I'm not even saying it's really like that will happen.

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Speaker 1: I think the Trochech thing will happen. I think so

809
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Speaker 1: what I'm saying is I don't think that's the move

810
00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:19,359
Speaker 1: worthy of a trading volstet or b that gets us

811
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Speaker 1: over the top. I think it's a move that it's fine,

812
00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:25,080
Speaker 1: it's another depth piece and he'll be good, but we

813
00:42:25,160 --> 00:42:30,280
Speaker 1: need a big time player to help offensively. If Carel's

814
00:42:30,320 --> 00:42:32,200
Speaker 1: not going one night, what if he gets shut down

815
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Speaker 1: in the playoffs and we got to rely on the

816
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Speaker 1: second line which granted has been great or rely on

817
00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:39,759
Speaker 1: depth scoring and maybe Johansson goes down to the third

818
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Speaker 1: line and there's depth scoring there. I just think Trocheck

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Speaker 1: isn't the savior coming over the hill for me.

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00:42:45,719 --> 00:42:47,160
Speaker 2: Do you think the Wild will have two fifty goal

821
00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:47,799
Speaker 2: scores this year?

822
00:42:48,320 --> 00:42:51,120
Speaker 4: Does Boldie maker twenty four games left, him and Capriz

823
00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:52,080
Speaker 4: have both at thirty two.

824
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Speaker 2: They are on pace for it.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if they technically are mathematically are, but

826
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Speaker 1: they look I mean they were humming, especially the five games,

827
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Speaker 1: so I'll take it.

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Speaker 4: I'm excited to see how both of them emerge from

829
00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:06,480
Speaker 4: the Olympic break on two different stratospheres. Bold he's still

830
00:43:06,520 --> 00:43:10,120
Speaker 4: playing at a real high level with a lot of intensity,

831
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Speaker 4: whereas Caprice, I'm sure he's working out and doing that

832
00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:14,960
Speaker 4: whole thing, but for the most part, he's going to

833
00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:17,640
Speaker 4: come out with a nice, glorious tan and he's going

834
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Speaker 4: to be anything but intense coming out of the break.

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Speaker 4: So I just wonder how they both react to completely

836
00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:25,680
Speaker 4: different situations over the last few weeks.

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Speaker 1: This might be a better question for Russo and we

838
00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:31,080
Speaker 1: could just move on and play the skate sound effect again.

839
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Speaker 1: Do you have any inside information on where Caprisof is.

840
00:43:34,800 --> 00:43:38,120
Speaker 1: I read and from like rumor websites that he was

841
00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:40,799
Speaker 1: in Colorado doing high altitude training to get ready for

842
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Speaker 1: the avalanche. That's what i've the avalanche thing I made

843
00:43:44,239 --> 00:43:46,400
Speaker 1: up at the end, But I don't know where he is.

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Speaker 2: I hope he's in the Continental US. I'll be perfectly honest.

845
00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:52,920
Speaker 2: I have zero idea in all truth. I did exchange

846
00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:56,600
Speaker 2: a text with a current wild player about coming on today,

847
00:43:56,600 --> 00:43:59,000
Speaker 2: and he said, you know what this person is up to,

848
00:43:59,080 --> 00:44:01,640
Speaker 2: his ears in fame, family business, they're on vacation.

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Speaker 4: Would love to come on, but this isn't the time.

850
00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:06,239
Speaker 4: He's surrounded by family. I have no idea what Coroll

851
00:44:06,280 --> 00:44:07,960
Speaker 4: Capriesov is doing and.

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00:44:07,920 --> 00:44:13,239
Speaker 2: How is Felino doing these things exactly well, but you know,

853
00:44:13,719 --> 00:44:14,200
Speaker 2: I get it.

854
00:44:14,239 --> 00:44:16,359
Speaker 4: You know what, this is the time if you're ever

855
00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:19,080
Speaker 4: going to take a breather in the middle of an

856
00:44:19,239 --> 00:44:21,839
Speaker 4: NHL hockey season, this is the time to grab that

857
00:44:21,880 --> 00:44:24,560
Speaker 4: by the horns and really enjoy it, because this has

858
00:44:24,600 --> 00:44:26,040
Speaker 4: been a gruelling.

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Speaker 2: I'm not talking about my situation. I don't compare to it.

860
00:44:28,640 --> 00:44:31,200
Speaker 4: Even the guys that travel as part of the media,

861
00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:34,000
Speaker 4: as part of the traveling party, they've had it ten

862
00:44:34,040 --> 00:44:34,480
Speaker 4: times worse.

863
00:44:34,520 --> 00:44:35,440
Speaker 2: To me, this isn't about me.

864
00:44:35,520 --> 00:44:38,360
Speaker 4: This is about the team and the people that travel

865
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Speaker 4: on a regular basis.

866
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Speaker 2: What a grind this year has been.

867
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Speaker 4: So for guys like anyone that's on the roster that's

868
00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:47,360
Speaker 4: not over in Milan, take the opportunity to heal your

869
00:44:47,400 --> 00:44:49,880
Speaker 4: bumps and bruises and be ready for that final stretch

870
00:44:49,880 --> 00:44:50,920
Speaker 4: because it's going to be awesome.

871
00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:54,759
Speaker 1: You mentioned that with Pat I wanted to get your

872
00:44:54,800 --> 00:44:58,480
Speaker 1: take on it. I mentioned that Faber and Hughes seem

873
00:44:58,680 --> 00:45:01,080
Speaker 1: like the shoe in pair on this US team.

874
00:45:01,360 --> 00:45:03,560
Speaker 2: Obviously it's Latvia in the pool. Is not going to

875
00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:05,680
Speaker 2: be great with Denmark and Germany. I understand that.

876
00:45:06,280 --> 00:45:08,360
Speaker 1: So you're not going to get a real gauge basically

877
00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:12,359
Speaker 1: until the medal round of real true competitions. Merce Leacas

878
00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:14,839
Speaker 1: is a really good goalie and goaltender, but it's not

879
00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:17,360
Speaker 1: a chock full team of NHL. I think Germany's the

880
00:45:17,560 --> 00:45:20,200
Speaker 1: by far the best one you'll play in the prelims.

881
00:45:20,520 --> 00:45:23,680
Speaker 1: But Slaven and Faber were good in the four nations

882
00:45:23,680 --> 00:45:27,640
Speaker 1: that were good yesterday, Hughes and McAvoy were good. I

883
00:45:28,120 --> 00:45:30,400
Speaker 1: don't hate that they went back to these lines. But

884
00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:31,960
Speaker 1: I was just kind of stunned that they did.

885
00:45:32,200 --> 00:45:34,440
Speaker 4: I can't say that I was stunned, but at the

886
00:45:34,480 --> 00:45:37,479
Speaker 4: same time, seeing what Hughes in Favor have been able

887
00:45:37,520 --> 00:45:40,520
Speaker 4: to develop over the course of almost twenty five games,

888
00:45:40,560 --> 00:45:42,799
Speaker 4: I don't know what the exact number is, it's been

889
00:45:42,800 --> 00:45:45,080
Speaker 4: pretty special. And you know, you saw a little bit

890
00:45:45,120 --> 00:45:47,880
Speaker 4: of that with Hughes yesterday and playing with McAvoy and

891
00:45:47,920 --> 00:45:50,560
Speaker 4: whatever other combinations they came up with throughout the course

892
00:45:50,600 --> 00:45:53,560
Speaker 4: of that hockey game. But I just liked the chemistry

893
00:45:53,560 --> 00:45:55,239
Speaker 4: that he was in favor have developed, and I would

894
00:45:55,239 --> 00:45:58,160
Speaker 4: have liked to have seen that continue to grow even

895
00:45:58,200 --> 00:46:00,880
Speaker 4: on that Olympic stage. But you know, but this tournament

896
00:46:00,920 --> 00:46:02,920
Speaker 4: is far from over. They very well could end up

897
00:46:02,920 --> 00:46:05,279
Speaker 4: as a pair before it's all said and done. What

898
00:46:05,360 --> 00:46:08,440
Speaker 4: I don't like is path throwing out the possibility of

899
00:46:08,440 --> 00:46:11,520
Speaker 4: coming back with Swaymen, just ride Helli Buck until he

900
00:46:11,520 --> 00:46:12,400
Speaker 4: gives you a reason not to.

901
00:46:12,560 --> 00:46:16,200
Speaker 2: He didn't give you any reason not to pull him from.

902
00:46:17,040 --> 00:46:20,080
Speaker 4: The starter's cage, and nothing official has come from that either.

903
00:46:20,440 --> 00:46:23,439
Speaker 4: But I'd ride Hella Buck until the wheels come off.

904
00:46:23,640 --> 00:46:26,200
Speaker 1: I do think that Ottinger will see the Ice at

905
00:46:26,200 --> 00:46:28,919
Speaker 1: some point I think he should. Yeah, probably Sunday, Yeah,

906
00:46:28,920 --> 00:46:32,359
Speaker 1: it would be my guess. So and local angle as well,

907
00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:37,640
Speaker 1: which was swaymen, why swim? Yeah exactly. People were arguing

908
00:46:37,680 --> 00:46:39,280
Speaker 1: that ore should be the starter outright.

909
00:46:39,520 --> 00:46:42,120
Speaker 4: You could definitely make that. You definitely can make that argument.

910
00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:45,759
Speaker 4: I mean, without a doubt me saying I'd pick a

911
00:46:45,800 --> 00:46:46,279
Speaker 4: Hella Buck.

912
00:46:46,719 --> 00:46:49,640
Speaker 2: You know it. It's the body of work. It's the

913
00:46:49,719 --> 00:46:53,560
Speaker 2: fact that he's the the literal body guy's ue he.

914
00:46:53,600 --> 00:46:56,160
Speaker 4: Is, and he's a very good goaltender on a bad

915
00:46:56,200 --> 00:46:58,840
Speaker 4: team unfortunately this year for him. But that's not because

916
00:46:58,840 --> 00:47:01,359
Speaker 4: of what he does between the point, I think it's

917
00:47:01,360 --> 00:47:03,160
Speaker 4: more his resume than anything else.

918
00:47:03,160 --> 00:47:04,719
Speaker 2: Plus he's still a very good goaltender.

919
00:47:04,920 --> 00:47:06,920
Speaker 4: But to have that in your back pocket at Jake

920
00:47:06,920 --> 00:47:10,200
Speaker 4: on and you're an opportunity to fill that role when needed,

921
00:47:10,440 --> 00:47:13,800
Speaker 4: I think that's again an embarrassment of Riches for the

922
00:47:13,800 --> 00:47:14,640
Speaker 4: American squad.

923
00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:19,480
Speaker 1: Talked about the other wild players on Team USA, Hughes

924
00:47:19,520 --> 00:47:21,560
Speaker 1: and favored what about the other one, Matt Boldi I

925
00:47:21,640 --> 00:47:24,399
Speaker 1: jokingly mentioned that he's building up chemistry for his future

926
00:47:24,440 --> 00:47:27,400
Speaker 1: teammate Austin Matthews, just trying to pray that into existence

927
00:47:27,440 --> 00:47:28,720
Speaker 1: and throw it into the universe.

928
00:47:28,840 --> 00:47:30,320
Speaker 2: Sure, but it's.

929
00:47:30,160 --> 00:47:32,640
Speaker 1: Still fun to see him on aline another local angle

930
00:47:32,719 --> 00:47:36,920
Speaker 1: kind of with Jake Gnsel. It shows that you mentioned

931
00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:38,560
Speaker 1: are they going to get to fifty goals as Matt

932
00:47:38,600 --> 00:47:41,640
Speaker 1: BOLDI certainly Team USA thinks highly of them because they're

933
00:47:41,680 --> 00:47:43,880
Speaker 1: putting him on a prime I mean, Jack Hughes is

934
00:47:43,880 --> 00:47:46,720
Speaker 1: on the fourth line on this team, Kyle Connors below

935
00:47:46,800 --> 00:47:49,760
Speaker 1: him as well, who is Winnipeg's got, and Matt Boldie

936
00:47:49,800 --> 00:47:51,640
Speaker 1: is ahead of both of them playing with Austin Matthews.

937
00:47:51,719 --> 00:47:52,680
Speaker 2: I don't think it's fascinating.

938
00:47:52,719 --> 00:47:54,520
Speaker 4: He comes into the tournament as one of the hottest

939
00:47:54,520 --> 00:47:57,280
Speaker 4: goal scorers on the planet, not just on Team USA,

940
00:47:57,400 --> 00:48:00,200
Speaker 4: so of course they're going to put the spotlight on him,

941
00:48:00,239 --> 00:48:02,919
Speaker 4: and for good reason. It's it's so fun to watch

942
00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:06,000
Speaker 4: these guys continue to work, whether it be a Matt Bowldie,

943
00:48:06,040 --> 00:48:08,960
Speaker 4: a Brock favor of Quinn Hughes. This would be a

944
00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:12,680
Speaker 4: fun tournament without any Minnesota Wild representation, but they have

945
00:48:12,880 --> 00:48:16,319
Speaker 4: three guys as focal points on our favorite team. It's

946
00:48:16,320 --> 00:48:18,640
Speaker 4: so much fun to watch Team USA and that Boldie.

947
00:48:18,760 --> 00:48:22,440
Speaker 4: It continues to grow. Like I said last year and

948
00:48:22,520 --> 00:48:25,040
Speaker 4: in years prior. He's always been a very good player,

949
00:48:25,040 --> 00:48:28,000
Speaker 4: but he's been streaky. Now he's an every night a

950
00:48:28,080 --> 00:48:30,680
Speaker 4: guy that you can rely upon, and he's playing on

951
00:48:30,719 --> 00:48:33,400
Speaker 4: the line with Eck and playing with Johansson.

952
00:48:33,120 --> 00:48:35,280
Speaker 2: And it's just watched fun to watch these guys continue

953
00:48:35,320 --> 00:48:35,800
Speaker 2: to develop.

954
00:48:37,400 --> 00:48:40,000
Speaker 1: You imagined breakaways can get dangerous. Oh here, we are

955
00:48:40,080 --> 00:48:41,120
Speaker 1: not going to get dangerous for me.

956
00:48:41,360 --> 00:48:43,040
Speaker 2: That smile is making me nervous.

957
00:48:43,120 --> 00:48:48,239
Speaker 1: The program passwords coming up later today. The announcement of

958
00:48:48,280 --> 00:48:52,160
Speaker 1: the matchup happens forty nine minutes ago on Twitter. Yeahs

959
00:48:52,480 --> 00:48:56,239
Speaker 1: Greg Sweatberg against Common and lill Be and Must responded

960
00:48:56,760 --> 00:49:00,839
Speaker 1: with a tweet as long as at Radio Fi isn't

961
00:49:00,840 --> 00:49:04,040
Speaker 1: a part of it, which Richard, which then TENA responds,

962
00:49:04,640 --> 00:49:06,000
Speaker 1: he's afraid to play you.

963
00:49:06,920 --> 00:49:08,200
Speaker 2: This is your stand.

964
00:49:08,239 --> 00:49:12,360
Speaker 1: This is your time to rip and defend yourself for

965
00:49:12,360 --> 00:49:13,080
Speaker 1: as long as you want.

966
00:49:13,160 --> 00:49:15,359
Speaker 4: When it comes to program pass where there's only one

967
00:49:15,360 --> 00:49:17,799
Speaker 4: thing on earth that scares me, and it tends to

968
00:49:17,800 --> 00:49:20,719
Speaker 4: be my partner, and it's little Bee Must does not

969
00:49:20,840 --> 00:49:23,600
Speaker 4: scare me in any way, shape or form. Now, if

970
00:49:23,640 --> 00:49:27,600
Speaker 4: this was a trivia contest about sixties country music, that

971
00:49:27,600 --> 00:49:31,760
Speaker 4: would worry me. If it was a trivia contest about

972
00:49:31,760 --> 00:49:34,520
Speaker 4: crappy light beer in your garage. That would scare me.

973
00:49:34,560 --> 00:49:37,640
Speaker 4: He'd have me in both of those categories. Program password.

974
00:49:38,239 --> 00:49:41,480
Speaker 4: As much as I get lumped into the same cubicle

975
00:49:41,560 --> 00:49:46,920
Speaker 4: with muss it's ridiculous. I'm better than him and it

976
00:49:46,960 --> 00:49:50,759
Speaker 4: ain't even close. I am TEAMUSA Women compared to him

977
00:49:50,760 --> 00:49:52,880
Speaker 4: and the rest of the field on the Olympic stage.

978
00:49:53,000 --> 00:49:55,640
Speaker 4: That's how different it is between me and Musk. He's

979
00:49:55,719 --> 00:49:58,520
Speaker 4: not very good. I'm decent and I'm not very good,

980
00:49:58,520 --> 00:49:59,640
Speaker 4: but I'm better than him.

981
00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:01,920
Speaker 2: Did I stand up for myself? I think so.

982
00:50:02,400 --> 00:50:05,360
Speaker 1: I just I mean, you were getting destroyed, so I

983
00:50:05,520 --> 00:50:06,600
Speaker 1: wanted to let you have that.

984
00:50:06,840 --> 00:50:09,960
Speaker 4: Nothing scares me less than Mike Mussman. Are you kidding me?

985
00:50:10,560 --> 00:50:12,440
Speaker 4: Do you got any more? Should we take a break?

986
00:50:12,640 --> 00:50:13,480
Speaker 4: I'll do one more?

987
00:50:13,480 --> 00:50:16,719
Speaker 2: One more? Well read through. I'm going to read a

988
00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:17,359
Speaker 2: text here.

989
00:50:18,840 --> 00:50:21,000
Speaker 1: Has a general manager ever won a gold medal in

990
00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:23,320
Speaker 1: the Stanley Cup in the same season? Is Bill Garon

991
00:50:23,400 --> 00:50:26,960
Speaker 1: going to get it done? It's a tall task. I

992
00:50:27,400 --> 00:50:30,200
Speaker 1: certainly the gold medal is. I mean, i'd understand the

993
00:50:30,200 --> 00:50:32,560
Speaker 1: wild or the second highest team. We've been here before,

994
00:50:32,600 --> 00:50:35,280
Speaker 1: where they're the highest regular season team and it doesn't

995
00:50:35,640 --> 00:50:36,760
Speaker 1: transition to the playoffs.

996
00:50:36,800 --> 00:50:37,400
Speaker 2: Do you agree with me?

997
00:50:37,440 --> 00:50:37,600
Speaker 3: Though?

998
00:50:37,640 --> 00:50:40,240
Speaker 4: This is the best team in franchise history in twenty

999
00:50:40,239 --> 00:50:42,400
Speaker 4: five years. And there's been some great names, whether it

1000
00:50:42,440 --> 00:50:45,279
Speaker 4: be a Marion Gabrick, A Pavel, Dimitri, Brian Rolston, Pierre

1001
00:50:45,320 --> 00:50:48,840
Speaker 4: Marc Bouchard. They've had great goaltending, they've had solid defenseman,

1002
00:50:49,280 --> 00:50:52,160
Speaker 4: but nothing in the history of this franchise compares to.

1003
00:50:52,120 --> 00:50:53,400
Speaker 2: What's on the ice right now.

1004
00:50:54,360 --> 00:50:57,640
Speaker 4: Right Yeah, but that guarantees you nothing because you look

1005
00:50:57,680 --> 00:50:59,759
Speaker 4: at the rest of the Central Division, the rest of

1006
00:50:59,800 --> 00:51:01,600
Speaker 4: the Western Conference, and then if you get through that,

1007
00:51:01,640 --> 00:51:04,600
Speaker 4: you got to deal with whoever emerges from the Eastern Conference.

1008
00:51:04,719 --> 00:51:07,560
Speaker 4: So you're guaranteed nothing. But that said, this is the

1009
00:51:07,560 --> 00:51:10,319
Speaker 4: best team in franchise history. Love to see them get

1010
00:51:10,320 --> 00:51:12,280
Speaker 4: out of the first round for the first time.

1011
00:51:12,080 --> 00:51:13,040
Speaker 2: In more than a decade.

1012
00:51:13,560 --> 00:51:15,640
Speaker 4: But then you go over to the American side and

1013
00:51:15,680 --> 00:51:17,960
Speaker 4: it's good and that's the best team that team has

1014
00:51:18,040 --> 00:51:21,440
Speaker 4: fielded since nineteen eighty. Their best opportunity to grab the

1015
00:51:21,480 --> 00:51:26,240
Speaker 4: third gold in the history of the country. But again,

1016
00:51:26,280 --> 00:51:29,359
Speaker 4: that guarantees nothing because Canada's pretty damn good. Sweden can

1017
00:51:30,160 --> 00:51:32,959
Speaker 4: win some hockey games Finland's going to be good. Slovakia

1018
00:51:32,960 --> 00:51:36,319
Speaker 4: has already proven that they're going to be. In that conversation,

1019
00:51:36,480 --> 00:51:41,799
Speaker 4: Chechia has a pretty good team. I don't know how

1020
00:51:41,800 --> 00:51:43,640
Speaker 4: you make a living off of gambling on sports, to

1021
00:51:43,640 --> 00:51:46,080
Speaker 4: be honest, I don't know how you figure out who's

1022
00:51:46,120 --> 00:51:48,080
Speaker 4: going to be. I know who the favorites are and

1023
00:51:48,120 --> 00:51:50,600
Speaker 4: I know where the Wild are in the NHL. I

1024
00:51:50,640 --> 00:51:53,719
Speaker 4: know where the Americans are with the Olympic stage, and

1025
00:51:53,760 --> 00:51:56,920
Speaker 4: it's a tough road on both counts, but it can happen.

1026
00:51:57,120 --> 00:51:59,680
Speaker 1: I've said that the most excited I've ever been for

1027
00:51:59,719 --> 00:52:02,640
Speaker 1: a while team making a run was the year Caprisof

1028
00:52:02,760 --> 00:52:05,960
Speaker 1: and Fiala were both firing. I think they lost to

1029
00:52:06,040 --> 00:52:09,359
Speaker 1: Vegas that year, if memory serves, it was not good,

1030
00:52:09,400 --> 00:52:12,160
Speaker 1: but that was a team was like, they have scoring

1031
00:52:12,239 --> 00:52:14,600
Speaker 1: power and depth, and you have two salt lines, and

1032
00:52:14,640 --> 00:52:17,799
Speaker 1: this team does have two solid scoring lines. Someone did

1033
00:52:17,800 --> 00:52:20,239
Speaker 1: Texan six to one two. The Wild don't need don't

1034
00:52:20,280 --> 00:52:22,680
Speaker 1: have the picks to get those big fish, delusional take

1035
00:52:22,960 --> 00:52:25,359
Speaker 1: They'll find a way, let me tell you, they'll find.

1036
00:52:25,400 --> 00:52:28,920
Speaker 1: They've got prospects, they've got guys they can trade, and

1037
00:52:28,960 --> 00:52:31,040
Speaker 1: they do need the big fish as well in my opinion.

1038
00:52:31,120 --> 00:52:32,200
Speaker 2: But this is a.

1039
00:52:32,160 --> 00:52:37,160
Speaker 1: Team that absolutely trumps in talent that Caprice off fiala team,

1040
00:52:37,760 --> 00:52:39,120
Speaker 1: and it's more exciting for sure.

1041
00:52:39,200 --> 00:52:40,560
Speaker 2: Yep, we'll see what happens.

1042
00:52:40,640 --> 00:52:42,520
Speaker 4: A lot of fun stuff to come, especially in the

1043
00:52:42,560 --> 00:52:44,919
Speaker 4: month of March with in a number of different ways,

1044
00:52:44,920 --> 00:52:46,799
Speaker 4: but just twenty four games left to go in the

1045
00:52:46,840 --> 00:52:49,520
Speaker 4: regular season for your Minnesota Wild as they make the

1046
00:52:49,560 --> 00:52:52,680
Speaker 4: march towards the Stanley Cup playoffs, we will make a

1047
00:52:52,719 --> 00:52:55,440
Speaker 4: march towards a top of the hour break two hours

1048
00:52:55,440 --> 00:52:58,160
Speaker 4: in the books, another hour still to come as a

1049
00:52:58,400 --> 00:53:01,200
Speaker 4: Fallness and blakemore fill in for a Pa and nord

1050
00:53:01,280 --> 00:53:04,560
Speaker 4: Quist here on KF and when we continue, former Wild

1051
00:53:04,600 --> 00:53:07,239
Speaker 4: netminer Dwayne Rolinson is next on the fan