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

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Speaker 1: Here's Mike Benton.

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Speaker 2: Two more days from now, it's pencils down. Here for

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Speaker 2: the NHL trade deadline quick hit, or here for Cracking

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Speaker 2: this Morning. Mike Benton with you on Wednesday, March fourth,

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Speaker 2: with the Kraken facing the Saint Louis Blues and their

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Speaker 2: final game before the NHL trade deadline on Friday tonight,

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Speaker 2: opening face off little past seven o'clock Pacific time the

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Speaker 2: climb the Pledge Arena. We're on air six thirty for

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Speaker 2: your pregame shows, served up by Frostbrewed Corps, Light Shoes,

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Speaker 2: Chill and take note. National TV's got the game here

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Speaker 2: for this evening, so we are your only local source

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Speaker 2: for broadcast coverage once again, all across ninety three three

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Speaker 2: at now upstairs for the call. I'll join you back

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Speaker 2: by the course light landing in section twenty. By the way,

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Speaker 2: Al joins me and you also at Tom's watch bar

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Speaker 2: across the street following the game, Climate Pledge Arena. Great

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Speaker 2: night too, partake in the in all trade deadline possibilities Again,

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Speaker 2: we're on air up to an hour after the final

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Speaker 2: horn following the game at Tom's watchbar once more right

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Speaker 2: across from Climate Pledge Arena reaction from Monday Night and

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Speaker 2: Ben Myers who had the game winning goal coming shortly

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Speaker 2: plus a recap of our chat with David Panyota of

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Speaker 2: the fourth period and NHL Network one of the great

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Speaker 2: storytelling insiders here for this league joining us in just

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Speaker 2: a bit on trade deadline possibilities, plus should they be

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Speaker 2: suiting up or not? A couple of names to be

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Speaker 2: on the lookout for here on the Saint Louis Blues

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Speaker 2: sign David Panyota, and our conversation once more heard on

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Speaker 2: Cracking Weekly last night coming up in just a bit,

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Speaker 2: Everett fits you, al Kiniski and myself by the way

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Speaker 2: for you each and every week on kjar by the

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Speaker 2: way find that podcast it via the crack and Audio

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Speaker 2: Network and the iHeartRadio app as well as far as

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Speaker 2: two nights ago. It was right down to the wire

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Speaker 2: where the Kracking didn't take a single penalty until the

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Speaker 2: final two minutes of regulation and then it was hold

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Speaker 2: your breath time. As Carolina pulled their goaltender Frederick Anderson

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Speaker 2: to make it a six on forest gaining situation and

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Speaker 2: the crack and penalty kill with Joy, the Cord forced

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Speaker 3: Who won Seattle up to the line Costas pair down

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Speaker 3: the slot. That shot deflecting high over the goal, Jarvis off.

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Speaker 4: The back of the net.

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Speaker 3: Ten seconds left here in Seattle.

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Speaker 5: This is a ho to the high slot.

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Speaker 3: Elers back to La ho suits that'll say a line

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Speaker 5: Go, ha ho gocern. So it's a card a thirty five.

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Speaker 3: Saved dandy here at home, it's a two long Seattle

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Speaker 2: The homestand opening victory over the Canucks last lat weekend

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Speaker 2: big because the Kraken washed away a couple of avoidable

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Speaker 2: back to back losses against Dallas and Saint Louis. But

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Speaker 2: then Monday night, as they say, a big measuring to

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Speaker 2: kind of game, and while the Krakens certainly were busy

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Speaker 2: thirty five saves on thirty six shots plus withstanding the

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Speaker 2: first Star of the Game honors. Ben Myers had the

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Speaker 2: two jamming at loose puck away at the glove side

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Speaker 2: the night where the Kraken out hit Carolina thirty one

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Speaker 6: I think our skating was huge tonight. We didn't give

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Speaker 6: we were just pushing it up the ice pretty quick,

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Speaker 7: The way that game played out, I mean, it's obviously

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Speaker 6: Just sticking to the same game, you know. I thought

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Speaker 6: and you know, we're we're trying to keep the pressure

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Speaker 5: I'm your goal.

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Speaker 7: Mllanson doesn't get credit for a point there, but he

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Speaker 6: Yeah, just made made a great play on the wall,

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Speaker 6: how much fun is Mellie to play that? Yeah, it's great,

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Speaker 6: you know, just a really consistent competitor. You know, I

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Speaker 6: think that's the big thing is you know, we all

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Speaker 6: and you know, it's nice to have that physical edge jump.

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Speaker 6: You know, it brings a lot to our team.

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Speaker 1: What did you think of Jamie laxiax game too?

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Speaker 5: Yeah?

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Speaker 6: It was great. You know he was he was banging bodies,

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Speaker 6: you know, from the first period there. So it's pretty

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Speaker 6: cool to see. And you know he's been doing that

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Speaker 4: For a team like Carolina likes to shoot and shoot

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Speaker 4: the end they're trying to kill off the penalty. What

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Speaker 6: Yeah, they're just a good hockey team, and you know,

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Speaker 6: I thought we we just uh stuck to our structure

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Speaker 6: So Yeah, what's.

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Speaker 8: The challenge in a game like this?

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Speaker 6: Are against an opponent like that and not kind of

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Speaker 3: In a comment like that.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I our coaching staff, you know, brought it up

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Speaker 6: this morning. You know, they try to frustrate teams. That's

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Speaker 7: So as much as they're able to tilt the ice,

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Speaker 7: Like does that help going in?

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Speaker 6: No, yeah, obviously. You know, we're just trying to stick

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Speaker 6: And you know, I thought we had chances of the

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Speaker 2: So where did the Kraken go from here? By Friday

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Speaker 2: at noon Pacific time for the NHL trade deadline, well,

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Speaker 2: several reports suggesting the Kraken could be a buyer in

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Speaker 2: this situation, but how big We cut up with David

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Speaker 2: and NHL Network Radio discussing those possibilities, plus a couple

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Speaker 2: of names attached here to this evening's opponent in Saint Louis.

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Speaker 4: So they can continue to search as much as they want,

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Speaker 4: they've got to find somebody else to dance with, and

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Speaker 4: we know that they've explored big names before. I put

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Speaker 4: Seattle into the category of big fish hunting. If they

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Speaker 4: preferably upfront. Then I think Jason Botterol and Ron Francis

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Speaker 4: on that. They've been exploring it going back to last

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Speaker 4: We've seen them connected to guys like Jordan Cayrou and

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Speaker 4: of course they tried with respect to our Tammy Panerin

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Speaker 4: to show you the type of pool that they're fishing

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Speaker 4: in and that's what they would like to do. There

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Speaker 4: have been some teams that have poked around on some

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Speaker 4: that I've been given is that they want to hold

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Speaker 5: After the deadline.

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Speaker 4: They want to focus on adding, and again takes two

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Speaker 4: given from people close to the organization and league wide,

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Speaker 4: they would like to make a splash, and if they

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Speaker 4: look to do that in the summer around draft time.

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Speaker 4: But that's the priority for this club right now, make

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Speaker 4: a big splash. See if you can add a top six,

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Speaker 5: And it wouldn't shock me if they can actually do

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Speaker 8: David, you know a lot of a lot of times

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Speaker 8: asked is are the crack I'm going to make it?

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Speaker 8: Make a move? But are they going to make it?

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Speaker 8: And you know we all know on this call that

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Speaker 8: it takes more than just answering that question. You've got

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Speaker 8: to find a team that's interested in something you have.

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Speaker 8: You've got to find a GM that you've got a

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Speaker 8: a lot of the names that are floating around out

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Speaker 4: Well, I think they're going to continue if they haven't already,

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Speaker 4: And I suspect they have to circle back on guys

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Speaker 4: have generated a ton of interesting league why but it

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Speaker 4: seems like the priority is top tier star to add

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Speaker 4: clearly because they would have done it already. But you know,

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Speaker 4: Bottlerel and everybody are trying to find that one piece

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Speaker 4: not exclusive to a center or a winger. If it

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Speaker 4: been that's what they've been trying to do. And it

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Speaker 4: seems like they might be a little more geared to

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Speaker 4: the wing, but again we'll see where that goes. The

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Speaker 4: other name that I'm a little bit curious about is

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Speaker 4: Elias Petterson. Not too far away in Vancouver. There are

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Speaker 4: He's got eleven point six million dollars aav and they

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Speaker 5: Them, They're substantial.

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Speaker 4: Certainly Thomas is higher than that of Cyrus by all indications.

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Speaker 4: Thomas is the package and the cost that it would take.

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Speaker 2: Thank you to David Panyota of the Fourth Period in

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Speaker 2: NHL Network and Sirius Sex and NHL Network Radio for

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Speaker 2: joining us as well on Cracking Weekly. More of that conversation,

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Speaker 2: by the way, in full heard at the Crack and

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Speaker 2: Audio Network podcasted via the iHeartRadio app. Well, this evening

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Speaker 2: could get very interesting depending upon who the Blues suit

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Speaker 2: Bochnavich all had the goals for Saint Louis in that game,

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Speaker 2: season on April twelve, with a Kraken aiming for three

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Speaker 2: on the move here for as David Panota said, big

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Speaker 2: fish hunting gonna be a lot of fun here to monitor.

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Speaker 2: Once again, we're on air this evening at six point

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Speaker 2: thirty face off little past seven o'clock Pacific time. Postgame

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Speaker 2: coverage up to an hour after the final horn will

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Speaker 2: be at Tom's Watchbar once again, right across from Climate

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Speaker 2: Pledge Arena. Talk with you then, for cracking this morning.

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Speaker 2: I'm Mike Benton.

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