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Speaker 2: What up Nordowen for PA nine to noon. The host

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Speaker 2: will return tomorrow. It's vocal maintenance day and joining me

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Speaker 2: now his squad winners of five consecutive, just swept four

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Speaker 2: in a row at home. We're digging all that beat

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Speaker 2: the Caps last night. Head coach of the Minnesota Wild

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Speaker 2: John Hines, Good morning, John, and congratulations on the victory morning, Nordal.

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Speaker 3: Thanks thanks for having me. And yeah, it was nice

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Speaker 3: to get a nice win last night.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it was a nice win.

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Speaker 2: And in the comfy confines in front of the home faithful.

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Speaker 2: It was the seventh shutout of the season for your squad, John,

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Speaker 2: That's the most in the NHL, by the way, thus

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Speaker 1: They're tough to get, but they don't get old, do they.

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Speaker 3: No, they are. They are hard to get. You got

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Speaker 3: to have a combination of excellent goaltending and strong defensive play,

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Speaker 3: recipe to win hockey games.

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Speaker 2: Vladimir Tarasenko is part of the five nothing win. He

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it certainly is. I think Vladdy's been you know,

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Speaker 3: He's gotten well, really long, gotten along well with our

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Speaker 3: He's been working hard for us, and it's nice to

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Speaker 2: You know, usually when I fill in for Pa John,

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Speaker 2: But what is it when when you're coaching a guy

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Speaker 2: I mean Tarasenko's had a ton of great years and

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think when you you know, when you have

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Speaker 3: You know, he plays left wing, he plays right wing.

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Speaker 3: He plays with different players. You know, he plays on

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, and we saw that last night. It was fun

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Speaker 1: He chose us.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think when you when you're dealing with two

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Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely part of the power play, and you see

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Speaker 1: Last night, you're off with a goal.

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Speaker 2: winning at home, John. So this this the comfy confines

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Speaker 1: Excited to see it happen. You know, I'm not going

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Speaker 2: All right, looking forward to that and looking forward to

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Speaker 2: Always appreciate your time when you join us. Coach, have

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Speaker 3: Thanks Dough, appreciate him. I always enjoy being on with

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Speaker 1: Thank you. That's head coach John Hines.

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Speaker 2: Minnesota Wild, winners of five straight, just swept the homestand

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Speaker 2: just a quick little roady in Columbus. Then they'll come

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Speaker 2: back home and hopefully continue dominating at Grand Casino Areta.

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Speaker 2: I mentioned that just because the last couple of years

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Speaker 2: So just appreciating bringing the home ice advantage back here

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Speaker 1: Thanks to John Hines. Good luck tomorrow against the Blue Jackets.

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Speaker 2: When we returning the hockey conversation continues with a face

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Speaker 2: maybe since the summer. I'm gonna get to see him

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Speaker 1: We got the Olympics.

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Speaker 1: Well, look who's here?

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Speaker 2: Nine to noon Nordo Wen for PA Vocal maintenance day

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Speaker 4: We don't have to introduce each other doing I'm past.

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Speaker 1: Oh hey, nice to meet you. I'm Eric Norton. Has

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Speaker 2: Well, it's been for it's been months, man, too long,

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Speaker 2: great to see you at Pat Mick two six six

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Speaker 2: Pat mcletty. Whether it's beyond the pond, it's beyond the pod.

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Speaker 2: I'll keep doing this. So Friday night, I'm sitting in

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Speaker 2: So I was like what He's like, Yeah, we got

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Speaker 4: I'm certainly not going to pat myself on the back.

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Speaker 4: Because if you don't make it, if you don't if

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Speaker 4: Then shame on you. And they did, and he pulled

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Speaker 4: you know, just like the caprice of stuff. He said,

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Speaker 4: And it got Harry and late and all that stuff,

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Speaker 2: And I'm playing fantasy hockey in my own mind about

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Speaker 2: Just sitting there and he's joining Barrero, and I would

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Speaker 2: oh yeah, when when he comes back in town, ladies

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Speaker 2: Just everybody relax. Yeah, well, we can't relax because we

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Speaker 1: And then he gets it done.

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Speaker 2: And then with this, like you said, he just he

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Speaker 2: what you guys have been talking about. Here's the offer.

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Speaker 2: Let me know when we need to get a plane

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Speaker 2: right for Quinn and boom it's done. It's just covering

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Speaker 2: It's simultaneously it's frustrating, but how invigorating is it? Just

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Speaker 1: Yeah, a couple of things here, I'll go back.

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Speaker 4: I'll go back to the trade itself in the The

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Speaker 4: because he Rutherford was the GM president of hockey ops

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Speaker 4: And so I think that relationship and knowing each other

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Speaker 4: There was, like you said, there was no BS in

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Speaker 1: All you're going to offer me this? Really?

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Speaker 4: Do I really want to do a deal with you

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Speaker 4: And you know, so Rutherford new right there, Okay, he's

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Speaker 1: This is it.

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Speaker 4: And that was the best deal that Vancouver could get. Now,

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Speaker 4: I hope Vancouver and those four.

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Speaker 1: Guys, and they're off to great starts.

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Speaker 4: You want them to do well. They're all young, yeah,

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Speaker 1: You don't get that. And so.

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Speaker 4: They're a team that is not going to win a

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Speaker 4: Now right, and just think going on to the other

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Speaker 2: Well, it kind of started that way. The co wins

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you're gonna get a return for him. You don't

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Speaker 4: know they're hoping that these four first rounders are going

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Speaker 2: If he doesn't sign Caprice off, gotta trade him. Would

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Speaker 4: You could not have given up rossi Ogren and Bullyam

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, And that's what that's what I mean though,

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Speaker 1: With Caprice in my opinion.

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Speaker 2: No, No, you're a you're a one hundred percent right I believe,

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Speaker 2: But I just mean flip that to where Vancouver is

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Speaker 2: capriz off where he's going to go. And we're in

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Speaker 2: we are. I mean that that is nuclear apocalypse. Boy

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Speaker 2: is it ever?

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Speaker 1: And people are calling for everyone's head, and.

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Speaker 4: Now we're talking about at some point, what else can

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Speaker 4: It would not happen until Pittsburgh is like, Okay, we

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Speaker 4: let's let's take Crosby out of it. Okay, if they

435
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Speaker 4: can still get another I don't need to say elite level,

436
00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:08,960
Speaker 4: but a top six guy who can help them, I think,

437
00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:11,720
Speaker 4: because then that then that moves guys down to where

438
00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:15,600
Speaker 4: they might be slotted, you know, should be potentially slotted.

439
00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:20,400
Speaker 4: If they got say, if they got a centerment, let's

440
00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:22,720
Speaker 4: call it a centerment, well then you can move in

441
00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:26,120
Speaker 4: Europe is still you know, progressing like he.

442
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Speaker 1: Is, well, then you can move that.

443
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Speaker 4: Don't in your third line center not take away any

444
00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,160
Speaker 4: of his minutes, still play them on the power play

445
00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:39,480
Speaker 4: penalty kill draws eACT on the third line, you know,

446
00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:42,320
Speaker 4: as a shutdown. I mean, are you kidding me? Are

447
00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:47,280
Speaker 4: you kidding me? So it just would help, in my opinion,

448
00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:51,800
Speaker 4: if they if they were able to secure another forward.

449
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Speaker 1: But we'll see. I mean we've gone from the wrecking ball, right,

450
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Speaker 1: how do they how do they how do they do

451
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Speaker 1: what they do with what seven guys out of the

452
00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:03,760
Speaker 1: out of lineup? Yeah, you know two of their top

453
00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:09,639
Speaker 1: two defensemen, you know, in Middleton and Brodein well, he

454
00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:11,520
Speaker 1: was in Favor have to be the Are they the

455
00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:13,320
Speaker 1: best pair in the in the NHL?

456
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Speaker 4: Now, I'd like to find somebody to name me someone

457
00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:17,920
Speaker 4: who's better.

458
00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:19,080
Speaker 1: I don't know.

459
00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:21,560
Speaker 2: I honestly, I'll just admit my stupidity. I don't know

460
00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:23,720
Speaker 2: who plays with mccarr, but that would be. And here's

461
00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:26,159
Speaker 2: the deal with Favor. And you know Russell brought up,

462
00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:27,280
Speaker 2: oh great, he's been playing.

463
00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:32,679
Speaker 4: Brock cares more about how he's doing defensively than he

464
00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:36,200
Speaker 4: does offensively. So now he's got a guy like Hughes, right,

465
00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:41,040
Speaker 4: and he can say go ahead, I got you, I

466
00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:44,600
Speaker 4: got you. But Hughes doesn't get beat defensively anyway. He

467
00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:50,159
Speaker 4: doesn't get hit, which is unconscionable. Oh guy, you know

468
00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:53,879
Speaker 4: his size, right, I mean he doesn't get hit. He

469
00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:58,680
Speaker 4: does not get hit. And to have that ability because

470
00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:04,040
Speaker 4: we see guys that just gets slaughtered by forwards coming in.

471
00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:08,080
Speaker 4: He does not get hit and his ability to to

472
00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:14,840
Speaker 4: move or sense or it's just is is IQ is

473
00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:18,320
Speaker 4: something I haven't seen ever. And his awareness, Oh my gosh,

474
00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:21,920
Speaker 4: he's skating. I mean that's artwork right there. Yeah, I

475
00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:25,680
Speaker 4: mean you you just and you know, now I kind

476
00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:27,640
Speaker 4: of wants Sid. Now I kind of want Sid.

477
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Speaker 1: Can you imagine?

478
00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:31,879
Speaker 2: I mean Billy Billy G goes and finds Mark Andre Fleury,

479
00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:34,600
Speaker 2: who was ready to basically just go retire in the desert.

480
00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:39,320
Speaker 2: I think now he lives in Minnesota. Him a relationship.

481
00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:43,000
Speaker 2: It is a relationship. Billy G has relationship. Yeah, and

482
00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:45,160
Speaker 2: he's he's working.

483
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Speaker 4: Him out for both and lbs and you're coming here

484
00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:50,120
Speaker 4: and here's what we want and here's what we expect

485
00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:56,200
Speaker 4: and here's our room and you know, and that's that's

486
00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:58,480
Speaker 4: the selling point for this organization.

487
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Speaker 1: Well I'm like it. Yeah. Now with that's loving it.

488
00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:09,600
Speaker 4: I mean it's it's re energize this whole organization into into.

489
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Speaker 2: The w Last night, just for a moment you you

490
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Speaker 2: kind of alluded to it is you're down Middleton, You're

491
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Speaker 2: down Brodeine Zucarello.

492
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Speaker 1: We know the names, even Marcus Johansson just.

493
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Speaker 2: At times speaking of a guy that Billy Bill Garron

494
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Speaker 2: has been very adamant about keeping on his team.

495
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Speaker 1: And fifty Grand sadly he gets hurt, but I think

496
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Speaker 1: he had already totaled the same number of goals that

497
00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:36,360
Speaker 1: he had last season with the Wild, So the way

498
00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:38,879
Speaker 1: he's been playing has been elevated, and maybe that's you know,

499
00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:41,200
Speaker 1: he's a lot of second line work, I think, working

500
00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:43,760
Speaker 1: with Goldie and such. But still we need those, we

501
00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:47,120
Speaker 1: need that offensive production. But seeing all these guys elite,

502
00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:52,240
Speaker 1: elite passer, one of the best passing wingers in the league.

503
00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:56,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, elite, and we're missing him, and we're missing five

504
00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:58,840
Speaker 2: six other guys to run down the list, I mean.

505
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Speaker 1: Hinnestrosa ever.

506
00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:02,520
Speaker 2: Well, Damon Hunt has to leave the game early. I

507
00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:05,199
Speaker 2: think he played for less than four minutes. But but

508
00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:08,160
Speaker 2: to that end, like just the the lift that this

509
00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:10,800
Speaker 2: team has gotten. Maybe at one point it's this dynamic

510
00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:12,920
Speaker 2: duo and net you think about that you got a

511
00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:13,600
Speaker 2: lift from.

512
00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:15,600
Speaker 1: I mean, Boldie's on on just a.

513
00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:18,400
Speaker 2: Perpetual heater and he's a carrill is doing his thing

514
00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:21,720
Speaker 2: and you are getting You're off into the mix, and

515
00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:24,520
Speaker 2: he's growing as much as he or as quickly as

516
00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:28,000
Speaker 2: he is. But just the lift of a hues, even

517
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Speaker 2: on a night where everybody's freaking hurt.

518
00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:33,560
Speaker 4: And when you have five or six American leaguers in

519
00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:35,440
Speaker 4: your lineup, well, how do they win?

520
00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:35,680
Speaker 3: Then?

521
00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:36,400
Speaker 1: How do they win?

522
00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:41,199
Speaker 2: Minnesota has Arisenko shows up, He's like, I would like

523
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Speaker 2: to come to the party too.

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Speaker 1: We'll get to him.

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Speaker 4: Minnesota's ability the team to addhere to what the staff

526
00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:58,880
Speaker 4: wants done has been impeccable. It they they here's here's

527
00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:01,800
Speaker 4: the game plan, and don't stray from it.

528
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Speaker 3: Do it?

529
00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:09,120
Speaker 4: Yeah, And and that is something that it's hard. It's

530
00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:13,400
Speaker 4: hard to get twenty guys on the same page every night. Yep,

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Speaker 4: every night.

532
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:14,600
Speaker 1: You know.

533
00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:16,520
Speaker 4: Yeah, sometimes you don't feel it, but you got to

534
00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:19,639
Speaker 4: find it right. And here's what my role is. Here's

535
00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:23,920
Speaker 4: what my job is. And and they and they do it.

536
00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:26,320
Speaker 4: They've done it to a t because what they've won

537
00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:30,040
Speaker 4: what twenty one of their last I don't know, the

538
00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:31,480
Speaker 4: twenty one of twenty.

539
00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:34,320
Speaker 2: Five, Yeah, something like that. It's some ridiculous number. They

540
00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:36,360
Speaker 2: had the weird Western Canada problem, but.

541
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Speaker 1: They lost two in a row.

542
00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:41,280
Speaker 4: But it's it's uh, they've lost three three games in

543
00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:42,359
Speaker 4: their last twenty five.

544
00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:47,000
Speaker 1: Is that right? Or twenty six or what's something in there.

545
00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:48,680
Speaker 1: Let's just say it's good times, USA.

546
00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:52,840
Speaker 4: It's a good times, yes, right, and you know you

547
00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:55,439
Speaker 4: just got it at some night and some nights it's

548
00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:58,359
Speaker 4: you know, the goaltending, and some nights it's you know,

549
00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:01,280
Speaker 4: they're they're getting and there and their and their main

550
00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:05,760
Speaker 4: guys are are doing it, you know, and that's you know,

551
00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:08,560
Speaker 4: and you get your scoring, you get your defending, you

552
00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:13,280
Speaker 4: get your goaltending, and it's all coming together and it's

553
00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:16,400
Speaker 4: it's been it's been so much fun to watch out

554
00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:18,440
Speaker 4: of these guys. Because I went into last night' scheme,

555
00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:20,840
Speaker 4: I'm like, okay, I looked at the lineup and you

556
00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:23,840
Speaker 4: got a second line of of what it was, right,

557
00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:29,280
Speaker 4: the Krem line, and you know, typically and by by

558
00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:31,840
Speaker 4: the end of the year, Trenton is going to be

559
00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:36,199
Speaker 4: on your fourth line with Sturm and whoever guaranteed you know,

560
00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:39,120
Speaker 4: and and and that's.

561
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Speaker 1: Great, Yes, it's a good thing. And but but you

562
00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:46,160
Speaker 1: look at what and you know, you look at on

563
00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:47,240
Speaker 1: a night where.

564
00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:52,880
Speaker 4: Well CAPRICEO while he scored right, okay and and boldly

565
00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:54,680
Speaker 4: scored you know, your.

566
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Speaker 1: Top two guys, but you get three goals out of

567
00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:00,600
Speaker 1: out of your you know, out.

568
00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:02,600
Speaker 4: Of you know, two out of Tarasenko, get one out

569
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Speaker 4: of your off trending was a beast down low.

570
00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:08,440
Speaker 1: I think my line was one of seven points last year.

571
00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:08,800
Speaker 1: You did.

572
00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:11,120
Speaker 4: That's something well, you know, you hope they have a

573
00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:13,960
Speaker 4: good game, but they carried the team last night, they did,

574
00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:19,720
Speaker 4: you know, And and so you get that and you're like, hmm,

575
00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:20,280
Speaker 4: pretty good.

576
00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:24,360
Speaker 2: Absolutely, let's pause on that because I do have you

577
00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:26,800
Speaker 2: hit on whether it's the goaltending. I do want to

578
00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:29,800
Speaker 2: talk a bit about the Russians in Tarasenko in particular,

579
00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:32,720
Speaker 2: but just the good things we're seeing and on a

580
00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:35,920
Speaker 2: night like last night, just if if one thing ain't there,

581
00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:39,600
Speaker 2: something's filling that gap, and it's really impressive to watch

582
00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:42,320
Speaker 2: for your Minnesota Wild. Pat mcletty at Pat Mick two

583
00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:46,000
Speaker 2: six two six. He's in studio with me Nordo. More

584
00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:49,080
Speaker 2: conversation on the hockey team and so well maybe we'll

585
00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:51,440
Speaker 2: get a little Popourri around the corner. We'll see h

586
00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:53,680
Speaker 2: But the nine to noon show continues on. Thanks for

587
00:29:53,720 --> 00:30:16,280
Speaker 2: listening to the fan. Another segment here with Pat mcletty

588
00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:19,120
Speaker 2: at pat mc two six two six. We will change

589
00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:22,880
Speaker 2: the conversation to the Howl, the Howl hosting the Memphis

590
00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:24,720
Speaker 2: Grizzlies this evening, seven o'clock.

591
00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:30,560
Speaker 4: Tim, But no, I'll wait and listen. Well we you

592
00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:33,320
Speaker 4: know that's all right, No, that's we'll make how old guy? Okay,

593
00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:37,800
Speaker 4: I want you honest, you are honest. Yeah, and whatever

594
00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:38,400
Speaker 4: it takes to.

595
00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:41,920
Speaker 2: Get him, Yeah, you kidd me, well, Tim connolly, I

596
00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:46,080
Speaker 2: mean certainly different leagues, different afraid. We got a couple

597
00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:48,600
Speaker 2: of we got a couple of guns hours here among

598
00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:50,080
Speaker 2: our gms in town.

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00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:50,880
Speaker 1: Yeah.

600
00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:54,200
Speaker 4: And and he he doesn't play, I mean he doesn't

601
00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:56,600
Speaker 4: let people know his cards. No, he does not, because

602
00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:59,640
Speaker 4: when it happens. No, no, you heard it here first.

603
00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:01,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, I saw some report.

604
00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:05,680
Speaker 2: Now this isn't Yannis related, but who knows Subterfuge central

605
00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:09,719
Speaker 2: that the Wolves weren't interested in waiting until the deadline

606
00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:14,960
Speaker 2: to address the point guard situation. And I was joking earlier.

607
00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:15,720
Speaker 1: Like what about Bones?

608
00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:19,680
Speaker 2: Oh, you're like, come on, I mean, Bones island, cool player,

609
00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:23,520
Speaker 2: cooler name, and you hope when he's asked to perform

610
00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:24,239
Speaker 2: he shows up.

611
00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:28,160
Speaker 1: But he's not. He's he's not the guy. That's the guy.

612
00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:30,880
Speaker 1: And sadly, you know, whatever the growth.

613
00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:34,320
Speaker 2: The growth arc for Dyllingham right now appears to be

614
00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:36,680
Speaker 2: too slow for what this team wants to do.

615
00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:40,160
Speaker 4: Remember when God, I can't we're talking basketball. Well, I'm glad.

616
00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:43,360
Speaker 4: It's how this works with you, Sean Moran, you know

617
00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:47,120
Speaker 4: not no, I know, but but here's my point. Okay,

618
00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:51,160
Speaker 4: whenever there's all this noise, noise, noise, forget the noise.

619
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Speaker 4: Right where was the noise on Hughes here? There wasn't

620
00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:58,560
Speaker 4: there was no noise. And what is Conley ever tip

621
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Speaker 4: his hand?

622
00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:03,360
Speaker 1: Never does never? Does? It just happens? Right, Yes, sir,

623
00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:07,480
Speaker 1: so just I think there. I think they know. I

624
00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:10,400
Speaker 1: wish Maria would stay healthy. I don't think.

625
00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:13,120
Speaker 4: Now I'm probably gonna get in trouble with some Wolves fan,

626
00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:15,440
Speaker 4: but I don't think they're chust.

627
00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:16,280
Speaker 3: I don't.

628
00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:19,360
Speaker 4: And I said this about the Wild, oh you know,

629
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Speaker 4: a week before I'm Beyond the Pond, which airs every

630
00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:27,200
Speaker 4: Saturday tender Noon, thank you with the Great Kevin Faalness,

631
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Speaker 4: the great that I didn't think the Wild, with their

632
00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:38,320
Speaker 4: current roster that they had prior to Hughes trade, was

633
00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:39,920
Speaker 4: was was a team that could contend for the Cup.

634
00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:43,360
Speaker 1: I said, they have to do something and that.

635
00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:47,640
Speaker 4: And I look at the Wolves. We're a great team,

636
00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:55,000
Speaker 4: but I don't think what they have is enough to

637
00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:58,040
Speaker 4: get them over the top. I think they need another player.

638
00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:01,120
Speaker 4: They absolutely need another player. And the tough thing is

639
00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:07,520
Speaker 4: when you think about the.

640
00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:08,440
Speaker 1: The NBA, especially with Oak City.

641
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:12,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, and well no, but that's that's the the interesting

642
00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:15,320
Speaker 2: thing that I actually think, I know when this is

643
00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:18,320
Speaker 2: dumb to say, And Connolly could go out later today

644
00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:21,200
Speaker 2: and prove me wrong again. As you mentioned, there's there's

645
00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:24,520
Speaker 2: no smoke and then there's just fire. But I wonder

646
00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:28,080
Speaker 2: if that impacts his decision making because in hoops a

647
00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:32,440
Speaker 2: little bit different, a little less parody, and OKAC really

648
00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:36,000
Speaker 2: is that good. So the idea of how are we

649
00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:40,520
Speaker 2: leveraging massive assets to bring a player in when really,

650
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Speaker 2: at this stage even that isn't enough to topple what

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Speaker 2: OKAC has in their cupboard.

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Speaker 4: Right now, you have to look at your team and say,

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Speaker 4: where's our window?

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Speaker 1: You know, where's their window? Is our window now or

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Speaker 1: is it two or three years to?

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Speaker 4: And I think the Wolves window is short, shorter, shorter.

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Speaker 4: I don't think it's two, three, four, five down the years.

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Speaker 4: Oh now we're ready. I think they're ready now because

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Speaker 4: aunt is ridiculous, right that they got to get somebody

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Speaker 4: with him and then the other pieces that they have, right, right,

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Speaker 4: and if they do that, and then you can say, okay,

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Speaker 4: bring it on Oak City. Well let's let's let's take

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Speaker 4: this thing to seven games and and wait and see

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Speaker 4: what happens.

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Speaker 1: You know, I mean, everybody's beatable. There's a way to

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Speaker 1: beat everybody there.

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Speaker 4: I don't care there is oh wait, yeah they are,

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Speaker 4: no question. But do you do you just say oh

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Speaker 4: ol a, No, no, I don't. But I go out

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Speaker 4: and you punch him in the face. But because we

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Speaker 4: brought in.

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Speaker 1: Giannis, I do think, well bring in your honey.

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Speaker 2: What well, you know, go Beart's got to be probably

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Speaker 2: out the door if if Giannis comes in the door.

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Speaker 4: To get good players, you have to give good players.

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Speaker 2: I know, I know, I agree, And I'm not even

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Speaker 2: in that scenario copyright that I'm writing it down right,

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Speaker 2: I give you permission to use it because if I

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Speaker 2: wasn't going to credit you, because if.

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Speaker 4: You don't do that, you know, because people getting enamored,

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Speaker 4: fans getting namored with their.

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Speaker 1: Players they love because they're used to them. Right, But

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Speaker 1: that's not how it works.

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Speaker 4: If you want to win championships, you have to have

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Speaker 4: the you know what to make a deal. And if

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Speaker 4: you feel that your team is this player potentially away

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Speaker 4: from making a good run at it, you gotta do it.

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Speaker 2: No, I'm I'm I'm one hundred percent with you. I

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Speaker 2: just specifically, for example, all right, well that's all that's bad.

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Speaker 2: I'm just getting that bad.

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Speaker 1: That was bad because I'm a big Twins fent. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I want the team to be good.

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Speaker 4: Of course, baseball is awesome. It is awesome that franchise.

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Speaker 4: Though they got some things to work on them. They're

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Speaker 4: working on it.

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Speaker 2: You want to talk about opening windows though it feels

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Speaker 2: like Billy g did that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think so.

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Speaker 2: But in terms of in terms of how they navigate injuries,

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Speaker 2: what does this thing start to look like once you

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Speaker 2: get Zukerrello back, once you get some of these players

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Speaker 2: back into the mix. Here the laundry list, I didn't

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Speaker 2: even want to go down that road with hinds of

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Speaker 2: ten and I just kind of I limped in. I'm

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Speaker 2: just any chance we're going to maybe you know, maybe

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Speaker 2: not tomorrow against Columbus, but maybe in the next few days.

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Speaker 2: Are we going to see some guys getting healthy. I mean,

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Speaker 2: I thought exhausted.

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Speaker 4: I don't know that is it is getting exhausting, though,

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Speaker 4: And your hope, you know, I mean, the great thing

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Speaker 4: is is that they're winning now, okay, and and so

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Speaker 4: you're you're hoping that you're getting rid of all the

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Speaker 4: all of these injuries before January February, and they'll have

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Speaker 4: that nice two week break to get guys healthy. Is

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Speaker 4: it two or three weeks whatever something like that the Olympics, right, yeah,

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Speaker 4: they're they're sending a boatload up guys.

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Speaker 1: To play in the Olympics. On the line though not

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Speaker 1: the line itself.

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Speaker 2: The Russians are going to be that's very They're going

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Speaker 2: to have a lot of extra time to skate and

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Speaker 2: find some find some chemistry.

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Speaker 4: I think they'll be on a beach somewhere. Not good

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Speaker 4: for them, no kidd, and take me with.

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Speaker 1: But so, you know, you hope right that they're getting

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Speaker 1: rid of all these injuries. Now.

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Speaker 4: It is going to be a difficult, difficult lineup to

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Speaker 4: play against, especially the power play. And here's another thing

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Speaker 4: about Hughes that I want to mention before we get

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Speaker 4: off of him, is that what he does on the

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Speaker 4: back end makes it so much easier for our forwards.

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Speaker 4: You don't have to spend thirty seconds of your time

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Speaker 4: in your own zone trying to get the puck out

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Speaker 4: of the zone.

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Speaker 1: He is a one man breakup. Let's just go.

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Speaker 4: He's either three strides out the zone or one stride

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Speaker 4: pass up the mill you saw on the on the

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Speaker 4: breakaway last.

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Speaker 1: Night, right, you know, long stretch pass. Was it a goal?

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Speaker 1: I didn't even know if they scored theaway.

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Speaker 4: It was the the pit I think the pitlick breakaway.

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Speaker 1: I don't know whatever that was.

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Speaker 2: He wasn't Russian, so they didn't score exactly, but regardless.

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Speaker 4: But but but that's what he adds to your to

744
00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:34,680
Speaker 4: your offense and your defense because you're not spending time

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Speaker 4: in your zone. And so all those guys now are

746
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Speaker 4: in the offensive zone. They can get their four check going,

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00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:43,440
Speaker 4: they can get their cycle going. You just if you

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Speaker 4: go pre Hues and to now and you watch how

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Speaker 4: there how much energy they have in the offensive zone

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Speaker 4: and their four check and their ability to cycle and

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Speaker 4: move the puck, it's been like wow, you know, And

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Speaker 4: so that has been you know, that's another huge, huge,

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Speaker 4: It's exactly what.

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Speaker 2: Macarr does with you know with the Alps. Yeah, it's

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Speaker 2: I think it's is it Devin Taves?

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Speaker 1: Yeah? So which pair is better? Oh? All u Allen

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Speaker 1: Roach the box of all boxes ever? The Vox.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, he's doing talked about it. Yeah, he's got Taves

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Speaker 5: in the car. He's pel mccars is really really good.

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Speaker 5: You know, let's put them together. I hate you know,

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Speaker 5: like you can say, you know who's better macar or Hughes. Well,

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Speaker 5: you know, I mean, they're both phenomenal. I mean, I mean,

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Speaker 5: don't let's not forget when Hughes won the Norris he

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Speaker 5: had ninety two points. That's crazy, Okay, ninety two points.

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Speaker 1: So put them one in one a. Put put you know,

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Speaker 1: Favor and Taves one in one A. They're both, they're

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Speaker 1: right there. Let's let's call them the same, you know,

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Speaker 1: instead of getting in this Oh they're better, they're better,

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Speaker 1: They're they're they're for elite, elite def inserment.

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Speaker 2: Maybe it's just a conversation that we'll have, and you

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Speaker 2: got to have it in this late April, and I'm going.

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Speaker 1: I'm going to use in favor.

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Speaker 2: I'll go using favor, all right, Why wouldn't we, mister Roach,

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Speaker 2: Alan roach is the absolute best.

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Speaker 1: What a voice. You're pretty awesome yourself, sir. It's great

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Speaker 1: to see you. It's great to see you. Thanks for

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Speaker 1: hanging out, man. Thank you.

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Speaker 2: Next time, I want to get into uh, Gophers having

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Speaker 2: their ebbs and flows this season.

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Speaker 4: Growing, they are growing, they are assuring as kids grow older.

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Speaker 1: Right, you're it's a beautiful process.

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Speaker 2: Yes, it's fun to watch, very frustrating at times, but

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Speaker 2: it's and it's uh.

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Speaker 1: So I expect them to be yeah there there they are.

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Speaker 1: So we'll have fun and uh in the second half

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Speaker 1: of the season. Absolutely, World Juniors in town. We got

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Speaker 1: the Olympics on the horizon. Get to anything today, that's fine.

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Speaker 1: I love talking basketball. We had fun though we did.

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Speaker 1: Can't put a price take on fun at Pat Mick

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Speaker 1: twos two six.

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Speaker 2: That's Pat mcletty Saturdays at ten am Beyond the Pond

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Speaker 2: with mister Faulness and all the hockey analysis you could

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Speaker 2: ever dream of. That's mister mcletty's wheelhouse. When we return,

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Speaker 2: we're gonna switch to the Wolves. We're gonna continue a

795
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Speaker 2: little hoops conversation with Alan Horton, Voice of the Wolves.

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Speaker 2: The Wolves are at home hosting the Grizzlies tonight, we'll

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Speaker 2: get his insight. I think morning shoot around and such

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Speaker 2: just ended about ten to fifteen minutes ago, so we'll

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Speaker 2: see what the box has to say.

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Speaker 1: As we kick off the final.

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Speaker 2: Hour, Sam Byrd produces I'm Nordo Vocal maintenance Day for

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Speaker 2: the host.

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