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Speaker 5: I'm welcome back to the show.

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Speaker 2: Can you repeat the part of the stuff where you

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Speaker 1: Pret blakemore filling in for Nord today, got something soft

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Speaker 1: Soft and Warm, the Quiet Storm kfa N Good Morning

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Speaker 1: topics today nine to noon include, but are not limited to,

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Speaker 1: Brian Flores and the Minnesota Vikings getting together on a

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Speaker 1: is John Hines, coach of the Minnesota Wild Good morning coach,

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Speaker 1: It's Paul Allen.

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Speaker 4: How are you, Morner, Pa, I'm great?

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Speaker 2: How you doing pretty well? Thank you? Sure you know,

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Speaker 1: I'm sure it doesn't grade out perfectly, but your team

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Speaker 2: Do you see it that way? And good morning?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I you know, I do see it.

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Speaker 6: I think we have a you know, really good group.

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Speaker 1: Four goals from Tarasenko the last two what what are

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Speaker 6: And that's uh, you know, I thought he's playing his

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Speaker 1: For for Tarasenko, this is his sixth team since twenty

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Speaker 4: Hockey for US.

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Speaker 1: Hockey Day Minnesota is Saturday, and you guys get the

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Speaker 6: I mean, they have au They're playing some really good hockey.

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Speaker 1: John Hines, coach of the Minnesota Wild nine to new

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's exciting. That's cool man. John Hines, coach of

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Speaker 2: That was fantast absolutely fantastic.

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Speaker 1: Now, Marcus's father, Mike, was at that one and the

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and the way that thing finished, I mean, you know, Coffee,

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Speaker 2: All right, my man, get them healthy.

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Speaker 1: Beat the Wings tonight, beat the champs on Saturday, Go

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Speaker 1: Fred Hoiberg played ten years in the NBA, including in

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Speaker 2: Fred It's Paul Allen.

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Speaker 1: How have you How have you and the family been

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Speaker 8: Everybody's doing great. Pa, it's you know, thanks for having

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Speaker 8: PA's you know, is you know how your kids are doing,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's great, And congratulations to your daughter and and

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Speaker 8: But yeah, it's it's a it's a weird time at

440
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Speaker 8: college athletics PA, and it's you know, it's hard to

441
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Speaker 8: navigate sometimes.

442
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Speaker 1: I watched a fair amount of your victory over Washington.

443
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Speaker 1: Correct me if I'm wrong here, but I mean you

444
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Speaker 1: were you were a shooter by trade at Iowa State

445
00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:44,920
Speaker 1: and throughout the NB A man, you have shooters all

446
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Speaker 1: over the place, and and with masks and and some

447
00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:52,280
Speaker 1: others stretching the floor opening things for your guards. You

448
00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:54,840
Speaker 1: have shooters all over the place, don't.

449
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Speaker 3: You Well we do.

450
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Speaker 8: And you know Rink is a catalyst. He he's the

451
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Speaker 8: guy that is the most important in this system. And

452
00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:04,840
Speaker 8: this goes all the way back to I guess year

453
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Speaker 8: two and Iowa say, the guy that kind of started

454
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Speaker 8: at all was Royce White, and you know that really

455
00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:13,119
Speaker 8: is what started our five out spread offense. And we

456
00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:15,560
Speaker 8: just put shooters on the floor, and you know, Royce

457
00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:19,399
Speaker 8: led us in every major statistical category points, rebounds, assists, steals,

458
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Speaker 8: and blocks, and he was such a gifted passer and

459
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Speaker 8: we let the NC Double A and three pointers made

460
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Speaker 8: that season, and then you know George Niang, we ended

461
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Speaker 8: up getting himho's in his tenth year in the NBA.

462
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Speaker 8: Now with the guy that that was kind of our

463
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Speaker 8: point forward, you know, hybrid type player.

464
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Speaker 4: And then Rake mass is in that same role.

465
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Speaker 8: He led us and assists two years ago when we

466
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Speaker 8: were in the NC Double A tournament, and he's right

467
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Speaker 8: up there. I think he's second on our team this

468
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Speaker 8: year behind Sam. So you know, it's just it's so

469
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Speaker 8: important to have a guy like that on the floor

470
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Speaker 8: in this system, with the five out offense that we run,

471
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Speaker 8: and when we have a spread perimeter player like that.

472
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Speaker 8: He's the guy that's already had a triple double this year,

473
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Speaker 8: our back up that kind of plays the point forward.

474
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Speaker 8: Burke also has had a triple double this year, So

475
00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:05,439
Speaker 8: you know, when you put when you have guys in

476
00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:08,200
Speaker 8: that position, it really opens up the lane as well.

477
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Speaker 8: And we've actually done a lot of damage and have

478
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Speaker 8: a very efficient have had very efficient offense in the paint.

479
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Speaker 1: We fred, we've known each other two decades plus, and

480
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Speaker 1: and knowing the good man husband, father, Christian that you

481
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Speaker 1: are with your son Sam. You know, he was a

482
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Speaker 1: walk on at Nebraska, been there quite some time. Now

483
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Speaker 1: he's a starter, But you're not going to fix the

484
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Speaker 1: race for Sam because he's your son. What what did

485
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Speaker 1: he do to earn all these minutes?

486
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Speaker 8: Well, I don't know what. We had injuries that was.

487
00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:43,920
Speaker 8: That's really what gave him his opportunity. And I give

488
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Speaker 8: Sam all the credit in the world. He kept himself ready,

489
00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:49,680
Speaker 8: kept himself prepared. He was on the scout team PA.

490
00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:53,400
Speaker 8: We lose two starters. We lost Touan Gary and Emmanuel Vandemel,

491
00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:56,080
Speaker 8: who were really the heart and soul of our team.

492
00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:58,760
Speaker 8: They were gritty, they were tough. We had one of

493
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Speaker 8: the best defenses in the country that year, and then

494
00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:03,840
Speaker 8: we lose both those guys in a week span. And

495
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Speaker 8: I'll never forget this. We were on the way back

496
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Speaker 8: from Penn State. Emmanuel went down with a knee injury

497
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Speaker 8: and I had Sam sit down when he was on

498
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Speaker 8: his way back to his seat, and I just said, listen,

499
00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:15,080
Speaker 8: you're now our third point guard and you're going to

500
00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:17,040
Speaker 8: get an opportunity. And he went out the next game

501
00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:19,320
Speaker 8: we got her ass kick, but he was as good

502
00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:21,320
Speaker 8: as anybody on the floor. And then we went to Maryland.

503
00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:24,240
Speaker 8: The next game he scored fifteen points off the bench,

504
00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:27,080
Speaker 8: and then he's been a staple in a rotation ever since.

505
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Speaker 8: I think the thing that makes it easy for Sam

506
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Speaker 8: and for me as a coach is he's very well

507
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Speaker 8: respected by his teammates just because of his daily approach.

508
00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:38,120
Speaker 8: He's always in the gym getting extra work. He does

509
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Speaker 8: a great job building chemistry with our team, getting guys

510
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Speaker 8: together off the core. I think that's so important when

511
00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:46,080
Speaker 8: you have a genuine, genuine care factor for the.

512
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Speaker 4: Guy sitting next to you, and.

513
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Speaker 8: He's just done so many things, you know, to help

514
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Speaker 8: bring this group together and be a leader. So you know,

515
00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:56,040
Speaker 8: from a guy that I think came into this not

516
00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:58,520
Speaker 8: knowing exactly what his pat would be to try to

517
00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:00,800
Speaker 8: improve and then see where it went from there, you

518
00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:03,600
Speaker 8: know now to be you know, one of the best defenders.

519
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Speaker 8: He leads the Big ten of steels, he's at five

520
00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:07,560
Speaker 8: to ten. He's our best defensive rebounder.

521
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Speaker 4: He just does a lot. He got his mom's toughness

522
00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:13,080
Speaker 4: pl and he just he does a lot of things

523
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Speaker 4: out there in the floor. That impact winning.

524
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Speaker 1: So wait a second, five, ten, and he's your best

525
00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:22,000
Speaker 1: defensive rebounder, including Mast and Lawrence and everybody else.

526
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Speaker 8: He has the most defensive rebounds on our team. And

527
00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:27,440
Speaker 8: you know, and that's kind of what got him on

528
00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:30,640
Speaker 8: the floor is just if there's a scrum, he's coming

529
00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:33,720
Speaker 8: out with the ball and he just has a nose,

530
00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:36,399
Speaker 8: he just hasn't post for it, and he goes and

531
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Speaker 8: finds a way. But again, that's that's what he's done.

532
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Speaker 8: When he first got into the rotation. It wasn't because he.

533
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Speaker 4: Of his scoring or his shooting.

534
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Speaker 8: It was because he just did all the dirty work

535
00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:49,880
Speaker 8: and was a really good, gritty defender. And now he's

536
00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:51,320
Speaker 8: starting to score it and he's shooting the ball at

537
00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:54,159
Speaker 8: a very high percentage. And it's been fun. It's been

538
00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:55,400
Speaker 8: a fun journey for Sam.

539
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Speaker 1: For sure, having to catch up with Fred Hoiberg, coach

540
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Speaker 1: of the undefeated Nebraska corn hust course they take on

541
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Speaker 1: the Gophers Saturday at Williams Arena.

542
00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:04,160
Speaker 4: Uh.

543
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Speaker 1: Well with with the portal, in what ways has the

544
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Speaker 1: portal been kind to you guys? I mean it's been

545
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Speaker 1: significant of late, hasn't it.

546
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Speaker 8: It has for all of us, and that's for anybody

547
00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:18,720
Speaker 8: that's in my position. And the one thing that we've

548
00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:21,280
Speaker 8: really tried to do pa to stay old. We've had

549
00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:23,600
Speaker 8: some really good freshmen. Braden Frager has been great for

550
00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:26,440
Speaker 8: us as a freshman this year. He unfortunately went down

551
00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:29,600
Speaker 8: with an ankle injury last night. We'll reevaluate him this morning.

552
00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:31,800
Speaker 8: But you know, we've had some freshmen that have that

553
00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:34,960
Speaker 8: have had good roles on our team. But being able

554
00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:39,239
Speaker 8: to stay old in today's climate is very important. Uh.

555
00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:41,880
Speaker 8: You know, the other area we really needed to address

556
00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:44,520
Speaker 8: this past offseason when we met at the staff was

557
00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:47,320
Speaker 8: our shooting and we think I think we made eighty

558
00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:50,159
Speaker 8: less threes a year ago than we did the previous season.

559
00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:54,119
Speaker 8: And you know, that was Price coming coming into the Bress.

560
00:26:54,119 --> 00:26:56,919
Speaker 8: We recruited him hard out of high school and unfortunately

561
00:26:56,920 --> 00:27:00,439
Speaker 8: didn't get him. And Tamarcus Lawrence was a player that

562
00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:02,720
Speaker 8: was with us, transferred out for a year and got

563
00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:03,200
Speaker 8: him back.

564
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Speaker 4: And the great thing about having a guy that you

565
00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:07,720
Speaker 4: know knows the system, he knows the culture, he knows the.

566
00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:10,240
Speaker 8: Standard getting him back, but he's a guy that can

567
00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:11,040
Speaker 8: really shoot the ball.

568
00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:12,200
Speaker 4: Made seven threes in our.

569
00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:15,200
Speaker 8: Win at Indiana and then yeah, you know, getting ranked

570
00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:17,639
Speaker 8: back on the floor as well, and we've lost some

571
00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:20,840
Speaker 8: guys that were going to be heavy rotation guys with

572
00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:23,240
Speaker 8: Connor Aciegen he's out for the season with an ankle,

573
00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:26,640
Speaker 8: and then our big guy from Lithuanian Ougie, he's out

574
00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:29,440
Speaker 8: with the back injury right now. So you know, I'm

575
00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:31,360
Speaker 8: proud of how the guys have just found a way

576
00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:33,840
Speaker 8: to continue on in this stretch. They've done a great

577
00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:39,320
Speaker 8: job pa of turning the page after big emotional wins,

578
00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:41,840
Speaker 8: and that's the sign I think of a really good

579
00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:44,400
Speaker 8: mature team. And you know, I guess my point I'm

580
00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:47,239
Speaker 8: staying old with the portal is they've acted like they

581
00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:48,960
Speaker 8: they've acted like they've been there. And you know, we

582
00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:51,960
Speaker 8: beat Michigan State in a game. After that game, you're

583
00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:54,359
Speaker 8: you're sore, you're banked up. It was a rock fight.

584
00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:56,879
Speaker 8: We won fifty eight to fifty six, and we bounced

585
00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,600
Speaker 8: back on a short prep two days later and one

586
00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:01,560
Speaker 8: on the road road at Ohio State. So I think

587
00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:04,240
Speaker 8: that's what speaks to the maturity of this group, is

588
00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:06,840
Speaker 8: how they continue to go out there and not be

589
00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,719
Speaker 8: satisfied and keep their walls up and their barriers up

590
00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:11,480
Speaker 8: and just continue on this path.

591
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Speaker 1: Like I said, Fred, you got I mean, you've got

592
00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:17,160
Speaker 1: shooters all over the place and rink Mast hit six

593
00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:20,480
Speaker 1: threes in that victory over Michigan State. And you know

594
00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:23,560
Speaker 1: with with with JaMarcus Lawrence, just a couple to close here.

595
00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:26,760
Speaker 1: JaMarcus Lawrence, you just mentioned him. This is fascinating you.

596
00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:30,040
Speaker 1: I can't say I've ever seen it. He's at Nebraska,

597
00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:33,800
Speaker 1: Leeds goes to Rhode Island, then comes back to Nebraska,

598
00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:36,160
Speaker 1: So like what did he miss? Why did he come back?

599
00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:38,360
Speaker 1: Because he had a decent season with Rhode Island.

600
00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:41,440
Speaker 8: He had a really good year and you know, I

601
00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:43,600
Speaker 8: give he listening. He played for a really good coach

602
00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:46,640
Speaker 8: and Archie. Archie got a lot of respect for him,

603
00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:50,000
Speaker 8: so you know, he really grew and matured in that year.

604
00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:51,840
Speaker 8: But when he went into the portal, he really talked

605
00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:53,600
Speaker 8: about a lot of the things that he missed here.

606
00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:57,960
Speaker 8: So you know, we in thissed Apa. You cannot burn

607
00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:00,680
Speaker 8: a bridge. You just never know what my it happened.

608
00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:03,160
Speaker 8: And he's a great kid. He left on good terms

609
00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:05,640
Speaker 8: and we're very fortunate to have him back.

610
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Speaker 1: The last two the Gophers are playing hard and have

611
00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:12,560
Speaker 1: beaten some ranked teams. What do you see in Nico's team?

612
00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:17,760
Speaker 8: I love watching Nico's team when we whenever we scout

613
00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:20,560
Speaker 8: an opponent. We've actually played quite a few teams that

614
00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:23,160
Speaker 8: have played Minnesota in the previous game, so we're able

615
00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:25,720
Speaker 8: to watch and scout. I just I love his offense.

616
00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:28,840
Speaker 8: I think they have great movement. They really passed the ball.

617
00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:31,160
Speaker 8: They're the number one assists right team in the country.

618
00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:35,840
Speaker 8: They can shoot it, They're tough, they guard, and not

619
00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:39,120
Speaker 8: only they beat ranked teams, but they've been really close

620
00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:41,280
Speaker 8: in every single one.

621
00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:42,120
Speaker 4: Of their contests.

622
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Speaker 8: I just I think the world of Nico. I think

623
00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:46,440
Speaker 8: he's an unbelievable coach. And you know, you guys have

624
00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:47,080
Speaker 8: a good one up.

625
00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:51,200
Speaker 1: There is how much is Lincoln embracing your team? Nineteen

626
00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:53,840
Speaker 1: and Oero. I mean, you probably don't pay for meals

627
00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:55,400
Speaker 1: at Kasa Bovina, right.

628
00:29:57,480 --> 00:29:57,760
Speaker 4: I do.

629
00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:02,680
Speaker 8: Unfortunately, no listen and every ticket has sold out for

630
00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:04,920
Speaker 8: the rest of the year. And you know the other

631
00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:07,160
Speaker 8: thing about it is, you know, you see all the

632
00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:08,560
Speaker 8: Big ten games that.

633
00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:10,080
Speaker 4: Are sold out, but we are.

634
00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:12,520
Speaker 8: Our last two non conference games against North Dakota and

635
00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:15,320
Speaker 8: New Hampshire were completely sold out when the students were

636
00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:17,880
Speaker 8: out of town. So you know this this fan base

637
00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:20,280
Speaker 8: is very unique. I mean you look at football, Pa,

638
00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:23,480
Speaker 8: They've been sold out since nineteen sixty two. Volleyball is

639
00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:28,040
Speaker 8: the hardest ticket maybe in the country here wrestling baseball,

640
00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:31,479
Speaker 8: So it's everything across the board. So you know, it's

641
00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:33,800
Speaker 8: been fun. Our fans have really embraced this team. It's

642
00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:36,760
Speaker 8: an easy team to root for in talking.

643
00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:38,160
Speaker 4: To a lot of our fans just because of the

644
00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:40,520
Speaker 4: how they get after it every day and you know.

645
00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:43,160
Speaker 8: They're first of the floor in the way that they

646
00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:44,520
Speaker 8: play unselfish basketball.

647
00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:45,720
Speaker 4: It's been an easy team to cheer for.

648
00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:49,080
Speaker 1: Lastly, I know you and your wife Carol, but specifically

649
00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:51,840
Speaker 1: you love live music. Have have you been to any

650
00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:52,680
Speaker 1: good shows lately?

651
00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:55,640
Speaker 4: You know, I saw the Eagles at the Sphere.

652
00:30:57,080 --> 00:31:02,240
Speaker 8: It was an unbelievable, unbelievable show, and I yeah, that

653
00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:06,240
Speaker 8: was the last one that we saw and we got.

654
00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:08,000
Speaker 4: A group of friends out there in Vegas and just

655
00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:08,640
Speaker 4: have great time.

656
00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:13,040
Speaker 1: Well you're having a peaceful, easy feeling down Lincoln Way.

657
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Speaker 1: Continue to take it to the limit, and thanks very

658
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Speaker 1: much for the conversation.

659
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Speaker 4: All right, Well done, Pa, Thanks man. Always great talking

660
00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:20,720
Speaker 4: to you.

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Speaker 1: Fred Hoiberg, Nebraska Cornhuskers basketball coach. They're here a Saturday

662
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:31,440
Speaker 1: to take on the Golden Gophers basketball team. The game's

663
00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:34,600
Speaker 1: on KFAM and Freddie's team is nineteen to er after

664
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Speaker 1: beating Washington last evening the nine to noon a topic

665
00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:43,200
Speaker 1: football wise of the Minnesota Vikings and Brian Flores yesterday

666
00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:46,960
Speaker 1: came together on a new contract, a new contract for

667
00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:51,040
Speaker 1: him to return as defensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings.

668
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Speaker 1: But there's a key contingency here, and it is if

669
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Speaker 1: he does win a head coaching job with Pittsburgh, Baltimore

670
00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:01,400
Speaker 1: or somebody else else, then he gets to lead. And

671
00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:03,720
Speaker 1: we're going to hammer on that about twenty minutes from

672
00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:07,080
Speaker 1: now with Ben Lieber, beloved Nacho here at ten o'clock,

673
00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:09,840
Speaker 1: KG joins around the Corners Kfam.

674
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Speaker 2: KG.

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Speaker 1: All right, he man, you have a Sunday off at

676
00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:28,600
Speaker 1: home to watch your Broncos.

677
00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:29,800
Speaker 2: How elite is that?

678
00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:30,400
Speaker 4: My brother?

679
00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:32,200
Speaker 2: And good morning, Kevin gorg.

680
00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:37,280
Speaker 3: On paper, You're absolutely right. I had a Sunday opportunity,

681
00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:41,600
Speaker 3: but I do and did last night, and will Sunday

682
00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:45,240
Speaker 3: work ten to twelve Minnesota Frost games. So I will

683
00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:49,000
Speaker 3: be at Grand Cassino Arena for a two o'clock pluck

684
00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:51,719
Speaker 3: drop during the Bronco game, which I know is going

685
00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:55,720
Speaker 3: to be a challenge for me emotionally. Luckily, the head

686
00:32:55,760 --> 00:33:00,240
Speaker 3: coach of said frost is Ken Klee, a guy from

687
00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:02,760
Speaker 3: Denver shares my passion for the Broncos.

688
00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:03,520
Speaker 4: So we're going to just.

689
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,160
Speaker 3: Live and die through the of the day while their

690
00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:07,480
Speaker 3: game is going on. I told me to be a

691
00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:09,720
Speaker 3: thumbs up when I see him for good news, and

692
00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:12,720
Speaker 3: a thumbs down if the Patriots are taking us outside

693
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:13,880
Speaker 3: for a little woodshed beating.

694
00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:18,760
Speaker 1: What a spectacular route to following the game, and you

695
00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:20,800
Speaker 1: get to work a hockey game. I mean that, What

696
00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:24,440
Speaker 1: a fantastic sunday this is for KG. And you know,

697
00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:28,400
Speaker 1: with the head coach of your favorite football team, Sean Payton, yeah,

698
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:32,480
Speaker 1: I wonder what he has up his sleeve with Jared Stidham,

699
00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:33,240
Speaker 1: what do you think?

700
00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:38,040
Speaker 3: Well, I listened to your chat with Joe O'Donnell a

701
00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:40,360
Speaker 3: couple of days ago, and Joe alluded to the fact

702
00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:43,800
Speaker 3: that I've gone down the YouTube rabbit hole to look

703
00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:45,560
Speaker 3: at footage. You had to go back a couple of years.

704
00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:48,360
Speaker 3: The guy hasn't taken a snap in two years. But

705
00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:50,479
Speaker 3: when he did play for the Las Vegas Raiders, when

706
00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:55,120
Speaker 3: he moonlighted into Denver filling in for Russell Wilson, he

707
00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:57,520
Speaker 3: throws a decent ball. The problem is that this Patriots

708
00:33:57,520 --> 00:34:01,040
Speaker 3: defense is legit likes. They have a lot of cool

709
00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:04,760
Speaker 3: blitz packages. So I assume Sean Payton's going to do

710
00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:06,520
Speaker 3: a lot of Dinkin and Duncan. And I think the

711
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:09,400
Speaker 3: player that can be the X factor on offense for

712
00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:12,040
Speaker 3: Denver is there young running back r J. Harvey, where's

713
00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:14,680
Speaker 3: number twelve. It's very elusive. He can catch the screen

714
00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:17,080
Speaker 3: pass and make big plays. But it's really going to

715
00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:19,000
Speaker 3: come down to their defect. Their defense is going to

716
00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:22,359
Speaker 3: have to play a phenomenal game. If New England can

717
00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:24,719
Speaker 3: get anywhere in the twenties, I think it's going to

718
00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:26,120
Speaker 3: be hard for my Broncos to win.

719
00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:27,399
Speaker 4: But they're at home.

720
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Speaker 3: Crowd's going to be going bananas. And Sean Payton, even

721
00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:33,520
Speaker 3: though he's a jackass of a human, he's a hell

722
00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:35,360
Speaker 3: of a football coach and I think he'll have a

723
00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:37,120
Speaker 3: way to keep the team in the game.

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Speaker 1: Cage at Gorgomatic two to one via X at Gorgomatic

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Speaker 1: two to one via x. Please follow at Gorgomatic two

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Speaker 1: to one v X if you're so inclined. Nine to

727
00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:51,080
Speaker 1: noon does Buffalo ran for almost two hundred on the

728
00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:57,200
Speaker 1: Orange crush? Stevenson, Henderson and even Drake May do they

729
00:34:57,239 --> 00:34:58,680
Speaker 1: make you nervous at all with that?

730
00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:04,440
Speaker 3: They do because Drake May, like Josh Allen, is an

731
00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:06,359
Speaker 3: option in the running game, and I think that gave

732
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:09,279
Speaker 3: the Broncos fits knowing they had to be ready for

733
00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:12,560
Speaker 3: Josh Allen and some of those RPOs I think really

734
00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:16,160
Speaker 3: gave this Broncos defense serious problems. And I think Newland's

735
00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:19,160
Speaker 3: gonna see that and try to duplicate that. And all

736
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:23,319
Speaker 3: three of those guys are really good, So I think

737
00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:25,160
Speaker 3: it's a game where Denver is going to have to

738
00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:28,919
Speaker 3: be opportunistic and those both those running backs are great,

739
00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:31,880
Speaker 3: but they both coughed the football up. And I love

740
00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:35,239
Speaker 3: love Drake May, but he also once in a while

741
00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:37,520
Speaker 3: will turn the football over it So I think Denver

742
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:41,280
Speaker 3: is absolutely gonna need to get two or three turnovers

743
00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:44,240
Speaker 3: in this game and again keep it as low scoring

744
00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:46,759
Speaker 3: as possible. It's just one of those those games where

745
00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:48,799
Speaker 3: there's got to be some mile high magic. There's got

746
00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:52,560
Speaker 3: to be something outside of the norm, because if all

747
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:55,120
Speaker 3: things are equal, New England is just a better football

748
00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:57,880
Speaker 3: team with Denver being without their best player in Bonette.

749
00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:01,560
Speaker 1: Hey late last week, man, how was it for you?

750
00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:04,120
Speaker 1: You're on the road with the Wild they beat that

751
00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:08,239
Speaker 1: speedy Buffalo team five to four. You're en route to Toronto,

752
00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:12,200
Speaker 1: your favorite teams playing. You're super happy they beat Buffalo,

753
00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:16,760
Speaker 1: Excited to get to Toronto, elate did they beat Josh Allen?

754
00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:20,240
Speaker 1: And then you hear your quarterback bow Nicks broke his ankle.

755
00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:21,920
Speaker 1: I mean, what a range of emotions.

756
00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:25,359
Speaker 3: It was tough. I'm not gonna lie to you. I

757
00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:26,640
Speaker 3: had sent the tweet out.

758
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:27,960
Speaker 4: I'm a big.

759
00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:29,719
Speaker 3: Journey fan, as everybody knows, so I set up that

760
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:34,759
Speaker 3: don't stop believing the gift of my guy bow and

761
00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:38,600
Speaker 3: literally ten minutes later I see Schefter with that, and

762
00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:40,520
Speaker 3: at first I'm kind of like, well, wait a minute, here,

763
00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:43,160
Speaker 3: I watched this guy walk up the field and do

764
00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:45,160
Speaker 3: an interview like this has got to be some kind

765
00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:48,200
Speaker 3: of a spoof. But then you know, you dig in

766
00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:51,400
Speaker 3: and find out that there was a play late in

767
00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:53,640
Speaker 3: that sequence where he took a quick knee and took

768
00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:57,560
Speaker 3: an awkward step and it's devastating because you know he is,

769
00:36:57,920 --> 00:36:59,879
Speaker 3: you know, one of those young players. Whether you love

770
00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:02,480
Speaker 3: Broncos like I do, or just love football like so

771
00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:05,600
Speaker 3: many people do, He's just got this energy about him.

772
00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:08,520
Speaker 3: He's got this skill set about him. That's uh, it's

773
00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:12,839
Speaker 3: it's very engaging, and he sees a special kid, it's

774
00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:16,759
Speaker 3: a special player. And it's a shame. I mean, you know,

775
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:19,400
Speaker 3: you just don't see this where a player finishes a

776
00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:21,759
Speaker 3: game and then finds out that his season is over.

777
00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:25,560
Speaker 3: But that's the lot and land we've got in Broncos country,

778
00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:27,480
Speaker 3: and we're gonna try to figure out a way to

779
00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:29,560
Speaker 3: get a winning I already looked ahead. If they do win,

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00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:31,799
Speaker 3: they're still going to be I think a nine point

781
00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:34,440
Speaker 3: underdog against either Seattle or the Rams. So there's a

782
00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:36,480
Speaker 3: long way to go, but I do think the home

783
00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:38,200
Speaker 3: field advantage might play a little bit of a role

784
00:37:38,239 --> 00:37:38,640
Speaker 3: this week.

785
00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:42,440
Speaker 1: Kind Of kind of tough to trash talk the head

786
00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:45,520
Speaker 1: coach of the Minnesota Wild, but he's a Patriots fan.

787
00:37:46,040 --> 00:37:48,160
Speaker 1: We just we had him on a couple of segments ago.

788
00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:51,960
Speaker 1: He's super excited to have snacks of his choice, beverages

789
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:54,120
Speaker 1: of his choice, kick his feet up, at his house

790
00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:58,040
Speaker 1: Sunday and watch his beloved pats as there has there

791
00:37:58,080 --> 00:38:01,719
Speaker 1: even been close to a moment of like, hey, Heinsey,

792
00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:04,080
Speaker 1: your squad's going down Sunday.

793
00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:09,879
Speaker 3: Well, I got into Marcus Fulino's pocket for the Buffalo game,

794
00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:12,600
Speaker 3: and I'm more than willing to be that guy. I

795
00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:15,040
Speaker 3: hope Coach Eins is listening as they prepare to play

796
00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:18,000
Speaker 3: the Wings here with a later start in a later practice.

797
00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:21,640
Speaker 3: We'll have that conversation Saturday after they beat the two

798
00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:23,920
Speaker 3: time defending Stanley Cup champions. I'm gonna catch him in

799
00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:26,279
Speaker 3: a good mood, put them in a spot, and I'm

800
00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:27,680
Speaker 3: gonna get after his pocket too.

801
00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:28,080
Speaker 4: Yeah.

802
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Speaker 1: With with that Saturday night game, closing Hockey Day Minnesota,

803
00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:34,600
Speaker 1: perfect timing for Ku Chuck your return.

804
00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:39,840
Speaker 3: Right unbelievable, But truthfully, as a fan of the game,

805
00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:42,680
Speaker 3: it adds a little juice to see him and Ryan

806
00:38:42,719 --> 00:38:45,719
Speaker 3: Hartman on the same ice at the same time. And

807
00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:47,600
Speaker 3: there's a very good chance that could happen a few

808
00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:50,600
Speaker 3: times on Saturday. There they're cut from the same PLoP,

809
00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:53,359
Speaker 3: so that could be intriguing. But I did see that

810
00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:55,680
Speaker 3: and kind of cringe a little bit. The Panthers are

811
00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:59,440
Speaker 3: in a weird spot. They're a really, really talented team,

812
00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:03,919
Speaker 3: had those big injuries during training camp. They're missing, uh

813
00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:06,520
Speaker 3: some excellent players. But they're also a team that's going

814
00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:09,640
Speaker 3: to have to play with some desperation here during the

815
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:12,000
Speaker 3: dark days of the season because they're no shoe in

816
00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:14,719
Speaker 3: just to get in right now with with where they

817
00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:18,279
Speaker 3: put themselves in the standing. So I'm anticipating Saturday night

818
00:39:18,719 --> 00:39:21,360
Speaker 3: later puck drop Hockey Day Minnesota. I think that's going

819
00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:24,360
Speaker 3: to be a really intense and fun game to watch.

820
00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:25,919
Speaker 1: Yeah, I want to I want to talk more about

821
00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:28,960
Speaker 1: Hockey Day Minnesota momentarily, but to land the plane with

822
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:32,000
Speaker 1: Football NFC. Who do you like in the other game?

823
00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:36,160
Speaker 3: I like the Rams. I'm a huge fan of Sean McVay.

824
00:39:37,239 --> 00:39:40,800
Speaker 3: I don't buy that that Sam donald is completely healthy.

825
00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:44,120
Speaker 3: And I like the momentum the Rams have created within

826
00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:47,240
Speaker 3: this playoff run, and they're they're winning in big spots.

827
00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:50,759
Speaker 3: They are one of those teams with that quarterback, they

828
00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:52,799
Speaker 3: never blink, and so I in a spot like this

829
00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:55,560
Speaker 3: where it's going to come down likely to the fourth quarter,

830
00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:58,480
Speaker 3: I trust Matt Stafford more than I trust Sam Donald.

831
00:39:58,560 --> 00:40:01,000
Speaker 3: I trust Sean McVay as much as any coach in

832
00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:04,279
Speaker 3: this league. And I think the Rams are going to

833
00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:07,520
Speaker 3: keep this train rolling. And yeah, I think they win

834
00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:08,840
Speaker 3: a tight one. I don't know how you see the

835
00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:11,239
Speaker 3: game and you fall much closer than I do, But

836
00:40:11,280 --> 00:40:14,000
Speaker 3: I really like Matt Stafford and the Rams.

837
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Speaker 1: With nine to Noon today, KG Brett Blake Morris producing,

838
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:21,920
Speaker 1: why did you take a shot at my guy on Twitter?

839
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:22,960
Speaker 2: Holy cow?

840
00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:25,360
Speaker 4: Do you know?

841
00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:28,759
Speaker 3: I love double B But when you go after my guy,

842
00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:32,200
Speaker 3: Marcus Felino And this has happened before, This isn't the

843
00:40:32,239 --> 00:40:35,360
Speaker 3: first time. Kevin Faldis and I have had a discussion

844
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,680
Speaker 3: away from the airwaves. But you don't take.

845
00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:39,520
Speaker 4: A shot at the moose.

846
00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:43,760
Speaker 3: And you know, listen, Marcus Felino, if he never scores

847
00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:47,680
Speaker 3: another goal, has so much value for this hockey team.

848
00:40:48,040 --> 00:40:50,960
Speaker 3: And unless you're there and you see it, Unless you're

849
00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:53,680
Speaker 3: there and you talk to his teammates and you hear

850
00:40:53,800 --> 00:40:56,480
Speaker 3: like from a guy like Hunter Hate, who's a young kid,

851
00:40:56,840 --> 00:40:59,080
Speaker 3: he's just finding his way in the league. And I

852
00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:01,000
Speaker 3: had a conversation with them on the road trip. I'm like,

853
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:02,760
Speaker 3: what's it like to be in aligned with Marcus Folino?

854
00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:05,360
Speaker 3: And he goes, well, I've got nothing to worry about tonight.

855
00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:07,640
Speaker 3: I know that Marcus has my back. If there's any

856
00:41:07,719 --> 00:41:10,800
Speaker 3: type of situation, you feel that much bigger and stronger

857
00:41:10,840 --> 00:41:13,080
Speaker 3: because you've got the moose by your side. Then you

858
00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:16,400
Speaker 3: factor in the hits, the penalty kill work that he does,

859
00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:19,480
Speaker 3: the heart and soul player he is, and I know

860
00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:21,919
Speaker 3: where you Brett and a lot of these guys are

861
00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:24,839
Speaker 3: going with their criticism of his offensive out them because

862
00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:27,239
Speaker 3: of the contract that he has, He's not being paid

863
00:41:27,239 --> 00:41:29,279
Speaker 3: to score goals. He's being paid to a lot of

864
00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:33,400
Speaker 3: other things. And when you get the offensive production, it's huge,

865
00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:36,640
Speaker 3: and right now with the players they're missing, it gets magnified.

866
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:39,759
Speaker 3: But that's not something you're going to consistently see. You

867
00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:42,840
Speaker 3: don't need twenty guys on a roster to score goals.

868
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:45,920
Speaker 3: Everybody has a different role. The top two lines do

869
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:49,000
Speaker 3: a lion's share of that heavy lifting. And so yeah,

870
00:41:49,239 --> 00:41:52,000
Speaker 3: maybe my emotions got involved. It was all in good fun.

871
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:54,920
Speaker 3: I love Double B, but if you're going to go

872
00:41:54,960 --> 00:41:57,520
Speaker 3: after my guy Fellino, I'm not going to take it.

873
00:41:57,920 --> 00:42:03,080
Speaker 1: Well stated in Covenant Court, mister secutor the defense, Double B,

874
00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:04,920
Speaker 1: would you care to respond.

875
00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:07,719
Speaker 7: Well, I've just been critical of some aspects of his game,

876
00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:10,160
Speaker 7: not necessarily offensively. I do like to say that to

877
00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:12,719
Speaker 7: get Pat going, because he loves But I do think

878
00:42:12,719 --> 00:42:15,960
Speaker 7: it's ironic that he scored. He scored a hat trick

879
00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:19,360
Speaker 7: is versus career, and that's when everyone decided to tweet me.

880
00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:21,880
Speaker 7: Is when he was putting up points. But the argument

881
00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:24,520
Speaker 7: as well, his points don't matter because he does everything great.

882
00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:27,000
Speaker 7: I know he's a great human being. I've heard nothing

883
00:42:27,040 --> 00:42:30,480
Speaker 7: but glowing reviews and Gorgy, you're on the team plane

884
00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:33,200
Speaker 7: and you're, you know, playing golf with him, so you

885
00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:36,080
Speaker 7: know him way, way more than I'll ever know him.

886
00:42:36,280 --> 00:42:38,440
Speaker 7: So I'm not taking anything away from that. I just

887
00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:42,120
Speaker 7: think sometimes, not even offensively, sometimes he turns the puck

888
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:44,920
Speaker 7: over in sometimes he takes penalties that he shouldn't. It

889
00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:47,440
Speaker 7: gets beats. So I just don't think he's a perfect

890
00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:50,080
Speaker 7: player on the ice. But I know he's a good

891
00:42:50,120 --> 00:42:52,919
Speaker 7: human being and a good locker room resource. I think

892
00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:54,840
Speaker 7: there's there's room for nuance on both sides.

893
00:42:54,880 --> 00:42:59,239
Speaker 1: That's the defense rests anything in rebuttal Kevin or do

894
00:42:59,320 --> 00:42:59,799
Speaker 1: we move on?

895
00:43:01,360 --> 00:43:01,520
Speaker 5: Oh?

896
00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:02,040
Speaker 2: We move on?

897
00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:04,239
Speaker 3: Listen, we all love the while, we're all pulling the

898
00:43:04,239 --> 00:43:06,520
Speaker 3: same rope open. We get run at the Cup here

899
00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:09,239
Speaker 3: and there are no perfect players, but I will say

900
00:43:09,239 --> 00:43:10,960
Speaker 3: out the ice, he's as close to perfect as it

901
00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:14,120
Speaker 3: gets outside of the fact that he's terrible looking human being.

902
00:43:14,160 --> 00:43:16,239
Speaker 3: I know. I know he trenses when he has to

903
00:43:16,239 --> 00:43:18,120
Speaker 3: do an interview with me because of my goodness, but

904
00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:19,439
Speaker 3: other than that, he's a pretty good guy.

905
00:43:19,719 --> 00:43:23,880
Speaker 1: Tell us about Hockey Day Minnesota and what excites you, Kevin.

906
00:43:25,239 --> 00:43:29,120
Speaker 3: Well, it's the twentieth annual that's exciting, and this complex

907
00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:32,560
Speaker 3: that Shane Houdella and his crew from the United Heroes

908
00:43:32,880 --> 00:43:36,960
Speaker 3: that they've had in place for years. Truly, PA is spectacular.

909
00:43:38,520 --> 00:43:41,080
Speaker 3: Every year it feels like the host city takes it

910
00:43:41,160 --> 00:43:44,520
Speaker 3: up another notch. So they've had twenty different outside concerts

911
00:43:44,520 --> 00:43:47,760
Speaker 3: scheduled for this week. They've got wonderful places to warm

912
00:43:47,840 --> 00:43:51,720
Speaker 3: up with these VIP tents, regular places like the fire pits,

913
00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:54,600
Speaker 3: and then the hockey like I love going back to

914
00:43:54,640 --> 00:43:56,840
Speaker 3: where it all started for me. I played the game

915
00:43:57,200 --> 00:44:00,680
Speaker 3: outdoors in Burnsville back in the nineteen seventy and I

916
00:44:00,680 --> 00:44:03,439
Speaker 3: think that's the grassroots of hockey, and Minnesota is taking

917
00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:07,279
Speaker 3: it back outside. So to see three outdoor games at

918
00:44:07,320 --> 00:44:09,440
Speaker 3: that beautiful venue, the crowds are going to be huge.

919
00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:11,680
Speaker 3: It's going to be spectacular. You got the Wild and

920
00:44:11,719 --> 00:44:15,479
Speaker 3: the Panthers and then Pa within those outdoor games, east

921
00:44:15,520 --> 00:44:18,520
Speaker 3: Ridge is playing in the middle game, the one o'clock game,

922
00:44:18,960 --> 00:44:21,560
Speaker 3: and you've got Pat Dwyer, Wild assistant coach who's an

923
00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:24,920
Speaker 3: awesome guy. His son Ian Whar's number nineteen for east

924
00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:27,480
Speaker 3: Ridge and is a stud defenseman. And then our guy,

925
00:44:27,600 --> 00:44:32,440
Speaker 3: the captain, west Walls has his youngest Rex We're number thirteen.

926
00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:35,200
Speaker 3: He's a sophomore. He's a terrific player. So both those

927
00:44:35,280 --> 00:44:38,360
Speaker 3: kids on East Ridge with the connections to the Minnesota

928
00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:41,960
Speaker 3: Wild and dear friends of mine, that just enhances the experience.

929
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:45,120
Speaker 1: I think is is hey, Blondie coming back to call

930
00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:45,720
Speaker 1: some games?

931
00:44:47,120 --> 00:44:47,840
Speaker 4: You know she is.

932
00:44:47,960 --> 00:44:50,920
Speaker 3: Jamie Hirsch is going to be there, Our girl Audra

933
00:44:51,360 --> 00:44:53,759
Speaker 3: Martin is going to be there. You know. It's just

934
00:44:53,800 --> 00:44:57,800
Speaker 3: a day where we all, everybody on the fan Duel side,

935
00:44:57,800 --> 00:45:01,400
Speaker 3: everybody on the Minnesota Wild side come together to celebrate

936
00:45:01,400 --> 00:45:02,719
Speaker 3: the game. And oh, by the way, we're going to

937
00:45:02,760 --> 00:45:06,440
Speaker 3: have an interview with Craig Leopold, with Mike Madonne and

938
00:45:06,520 --> 00:45:09,880
Speaker 3: Bill Darren, all at the event, all outside in hockey

939
00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:12,960
Speaker 3: dam I'm super excited to connect with those three gentlemen.

940
00:45:13,080 --> 00:45:15,840
Speaker 3: So it's just a big party and we all celebrate,

941
00:45:16,120 --> 00:45:18,799
Speaker 3: and I think the state celebrates wherever they are. How

942
00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:20,080
Speaker 3: much we love this game.

943
00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:23,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's terrific. Well, put talk, what games are you calling?

944
00:45:25,360 --> 00:45:27,360
Speaker 3: I'm doing the first two games, so I'm doing the

945
00:45:27,400 --> 00:45:30,800
Speaker 3: two Hastings games. The girls play Park at nine point thirty,

946
00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:34,600
Speaker 3: the boys played the aforementioned East Ridge Raptors at one o'clock,

947
00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:36,880
Speaker 3: and then you know the other game that I'm going

948
00:45:36,960 --> 00:45:39,320
Speaker 3: to miss while I'm driving over to the Great Casino

949
00:45:39,400 --> 00:45:41,600
Speaker 3: Reno to work. The wild game is a game with

950
00:45:41,719 --> 00:45:44,719
Speaker 3: Rock Ridge and Saint Thomas Academy. Now, the Cadets have

951
00:45:44,760 --> 00:45:47,360
Speaker 3: a fourteen year old goalie named Owen Ryan. He's the

952
00:45:47,360 --> 00:45:50,759
Speaker 3: best Minnesota goalie according to most the scouts in this

953
00:45:50,840 --> 00:45:53,920
Speaker 3: town that we've seen this market since Jake Ottens here

954
00:45:53,920 --> 00:45:56,120
Speaker 3: about ten or eleven years ago, and we know how

955
00:45:56,160 --> 00:45:59,200
Speaker 3: that ended up. This kid at Saint Thomas is unbelievable.

956
00:45:59,440 --> 00:46:01,640
Speaker 3: That's going to be a great game. That's middle of

957
00:46:01,680 --> 00:46:04,879
Speaker 3: the day. Sam Extrom and Ryan Carter on the call

958
00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:08,440
Speaker 3: and by the way, sideline reporter for games one and three,

959
00:46:08,719 --> 00:46:11,880
Speaker 3: you're good, buddy, Parker Fox, And that's pretty cool.

960
00:46:12,600 --> 00:46:14,000
Speaker 2: That's spectacular.

961
00:46:14,719 --> 00:46:17,600
Speaker 1: This is Kevin gorg at Gorgomatic two to one vax

962
00:46:17,600 --> 00:46:21,880
Speaker 1: Hockey Day, Minnesota television wise Saturday. But you got the

963
00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:26,120
Speaker 1: Iowa Wild and Milwaukee in Hastings on Friday night. I

964
00:46:26,120 --> 00:46:28,200
Speaker 1: know some people going to that game. So what a

965
00:46:28,200 --> 00:46:31,200
Speaker 1: wonderful weekend. It's going to be as usual. And man,

966
00:46:31,360 --> 00:46:34,879
Speaker 1: I love how your Wild is playing right now. I mean,

967
00:46:35,280 --> 00:46:38,439
Speaker 1: you keep getting goals from Tarasenko and get the right

968
00:46:38,520 --> 00:46:39,320
Speaker 1: guys healthy.

969
00:46:40,440 --> 00:46:43,000
Speaker 2: We might be onto something nice here. What do you think?

970
00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:48,040
Speaker 3: Yeah? I like how connected they Arepa And we talked

971
00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:50,040
Speaker 3: about this in a couple of our interviews on the

972
00:46:50,120 --> 00:46:52,560
Speaker 3: road trip. It isn't just what you're seeing on the ice,

973
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:54,720
Speaker 3: which the product is great on the ice. And Quinn Hughes,

974
00:46:55,239 --> 00:46:57,040
Speaker 3: I think for all of us that didn't get a

975
00:46:57,080 --> 00:46:59,279
Speaker 3: chance to watch him on a regular basis when he

976
00:46:59,320 --> 00:47:01,799
Speaker 3: was out west in Vancouver, now are getting a real

977
00:47:01,840 --> 00:47:03,520
Speaker 3: taste of what a superstar this guy is.

978
00:47:03,560 --> 00:47:05,360
Speaker 4: And he is unbelievable.

979
00:47:05,920 --> 00:47:09,120
Speaker 3: But to me, it's it's the way they are together

980
00:47:09,280 --> 00:47:11,239
Speaker 3: off the ice. When you when you travel as much

981
00:47:11,239 --> 00:47:13,600
Speaker 3: as we have and you see these guys and how

982
00:47:13,600 --> 00:47:16,439
Speaker 3: well they get along. To me, hockey is that game

983
00:47:16,480 --> 00:47:19,319
Speaker 3: where it's a grind. You better you better have fun

984
00:47:19,360 --> 00:47:21,000
Speaker 3: coming to the rank, You better have fun going on

985
00:47:21,080 --> 00:47:23,680
Speaker 3: these you know, these long road trips and these these

986
00:47:23,680 --> 00:47:27,160
Speaker 3: difficult stretches of hockey on the schedule, and they love

987
00:47:27,200 --> 00:47:29,760
Speaker 3: each other, they get along well. They've got enough talent

988
00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:33,720
Speaker 3: and I'm excited to see where this thing goes. Now. Listen,

989
00:47:33,920 --> 00:47:36,120
Speaker 3: you've got to get this team healthy in time for

990
00:47:36,160 --> 00:47:38,360
Speaker 3: the playoffs. So the fact that Brodian's going to be

991
00:47:38,360 --> 00:47:40,319
Speaker 3: out for six to eight weeks is a bummer right now.

992
00:47:40,360 --> 00:47:42,919
Speaker 3: But the silver lining is without that wear and tear

993
00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:45,279
Speaker 3: of the Olympics, he's likely going to be fresh for

994
00:47:45,360 --> 00:47:48,560
Speaker 3: the battle. But you've got three bona fide superstars on

995
00:47:48,560 --> 00:47:51,120
Speaker 3: this roster, and in all my twenty years of covering

996
00:47:51,120 --> 00:47:53,440
Speaker 3: the team, they've never had three. And you've got the

997
00:47:53,520 --> 00:47:56,440
Speaker 3: preestoft Boldie and Quing Hughes, and you can argue all

998
00:47:56,520 --> 00:47:59,360
Speaker 3: day long of who the best superstar is. But the

999
00:47:59,400 --> 00:48:02,120
Speaker 3: fact that you have three, and you have these goalies,

1000
00:48:02,280 --> 00:48:04,560
Speaker 3: and you have that depth that they're showing right now

1001
00:48:04,880 --> 00:48:07,920
Speaker 3: with these injuries, tells me that these guys are a

1002
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:11,920
Speaker 3: legitimate Stanley Cup contender, and that's that's gonna be fun

1003
00:48:11,920 --> 00:48:12,799
Speaker 3: to see all plays out.

1004
00:48:12,960 --> 00:48:15,959
Speaker 1: I want to continue with Tarasenko for a second, Big

1005
00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:20,359
Speaker 1: bad Vladdie. He's been with six teams the last four

1006
00:48:20,440 --> 00:48:24,279
Speaker 1: years and probably still stays at a hotel. I don't know,

1007
00:48:24,440 --> 00:48:27,320
Speaker 1: but it's you know, with him settling in now and

1008
00:48:27,560 --> 00:48:30,800
Speaker 1: Coach Heines earlier talked about him moving his feet better

1009
00:48:30,880 --> 00:48:33,239
Speaker 1: and he said he has a lethal shot. I've never

1010
00:48:33,320 --> 00:48:37,080
Speaker 1: heard John Hines say that really about somebody, even though

1011
00:48:37,120 --> 00:48:38,960
Speaker 1: there are a lot of players with lethal shots.

1012
00:48:39,280 --> 00:48:41,600
Speaker 2: He went with that with Tarasenko.

1013
00:48:41,760 --> 00:48:46,200
Speaker 1: So maybe the high end scorer finally is starting to

1014
00:48:46,239 --> 00:48:49,000
Speaker 1: feel like he has a home, like he belongs and

1015
00:48:49,080 --> 00:48:49,879
Speaker 1: is settled in here.

1016
00:48:49,920 --> 00:48:50,680
Speaker 4: What do you think.

1017
00:48:52,200 --> 00:48:55,479
Speaker 3: Well for Tarasenko having talked to him during training camp

1018
00:48:55,520 --> 00:49:00,799
Speaker 3: and understanding his perspective, and let's just focus on last

1019
00:49:00,840 --> 00:49:04,520
Speaker 3: year in Detroit, he scored eleven goals, The team wasn't

1020
00:49:04,520 --> 00:49:08,000
Speaker 3: happy with him. He also wasn't happy in Detroit with

1021
00:49:08,080 --> 00:49:10,680
Speaker 3: that team. It wasn't a good fit for whatever reason.

1022
00:49:11,200 --> 00:49:13,279
Speaker 3: And so he comes to Minnesota and what.

1023
00:49:13,200 --> 00:49:13,879
Speaker 4: Do you have here?

1024
00:49:13,960 --> 00:49:16,399
Speaker 3: You have a really good team, but you have some

1025
00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:18,600
Speaker 3: people on this hockey team that he's friends with, starting

1026
00:49:18,640 --> 00:49:21,400
Speaker 3: with Caroll Caprice. Oh, by the way, you've got another

1027
00:49:21,440 --> 00:49:24,920
Speaker 3: young Russian in Danila Europe. You've got yakuv Trenion. So

1028
00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:28,439
Speaker 3: you've got a real, i think, level of comfort both

1029
00:49:28,480 --> 00:49:31,160
Speaker 3: out and off the ice to build around him. And

1030
00:49:31,680 --> 00:49:34,560
Speaker 3: then you know, the other factor is he's always been

1031
00:49:34,560 --> 00:49:37,239
Speaker 3: able to score goals and the lethal shot is a

1032
00:49:37,320 --> 00:49:40,960
Speaker 3: legitimate thing pa with this guy's arsenal. He's not as

1033
00:49:41,080 --> 00:49:44,200
Speaker 3: quick in his mid thirties as he was back in

1034
00:49:44,239 --> 00:49:46,040
Speaker 3: his Saint Louis Blues days when he would light the

1035
00:49:46,080 --> 00:49:48,400
Speaker 3: wild up. But you put him in the right spot,

1036
00:49:48,480 --> 00:49:50,239
Speaker 3: somewhere in that middle six. You give him a chance

1037
00:49:50,280 --> 00:49:52,840
Speaker 3: on the power play, so him do it again in Montreal.

1038
00:49:53,239 --> 00:49:55,400
Speaker 3: This guy knows where to go with and without the pucket.

1039
00:49:55,440 --> 00:49:57,000
Speaker 3: When he gets it, he can put the buck in

1040
00:49:57,040 --> 00:49:59,840
Speaker 3: the net. When Bill Gearon made this move, we all said, ooh,

1041
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:02,480
Speaker 3: this is this is a high risk, high reward, and

1042
00:50:02,520 --> 00:50:06,000
Speaker 3: we all said the benchmark for this being quote unquote

1043
00:50:06,360 --> 00:50:08,520
Speaker 3: are really good deal is if this guy can get

1044
00:50:08,760 --> 00:50:11,279
Speaker 3: to twenty goals, and early in the season it didn't

1045
00:50:11,280 --> 00:50:13,480
Speaker 3: look like he was going to get there. But you

1046
00:50:13,480 --> 00:50:15,719
Speaker 3: know when you've needed him most in stretches like this,

1047
00:50:15,880 --> 00:50:19,680
Speaker 3: with players like Ak and Boldie missing from the lineup

1048
00:50:19,760 --> 00:50:22,200
Speaker 3: up front, he has stepped up and right now his

1049
00:50:22,320 --> 00:50:25,520
Speaker 3: pace is closer to twenty five goals, which tells me

1050
00:50:25,560 --> 00:50:28,560
Speaker 3: the WoT to be pretty happy to have Vladimir Kara

1051
00:50:28,600 --> 00:50:29,680
Speaker 3: centle on this team.

1052
00:50:29,800 --> 00:50:30,160
Speaker 2: Amen.

1053
00:50:30,280 --> 00:50:33,520
Speaker 1: With that, well described a couple of clothes here for KG.

1054
00:50:34,560 --> 00:50:38,200
Speaker 1: Are you perchance going to see the grandchild and get

1055
00:50:38,239 --> 00:50:40,960
Speaker 1: some Floridian warmth during the Olympic break?

1056
00:50:42,560 --> 00:50:42,840
Speaker 4: Great?

1057
00:50:42,960 --> 00:50:47,239
Speaker 3: Great question, and I appreciate you asking little Leo in Orlando. Yes,

1058
00:50:47,440 --> 00:50:50,160
Speaker 3: I am going down there the first week in February,

1059
00:50:50,239 --> 00:50:52,799
Speaker 3: going to spend four days down there, getting to see

1060
00:50:52,880 --> 00:50:56,200
Speaker 3: him and really looking forward to it. You know, that's

1061
00:50:56,200 --> 00:50:58,040
Speaker 3: the hardest part, you know, when you transition to the

1062
00:50:58,120 --> 00:51:01,080
Speaker 3: being and Grandpa is you know, only get to see

1063
00:51:01,120 --> 00:51:03,319
Speaker 3: him two three times a year, and to have a

1064
00:51:03,400 --> 00:51:05,640
Speaker 3: rare break in the schedule like this where there's three

1065
00:51:05,640 --> 00:51:08,040
Speaker 3: weeks off, I had to do it. The other factor

1066
00:51:08,120 --> 00:51:10,760
Speaker 3: is PA both the games in Florida for the Wild

1067
00:51:10,760 --> 00:51:13,000
Speaker 3: this year on national TV, so I would have had

1068
00:51:13,000 --> 00:51:15,040
Speaker 3: a chance to connect briefly when the while we're in

1069
00:51:15,120 --> 00:51:18,160
Speaker 3: Tampa later this year. But it's on National TV, so

1070
00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:20,759
Speaker 3: I won't be on that trip. So that made the

1071
00:51:20,800 --> 00:51:23,319
Speaker 3: decision awfully easy to head down there here in February.

1072
00:51:23,800 --> 00:51:27,799
Speaker 1: What's new with your podcast The Kindness Chronicles.

1073
00:51:30,800 --> 00:51:33,799
Speaker 3: Well, John Schwitz runs that show and he works for

1074
00:51:33,840 --> 00:51:37,200
Speaker 3: Minnesota Masonic Charities. Really, it's a show right now where

1075
00:51:37,239 --> 00:51:40,160
Speaker 3: we have guests on that really just try to bring

1076
00:51:40,760 --> 00:51:43,759
Speaker 3: good feeling and happiness into a world right now, as

1077
00:51:43,800 --> 00:51:46,440
Speaker 3: we all know, and a lot of us on social

1078
00:51:46,520 --> 00:51:51,240
Speaker 3: media get it constantly, is a very defsive and negative world.

1079
00:51:51,320 --> 00:51:54,480
Speaker 3: What we do on The Kindest Chronicles, it's a charitable endeavor.

1080
00:51:55,239 --> 00:51:59,280
Speaker 3: We basically have guests on that we believe brings something

1081
00:51:59,360 --> 00:52:02,120
Speaker 3: good into the world. We do not talk politics, We

1082
00:52:02,160 --> 00:52:05,440
Speaker 3: do not have any issues in terms of arguments. It

1083
00:52:05,560 --> 00:52:08,640
Speaker 3: is strictly some people that are doing great work in

1084
00:52:08,680 --> 00:52:10,960
Speaker 3: the world. And I think when you listen to that

1085
00:52:11,040 --> 00:52:15,200
Speaker 3: show and John is he's really really energetic and entertaining

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Speaker 3: and fun. That's what you get. It is a break

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Speaker 3: from social media and all the US and them and

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Speaker 3: left and right just gets to be way too much.

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Speaker 3: The Kindness Chronicles is the exact opposite.

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Speaker 1: Hey man, you're your most recent guest Heather Boshki, how

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Speaker 1: does she spread kindness?

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Speaker 2: I think it involves birds.

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Speaker 3: I wasn't on that particular show because of this most

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Speaker 3: recent road trip, and I've got to go back it,

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Speaker 3: thank you, and I've got to listen to the show.

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Speaker 3: So I really do appreciate you bringing that up, because

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Speaker 3: you know, John and I went to college together. He's

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Speaker 3: a dear friend of mine. I know you've seen John

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Speaker 3: out of Canterbury halfful of times. You've been a guest

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Speaker 3: on the show and did a wonderful job. But you know,

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Speaker 3: there's a lot of involved with with the Kindness angle.

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Speaker 3: There's been charity work at local high schools where kids

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Speaker 3: were able to get scholarships for being nominated by their

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Speaker 3: fellow classmates for being that type of kind human being.

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Speaker 3: And to see that play out, and we've had a

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Speaker 3: couple of those kids on the show. It makes you

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Speaker 3: feel good about, you know, the world and the future,

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Speaker 3: because you know, we need some of that right now,

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Speaker 3: we really do. We need good feelings and and and

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Speaker 3: the Kindest Chronicles on a weekly basis has done that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's not a radio show, it's a love governor.

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Speaker 4: Man.

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Speaker 1: We're we're into the kindness chronicles and enjoy the game

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Speaker 1: against the Wings this evening and we'll talk over the weekend.

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Speaker 2: All right, KG, thanks so much, Pea.

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Speaker 3: I appreciate you.

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Speaker 1: Yep, love you, Bud Say. Kevin gorg I at Gorgo

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Speaker 1: Matic two to one covers the Minnesota Wild for FanDuel.

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Speaker 1: He's the he's the side rink analyst. All right, football,

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Speaker 1: it's ten o'clock. Here comes Nacho Lieber in studio around

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Speaker 1: the corner to talk about BF low and much more.

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Speaker 2: It's KFA