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Speaker 3: Normally, when we would have the TV voice of the

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Speaker 4: Don't know, maybe thirty feet from the guys calling it

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Speaker 4: That's not the way the Wild are going to win

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Speaker 4: Well, when Minnesota's healthy. To me, i'd take their top six,

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Speaker 3: And you know Bill Garon getting not heat. But I

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Speaker 4: His face offs are have been very good over the

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Speaker 4: with teams where it's okay, if you guys are to

439
00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:37,679
Speaker 4: lose three in a row, this guy's on the table.

440
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Speaker 5: What would it look like.

441
00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:43,840
Speaker 4: Imagine how many contingent deals, to say, deals makes it

442
00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:45,960
Speaker 4: sound like they might be further down the road than that,

443
00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:51,240
Speaker 4: but contingent potential deals. If things don't go well for you,

444
00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:53,840
Speaker 4: what would it take to get this guy? And then

445
00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:56,600
Speaker 4: sometimes when you have to have a second trade in place,

446
00:20:57,240 --> 00:20:59,760
Speaker 4: because let's say it's a deal that's a major deal

447
00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:02,439
Speaker 4: trading one of your goaltenders, do you have a second

448
00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:05,080
Speaker 4: deal in place to bring a goaltender back? And all

449
00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:08,199
Speaker 4: of those potential deals the balls that you have to

450
00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:11,159
Speaker 4: keep in the air until that last minute, when all

451
00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:14,000
Speaker 4: of a sudden the team says, all right, we know

452
00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:17,160
Speaker 4: we're out, We're ready to deal, and now bang, bang bang,

453
00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:19,800
Speaker 4: you got to have these other things in place. It's

454
00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:23,320
Speaker 4: such a complex trade deadline that I think, because of

455
00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:26,520
Speaker 4: so many teams still being in it, we're going to

456
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Speaker 4: see a flurry of activity Thursday and Friday.

457
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Speaker 5: Where Like last year a lot of the deals.

458
00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:33,399
Speaker 4: Were made a week and a half in the advance

459
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Speaker 4: of the deadline, teams were a little more secure in

460
00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:38,440
Speaker 4: their spot. This year, there's so many that are still

461
00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:41,399
Speaker 4: wondering are we good enough, are we close enough? And

462
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Speaker 4: even if we did get in, is it worth it.

463
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Speaker 4: I think that you're going to see a significant number

464
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Speaker 4: of deals late, and it wouldn't shock me at all

465
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Speaker 4: if Minnesota was highly involved, and it wouldn't surprise me

466
00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:55,879
Speaker 4: too much if it was a I don't want to

467
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Speaker 4: say lesser deal because that makes it sound like the

468
00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:01,240
Speaker 4: player they bring in is a is a lesser commodity

469
00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:03,879
Speaker 4: or a lesser player, but just not the big splash

470
00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:06,439
Speaker 4: kind of trade that that I think some people just

471
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Speaker 4: assumed was going to happen.

472
00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:09,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, a great example of that too, and you nailed

473
00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:12,919
Speaker 3: it perfectly. Just think about mccaren Nashville comes out of

474
00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:14,800
Speaker 3: the break, they win that first one, they lose the

475
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Speaker 3: next three. Right, they're only five points out of a

476
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Speaker 3: playoff spot. Now that five points is a lot, I get,

477
00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:22,360
Speaker 3: I get that in hockey terms and with the three

478
00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:26,160
Speaker 3: point game and such, but they just basically rage quit.

479
00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:29,240
Speaker 2: They just said we're out, We're done.

480
00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:30,160
Speaker 5: Right, and they were.

481
00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:31,920
Speaker 4: And that's that's I think what goes back to what

482
00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:34,680
Speaker 4: we were talking about with Andre Bernet's reaction. They had been

483
00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:38,000
Speaker 4: pushing hard just into the break, they were playing better

484
00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:39,760
Speaker 4: hockey and all this. They were within two points of

485
00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:42,520
Speaker 4: a playoff spot, and there were all these guys that

486
00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:45,000
Speaker 4: if they were out, is this guy available? Is this

487
00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:47,679
Speaker 4: guy available? Is this guy available? And now in a

488
00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:50,879
Speaker 4: span of two days, they lose a couple in a

489
00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:53,960
Speaker 4: row and bang yours over. You're five out and there's

490
00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:56,560
Speaker 4: three or four teams between you and that final spot.

491
00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:59,680
Speaker 4: So it's it is amazing how fast things can change.

492
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Speaker 4: And I think it's a it's a it's a fascinating

493
00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:06,760
Speaker 4: time to be would be a fascinating time to be

494
00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:08,560
Speaker 4: a fly on a wall in a GM's office and

495
00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:12,360
Speaker 4: be able to listen to all those potential conversations that

496
00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:16,119
Speaker 4: this team just got beat now all of a sudden,

497
00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:19,480
Speaker 4: who's a Columbus the other night blew a four goal lead?

498
00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:21,280
Speaker 4: What if they lose that game? They ended up winning

499
00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:24,400
Speaker 4: an overtime. If they lose, they're probably in a spot where,

500
00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,840
Speaker 4: even though right now they're holding a playoff spot, would

501
00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:29,919
Speaker 4: they if they if they get beaten that game and

502
00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:31,800
Speaker 4: all of a sudden are five points out instead of

503
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Speaker 4: two points out.

504
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Speaker 5: It's amazing how fast things can change.

505
00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:37,639
Speaker 3: Man. You see the Capitals lose a third or a

506
00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:39,920
Speaker 3: fourth in a row, and you just you're you're a

507
00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:43,960
Speaker 3: you're a might you say, disenfranchised general manager sitting in

508
00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:47,560
Speaker 3: a suite the final horn sounded. Players have just gotten

509
00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:50,200
Speaker 3: back to the dressing room. See that phone start.

510
00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:51,200
Speaker 2: Rigging right well?

511
00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:53,720
Speaker 4: And Bill Yeah, And all of a sudden it's through

512
00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:56,119
Speaker 4: the bones. And then you start to think about it,

513
00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:58,600
Speaker 4: like if you're in Nashville. Let's say you get in

514
00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:01,000
Speaker 4: and it's a first round eight with Colorado.

515
00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:02,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, there's a part.

516
00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:04,320
Speaker 4: Of you and you hate to be a defeatist because

517
00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:06,000
Speaker 4: anything can happen in hockey, but it'd be.

518
00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:10,120
Speaker 5: Is it really worth it? Is it or would be be.

519
00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:12,280
Speaker 2: Better for the owner land games?

520
00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:12,600
Speaker 5: They do?

521
00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:13,160
Speaker 3: For sure?

522
00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:14,280
Speaker 5: And that's not a small thing.

523
00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:17,040
Speaker 4: I mean you're talking millions of dollars if you open

524
00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:18,800
Speaker 4: the gates a couple times for home games.

525
00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:20,600
Speaker 5: But at the same.

526
00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:25,040
Speaker 4: Time, if you don't take advantage of some expiring contracts

527
00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:28,399
Speaker 4: with a chance to rebuild your system, are you selling

528
00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:32,040
Speaker 4: yourself short for the next six, eight, ten years so

529
00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:35,520
Speaker 4: that you have to take advantage of those opportunities when

530
00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:38,240
Speaker 4: they're there to replenish your farm system.

531
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Speaker 5: Let's do this.

532
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Speaker 2: Let's pause.

533
00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:42,440
Speaker 3: I get a few more Wild and NHL related questions

534
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Speaker 3: for you. It's Anthony Lapanta, your TV voice in the

535
00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:48,199
Speaker 3: Minnesota Wild had an off day, but he's back at it.

536
00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:51,560
Speaker 3: A little vocal maintenance for the box is he heads

537
00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:54,239
Speaker 3: to Vegas this weekend, a big one with Colorado, some

538
00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:57,600
Speaker 3: fun games around the corner. But we're also watching State

539
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Speaker 3: High School Hockey Tournament. It's himing in Dodge con getting

540
00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:04,240
Speaker 3: after it and it's scoreless with seven and change left

541
00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:08,040
Speaker 3: in the first period at Grand Casino Arena. Hockey heavy

542
00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:14,160
Speaker 3: nine to noon. Right here on the fan, the light

543
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Speaker 3: is over.

544
00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:18,879
Speaker 6: The twenty twenty six ms HSL State Boys Hockey Tournament

545
00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:19,560
Speaker 6: has arrived.

546
00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:21,480
Speaker 2: Or bring you every heart pounding moment.

547
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Speaker 6: Coverage starts this Thursday on the Fan and Cafe and Plus,

548
00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,239
Speaker 6: as presented by James Hardy, the number one brand of

549
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Speaker 6: sighting in North America.

550
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Speaker 2: Personal foul quipping.

551
00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:45,280
Speaker 4: Hell.

552
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Speaker 3: That is no I.

553
00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:06,800
Speaker 2: Oh good. Class A Quarterfinal. It's the eight v.

554
00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:11,280
Speaker 3: The one Dodge County on the power play right now,

555
00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:17,280
Speaker 3: first period, Foreign change remaining top seeded Hiving Chisholm scoreless

556
00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:20,520
Speaker 3: with Dodge County at Grand Casino Arena. How much do

557
00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:23,760
Speaker 3: you dial into the high school tournament on yearly basis?

558
00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:25,639
Speaker 3: He used to call it, of course, he used to

559
00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:27,919
Speaker 3: broadcast for it, but now just kind of.

560
00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:29,360
Speaker 2: Chill and enjoy the weekend.

561
00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:31,080
Speaker 5: Yeah, a little bit. It's weird.

562
00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:33,760
Speaker 4: In fact, I had the thought as I was walking

563
00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,880
Speaker 4: out of the arena last night because because I wasn't

564
00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:38,919
Speaker 4: doing the game last night, I went and sat in

565
00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:40,840
Speaker 4: the broadcast booth and it was set up for the

566
00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:44,640
Speaker 4: forty five broadcast crew today, and it just it made

567
00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:46,960
Speaker 4: me think about all the years that I spent down there.

568
00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:48,639
Speaker 4: I think it was fifteen years in a row I

569
00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:51,359
Speaker 4: called the tournament either on radio or TV or both,

570
00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:55,920
Speaker 4: and it was. But now it's been I believe it's

571
00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:58,400
Speaker 4: been twenty one years. I think two thousand and four

572
00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:00,040
Speaker 4: was the last term. I might have called it a

573
00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:02,640
Speaker 4: couple of games here or there for kf AN over

574
00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:05,520
Speaker 4: the years when they would do the final or something.

575
00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:07,920
Speaker 4: So maybe a couple of games in the last few years.

576
00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:10,360
Speaker 4: But we did high School Hockey Night on Fire. I

577
00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:15,480
Speaker 4: love we did, man, That is a that's a painful

578
00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:16,400
Speaker 4: thought to think about.

579
00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:22,480
Speaker 3: Actually we love how you're going to get four You're

580
00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:24,880
Speaker 3: going to get four games of them tomorrow right here.

581
00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:27,119
Speaker 2: Whether it's the fan or it's the plus, they should

582
00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:27,800
Speaker 2: say as well.

583
00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:30,399
Speaker 4: But I love high school hockey and I do still

584
00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:33,199
Speaker 4: follow it. I call the games whenever I can. On

585
00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:35,640
Speaker 4: Hockey Day. It was even just a couple of years ago,

586
00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:38,320
Speaker 4: we tried to bring back high School Hockey Night on

587
00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:41,160
Speaker 4: on fan Duel Sports Network, and I did maybe eight

588
00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:44,159
Speaker 4: or ten of those games, and I told him when

589
00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:46,359
Speaker 4: they were thinking about the project, and I said, look,

590
00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:48,640
Speaker 4: any game where the wild or home and I'm off,

591
00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:51,959
Speaker 4: I'm in, and I just love it. I haven't followed

592
00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:55,040
Speaker 4: the Class eight teams quite as much this year Double

593
00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:56,840
Speaker 4: A I followed a little bit, and part of it

594
00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,520
Speaker 4: was because I was doing the the outdoor game on

595
00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:02,520
Speaker 4: for Hockey Day Minnesota, so I was at least a

596
00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:05,080
Speaker 4: little tuned in. I'm excited to see the Double A

597
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:08,159
Speaker 4: Tournament this year because I think the I think the

598
00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:13,119
Speaker 4: top four teams could all legitimately win the tournament. And

599
00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:15,240
Speaker 4: that's not to say any of the four are a

600
00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:17,080
Speaker 4: lock to win in the first round. I think the

601
00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:20,399
Speaker 4: gap has shrunk a little bit this year, where for

602
00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:22,679
Speaker 4: a few years there it felt like it was pretty

603
00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:24,879
Speaker 4: clear the top couple teams were the top couple.

604
00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:26,359
Speaker 5: But now I think.

605
00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:31,119
Speaker 4: When you look at Minnetake, Dina and moorehead moreheads the

606
00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:33,480
Speaker 4: two seed, but those three are the top three seeds

607
00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:37,439
Speaker 4: and I don't know as much about rose Mount as

608
00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:38,800
Speaker 4: the four, but I know they beat a pretty good

609
00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:41,640
Speaker 4: Saint Thomas Academy team in their final. But those top three,

610
00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:45,680
Speaker 4: the games they played against each other this year were terrific.

611
00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:49,120
Speaker 4: Their sectional tournaments were terrific. You had a really high

612
00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:52,200
Speaker 4: scoring team and morehead, you got an Dina team that

613
00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:55,600
Speaker 4: had to win a couple of really close ones in

614
00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:57,920
Speaker 4: their sectional tournament, got a hat trick in the section

615
00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:01,400
Speaker 4: final to beat Wise that love the The minute Taka

616
00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:03,680
Speaker 4: might be the deepest team in the tournament. So I

617
00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:06,280
Speaker 4: think the Double A teams the Double A feel will

618
00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:08,680
Speaker 4: be great, and I usually try to stream it when

619
00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:11,120
Speaker 4: we're on the road. It'll be a little tougher this

620
00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:13,720
Speaker 4: weekend because we're in Vegas, so it's the games are

621
00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:16,560
Speaker 4: are because we're a couple of time zones away. Might

622
00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:19,000
Speaker 4: be a little more challenging, but normally when we're in

623
00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:22,320
Speaker 4: the press box somewhere, I'll have it streaming and watch it.

624
00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:24,760
Speaker 4: It's we have to be on the road by definition,

625
00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:28,040
Speaker 4: because they're using the Wild's Arena for the games, so

626
00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:30,040
Speaker 4: I haven't even had a chance to go down and

627
00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:33,240
Speaker 4: watch them in person. Very often lately, so I'm left

628
00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:35,520
Speaker 4: to stream them during wild broadcast quite often.

629
00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:36,480
Speaker 5: But I do follow it.

630
00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:39,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, I follow. I follow the tournament specifically.

631
00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:41,920
Speaker 3: It's tough with everything we do on the fan to

632
00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:44,960
Speaker 3: pretend that I'm just the elite high school hockey mind.

633
00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:47,680
Speaker 2: But here's what I do now, is that Morehead's got

634
00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:49,400
Speaker 2: a call in on the team. Joey call it.

635
00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:51,920
Speaker 3: I've got two they have exact Yes, they do still

636
00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:54,400
Speaker 3: have two, don't they. Yeah, but Joey, I think he

637
00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:57,240
Speaker 3: was hurt earlier in the year, just an absolute high

638
00:29:57,320 --> 00:29:59,920
Speaker 3: end of high end, and I just I'm thinking Matt Collin.

639
00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:01,760
Speaker 2: It's in the blood. So it's got to be a

640
00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:02,840
Speaker 2: Spuds conversation.

641
00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:04,400
Speaker 5: Well, and I know.

642
00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:07,280
Speaker 4: They've got I looked maybe a week or so ago

643
00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:09,120
Speaker 4: when they were going into their section tournament. I think

644
00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:12,840
Speaker 4: they might have had four twenty goal scorers, maybe it

645
00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:14,680
Speaker 4: was twenty five. I think it was twenty goal scorers

646
00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:17,240
Speaker 4: that they had, might be the highest scoring team in

647
00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:20,200
Speaker 4: the tournament. And you look through their season and it's

648
00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:23,320
Speaker 4: a lot of seven to two, eight to three. I mean,

649
00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:25,440
Speaker 4: they can score with the best of them, and now

650
00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:28,480
Speaker 4: they'll be challenged by the teams like he died in Taka,

651
00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:33,320
Speaker 4: but I know they they've played those teams during the season,

652
00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:37,360
Speaker 4: had good games with them, and I think it's it's

653
00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:41,600
Speaker 4: usually kind of a contrasting style with the way those

654
00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:46,040
Speaker 4: teams play. Usually the teams from the western suburbs are

655
00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:49,920
Speaker 4: a little deeper defensively, have had great goaltending, and sometimes

656
00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:52,880
Speaker 4: Morehead'll come down and have the high end offensive talent

657
00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:55,280
Speaker 4: going all the way back to the days when Matt

658
00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:57,800
Speaker 4: was playing for Morehead and I called the tournament when

659
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Speaker 4: Matt was there, and I remember, I'll never forget his

660
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Speaker 4: dad was coaching and they played d Luth East in

661
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Speaker 4: the tournament, and that was the year that Dave Spiehar

662
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Speaker 4: had hat tricks throughout the tourney. And I remember talking

663
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Speaker 4: to Terry Colin after the game and he Matt Colin

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Speaker 4: Warren number seven for Morehead, and I walked down. He

665
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Speaker 4: just said he looked at me. He just said seven

666
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Speaker 4: was the best player on the ice, and I was like,

667
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Speaker 4: I know, you're a dad, but man, it was hard

668
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Speaker 4: to argue. He was just such a I loved watching

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Speaker 4: him play. He was just such a He played from

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Speaker 4: goal line to goal line and you could just tell

671
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Speaker 4: he was going to be a terrific player, went on

672
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Speaker 4: to the unbelievable career that he had in college in

673
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Speaker 4: the NHL. But it was his dad was such a

674
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Speaker 4: proud dad, but also one of my favorite coaches. He

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Speaker 4: just was a I'd only see him at the tournament

676
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Speaker 4: every year. A couple of times they'd come down for

677
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Speaker 4: holiday tournaments, but every year when he'd come down, he'd

678
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Speaker 4: chat with me like we were lifelong friends. And I

679
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Speaker 4: just loved seeing him back in those days when he

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Speaker 4: was coaching.

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Speaker 3: Oh that's awesome, and this year's crop gets the chance

682
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Speaker 3: to make their own memories. Time for a couple more.

683
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Speaker 3: Here with the most thing with Felino, do we know

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Speaker 3: how long he's going to be out? How worried?

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Speaker 4: Are we well worried anytime that you lose a guy

686
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Speaker 4: that brings what he brings. I know he hasn't had

687
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Speaker 4: the offensive success this year that he's had the last few,

688
00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:22,880
Speaker 4: and his games looked a little offul he was fighting

689
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Speaker 4: through some injuries early in the season. This is unrelated

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Speaker 4: to that from what I've heard, So, I mean, you're

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Speaker 4: always concerned, and you know he's a guy that's a

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Speaker 4: tough guy to replace with what he brings on and

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Speaker 4: off the ice, a physical player, ability to kill penalties,

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Speaker 4: ability to change games with momentum type shifts. So I

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Speaker 4: haven't really pushed too hard. We weren't doing the game

696
00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:49,720
Speaker 4: last night, as we've talked about, so I wasn't. We

697
00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:52,920
Speaker 4: didn't have our broadcaster meeting with John Hines, so I

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Speaker 4: haven't really heard much. I'll probably find out more this

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Speaker 4: weekend when we go to Vegas from him. But it's

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Speaker 4: anytime you get a at this point in the season

701
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Speaker 4: that comes out of the lineup for an injury, you're concerned.

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Speaker 4: I don't think from what it sounded like, they thought

703
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Speaker 4: it was something that was going to hold them out

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Speaker 4: that would impact postseason. Yeah, so and the Wilder. They've

705
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Speaker 4: got a little bit of luxury in that you can

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Speaker 4: say whatever you want. They're going to be in the playoffs.

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Speaker 4: Everybody knows they're going to be in the playoffs. There's

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Speaker 4: almost no way that mathematically enough teams could pass them

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Speaker 4: to knock them out. These games down the stretch are

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Speaker 4: critical if they have aspirations of getting whole ice in

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Speaker 4: the first round or even catching Colorado and winning the division,

712
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Speaker 4: which they're still an outside shot. This weekend probably tells

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Speaker 4: you whether or not that's possible.

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Speaker 5: They need two.

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Speaker 4: Wins this weekend they do to have that even be

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Speaker 4: within the relevel possibility.

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Speaker 3: Last thing for you, and it was actually related to

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Speaker 3: your answer there, John Hines. You know when we talked

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Speaker 3: about the Olympics and experience and thing.

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Speaker 2: You know, hey, Matt.

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Speaker 3: Boldie's confidence sky high off of that their World League

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Speaker 3: goal in the gold medal game, and you know, taking

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Speaker 3: bits and pieces and growing and maturing and learning from

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Speaker 3: the tournament. What does a guy like John Hines potentially

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Speaker 3: learn from that experience as he eventually comes back to

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Speaker 3: the bench. We can joke about the PK, but just

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Speaker 3: in general, just what a guy like that might take

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Speaker 3: as he moves forward leading the charge here.

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Speaker 4: It's an interesting question, and I think it's a There's

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Speaker 4: a couple prongs to the answer, and one is I'll

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Speaker 4: start with the players, because West Wallas is the one

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Speaker 4: who brought it up to me the other day, and

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Speaker 4: I had thought about it, but not in the way

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Speaker 4: he put it it. When you look at this wild

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Speaker 4: team that we've been talking about for a decade, that

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Speaker 4: what's it going to take to get over the hump?

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Speaker 4: Win in the first round and advance in the playoffs.

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Speaker 4: This core hasn't done it right. I mean, there are

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Speaker 4: a few guys who are a part of those series

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Speaker 4: wins against Colorado and Saint Louis, but not very many.

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Speaker 4: Most of this corps has been knocked up out in

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Speaker 4: the first round every time they've been there, and now

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Speaker 4: all of this, and they've tried to bring in veteran

744
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Speaker 4: guys who have won different ways to winning culture inside

745
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Speaker 4: that room. Now you've got guys in Hugh's Boldy Faber

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Speaker 4: who won wasn't a Stanley Cup, but it was a

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Speaker 4: gold medal, and I'm not sure there's anything closer to

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Speaker 4: winning a Stanley Cup than a gold medal. So he

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Speaker 4: said that's going to bring a little swagger and confidence

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Speaker 4: in there.

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Speaker 5: And now I go back to your question.

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Speaker 4: I think when you have the coach that's gone through it,

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Speaker 4: it brings the same.

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Speaker 5: Kind of swagger, but also the same kind of.

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Speaker 4: Confidence in knowing what it takes watching another coach how

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Speaker 4: he handles an intermission talk with teams. In a gold

757
00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:49,960
Speaker 4: medal game, they had to play three elimination games and

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Speaker 4: two of them went to overtime. That's essentially three game

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Speaker 4: sevens in a row and you had to go to

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Speaker 4: overtime in two of them. How did guys handle it?

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Speaker 4: How did the other coaches handle the interaction with the players,

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Speaker 4: how did they handle game time adjustments?

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Speaker 5: Those kind of things.

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Speaker 4: And now I'll make it specific to John Hines because

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Speaker 4: I think that's one of his main strengths. When he

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Speaker 4: was out of a job last he went and spent

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Speaker 4: time with other coaches just to see how they did things,

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Speaker 4: see if there was anything he could learn to make

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Speaker 4: himself better. And there aren't a lot of coaches who

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Speaker 4: do that kind of thing. He took trips out to

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Speaker 4: spend a week with different teams and just guys that

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Speaker 4: he knew from his time in the US development program.

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Speaker 4: So he's had different experiences as a coach than most

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Speaker 4: head coaches in the NHL.

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Speaker 5: He's had.

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Speaker 4: He's not the most experienced head coach in the league,

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Speaker 4: but in terms of overall coaching experience, he's got to

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Speaker 4: be right up there. And I just think he's a

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Speaker 4: cerebral guy with that where it's a no stone unturned

780
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Speaker 4: kind of look. So now he's been and Bill Garran,

781
00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:59,000
Speaker 4: same thing. He's around all the other general managers in

782
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Speaker 4: all these meetings building your roster. They both take things

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Speaker 4: from these other guys, and John Hines is a sponge

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Speaker 4: when it comes to that stuff, and so I really

785
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Speaker 4: think it's a It might not be something you can quantify,

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Speaker 4: but it's very real. I think it's going to help

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Speaker 4: this club in so many ways to have been a

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Speaker 4: part of that, from GM to coach to players. There

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Speaker 4: aren't many other teams that had guys at every level

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Speaker 4: that were a part of that gold medal that right

791
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Speaker 4: now are looking at heading down into the Stanley Cup

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Speaker 4: playoffs as contenders with guys that just experienced what they did.

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Speaker 2: That's awesome.

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Speaker 3: Thank you for hanging out with me today anytime, and

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Speaker 3: excited to see you back on TV in Las Vegas.

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Speaker 2: It'll be a fun weekend and we do need both.

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Speaker 6: Let's go.

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Speaker 2: Let's get four points.

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Speaker 5: Why not? I see no reason not to.

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Speaker 3: That's Anthony Lapanta TV, VOX Minnesota Wild catch him again

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Speaker 3: FanDuel Sports Network North and next up for the Wild.

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Speaker 3: An extra data to rest, take a breath, but they're

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Speaker 3: at Vegas Friday and then Colorado the next two.

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Speaker 2: We are going to be fun. Final segment nine to

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Speaker 2: noon is next.

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Speaker 3: Big thanks not just Parker Fox, Alex stay Lock, of course,

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Speaker 3: Johnny Krazinski, Wild Coach John Hines, but during this most

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Speaker 3: recent stretch Wild TV Vox Anthony Lapanta in studio, Thanks

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Speaker 3: as always for providing some some content and some fun conversations.

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Speaker 3: Nine to noon, pa is going to be back tomorrow

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Speaker 3: and heavy Talkers there, Ben Lieber expecting him in the studio,

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Speaker 3: Olivia King, we're gonna break down the high school hockey tournament.

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Speaker 2: I got a text from from Jim and Golden Valley.

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Speaker 3: It'd be nice if you would give a warning before

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Speaker 3: you give the hockey score. Some of us record it

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Speaker 3: and we'll watch it when we get home from work.

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Speaker 3: Maybe just a five second spoiler alert. And then he

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Speaker 3: said he was changing the station. So I'm sorry to

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Speaker 3: Jim and Golden Valley. I can tell you we're watching.

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Speaker 3: It's in the first intermission, hibbing Chisholm in Dodge County.

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Speaker 3: I guess I'll just tell you that it's uh, it's competitive.

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Speaker 2: It's competitive at three? Is that fair? Is that a spoiler?

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Speaker 6: I think there's probably more people driving around that want

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Speaker 6: to live.

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Speaker 5: Update than than anything.

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Speaker 2: Not a dvring. But that's just my two five seconds.

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Speaker 3: Spoiler alert, Jim and all involved five four three two

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Speaker 3: one scoreless at the break and it has been evenly

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Speaker 3: matched age and now you're free to listen again. But

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Speaker 3: but with Lieberan in the mix tomorrow, we will continue

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Speaker 3: to break down by the way, I was out of

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Speaker 3: my mind earlier, the Kyler Murray thing. He still owed

833
00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:44,359
Speaker 3: money from the Cardinals, So why wouldn't you just sign?

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Speaker 3: It's all Offset signed for the veteran minimum with the

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Speaker 3: team of his choice Cards on the hook, and uh,

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Speaker 3: maybe he's in maybe he's in purple in a week,

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Speaker 3: and we're gonna have to continue to uh to work

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Speaker 3: our way through that a week in advance. As they said,

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Speaker 3: it feels like it's either Kyler or it's Gino Smith.

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Speaker 2: What a world, Vikings fans.

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Speaker 3: That's what we have to look forward to as we

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Speaker 3: continue through this thing. But again, thank you so much,

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Speaker 3: not just to Brett Producing, but all our guests today.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to the fan. PA back in

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Speaker 2: the saddle tomorrow and maybe some more Minnesota Wild conversation

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Speaker 2: along with Vikings talkers as they are heating up ahead

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Speaker 2: of free agency legal tampering period. As we say, the

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Speaker 2: oxymoron that that is and Olivia King High School Hockey

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