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Speaker 1: Welcome to Cracking This Morning, a presentation of the Kracking

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Speaker 1: Audio Network and Sports Radio ninety three point three kJ

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Speaker 1: R FM. Here's Mike Benton.

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Speaker 2: If you ask Adam Larson, there's only one way to

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Speaker 2: look ahead after last Saturday.

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Speaker 3: When every team goes through tough stretches, it's it's a

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Speaker 3: long season, and I mean, you lose one and then

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Speaker 3: you can go on a heater or too. So we're

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Speaker 3: just gonna stay stay positive. I thought today was a

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Speaker 3: lot better than the last three, so it's definitely on

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Speaker 3: a step in the right direction. But we have to

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Speaker 3: start stringing some games together.

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Speaker 2: Here, So how can that mindset fuel them for this

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Speaker 2: challenge coming up on this Monday, December eighth. Mike Betton

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Speaker 2: with you for Cracking this morning, because the Cracking take

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Speaker 2: on a team that has been on a November heater

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Speaker 2: and they are the Minnesota Wild, making their first trip

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Speaker 2: into I'm a Pledgarina all season, which will also pit

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Speaker 2: Freddie Gudreau against his former team for the first time

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Speaker 2: since the Wild traded him to the Kraken this last June. Additionally,

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Speaker 2: it's set to be Chandler Stephenson's six hundredth career NHL

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Speaker 2: game two days before his own Bobblehead Night coming Wednesday

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Speaker 2: against the Los Angeles Kings of Chorus Curtis c our

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Speaker 2: Friends at Toyota more details by the way NHL dot

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Speaker 2: com slash Cracking. We got a lot to talk about

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Speaker 2: here with Joe O'Donnell also joining us. He is the

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Speaker 2: radio oplay by play voice for the Wild heard locally

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Speaker 2: on k Fan additionally on the Wild Radio Network. And

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Speaker 2: we'll get into the Carilla Caprisov Matt Boldi duo which

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Speaker 2: has given the Krake in plenty of fits over the

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Speaker 2: years in this November start, which includes the emergence of

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Speaker 2: a goaltender nicknamed the Wall that's yesper Valsta. Joe O'Donnell

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Speaker 2: joining us here in just a bit. We have more

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Speaker 2: to cover, by the way on Cracking Weekly, which will

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Speaker 2: drop later on here in this same podcast space. Myself, ever,

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Speaker 2: it fits you al Kiniski as well to give the

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Speaker 2: views on the current state of affairs but trying to

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Speaker 2: snap out of a five game losing skid, but doing

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Speaker 2: so with continued progress in their game. When it comes

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Speaker 2: seven shot attempts, a new season high. So we're passing

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Speaker 2: the seventy four that they set against the Edmonton Oilers

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Speaker 2: a hurry in that nine to four defeat back on

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Speaker 2: Thursday at Rogers Place. Nonetheless, the Crack and building a

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Speaker 2: from James Van Riemsdyke and Patrick Kine in period two

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Speaker 2: and period three, respectively were the difference. And now the

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Speaker 2: in Minnesota's road trip finale where they come off a

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Speaker 2: lost to Vancouver back on Saturday. Good Friend Radio play

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Speaker 2: by play voice of the while Joe O'Donnell joining us

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Speaker 2: on Cracking this morning here locally on Kfan and all

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Speaker 2: across the behemoth Minnesota Wild Radio network. Joe, great to

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Speaker 2: hear from you once again, my friend, looking forward to

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Speaker 2: seeing you, and I first begin with the comment by

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Speaker 2: Bennie henistroso to begin last month, we're one to zero

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Speaker 2: the Wild then go on a heater in November. So

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Speaker 2: what game or what moment told you this is coming?

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Speaker 4: I don't know if there was one, because just how

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Speaker 4: bad October was, to be honest, Mike like just not

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Speaker 4: you go back a year ago and the Wild came

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Speaker 4: And Jared Spurgeon calls a players only meeting on Halloween,

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Speaker 2: Speaking of that goaltending, yes, for valstat three goals allowed

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Speaker 2: of the Month honors from this past month and he

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Speaker 4: just great to see that, you know, his his work

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Speaker 2: radio play by play Voice of the Wild. I want

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Speaker 2: to get to the big stars here in First off,

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Speaker 2: Carell Caprisov had that massive contract extension that he got

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Speaker 2: that maybe raise some eyebrows at the beginning, but he

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Speaker 2: in this league. It seems Joe and these two have

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Speaker 2: just given the Crack in absolute fits for this year's context,

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Speaker 2: what parts of their game have really stood out the

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Speaker 4: That's funny you mentioned that because I was looking at

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Speaker 4: Same for Matt Zucarello. I think it's his highest points

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Speaker 2: John Hines said after the loss in Calgary on this

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Speaker 4: Unfortunately, that's just hockey. I mean, the night before the

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Speaker 4: you could probably say that that last night John Hines'

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Speaker 2: Can't bury the lead here as far as the crack insight,

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Speaker 2: because this will be the first game that Freddie Gudreaux

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Speaker 4: Man, He's just a special person and really enjoyed being

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Speaker 2: So going to be a fun storyline here to track

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Speaker 2: when the Wild them in town. Joe, Hey, appreciate this

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Speaker 2: as always, Bud, have a great show and look forward

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Speaker 4: Mike, you man talk you buddy all right, Joe.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, appreciate you, my friend. That's Joe O'Donnell Radio

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