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Speaker 1: Welcome to Crack and Weekly once again heard once a

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Speaker 1: I love it here. That's what That's what the all

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Speaker 1: here on Crack and Weekly. Sir, Hello, how.

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Speaker 1: Glad to have you here with us here. And I

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Speaker 5: Well, I think you've seen it throughout the year. It's

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Speaker 1: We'll get to the meat of the trade deadlines soon here.

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Speaker 1: But if you can't give us a look as far

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Speaker 3: Well, look, there's a ton of conversations that go on.

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Speaker 5: from a trade perspective, and I think you're just seeing,

434
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Speaker 5: you know, teams are realizing the importance of development. You know,

435
00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,880
Speaker 5: it's something that we've talked a lot about and it's

436
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Speaker 5: such a key key point and in our organization for

437
00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:59,679
Speaker 5: our success moving forward. You've seen it with you know,

438
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Speaker 5: it's how we survived seventeen games in January is we

439
00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:05,600
Speaker 5: had young players come up and you know, add to

440
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Speaker 5: our mixing and really contribute from that standpoint. You know,

441
00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:11,040
Speaker 5: now it's community be continuing to We have a lot

442
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Speaker 5: of forwards down in Coachella Valley. It's not just one

443
00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:16,359
Speaker 5: player that we're focusing on, but it's get him to

444
00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:18,840
Speaker 5: the National Hockeyleague and then continue to expand their role

445
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Speaker 5: with National Hockey League too.

446
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Speaker 1: Cracking GM Jason Bottrell joining us here again on Cracking Weekly.

447
00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:27,119
Speaker 1: Let's get to Bobby McMahon, hopefully it's sooner than later.

448
00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:31,720
Speaker 1: But when this all came down, how much untaped potential

449
00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:34,000
Speaker 1: do you think he has and how far he can

450
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Speaker 1: also help move the needle here with this offense.

451
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Speaker 5: Well, look, I think his natural game right not changing

452
00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:41,640
Speaker 5: his game at all, just his natural game fits very

453
00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:44,720
Speaker 5: well into our organization and our team right now. He's

454
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Speaker 5: got size, he's good on the ford, check, gets the net,

455
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Speaker 5: and has a very good shot. He's a shooter and

456
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Speaker 5: I think, you know, last night was a good game

457
00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:55,239
Speaker 5: for us get shots the net, but it's something that

458
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Speaker 5: we have to do more of right now. So you know,

459
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Speaker 5: when he's playing his natural game, I think it's going

460
00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:01,480
Speaker 5: to fit in very well with our group.

461
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Speaker 3: The fact that.

462
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Speaker 5: Lane knows him from last year in Toronto, I think

463
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Speaker 5: just makes the transition for Bobby easier.

464
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Speaker 3: Has a relationship with him already.

465
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Speaker 5: Understanding the fact that Lane knows the player, there's no

466
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Speaker 5: sort of feeling out process. You can get him in

467
00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:17,280
Speaker 5: there quickly here and just get things going from that bit,

468
00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:20,600
Speaker 5: so extact, to have him on board, obviously the immigration

469
00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:22,560
Speaker 5: issues something to be on our hands, and you know,

470
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Speaker 5: we want to get him in as soon as possible.

471
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Speaker 5: From that standpoint, but you know what I love about

472
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Speaker 5: Bobby's sort of history too, is just he's worked extremely

473
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Speaker 5: hard at every level, coming out of college, going to

474
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Speaker 5: the EHL, working his way up to the American Hockey League,

475
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Speaker 5: then playing a you know, a significant role with some

476
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Speaker 5: excellent players in Toronto. Like, it's great to see a

477
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Speaker 5: player continue to develop even in his late twenties.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I love how you brought that up because a

479
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Speaker 1: lot of the common questions that fans have at this

480
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Speaker 1: point is the waiting game and how long do they

481
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Speaker 1: have to wait to see him play? So I know

482
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Speaker 1: there's obviously a process here behind this, with some other

483
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Speaker 1: teams getting guys in sooner than later. There are different

484
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Speaker 1: levels with how things work. But what's the most important

485
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Speaker 1: thing people have to know about what kind of work

486
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Speaker 1: goes into getting a player like that clear and the

487
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Speaker 1: process behind that kind of length.

488
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Speaker 5: Well, it's difficult this year just with the trade deadline

489
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Speaker 5: being on our Friday, right, it had a big impact

490
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Speaker 5: on just being able to get documents in on the weekend.

491
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Speaker 5: As you know, government offices aren't open on the weekend

492
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Speaker 5: from that standpoint.

493
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Speaker 3: So it delays the process.

494
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Speaker 5: Obviously, workflow and government agencies aren't always at the top

495
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Speaker 5: right now. It's so it's a waiting game from that

496
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Speaker 5: that we you know, we certainly have people that we

497
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Speaker 5: try to help out with try.

498
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Speaker 3: To move this process along as quickly as possible.

499
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Speaker 5: You do see some teams having some Canadians already playing,

500
00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:45,159
Speaker 5: but you know they've had a history of playing in

501
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Speaker 5: the United States, so they have their green card or

502
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Speaker 5: permanent residence card, or you know, they have a citizenship already.

503
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Speaker 5: So this was a unique scenario having a Canadian who

504
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Speaker 5: hasn't worked in.

505
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Speaker 3: The States at all before. So you have to go

506
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Speaker 3: through the process.

507
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Speaker 5: And as much as we're in as hard as n

508
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Speaker 5: it's it's a little bit outverhands.

509
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Speaker 4: So trade deadline done, twenty five percent of the regular

510
00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:10,600
Speaker 4: season left. Obviously there's a lot of focus on you

511
00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:13,320
Speaker 4: and your role leading up to that trade deadline. Tell

512
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Speaker 4: the fans a little bit about what your role looks

513
00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:17,280
Speaker 4: like between now and the end of the season. What's

514
00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:20,000
Speaker 4: your focus right now? Now that that trade deadline, it's

515
00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,639
Speaker 4: like tax days now done on your account. Where's your

516
00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:24,359
Speaker 4: focus now is to remainder the season?

517
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Speaker 5: Well, obviously the main focus is our team and then

518
00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:29,440
Speaker 5: in this battle right now, and I think you you're

519
00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:32,199
Speaker 5: feeling it a little bit right now over even this

520
00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:36,359
Speaker 5: homestand right you win a game against Carolina and everything's great,

521
00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:38,240
Speaker 5: you feel like, Okay, two in a row. Now at home,

522
00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:41,560
Speaker 5: we're going in the right direction. You lose a couple

523
00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:42,760
Speaker 5: now and it's like, oh.

524
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Speaker 3: My goodness, what are we going to do?

525
00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:46,160
Speaker 5: Like it's but it's also the beauty of it, right,

526
00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:48,639
Speaker 5: This is the excitement that we wanted this group to

527
00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:51,240
Speaker 5: be a part of. It's what we It's why we

528
00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:54,320
Speaker 5: didn't move some of our free agents or UFAs at

529
00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:56,600
Speaker 5: the trade DeLand because we felt this group.

530
00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:58,480
Speaker 3: Earned the right to continue to move forward. We're in

531
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Speaker 3: a playoff spot.

532
00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:01,560
Speaker 5: We're continuing to be in a playoff spot now is

533
00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:04,280
Speaker 5: a challenge to you know, find a way to get

534
00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:07,600
Speaker 5: into the playoffs. So that's the main focus of working

535
00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:10,360
Speaker 5: with our coaching staff, working with our players to make

536
00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:14,800
Speaker 5: sure that you know, from game to game there's little

537
00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:17,880
Speaker 5: things that we can see from above that consider hopefully

538
00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:18,760
Speaker 5: help out there.

539
00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:20,720
Speaker 3: Our coaches, help other players and go from there.

540
00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:22,800
Speaker 5: The second part about it is just you know, we're

541
00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:25,560
Speaker 5: evaluating a lot of our kids that we've drafted. Last

542
00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:27,120
Speaker 5: couple of years. Hey, are they going to be ready

543
00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:29,000
Speaker 5: to turn pro? Is it something that we have to

544
00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:33,440
Speaker 5: maybe another year junior, another year in college. You know,

545
00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:36,960
Speaker 5: there's college free agents that you're continuing to to look at.

546
00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:39,880
Speaker 5: You know, we were able to sign right and Evers

547
00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:42,600
Speaker 5: out of Penticton as a free agent. That are that

548
00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:45,240
Speaker 5: are amateur staff gone on and there quickly, So that's good.

549
00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:46,440
Speaker 3: Next week I have.

550
00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:49,520
Speaker 5: General manager meetings, so it's good just interacting with our

551
00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:51,399
Speaker 5: gms and hey, what are their plans in the summer.

552
00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:54,360
Speaker 5: Sort of going from that, Most of those discussions will

553
00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:56,879
Speaker 5: come more in say May or June, but just getting

554
00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:58,160
Speaker 5: a head start from that standpoint.

555
00:26:58,280 --> 00:26:59,640
Speaker 3: So no exciting times.

556
00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:02,959
Speaker 5: But the focus is obviously our team here and our

557
00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:05,000
Speaker 5: team at Coachella Valley, both trying to get them into

558
00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:05,560
Speaker 5: the playoffs.

559
00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:07,720
Speaker 4: So you talked about evaluating the kids. One of those

560
00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:11,359
Speaker 4: kids is Berkeley Cat. Yep, you can say it. I

561
00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:14,159
Speaker 4: can say it's hard for me to believe that forty

562
00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:17,720
Speaker 4: seven games into his NHL career is where you expected

563
00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:20,879
Speaker 4: him to be at this point he is regardless, doesn't matter.

564
00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:23,879
Speaker 4: How have you liked his development over those forty seven

565
00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:25,959
Speaker 4: games so far? And what are you looking for between

566
00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:27,160
Speaker 4: now and the end of the year.

567
00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:30,040
Speaker 5: Well, I think you're just realizing he having this experience.

568
00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:32,000
Speaker 5: You know, you look at it whether it's last night

569
00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:34,040
Speaker 5: or the game against Ottawa and that you know, the

570
00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:36,800
Speaker 5: pace that they played with and stuff. It's great that

571
00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:39,719
Speaker 5: he's a part of these games. It's not just you know,

572
00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:42,600
Speaker 5: two teams who aren't in the playoffs just sort of

573
00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:45,199
Speaker 5: going through the motions. That there's an intensity, there's a strength,

574
00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:47,880
Speaker 5: there's a passion out there and stuff. And what we've

575
00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:50,600
Speaker 5: loved with Berkeley is, look, you know, he he learns

576
00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:53,720
Speaker 5: so much. His hockey mind is hockey IQ is exceptional.

577
00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:56,480
Speaker 5: When he makes mistakes out there, he doesn't usually do

578
00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:58,639
Speaker 5: it the second time. He's learning from that bit. I

579
00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:01,280
Speaker 5: think what you've seen from two like, I don't care

580
00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:04,000
Speaker 5: what his stature is. He's strong on pucks and he's

581
00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,800
Speaker 5: sticking his nose into battles and one on one battles.

582
00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:10,000
Speaker 5: Continue to build off it. I know he he wants

583
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:13,040
Speaker 5: to contribute to our team more offensively. I know it's

584
00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:15,000
Speaker 5: gonna come too. Like you just look at his work

585
00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:19,400
Speaker 5: ethic in games, in practices. You know what we we

586
00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:21,800
Speaker 5: we we focused a lot on throughout the entire year

587
00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:25,680
Speaker 5: with him is is building him, helping him and making

588
00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:28,199
Speaker 5: sure they didn't take away from our team that that

589
00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:31,080
Speaker 5: this is still how he can help out our team.

590
00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:34,199
Speaker 5: But you know, having him with our group to develop

591
00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,399
Speaker 5: him in for the next year, that he's going to

592
00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:39,840
Speaker 5: be further along, you know, next October, next November. And

593
00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:42,480
Speaker 5: I think he's clearly done that, and that's what I

594
00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:44,360
Speaker 5: love form him. When things haven't gone well from him,

595
00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:48,320
Speaker 5: there's not a disappointment, I should say, there's not a frustration.

596
00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:48,440
Speaker 3: Level, right.

597
00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:52,280
Speaker 5: He he understands quickly what he has to do differently

598
00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:55,480
Speaker 5: from that bit and you know you still so now

599
00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:57,040
Speaker 5: you see him making plays out there.

600
00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:59,040
Speaker 3: You see him learning so much from those situations.

601
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Speaker 1: I recall when I was torn years of age. I

602
00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:03,280
Speaker 1: was trying to get through my studies in college WHL

603
00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:05,160
Speaker 1: players a twenty, trying to make it and here here's

604
00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:07,520
Speaker 1: Berkeley kat And at age twenty sticking his nose in there,

605
00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:09,640
Speaker 1: as you said, and one on one against Philip Forsburg.

606
00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:12,000
Speaker 1: That is not an easy job. And he's one of

607
00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:15,440
Speaker 1: the great testimonies series. Jason Botterral joins us, and I

608
00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:18,000
Speaker 1: think it's a great point where you mentioned of the

609
00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:20,600
Speaker 1: transition for this team. Trade deadline's done and now the

610
00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:23,920
Speaker 1: focus is on playoffs. And one of my favorite acronyms

611
00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:27,920
Speaker 1: I learned in this game was wi N which is

612
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:32,200
Speaker 1: what's important next. People are often thinking about the roster

613
00:29:32,360 --> 00:29:34,920
Speaker 1: and the big picture. Jordan Eberley fits in his extension

614
00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:38,320
Speaker 1: getting Bobby mcmahnon here as well, But how far along

615
00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:40,920
Speaker 1: has this group taken and look here for the summer

616
00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:43,440
Speaker 1: with how they shape the roster from one to look

617
00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:46,760
Speaker 1: at offensive upgrades, grit other areas or where the un

618
00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:47,680
Speaker 1: players also.

619
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Speaker 5: Oh, look, it's no secret we want to continue to

620
00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:52,560
Speaker 5: develop our forwards right and continue to it's the area

621
00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:57,560
Speaker 5: where you know we can still from net you know

622
00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:00,240
Speaker 5: league numbers we can still improve a lot. Is that

623
00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:02,239
Speaker 5: there's a there's a big incremental improvement that we can

624
00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:06,080
Speaker 5: do from an offensive standpoint, and what we have to

625
00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:08,560
Speaker 5: be guard against is making sure that we don't sacrifice too.

626
00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:10,080
Speaker 3: Much of our defense.

627
00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:12,640
Speaker 5: Our goaltending has been great throughout the year. When we're

628
00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:15,360
Speaker 5: playing well, we're strong defensively, not spending a lot of

629
00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:17,720
Speaker 5: time in our d zone, and that's continuing to more

630
00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:20,080
Speaker 5: offensive chances from that bit. So it's not just hey,

631
00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:22,160
Speaker 5: let's just go play offense and figet about the defense

632
00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:24,600
Speaker 5: and how do we continue to be a four line

633
00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:27,520
Speaker 5: team and developing these players. We've talked a little bit about, Okay,

634
00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:30,040
Speaker 5: these young players are now making that HL let's now

635
00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:32,600
Speaker 5: take them into more of a power play role or

636
00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:34,400
Speaker 5: more of a top six role. That's the next step

637
00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:37,200
Speaker 5: for some of these young players. But no, we've you know,

638
00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:39,360
Speaker 5: you continue to have a plan, you know, but it's

639
00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:42,400
Speaker 5: an idea of what you want to do in the summer,

640
00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:45,480
Speaker 5: but it's also a situation. That's what we're looking for.

641
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,480
Speaker 5: Like we're obviously watching Coachella very closely as down the

642
00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:51,360
Speaker 5: stretch here. You know, as much as we're excited about

643
00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:53,000
Speaker 5: some young players, are they going to be ready to

644
00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:56,160
Speaker 5: really have an impact on our team next to October November?

645
00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:58,240
Speaker 5: How they perform in the American oct League get in

646
00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:00,520
Speaker 5: a playoff stretch is really important. Same thing at the

647
00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:03,240
Speaker 5: National Coche League level, you know how you know, I'd

648
00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:04,600
Speaker 5: love to sit here and tell you, oh, we're one

649
00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:08,240
Speaker 5: hundred percent making the playoffs. You know, everyone wants to

650
00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:10,280
Speaker 5: have that. But anyway, it's a challenge, like it's going

651
00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:12,400
Speaker 5: to be a battle right to the in my mind

652
00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:15,120
Speaker 5: right to the very end of April, and hey, it's

653
00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:18,280
Speaker 5: going to be this. This team's deserve the opportunity to

654
00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:21,640
Speaker 5: stay together. We want to add something. We added it

655
00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:24,440
Speaker 5: with mcmaon, with Bobby and McMahon. Uh, it's going to

656
00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:25,880
Speaker 5: be a challenge right down on the r end, but

657
00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:28,240
Speaker 5: I think that's gonna be a great experience for a group.

658
00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:31,120
Speaker 5: And to me, it's you know, I still think there's

659
00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:34,000
Speaker 5: a level that our team can get to that we

660
00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:36,000
Speaker 5: had going at the end of January, right and I

661
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,000
Speaker 5: think there's still just that intensity level. We saw it

662
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:39,720
Speaker 5: in the first period about Nashville, but we have to

663
00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:42,880
Speaker 5: have it more consistently over over sixty minutes. But as

664
00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:45,400
Speaker 5: much as I sort of glorify the in of January,

665
00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:47,520
Speaker 5: the middle of January weren't playing that well and stuff

666
00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:49,960
Speaker 5: from there. So there's it's just it's the constant ebbs

667
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:52,400
Speaker 5: and flows of the season. And it's what I've liked

668
00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:55,800
Speaker 5: about our leadership group and also our coaches is just

669
00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:59,960
Speaker 5: like when we've been through struggling, like there's still a

670
00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:02,520
Speaker 5: what are a solution based sort of thought process. When

671
00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:04,400
Speaker 5: we were going through one nine and one in December,

672
00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:07,479
Speaker 5: it wasn't you know, banging sticks frustrating type of thing.

673
00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:09,160
Speaker 5: It's like, okay, what are we doing to get out

674
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:11,080
Speaker 5: of it? And then that led into obviously a winning

675
00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:13,360
Speaker 5: streak and that's the mindset we have to have here right.

676
00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:17,440
Speaker 1: Now in Coachella Valley. What's your latest read Jagger Furcus,

677
00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:19,960
Speaker 1: Logan Morris and Tyson Jugnat Yanni Newman.

678
00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:22,280
Speaker 5: To me, it's it's been great from their standpoint. We're

679
00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:24,200
Speaker 5: such a young team down there. It's the evolution that

680
00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:26,600
Speaker 5: we've been in Coachella Valley since our first couple of years.

681
00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:30,000
Speaker 5: And to have these young players.

682
00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:30,560
Speaker 3: Have such a big role.

683
00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:33,200
Speaker 5: Like you look at Logan Morrison and Jagger Furcus, like

684
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:37,479
Speaker 5: their names are circled on every coaches board. You know,

685
00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:39,880
Speaker 5: we got to stop these these two players, right, And

686
00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:43,200
Speaker 5: that's different right even from their first you know, their

687
00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:45,959
Speaker 5: first year, last year for Jagger and last first two

688
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,400
Speaker 5: years for Logan, Like you know, this is something new

689
00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:51,680
Speaker 5: being the go to guys and they've stepped up from

690
00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:54,560
Speaker 5: that standpoint, and you know that the fact that they

691
00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:57,000
Speaker 5: can be in big roles and still have success. And

692
00:32:57,040 --> 00:32:59,760
Speaker 5: then to me, the back end is something very special

693
00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:06,120
Speaker 5: that many young players playing big minutes and playing, you know,

694
00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:08,480
Speaker 5: deep partners with another young player. It's not as if

695
00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:09,719
Speaker 5: we have a ton of veterans down there to help

696
00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:12,000
Speaker 5: them out and they're still coming through it. It's it's

697
00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:14,400
Speaker 5: fun to watch and it's fun to watch the their

698
00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:17,760
Speaker 5: their growth, their their frustration. They're disappointing some losses, but

699
00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:21,200
Speaker 5: then their response and and putting themselves in a playoff spot.

700
00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:24,479
Speaker 4: Last one for me, simple question, maybe not a simple answer.

701
00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:26,880
Speaker 4: What's keeping you awake at night right now?

702
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:30,840
Speaker 5: There's always things that you go through and just out.

703
00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:34,840
Speaker 5: You know, about injuries, about different things. From that standpoint,

704
00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:37,760
Speaker 5: and you know, it's it's the beauty of the game

705
00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:43,360
Speaker 5: from a fan perspective, Like every game player teams are

706
00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:45,800
Speaker 5: going into you have an opportunity to win. Right There's

707
00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:48,440
Speaker 5: so much parody in this league right now, play and

708
00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:51,080
Speaker 5: and that's also what makes it so stressful for coaches

709
00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:54,000
Speaker 5: and managers because the difference is just hey, you look

710
00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:56,760
Speaker 5: at a game last night. What's different if it's a

711
00:33:56,760 --> 00:33:57,920
Speaker 5: three nothing lead after.

712
00:33:57,720 --> 00:33:58,280
Speaker 3: The first right?

713
00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:01,080
Speaker 5: Uh, you know when the posts out goes posting in.

714
00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:04,360
Speaker 5: But hey, it's a learning experience for our group that

715
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,200
Speaker 5: you get a two goal lead. We got to clamp

716
00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:09,319
Speaker 5: down and find a way to get that third, but

717
00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:12,080
Speaker 5: certainly not give up those opportunities and stuff from that standpoint,

718
00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:14,600
Speaker 5: But it's also the fact that it's the beauty of

719
00:34:14,680 --> 00:34:17,120
Speaker 5: that we're in the battle, right, It's that we're in

720
00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:21,279
Speaker 5: the race versus you know, you know, subtracting from a

721
00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:23,279
Speaker 5: group at a trade deadline, being able to keep the

722
00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:25,440
Speaker 5: group and adding a player that was exciting for our

723
00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:27,719
Speaker 5: group and just being a part of this mix right now,

724
00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:29,160
Speaker 5: that's what's that's what's.

725
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:30,880
Speaker 3: Exciting and coming to the ranking stage of trying and improve.

726
00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:32,880
Speaker 1: The last question here from me, what's your secret here

727
00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:34,719
Speaker 1: to regulating yourself at the time of year. Is it

728
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:36,959
Speaker 1: more of just rest, work out anything else?

729
00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:41,200
Speaker 5: You know, excuse me, it's just being supportive of the group, right, Like,

730
00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:43,279
Speaker 5: like that's what you have to be. You have to

731
00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:45,360
Speaker 5: try to be even cool, you have to continue to

732
00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:48,040
Speaker 5: like look, it's it's all hands on deck on trying

733
00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:51,880
Speaker 5: to help out with ideas and and supporting our coaching

734
00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:55,719
Speaker 5: staff and our players. And the great thing is it's

735
00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:58,239
Speaker 5: why you keep the dialogue going with our development staff, right,

736
00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:00,480
Speaker 5: they've seen some of these players and working with these

737
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:03,040
Speaker 5: players for years, so maybe there's something that Hey, Berkeley

738
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:06,560
Speaker 5: Clatton last year in his WHL you know, playoff streak, like, hey,

739
00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:09,319
Speaker 5: that that really was in tune. So bring that up

740
00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:12,200
Speaker 5: and remind him about that. Remind Shane right about, Hey,

741
00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:13,959
Speaker 5: you know he was the best player in a Coller

742
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:16,560
Speaker 5: Cup finals type of thing, and how he's stepped up

743
00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:17,120
Speaker 5: in those roles.

744
00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:18,959
Speaker 3: So you're reminding some of these.

745
00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:21,040
Speaker 5: Players, you know, they get so focused on the game

746
00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:24,360
Speaker 5: last game, they don't remember, Hey, I had good history,

747
00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:26,400
Speaker 5: I've had success in the past. We have a lot

748
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:28,520
Speaker 5: of players on our team that maybe they haven't been

749
00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:30,440
Speaker 5: in a playoff race the last couple of years, but they

750
00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:32,080
Speaker 5: have Stanley Cups to the name. They've been a part

751
00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:35,200
Speaker 5: of things before. Remind them of those experiences and stuff too.

752
00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:37,000
Speaker 1: They are in the playoff mix and the barrel here

753
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:40,319
Speaker 1: from the holiday Carol. It's the most wonderful time of

754
00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:42,719
Speaker 1: the year. Jason, thank you for doing this. I appreciate you.

755
00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:43,560
Speaker 3: I appreciate it.

756
00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:45,959
Speaker 1: Have a great day, Jason Botrell joining us our mail

757
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:48,160
Speaker 1: bag our three Stars also right up next year on

758
00:35:48,239 --> 00:35:51,000
Speaker 1: ninety three to three KJRFM. All right, as of right now,

759
00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:54,120
Speaker 1: fifty percent of you say twenty five points or more

760
00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:57,000
Speaker 1: need to hear out of the last nineteen games to

761
00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:00,600
Speaker 1: make the postseason. That pull question on going right now

762
00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:03,640
Speaker 1: at crack and audio net via Twitter, and next once

763
00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:06,560
Speaker 1: again fifty percent of you that is the leader right

764
00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:10,200
Speaker 1: now for your votes where twenty five points or more

765
00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:13,120
Speaker 1: will be needed here for the Kraken to make the

766
00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:16,360
Speaker 1: postseason once again Mike Everett and now big thank you

767
00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:19,080
Speaker 1: once again to GM Jason Botterral and we're just gonna

768
00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:22,320
Speaker 1: jump into the mail bag here with a small amount

769
00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:24,359
Speaker 1: of time that we have right now, and we get

770
00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:27,520
Speaker 1: one here from Ron saying, I feel other than Vancouver,

771
00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:33,719
Speaker 1: where can points possibly come from in the next eight games?

772
00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:38,400
Speaker 1: Colorado is going to be a challenge and a half.

773
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:41,520
Speaker 1: Then you have Vancouver, of course where they are right

774
00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:45,319
Speaker 1: now front runners potentially here for Gavin McKenna. Then you

775
00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:48,560
Speaker 1: have the Florida teams. This can be such a wildcard

776
00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:51,680
Speaker 1: here for me at least on the Panthers because for

777
00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:54,359
Speaker 1: the tough season they have, they just have so many

778
00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:57,080
Speaker 1: dudes that just scare me so much ever it. Then

779
00:36:57,120 --> 00:36:59,960
Speaker 1: you have Tampa Bay in that mix. They're a buzz

780
00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:03,719
Speaker 1: saw right now. Nashville they prove that you can't take

781
00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:07,719
Speaker 1: them lightly. And you're in Nashville as well, Columbus at

782
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:12,120
Speaker 1: Florida and Tapa Bay at Buffalo at Edmonton. I mean, listen,

783
00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:15,239
Speaker 1: I think for the next eight games, if you're looking

784
00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:18,839
Speaker 1: at maybe I would say roughly ten points maybe out

785
00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:21,480
Speaker 1: of sixteen, you're gonna be pretty happy with trying to

786
00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:23,160
Speaker 1: keep pace ahead of those right now in this type

787
00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:23,799
Speaker 1: playoff race.

788
00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:28,240
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I'm gonna I'm gonna amend his question

789
00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:30,720
Speaker 2: a little bit. He said, what games can the cracking

790
00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:35,040
Speaker 2: get points in? I mean what games? I mean the cracking.

791
00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:38,279
Speaker 2: It's not can, it's it's you better, You must.

792
00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:42,120
Speaker 1: You needs. Philosophy is there's always a way to win

793
00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:42,879
Speaker 1: a hockey.

794
00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:44,400
Speaker 2: Game one hundred percent. And you know you said the

795
00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:48,680
Speaker 2: next eight games. I'll add too, you include Colorado coming up.

796
00:37:48,719 --> 00:37:51,920
Speaker 2: You've got ten games the rest of the month. I mean,

797
00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:56,960
Speaker 2: so twenty points on the board for Seattle. Do I

798
00:37:57,040 --> 00:38:01,760
Speaker 2: get greedy and say sixteen of twenty points? I mean, listen,

799
00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:04,400
Speaker 2: if you're gonna be a playoff team, if you want

800
00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:10,520
Speaker 2: to go into the playoffs, you know, period, full stop,

801
00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:12,200
Speaker 2: if you want to go into the playoffs, but also

802
00:38:12,239 --> 00:38:15,239
Speaker 2: if you want to have some momentum and prove that hey,

803
00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:17,480
Speaker 2: this is gonna be more than just a you know,

804
00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:20,279
Speaker 2: hey we're here. Okay, see you later. You're gonna have

805
00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:23,480
Speaker 2: to start winning some teams. And I mean definitely the

806
00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:29,680
Speaker 2: teams in the West, whether it's so you've got Colorado, Vancouver, Nashville, Edmonton,

807
00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:33,080
Speaker 2: all right, those are three of those four teams are

808
00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:37,279
Speaker 2: not gonna be easy. So I mean Colorado you'd like

809
00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:39,880
Speaker 2: to get a point, Edmonton you'd like to get to

810
00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:44,600
Speaker 2: especially in Edmonton. You've not had hardly any success historically

811
00:38:44,719 --> 00:38:48,719
Speaker 2: in Edmonton in cracking history. So I mean that game

812
00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:50,960
Speaker 2: at the end of the month, that's gonna be a

813
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:54,600
Speaker 2: game in which Seattle you're gonna need both points on that.

814
00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:57,920
Speaker 2: But I think with ten points or twenty games, no

815
00:38:58,239 --> 00:39:02,200
Speaker 2: stop it again. I think with ten games left here

816
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:07,000
Speaker 2: in this month of March, and you've got twenty points

817
00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:12,120
Speaker 2: on the plate, minimum minimum fifteen, but I'm gonna go

818
00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:15,279
Speaker 2: up and say sixteen seventeen points, and you have to

819
00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:18,200
Speaker 2: try to go on a run here going into April.

820
00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:21,480
Speaker 2: So you can almost use these last few games in

821
00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:25,600
Speaker 2: the season as a runway for you, as an on

822
00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:29,160
Speaker 2: ramp to ramp up in the playoffs rather than just

823
00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:32,400
Speaker 2: limping into the playoffs. That's gonna be where the cracket

824
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:35,759
Speaker 2: need to have their focus and their mindset on to.

825
00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:38,600
Speaker 1: Our three stars here in this one we go here

826
00:39:38,719 --> 00:39:40,279
Speaker 1: to wrap up the show, I'll take it away.

827
00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:42,960
Speaker 4: Yeah, I gotta go with Jacob Malansen as my third

828
00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:44,560
Speaker 4: star of the week. He had a goal he had

829
00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:46,759
Speaker 4: won off the post the other night. Along with his

830
00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:50,240
Speaker 4: continued physical presence. I think he's making an impact every

831
00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:53,120
Speaker 4: game and dare I even say he might be on

832
00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:56,600
Speaker 4: a path to a key for surewood level of hockey career.

833
00:39:56,680 --> 00:39:59,520
Speaker 4: But a lot of time between now and then, but

834
00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:02,279
Speaker 4: I like the direction he's heading. Second star for me

835
00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:05,160
Speaker 4: goes to Coppocaco, big first goal of the game the

836
00:40:05,239 --> 00:40:07,640
Speaker 4: other night, setting up his line mates and Freddie Gudreau

837
00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:10,720
Speaker 4: for a couple of great opportunities, and Channer Stevenson as well.

838
00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:15,560
Speaker 4: I thought Coppocco's game, just despite the outcome last game,

839
00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:18,440
Speaker 4: was one of his best since coming back from the

840
00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:21,520
Speaker 4: Olympic Rake. And you know, how can you not go

841
00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:23,960
Speaker 4: with Maddie Beneer's as your number one star, you know,

842
00:40:24,239 --> 00:40:26,920
Speaker 4: not just you know the goal he had the snipe

843
00:40:27,239 --> 00:40:30,080
Speaker 4: short side right by the ear of UC sorrows, but

844
00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:33,360
Speaker 4: the fight standing up for Jared McCann, he was attacking

845
00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:35,839
Speaker 4: the puck all over the ice in that in that

846
00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:40,080
Speaker 4: Nashville game. I love his game right now and he's

847
00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:40,960
Speaker 4: my number one star.

848
00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:42,960
Speaker 1: I'll go my three stars here, Fitz. I'll let you

849
00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:44,759
Speaker 1: wrap this one up here for us. So my third

850
00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:47,640
Speaker 1: star is going to go to Kale Flurry And for

851
00:40:48,120 --> 00:40:51,360
Speaker 1: the illness the cracket had to endure over this last

852
00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:53,919
Speaker 1: recent stretch just been, you know, a plug and play

853
00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:57,919
Speaker 1: situation here with Lane Lambert and his lineup on top

854
00:40:57,960 --> 00:41:01,319
Speaker 1: of that, but every time Kale steps in, there's just

855
00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:04,439
Speaker 1: seems to be something that he does so well where

856
00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:08,200
Speaker 1: he plays with more abrasion, he plays with more assertiveness,

857
00:41:08,239 --> 00:41:10,400
Speaker 1: and he's finding a way to lay the body in.

858
00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:13,640
Speaker 1: I know the Ottawa game was a clunker, seven to

859
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:16,279
Speaker 1: four crack and loss. That game, Fluria was one of

860
00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:18,880
Speaker 1: my bright spots for that game. He had an assist

861
00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:22,760
Speaker 1: but also had three block shots and six hits as well.

862
00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:25,880
Speaker 1: That to me sends a very important message once again

863
00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:29,319
Speaker 1: for internal competition in the cracking lineup about this time

864
00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:32,320
Speaker 1: of year, Kale Flury is my third star, the second

865
00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:34,400
Speaker 1: star for me goes to Jacob Malanson. I mean, what

866
00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:36,879
Speaker 1: else can you say with his physical play, how that

867
00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:39,520
Speaker 1: line four checks got a very important first goal against

868
00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:42,640
Speaker 1: Ottawa again a clunker game. You don't want to have

869
00:41:42,719 --> 00:41:45,880
Speaker 1: that line set the spark for everyone. You want to

870
00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:49,080
Speaker 1: have him follow soup. But again Jacob Alanson finding a

871
00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:52,319
Speaker 1: way to play with energy that was so important for me.

872
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:56,760
Speaker 1: Once again, he had four hits in that game against Ottawa.

873
00:41:56,800 --> 00:41:59,920
Speaker 1: Also against Saint Louis. We should also point out Milansa

874
00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:03,400
Speaker 1: had eight shot attempts as well in that contest. In

875
00:42:03,440 --> 00:42:06,280
Speaker 1: the Nashville game, three more hits as well on the board,

876
00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:09,200
Speaker 1: Jacob Allan, since my first star, I'm gonna echo al

877
00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:12,520
Speaker 1: Koniski Matty Beniers is my first start, and I just

878
00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:14,600
Speaker 1: go right back to last night and from what I

879
00:42:14,640 --> 00:42:17,720
Speaker 1: set off the top here in this show. As a leader,

880
00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:22,160
Speaker 1: you're looking for him to light a fuse as a score.

881
00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:25,040
Speaker 1: You don't want him to fight all the time, but

882
00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:28,480
Speaker 1: that's a nuance where the situation certainly called for it.

883
00:42:28,719 --> 00:42:31,080
Speaker 1: His linemate got hit right into the numbers. And how

884
00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:35,719
Speaker 1: many times have we seen players become hesitant with stepping

885
00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:39,640
Speaker 1: in and sending a message Beneer's wasted no time doing this.

886
00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:42,600
Speaker 1: Lane Lambert mentioned the change of culture that to me

887
00:42:42,719 --> 00:42:45,080
Speaker 1: send two messages also all back this up here from

888
00:42:45,120 --> 00:42:48,040
Speaker 1: the top of the show, where one the message was

889
00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:51,800
Speaker 1: being sent. I did this. I expect more guys to follow.

890
00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:54,839
Speaker 1: And then again number two. He is finding a way

891
00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:58,200
Speaker 1: to assert himself as a leader and be a front

892
00:42:58,200 --> 00:43:01,360
Speaker 1: man here for this change of culture. Maddy Beniers also

893
00:43:01,719 --> 00:43:05,399
Speaker 1: with a delicious goal last night should have been served

894
00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:07,840
Speaker 1: with a side of ice cream. My goodness, it was

895
00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:09,960
Speaker 1: that sweet. He is my first star of the week ever.

896
00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:12,239
Speaker 3: Go ahead, I love it.

897
00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:16,320
Speaker 2: Uh yeah, you know this was This is a difficult

898
00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:20,640
Speaker 2: one for me. I got a couple of I had

899
00:43:20,680 --> 00:43:23,720
Speaker 2: a couple of honorable mentions. I was trying to figure

900
00:43:23,760 --> 00:43:27,120
Speaker 2: out how I wanted to do this. But I'm gonna

901
00:43:27,160 --> 00:43:31,040
Speaker 2: go the entire fourth line for my number three start,

902
00:43:31,719 --> 00:43:35,880
Speaker 2: you know again, continuing to bring the energy, Lane Lambert

903
00:43:36,040 --> 00:43:39,839
Speaker 2: after the Ottawa game the morning of the Nashville game,

904
00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:43,880
Speaker 2: saying that he needs more from that top nine forward group.

905
00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:47,160
Speaker 2: He needs more from, you know, the players that you're

906
00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:49,799
Speaker 2: expecting to bring the offense, and that fourth line has

907
00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:53,920
Speaker 2: been as consistent as consistency can be. So you know

908
00:43:54,080 --> 00:43:58,560
Speaker 2: Malanson and Myers in particular, but whoever you've slotted in

909
00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:02,120
Speaker 2: on that line as well. You've had Gadrow on that line,

910
00:44:02,160 --> 00:44:05,080
Speaker 2: You've had Winterton on that line. I think that the

911
00:44:05,160 --> 00:44:08,759
Speaker 2: combination of those four, especially since the break, but in

912
00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:11,440
Speaker 2: the last handful of games, I really have liked how

913
00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:14,560
Speaker 2: they've played. So I'm gonna go them collectively the fourth

914
00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:17,640
Speaker 2: line for my number three star, my number two star.

915
00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:21,440
Speaker 2: I'm gonna go Vince Done a Goalden, three assists in

916
00:44:21,480 --> 00:44:24,040
Speaker 2: his last three games. And I was talking to Al

917
00:44:24,160 --> 00:44:27,560
Speaker 2: yesterday off the air, and obviously we're you know, we're

918
00:44:27,640 --> 00:44:30,120
Speaker 2: dialed in, we know our team better than most. But

919
00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:32,680
Speaker 2: I'm looking down at the score sheet. I'm like, man,

920
00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:36,320
Speaker 2: vince Don is quietly approaching forty points. He's got thirty

921
00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:40,520
Speaker 2: nine points on the season, so again, might not be

922
00:44:40,680 --> 00:44:45,200
Speaker 2: the best year plus minus wise four vince Done this

923
00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:48,399
Speaker 2: season right now, currently coming in at a minus twenty two.

924
00:44:48,480 --> 00:44:52,000
Speaker 2: I know he would like to have that number, you know,

925
00:44:53,520 --> 00:44:55,680
Speaker 2: a lot better, but I mean, you're coming up on

926
00:44:55,800 --> 00:44:58,839
Speaker 2: forty points in sixty two games. I think he's got

927
00:44:58,920 --> 00:45:04,439
Speaker 2: an outshite outside shot. At fifty points this season, I mean,

928
00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:07,920
Speaker 2: he's got nineteen games, twenty games left to do it.

929
00:45:08,280 --> 00:45:10,560
Speaker 2: So I'm thinking he's got he's got an outside shot

930
00:45:10,680 --> 00:45:13,680
Speaker 2: to get eleven points in his next twenty games. I

931
00:45:13,719 --> 00:45:15,799
Speaker 2: got vinced done for my number two star, and then

932
00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:18,120
Speaker 2: I'm gonna go Matt eveniers. I mean goals in back

933
00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:21,640
Speaker 2: to back games, one hundred percent goals in back to

934
00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:25,240
Speaker 2: back games, this first NHL fight. We we talk about

935
00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:28,480
Speaker 2: how he's been progressing so much this season as a

936
00:45:28,520 --> 00:45:32,440
Speaker 2: responsible two way player. I think a lot of people

937
00:45:32,760 --> 00:45:37,080
Speaker 2: feel that he's going to be the next captain of

938
00:45:37,120 --> 00:45:40,839
Speaker 2: this team win Jordan Eberle, you know, after this two

939
00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:43,920
Speaker 2: year deal, if he retires, if he moves on, whatever

940
00:45:43,920 --> 00:45:46,200
Speaker 2: the case may be. You know, a lot of people

941
00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:49,640
Speaker 2: feel that he's gonna be the captain. And he is

942
00:45:49,680 --> 00:45:52,200
Speaker 2: the captain in waiting for the crack in, and he's

943
00:45:52,239 --> 00:45:55,400
Speaker 2: doing a lot of captain like things this season. But

944
00:45:55,760 --> 00:45:58,480
Speaker 2: the fight, the goals in back to back games, I mean,

945
00:45:58,520 --> 00:46:00,600
Speaker 2: the the goal that he scored last night in a

946
00:46:00,640 --> 00:46:04,319
Speaker 2: losing effort against Nashville. That's the type of goal that

947
00:46:04,400 --> 00:46:06,480
Speaker 2: I think a lot of folks are expecting or looking

948
00:46:06,520 --> 00:46:10,200
Speaker 2: for out of him. I still think that Matti Beanieers

949
00:46:10,320 --> 00:46:14,240
Speaker 2: is more than capable of being a consistent sixty seventy

950
00:46:14,280 --> 00:46:17,120
Speaker 2: point player in this league. I think he can kiss

951
00:46:17,120 --> 00:46:19,520
Speaker 2: eighty points in this league. I think he's got a

952
00:46:19,560 --> 00:46:23,480
Speaker 2: forty goal season in him at some point throughout his career,

953
00:46:23,520 --> 00:46:27,200
Speaker 2: if not too so. You know this, This is the

954
00:46:27,360 --> 00:46:30,680
Speaker 2: Matti Vaniers this season. This is the Matti Vaniers. And

955
00:46:30,760 --> 00:46:32,960
Speaker 2: a lot of folks knew we were gonna get when

956
00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:37,440
Speaker 2: he was drafted. So Mattivanier's consensus number one for me.

957
00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:39,960
Speaker 1: All right, folks got a run here tomorrow night, Cracking

958
00:46:40,080 --> 00:46:42,759
Speaker 1: Avalanche once again on air six thirty Puck drops his

959
00:46:42,840 --> 00:46:45,879
Speaker 1: seven right here on ninety three to three KJRFM. Think

960
00:46:45,920 --> 00:46:48,239
Speaker 1: thank you again to Crack and GM, Jason Botterol for

961
00:46:48,320 --> 00:46:51,320
Speaker 1: joining us for Everett. Now I might see a