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Speaker 5: now are back on the winning tracks. Welcome to the

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Speaker 5: January twenty eighth edition of Crack and Weekly. Mike Benton,

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Speaker 5: without further ado, let's bring the guys in here for

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Speaker 5: What it feels like of a month I just would

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Speaker 5: Since our last radio show, the Crack and have played

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Speaker 3: Well, I think that's what part of the structure that

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Speaker 8: Gregan have got twelve wins since the twentieth of December,

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Speaker 6: In those twelve wins, they've allowed two or fewer goals in.

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Speaker 2: Two for six. Let's see seven, eight, nine, ten.

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Speaker 6: Eleven of those eleven of those wins they've allowed two

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Speaker 1: I mean you need to.

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Speaker 6: Win minimally two of every three, three of every five

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Speaker 2: Game sixty, game sixty five.

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Speaker 6: That has to matter. Game seventy has to matter. And

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Speaker 2: Three to two league almost overnight. And Seattle already.

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Speaker 2: One hundred percent he did that.

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Speaker 2: With an opportunity to go to the playoffs.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, he's not gonna be pushing for overtime

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Speaker 6: And you know what to those three games coming up,

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I gotta I gotta have some words with referee

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Speaker 2: Him and I we're gonna.

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Speaker 5: Where's my name? Drop bell and I can't find it yet.

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Speaker 7: I don't see it. That's all you needed to say.

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Speaker 6: No, I listen, I'm with you. I go back, I

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Speaker 7: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: Do I have to like it?

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Speaker 5: No one? No one did. Personally it was an emotional

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Speaker 6: tossed their hats and now you know, all for not

438
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Speaker 6: and and I feel bad for those folks who pitched

439
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Speaker 6: their hats on the ice and uh and weren't able

440
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Speaker 6: to get them back.

441
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Speaker 2: But hey, you were part of of of a weird,

442
00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:56,120
Speaker 2: weird moment in hockey.

443
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Speaker 6: So listen, it was for the cost and number three

444
00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:02,280
Speaker 6: and what but actually could have been Alex Ovechkin's final

445
00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:03,400
Speaker 6: game in Seattle.

446
00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:06,520
Speaker 2: I got an ave goal call on the highlight reel.

447
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Speaker 6: So.

448
00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:11,840
Speaker 1: Go ahead, fish no, a little bit of up, a

449
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Speaker 1: lot of bit of down.

450
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Speaker 6: But selfishly for those reasons, I'm going to make this

451
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Speaker 6: about me and be like, let's it ended up?

452
00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:19,040
Speaker 2: Okay?

453
00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:21,960
Speaker 3: I can I add a fourth that didn't happen that

454
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Speaker 3: I was really hoping it was going to happen, And

455
00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:27,879
Speaker 3: that was McCanns still getting the hat trick call and

456
00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:29,919
Speaker 3: looking to see what five hundred people that didn't have

457
00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:32,640
Speaker 3: hats anymore through on the ice like shoes?

458
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Speaker 7: What was coming off next?

459
00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:36,280
Speaker 2: It's a shoe trick.

460
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Speaker 5: Do you imagine the first ever shoe trick in the

461
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Speaker 5: in the whole and the whole ice is littered.

462
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Speaker 2: You know, it's funny too, So I looked.

463
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Speaker 4: I was.

464
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Speaker 2: When he scored the goal.

465
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Speaker 5: Someone get Brooks on that thing, by the way, you're right, yeah.

466
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Speaker 2: That is a perfect Brooks running shoes partnership. There idea.

467
00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:57,359
Speaker 2: When he scored the.

468
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Speaker 6: Goal and all the hats were being flung on under

469
00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:02,919
Speaker 6: the ice, I actually took a second to look around

470
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Speaker 6: the rink and I was I was watching to see

471
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Speaker 6: if anybody was gonna go uh to the Team store,

472
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Speaker 6: if anyone was leaving their seats to.

473
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Speaker 2: Go to the store.

474
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Speaker 6: So while they're cleaning up all the hats, and even

475
00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:19,760
Speaker 6: during the penalty explanation, I was watching around, and then

476
00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:22,480
Speaker 6: I saw a handful of people start to get up

477
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Speaker 6: and walk up the aisle.

478
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Speaker 2: So I'm curious if they were going to the Team store, because.

479
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Speaker 6: Al I was hoping he was going to actually get

480
00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:33,920
Speaker 6: it again. And then I'm like, well, I mean, CPA.

481
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Speaker 6: And then the Kraken just made a bunch of money

482
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Speaker 6: because they tossed their hats on the ice. People went

483
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Speaker 6: to go get a new hat and then toss are

484
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Speaker 6: you going to toss the new one?

485
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Speaker 2: I mean, geez, we're running out of inventory down there.

486
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Speaker 6: So again, that was a human experiment, a human social

487
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Speaker 6: experiment that I was very much looking forward to watching.

488
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Speaker 5: All right, then this one in the bed and a

489
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Speaker 5: moment that we won't forget it. Hey, maybe that hat

490
00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:04,000
Speaker 5: trick is coming here for Jared McCann. He is lighting

491
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Speaker 5: the score sheet up that much here at this point

492
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Speaker 5: and as of right now, virtually on for a forty

493
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Speaker 5: goal season type of pace. We're gonna take a break,

494
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Speaker 5: Dave McCarthy right after this here on Cracking Weekly on

495
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Speaker 5: ninety three three KJRFM. Well, where there is Yen, there

496
00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:20,760
Speaker 5: must be yang, right. We're talking about the schedule here,

497
00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:23,160
Speaker 5: Mike Benton again with you back here for Cracking Weekly,

498
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Speaker 5: with seventeen games here for the month of January. The

499
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Speaker 5: Firebirds going through a break where they haven't played since

500
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Speaker 5: last Friday, but they're gonna get right back to action

501
00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:34,239
Speaker 5: coming up tonight without take on the Colorado Eagles, and

502
00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:38,280
Speaker 5: the Firebirds right now still very much in contention as

503
00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:41,640
Speaker 5: this season continues to get closer and closer to crunch time.

504
00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:44,760
Speaker 5: They are heading into Game forty with a record of

505
00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:48,040
Speaker 5: twenty two to twelve and five forty nine points, putting

506
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Speaker 5: them forth right now in the Pacific Division. Keep in mind,

507
00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:55,600
Speaker 5: top seven in that division will make the Calder Cup playoffs.

508
00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:58,760
Speaker 5: Right now, Jagger Fergus leaves the Firebirds with thirty eight

509
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Speaker 5: points in thirty nine. James Tyson Jugnat, keep your eye

510
00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:04,639
Speaker 5: on him. Evan Pivnik gave us a great conversation on

511
00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:07,439
Speaker 5: last week's show about his game defensively on the back end.

512
00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:11,119
Speaker 5: Twenty nine points in thirty nine games, and he is

513
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Speaker 5: a rookie defenseman doing all of this. Oscar Fisco Mulgard

514
00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:17,359
Speaker 5: also keep your eye on him twenty one points in

515
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Speaker 5: thirty five games. Just some great talent right now that

516
00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,439
Speaker 5: is brewing in the pipeline here for the Kraken in

517
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Speaker 5: Coach Shell La Valley again, they're back in action tonight

518
00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:28,280
Speaker 5: taking on the Colorado Eagles. What don't we make out

519
00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:31,760
Speaker 5: of potential names available here? As trade deadline time gets

520
00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:35,159
Speaker 5: closer and closer. Well, one instance, the New York Rangers

521
00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:37,800
Speaker 5: may have seen the last of our Timmy panerin reports

522
00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:40,520
Speaker 5: coming out earlier this afternoon. The Rangers are sitting him

523
00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:44,920
Speaker 5: out for roster management purposes. So could there be dominoes

524
00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:48,119
Speaker 5: falling pretty soon in the trade market. The Crack and

525
00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:52,040
Speaker 5: of course reportedly are out there looking for potential upgrades

526
00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:54,840
Speaker 5: on their side that will take us now to the

527
00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:58,000
Speaker 5: Beacon Plumbing hotline and joining us now on Crack and Weekly.

528
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Speaker 5: Dave McCarthy of NHL Network radio host of the Sunday Brunch.

529
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Speaker 5: Also you can see is handiwork via NHL dot com. Dave, Hi,

530
00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:11,280
Speaker 5: how are you? And I had to ask you first

531
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Speaker 5: off with this crazy season that we are going through

532
00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:17,840
Speaker 5: a lot of teams kind of taking the ups and

533
00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:20,880
Speaker 5: downs and flipping roles here over the last few years.

534
00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:23,359
Speaker 5: So I think just from the least perspective of things,

535
00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:25,680
Speaker 5: you know from the team that you see out there routinely,

536
00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:29,520
Speaker 5: I mean, what's the empty narrative and what is reality

537
00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:31,760
Speaker 5: here with the Leaves right now in the post Mitch

538
00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:32,359
Speaker 5: Marner era.

539
00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:37,080
Speaker 9: Yeah, it's a disappointment this season, to be sure, because

540
00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:41,600
Speaker 9: this was a group Mike that in September was talking

541
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Speaker 9: about contending for the Stanley Cup and they're in a

542
00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:47,040
Speaker 9: position right now where they're nowhere near the playoffs, let

543
00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:50,479
Speaker 9: alone contending for the Cup eight points out, you know,

544
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Speaker 9: potentially as they come into action on Thursdays. So this

545
00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:56,320
Speaker 9: is not a year where they went into the year thinking, yeah,

546
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Speaker 9: you know what, it might not.

547
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Speaker 1: Be our year, it might retool a year.

548
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Speaker 9: No, this was a year they intended to contend and

549
00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:08,800
Speaker 9: it's not happening. So it's at the point now where

550
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Speaker 9: I think the Leaves have to really have a serious

551
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Speaker 9: discussion about where this season is going. Given that they're

552
00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:22,000
Speaker 9: eight points out. Is this season still salvageable? I don't

553
00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:26,200
Speaker 9: think that it is, And If that's the decision that

554
00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:29,520
Speaker 9: you come to, then you need to have some difficult

555
00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:33,040
Speaker 9: discussions about what you're going to do with certain guys

556
00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:39,280
Speaker 9: on the roster, impending free agents, Guys like a Bobby

557
00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:41,240
Speaker 9: McMahon who is a free agent at the end of

558
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Speaker 9: the year.

559
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Speaker 1: Guys like a Scott Lawton who is a free agent

560
00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:44,480
Speaker 1: at the end of the year.

561
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Speaker 9: Guys like a Troy Stetcher who have come in and

562
00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:50,680
Speaker 9: played pretty well. Simon ben Wall has got a year

563
00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:54,600
Speaker 9: left at just over a million bucks. Oliver Ekman Larson

564
00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:57,280
Speaker 9: is two years left. He's a guy that probably you

565
00:28:57,320 --> 00:29:00,880
Speaker 9: could never sell higher on then you could right now

566
00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:04,640
Speaker 9: because I think he would have some interest around the

567
00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:06,640
Speaker 9: league given how he has played this year.

568
00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:10,600
Speaker 1: You know, you look at Morgan Riley, does a change

569
00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:11,720
Speaker 1: need to occur there?

570
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Speaker 9: I think you have to look if you're the Leafs

571
00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:19,520
Speaker 9: right now and say, is it time to start trying

572
00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:23,680
Speaker 9: to accumulate future assets. For some of the players on

573
00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:27,800
Speaker 9: the team right now that either will not be resigned

574
00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:31,360
Speaker 9: in the off season, it makes sense to sell based

575
00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:35,480
Speaker 9: on their value right now, or guys that might just

576
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Speaker 9: have to be in a position.

577
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Speaker 1: Where it's time for a change.

578
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Speaker 9: I do think they still have a good skeleton in place.

579
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Speaker 9: I don't think it has to be an absolute tear down,

580
00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:49,800
Speaker 9: but I do think they need to make some savvy

581
00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:53,760
Speaker 9: moves to try to recoup some assets and put into

582
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Speaker 9: what is essentially a bear coveroard so that they can

583
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Speaker 9: try in the off season to utilize some of those

584
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Speaker 9: future assets that they would accumulate to translate back into

585
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Speaker 9: players that will help them as soon as next year.

586
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Speaker 5: Yeah. I think it's so fascinating because, I mean the

587
00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:13,480
Speaker 5: attention that they grab in that market. I mean it's

588
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Speaker 5: kind of like a byproduct year of a team that

589
00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:18,240
Speaker 5: has covered so much, akin of the Dallas Cowboys, a

590
00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:20,080
Speaker 5: kind of the New York Yankees. I mean, everything is

591
00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:22,760
Speaker 5: under a microscope. And so I think just kind of

592
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Speaker 5: getting past the whole Craig Beruby, Jim Mishap, William Nielander

593
00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:30,160
Speaker 5: and his camera Mishap and then Austin Matthews, the conversation

594
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Speaker 5: of Willie talk or not talk here to the media

595
00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:36,000
Speaker 5: game after game, I think we kind of understand a

596
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Speaker 5: bit further of where this could be headed and maybe

597
00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:41,040
Speaker 5: not so much a full blown tear down, because you

598
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Speaker 5: got Austin Matthews and his contract, William Nilander and his contract.

599
00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:47,720
Speaker 5: Matthew Knights was just signed to a brand spanking new deal.

600
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Speaker 5: But how closer do you think that we might be

601
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Speaker 5: seen to I wouldn't say doubling down, but a summer

602
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:58,000
Speaker 5: where they're they're they're trying to volley themselves right back

603
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Speaker 5: into contention status again.

604
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Speaker 9: Well, without question, if Austin Matthews is in the is

605
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Speaker 9: on the roster, if William Mielander is on the roster,

606
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Speaker 9: you you have to.

607
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Speaker 1: Try to contend. Otherwise what are you doing right now?

608
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Speaker 9: I mean, Matthews has got two years left after this year,

609
00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:20,680
Speaker 9: so what do you want to do waste next year

610
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:22,840
Speaker 9: and then go into the final year of his deal

611
00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:26,320
Speaker 9: as an impending unrestricted free agent. No, you got to

612
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Speaker 9: try to contend. So that's that's what they will try

613
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Speaker 9: to do.

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Speaker 1: You know.

615
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Speaker 9: The attention, I just really don't buy that as something

616
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Speaker 9: that is an element of adversity for this team. You know,

617
00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:46,760
Speaker 9: when they were playing good for most of the last

618
00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:51,000
Speaker 9: nine years and it was never really in doubt that

619
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Speaker 9: they were going to make the playoffs, there really weren't

620
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Speaker 9: many little side issues that turned into big circuses winning tears.

621
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Speaker 1: A lot of that.

622
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Speaker 9: But what what's happened now is that a lot of

623
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Speaker 9: these little side issues that crop up like you just referred,

624
00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:13,080
Speaker 9: remind me a lot of where this team was at

625
00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:17,080
Speaker 9: prior to twenty fourteen, when Brandon Shanahan came on board,

626
00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:19,560
Speaker 9: where it was salute gate and it was.

627
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Speaker 2: You know this, you know or you.

628
00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:25,080
Speaker 9: Know that guy, whatever it might have been, But it

629
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Speaker 9: always seemed like there was something, you know, Nasen Cadri saying,

630
00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:31,720
Speaker 9: oh yeah, Jeffrey Loopels, right, and then you know, Jeffrey

631
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:32,360
Speaker 9: Loopel's ever.

632
00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:36,520
Speaker 1: Seend from me. Whatever it was that seemed to go away.

633
00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:39,440
Speaker 9: Over the last ten years, but it's back, and now

634
00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:43,560
Speaker 9: it's a case where, you know, seemingly on a daily basis,

635
00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:48,479
Speaker 9: something else is becoming the main topic on Twitter, where

636
00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:49,760
Speaker 9: everybody runs.

637
00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:50,160
Speaker 2: Wild with it.

638
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Speaker 9: So, look, they have not had a good year at all.

639
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Speaker 9: It has not gone the way they wanted it to go. Nobody,

640
00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:02,160
Speaker 9: quite frankly, has played particularly well. It's a very short

641
00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:05,280
Speaker 9: list of guys who have played two expectations, let alone

642
00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:09,120
Speaker 9: exceeded expectations. But in saying that you've got Matthews, you've

643
00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:12,840
Speaker 9: got Nilander, you got Nice, you've got John Tavares, you've got,

644
00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:16,960
Speaker 9: you know, Jake McCabe. We'll see what the future holds

645
00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:22,520
Speaker 9: for Chris Tanev and his availability. You've got three goalies

646
00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:26,000
Speaker 9: that you theoretically like in Wall and Stollers and Dennis

647
00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:28,880
Speaker 9: Hill to be probably have to make a move on

648
00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:30,840
Speaker 9: one of them because Dennis Hill to be more clear

649
00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:35,040
Speaker 9: waivers next year. So you've got some pieces of value

650
00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:37,760
Speaker 9: that you can move, But you also have a spine

651
00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:41,080
Speaker 9: of a team that if you have a good off season,

652
00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:45,120
Speaker 9: you can build around, I think, and put them back

653
00:33:45,160 --> 00:33:47,520
Speaker 9: in a position where they're capable of contending at least

654
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Speaker 9: for a playoff spot.

655
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Speaker 5: Least they are going to be home or on the road.

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Speaker 5: Bigger pardon for now six in a row won't see

657
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Speaker 5: home until after the Olympic break. This game coming up

658
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Speaker 5: here for tomorrow, game one of their trip can Flames Oilers,

659
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Speaker 5: and then the Olympic break and they picked right things

660
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Speaker 5: back up with Tampa Bay and with Florida. Is Dave

661
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Speaker 5: McCarthy joining us right now on Cracking Weekly. Let's talk

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Speaker 5: Cracking here for a minute. Dave, I think it's reasonable

663
00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:14,359
Speaker 5: to say, I mean, four months ago, you know you're

664
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Speaker 5: you're looking into reasons that this team can maybe enjoy

665
00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:19,879
Speaker 5: a one month sugar rush and then kind of come

666
00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:22,200
Speaker 5: right back down to reality. But now we're two thirds

667
00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:24,880
Speaker 5: of the way through the season and they're still tied

668
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:28,960
Speaker 5: for a final wildcard spot in the Western Conference. Where's

669
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Speaker 5: your read on where they're at? And even to that point,

670
00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:36,680
Speaker 5: buying versus selling with the trade deadline getting closer and closer.

671
00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:40,919
Speaker 9: Yeah, Look, I liked what I saw of the Crack

672
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,160
Speaker 9: and when they came into town early in the season,

673
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Speaker 9: I thought they had good structure. I thought they were

674
00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:52,240
Speaker 9: a team that worked relentlessly. They were good on their details.

675
00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:56,279
Speaker 9: They hounded pucks, and if you have a team that's

676
00:34:56,320 --> 00:34:59,280
Speaker 9: willing to do that, that's hard to do every every day.

677
00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:01,600
Speaker 9: But if you have a team that's willing to do that,

678
00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:08,280
Speaker 9: I think that can account for an absence of elite talent,

679
00:35:08,719 --> 00:35:13,160
Speaker 9: which I also think the Crack can suffer from. And

680
00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:16,080
Speaker 9: they've got some good players on the team, but they're

681
00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:18,840
Speaker 9: not a team that has a lot of, you know,

682
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:22,680
Speaker 9: guys capable of breaking games open every time they go

683
00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:24,800
Speaker 9: on the ice. They need to play a strong team

684
00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:28,000
Speaker 9: game keep the puck out of their net, which they've

685
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:30,200
Speaker 9: done really well. They're in the top ten and goals

686
00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:34,560
Speaker 9: against the fewest goals allowed. And when you can do that,

687
00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:37,440
Speaker 9: you keep you play a lot of low scoring games

688
00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:39,960
Speaker 9: and then you have a chance for a bounce to

689
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:42,640
Speaker 9: go your way or or somebody to make a play

690
00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:45,440
Speaker 9: and get you on the right side of the ledger

691
00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:47,200
Speaker 9: and you win a close scoring game. And I think

692
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Speaker 9: I think that's what's happened with Seattle this year. You know,

693
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Speaker 9: have they have they blown the doors off offensively?

694
00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:56,480
Speaker 1: No, absolutely not.

695
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Speaker 9: But but they've been able to piece it together by

696
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:02,879
Speaker 9: committee by keeping themselves in games, keeping the.

697
00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:05,719
Speaker 1: Score low, so that you know, a.

698
00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:08,400
Speaker 9: Guy like a Jordan Eberle or a Jared McCann or

699
00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:12,080
Speaker 9: an Ellie Toldenan or whoever it is Jaden Schwartz, when

700
00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:17,040
Speaker 9: he's available, can chip in and and and put themselves

701
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Speaker 9: in a position to.

702
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Speaker 1: Win the game.

703
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Speaker 9: So I've been impressed. Do I think they're a Stanley

704
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Speaker 9: Cup contender? Absolutely not. If they if they sneak into

705
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Speaker 9: the playoffs, you know, I don't know. I hate to

706
00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:33,400
Speaker 9: quote Darryl sutt Well, I don't hate to quote Daryl Sutter.

707
00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:35,799
Speaker 5: The famous quote from four years ago.

708
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Speaker 1: You know where I'm going.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, And I think it was I think it was

710
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Speaker 9: Colorado that here too, it might be a waste of

711
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Speaker 9: eight days because I let's be honest here, I know

712
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:48,080
Speaker 9: I'm on in Seattle, but I don't see the crack

713
00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:52,960
Speaker 9: in as much of a hurdle for this this Avalanche team,

714
00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:55,319
Speaker 9: which is a serious, serious group this year. But in

715
00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:58,520
Speaker 9: saying that, it means something to make the playoffs in Seattle,

716
00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:01,080
Speaker 9: right like, you're still trying to establish the team.

717
00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:03,400
Speaker 1: Done really good job on that front.

718
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Speaker 9: But but it helps when the team is competitive and

719
00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:11,799
Speaker 9: has the feel of competitiveness, especially when you're trying to

720
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Speaker 9: establish a team a new market in the first five

721
00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:16,759
Speaker 9: years or so. So you know, you look at what

722
00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:19,680
Speaker 9: they have on their roster right now. A Jaden Schwartz,

723
00:37:19,719 --> 00:37:23,560
Speaker 9: a Jordan Eberley, an Ellie tolven and are unrestricted free

724
00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:27,080
Speaker 9: agents at the end of the year. Jamie alexiak as well.

725
00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:30,120
Speaker 9: I mean real those guys would have some value. I

726
00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:33,040
Speaker 9: can tell you that there would be contending teams that

727
00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:37,480
Speaker 9: would love to add an Alexiac, would love to add

728
00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:40,520
Speaker 9: a guy like a Jordan Eberley as as a depth piece.

729
00:37:41,160 --> 00:37:45,200
Speaker 9: But you know, do you do you sacrifice those guys

730
00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:49,799
Speaker 9: at the at the expense of this season, or do

731
00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:52,920
Speaker 9: you try to hold on to them and maybe squeeze in.

732
00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:56,799
Speaker 9: I mean, the probably the prudent play would be to

733
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Speaker 9: try to extract some value from some of those guys.

734
00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:06,799
Speaker 9: But I also understand the importance of making the playoffs

735
00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:10,799
Speaker 9: and being a competitive team in a newer marketplace. So

736
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Speaker 9: that's it's a tough it's a tough position that they

737
00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:17,240
Speaker 9: find themselves in right now in Seattle. To be sure,

738
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Speaker 9: you know, the good news is is that there's still

739
00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:24,279
Speaker 9: a few more games left here before we get to

740
00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:29,040
Speaker 9: the Olympic break, and given where we're at at that point,

741
00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:32,279
Speaker 9: then you know, the answer might become a little bit

742
00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:34,800
Speaker 9: more clear when you're tied for a playoff spot.

743
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:35,560
Speaker 1: As they are right now.

744
00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:38,279
Speaker 9: That's that's a tough look in the market to come

745
00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:40,480
Speaker 9: out and say, hey, we're we're selling on this guy

746
00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:45,440
Speaker 9: removing that guy. But if you're four or five points

747
00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:49,839
Speaker 9: out a week prior to the deadline, then I think

748
00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:52,800
Speaker 9: it's an easier sell where you've got smart fans in Seattle,

749
00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:55,960
Speaker 9: and I think if you come out with a well

750
00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:59,759
Speaker 9: articulated message and say, look, we're four or five points out,

751
00:39:00,239 --> 00:39:03,600
Speaker 9: maybe we squeeze in the odds are against us, we

752
00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:06,520
Speaker 9: end up against Colorado, it could be four and out.

753
00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:08,719
Speaker 9: That's not what we want to be. What we want

754
00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:10,640
Speaker 9: to be as a team that contends for the Cup,

755
00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:13,160
Speaker 9: and in doing so, we got to make a tough decision.

756
00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:16,719
Speaker 9: Now that'll would buy that, But if there are four

757
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:18,800
Speaker 9: or five points out, it becomes a little bit easier

758
00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:22,239
Speaker 9: to sell that message than if you're sitting tied for

759
00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:24,040
Speaker 9: a playoff spot, where I think a lot of people

760
00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:27,239
Speaker 9: would say, well, why are you selling off right there, Dave?

761
00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:29,280
Speaker 5: What's your read into the Shane right situation?

762
00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:33,440
Speaker 1: Well, I think Shane is a guy that.

763
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Speaker 9: Look, he came into his draft eligibility as a really

764
00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:46,640
Speaker 9: highly touted draft pick.

765
00:39:47,120 --> 00:39:50,040
Speaker 1: His development, maybe more so than any.

766
00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:54,400
Speaker 9: Prospect in National Hockey League history, of the pedigree that

767
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:58,239
Speaker 9: he had as a sixteen seventeen year old, was stunted

768
00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:01,759
Speaker 9: as a result of the pandemic, Like he lost a

769
00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:06,840
Speaker 9: year and a half of really important formative developmental years

770
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Speaker 9: as a young player prior to his draft. That that

771
00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:16,839
Speaker 9: hurt him a little bit. And so you know, I

772
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Speaker 9: think you know now it comes in, you got Maddy Beaniers.

773
00:40:22,239 --> 00:40:26,680
Speaker 9: He went out and they signed Chandler Stevenson, So where

774
00:40:26,719 --> 00:40:28,759
Speaker 9: where is the role for him? Is he going to

775
00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:31,719
Speaker 9: play higher up in the lineup? Well, probably not when

776
00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:38,080
Speaker 9: you got those two guys in those spots. Look, you know,

777
00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:42,120
Speaker 9: Matty Beniers hasn't blown the doors off either offensively the

778
00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:46,239
Speaker 9: way Seattle had hoped. I look at Matty Beaniers as

779
00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:50,320
Speaker 9: a really quality two center. I look at Chandler Stevenson

780
00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:53,600
Speaker 9: as a really quality two center, and I probably look

781
00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:56,839
Speaker 9: at Shane Wright if he got a little bit more

782
00:40:57,120 --> 00:41:00,359
Speaker 9: a few more minutes, as a quality two center at

783
00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:02,759
Speaker 9: some point in this league. So what I'm saying there

784
00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:06,040
Speaker 9: is that you've got three guys for one role.

785
00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:09,040
Speaker 1: You don't have a number one.

786
00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:11,680
Speaker 9: Center, and then you've got a guy who's playing lower

787
00:41:11,680 --> 00:41:14,319
Speaker 9: in the lineup than he probably wants to and thus

788
00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:17,080
Speaker 9: isn't as thrilled as he is with the position that

789
00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:21,759
Speaker 9: he is in Shane right. So I think that's where

790
00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:23,399
Speaker 9: they're at right now, and I think that's why they're

791
00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:27,520
Speaker 9: having the trouble scoring as often as they would like,

792
00:41:28,080 --> 00:41:30,280
Speaker 9: which would put them in a better position.

793
00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:31,480
Speaker 1: Is because.

794
00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:36,040
Speaker 9: Personnel wise, they're not slotted properly like I think you need.

795
00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:38,600
Speaker 9: You need one of those three guys that I just

796
00:41:38,719 --> 00:41:44,719
Speaker 9: mentioned you need a guy who is better than those

797
00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:47,319
Speaker 9: guys to be your number one center, and then if

798
00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:51,400
Speaker 9: that's the case, then everybody slots in a little bit better,

799
00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:55,040
Speaker 9: the lineup is better, and it just works a little

800
00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:55,560
Speaker 9: bit better.

801
00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:59,040
Speaker 1: So I think they've got I think they've got a

802
00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:02,359
Speaker 1: lot of guys to play the same role. And yet

803
00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:03,200
Speaker 1: Shane Wright, at.

804
00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:06,239
Speaker 9: The position he's at in his career, his age, I

805
00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:09,440
Speaker 9: still think he would hold some value to go to

806
00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:13,319
Speaker 9: a team that might have some more opportunity for him

807
00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:16,560
Speaker 9: to play higher in the lineup. I think teams would

808
00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:19,160
Speaker 9: would be interested in acquiring him. I think you could

809
00:42:19,160 --> 00:42:22,560
Speaker 9: get something back for him, and then you know, you

810
00:42:22,600 --> 00:42:24,920
Speaker 9: put a guy in a better position to succeed, and

811
00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:26,960
Speaker 9: then you can go out and try to use maybe

812
00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:30,439
Speaker 9: some of the futures or the recoup that you get

813
00:42:30,440 --> 00:42:35,320
Speaker 9: from Shane Wright to to try to find a center

814
00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:38,440
Speaker 9: who is better than Matt even here is not easy

815
00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:41,080
Speaker 9: to do, but I think that's the issue because if

816
00:42:41,239 --> 00:42:45,040
Speaker 9: if Maddie's your number one center and Chandler's your number two,

817
00:42:46,280 --> 00:42:48,120
Speaker 9: I don't think that's going to win you much. I

818
00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:50,160
Speaker 9: think either one of those guys is great as a

819
00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:53,239
Speaker 9: two center. But you need someone better than both of

820
00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:54,960
Speaker 9: those guys to be in the one center rule.

821
00:42:55,600 --> 00:42:59,560
Speaker 5: We've heard names like Robert Thomas, Jordan Cayrou, Jason Robertson,

822
00:43:00,120 --> 00:43:04,759
Speaker 5: Alexi Lafrenier, Nozam Kadri, et cetera thrown out there reportedly

823
00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:08,560
Speaker 5: as the trade deadline gets closer and closer, anyone out

824
00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:10,520
Speaker 5: of that mix or anybody else you think is likely

825
00:43:10,600 --> 00:43:12,960
Speaker 5: at Dave to get moved in the kind of prices

826
00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:13,720
Speaker 5: that they would command.

827
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:18,680
Speaker 9: Well, Jason Robertson, I know I spoke to Jim Nill

828
00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:20,920
Speaker 9: toward the end of the offseason last year and he

829
00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:23,680
Speaker 9: said at that time it's every intention of ours to

830
00:43:23,680 --> 00:43:26,399
Speaker 9: get him signed. I think they would like to get

831
00:43:26,440 --> 00:43:28,960
Speaker 9: him signed. The question is it takes two to make

832
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:32,920
Speaker 9: a deal. And does Jason Robertson see himself as a

833
00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:37,000
Speaker 9: Dallas star long term or does he see himself in

834
00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:40,400
Speaker 9: a different position. So that'll be an interesting one to watch.

835
00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:45,800
Speaker 9: You know, I'm not sure that Calgary wants to move

836
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:47,560
Speaker 9: on on Nozmkadri.

837
00:43:48,400 --> 00:43:49,399
Speaker 1: I know they are.

838
00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:53,240
Speaker 9: They've slipped back down the standings. The season is probably

839
00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:58,840
Speaker 9: over for Calgary, let's be honest, But I think Calgary

840
00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:04,080
Speaker 9: is a team that wants to be good sooner rather

841
00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:06,400
Speaker 9: than later. And I still think they see Nazem Kadri

842
00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:09,880
Speaker 9: as a guy who is productive and has enough of

843
00:44:09,920 --> 00:44:13,160
Speaker 9: a veteran pedigree that you want to keep him around,

844
00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:18,080
Speaker 9: just simply because when you turn the team over entirely

845
00:44:18,160 --> 00:44:22,640
Speaker 9: to youngsters, it generally is not a good recipe for success.

846
00:44:22,760 --> 00:44:31,399
Speaker 9: So I'm not necessarily convinced that he gets moved. And

847
00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:36,279
Speaker 9: and so you know that that's that's one guy. Who

848
00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:37,960
Speaker 9: are some of the other guys that you mentioned there,

849
00:44:38,040 --> 00:44:44,399
Speaker 9: Micro Robert Thomas and Jordan Cairo. Yeah, I could see

850
00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:48,359
Speaker 9: one of those guys getting moved, just because there has

851
00:44:48,440 --> 00:44:51,040
Speaker 9: been a lot of smoke around both of them in

852
00:44:51,120 --> 00:44:54,960
Speaker 9: Saint Louis, especially Jordan Cairo for a little while now.

853
00:44:55,600 --> 00:44:58,759
Speaker 9: And and I think very similar to what I talked

854
00:44:58,800 --> 00:45:02,680
Speaker 9: about with Seattle. You look at where they're at with

855
00:45:02,719 --> 00:45:08,680
Speaker 9: those two guys in Saint Louis. You know, I'm I'm

856
00:45:08,719 --> 00:45:12,480
Speaker 9: not convinced that if they are going to be your

857
00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:16,080
Speaker 9: two premier players, that's going to be able to get

858
00:45:16,120 --> 00:45:19,360
Speaker 9: you to where you want to go. So I could

859
00:45:19,400 --> 00:45:22,920
Speaker 9: see one of those guys getting moved. I look at

860
00:45:22,920 --> 00:45:24,799
Speaker 9: Saint Louis right now, and I just see a lot

861
00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:28,239
Speaker 9: of middle six forwards. You know, some good players, but

862
00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:31,719
Speaker 9: nobody that really excites me all that much. Guys that

863
00:45:31,800 --> 00:45:34,960
Speaker 9: are probably playing too high in the lineup, like Jimmy Snugaru,

864
00:45:35,120 --> 00:45:38,160
Speaker 9: like Jonathan Bergrean right now, they're not first line players,

865
00:45:38,239 --> 00:45:43,760
Speaker 9: let's be honest here. And and so you know, that's

866
00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:47,040
Speaker 9: where I think you could see change, because there'd be

867
00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:50,120
Speaker 9: value there for a Thomas Rakaira if you're slot in

868
00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:53,040
Speaker 9: on a contending team in the right position, they could

869
00:45:53,080 --> 00:45:55,640
Speaker 9: absolutely help a team. But on their own, I just

870
00:45:55,640 --> 00:45:58,359
Speaker 9: don't think there's enough there in Saint Louis to get

871
00:45:58,360 --> 00:46:00,600
Speaker 9: to where they want to be. And this is kind

872
00:46:00,600 --> 00:46:03,480
Speaker 9: of yet another year where Saint Louis is, you know,

873
00:46:03,600 --> 00:46:06,120
Speaker 9: in that mushy, mushy middle, and in this case not

874
00:46:06,160 --> 00:46:08,279
Speaker 9: even really the middle, toward the bottom of the league.

875
00:46:08,320 --> 00:46:11,560
Speaker 9: So I think I think a change probably needs to

876
00:46:11,600 --> 00:46:14,040
Speaker 9: happen in Saint Louis, otherwise you come back again with

877
00:46:14,080 --> 00:46:17,759
Speaker 9: the same group. I just don't really see much of

878
00:46:17,760 --> 00:46:21,120
Speaker 9: an opportunity to improve all that much, especially in a

879
00:46:21,160 --> 00:46:25,160
Speaker 9: division that includes Colorado and that includes Minnesota, who I

880
00:46:25,160 --> 00:46:26,759
Speaker 9: think is going to continue to be good for a

881
00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:27,200
Speaker 9: lot of time.

882
00:46:27,320 --> 00:46:29,799
Speaker 1: In Dallas, who is going to continue to be good?

883
00:46:30,200 --> 00:46:34,399
Speaker 9: And Utah, who has I think turned a corner at

884
00:46:34,400 --> 00:46:35,040
Speaker 9: this point.

885
00:46:35,160 --> 00:46:36,839
Speaker 1: I mean, if you're Saint Louis, you got to look

886
00:46:36,880 --> 00:46:39,759
Speaker 1: and say, like, who are who are we? Who are

887
00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:40,919
Speaker 1: we going to beat next year?

888
00:46:41,840 --> 00:46:44,560
Speaker 9: At this point, I think they have to look at

889
00:46:44,719 --> 00:46:47,760
Speaker 9: where they're at and say, man, our roster just probably

890
00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:48,960
Speaker 9: isn't quite strong enough.

891
00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:52,640
Speaker 5: NHL trade freeze again happening starting February fourth through the

892
00:46:52,680 --> 00:46:56,040
Speaker 5: twenty second and then the trade deadline coming up in March,

893
00:46:56,080 --> 00:46:59,200
Speaker 5: which will be on the six at New Pacific time.

894
00:47:00,080 --> 00:47:03,000
Speaker 5: Only Dave. With everything just bunched up right now on

895
00:47:03,040 --> 00:47:06,520
Speaker 5: the Western Conference, the Kraken entering to day Tide for

896
00:47:06,600 --> 00:47:09,760
Speaker 5: the final wildcard spot in the West with the Sharks

897
00:47:09,800 --> 00:47:12,280
Speaker 5: the Kings. Then you have Anaheim looming only two points

898
00:47:12,280 --> 00:47:15,879
Speaker 5: ahead right now third place in their division. Whether it's King,

899
00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:19,200
Speaker 5: Sharks or Ducks. Out of that group, who's the biggest

900
00:47:19,200 --> 00:47:22,200
Speaker 5: threat you think for a wildcard spot to the crack

901
00:47:22,280 --> 00:47:24,440
Speaker 5: inside of things, Oh, I'd.

902
00:47:24,320 --> 00:47:25,399
Speaker 1: Say the Sharks.

903
00:47:25,640 --> 00:47:30,360
Speaker 9: I think they have been really impressive this year and

904
00:47:30,760 --> 00:47:34,640
Speaker 9: they're led by a dynamic, dynamic player in Macklan Celebrini.

905
00:47:35,600 --> 00:47:37,960
Speaker 1: You know, I think what we've seen out.

906
00:47:37,760 --> 00:47:41,279
Speaker 9: To him this year, he has been I think way

907
00:47:41,320 --> 00:47:45,240
Speaker 9: better than a lot of people anticipated quite this quickly.

908
00:47:45,320 --> 00:47:50,520
Speaker 9: But it's not it's not just Macklan Celebrini that's that's rolling.

909
00:47:50,840 --> 00:47:54,839
Speaker 9: Will Smith, when he's been healthy, has been really good.

910
00:47:56,080 --> 00:47:56,319
Speaker 1: You know.

911
00:47:56,960 --> 00:47:59,719
Speaker 9: They they're getting good goal attending, and I think there's

912
00:47:59,760 --> 00:48:03,080
Speaker 9: a good feeling with their group right now where they

913
00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:06,880
Speaker 9: believe in themselves and and they've got something where I

914
00:48:06,920 --> 00:48:11,239
Speaker 9: think they can see the finish line and they're only

915
00:48:11,239 --> 00:48:15,200
Speaker 9: continuing to get better here down the stretch. I look

916
00:48:15,320 --> 00:48:19,680
Speaker 9: at the Los Angeles Kings.

917
00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:21,800
Speaker 1: I'm they've been.

918
00:48:23,719 --> 00:48:26,800
Speaker 9: I guess they've been an enigmatic team in this sense,

919
00:48:27,480 --> 00:48:29,439
Speaker 9: which is to say they've they've kept the puck out

920
00:48:29,440 --> 00:48:31,560
Speaker 9: of their net. But again, kind of much like Seattle,

921
00:48:31,840 --> 00:48:36,560
Speaker 9: they really struggle to score. And you know, I think

922
00:48:36,600 --> 00:48:41,080
Speaker 9: there's a bit more dynamic talent with Anaheim that I

923
00:48:41,239 --> 00:48:44,880
Speaker 9: see them maybe edging where the Kings are going to be.

924
00:48:45,640 --> 00:48:47,839
Speaker 9: I question whether the Kings are going to be able

925
00:48:47,880 --> 00:48:51,080
Speaker 9: to score enough here down the stretch. So I think,

926
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Speaker 9: you know, I could see San Jose catching Anaheim. To

927
00:48:55,800 --> 00:48:58,320
Speaker 9: be honest with you, and I think if you're Seattle,

928
00:48:58,600 --> 00:49:00,960
Speaker 9: you got to look at trying to trying to be

929
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Speaker 9: better than the Kings and the Ducks. I think there's

930
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Speaker 9: a chance for him to do that. Remember Leo Carlson's

931
00:49:05,760 --> 00:49:08,720
Speaker 9: out quite some time in Anaheim. Now that's a huge

932
00:49:08,719 --> 00:49:12,640
Speaker 9: loss for that lineup, so there's some vulnerability there. I

933
00:49:12,640 --> 00:49:17,200
Speaker 9: think you look at Anaheim and LA if you're Seattle

934
00:49:17,239 --> 00:49:19,120
Speaker 9: and say, those are the teams that we got to beat,

935
00:49:19,400 --> 00:49:21,719
Speaker 9: and it's really a simple task. That's all they got

936
00:49:21,719 --> 00:49:24,319
Speaker 9: to do is just you know, they're essentially in the

937
00:49:24,320 --> 00:49:26,800
Speaker 9: same spot right now. They got a game in hand

938
00:49:27,200 --> 00:49:29,600
Speaker 9: on Anaheim and they're two points back, so you know

939
00:49:29,640 --> 00:49:34,360
Speaker 9: they win that they're tied right there, essentially the same spot.

940
00:49:34,440 --> 00:49:36,040
Speaker 1: You got call it thirty games.

941
00:49:36,120 --> 00:49:38,239
Speaker 9: Let's just be better than Anaheim and LA over the

942
00:49:38,280 --> 00:49:39,720
Speaker 9: next thirty games we're in the playoffs.

943
00:49:39,719 --> 00:49:40,719
Speaker 1: I think it's as simple as that.

944
00:49:40,840 --> 00:49:42,200
Speaker 5: It's gonna be a lot of fun to keep an

945
00:49:42,200 --> 00:49:44,520
Speaker 5: eye on this, and that means again next week, the

946
00:49:44,560 --> 00:49:47,560
Speaker 5: cracking at the Ducks next Tuesday, at the King's next Wednesday,

947
00:49:48,120 --> 00:49:52,080
Speaker 5: that is going to be a collision. Dave, appreciate you,

948
00:49:52,160 --> 00:49:54,239
Speaker 5: Thank you again for doing this. Tell the folks here

949
00:49:54,239 --> 00:49:55,879
Speaker 5: where we can find you on the Twitter and next

950
00:49:55,880 --> 00:49:57,640
Speaker 5: machine and also on the radio side.

951
00:49:58,200 --> 00:49:59,880
Speaker 2: Yeah at Dave A.

952
00:50:00,160 --> 00:50:04,400
Speaker 9: McCarthy on Twitter and Instagram, and we've got Sunday Brunch

953
00:50:04,960 --> 00:50:08,319
Speaker 9: every Sunday, wild that it's on that day since it's

954
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Speaker 9: in the show, but it's Sunday eleven am Eastern on

955
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Speaker 9: NHL Network Radio Series XM channel to anyone.

956
00:50:15,440 --> 00:50:18,400
Speaker 5: Always a great appointment listening, Dave, thanks so much, appreciate

957
00:50:18,440 --> 00:50:21,959
Speaker 5: you man. Thanks Mike, that's davidccarthy joining us Dave again,

958
00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:24,919
Speaker 5: big thanks once more after this look at our poll

959
00:50:25,040 --> 00:50:29,000
Speaker 5: question mail bags segment and also our three Stars ever

960
00:50:29,280 --> 00:50:32,239
Speaker 5: now back with me and you in just a bit

961
00:50:32,280 --> 00:50:36,200
Speaker 5: on ninety three three KJRFM. All right, it's a close one,

962
00:50:36,239 --> 00:50:38,920
Speaker 5: but as of right now, forty six percent of you

963
00:50:39,120 --> 00:50:42,680
Speaker 5: say the Anaheim Ducks will be positioned to be the

964
00:50:42,680 --> 00:50:45,160
Speaker 5: biggest challenge within the division for the crack and to

965
00:50:45,320 --> 00:50:49,640
Speaker 5: clinch a wildcard spot. Forty six percent of you say

966
00:50:49,719 --> 00:50:52,520
Speaker 5: the Anaheim Ducks. The boll continues right now. Vote for

967
00:50:52,560 --> 00:50:56,480
Speaker 5: that right now at Twitter and x at Kraken Audio

968
00:50:56,560 --> 00:50:59,120
Speaker 5: net s bring the guys back in first topic. Thank

969
00:50:59,160 --> 00:51:01,920
Speaker 5: you to Dave McCarthy for joining us up being set

970
00:51:02,000 --> 00:51:04,600
Speaker 5: up tomorrow and Ian where the Leaves stand right now

971
00:51:04,640 --> 00:51:07,560
Speaker 5: in this mix and doesn't matter what year it is.

972
00:51:08,040 --> 00:51:10,439
Speaker 5: There's plenty of talk about the Leaves and what they're

973
00:51:10,480 --> 00:51:12,960
Speaker 5: doing and where they're going as well. But I'm going

974
00:51:13,000 --> 00:51:15,479
Speaker 5: to get back here to our poll question, fellas, who's

975
00:51:15,520 --> 00:51:17,880
Speaker 5: position to be the biggest challenge in the division for

976
00:51:17,880 --> 00:51:20,680
Speaker 5: the crack in the clinch a wildcard spot? Is it Sharks,

977
00:51:21,200 --> 00:51:25,040
Speaker 5: Kings or Ducks all? First off, begin with my initial

978
00:51:25,080 --> 00:51:29,240
Speaker 5: thoughts on this. I'm gonna go with the Kings because

979
00:51:29,320 --> 00:51:32,239
Speaker 5: they had defensive structure under Jim Hiller, and they play

980
00:51:32,239 --> 00:51:34,040
Speaker 5: a similar type of game that you have to sustain

981
00:51:34,080 --> 00:51:36,520
Speaker 5: yourself in a heavy schedule, especially coming out of the

982
00:51:36,560 --> 00:51:40,560
Speaker 5: Olympic break. They've got leadership again still with Drew Dowdy

983
00:51:40,600 --> 00:51:42,560
Speaker 5: and I Jacob Patar, and they're still a little bit

984
00:51:42,560 --> 00:51:45,279
Speaker 5: of shine from their two Stanley cuffs that they won.

985
00:51:45,360 --> 00:51:48,200
Speaker 5: Where As effectively for the most part, San Hosea's at

986
00:51:48,239 --> 00:51:51,480
Speaker 5: the reset button on their roster and Anaheim yet you

987
00:51:51,520 --> 00:51:53,560
Speaker 5: got guys like Chris Kreider in there who have won

988
00:51:53,600 --> 00:51:57,120
Speaker 5: a lot, but effectively it's a reset once again for them,

989
00:51:57,520 --> 00:52:01,520
Speaker 5: And then I get to the goaltending picture of this,

990
00:52:01,680 --> 00:52:05,479
Speaker 5: because Anton Forrestburg was great last night against the Red Wings,

991
00:52:05,480 --> 00:52:07,600
Speaker 5: who didn't get a goal against him or the Kings

992
00:52:07,640 --> 00:52:11,319
Speaker 5: until late in period three. And as of right now,

993
00:52:11,360 --> 00:52:13,480
Speaker 5: the Kings are neck and neck right now with the

994
00:52:13,560 --> 00:52:17,360
Speaker 5: Kraken As far as the upper echelon teams in say

995
00:52:17,480 --> 00:52:22,360
Speaker 5: percentage San Jose and Anaheim, you gotta go way further

996
00:52:22,760 --> 00:52:26,719
Speaker 5: down the list. So the heavier this schedule gets, the

997
00:52:26,800 --> 00:52:29,600
Speaker 5: more it favors the grinding style we've talked about this,

998
00:52:29,840 --> 00:52:32,160
Speaker 5: which I think again leads me to me to say

999
00:52:32,600 --> 00:52:35,239
Speaker 5: the Kings are the biggest hazard right now to get

1000
00:52:35,280 --> 00:52:37,719
Speaker 5: over for a wildcard spot. I would love to see

1001
00:52:37,760 --> 00:52:40,000
Speaker 5: where the Ducks go because of the whole goaltending thing.

1002
00:52:40,120 --> 00:52:43,799
Speaker 5: And yet you have your young superstar players. They are

1003
00:52:43,840 --> 00:52:46,920
Speaker 5: also missing Leo Carlson, I'll admit that here. But the

1004
00:52:46,920 --> 00:52:49,040
Speaker 5: more that you have to play in trade chances back

1005
00:52:49,040 --> 00:52:50,480
Speaker 5: and forth, and me, where is that going to lead

1006
00:52:50,520 --> 00:52:53,080
Speaker 5: you when the schedule gets heavy, especially coming out of

1007
00:52:53,080 --> 00:52:56,200
Speaker 5: the Olympic break as well. But I just I just

1008
00:52:56,360 --> 00:52:58,640
Speaker 5: really see, you know, how the Kings are picking up

1009
00:52:58,640 --> 00:53:00,360
Speaker 5: points that right there is going to be the biggest

1010
00:53:00,440 --> 00:53:02,600
Speaker 5: challenge here for the Kracking to get a wildcard spot.

1011
00:53:02,800 --> 00:53:07,160
Speaker 6: I think Anaheim they've been up after they were pretty down.

1012
00:53:07,360 --> 00:53:08,520
Speaker 2: For a while. I don't.

1013
00:53:08,640 --> 00:53:11,720
Speaker 6: I still don't know if I trust their goaltending fully,

1014
00:53:12,120 --> 00:53:12,880
Speaker 6: that's just me.

1015
00:53:14,200 --> 00:53:17,040
Speaker 2: San Jose, same thing. They have all the skill in

1016
00:53:17,080 --> 00:53:17,520
Speaker 2: the world.

1017
00:53:17,920 --> 00:53:20,759
Speaker 6: I don't think they realize that they're not supposed to

1018
00:53:20,840 --> 00:53:23,280
Speaker 6: be doing this this year, so I think that's also

1019
00:53:23,800 --> 00:53:24,560
Speaker 6: pretty scary.

1020
00:53:24,600 --> 00:53:25,239
Speaker 2: The krackn have.

1021
00:53:25,200 --> 00:53:28,040
Speaker 6: Won two of their three games against them, and I

1022
00:53:28,080 --> 00:53:34,440
Speaker 6: also think too, because the Krakens still have two maybe

1023
00:53:34,560 --> 00:53:36,960
Speaker 6: three games, I think they got three games against the

1024
00:53:37,040 --> 00:53:40,920
Speaker 6: Kings still this season, you have an opportunity to pick

1025
00:53:41,000 --> 00:53:44,759
Speaker 6: up six points, whereas with San Jose you're done with

1026
00:53:44,840 --> 00:53:48,600
Speaker 6: that season series. So I think minimally the La Kings,

1027
00:53:49,080 --> 00:53:53,279
Speaker 6: you control your own destiny a little bit. So that's

1028
00:53:53,320 --> 00:53:55,719
Speaker 6: why I think that might be a little bit more

1029
00:53:55,840 --> 00:53:59,960
Speaker 6: challenging to overcome for Seattle. But the Kraken and Kings history,

1030
00:54:00,400 --> 00:54:04,160
Speaker 6: that has been a really close series. No team has

1031
00:54:04,200 --> 00:54:07,440
Speaker 6: gotten the upper hand, and now four and a half

1032
00:54:07,480 --> 00:54:11,640
Speaker 6: seasons of this rivalry, so I think it's gonna.

1033
00:54:11,360 --> 00:54:12,080
Speaker 7: Come down to one.

1034
00:54:12,120 --> 00:54:15,920
Speaker 6: But also too, I'm not ready to rule out the

1035
00:54:16,000 --> 00:54:18,839
Speaker 6: crack and getting into the top three. Because right now

1036
00:54:18,880 --> 00:54:21,680
Speaker 6: you've got Anaheim at fifty nine, San Jose, LA, and

1037
00:54:21,719 --> 00:54:22,800
Speaker 6: Seattle at.

1038
00:54:22,680 --> 00:54:24,920
Speaker 2: Fifty seven, and then Calgary at forty eight.

1039
00:54:25,040 --> 00:54:28,040
Speaker 6: So it's gonna be one of us four, it's gonna

1040
00:54:28,080 --> 00:54:31,319
Speaker 6: be one of the three California teams, and Seattle for

1041
00:54:31,600 --> 00:54:35,960
Speaker 6: either the third in the division and then that probably

1042
00:54:36,200 --> 00:54:40,160
Speaker 6: second wildcard spot. So two of the four teams are

1043
00:54:40,239 --> 00:54:42,919
Speaker 6: gonna make the playoffs. And you've got three games left

1044
00:54:42,960 --> 00:54:46,759
Speaker 6: against LA and two left against Anaheim. Yeah, well, I

1045
00:54:46,760 --> 00:54:48,080
Speaker 6: guess one left against Anaheim.

1046
00:54:48,280 --> 00:54:49,960
Speaker 3: If I'm gonna go in division, then I'm gonna I'm

1047
00:54:49,960 --> 00:54:52,879
Speaker 3: gonna I'm gonna focus on Anaheim as well. I think

1048
00:54:52,920 --> 00:54:58,000
Speaker 3: that lukash Dostaal has been He's shown us enough that

1049
00:54:58,360 --> 00:55:00,360
Speaker 3: he could lead this team into the playoff with the

1050
00:55:00,400 --> 00:55:04,759
Speaker 3: way he plays. Obviously, the youth on that team go

1051
00:55:04,840 --> 00:55:10,000
Speaker 3: to Carlson Seneca like San Jose's got the youth as well.

1052
00:55:10,200 --> 00:55:13,279
Speaker 3: I just think they might be one more year away.

1053
00:55:12,960 --> 00:55:13,879
Speaker 2: From tearing it up.

1054
00:55:15,280 --> 00:55:18,200
Speaker 7: Next season, San Jose could be crazy good.

1055
00:55:18,880 --> 00:55:20,839
Speaker 2: I can see next year San Jose being a top

1056
00:55:20,840 --> 00:55:21,479
Speaker 2: three like.

1057
00:55:21,400 --> 00:55:24,600
Speaker 6: That, We're not talking about wildcard for San Jose, we're

1058
00:55:24,640 --> 00:55:26,600
Speaker 6: talking about the two seed in the division. I think

1059
00:55:26,640 --> 00:55:29,520
Speaker 6: they're gonna skip that wildcard step next year.

1060
00:55:29,560 --> 00:55:32,080
Speaker 5: They are well set up in the long term, aren't they.

1061
00:55:32,520 --> 00:55:34,960
Speaker 5: Let's get to our mailbag segment here once again. You

1062
00:55:35,000 --> 00:55:37,759
Speaker 5: can find me at ex Benton Underscore, Mike Everett's at

1063
00:55:37,760 --> 00:55:41,520
Speaker 5: the Voice fits al is at al KINISKI. Question from Pierre,

1064
00:55:41,560 --> 00:55:44,360
Speaker 5: is there any concern within Krack and management that sending

1065
00:55:44,360 --> 00:55:47,640
Speaker 5: Philip Grubauer to the Olympics could result in a situation

1066
00:55:47,800 --> 00:55:51,319
Speaker 5: similar to Dominic Kashik and the Ottawa Senators back in

1067
00:55:51,360 --> 00:55:54,000
Speaker 5: the day. That from Pierre, I think what he's referencing

1068
00:55:54,160 --> 00:55:56,920
Speaker 5: is back in five six when Ottawa was a rising

1069
00:55:56,960 --> 00:55:59,600
Speaker 5: contender and eventually a year later we'd get to the

1070
00:55:59,640 --> 00:56:02,920
Speaker 5: Cup against the Anaheim Ducks. The hashit got hurt in

1071
00:56:03,000 --> 00:56:06,640
Speaker 5: the Olympics and that kind of derailed their long term

1072
00:56:06,680 --> 00:56:09,760
Speaker 5: plans as far as contending for a Cup that season,

1073
00:56:09,840 --> 00:56:12,719
Speaker 5: leaving out of the fans to basically consider what if.

1074
00:56:13,360 --> 00:56:15,600
Speaker 5: I can't say for sure. I know if there is

1075
00:56:15,680 --> 00:56:18,239
Speaker 5: concern within Krack and management. They've been pretty quiet here

1076
00:56:18,280 --> 00:56:20,480
Speaker 5: about this my opinion from what I've heard at least,

1077
00:56:20,719 --> 00:56:22,640
Speaker 5: but I think with Philip Grubauer, what you want to

1078
00:56:22,680 --> 00:56:25,160
Speaker 5: do is support your goaltender who wants to go play.

1079
00:56:25,400 --> 00:56:28,399
Speaker 5: At the same time, I think across the league there

1080
00:56:28,440 --> 00:56:32,319
Speaker 5: is obvious concern with health, with injuries and what that

1081
00:56:32,360 --> 00:56:34,719
Speaker 5: could do once you come back from the Olympic break,

1082
00:56:34,719 --> 00:56:37,759
Speaker 5: and that intensifies depending upon the amount of players that

1083
00:56:38,160 --> 00:56:40,400
Speaker 5: you send here to the Olympics. But I think it

1084
00:56:40,480 --> 00:56:42,600
Speaker 5: also goes back here to the point part of the

1085
00:56:42,640 --> 00:56:45,200
Speaker 5: reason why they're carrying three goaltenders, not just here for

1086
00:56:45,239 --> 00:56:48,319
Speaker 5: the injury part of this, but also for the internal competition.

1087
00:56:48,640 --> 00:56:51,000
Speaker 5: We haven't seen Matt Murray here for a while. He's

1088
00:56:51,080 --> 00:56:53,640
Speaker 5: going to get a break. Joey Decord, we saw a

1089
00:56:53,640 --> 00:56:56,359
Speaker 5: great game from him last time out. He is going

1090
00:56:56,400 --> 00:56:59,920
Speaker 5: to also get a break here. So how far Grubauer go,

1091
00:57:00,200 --> 00:57:04,400
Speaker 5: Who knows? I mean, the obvious contenders here are Team USA, Canada,

1092
00:57:04,960 --> 00:57:07,600
Speaker 5: You've got Sweden up there, You've got Finland as well.

1093
00:57:07,680 --> 00:57:11,040
Speaker 5: But I think in this case, what you want to

1094
00:57:11,080 --> 00:57:15,600
Speaker 5: do is monitor this situation as close as possible, and

1095
00:57:15,640 --> 00:57:17,520
Speaker 5: then I think you go back to what you have

1096
00:57:17,720 --> 00:57:20,240
Speaker 5: been doing here, which has been the platoon system for

1097
00:57:20,320 --> 00:57:23,360
Speaker 5: this last month. Because we've seen that this has been

1098
00:57:23,440 --> 00:57:27,360
Speaker 5: sustainable with Grubauer being locked in and the Cord recently

1099
00:57:27,440 --> 00:57:29,640
Speaker 5: finding his game once again after a bit of a

1100
00:57:29,640 --> 00:57:31,120
Speaker 5: slide coming out of the holiday break.

1101
00:57:32,120 --> 00:57:34,880
Speaker 6: Yeah, I think Phil's going to be fine. I mean,

1102
00:57:35,080 --> 00:57:38,120
Speaker 6: and you're right, Mike L Kraken. Have got three on

1103
00:57:38,280 --> 00:57:42,200
Speaker 6: the roster, you include Fisker, Molegard, You've got four in

1104
00:57:42,320 --> 00:57:46,520
Speaker 6: the system. Vegas has got nine, right, Colorado's got eight,

1105
00:57:46,840 --> 00:57:48,640
Speaker 6: you know what I mean. There's a lot of teams

1106
00:57:48,680 --> 00:57:51,120
Speaker 6: that are worried about injury to.

1107
00:57:51,000 --> 00:57:51,920
Speaker 2: Their star players.

1108
00:57:51,960 --> 00:57:54,600
Speaker 6: I think at the end of the day, this I mean,

1109
00:57:55,240 --> 00:57:58,480
Speaker 6: you never say never, but this will probably be Grubauer's

1110
00:57:58,560 --> 00:58:01,480
Speaker 6: last Olympics. He's thirty five years old, so you know

1111
00:58:01,760 --> 00:58:05,840
Speaker 6: this is more than like this his last opportunity to

1112
00:58:06,680 --> 00:58:10,840
Speaker 6: represent his country on the global stage. He's excited, he's

1113
00:58:10,880 --> 00:58:13,280
Speaker 6: fired up, as he should be. It's a huge honor.

1114
00:58:14,360 --> 00:58:20,240
Speaker 6: I think Grubauer understands the responsibility that he has to

1115
00:58:20,400 --> 00:58:24,520
Speaker 6: Seattle and to this organization. But I also understand and

1116
00:58:24,720 --> 00:58:28,560
Speaker 6: and and know that Grubauer wants to represent and where

1117
00:58:28,560 --> 00:58:31,320
Speaker 6: his country and where his country's colors. So I think

1118
00:58:31,360 --> 00:58:33,400
Speaker 6: he'll be fine. These guys are pros. These guys have

1119
00:58:33,440 --> 00:58:36,440
Speaker 6: been doing this for a long time. Grubauer's played World championships,

1120
00:58:36,480 --> 00:58:39,439
Speaker 6: he's played World juniors, He's done this, that and the third.

1121
00:58:39,800 --> 00:58:43,160
Speaker 2: He he will be fine. I'm not worried about him.

1122
00:58:43,440 --> 00:58:46,440
Speaker 6: I'm no more worried about Grubauer than I am about

1123
00:58:46,440 --> 00:58:49,840
Speaker 6: Tolbnen and Gobologato and oscar Fish and Mulguard, because hey,

1124
00:58:50,040 --> 00:58:52,840
Speaker 6: any one of those guys also could find themselves, you know,

1125
00:58:53,520 --> 00:58:56,000
Speaker 6: dealing with something, you know, knocking on the wood.

1126
00:58:56,040 --> 00:58:59,240
Speaker 2: You hope not, but you know, the Olympics are weird.

1127
00:58:59,360 --> 00:59:00,400
Speaker 2: Someone's gonna hurt.

1128
00:59:00,480 --> 00:59:03,439
Speaker 6: Hopefully it's not your guy, but I promise you over

1129
00:59:03,480 --> 00:59:07,080
Speaker 6: this next month, someone's gonna get hurt, and it's gonna

1130
00:59:07,080 --> 00:59:08,560
Speaker 6: send ripples throughout the league.

1131
00:59:08,680 --> 00:59:11,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, there will be injuries during the Olympics. You just

1132
00:59:11,760 --> 00:59:14,560
Speaker 3: hope it's not your guys. And I think that as

1133
00:59:14,600 --> 00:59:21,480
Speaker 3: a player, you have a you know, a not on

1134
00:59:21,600 --> 00:59:26,080
Speaker 3: paper agreement with management to say, if I play seventy

1135
00:59:26,120 --> 00:59:28,320
Speaker 3: percent of the season and I give you everything I've

1136
00:59:28,320 --> 00:59:31,680
Speaker 3: got and I've earned the right to play for my country,

1137
00:59:32,240 --> 00:59:34,200
Speaker 3: you got to support that for me. And I think

1138
00:59:34,240 --> 00:59:35,160
Speaker 3: that that's the case.

1139
00:59:35,360 --> 00:59:35,560
Speaker 7: Right.

1140
00:59:35,880 --> 00:59:38,640
Speaker 3: Yes, there's a risk of injury, but you know, in

1141
00:59:38,920 --> 00:59:41,840
Speaker 3: the case of Grubauer, he's been playing lights out this season.

1142
00:59:42,560 --> 00:59:45,440
Speaker 3: You got totally in with thirty points, Cocko pushing twenty points.

1143
00:59:45,480 --> 00:59:48,360
Speaker 3: That these guys have contributed to the success of this

1144
00:59:48,440 --> 00:59:51,880
Speaker 3: team this year individually, You've got to reward that by

1145
00:59:51,920 --> 00:59:54,680
Speaker 3: saying I support you. Going to play for your country.

1146
00:59:54,760 --> 00:59:57,400
Speaker 2: And don't think for a second, these guys are.

1147
00:59:57,280 --> 00:59:59,880
Speaker 6: Going to mail it in, right like the NHL player

1148
01:00:00,600 --> 01:00:05,560
Speaker 6: have been begging for Best on Best, Yeah, fifteen years, right,

1149
01:00:05,720 --> 01:00:09,360
Speaker 6: Like it's been a long time coming since we've had

1150
01:00:09,520 --> 01:00:12,760
Speaker 6: best on Best. This will be the first time that

1151
01:00:12,880 --> 01:00:17,680
Speaker 6: we're gonna see in this arena McDavid with McKinnon, with

1152
01:00:17,960 --> 01:00:21,479
Speaker 6: Crosby against the Kachucks. And say what you want about

1153
01:00:21,480 --> 01:00:23,760
Speaker 6: the Four Nations, I get it, But this is an

1154
01:00:23,800 --> 01:00:29,440
Speaker 6: official global tournament, right So this is not going to

1155
01:00:29,480 --> 01:00:31,480
Speaker 6: be an All Star game. This is not going to

1156
01:00:31,520 --> 01:00:35,760
Speaker 6: be an All Star tournament de beauty league from summertime

1157
01:00:35,800 --> 01:00:39,760
Speaker 6: in Minnesota. This is going to be arguably some of

1158
01:00:39,800 --> 01:00:43,080
Speaker 6: the best hockey that we have ever seen in the

1159
01:00:43,160 --> 01:00:44,880
Speaker 6: last decade, and I'm excited for it.

1160
01:00:44,680 --> 01:00:46,600
Speaker 3: It'll be interesting to see how it compares to the

1161
01:00:46,600 --> 01:00:49,120
Speaker 3: Four Nations tournament because you've got to see a repeat

1162
01:00:49,160 --> 01:00:50,120
Speaker 3: of that intensity.

1163
01:00:50,720 --> 01:00:52,920
Speaker 7: I don't know that you'll see that, but I still.

1164
01:00:52,680 --> 01:00:55,560
Speaker 3: Agree that that to your point fits. The players are

1165
01:00:55,600 --> 01:00:57,400
Speaker 3: going to win. They want to win gold. They're gonna

1166
01:00:57,400 --> 01:01:00,520
Speaker 3: do whatever it takes, despite you know what Phil Grubauer

1167
01:01:00,600 --> 01:01:02,840
Speaker 3: said last night in the postgame playing on short ice?

1168
01:01:05,160 --> 01:01:07,800
Speaker 5: Is a building done yet? Also? Is the building done yet?

1169
01:01:08,120 --> 01:01:11,680
Speaker 6: Oh my goodness, I listen how much time you got

1170
01:01:11,720 --> 01:01:15,840
Speaker 6: my I've got thoughts and opinions, But I'm I'm gonna

1171
01:01:15,840 --> 01:01:16,920
Speaker 6: I'm gonna let that one go for now.

1172
01:01:16,960 --> 01:01:18,840
Speaker 3: You're gonna be a lot of talk about goals that

1173
01:01:18,920 --> 01:01:22,160
Speaker 3: go in because of angles that are different in that building.

1174
01:01:22,560 --> 01:01:24,160
Speaker 6: Well, and I don't know if this is I don't

1175
01:01:24,200 --> 01:01:25,680
Speaker 6: know if this is still the case. But I was

1176
01:01:25,720 --> 01:01:30,120
Speaker 6: reading about a month ago that they were talking about

1177
01:01:30,280 --> 01:01:33,400
Speaker 6: the construction of the arena, and I think they said

1178
01:01:33,480 --> 01:01:39,959
Speaker 6: the first women's game of the Olympic Tournament is February fifth.

1179
01:01:39,760 --> 01:01:40,520
Speaker 2: Something like that.

1180
01:01:41,200 --> 01:01:43,400
Speaker 6: They weren't going to be able to get on the

1181
01:01:43,560 --> 01:01:48,080
Speaker 6: ice until February third. So I mean, again, I don't

1182
01:01:48,120 --> 01:01:51,480
Speaker 6: know if that at that timeline has changed. I read this,

1183
01:01:51,520 --> 01:01:53,760
Speaker 6: like I said a few weeks back, but they're talking

1184
01:01:53,760 --> 01:01:58,520
Speaker 6: about forty eight hours before the first game is when

1185
01:01:58,600 --> 01:02:00,800
Speaker 6: these teams are going to be a get on the ass. Now,

1186
01:02:00,960 --> 01:02:05,400
Speaker 6: they did have the the Italian League little tune up ice,

1187
01:02:05,480 --> 01:02:08,439
Speaker 6: tune up games or whatever a couple of weeks ago there.

1188
01:02:08,480 --> 01:02:10,440
Speaker 6: You know, go look up Chris Johnson on Twitter. He

1189
01:02:10,480 --> 01:02:12,400
Speaker 6: has a lot of really cool pictures from that. And

1190
01:02:13,240 --> 01:02:16,480
Speaker 6: you know a few of the hockey media pundits went

1191
01:02:16,520 --> 01:02:19,680
Speaker 6: over there to inspect and report on that. So there

1192
01:02:19,680 --> 01:02:22,320
Speaker 6: were some issues with the ice. You're hoping those are

1193
01:02:22,320 --> 01:02:24,120
Speaker 6: going to be fixed in the next week and a half.

1194
01:02:24,160 --> 01:02:27,600
Speaker 6: But man, if you're talking about February fifth, your first game,

1195
01:02:27,680 --> 01:02:30,200
Speaker 6: and then these teams are not even gonna skate until

1196
01:02:30,200 --> 01:02:32,080
Speaker 6: February second or third, my goodness.

1197
01:02:32,280 --> 01:02:34,760
Speaker 5: I love one reaction I saw earlier online where it

1198
01:02:34,800 --> 01:02:37,280
Speaker 5: suggested that the rink in Milan is finally complete and

1199
01:02:37,320 --> 01:02:40,520
Speaker 5: instead of installing a jumbo tron, they opted for an

1200
01:02:40,560 --> 01:02:44,320
Speaker 5: iPad Olympics and about a couple of weeks here, all right,

1201
01:02:44,400 --> 01:02:46,400
Speaker 5: let's get to our three stars before we get out

1202
01:02:46,400 --> 01:02:48,080
Speaker 5: of here, and I'll begin, and I think this is

1203
01:02:48,120 --> 01:02:51,000
Speaker 5: where you have a good problem to have, because you've

1204
01:02:51,040 --> 01:02:54,360
Speaker 5: got players who are playing so well up and down

1205
01:02:54,400 --> 01:02:56,560
Speaker 5: the board all across the board here. It was just

1206
01:02:56,600 --> 01:02:58,560
Speaker 5: way too tough to narrow it down. And maybe I

1207
01:02:58,640 --> 01:03:02,400
Speaker 5: think that it doesn't some justice, but I think, you know,

1208
01:03:02,560 --> 01:03:05,920
Speaker 5: credit certainly is due for those who couldn't get into this.

1209
01:03:06,080 --> 01:03:09,240
Speaker 5: And I'll first off begin First off, my third star

1210
01:03:09,320 --> 01:03:13,360
Speaker 5: with Ryan Lindgren, who had ten blocked shots over this

1211
01:03:13,480 --> 01:03:17,760
Speaker 5: last week, led the Kraken in those three of four wins,

1212
01:03:18,320 --> 01:03:20,640
Speaker 5: or those three wins in four games that they had

1213
01:03:21,000 --> 01:03:23,280
Speaker 5: lit up Andre Pallott on Sunday, could have been a

1214
01:03:23,320 --> 01:03:26,480
Speaker 5: penalty for inner interference maybe, but I thought it was

1215
01:03:26,520 --> 01:03:29,160
Speaker 5: a bit of a chain reaction after the Dougie Hamilton

1216
01:03:29,240 --> 01:03:33,320
Speaker 5: goal that helped turn the tide a little bit. Plays

1217
01:03:33,400 --> 01:03:36,360
Speaker 5: like that have been few and far between on this

1218
01:03:36,480 --> 01:03:40,240
Speaker 5: team previously. This is what the Ryan Lindgren factor does

1219
01:03:40,480 --> 01:03:42,959
Speaker 5: for you. He's kind of a throwback and it's fun

1220
01:03:43,000 --> 01:03:46,840
Speaker 5: to watch. He's gritty, he's nasty, he's abrasive. He plays

1221
01:03:46,880 --> 01:03:48,919
Speaker 5: great stay at home defense. But and he can chip

1222
01:03:48,920 --> 01:03:52,680
Speaker 5: in offensively, just like last night when Jared McCann got

1223
01:03:52,720 --> 01:03:54,520
Speaker 5: his second goal to make it to nothing, he gets

1224
01:03:54,520 --> 01:03:57,320
Speaker 5: a shot right through a screen. He can find way.

1225
01:03:57,320 --> 01:03:59,480
Speaker 5: He's here to contribute, but again he also had a

1226
01:03:59,520 --> 01:04:02,320
Speaker 5: big hit last and against the Capitols. Is a physical

1227
01:04:02,360 --> 01:04:06,200
Speaker 5: eBrace of play and his key decision making that are

1228
01:04:06,200 --> 01:04:08,640
Speaker 5: making a big impact right now. And I think for

1229
01:04:09,120 --> 01:04:12,439
Speaker 5: his ability to sell out put his body on the line.

1230
01:04:12,480 --> 01:04:14,880
Speaker 5: Those again, those ten block shots to me mean a lot.

1231
01:04:15,560 --> 01:04:18,720
Speaker 5: That to me, Garner's third star status here for Ryan Lindren.

1232
01:04:18,800 --> 01:04:23,400
Speaker 5: My second star is Jared McCann without question, offense seven

1233
01:04:23,400 --> 01:04:26,240
Speaker 5: points to lead this entire team. A big reason why

1234
01:04:26,320 --> 01:04:29,040
Speaker 5: that there right now back in this race because they

1235
01:04:29,040 --> 01:04:31,400
Speaker 5: got to get their top line going. But it's pretty

1236
01:04:31,440 --> 01:04:34,320
Speaker 5: clear that he's finding something now with Bunye Beniers and

1237
01:04:34,400 --> 01:04:37,480
Speaker 5: Jordan Eberley, and he's on pace now to hit basically

1238
01:04:37,560 --> 01:04:40,439
Speaker 5: a forty goal pace. He won't get there, of course

1239
01:04:40,480 --> 01:04:42,960
Speaker 5: because of the injuries here, but for what he is doing,

1240
01:04:43,000 --> 01:04:46,160
Speaker 5: I mean, my goodness, he's already up to fourteen goals

1241
01:04:46,200 --> 01:04:50,720
Speaker 5: now on the season through just twenty eight games, twenty

1242
01:04:50,760 --> 01:04:53,960
Speaker 5: six points as well in that span. Those fourteen goals

1243
01:04:54,000 --> 01:04:57,560
Speaker 5: already are second on the entire team. And he's played

1244
01:04:58,480 --> 01:05:02,840
Speaker 5: twenty eight game versus Jordan Neverli who's got nineteen in fifties,

1245
01:05:02,920 --> 01:05:06,160
Speaker 5: so it's pretty apparent. I mean Jared McCann could have

1246
01:05:06,200 --> 01:05:08,440
Speaker 5: been a backbreaker for this team, but they get him

1247
01:05:08,520 --> 01:05:10,520
Speaker 5: right back into the mix and he's paying off in

1248
01:05:10,600 --> 01:05:13,280
Speaker 5: dividends right now. Jared McCann's my second start. My first

1249
01:05:13,280 --> 01:05:16,720
Speaker 5: start is Matty Beaneer's because he's making that top line

1250
01:05:16,800 --> 01:05:20,080
Speaker 5: go and where this line goes, this team will follow.

1251
01:05:20,280 --> 01:05:22,680
Speaker 5: The play under the hood, I think has been fantastic.

1252
01:05:22,960 --> 01:05:27,240
Speaker 5: The backhand goal that he delivered against New Jersey, my goodness,

1253
01:05:27,760 --> 01:05:30,400
Speaker 5: hang it in the museum like a wall of art,

1254
01:05:30,520 --> 01:05:32,800
Speaker 5: and it's apparent that the work he's putting in here

1255
01:05:32,840 --> 01:05:35,120
Speaker 5: with the krakend their skills coaches as well. He mentioned

1256
01:05:35,200 --> 01:05:38,160
Speaker 5: Chris Taylor also a big part of this. We're seeing

1257
01:05:38,240 --> 01:05:41,760
Speaker 5: a new level and a new dimension here to Matty Beaniers' game,

1258
01:05:42,560 --> 01:05:45,160
Speaker 5: and I think it's going to be very, very exciting

1259
01:05:45,200 --> 01:05:48,680
Speaker 5: here based on his competitive nature to see what kind

1260
01:05:48,680 --> 01:05:52,120
Speaker 5: of results that he can help deliver after he gets

1261
01:05:52,120 --> 01:05:55,440
Speaker 5: a well deserved two week break, comes back fresh, and

1262
01:05:55,520 --> 01:05:58,040
Speaker 5: maybe he doesn't make Team USA this year, but perhaps

1263
01:05:58,280 --> 01:06:01,520
Speaker 5: it's one of those blessing in the sky that give

1264
01:06:01,600 --> 01:06:03,800
Speaker 5: the Kraken a fresh Veneer's here for what's going to

1265
01:06:03,840 --> 01:06:07,200
Speaker 5: be a very very busy March. He's had now eight

1266
01:06:07,280 --> 01:06:10,320
Speaker 5: goals in this last month, most for him in one

1267
01:06:10,360 --> 01:06:14,680
Speaker 5: month for his career. Matty Benier's absolutely fantastic last four

1268
01:06:14,720 --> 01:06:16,480
Speaker 5: games as well. He's my first star of the week.

1269
01:06:18,520 --> 01:06:21,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, Mikey, I'm going to give two of the same

1270
01:06:21,160 --> 01:06:24,040
Speaker 3: different orders and one different One. Third star for me

1271
01:06:24,320 --> 01:06:28,160
Speaker 3: was Matty Benier's three goals to assist five points over

1272
01:06:28,240 --> 01:06:34,480
Speaker 3: his last five games. He's looking as good as I've

1273
01:06:34,480 --> 01:06:35,040
Speaker 3: ever seen him.

1274
01:06:35,040 --> 01:06:35,120
Speaker 9: Now.

1275
01:06:35,120 --> 01:06:38,680
Speaker 3: I wasn't part of the organization for the playoff here,

1276
01:06:39,040 --> 01:06:41,560
Speaker 3: but it sounds like he's on pace for a similar

1277
01:06:41,640 --> 01:06:43,120
Speaker 3: kind of year if he continues out.

1278
01:06:43,680 --> 01:06:46,200
Speaker 7: But certainly over the last week he's been good enough

1279
01:06:46,200 --> 01:06:47,120
Speaker 7: for my third star.

1280
01:06:48,040 --> 01:06:51,520
Speaker 3: Second star. I originally wrote down goaltending. I was going

1281
01:06:51,600 --> 01:06:53,680
Speaker 3: to give it to the duo, but when I started

1282
01:06:53,720 --> 01:06:56,560
Speaker 3: looking at the stats over the last three games decord

1283
01:06:56,640 --> 01:06:58,720
Speaker 3: eight eight to zero, say percentage one two and over

1284
01:06:58,800 --> 01:07:02,080
Speaker 3: his last three three point three goals against average, I

1285
01:07:02,080 --> 01:07:05,160
Speaker 3: thought that's not good enough for me. Joey needs to

1286
01:07:05,200 --> 01:07:07,680
Speaker 3: be better. So my second star is going to Grubauer

1287
01:07:07,720 --> 01:07:10,600
Speaker 3: this week nine three six, save percentage two to two

1288
01:07:10,680 --> 01:07:13,560
Speaker 3: and zero over over his last five one six to

1289
01:07:13,600 --> 01:07:16,800
Speaker 3: six goals against average. He's playing lights out right now.

1290
01:07:17,280 --> 01:07:19,040
Speaker 3: Even in the last three. He played in two of

1291
01:07:19,040 --> 01:07:23,560
Speaker 3: those last three. The game he lost, you know, he

1292
01:07:23,680 --> 01:07:25,840
Speaker 3: kept it to three or three or less. The Cracker

1293
01:07:25,840 --> 01:07:26,960
Speaker 3: just couldn't put pucks.

1294
01:07:26,680 --> 01:07:27,040
Speaker 7: In the net.

1295
01:07:27,080 --> 01:07:30,200
Speaker 3: I think it was that that Anaheim game. So he's

1296
01:07:30,240 --> 01:07:34,080
Speaker 3: my He's my second star and the first start. Jared McCann.

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Speaker 3: It's got to be Jared mccannon for me. Over his

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Speaker 3: last five four to three, seven points plus three, even

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Speaker 3: since he came back from his injury, eighteen points in

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Speaker 3: seventeen games.

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Speaker 7: He's got the highest.

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Speaker 3: Shooting percentage on the team right now at twenty point three,

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01:07:51,040 --> 01:07:52,800
Speaker 3: and as we saw last night, it would have been

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01:07:52,800 --> 01:07:55,919
Speaker 3: a little higher had that goal not to not been

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Speaker 3: called off. So Jared McCann is my number one star

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01:07:58,880 --> 01:07:59,720
Speaker 3: for this past week.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I think we're kind of all on the same

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Speaker 6: page here. I'm gonna go Jordan Ebi is my third star.

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Speaker 6: Points in three straight, continuing to show that age ain't

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Speaker 6: nothing but a number, and I mean he he is

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01:08:12,480 --> 01:08:17,360
Speaker 6: really having a great season. And I think this the

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Speaker 6: leading by example, goalsen back to back games, assists in

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01:08:21,360 --> 01:08:24,479
Speaker 6: three straight games, and he's doing this, you know, around

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01:08:24,680 --> 01:08:27,200
Speaker 6: seventeen minutes and a half minutes the night.

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Speaker 2: He had fifteen oh seven last night, which was a

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01:08:29,439 --> 01:08:31,040
Speaker 2: low for his last five games.

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Speaker 6: So, you know, I think his economy on the ice

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01:08:34,560 --> 01:08:37,880
Speaker 6: has been has been really good in recent games. Number two,

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Speaker 6: I'm gonna go Maddy Beniers again. Four game point streak,

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Speaker 6: goals in back to back in three of those four games,

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Speaker 6: and I think also to just I love that his

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01:08:49,000 --> 01:08:54,320
Speaker 6: willingness and his ability to continue to grow his game,

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Speaker 6: whether that's defensively, whether that's offensively.

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Speaker 2: You know, he had the four minute double minor.

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01:08:59,640 --> 01:09:02,080
Speaker 6: For high sticking the other night, and I think, you know,

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Speaker 6: some physicality shown as well. I think he's doing a

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01:09:05,040 --> 01:09:07,640
Speaker 6: really good job of showing us that complete player. And

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Speaker 6: you're right, Bal, he's going back to what we saw

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Speaker 6: a couple of years ago and that rookie year of

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Speaker 6: his and then number one Jared McCann. Now, aside from

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01:09:16,280 --> 01:09:19,080
Speaker 6: the four point night last night, he adds you know,

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Speaker 6: four goals his last four games, three assists in that

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01:09:21,439 --> 01:09:23,880
Speaker 6: time as well, a plus rating in three of his

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01:09:23,960 --> 01:09:26,760
Speaker 6: last four games, and continuing to find ways to get

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01:09:26,800 --> 01:09:30,120
Speaker 6: shots off once again, like everly, he had fourteen minutes.

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Speaker 6: Last night he had sixteen against Anaheim with the goal.

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01:09:32,880 --> 01:09:34,960
Speaker 6: He had fifteen and a half against the Islanders, a

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Speaker 6: goal in assist. You know, his high watermark seventeen to

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01:09:38,040 --> 01:09:40,799
Speaker 6: twenty five against the Devils, held off the score sheets.

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01:09:40,840 --> 01:09:43,320
Speaker 6: So maybe you should play him fifteen or fewer minutes.

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Speaker 6: Put the urgency in Jared McCann and he'll get some

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Speaker 6: more points. So those are my three stars of the night.

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Speaker 3: Can I guess give one honorable mention though? Breaker Evans

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01:09:51,800 --> 01:09:55,439
Speaker 3: goals in back to back games, playing very physical right now,

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Speaker 3: just looking at his last five plus seven on the

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01:09:58,160 --> 01:10:01,080
Speaker 3: plus minus chart over his last I'm playing some very

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01:10:01,120 --> 01:10:02,080
Speaker 3: solid hockey right now.

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Speaker 7: Honorable mention the record.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, showing that he's also benefiting playing here with Ryan

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Speaker 5: len grin Andy, I got to throw him in there.

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01:10:07,320 --> 01:10:10,280
Speaker 5: I had honorable mentions also for Philip Grubauer. You guys

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01:10:10,280 --> 01:10:12,559
Speaker 5: mentioned him, Jordan Eberley, you guys mentioned him, and even

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01:10:12,600 --> 01:10:15,200
Speaker 5: Berkeley Catton for again his play, his game and then

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01:10:15,280 --> 01:10:16,920
Speaker 5: just going right at the front of the net and

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01:10:17,360 --> 01:10:21,720
Speaker 5: finding a goal that was effectively the dagger against New

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01:10:21,760 --> 01:10:22,799
Speaker 5: Jersey back on Sunday.

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Speaker 6: And you know what we talked. We talked to Berkeley

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01:10:25,880 --> 01:10:31,120
Speaker 6: about that before the Washington game last night. I went

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01:10:31,200 --> 01:10:33,720
Speaker 6: up to him in morning skate and Al brought up

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01:10:33,720 --> 01:10:36,280
Speaker 6: this comment in the broadcast. He said, twenty games ago,

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01:10:36,880 --> 01:10:39,839
Speaker 6: you know he's not making that play. He's going behind

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01:10:39,840 --> 01:10:43,040
Speaker 6: the net. He's trying to reset, look for his options

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01:10:43,120 --> 01:10:45,680
Speaker 6: and go from there. So I brought that up with

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Speaker 6: Berkeley Katton and he bang on. He's agreed with what

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01:10:49,320 --> 01:10:52,439
Speaker 6: that assessment. He goes, scoring in itself is a skill

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01:10:52,920 --> 01:10:55,320
Speaker 6: and I'm finding, you know, my confidence is growing. I'm

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01:10:55,320 --> 01:10:58,160
Speaker 6: getting a lot better there. But you're absolutely right, five

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01:10:58,240 --> 01:11:00,439
Speaker 6: ten games ago, I'm not doing that, but I because

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01:11:00,439 --> 01:11:02,880
Speaker 6: I've scored some more goals. And I'm paraphrasing here a

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Speaker 6: little bit to clean it up a bit. But you

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01:11:05,120 --> 01:11:07,160
Speaker 6: know now that I'm scoring more, that I'm finding my

1372
01:11:07,240 --> 01:11:10,800
Speaker 6: offensive stride. You know, you're seeing that confidence in me

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01:11:10,880 --> 01:11:14,519
Speaker 6: growing a bit more so to hear him say that,

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01:11:14,600 --> 01:11:17,479
Speaker 6: and he was very honest and very matter of fact,

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01:11:17,520 --> 01:11:19,160
Speaker 6: and it wasn't you know.

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01:11:19,160 --> 01:11:21,800
Speaker 2: The typical Chippucks in Chippucks.

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Speaker 6: Out hockey response. It was a really good one to one.

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01:11:24,920 --> 01:11:26,759
Speaker 6: It was almost like he was talking to his buddy,

1379
01:11:26,760 --> 01:11:28,639
Speaker 6: you're talking to his parents. You know it was a

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01:11:28,680 --> 01:11:30,960
Speaker 6: really cool inside.

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01:11:31,120 --> 01:11:33,320
Speaker 5: Look all right, that's all the time we have here

1382
01:11:33,360 --> 01:11:35,679
Speaker 5: once again, one more home game to go till the Olympic,

1383
01:11:35,720 --> 01:11:39,880
Speaker 5: breaking them three on the road Vegas, Anaheim, the Kings

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01:11:39,920 --> 01:11:41,479
Speaker 5: as well. We're all gonna be out there by the

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Speaker 5: end of it. Looking forward to having you seven o'clock

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01:11:43,640 --> 01:11:45,800
Speaker 5: star times across the board. And keep in mind the

1387
01:11:45,840 --> 01:11:49,760
Speaker 5: game at Vegas this Saturday, live watch party going down

1388
01:11:49,880 --> 01:11:52,720
Speaker 5: at Tom's Watch Bars six point thirty on air for

1389
01:11:52,760 --> 01:11:56,360
Speaker 5: that one plus all the rest. Additionally home for tomorrow

1390
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Speaker 5: night against the Leafs. Also the Anaheim game next Tuesday,

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Speaker 5: and the Kings game on the road as well next Wednesday,

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Speaker 5: and then the break. Oh keep in mind, by the way,

1393
01:12:04,880 --> 01:12:08,360
Speaker 5: the Leafs game tomorrow night and the Anaheim game next Tuesday.

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Speaker 5: National TV covers, so we are your only local source

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01:12:12,080 --> 01:12:15,240
Speaker 5: for broadcast coverage once again here all right here on

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Speaker 5: ninety three to three KJRFM and the Global Credit Union

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Speaker 5: Cracking Audio Network. All right, we're gonna get out of

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01:12:20,479 --> 01:12:23,040
Speaker 5: here big thanks once again to Dave McCarthy and also

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Speaker 5: to Everett. Now talk with you tomorrow for broadcast coverage.

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Speaker 5: Shan again, I'm Mike Benton for cracking weekly on ninety

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Speaker 5: three to three KJRFM.