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Speaker 1: From the ponds to the pros. It's time for Beyond

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Speaker 1: the Pond on the fan. Here are your hosts, Pat

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Speaker 1: mcalletty and Kevin Fallness.

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Speaker 2: But beyond the Pond back on the air.

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Speaker 3: Kevin Falness in Saint Paul, Pat mccletty, Brett Blake Moore

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Speaker 3: out there in Saint Louis Park at the KFA and Studios.

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Speaker 3: Good morning, Patrick, Good morning Brett Blakemore. Well, can you

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Speaker 3: hear me, Kevin, like like you were right next to

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Speaker 3: me and thank you.

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Speaker 4: Journey because I was looking, I was, I was looking,

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Speaker 4: and I'm seeing an empty seat. I know well that

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Speaker 4: you weren't going to be here today.

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Speaker 3: Oh no, I touched base with I touched base with

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Speaker 3: Brett Blake Moore about a half hour ago, something like that.

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Speaker 2: The Wilder on the air.

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Speaker 3: They're in Ottawa today, busy weekend for the wild Patrick,

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Speaker 3: A couple of Mattineze and including today eleven forty five

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Speaker 3: pregame puck drops at twelve o eight from the capital

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Speaker 3: city of Canada, beautiful Ottawa.

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Speaker 4: They tell me, well, let's hope they can get on

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Speaker 4: a little run here, Kevin. You know, I think they

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Speaker 4: very much need to. As we start getting closer and

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Speaker 4: closer to that first round of the playoffs.

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Speaker 2: They very much needed that win the other night.

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Speaker 3: I know it was the last place Vancouver Canucks, but

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Speaker 3: the Wild have just been kind of up and down

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Speaker 3: A little shaky first period, yeah, down to one after

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Speaker 4: They did not play good in the first period. I

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Speaker 4: was really really disappointed because I really thought that was

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Speaker 4: a game where, Okay, you know, things haven't been going great.

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Speaker 4: We've been middling around five hundred some good games now

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Speaker 4: so good games, uh, you know, inconsistencies here and there,

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Speaker 2: Playing to what we're used to them playing.

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Speaker 4: And so I was really disappointed in that first period.

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Speaker 2: They did play better.

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Speaker 4: Uh, they still have a ways to go, but you know,

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Speaker 4: now is time to really start, you know, getting your

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Speaker 2: Knowing how you have to play in the playoffs.

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Speaker 4: And you know, I think these these last few games

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we'll do the second half of the show more

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Speaker 3: towards the wild in the National Hockey League. We've got

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Speaker 3: a lot of college hockey coming up here shortly as well.

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Speaker 3: The biggest takeaway for me on the game on Thursday

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Speaker 3: was seeing Caprice off and Boldie off this night. I mean,

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Speaker 3: Boldie probably looked as good as he's looked in a

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Speaker 3: But to see them both get on the board, both

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Speaker 4: Well, I mean you see it, Kevin, right, I mean,

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Speaker 4: when when those guys are producing offensively, this team wins.

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Speaker 4: The rest kind of takes care of everything else, and

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Speaker 4: And but those two guys are the catalysts. There's no

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Speaker 4: we hope that keeps going for the rest of the season.

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Speaker 3: For sure, Boldy could add four goals on Thursday night,

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Speaker 3: to be quite honest, But regardless of Wild got the victory.

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Speaker 2: They dispatched the Canucks five to two.

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Speaker 3: Of those races, because they have been more often than

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Speaker 4: Well, it is a good benefit to have, no question.

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Speaker 4: It's just that, you know, are you getting into bad

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Speaker 4: every year. I would rather play the good teams now,

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 4: You you mentioned Ottawan Detroit this weekend. Both those teams

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Speaker 4: it should at least force you to play harder. And

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Speaker 4: that's what this team needs right now, is to really

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it'll be fun to see how they approach this weekend.

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Speaker 3: John Hines a meeting with the media in above thirty

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Speaker 2: Do we know anything right now or not? Not really.

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Speaker 3: We'll have him and Tom on in just about an

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Speaker 2: But I don't expect anything ground shaking.

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Speaker 3: The best part about this team right now, with seven

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Speaker 3: regular season, a knock on wood, their injury report is blank.

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Speaker 2: Jared Spurge will returned to the line the other night.

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Speaker 3: So everybody's healthy top to bottom, and that means they've

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Speaker 2: Yeah, which is great. That's huge. That is huge.

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Speaker 3: And because every season, as much as we talk about

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Speaker 4: But you know what, I can't wait for Kevin, regardless

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Speaker 4: of happened, what happens in game one, Uh, they're gonna say, well,

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Speaker 4: that guy should have been in there, yeah, or that

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Speaker 2: Oh, oh my gosh. I can not wait.

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Speaker 4: And I cannot wait for our good friend right behind

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Speaker 4: I cannot wait because the goals for and the goals against,

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Speaker 6: That fancy stat of goals scored, very very fancy stuff.

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Speaker 4: No, the the well, I don't know you, I lost

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Speaker 4: you exactly. And in the multiple ways there are to

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Speaker 2: I have one.

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Speaker 4: Controversial subject to bring up, Kevin and and please Brad

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Speaker 4: or Brad Brad or Brett Jack Jack. I'm I'm do

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Speaker 4: we have a goaltender conundrum?

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Speaker 2: What's the conundrum? I mean, I.

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Speaker 3: Start it has to be philus Why because he's the

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Speaker 2: Why because he's the guy that has the.

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Speaker 3: To me, Augustason is the number You can have an opinion,

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Speaker 2: That's my opinion? What are then? Okay?

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Speaker 4: That and that's and that's fine. I'm not doubting your opinion.

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Speaker 4: I'm just I'm just curious as to why and not Ballstead.

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Speaker 3: Ballstead I think is has a bright future organization. I've

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Speaker 2: Why it could be? It could be.

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Speaker 3: I'd like to see how the track record for Gustusen

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Speaker 2: Well say that again.

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Speaker 3: So I would like to see him prove his worth

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Speaker 4: What about the Olympics, What about the Olympics? In the

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Speaker 3: When the lights are the brightest, that's when he seems

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Speaker 3: my number one place. He didn't play in the Four

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Speaker 3: ended up as the third. Valsad did no, I'm talking Gustafson.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, so are you starting the campaign for Valstad?

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Speaker 4: My hot take is Valstad is going to take over

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Speaker 2: Might you agree? Gustavson's the number one guy going in, right.

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Speaker 4: it is a hot take. Yeah, I just I haven't.

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Speaker 2: I don't know. I I just.

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Speaker 4: For whatever reason, sometimes I like to see a goaltender

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Speaker 2: And I don't know if he has And you know,

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Speaker 4: And I don't know, if I see that energy out

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Speaker 2: I I really do.

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Speaker 3: Think about this. We're going to bring this up in

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Speaker 2: Ye now he's got a one hundred games.

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Speaker 3: Under his belt, one hundred wins under his belt as

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Speaker 3: Then now he's elevated himself from this unknown commodity coming

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Speaker 3: There's no opportunity to run to the bathroom because your

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Speaker 6: I've apologized for that many times, Kevin.

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Speaker 3: When the lights of the brightest, that's when I want

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Speaker 3: to have the ability to put Yespervalstead in And I

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Speaker 2: You tell me he isn't. My two cents Brad, Oh yeah,

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Speaker 6: I think that the floor is significantly higher with Gus.

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Speaker 6: But I don't hate your opinion.

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Speaker 6: I actually have been a Valstet defender for a long time,

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Speaker 2: Okay, I like it. Thank you. Let's do this.

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Speaker 3: Let's get the first break out of the way and

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Speaker 2: Good hour coming up though, as we talked about the.

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Speaker 2: Next, I'm beyond the pond, Ubb boards, McKenna touched it off, turned.

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Speaker 7: It over, Anderson scores turnover Force.

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Speaker 3: But what a year for UMD and their longtime head coach,

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Speaker 3: Scott Sandlan Scott, I don't need to introduce you to

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Speaker 3: Pat mcletty, you know him. Well, welcome again to be

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Speaker 9: Yeah, thanks, thanks for having me on.

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Speaker 3: Well I'll start you off. It was a fun start

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Speaker 10: You know, it was a good It was a good year,

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Speaker 10: I think obviously after last year kind of having a

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Speaker 4: Yes, I mean after watching your your team all season long,

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Speaker 2: There there's no question about it.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, signed with Chicago, But that was not a surprising move.

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Speaker 10: a really good group, is really close and I think

438
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Speaker 10: hopefully that's another good reason. But you know, if he goes,

439
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Speaker 10: we still got a really good returning cores about you know,

440
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Speaker 10: if they all come back, it's twenty guys. Yeah, you know,

441
00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:05,320
Speaker 10: we got some freshmen and with with a little more

442
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Speaker 10: you know, seasoning and experience, and you know, it gets

443
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Speaker 10: you pretty excited as a coach to look at that

444
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Speaker 10: group and look at the guys that are coming back

445
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Speaker 10: and knowing that there's a few guys coming in that

446
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Speaker 10: are going to help.

447
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Speaker 9: So but we'll see so.

448
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Speaker 10: Far, you know, he's just taking taking his time and

449
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Speaker 10: really making a you know, a decision that he feels

450
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Speaker 10: his best.

451
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Speaker 3: Well, talking to Scott sandelan head coach at the un

452
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Speaker 3: the Bulldogs, you're alluding to Max Plant for the fans

453
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Speaker 3: that don't know, And of course he's a part of

454
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Speaker 3: the Hoby hat trick unveiled earlier this week, along with

455
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Speaker 3: Michigan's t J. Hughes and Denver's Eric pole Camp. Uh,

456
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Speaker 3: your guy, Max Plant he made the final three. If

457
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Speaker 3: I was on the committee and I go to Scott

458
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Speaker 3: Sandelin and I say, hey, why is Max the guy?

459
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Speaker 3: Why should he win the twenty twenty six Hoby Baker?

460
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Speaker 3: What would be your best sales pitch? Scott Well?

461
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Speaker 10: Number one? The impact he had on our team. And

462
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Speaker 10: I think the impact he had in every game. I

463
00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:06,040
Speaker 10: think you hear that from from different coaches too, not

464
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Speaker 10: just myself. But you know, he's he's just a unique player.

465
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Speaker 10: He's a special player. And you know, the drives, the determination,

466
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Speaker 10: he plays with, plays with pace, can make plays, He's fearless.

467
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Speaker 9: Uh, he just he can.

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Speaker 5: He can.

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Speaker 10: You're gonna notice the best thing. You're gonna notice him

470
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Speaker 10: every time he's on the rink.

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Speaker 9: And I think, you know, there's a.

472
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Speaker 10: Lot of really really good players in college hockey, and

473
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Speaker 10: but you know, his his impact and and and just

474
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Speaker 10: what he does in games and and continues to do it.

475
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Speaker 10: And you know, I think in the regional was him

476
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Speaker 10: at a higher level.

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Speaker 5: And so.

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Speaker 10: The biggest thing I love about Max he's an unselfish player.

479
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Speaker 9: He's he's not about himself. He's about doing.

480
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Speaker 10: What he can, but you know, not worrying about having

481
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Speaker 10: to be that guy in the limelight and get off

482
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Speaker 10: the accolades. You know, he's talked more about how well

483
00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:07,000
Speaker 10: Zam played all year in certain of the end than.

484
00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:08,840
Speaker 9: He does about himself. So it just tells you a

485
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Speaker 9: lot about the kid.

486
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Speaker 10: And he's been brought up right by great parents and

487
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Speaker 10: you know, we just love him and certainly I think

488
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Speaker 10: he's very deserving as the other candidates. Yeah, those are

489
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Speaker 10: three really really good candidates.

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Speaker 4: You know, Scott, I think back to you and I

491
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Speaker 4: had a conversation and we were talking about I don't

492
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Speaker 4: know this, this is a couple of years ago, and we

493
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Speaker 4: were talking about, you know, when our guy's.

494
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Speaker 2: Ready, and and you know.

495
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Speaker 4: How much influence maybe you have or is it the

496
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Speaker 4: agent or is it the family or whatever. But I

497
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Speaker 4: really phound something really fascinating that you did, you know,

498
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Speaker 4: to some of your guys that were thinking about maybe

499
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Speaker 4: maybe leaving and you know, signing early, and and you said,

500
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Speaker 4: you know, he said, you told me, Mick, I pull

501
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Speaker 4: out you know, there was you know player X. I'm

502
00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:05,280
Speaker 4: not even gonna name the player, and you pulled out

503
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Speaker 4: their NHL roster, and you said, huh, where do you

504
00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:12,119
Speaker 4: think you're going to fit in there next year with

505
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Speaker 4: this with this team? How are you going to break

506
00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:15,880
Speaker 4: that lineup? Do you really think you're going to break

507
00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:20,760
Speaker 4: that lineup? And and I thought that was really you know, uh,

508
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Speaker 4: it really kind of struck home to me with with

509
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Speaker 4: the fact that you know, maybe that'll make these guys think,

510
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Speaker 4: you know, I've really got a good here in college.

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Speaker 2: I still have a lot to develop, and no.

512
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Speaker 4: I'm not going to crack that lineup next year and

513
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Speaker 4: and and so what's better playing in the American League

514
00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:43,160
Speaker 4: or or or coming back here and and still developing.

515
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Speaker 2: I I just thought Scott that that.

516
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Speaker 4: Was a really cool way to communicate, you know, with

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Speaker 4: the player at that particular time that you had.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, there's there's different ways. I've also learned, you know,

519
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Speaker 10: you don't ever tell them they're not ready, because no,

520
00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,679
Speaker 10: you know, there's there's different things. But you know, I

521
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Speaker 10: think it's easy to get caught up. It's a dream

522
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Speaker 10: for all these kids to have an opportunity, and you know,

523
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Speaker 10: that's that's what we played for, that's what they're playing for.

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Speaker 10: And I think sometimes it's it's easy to look at

525
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Speaker 10: all the positive things. And I think part of that

526
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Speaker 10: was I was I was very grateful I had coaches

527
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Speaker 10: in college that kind of did.

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Speaker 9: The same thing for me. Pat Yeah, And I think just.

529
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Speaker 10: They kind of talk about maybe what if this happens,

530
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Speaker 10: or what if it doesn't go that way, or you know,

531
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Speaker 10: you know, you never think of those things, and maybe

532
00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:38,720
Speaker 10: that's a good thing, but those things do happen, and

533
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Speaker 10: just you know, it's more preparing kids for that stuff,

534
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Speaker 10: trying and prepare them for not just the glorious stuff,

535
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Speaker 10: it's also some of the things that could could happen

536
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Speaker 10: on the other end, and you know, how do you

537
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Speaker 10: deal with that and and make.

538
00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:52,919
Speaker 9: Sure you're ready for that?

539
00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:56,600
Speaker 10: And I'm not sure anybody's ever totally ready for it. Yeah,

540
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Speaker 10: part of going through those experiences.

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Speaker 9: But you know, I thought it was a.

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Speaker 10: Really really good thing that my coaches did for me

543
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Speaker 10: that really kind of helped me understand and and get

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Speaker 10: a better grasp of you know, not just the glory

545
00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:15,560
Speaker 10: of playing pro hockey, but also you know, some of

546
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Speaker 10: the some of the adversities you could go through.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, I've got one more for you.

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Speaker 4: However, I don't think there's a short answer to this one.

549
00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:26,240
Speaker 4: And I don't even know if you can answer it

550
00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:29,600
Speaker 4: because no one else has seemed to have been able

551
00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:34,280
Speaker 4: to answer it. Every year at the regionals, we get

552
00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:43,800
Speaker 4: the same talk every year regionals on campus. I don't

553
00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:45,920
Speaker 4: have an answer for it. I don't think there is

554
00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:51,680
Speaker 4: a right answer for it, because there's challenges, you know, galore.

555
00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:55,680
Speaker 4: I mean, what are you what are your thoughts on it?

556
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Speaker 4: Is there a solution to it? Or you know, where

557
00:27:59,600 --> 00:27:59,840
Speaker 4: are you?

558
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Speaker 2: I don't know because I don't know where I'm at

559
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Speaker 2: on it.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, you know, again not being on the committee, you know,

561
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Speaker 10: there's certainly obviously a lot of discussions and uh, you know,

562
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Speaker 10: obviously there's there is that push and it's been a

563
00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:17,639
Speaker 10: better push obviously to to move it to to campus sites.

564
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Speaker 10: But I'm hoping that we can kind of find a

565
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Speaker 10: middle ground.

566
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Speaker 9: Pat, I see, I see both sides of it.

567
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Speaker 10: The one thing I will say with with hockey coaches

568
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Speaker 10: and in doing this, as long as I've done it,

569
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Speaker 10: we never really seem to agree at one hundred percent

570
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Speaker 10: of anything, you know, unfortunately, I mean, you know, this

571
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Speaker 10: has been a topic for for a long long time. Yeah,

572
00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:47,160
Speaker 10: you know, and you still get the the people like

573
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Speaker 10: the way it is, We've got obviously strong push to

574
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Speaker 10: change it, and I think that number probably is growing

575
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Speaker 10: a little bit. As far as trained to, you know,

576
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Speaker 10: make it better and change it. Now, what that entails,

577
00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:06,320
Speaker 10: I don't know, but I do think there's a lot

578
00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:08,720
Speaker 10: of discussion, and I do think that there may be

579
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Speaker 10: is a way that we can, you know, slowly get

580
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Speaker 10: this better and and and make it better for not

581
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Speaker 10: only the you know, the fans, but also the players.

582
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Speaker 3: Before we let you go, Scott, I'd be remiss if

583
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Speaker 3: I didn't bring this up. We love our Bulldogs. But

584
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Speaker 3: of course the show is based in the Twin Cities,

585
00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:26,720
Speaker 3: so a lot of golf for talking. We've got one

586
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Speaker 3: of the all time leading scores in the history of

587
00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:32,320
Speaker 3: Golden Golpher hockey on this broadcast. So I got to

588
00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:35,640
Speaker 3: ask you about to move to replace Bob Moscow with

589
00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:37,360
Speaker 3: the at the University of Minnesota.

590
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Speaker 2: I name you know, well, Brett Larson.

591
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Speaker 3: What are the Gophers and their fans getting in Brett

592
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Speaker 3: Larson as the new head coach of the men's hockey

593
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Speaker 3: team here and at the U of M.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, First, I'm excited for Brett. I think he's Uh, he's.

595
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Speaker 9: A great hire. You know.

596
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Speaker 10: I've gotten to work with him on a couple of

597
00:29:55,600 --> 00:30:00,840
Speaker 10: stints here at Duluth and and extra stremely hard work,

598
00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:01,760
Speaker 10: are very passionate.

599
00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:05,160
Speaker 9: I think you see that the way he.

600
00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:07,160
Speaker 10: Talks, and you know his his pressures.

601
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Speaker 9: But he's not fake, he's real.

602
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Speaker 10: He's he's going to do a great job there, and

603
00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:15,760
Speaker 10: I know he's going to surround himself with really good staff.

604
00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:19,360
Speaker 10: And I know there's a lot of people that aren't sure.

605
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Speaker 10: I can tell you I think he's going to do

606
00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:23,800
Speaker 10: some really, really great things there. And I know one thing,

607
00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:25,800
Speaker 10: he's going to work as hard as he possibly can.

608
00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:30,320
Speaker 10: He's going to be passionate. He's going to help develop

609
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Speaker 10: a lot of players, and I think he's going to

610
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Speaker 10: help make Minnesota better hockey team.

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Speaker 3: Awesome stuff, Scott, Thanks for doing this. Congrats on a

612
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Speaker 3: great season. Good luck in the in the days and

613
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Speaker 3: weeks and months to come.

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Speaker 2: I will see you in Vegas.

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Speaker 3: Thank Yeah, you bet there you go, Scott Sandlin. How

616
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Speaker 3: about that, Patty? I thought that was a perfect question

617
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Speaker 3: because he is on the committee, so putting his feet

618
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Speaker 3: to the fire, for sure. But a thousand games coach

619
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Speaker 3: closing in on five hundred wins and more than twenty

620
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Speaker 3: five years on the bench at the University of Minnesota

621
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Speaker 3: du Luthan.

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Speaker 2: Of course, like I said, a.

623
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Speaker 3: Guy that worked hand in hand with Brett Larson before

624
00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:10,920
Speaker 3: going to Saint Cloud State, before becoming now the head coach,

625
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Speaker 3: the newest head coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers.

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Speaker 4: So fun to catch up with Scott Sandalan. Yeah, fabulous coach.

627
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Speaker 4: His record speaks for itself. I think he's in year

628
00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:25,360
Speaker 4: number twenty six now at UMD, and I mean that's unprecedented.

629
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Speaker 4: And you know, he's got a really good grasp on

630
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Speaker 4: the game and always always fun to catch up with him.

631
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Speaker 3: I had to give our next guest heads up, I said, Well,

632
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Speaker 3: Scott and Pat are talking about the old days, so

633
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Speaker 3: this might be a little bit long there, Mike, but

634
00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:46,320
Speaker 3: Mike Hasting's very patient, So we'll take a quick break

635
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Speaker 3: and then we'll check in with the head coach at

636
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Speaker 3: the University of Wisconsin.

637
00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:50,920
Speaker 2: Next. I'm beyond the pond.

638
00:31:54,080 --> 00:32:01,280
Speaker 8: Russell can't get to the pop PoTA, Las Vegas, Wisconsin

639
00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:02,640
Speaker 8: to the Frozen Four.

640
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Speaker 3: The Badgers get past Michigan State and Wisconsin is headed

641
00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:12,720
Speaker 3: to the Frozen Four on their way to Vegas.

642
00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:14,840
Speaker 2: The head coach of the Badgers is Mike Hastings.

643
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Speaker 3: No stranger to Minnesota, certainly, no stranger to be on

644
00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:20,920
Speaker 3: the pond, and no stranger to my apologies. I already

645
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:25,360
Speaker 3: told you, Mike, I apologize because Mat and Scott Sandalin

646
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Speaker 3: we're going back in the archives talking about the Iron

647
00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:30,200
Speaker 3: Range days and I couldn't get him to stop, So

648
00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:31,040
Speaker 3: we're a little bit late.

649
00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:34,080
Speaker 2: Our apologies there, Mike, I'm going to.

650
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Speaker 5: Tell you the truth. I sat at that table before,

651
00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:41,200
Speaker 5: letting those guys ping pong it back and forth. That

652
00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:42,720
Speaker 5: was probably pretty entertaining.

653
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Speaker 3: It always is when those guys talk. Just like always

654
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Speaker 3: fun to catch up with you. How about your Badgers?

655
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Speaker 3: Back to the Frozen four for the thirteenth time, but

656
00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:54,960
Speaker 3: the first time since twenty ten. What a turnaround from

657
00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:57,760
Speaker 3: this where this program was after you took over just

658
00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:00,280
Speaker 3: three short years ago. What's the journey been like there

659
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:04,320
Speaker 3: since you put on the red of the Wisconsin Badgers.

660
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:08,320
Speaker 5: Oh, you know what, a lot of peaks and valleys.

661
00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:11,880
Speaker 5: I like the peaks. The valleys haven't been too pleasurable,

662
00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:14,720
Speaker 5: but I think you have to go through those things

663
00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:19,240
Speaker 5: to grow and even this year's team. I mean, we

664
00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:22,040
Speaker 5: had an opportunity to move on into playoffs, and Ohio

665
00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:25,160
Speaker 5: State came in and taught us a lesson, yeah, of

666
00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:28,680
Speaker 5: what it is if you're not on point. And I

667
00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:31,000
Speaker 5: will say our leadership group did a great job of

668
00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:35,600
Speaker 5: recalibrating and getting together and gave us an opportunity to

669
00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:38,400
Speaker 5: be prepared for the regional and you know, we thought

670
00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:42,120
Speaker 5: through some adversity there both games. But it's you know what,

671
00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:45,520
Speaker 5: it's a journey when you go to a program that

672
00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:48,200
Speaker 5: you haven't been at before and you learn a lot

673
00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:52,320
Speaker 5: of hard lessons, but you also if you're continuing to

674
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:55,440
Speaker 5: get the right people around you, I think they can

675
00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:58,280
Speaker 5: be very valuable, and this group's really grabbed onto those things.

676
00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:01,080
Speaker 4: A Mike, I know, you know at certain points of

677
00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:04,600
Speaker 4: the season, you know, you did have some key injuries

678
00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:07,680
Speaker 4: that that really played a factor in how some of

679
00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:11,719
Speaker 4: the series went. I mean, you know, at times, you

680
00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:14,080
Speaker 4: guys were world beaters. You know, you go into Michigan

681
00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:16,719
Speaker 4: State early in the year and you sweep them on

682
00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:19,319
Speaker 4: their home ice, and and then you get swept at

683
00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:21,799
Speaker 4: home by them, and I mean just a lot of

684
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:26,080
Speaker 4: a lot of things happen. And so you know, when

685
00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:28,640
Speaker 4: I'm looking at at the Wisconsin team throughout the year,

686
00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:32,640
Speaker 4: I'm linked thinking, man, this team is really really good.

687
00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:34,560
Speaker 2: And then other weekends where.

688
00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:37,640
Speaker 4: You're like, hm, boy, you know, you know what what's

689
00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:38,520
Speaker 4: going on there?

690
00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:38,960
Speaker 9: Right?

691
00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:41,000
Speaker 2: And and so and.

692
00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:43,520
Speaker 4: And there's a lot of factors that that happened. And

693
00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:47,000
Speaker 4: you can say certainly say that about it. You know,

694
00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:51,800
Speaker 4: a ton of teams in college hockey. As you entered

695
00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:57,719
Speaker 4: the playoffs and that opening round loss where you kind

696
00:34:57,719 --> 00:34:59,719
Speaker 4: of got throttled at home. I mean, I think you'll

697
00:34:59,719 --> 00:35:03,839
Speaker 4: be the first to admit it, how difficult was that

698
00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:08,560
Speaker 4: to get the guys you know, and knowing that you

699
00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:11,360
Speaker 4: were in in the tournament or you know, had a

700
00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:13,960
Speaker 4: you know, ninety five percent chance of getting in and

701
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:16,759
Speaker 4: you obviously did get in and you're going to the

702
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:21,200
Speaker 4: Frozen four. But how difficult was was that two weeks

703
00:35:21,239 --> 00:35:24,520
Speaker 4: to really get your guys back focused and ready to

704
00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:25,880
Speaker 4: play in that regional.

705
00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:30,279
Speaker 5: Well. I do think some of the things that hurt

706
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:34,239
Speaker 5: the most stick with you the longest. And the one

707
00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:37,120
Speaker 5: thing we talked about is you've got to own it

708
00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:38,759
Speaker 5: when it's good. You've got to own it when it's

709
00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:41,840
Speaker 5: bad and you know, we we had a lot of

710
00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:44,200
Speaker 5: people committed the building that we're looking forward to be

711
00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:48,760
Speaker 5: entertained from from our side of the fact. And Steve

712
00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:51,520
Speaker 5: Rollick and you know him. He he's a prideful guy.

713
00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:54,560
Speaker 5: He's in Minnesota. Guid does a really good job. And

714
00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:58,120
Speaker 5: you guys know the big ten Yah. I've said this

715
00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:02,600
Speaker 5: multiple times. If not only if you're not prepared, could

716
00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:05,040
Speaker 5: you get beat, you can get embarrassed. And we did. Yeah,

717
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:07,120
Speaker 5: and you know part of that, we took a few

718
00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:11,560
Speaker 5: days off, three days off and ask the guys, you know,

719
00:36:11,719 --> 00:36:13,239
Speaker 5: I don't want to stand in your dorm. I don't

720
00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:15,880
Speaker 5: want you to stay in the apartment, just like myself.

721
00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:18,480
Speaker 5: I took my wife out to dinner two days after that,

722
00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:20,920
Speaker 5: because you got to go out and face what you

723
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:24,319
Speaker 5: did or what you didn't do. And so I think

724
00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:28,960
Speaker 5: a dose of humility and looking at it and saying, okay,

725
00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:31,799
Speaker 5: we learned from going to the basement. Now can we

726
00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:34,560
Speaker 5: climb the ladder and get back up to the main

727
00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:37,000
Speaker 5: floor of the house. And our leadership group did a

728
00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:40,920
Speaker 5: great job of that. They had enough time away. They

729
00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:44,640
Speaker 5: had to experience some downtime there because we had to

730
00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:46,279
Speaker 5: go out and on what we didn't get done at home,

731
00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:50,480
Speaker 5: and they reset and they've been great. That's something that

732
00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:52,840
Speaker 5: you don't know as a coach. If you've got that,

733
00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:56,319
Speaker 5: you hope you do. It's what you pour into all

734
00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:59,840
Speaker 5: the way from June up until that point. And you know,

735
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:02,719
Speaker 5: I've got to give the guys credit. They flushed it,

736
00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:06,719
Speaker 5: we owned it, and now we're in a spot to

737
00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:09,000
Speaker 5: be able to, you know, the pencil in our hands

738
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:10,000
Speaker 5: on what we want to write.

739
00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:14,319
Speaker 4: Well, you know, there's a lot of guys that it

740
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:16,600
Speaker 4: really I mean, it takes your whole team to to

741
00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:18,360
Speaker 4: come out and perform the way that you did. But

742
00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:21,840
Speaker 4: I mean two guys that you know have been my

743
00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:25,399
Speaker 4: favorite since they've been in college hockey, and and Ben

744
00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:30,240
Speaker 4: Dexheimer and Quinn Finley. I thought both of those guys

745
00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:35,839
Speaker 4: were just terrific in the in the regional and and

746
00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:38,520
Speaker 4: it just looked it looked, you know, it looked like

747
00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:41,719
Speaker 4: they really really elevated their games. Can you talk about

748
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:42,839
Speaker 4: those two guys a little bit?

749
00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:48,400
Speaker 5: Yeah, And you guys know this, at this time of

750
00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:50,480
Speaker 5: the year, your horses need to be your horses. Your

751
00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:53,040
Speaker 5: best players need to be your best players. And you

752
00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:56,799
Speaker 5: hope you get some depth that rises to the occasion,

753
00:37:57,520 --> 00:38:01,319
Speaker 5: but you need your your true, tested guys to drive

754
00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:06,120
Speaker 5: the bus. And the development of Ben Decksheimer and credit

755
00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:09,960
Speaker 5: to him his family on just having a young man

756
00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:13,640
Speaker 5: that's okay looking in a mirror and striving to always

757
00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:16,120
Speaker 5: get better. And if you've looked at his development, the

758
00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:18,680
Speaker 5: time that he's been here is freshman year prior to

759
00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:22,000
Speaker 5: I being here, and then what he has put into

760
00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:25,719
Speaker 5: on ice and off ice as far as leadership, and

761
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:28,480
Speaker 5: then what he gets to control he does to the

762
00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:33,720
Speaker 5: end degree. He's a phenomenal kid. He gives to others

763
00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:36,360
Speaker 5: and you guys know how easy it is to follow

764
00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:40,160
Speaker 5: when you see somebody that does the hard and is

765
00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:43,239
Speaker 5: there for you when you're struggling. And that is what

766
00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:45,200
Speaker 5: Ben has done. And he's taking his game to a

767
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:49,319
Speaker 5: new level because as an undersized defenseman, you better have

768
00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:53,319
Speaker 5: compete times ten and that is he's becoming every day

769
00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:56,960
Speaker 5: here these last two years. And when you're in every day,

770
00:38:57,080 --> 00:38:59,960
Speaker 5: you don't have to talk a lot because you're out.

771
00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:02,640
Speaker 5: They're doing it. And so we've been able to point

772
00:39:02,680 --> 00:39:04,920
Speaker 5: to him and I'm so excited for him because he

773
00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:07,879
Speaker 5: guys like that game. You know, the first one goes off,

774
00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:11,240
Speaker 5: his stick goes over Houser's. Yeah, there's the first one.

775
00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:14,920
Speaker 5: Then he takes a penalty, which he very few penalty

776
00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:17,759
Speaker 5: minutes throughout the year. He takes a penalty and it

777
00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:20,200
Speaker 5: goes to three, and when you've got the other guy

778
00:39:20,239 --> 00:39:22,720
Speaker 5: sitting in the neck down at the other end, you're going, well,

779
00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:25,359
Speaker 5: you know, we've got to find a way to get

780
00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:28,880
Speaker 5: two here. And then for him to be rewarded, in

781
00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:31,000
Speaker 5: my opinion, by the hockey gods for all the work

782
00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:35,439
Speaker 5: that he's put in and what he's paid forward a break, right,

783
00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:37,640
Speaker 5: he grabs it, snaps it from the point and it

784
00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:41,359
Speaker 5: gets swatted down and we get a bounce. But he's

785
00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:47,000
Speaker 5: been instrumental now, quin Finley. Special players step up at

786
00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:50,640
Speaker 5: special times, and he had a phenomenal weekend and he's

787
00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:52,480
Speaker 5: gone through some peaks and valleys just from being a

788
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:55,959
Speaker 5: little bit dinged up. But boy, I thought you saw

789
00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:59,080
Speaker 5: his best and we needed it. But he's just he's

790
00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:02,680
Speaker 5: a special player. He skates his ability to release a puck.

791
00:40:02,719 --> 00:40:05,000
Speaker 5: He saw the first goal in the face off. Yeah,

792
00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:07,040
Speaker 5: if you give him time in that area, he can

793
00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:10,200
Speaker 5: pick a knot and then that and he did So

794
00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:12,279
Speaker 5: those two guys have just been drivers for so.

795
00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:15,600
Speaker 3: Here talking to Mike Hastin's head coach for the Wisconsin

796
00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:19,720
Speaker 3: Badgers NCAA champs six times, but none since two thousand

797
00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:22,440
Speaker 3: and six, and they're in the Frozen four once again.

798
00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:25,160
Speaker 2: You talked about that game against Michigan State, and you're right.

799
00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:27,640
Speaker 3: I mean, you're down three to one, Trey Augustine between

800
00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:30,000
Speaker 3: the pipes there for Sparti, and you've got to figure

801
00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:31,919
Speaker 3: out a way to get it done, and you do

802
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:34,920
Speaker 3: late in regulation and then you win it in overtime.

803
00:40:35,239 --> 00:40:37,600
Speaker 3: What was that experience from I don't have a dog

804
00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:40,760
Speaker 3: in the flight? What a what a magical fun ride

805
00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:42,680
Speaker 3: that was? What was it like for you behind the

806
00:40:42,719 --> 00:40:46,279
Speaker 3: bench as your face slowly turns a shade of red

807
00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:48,600
Speaker 3: that doesn't go well with Wisconsin Badger red?

808
00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:54,480
Speaker 5: You know what, guys? The complete transparency. We had a

809
00:40:54,520 --> 00:40:57,319
Speaker 5: TV timeout and you don't know how the game's going

810
00:40:57,400 --> 00:40:59,640
Speaker 5: to go because you've after that time out, you don't

811
00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:02,279
Speaker 5: know is going to be a whistle. You hope you'll

812
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:04,320
Speaker 5: be able to get some things together, But really we

813
00:41:05,239 --> 00:41:08,600
Speaker 5: talked just about you know, crossing t's and dot nice

814
00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:10,840
Speaker 5: and what we would be doing if we're pulling our goaltender.

815
00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:16,120
Speaker 5: I do think the Thursday game helped us, where you know,

816
00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:19,759
Speaker 5: we played a really good game. It was one one

817
00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:22,279
Speaker 5: right in that game, and we had to pluck a

818
00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:24,799
Speaker 5: lot and we had a lot of things not go right.

819
00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:27,960
Speaker 5: As far as I think, we did four posts. And

820
00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:30,120
Speaker 5: then I'll give coach Kanad a lot of credit for this.

821
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:33,400
Speaker 5: He just he kept messaging on the bench guys, it

822
00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:35,359
Speaker 5: doesn't matter if we need fifteen to get it done.

823
00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:36,719
Speaker 5: We've got to find a way to get it done.

824
00:41:36,719 --> 00:41:40,640
Speaker 5: And the guys grass onto that we've been behind at

825
00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:45,680
Speaker 5: State before multiple goals and down and found a way

826
00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:48,279
Speaker 5: to win. And I thought the guy's just stuck with it.

827
00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:51,520
Speaker 5: And then once we got the first one, then, as

828
00:41:51,560 --> 00:41:54,520
Speaker 5: you guys know, momentum swings right they might start thinking,

829
00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:56,879
Speaker 5: oh boy, now it's only one, and we're thinking, yep,

830
00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:59,640
Speaker 5: it is only one. And the energy in our bench

831
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:03,239
Speaker 5: leadership group that you've already talked about did a phenomenal

832
00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:05,279
Speaker 5: job at messaging that and then going out and getting

833
00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:05,800
Speaker 5: it done.

834
00:42:06,120 --> 00:42:09,600
Speaker 4: All right, Well, you'll be facing North Dakota in the

835
00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:14,640
Speaker 4: in the frozen four, and I believe, gosh, you can

836
00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:18,280
Speaker 4: you probably know this, and I believe the last time

837
00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:23,920
Speaker 4: was it North Dakota one right, was against Wisconsin in

838
00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:24,439
Speaker 4: eighty two?

839
00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:26,640
Speaker 2: Am I correct on that something like that?

840
00:42:26,719 --> 00:42:27,120
Speaker 9: I believe.

841
00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:30,800
Speaker 5: So, yeah, I can tell you this that gets talked

842
00:42:30,840 --> 00:42:34,279
Speaker 5: about from day one that they got here. Yeah, you

843
00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:36,640
Speaker 5: know Carrie Eads. Carrie Eads was in the middle of it,

844
00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:40,000
Speaker 5: a tossing, spraying the water bottle and yeah, and getting

845
00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:43,719
Speaker 5: just history of the two programs. I mean, I grew

846
00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:46,600
Speaker 5: up on that right when we were the old w

847
00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:50,480
Speaker 5: h A right, I'd get over to old Ngostat Arena

848
00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:54,239
Speaker 5: and see Geno behind the bench and the battles that

849
00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:58,080
Speaker 5: those guys had, and it's one that's got a lot

850
00:42:58,120 --> 00:43:00,880
Speaker 5: of history behind it. They're good, one of the biggest

851
00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:04,680
Speaker 5: teams in the country, well coached. At this time of

852
00:43:04,680 --> 00:43:06,759
Speaker 5: the year, there are no easy outs and we're gonna

853
00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:07,319
Speaker 5: have to earn it.

854
00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:10,840
Speaker 2: When are you guys heading for Vegas Tuesday?

855
00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:15,399
Speaker 5: We'll skate here Tuesday and then head out.

856
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:18,920
Speaker 3: You're you're not new to this, this the whole hockey thing,

857
00:43:19,120 --> 00:43:21,920
Speaker 3: but is there some nervous energy going into the week

858
00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:24,080
Speaker 3: as you head to Vegas on Tuesday and get ready

859
00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:26,600
Speaker 3: to drop the puck against the Fighting Hawks.

860
00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:32,560
Speaker 5: You know what, I hope not. I'll just my experience

861
00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:35,279
Speaker 5: with this group has been you know, I'll tell you

862
00:43:35,320 --> 00:43:37,879
Speaker 5: what nervous energy was. It was sitting there and Nike

863
00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:40,239
Speaker 5: It talked about it earlier, and you guys had said,

864
00:43:40,280 --> 00:43:43,560
Speaker 5: you know, we're ninety five percent in. Well, ninety five

865
00:43:43,600 --> 00:43:48,960
Speaker 5: percent doesn't get it, and as these upsets continued to happen. Uh,

866
00:43:49,239 --> 00:43:51,799
Speaker 5: nervous energy is sitting there and watching somebody else have

867
00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:55,000
Speaker 5: the gun in their hand and you don't get to

868
00:43:55,120 --> 00:43:57,879
Speaker 5: and that three hours of watching two and a half

869
00:43:57,920 --> 00:44:02,160
Speaker 5: hours of watching Dartmouth and Princeton was painful. My wife

870
00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:05,560
Speaker 5: a period through it said you know what I'm walking

871
00:44:05,560 --> 00:44:11,759
Speaker 5: the dog for, because you're a pain. So so that

872
00:44:12,040 --> 00:44:16,080
Speaker 5: was nervous energy. Right now, I think the guys are

873
00:44:16,120 --> 00:44:18,239
Speaker 5: just excited about being able to play at this time

874
00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:20,080
Speaker 5: of the year. And it's a journey that these guys

875
00:44:20,080 --> 00:44:23,319
Speaker 5: have earned, and I think they're excited about what's in

876
00:44:23,360 --> 00:44:27,160
Speaker 5: front of them. I haven't seen that again. The leadership

877
00:44:27,160 --> 00:44:29,400
Speaker 5: group's done a really good job. So at the end

878
00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:30,560
Speaker 5: of the day, we got to go out and put

879
00:44:30,560 --> 00:44:32,879
Speaker 5: our best foot forward against a really good hockey team

880
00:44:32,880 --> 00:44:34,600
Speaker 5: to see if we can survive this Saturday.

881
00:44:35,160 --> 00:44:36,840
Speaker 3: Mike, we haven't talked in a while, so thanks for

882
00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:40,200
Speaker 3: doing this. Hopefully we can connect here real soon. Good

883
00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:43,520
Speaker 3: luck next weekend in Vegas, and thanks for taking time

884
00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:45,919
Speaker 3: on a Saturday morning. I'll see you out there hasty.

885
00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:49,279
Speaker 5: All right, mixed safe travels. Yeah, I appreciate what you

886
00:44:49,360 --> 00:44:50,759
Speaker 5: guys do. Thanks for having me on.

887
00:44:50,880 --> 00:44:52,040
Speaker 2: You got it. There you go.

888
00:44:52,320 --> 00:44:55,239
Speaker 3: The head coach of the Wisconsin Badgers, Mike Hastings.

889
00:44:55,280 --> 00:44:57,560
Speaker 2: Yet they've got the early one on.

890
00:44:57,840 --> 00:45:01,000
Speaker 3: It must be I assume it's Thursday, right, Wisconsin against

891
00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:02,720
Speaker 3: North Dakota April ninth.

892
00:45:02,760 --> 00:45:05,200
Speaker 2: It's a four o'clock puck drop on ESPN two.

893
00:45:05,840 --> 00:45:08,239
Speaker 3: He talked a lot about Wisconsin versus North Dakota real

894
00:45:08,360 --> 00:45:10,200
Speaker 3: quick before we get to the top of the hour.

895
00:45:10,320 --> 00:45:14,080
Speaker 3: The other game is Michigan against d U. That's gonna

896
00:45:14,120 --> 00:45:18,160
Speaker 3: be a good one. Seven thirty in the nightcap, I

897
00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:21,960
Speaker 3: was having this conversation with Tom Reid and we were

898
00:45:21,960 --> 00:45:26,320
Speaker 3: picking our our picks for the final. Who was gonna

899
00:45:26,360 --> 00:45:30,200
Speaker 3: be the champion this year? He picked Michigan. I have

900
00:45:30,280 --> 00:45:32,960
Speaker 3: a hard time going against David carl and DU. They

901
00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:35,840
Speaker 3: are just loaded for bear every single year, and I

902
00:45:35,840 --> 00:45:37,880
Speaker 3: know it's going to be a tough matchup against Michigan,

903
00:45:38,120 --> 00:45:40,080
Speaker 3: But man, how do you pick against du any year?

904
00:45:41,160 --> 00:45:44,400
Speaker 4: It's going to be a great frozen four. And you know,

905
00:45:44,480 --> 00:45:49,880
Speaker 4: the NCCHC has been the king of winning NC Double

906
00:45:49,960 --> 00:45:54,759
Speaker 4: A championships. As you know, the Big Ten has not

907
00:45:54,960 --> 00:46:00,640
Speaker 4: won one since the Big Ten conference was formed, and

908
00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:04,520
Speaker 4: so hey, how can you bet against how can you

909
00:46:04,560 --> 00:46:08,240
Speaker 4: bet against Denver? I mean, it's you know, they they

910
00:46:08,280 --> 00:46:12,440
Speaker 4: they you know what I think the NCCHC does compared

911
00:46:12,520 --> 00:46:16,480
Speaker 4: to other leads because if you look over the last five, six,

912
00:46:16,680 --> 00:46:21,000
Speaker 4: seven years, uh, and boy, I'm gonna get myself in

913
00:46:21,040 --> 00:46:24,480
Speaker 4: trouble here, Kevin. But but if you look at it,

914
00:46:25,200 --> 00:46:28,479
Speaker 4: you know, the more talented teams, and what I mean

915
00:46:28,760 --> 00:46:32,520
Speaker 4: by that is the the number of teams with the

916
00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:37,000
Speaker 4: with the higher percentage of number one, number two uh

917
00:46:37,280 --> 00:46:44,399
Speaker 4: draft picks you know selected are in the Big ten.

918
00:46:45,200 --> 00:46:48,600
Speaker 4: And so you may say, you know, well that's more

919
00:46:48,640 --> 00:46:52,960
Speaker 4: talented teams, But there's something about what the NCCHD does

920
00:46:53,000 --> 00:46:56,680
Speaker 4: and their teams do that they prepare these teams prepare

921
00:46:56,719 --> 00:47:02,640
Speaker 4: themselves for these one game series and and you know

922
00:47:02,680 --> 00:47:05,560
Speaker 4: they've been you know, it may not be the best

923
00:47:05,560 --> 00:47:08,239
Speaker 4: teams in the country. But they end up, they end up,

924
00:47:09,360 --> 00:47:13,440
Speaker 4: you know, being able to win those one game series

925
00:47:13,480 --> 00:47:16,440
Speaker 4: and they've done a great job of that, and until

926
00:47:16,840 --> 00:47:19,520
Speaker 4: someone proves otherwise, you know, they'll keep winning them.

927
00:47:19,840 --> 00:47:21,600
Speaker 2: We didn't have you on the show last week because

928
00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:22,120
Speaker 2: you were busy.

929
00:47:22,840 --> 00:47:25,239
Speaker 3: I did bring it up briefly to Scott Sandlan, but

930
00:47:25,280 --> 00:47:27,799
Speaker 3: we haven't had an opportunity, at least on Beyond the

931
00:47:27,840 --> 00:47:31,400
Speaker 3: Pond to talk about the new move for the head coach,

932
00:47:31,760 --> 00:47:34,680
Speaker 3: especially for the Golden Golfer men's hockey team, Brett Lars

933
00:47:34,680 --> 00:47:38,160
Speaker 3: and give us your thoughts on the higher and what

934
00:47:38,360 --> 00:47:40,000
Speaker 3: kind of a job you expect him to do here

935
00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:41,200
Speaker 3: with the University of Minnesota.

936
00:47:41,360 --> 00:47:43,839
Speaker 2: Home run higher, home run higher.

937
00:47:45,239 --> 00:47:48,440
Speaker 4: For you know, all the reasons that people have talked about,

938
00:47:49,360 --> 00:47:52,000
Speaker 4: you know, in the past two and a half three weeks,

939
00:47:53,320 --> 00:47:56,400
Speaker 4: about Brett and what he brings to the table.

940
00:47:58,719 --> 00:48:00,359
Speaker 2: Where do you want me to start. I mean, he's

941
00:48:00,360 --> 00:48:01,560
Speaker 2: a he's a he's.

942
00:48:01,400 --> 00:48:05,240
Speaker 4: A dogged recruiter, he works tirelessly.

943
00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:08,280
Speaker 2: Uh he uh.

944
00:48:08,520 --> 00:48:15,360
Speaker 4: He delegates responsibility to his staff that is unprecedented.

945
00:48:16,120 --> 00:48:16,480
Speaker 2: Uh.

946
00:48:16,640 --> 00:48:19,879
Speaker 4: His players love to play for him and and that's

947
00:48:19,880 --> 00:48:22,200
Speaker 4: an old cliche. But why you have to have an

948
00:48:22,200 --> 00:48:25,040
Speaker 4: answer why why do they like to play for him? Well,

949
00:48:25,160 --> 00:48:27,919
Speaker 4: because he's tough, yet he's got compassion.

950
00:48:28,640 --> 00:48:32,080
Speaker 2: Uh and and and uh you know he just.

951
00:48:33,680 --> 00:48:36,200
Speaker 4: He just uh boy there, I mean, there's there's like

952
00:48:36,440 --> 00:48:38,640
Speaker 4: I could go on and on Kevin and and you

953
00:48:38,800 --> 00:48:44,200
Speaker 4: talk to any any pro scout, any executive that's worked

954
00:48:44,239 --> 00:48:46,320
Speaker 4: with him, they.

955
00:48:46,200 --> 00:48:47,439
Speaker 2: Will all say the same thing.

956
00:48:47,520 --> 00:48:51,120
Speaker 4: So I I think Minnesota really got a good one

957
00:48:51,120 --> 00:48:51,439
Speaker 4: in him.

958
00:48:51,520 --> 00:48:52,719
Speaker 2: And and just.

959
00:48:54,080 --> 00:48:58,359
Speaker 4: Knowing what he's done already, I think Gopher fans are

960
00:48:58,400 --> 00:49:03,560
Speaker 4: going to be really really really happy about what what

961
00:49:03,680 --> 00:49:05,280
Speaker 4: kind of culture getting in Brett Larson.

962
00:49:05,600 --> 00:49:07,320
Speaker 3: We'll see if we can't get back to the topic

963
00:49:07,360 --> 00:49:10,279
Speaker 3: before we wrap things up at eleven forty five while

964
00:49:10,360 --> 00:49:13,880
Speaker 3: pregame is then puck drops at twelve oh eight in

965
00:49:13,920 --> 00:49:16,200
Speaker 3: the Central time zone as a wild take on the

966
00:49:16,239 --> 00:49:17,080
Speaker 3: Ottawa Senator.

967
00:49:17,440 --> 00:49:19,560
Speaker 2: Or do we know our goaltender today?

968
00:49:19,640 --> 00:49:19,960
Speaker 9: We do.

969
00:49:20,080 --> 00:49:21,840
Speaker 2: I talked to Joe O'Donnell.

970
00:49:21,880 --> 00:49:23,799
Speaker 3: We're gonna have him on in about twenty minutes after

971
00:49:23,800 --> 00:49:25,120
Speaker 3: Brett Blakemore's breakaways.

972
00:49:25,120 --> 00:49:27,760
Speaker 2: But it'll be share it, It'll be yesper Valsted.

973
00:49:27,800 --> 00:49:31,960
Speaker 3: Between the plays, he tells me, Uh, eurov is back,

974
00:49:32,400 --> 00:49:34,640
Speaker 3: Brink is out. Just a healthy scratch and the d

975
00:49:34,800 --> 00:49:38,360
Speaker 3: pairs will stay the same. So no Jeff Petree, no

976
00:49:38,520 --> 00:49:41,680
Speaker 3: Damon Hunt. It'll be the usual one through six. So

977
00:49:41,960 --> 00:49:44,680
Speaker 3: why oh, there's seven games left in the regular season.

978
00:49:44,880 --> 00:49:46,560
Speaker 3: They've got an X by their name. They're bringing Nick

979
00:49:46,600 --> 00:49:52,759
Speaker 3: Felino back in Oh where interesting noises? Well, we'll find

980
00:49:52,760 --> 00:49:55,320
Speaker 3: out from Joe O'Donnell real quick before I squeeze in

981
00:49:55,320 --> 00:49:57,760
Speaker 3: the break. What have you heard about the coaching staff

982
00:49:57,760 --> 00:50:00,759
Speaker 3: for Brett Larson? Any news there that you can share

983
00:50:00,760 --> 00:50:01,080
Speaker 3: with us?

984
00:50:01,239 --> 00:50:04,880
Speaker 4: Uh? You know what, I certainly wouldn't want to announce

985
00:50:04,880 --> 00:50:07,759
Speaker 4: anything before Brett does, so I'm not gonna say a thing.

986
00:50:08,320 --> 00:50:09,799
Speaker 2: How's that for you? Well?

987
00:50:09,920 --> 00:50:11,279
Speaker 7: You were do?

988
00:50:11,400 --> 00:50:14,920
Speaker 2: I know? Yes, but but I cannot you know.

989
00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:17,480
Speaker 3: Would you expect that by the time we talk next

990
00:50:17,520 --> 00:50:21,880
Speaker 3: week that we will have official, uh confirmation of everyone

991
00:50:21,920 --> 00:50:22,640
Speaker 3: on his staff?

992
00:50:23,120 --> 00:50:27,160
Speaker 4: I don't know how quickly background checks take and so

993
00:50:27,320 --> 00:50:31,920
Speaker 4: once those get so, you know, get approved or whatever

994
00:50:31,920 --> 00:50:35,200
Speaker 4: the case may be, then won't then we'll know?

995
00:50:35,640 --> 00:50:38,280
Speaker 2: Okay? Yeah, so I think so excellent.

996
00:50:38,360 --> 00:50:40,120
Speaker 3: That is Pat mcletty, we got to squeeze in a

997
00:50:40,120 --> 00:50:43,040
Speaker 3: break because we are late for Brett Blakemore's breakaways.

998
00:50:43,080 --> 00:50:44,440
Speaker 2: After the break, I'm be on the pond.

999
00:50:55,040 --> 00:50:57,000
Speaker 3: I got to tell you, Patrick, I feel bad for

1000
00:50:57,080 --> 00:51:00,160
Speaker 3: you for so many different reasons, having to miss the

1001
00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:03,839
Speaker 3: show that you love so much and beyond the pond. Yes,

1002
00:51:03,920 --> 00:51:07,200
Speaker 3: for various reasons you were unavailable to join.

1003
00:51:07,080 --> 00:51:07,719
Speaker 2: Us last week.

1004
00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:10,120
Speaker 3: But the biggest thing that I felt bad for you

1005
00:51:10,200 --> 00:51:13,600
Speaker 3: is because you had to miss Brett Blakemore's Breakaways. It's

1006
00:51:13,760 --> 00:51:16,120
Speaker 3: time for Blake Moore's Breakaway.

1007
00:51:16,200 --> 00:51:18,279
Speaker 5: Here's Freak cap Alone.

1008
00:51:19,000 --> 00:51:29,000
Speaker 12: Caprice and now moore brake Aways.

1009
00:51:30,040 --> 00:51:33,400
Speaker 3: Did you go through withdrawals not having Brett Blakemore's Breakaways

1010
00:51:33,400 --> 00:51:33,960
Speaker 3: in your ears?

1011
00:51:34,160 --> 00:51:37,000
Speaker 4: I ran him through my head. I imagine Muddy would

1012
00:51:37,040 --> 00:51:38,560
Speaker 4: have asked, and then I answered him.

1013
00:51:39,160 --> 00:51:42,000
Speaker 6: I mean, and somehow you disagreed with everything I said?

1014
00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:44,840
Speaker 12: Would you say that?

1015
00:51:45,040 --> 00:51:49,200
Speaker 2: Brad? Stop at Brad? All right? What you got up

1016
00:51:49,239 --> 00:51:49,600
Speaker 2: your sleeve?

1017
00:51:49,640 --> 00:51:49,759
Speaker 9: There?

1018
00:51:49,800 --> 00:51:54,600
Speaker 6: Brett Blakemore and your breakaways? Let's start here. So the

1019
00:51:54,680 --> 00:51:58,239
Speaker 6: line up, Nick Felino back in today, Bobby brink Out.

1020
00:51:58,480 --> 00:52:01,440
Speaker 6: I'll tell you if I would have no no, no, no,

1021
00:52:01,480 --> 00:52:05,560
Speaker 6: no no, I'm not panicking. Everyone repeat after me. I'm

1022
00:52:05,640 --> 00:52:06,520
Speaker 6: not panicking.

1023
00:52:07,200 --> 00:52:07,319
Speaker 5: Uh.

1024
00:52:07,680 --> 00:52:11,960
Speaker 6: It's if I would have hosted wild fanline after the game.

1025
00:52:12,960 --> 00:52:14,640
Speaker 6: I would have been so positive, and I would have

1026
00:52:14,719 --> 00:52:16,560
Speaker 6: been talking up everybody, and one of the guys I

1027
00:52:16,560 --> 00:52:18,560
Speaker 6: would have been talking up is Bobby Brink. I thought

1028
00:52:18,680 --> 00:52:20,640
Speaker 6: he and his line kind of jumped off the page.

1029
00:52:21,280 --> 00:52:23,600
Speaker 6: I thought he had a ton of great passing plays

1030
00:52:23,640 --> 00:52:25,520
Speaker 6: and setting guys up that just didn't come to fruition.

1031
00:52:26,280 --> 00:52:28,000
Speaker 6: And to see him out kind of stinks. But I

1032
00:52:28,080 --> 00:52:29,920
Speaker 6: think he brings something different to this team, and I

1033
00:52:30,480 --> 00:52:33,600
Speaker 6: would be bombed, would be bummed if he's not in

1034
00:52:33,760 --> 00:52:36,960
Speaker 6: the lineup game. I think he brings a different dimension

1035
00:52:36,960 --> 00:52:39,000
Speaker 6: of the team. He's quick, he's he has a ton

1036
00:52:39,080 --> 00:52:40,120
Speaker 6: of efforts.

1037
00:52:41,040 --> 00:52:43,200
Speaker 4: Let me let me ask you this, So what if

1038
00:52:43,239 --> 00:52:47,880
Speaker 4: that dimension doesn't suit for the type of style that

1039
00:52:48,120 --> 00:52:49,920
Speaker 4: they're playing against.

1040
00:52:51,040 --> 00:52:56,040
Speaker 6: Scoring goals and creating chances. To me, that's that's ever.

1041
00:52:56,760 --> 00:53:00,319
Speaker 2: Whatever your lineup is for game one, that's what if

1042
00:53:00,320 --> 00:53:00,759
Speaker 2: they come out.

1043
00:53:00,840 --> 00:53:02,520
Speaker 4: What if they come out and say, you know what,

1044
00:53:03,160 --> 00:53:05,480
Speaker 4: we're gonna try to We're gonna we're gonna make this

1045
00:53:05,600 --> 00:53:08,719
Speaker 4: a really tough, physical, hard game.

1046
00:53:10,040 --> 00:53:13,560
Speaker 2: Does that Does that play into anything at all with

1047
00:53:13,719 --> 00:53:14,400
Speaker 2: you or me?

1048
00:53:14,520 --> 00:53:17,040
Speaker 6: I'd rather have him on that second line than Johansson

1049
00:53:17,080 --> 00:53:17,600
Speaker 6: at this point.

1050
00:53:18,480 --> 00:53:23,399
Speaker 2: That has been pretty dard though the season, he made

1051
00:53:23,480 --> 00:53:24,200
Speaker 2: some great plays.

1052
00:53:24,560 --> 00:53:27,600
Speaker 6: But this you know, if you go the last month

1053
00:53:27,680 --> 00:53:30,319
Speaker 6: and changeer ever since the Olympic break hasn't really been

1054
00:53:30,360 --> 00:53:31,080
Speaker 6: great for Jojo.

1055
00:53:31,480 --> 00:53:35,040
Speaker 4: But for Jojo or just Jojo, or because JoJo's a

1056
00:53:35,080 --> 00:53:37,160
Speaker 4: flavor of the two years.

1057
00:53:38,200 --> 00:53:39,920
Speaker 6: Well he had. He's had a great season.

1058
00:53:40,239 --> 00:53:43,000
Speaker 2: But but okay, he comes, so.

1059
00:53:43,000 --> 00:53:45,000
Speaker 4: You're gonna pull them. You're gonna pull him because he's

1060
00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:48,000
Speaker 4: had a great season. He I'm curious.

1061
00:53:48,560 --> 00:53:50,800
Speaker 6: I'm telling you, he comes and he goes. When he's on,

1062
00:53:51,040 --> 00:53:51,439
Speaker 6: it's great.

1063
00:53:51,480 --> 00:53:54,120
Speaker 2: And when would you say the same thing for Boldie

1064
00:53:55,000 --> 00:53:56,160
Speaker 2: and Caprice.

1065
00:53:56,560 --> 00:53:58,759
Speaker 6: If they have way more equity built up and there're

1066
00:53:59,040 --> 00:54:02,000
Speaker 6: there goals ours we're talking about that first time for

1067
00:54:02,120 --> 00:54:07,160
Speaker 6: Boldi and this is I'm not even gonna this is

1068
00:54:07,200 --> 00:54:09,160
Speaker 6: what I would say, though, Brett and and Pat.

1069
00:54:09,239 --> 00:54:11,160
Speaker 3: This is my opinion that no matter what the lineup

1070
00:54:11,200 --> 00:54:13,480
Speaker 3: looks like in game number one, there's no guarantee that'll

1071
00:54:13,520 --> 00:54:13,919
Speaker 3: be the case.

1072
00:54:15,680 --> 00:54:19,680
Speaker 2: Kevin it started. But that's the beauty of what Bill

1073
00:54:19,760 --> 00:54:21,240
Speaker 2: Garrant did at the trade deadline.

1074
00:54:21,280 --> 00:54:23,680
Speaker 3: He bolstered the depth of this lineup, and there's going

1075
00:54:23,760 --> 00:54:26,320
Speaker 3: to be you know, there's no guarantee Nick Fellino will.

1076
00:54:26,200 --> 00:54:27,719
Speaker 2: Play all best of sevens.

1077
00:54:28,200 --> 00:54:32,040
Speaker 4: There's no guarantee Marcus Felino will play. There's no guarantee

1078
00:54:32,239 --> 00:54:35,799
Speaker 4: that Nico sturm Uh, you know. I mean maybe he'll

1079
00:54:35,840 --> 00:54:37,120
Speaker 4: be in game one.

1080
00:54:37,320 --> 00:54:40,640
Speaker 6: There's a guarantee Marcus Felino's playing. He means so much

1081
00:54:40,719 --> 00:54:43,399
Speaker 6: to this team. Guaranteed he's out in the ice every

1082
00:54:43,440 --> 00:54:44,280
Speaker 6: single I would.

1083
00:54:44,120 --> 00:54:44,719
Speaker 2: Certainly think so.

1084
00:54:44,840 --> 00:54:45,640
Speaker 9: But this is what.

1085
00:54:47,320 --> 00:54:52,960
Speaker 2: The ability John Kevin, that was a little shot. That's fine.

1086
00:54:53,239 --> 00:54:57,120
Speaker 3: My point is the ability to do what you want

1087
00:54:57,200 --> 00:54:59,879
Speaker 3: to match lines and you can have the bigger, tough

1088
00:55:00,160 --> 00:55:02,399
Speaker 3: lineup or bringing a Bobby Brink and maybe even throw

1089
00:55:02,480 --> 00:55:04,800
Speaker 3: him into your top six if you're looking to create offense.

1090
00:55:05,040 --> 00:55:07,400
Speaker 3: I think that's what's so beautiful about what Bill Garon

1091
00:55:07,440 --> 00:55:09,520
Speaker 3: did at the trade deadline, bost of that lineup.

1092
00:55:09,560 --> 00:55:11,840
Speaker 2: You got depth like this team has never seen. I

1093
00:55:11,960 --> 00:55:12,440
Speaker 2: do agree.

1094
00:55:12,600 --> 00:55:14,839
Speaker 6: In general, I just have been really impressive Brinks game.

1095
00:55:14,880 --> 00:55:16,640
Speaker 6: I think he ha been a good play as well.

1096
00:55:17,160 --> 00:55:20,040
Speaker 4: So I think good, you know what, And maybe there's

1097
00:55:20,120 --> 00:55:24,680
Speaker 4: gonna be a scenario where you know that he's not

1098
00:55:24,840 --> 00:55:27,520
Speaker 4: in game one, but he's in game two, three, four

1099
00:55:27,560 --> 00:55:29,839
Speaker 4: and five and six, or and guess what he may

1100
00:55:29,920 --> 00:55:32,839
Speaker 4: sit around two of game two and three, but come

1101
00:55:32,920 --> 00:55:34,080
Speaker 4: in in game five and six.

1102
00:55:34,600 --> 00:55:38,439
Speaker 2: You know that's you know, I'll reiterate what Kevin just said,

1103
00:55:38,760 --> 00:55:40,480
Speaker 2: that's the beauty of having depth.

1104
00:55:41,000 --> 00:55:45,399
Speaker 6: Yeah, I agree similar Vain. Yeah, the other guy he's

1105
00:55:45,480 --> 00:55:48,280
Speaker 6: playing today is Danila Europe. I thought he had another

1106
00:55:48,400 --> 00:55:51,040
Speaker 6: good game. There's a couple of fifty to fifty puck

1107
00:55:51,120 --> 00:55:53,800
Speaker 6: battles on a back check where he just bumped the

1108
00:55:53,840 --> 00:55:55,640
Speaker 6: guy off the puck, took it and went the other way.

1109
00:55:55,719 --> 00:55:57,759
Speaker 6: He could have had a goal or two off of

1110
00:55:57,840 --> 00:56:00,399
Speaker 6: feeds from Bobby Brink. I thought he had another good game.

1111
00:56:01,040 --> 00:56:03,319
Speaker 6: It seemed to me like the energy was there. Really,

1112
00:56:03,760 --> 00:56:06,040
Speaker 6: there wasn't anyone that I was like, oh, what a

1113
00:56:06,120 --> 00:56:09,000
Speaker 6: bad game for them against the Canucks. But take the

1114
00:56:09,040 --> 00:56:11,400
Speaker 6: except for the first period, right, well, there there was

1115
00:56:11,440 --> 00:56:13,319
Speaker 6: a stretch in the first period where they switched off,

1116
00:56:13,520 --> 00:56:16,040
Speaker 6: for sure, But but other than that, I thought that

1117
00:56:16,120 --> 00:56:18,520
Speaker 6: they played pretty well and once they put the foot

1118
00:56:18,560 --> 00:56:19,839
Speaker 6: on the gas, it was over.

1119
00:56:19,960 --> 00:56:20,360
Speaker 2: Johnny.

1120
00:56:20,440 --> 00:56:23,359
Speaker 3: So I've thought You're off has been very impressive all season,

1121
00:56:23,760 --> 00:56:25,920
Speaker 3: and I think he just continues to get better. Patrick

1122
00:56:26,000 --> 00:56:29,760
Speaker 3: sixty six games for Danila, You're ten goals, twenty five points.

1123
00:56:30,080 --> 00:56:33,480
Speaker 3: I think there's still a huge upside for him offensively,

1124
00:56:33,920 --> 00:56:36,279
Speaker 3: but he just continues to get better defensively as well.

1125
00:56:36,360 --> 00:56:38,120
Speaker 3: And right now you know that's going to be his

1126
00:56:38,200 --> 00:56:41,960
Speaker 3: bread and butter until that next portion of his game,

1127
00:56:42,200 --> 00:56:42,880
Speaker 3: you know clicks in.

1128
00:56:43,560 --> 00:56:45,920
Speaker 6: I agree, I agree, I just I just think you

1129
00:56:45,960 --> 00:56:48,680
Speaker 6: can't leave him out of the lineup and Eurof's the

1130
00:56:48,719 --> 00:56:51,839
Speaker 6: guy I think Brink is. I would like to see

1131
00:56:51,880 --> 00:56:53,359
Speaker 6: him more in the top six. I think that suits

1132
00:56:53,400 --> 00:56:55,239
Speaker 6: him better. But I think you're off could play on

1133
00:56:55,320 --> 00:56:56,960
Speaker 6: a third line because he is so good in the

1134
00:56:57,040 --> 00:56:59,360
Speaker 6: own zone. Yep, I think you can. He's got a

1135
00:56:59,400 --> 00:57:01,360
Speaker 6: little bit more utility in the lineup. But I like

1136
00:57:01,440 --> 00:57:03,040
Speaker 6: both of them, and I was very impressible at them

1137
00:57:03,040 --> 00:57:07,520
Speaker 6: against the Canucks. Two other guys that were good. The

1138
00:57:07,640 --> 00:57:11,480
Speaker 6: experimentation mostly over. We had fun. It was fun while

1139
00:57:11,520 --> 00:57:16,760
Speaker 6: it lasted. Spurgeon and Hughes, a Faber playing with Brodine

1140
00:57:16,760 --> 00:57:19,880
Speaker 6: at one point, Middleton mixing it up. But the experiment

1141
00:57:20,000 --> 00:57:22,400
Speaker 6: is over. We're going back to Faber and Hughes. I'm

1142
00:57:22,440 --> 00:57:22,840
Speaker 6: all for it.

1143
00:57:23,000 --> 00:57:23,520
Speaker 2: I get in.

1144
00:57:23,880 --> 00:57:27,880
Speaker 6: On paper, it makes sense to have offensive defenseman paired

1145
00:57:27,920 --> 00:57:31,160
Speaker 6: with defensive defenseman. But when you watch Faber and Hughes together,

1146
00:57:31,560 --> 00:57:34,520
Speaker 6: you can't help but just be stunned and gasp and

1147
00:57:34,600 --> 00:57:36,320
Speaker 6: excitement every single time they touched the puck.

1148
00:57:36,400 --> 00:57:39,320
Speaker 3: So you like, I know you like that combination Patrick

1149
00:57:39,440 --> 00:57:41,200
Speaker 3: Hughes and Favor on your top pair.

1150
00:57:42,000 --> 00:57:47,880
Speaker 4: I I think it elevates Fabers game in the sense

1151
00:57:48,160 --> 00:57:53,000
Speaker 4: where Faber, uh, Hughes puts him in a.

1152
00:57:53,040 --> 00:57:54,400
Speaker 2: Position to be offensive.

1153
00:57:55,160 --> 00:57:58,320
Speaker 4: And you know, you may say, oh, boy, I thought

1154
00:57:58,360 --> 00:58:02,440
Speaker 4: Faber was there to you know, uh, you know, make

1155
00:58:02,520 --> 00:58:05,959
Speaker 4: sure he's the defensive guy on on that pairing. Well,

1156
00:58:06,640 --> 00:58:11,360
Speaker 4: Faber really gets involved offensively because of what Hughes does

1157
00:58:11,560 --> 00:58:15,760
Speaker 4: for him, and you know, and and getting getting him

1158
00:58:15,760 --> 00:58:19,000
Speaker 4: pucks in in certain positions where he can get get

1159
00:58:19,080 --> 00:58:21,919
Speaker 4: speed going through the neutral zone and carry the puck

1160
00:58:21,960 --> 00:58:22,479
Speaker 4: in the zone.

1161
00:58:22,560 --> 00:58:27,560
Speaker 2: He's a bigger guy. And so yeah, yeah, I have

1162
00:58:27,680 --> 00:58:30,760
Speaker 2: no I have no problem with uh, with those two

1163
00:58:31,240 --> 00:58:32,760
Speaker 2: back together. I'll tell you what.

1164
00:58:32,920 --> 00:58:38,040
Speaker 3: I did a hit in Vancouver on leading into the

1165
00:58:38,280 --> 00:58:40,600
Speaker 3: Wild and Canucks, and you know, they threw up the

1166
00:58:40,680 --> 00:58:43,280
Speaker 3: question about Quinn Hughes and I talked about how much

1167
00:58:43,360 --> 00:58:45,680
Speaker 3: we really like him in a Wild uniform. Boy, their

1168
00:58:45,760 --> 00:58:47,960
Speaker 3: fan base is not a fan of that guy at all.

1169
00:58:48,080 --> 00:58:52,040
Speaker 3: They just take any opportunity. Of course, rip rip rip

1170
00:58:52,280 --> 00:58:55,040
Speaker 3: Quinn Hughes there, they're calling him quit Hughes. They're ripping

1171
00:58:55,120 --> 00:58:57,280
Speaker 3: on his game. He's a I have some guy that's

1172
00:58:57,440 --> 00:58:59,600
Speaker 3: that I had to finally block. He's just every time

1173
00:58:59,640 --> 00:59:02,840
Speaker 3: he touched the puck that he calls him a assist merchant.

1174
00:59:02,960 --> 00:59:04,720
Speaker 3: All he does is a collect suck and as says,

1175
00:59:05,000 --> 00:59:09,720
Speaker 3: but there's more to Quinn Hughes than just I mean, honestly,

1176
00:59:10,080 --> 00:59:13,800
Speaker 3: it's just it's incredible the level of bile they have

1177
00:59:13,960 --> 00:59:16,600
Speaker 3: for Quinn Hughes there. It's going to be fascinating when

1178
00:59:16,640 --> 00:59:18,439
Speaker 3: he makes his first trip back to Vancouver de face.

1179
00:59:18,560 --> 00:59:21,240
Speaker 4: I mean, can you imagine their wild fans you know, uh,

1180
00:59:21,640 --> 00:59:25,760
Speaker 4: they're disdained for Caprice of if he you know, I

1181
00:59:25,840 --> 00:59:29,080
Speaker 4: mean no, I'm just saying, if you you know, if

1182
00:59:29,120 --> 00:59:31,920
Speaker 4: he was in that position to be the same thing, right,

1183
00:59:32,440 --> 00:59:34,680
Speaker 4: And that's how That's how people are in there. They're

1184
00:59:34,720 --> 00:59:37,800
Speaker 4: more upset because they they they're going to miss their

1185
00:59:37,960 --> 00:59:39,560
Speaker 4: best player in the history of.

1186
00:59:39,600 --> 00:59:41,000
Speaker 6: Because they have a terrible franchise.

1187
00:59:41,600 --> 00:59:43,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a dumps.

1188
00:59:44,960 --> 00:59:47,000
Speaker 3: It's tough right now, It's not I wouldn't call it

1189
00:59:47,040 --> 00:59:49,880
Speaker 3: a terrible franchise. But right now they're going through a

1190
00:59:50,000 --> 00:59:53,160
Speaker 3: tough time, but it's technical. They'll come back, of course

1191
00:59:53,240 --> 00:59:55,440
Speaker 3: they will. You got one more, brat, I got one more?

1192
00:59:57,160 --> 01:00:01,320
Speaker 3: Is this possibly the worst case scenario for Gopher fans?

1193
01:00:01,400 --> 01:00:02,240
Speaker 3: This Frozen four?

1194
01:00:02,880 --> 01:00:08,400
Speaker 6: You've got guaranteed either North Dakota or Wisconsin getting into

1195
01:00:08,440 --> 01:00:11,760
Speaker 6: the National Championship game? They got umd on the other side.

1196
01:00:12,240 --> 01:00:15,280
Speaker 6: I mean, is that not Could you draw up a

1197
01:00:15,600 --> 01:00:20,040
Speaker 6: worse watching Frozen four for Gopher fans because that's.

1198
01:00:21,760 --> 01:00:23,680
Speaker 2: What you're saying, they were in the in the tournament.

1199
01:00:24,160 --> 01:00:28,080
Speaker 6: Well, I'm saying, like, guaranteed North Dakota Wisconsin gets into

1200
01:00:28,080 --> 01:00:30,680
Speaker 6: the National Championship and you watch from the sidelines. You know,

1201
01:00:30,720 --> 01:00:33,120
Speaker 6: why can imagine diehard Gopher fans being upset by.

1202
01:00:33,240 --> 01:00:36,840
Speaker 2: Well, you know, maybe that'll I don't know, I don't

1203
01:00:36,840 --> 01:00:38,400
Speaker 2: think so, because it's going to be fantastic.

1204
01:00:38,840 --> 01:00:39,600
Speaker 9: Yeah, it's hard.

1205
01:00:40,120 --> 01:00:41,640
Speaker 3: I'm not going to root for the Packers if they

1206
01:00:41,720 --> 01:00:46,640
Speaker 3: make the Super Bowl. Why I don't care about the

1207
01:00:46,720 --> 01:00:50,240
Speaker 3: Packers and their fan base is relatively just a bunch

1208
01:00:50,280 --> 01:00:54,560
Speaker 3: of weird You got your producer, I know, example exhibit A.

1209
01:00:54,800 --> 01:00:58,520
Speaker 4: Okay, but it's going to be these will be two

1210
01:00:58,640 --> 01:01:02,040
Speaker 4: great tonight or or today.

1211
01:01:02,280 --> 01:01:04,760
Speaker 2: You know, I wish it was a brown paper bag.

1212
01:01:04,920 --> 01:01:07,280
Speaker 2: Now it's saddared cheese.

1213
01:01:08,720 --> 01:01:12,000
Speaker 6: Do you have one of those brett uh somewhere in storeage?

1214
01:01:12,040 --> 01:01:14,800
Speaker 2: I think I never wear it though? Were you no?

1215
01:01:15,160 --> 01:01:17,960
Speaker 2: Except for today? Give my paper bag ready?

1216
01:01:18,040 --> 01:01:18,320
Speaker 13: Geez?

1217
01:01:19,960 --> 01:01:20,680
Speaker 2: Wonderful job.

1218
01:01:20,760 --> 01:01:24,240
Speaker 3: Brett as always that is another name as Brad of

1219
01:01:24,400 --> 01:01:27,840
Speaker 3: Brad Blakemore's breakaways. We got to go because on the

1220
01:01:27,880 --> 01:01:30,360
Speaker 3: other side of break we're going to Ottawa. Who doesn't

1221
01:01:30,360 --> 01:01:32,600
Speaker 3: want to go to Ottawa in the spring. We get

1222
01:01:32,640 --> 01:01:35,360
Speaker 3: the opportunity. Next we'll hear from Tom Reid and Joe

1223
01:01:35,440 --> 01:01:37,959
Speaker 3: O'Donnell when we continue on be on the pond.

1224
01:01:43,240 --> 01:01:45,840
Speaker 8: Second slap, that's the while keeping of the offensive. Zoe

1225
01:01:45,920 --> 01:01:48,960
Speaker 8: Middleton scoops down low and that's gonna do it. The

1226
01:01:49,120 --> 01:01:53,680
Speaker 8: Minnesota Wild clinch a spot in the twenty twenty six

1227
01:01:53,800 --> 01:01:55,160
Speaker 8: Stanley Cup Playoffs.

1228
01:01:55,600 --> 01:01:56,520
Speaker 12: It's official.

1229
01:01:57,000 --> 01:02:00,320
Speaker 8: They're heading to the postseason for the fifteen I'm in

1230
01:02:00,440 --> 01:02:04,600
Speaker 8: franchise history twelfth time in the last fourteen years as

1231
01:02:04,680 --> 01:02:06,600
Speaker 8: to get the final four goals of this game to

1232
01:02:06,680 --> 01:02:08,160
Speaker 8: beat the Cadocks five two.

1233
01:02:08,080 --> 01:02:08,560
Speaker 7: Here at home.

1234
01:02:11,680 --> 01:02:14,920
Speaker 3: That was a sound Thursday night at Grand Casino Arena

1235
01:02:15,000 --> 01:02:17,439
Speaker 3: and Joe Donald, Tom Raid all the play by play

1236
01:02:17,520 --> 01:02:19,400
Speaker 3: action as the Wild got it donehim from the nineteen

1237
01:02:19,480 --> 01:02:22,800
Speaker 3: thy and fifty six, and they're off to the postseason

1238
01:02:22,880 --> 01:02:26,000
Speaker 3: for the fifteenth time in franchise history. Beyond the Pond

1239
01:02:26,120 --> 01:02:30,320
Speaker 3: continues Pat mcletty in Saint Willis Park, Kevin Fallnas in

1240
01:02:30,800 --> 01:02:35,320
Speaker 3: Saint Paul, and now we've got the broadcasting tandem of

1241
01:02:35,480 --> 01:02:39,160
Speaker 3: Joe and Tom live from Ottawa. Gentlemen, Good morning, Thank

1242
01:02:39,200 --> 01:02:40,680
Speaker 3: you for joining us here on Beyond the Pond.

1243
01:02:41,000 --> 01:02:43,000
Speaker 13: Yeah, very nice to be alive, and thanks for being.

1244
01:02:44,760 --> 01:02:45,400
Speaker 7: I missed you.

1245
01:02:46,120 --> 01:02:49,240
Speaker 2: We have an all year. Yeah, well it's been heaven.

1246
01:02:50,720 --> 01:02:54,160
Speaker 8: I'm also grateful to be alive here in Ottawa with Tom,

1247
01:02:54,920 --> 01:02:56,160
Speaker 8: Pat and Kevin.

1248
01:02:56,280 --> 01:02:56,880
Speaker 7: Great to hear from you.

1249
01:02:56,920 --> 01:02:59,880
Speaker 2: Gain Kadmick, where have you been? I know, well, I

1250
01:03:00,080 --> 01:03:00,360
Speaker 2: don't know.

1251
01:03:01,280 --> 01:03:03,600
Speaker 7: Let's move along, Yes, move along. Well, if you don't

1252
01:03:03,640 --> 01:03:05,880
Speaker 7: know how we're gonna I know, I know right, Well,

1253
01:03:06,160 --> 01:03:06,600
Speaker 7: you don't know.

1254
01:03:06,880 --> 01:03:10,200
Speaker 4: I just said, you don't know the little hiatus in

1255
01:03:10,560 --> 01:03:13,960
Speaker 4: October November, you know, due to my ailments.

1256
01:03:14,040 --> 01:03:17,640
Speaker 2: But uh all back and uh feeling are you good? Yeah,

1257
01:03:17,760 --> 01:03:18,720
Speaker 2: I'm feeling I'm.

1258
01:03:18,680 --> 01:03:21,400
Speaker 4: Feeling much better. Can walk now? Which is great, and

1259
01:03:21,600 --> 01:03:22,520
Speaker 4: traveling the globe.

1260
01:03:22,560 --> 01:03:24,800
Speaker 3: You're doing the Gophers and next week you're going in

1261
01:03:24,920 --> 01:03:26,160
Speaker 3: and doing the Frozen four stuff.

1262
01:03:26,240 --> 01:03:26,320
Speaker 5: Right.

1263
01:03:26,400 --> 01:03:28,160
Speaker 2: No, but all good Tom, And it's great to hear

1264
01:03:28,240 --> 01:03:28,480
Speaker 2: from you.

1265
01:03:29,120 --> 01:03:29,560
Speaker 9: You thank you.

1266
01:03:29,720 --> 01:03:30,360
Speaker 7: Nice to be heard.

1267
01:03:30,520 --> 01:03:36,120
Speaker 3: Yes, you're considering the alternative. Yeah, exactly right. I know, gentlemen,

1268
01:03:36,200 --> 01:03:38,640
Speaker 3: with your thoughts. Going into today. The Wild locked up

1269
01:03:38,680 --> 01:03:41,480
Speaker 3: their spot, but now they got a busy weekend against

1270
01:03:41,520 --> 01:03:44,680
Speaker 3: two teams fighting for their playoff lives quite literally in

1271
01:03:44,760 --> 01:03:48,560
Speaker 3: the Eastern Conference, including today against Ottawa. That should help

1272
01:03:48,640 --> 01:03:50,960
Speaker 3: to spur the motivation here for Minnesota. Get and keep

1273
01:03:50,960 --> 01:03:51,880
Speaker 3: those juices flowing.

1274
01:03:52,840 --> 01:03:55,400
Speaker 8: I think this is going to be an excellent hockey game.

1275
01:03:55,480 --> 01:03:58,640
Speaker 8: I expect the Wild to be ready. H to me,

1276
01:03:58,840 --> 01:04:01,080
Speaker 8: those four days off, and John Hines has talked about

1277
01:04:01,120 --> 01:04:04,040
Speaker 8: with the local media here at Canadian Tire Center, the

1278
01:04:04,160 --> 01:04:06,800
Speaker 8: four days they had, the two days completely off from

1279
01:04:06,840 --> 01:04:09,400
Speaker 8: team activities and the two practice days seem to reset

1280
01:04:09,520 --> 01:04:13,000
Speaker 8: this group. I thought they were better against Vancouver Thursday night.

1281
01:04:13,280 --> 01:04:15,640
Speaker 8: John Hines echoed that Matt Bodie would have had him

1282
01:04:15,640 --> 01:04:17,480
Speaker 8: on the post game said the same thing, And I

1283
01:04:17,520 --> 01:04:19,280
Speaker 8: think the Wild will be ready today. They know that

1284
01:04:19,400 --> 01:04:21,520
Speaker 8: this is a tough back to back in Detroit tomorrow.

1285
01:04:22,040 --> 01:04:24,480
Speaker 8: Both teams, you said, Kevin, are battling for, you know,

1286
01:04:24,560 --> 01:04:27,800
Speaker 8: a playoff spot still, so they're gonna bring their their intensity.

1287
01:04:27,840 --> 01:04:29,280
Speaker 7: They're going to try to push the pace.

1288
01:04:29,560 --> 01:04:31,680
Speaker 8: I think the wild no just how big this weekend

1289
01:04:31,880 --> 01:04:33,520
Speaker 8: is as they get, you know, kind of down the

1290
01:04:33,600 --> 01:04:35,240
Speaker 8: home stretch here, and I think they'll be ready to go.

1291
01:04:37,160 --> 01:04:37,960
Speaker 2: Hey, guys, I.

1292
01:04:39,640 --> 01:04:42,600
Speaker 4: You know, I'm always bullish on this team, and and

1293
01:04:43,120 --> 01:04:46,320
Speaker 4: but but sometimes are some years, you know, maybe a

1294
01:04:46,360 --> 01:04:50,480
Speaker 4: little bit more so than than others or than other years.

1295
01:04:50,560 --> 01:04:53,960
Speaker 4: But you know, it just seems to me like this

1296
01:04:54,240 --> 01:04:59,200
Speaker 4: team is really really built for for a for a

1297
01:04:59,320 --> 01:05:02,440
Speaker 4: long playoff. And I really liked what what Bill Garon

1298
01:05:02,520 --> 01:05:05,200
Speaker 4: did at the deadline. Got a little heavier and and

1299
01:05:05,320 --> 01:05:07,840
Speaker 4: it just it just you know, and they have a

1300
01:05:07,880 --> 01:05:10,439
Speaker 4: little bit more depth. But but on the flip side

1301
01:05:10,480 --> 01:05:13,560
Speaker 4: of that, as we know, you gotta be ready, you

1302
01:05:13,640 --> 01:05:15,920
Speaker 4: got to be playing well as you're going into the playoffs.

1303
01:05:16,200 --> 01:05:19,280
Speaker 4: How important are these last seven games, you know, before

1304
01:05:19,800 --> 01:05:20,960
Speaker 4: before the playoffs start.

1305
01:05:22,120 --> 01:05:24,360
Speaker 13: They're they're really important. I mean for everybody on the

1306
01:05:24,440 --> 01:05:26,800
Speaker 13: team right now, starting with the goaltending. Goldtending has to

1307
01:05:26,840 --> 01:05:29,080
Speaker 13: be better. Also, we're getting close to the end of

1308
01:05:29,120 --> 01:05:31,840
Speaker 13: the season, and once you get into that postseason players,

1309
01:05:31,880 --> 01:05:35,400
Speaker 13: you know, pat the you know, the intense level is

1310
01:05:35,520 --> 01:05:39,680
Speaker 13: so high and everybody on that Minnesota squad has got

1311
01:05:39,760 --> 01:05:40,680
Speaker 13: to bring their a game.

1312
01:05:40,800 --> 01:05:41,760
Speaker 2: Every time you wake.

1313
01:05:41,680 --> 01:05:43,280
Speaker 7: Up in the morning, you know, you can think about

1314
01:05:43,400 --> 01:05:44,680
Speaker 7: is the game, the game, the game?

1315
01:05:45,000 --> 01:05:45,960
Speaker 2: And that's what they want.

1316
01:05:46,040 --> 01:05:47,840
Speaker 13: And with the four days off, they have plenty of

1317
01:05:47,920 --> 01:05:50,439
Speaker 13: time to rest. Right now, now they have to really

1318
01:05:50,480 --> 01:05:52,280
Speaker 13: put their best foot forward and they're playing against a

1319
01:05:52,280 --> 01:05:54,840
Speaker 13: team that's fighting for their life right now, that being Ottawa,

1320
01:05:54,920 --> 01:05:56,560
Speaker 13: and Ottawa wants to be in the playoffs too.

1321
01:05:57,000 --> 01:05:59,360
Speaker 2: Minnesota could be the spoilers, Joe.

1322
01:05:59,400 --> 01:06:01,640
Speaker 3: When you look at this Minnesota Wild team and we

1323
01:06:01,800 --> 01:06:07,240
Speaker 3: talk about the Superstars reaching that forty goal plateau at

1324
01:06:07,320 --> 01:06:09,920
Speaker 3: the same time on Thursday night, it felt like there

1325
01:06:10,000 --> 01:06:13,480
Speaker 3: was a different spark behind and underneath the skates of

1326
01:06:13,800 --> 01:06:16,880
Speaker 3: Matt Boldy in particular. How big were those four days

1327
01:06:16,920 --> 01:06:21,320
Speaker 3: off for caprisaf and Boldie and what feels like ignited

1328
01:06:21,400 --> 01:06:23,040
Speaker 3: him to a big game?

1329
01:06:23,440 --> 01:06:28,080
Speaker 8: I'd say more so Boldie because of the Olympic, you know, travel,

1330
01:06:28,240 --> 01:06:31,960
Speaker 8: the games, the big moments, the intensity. He never really

1331
01:06:32,040 --> 01:06:35,560
Speaker 8: had a break and for him in brock favor, and

1332
01:06:36,400 --> 01:06:39,280
Speaker 8: you know, I think in particular, those guys probably could have.

1333
01:06:39,360 --> 01:06:43,080
Speaker 7: Needed that time more than most. I think he saw.

1334
01:06:43,280 --> 01:06:47,200
Speaker 8: You know, Boldie was back to sort of his play, driving,

1335
01:06:47,480 --> 01:06:52,160
Speaker 8: attacking the net, great hands and just that puck possession game.

1336
01:06:52,640 --> 01:06:54,800
Speaker 8: Tom and I were just talking before he jumped on,

1337
01:06:54,960 --> 01:06:56,760
Speaker 8: Like Tom reference at spin movie he had in the

1338
01:06:56,800 --> 01:06:59,280
Speaker 8: first period, Like when BOLDI is electric like that and

1339
01:06:59,400 --> 01:07:02,480
Speaker 8: skating so well and protecting the puck and just controlling

1340
01:07:02,520 --> 01:07:05,240
Speaker 8: the offensive zone at times by himself. It feels like

1341
01:07:05,560 --> 01:07:08,080
Speaker 8: he's such a dynamic player. So he said after the

1342
01:07:08,160 --> 01:07:10,440
Speaker 8: game that you know, when I chatted with him that

1343
01:07:11,120 --> 01:07:12,880
Speaker 8: it doesn't always go in for you, right, but the

1344
01:07:12,920 --> 01:07:15,680
Speaker 8: biggest thing is continue to stay with it. Sometimes, as

1345
01:07:15,720 --> 01:07:18,640
Speaker 8: he said, the puck follows you around. Good things going

1346
01:07:18,760 --> 01:07:20,439
Speaker 8: to happen with the pucks on his stick. So great

1347
01:07:20,440 --> 01:07:22,400
Speaker 8: to see him get another two goal game. Is seventh

1348
01:07:22,440 --> 01:07:24,560
Speaker 8: two goal game of the season or seventh multi goal

1349
01:07:24,600 --> 01:07:27,120
Speaker 8: game of the season, I should say, and certainly helped

1350
01:07:27,120 --> 01:07:28,280
Speaker 8: the while to that win Thursday.

1351
01:07:28,440 --> 01:07:30,760
Speaker 4: Hey guys, we all know that you know you're gonna

1352
01:07:30,800 --> 01:07:34,080
Speaker 4: need everybody if you want to make a big playoff push.

1353
01:07:34,200 --> 01:07:37,160
Speaker 4: And running, and Tom you just mentioned the goaltending that

1354
01:07:37,360 --> 01:07:39,280
Speaker 4: you know it's got to get better. I mean, do

1355
01:07:39,360 --> 01:07:42,720
Speaker 4: you think we're at a point where we know who's

1356
01:07:42,760 --> 01:07:44,800
Speaker 4: gonna be in the net game one yet? I mean,

1357
01:07:45,320 --> 01:07:49,240
Speaker 4: or are these last seven games maybe gonna you know,

1358
01:07:49,600 --> 01:07:51,439
Speaker 4: tip the hand of the coach to say, hey, maybe

1359
01:07:51,480 --> 01:07:53,840
Speaker 4: we better go, you know, with this guy instead of

1360
01:07:53,920 --> 01:07:54,320
Speaker 4: this guy.

1361
01:07:54,680 --> 01:07:57,840
Speaker 2: I mean, is that where we're at or what are

1362
01:07:57,840 --> 01:07:58,760
Speaker 2: your guys thoughts on that?

1363
01:07:59,520 --> 01:08:01,280
Speaker 13: Well, I think have a pretty good idea of what

1364
01:08:01,360 --> 01:08:03,760
Speaker 13: the who they're gonna go with. But at the same time,

1365
01:08:03,880 --> 01:08:06,560
Speaker 13: I always say, wait until the playoffs start to see

1366
01:08:06,600 --> 01:08:09,280
Speaker 13: who's healthy. And you've got to make sure that your

1367
01:08:09,320 --> 01:08:12,000
Speaker 13: goaltenders are going to be healthy. But goaltender is critical.

1368
01:08:12,080 --> 01:08:14,600
Speaker 13: When you get the playoff competition, your goaltender is going

1369
01:08:14,640 --> 01:08:15,960
Speaker 13: to win a lot of games for you, and that's

1370
01:08:16,000 --> 01:08:18,720
Speaker 13: what Minnesota needs right now. But that, on the other hand,

1371
01:08:18,800 --> 01:08:21,160
Speaker 13: means that the other guys, also the guys who are

1372
01:08:21,200 --> 01:08:23,760
Speaker 13: scoring the goals of defense, the forwards, they have to

1373
01:08:23,800 --> 01:08:26,000
Speaker 13: step up with their game also because there's gonna be

1374
01:08:26,000 --> 01:08:28,559
Speaker 13: a lot of intensity. And that's why Billy went out

1375
01:08:28,560 --> 01:08:30,120
Speaker 13: and got the guys you got. He wants some more

1376
01:08:30,160 --> 01:08:32,439
Speaker 13: depth with this hockey club. He wants some more side

1377
01:08:32,479 --> 01:08:34,800
Speaker 13: with this club, and I agree, I still would like

1378
01:08:34,840 --> 01:08:37,519
Speaker 13: to see a great, big defenseman out there who's got

1379
01:08:37,560 --> 01:08:39,559
Speaker 13: that nastiness about his game, Joe.

1380
01:08:39,640 --> 01:08:44,000
Speaker 3: That being said, all signs point to Philip Gustison being

1381
01:08:44,000 --> 01:08:46,000
Speaker 3: the number one guy for this team and probably being

1382
01:08:46,000 --> 01:08:48,439
Speaker 3: the number one guy for Game one of the playoffs.

1383
01:08:48,439 --> 01:08:51,559
Speaker 2: That's my opinion. What can you say about the ride

1384
01:08:51,600 --> 01:08:52,000
Speaker 2: that it's been.

1385
01:08:52,120 --> 01:08:54,840
Speaker 3: I know Gustison's not getting to start today, but landing

1386
01:08:54,920 --> 01:08:57,960
Speaker 3: on this roster in the summer of twenty twenty two

1387
01:08:58,400 --> 01:09:01,080
Speaker 3: for Cam Talbot at the time, I'm an unknown commodity.

1388
01:09:01,280 --> 01:09:03,479
Speaker 3: Here we fast forward, he's got one hundred wins under

1389
01:09:03,479 --> 01:09:05,120
Speaker 3: his belt as the Wild number one man.

1390
01:09:05,439 --> 01:09:07,519
Speaker 7: Yeah, just a fourth goalie in Wild history to hit

1391
01:09:07,600 --> 01:09:08,040
Speaker 7: that mark.

1392
01:09:08,720 --> 01:09:11,280
Speaker 8: Former senator, as you just alluded to, he'll sit this

1393
01:09:11,400 --> 01:09:14,160
Speaker 8: one out today or back up? Yes Forvalstad probably a

1394
01:09:14,200 --> 01:09:17,120
Speaker 8: better way to put it. And I like the way

1395
01:09:17,200 --> 01:09:20,439
Speaker 8: the schedule breaks to Pat's point there about you know

1396
01:09:20,800 --> 01:09:21,560
Speaker 8: who's he gonna be?

1397
01:09:21,800 --> 01:09:23,439
Speaker 7: I do tend to think that it would.

1398
01:09:23,280 --> 01:09:25,200
Speaker 8: Be gustuson at the playoffs started today and it was

1399
01:09:25,280 --> 01:09:28,240
Speaker 8: Game one that doesn't mean that Balstets shouldn't be ready.

1400
01:09:29,080 --> 01:09:31,160
Speaker 8: And with a back to back this weekend, we know

1401
01:09:31,240 --> 01:09:33,320
Speaker 8: both guys will play. With a back to back to

1402
01:09:33,400 --> 01:09:35,880
Speaker 8: wrap up the regular season, we know both guys will play,

1403
01:09:35,920 --> 01:09:37,680
Speaker 8: and then you've got that road trip in there. So

1404
01:09:37,720 --> 01:09:39,840
Speaker 8: I wouldn't be surprised if Falseta gets a start here

1405
01:09:39,960 --> 01:09:42,639
Speaker 8: today and then maybe two more the rest of the way,

1406
01:09:42,680 --> 01:09:44,960
Speaker 8: maybe more than that. So I think it's a good

1407
01:09:45,080 --> 01:09:47,759
Speaker 8: way for the while to continue to keep both guys engaged,

1408
01:09:47,840 --> 01:09:50,559
Speaker 8: keep them both ready, and then when the regular season

1409
01:09:50,640 --> 01:09:53,200
Speaker 8: ends a Wild finish on a Tuesday, there are games

1410
01:09:53,240 --> 01:09:55,160
Speaker 8: that are played in the National Hockey League as latest

1411
01:09:55,240 --> 01:09:58,719
Speaker 8: Thursday of that week, so they're gonna have Wednesday, Thursday,

1412
01:09:58,840 --> 01:10:02,040
Speaker 8: Friday all the way into Saturday before they would start

1413
01:10:02,080 --> 01:10:04,240
Speaker 8: the playoffs, and I think that gives them a good

1414
01:10:04,320 --> 01:10:06,479
Speaker 8: chance to get both goalis on a good practice routine,

1415
01:10:06,600 --> 01:10:09,160
Speaker 8: both goals, plenty of rest and mental reps that they need,

1416
01:10:09,520 --> 01:10:11,439
Speaker 8: and I think it just sets up well for everybody

1417
01:10:11,560 --> 01:10:13,559
Speaker 8: for this wild team penning they're healthy down the stretch.

1418
01:10:13,760 --> 01:10:16,320
Speaker 13: You and I have been there before. You know, when

1419
01:10:16,360 --> 01:10:18,280
Speaker 13: you get the playoffs, that's fun. You want to grab

1420
01:10:18,360 --> 01:10:19,800
Speaker 13: the rink. You want to be on the ice. You'll

1421
01:10:19,800 --> 01:10:21,320
Speaker 13: watch the guys during the course of the season.

1422
01:10:21,360 --> 01:10:23,000
Speaker 2: It's a long season, no question.

1423
01:10:22,840 --> 01:10:23,080
Speaker 5: A lot.

1424
01:10:23,120 --> 01:10:26,200
Speaker 13: But Minnesota, Minnesota, you know, has got a number of

1425
01:10:26,240 --> 01:10:27,920
Speaker 13: players that they want to be on the ice. And

1426
01:10:28,000 --> 01:10:29,960
Speaker 13: that's the same with all the teams. When you get

1427
01:10:30,000 --> 01:10:31,320
Speaker 13: to this point, you're going to go.

1428
01:10:31,360 --> 01:10:34,280
Speaker 7: Beyond the regular season, and so let's let's let's.

1429
01:10:34,120 --> 01:10:36,959
Speaker 2: Make it work and hopefully that will happen from Minnesota.

1430
01:10:37,040 --> 01:10:39,000
Speaker 13: You've got a couple of big games here, both afternoon

1431
01:10:39,040 --> 01:10:42,200
Speaker 13: games here today and then Tomorrown Detroit, and Minnesota has

1432
01:10:42,200 --> 01:10:42,960
Speaker 13: to be at their best.

1433
01:10:42,880 --> 01:10:43,200
Speaker 2: All right.

1434
01:10:43,280 --> 01:10:46,920
Speaker 4: So what what are the wild facing today in Theatawa Senators.

1435
01:10:48,280 --> 01:10:51,240
Speaker 8: Well, it's a team pat that has as about as

1436
01:10:51,280 --> 01:10:55,639
Speaker 8: many defensive injuries as you could imagine meeting Blue Liners. Yeah, Thursday,

1437
01:10:55,720 --> 01:10:58,000
Speaker 8: they rallied to beat Buffalo for one of this building.

1438
01:10:58,080 --> 01:11:00,800
Speaker 7: Kick you off the home stand. They basically the whole

1439
01:11:00,840 --> 01:11:02,320
Speaker 7: game with five d as.

1440
01:11:02,360 --> 01:11:04,360
Speaker 8: Tyler Clevin took a puck to the face early and

1441
01:11:04,439 --> 01:11:08,400
Speaker 8: didn't return, and all five defensemen that played the rest

1442
01:11:08,439 --> 01:11:10,400
Speaker 8: of the game were right shot defensemen.

1443
01:11:10,760 --> 01:11:12,679
Speaker 7: Think about that for a minute, and they.

1444
01:11:12,600 --> 01:11:14,880
Speaker 8: Are as banged up as against now Jake Sanderson is

1445
01:11:15,000 --> 01:11:19,719
Speaker 8: taking warm ups, former fifth overall pick team USA. Really,

1446
01:11:20,160 --> 01:11:22,080
Speaker 8: I don't know, top fifteen defenseman in the league, you

1447
01:11:22,120 --> 01:11:25,519
Speaker 8: could probably argue, so they are gonna get a potential

1448
01:11:25,600 --> 01:11:27,920
Speaker 8: big piece back in the lineup. But no Thomas Shabbat

1449
01:11:28,760 --> 01:11:33,160
Speaker 8: for Ottawa, No Dennis Gilbert for Ottawa, no Nick Jensen,

1450
01:11:33,240 --> 01:11:37,720
Speaker 8: the Minnesota native for Ottawa, and that no Clevin as

1451
01:11:37,760 --> 01:11:41,040
Speaker 8: I mentioned, those are all defensemen that are gonna be

1452
01:11:41,320 --> 01:11:44,160
Speaker 8: out of this hockey game. And that's with Sanderson taking

1453
01:11:44,200 --> 01:11:46,639
Speaker 8: war ups as a game time decision, potentially coming back.

1454
01:11:46,680 --> 01:11:48,920
Speaker 7: So the Wild have to get after their defense in

1455
01:11:49,000 --> 01:11:49,320
Speaker 7: this game.

1456
01:11:49,479 --> 01:11:51,840
Speaker 8: John Hines told me just about thirty minutes ago, and

1457
01:11:51,920 --> 01:11:55,240
Speaker 8: he met the media wide speed, make them turn pucks

1458
01:11:55,280 --> 01:11:57,960
Speaker 8: behind them, can't turn over pucks and crucial areas in

1459
01:11:58,000 --> 01:12:00,760
Speaker 8: this game because Ottawa is a great line rush team.

1460
01:12:01,320 --> 01:12:03,519
Speaker 8: So I think Balsat's gonna play well, I really do.

1461
01:12:03,600 --> 01:12:05,240
Speaker 8: I think the Wild will be ready for the jump.

1462
01:12:05,520 --> 01:12:07,800
Speaker 8: I think they know that Ottawa is gonna come out

1463
01:12:07,880 --> 01:12:09,880
Speaker 8: and try to put their mark on this game early.

1464
01:12:09,960 --> 01:12:11,760
Speaker 8: So we'll see if the Wild can get after a

1465
01:12:11,960 --> 01:12:15,160
Speaker 8: somewhat inexperienced Autawa blue line and find a way to

1466
01:12:15,200 --> 01:12:16,320
Speaker 8: match the intensity of this game.

1467
01:12:16,560 --> 01:12:18,840
Speaker 13: Yeah, and you look at Lukus Anderson also coming back.

1468
01:12:18,880 --> 01:12:21,280
Speaker 13: He's missed thirteen games also, and if you remember, he

1469
01:12:21,400 --> 01:12:24,000
Speaker 13: and drath Favor were the only two players that returned

1470
01:12:24,040 --> 01:12:25,400
Speaker 13: to the Olympics this year after.

1471
01:12:25,360 --> 01:12:28,080
Speaker 2: Being part of the Olympics four years ago. So it's

1472
01:12:28,320 --> 01:12:30,559
Speaker 2: gonna be interesting. Let's see what happens right down.

1473
01:12:30,600 --> 01:12:32,880
Speaker 13: But Minnesota's you know what, they got to be at

1474
01:12:32,880 --> 01:12:33,519
Speaker 13: their best right now.

1475
01:12:33,600 --> 01:12:35,240
Speaker 2: I mean, this is the time to step it up.

1476
01:12:35,280 --> 01:12:35,479
Speaker 13: Yep.

1477
01:12:35,680 --> 01:12:38,200
Speaker 3: Tom, I'm putting forth a petition to Gary Bettman for

1478
01:12:38,320 --> 01:12:41,120
Speaker 3: all twelve o'clock games and next season for all eighty

1479
01:12:41,160 --> 01:12:42,599
Speaker 3: four games home and away.

1480
01:12:42,640 --> 01:12:43,799
Speaker 2: Will you sign that petition?

1481
01:12:44,360 --> 01:12:45,960
Speaker 13: If you can get to ten am, it'd be great,

1482
01:12:47,160 --> 01:12:49,960
Speaker 13: even better, all right, exactly. That means we can that

1483
01:12:50,080 --> 01:12:51,320
Speaker 13: means we can still go out at night.

1484
01:12:51,520 --> 01:12:52,120
Speaker 9: That's your guys.

1485
01:12:52,160 --> 01:12:55,160
Speaker 7: Do realize that if you push that through, Tom Reid

1486
01:12:55,200 --> 01:12:56,080
Speaker 7: will be here forever.

1487
01:12:56,439 --> 01:12:59,160
Speaker 4: Yeah, I know he's gonna be there forever anyway, which.

1488
01:12:59,040 --> 01:13:01,320
Speaker 8: Is awesome until we get to Game one of the

1489
01:13:01,360 --> 01:13:03,200
Speaker 8: playoffs with an eight to fifty two puck.

1490
01:13:03,080 --> 01:13:08,920
Speaker 7: Drops somewhere, dall my bedtime to get out of here.

1491
01:13:09,200 --> 01:13:13,720
Speaker 3: I think some of the players, gentlemen, having we'll talk

1492
01:13:13,760 --> 01:13:14,639
Speaker 3: to you hearing about today.

1493
01:13:14,920 --> 01:13:17,800
Speaker 2: Thanks guys, there we go, Joe O'Donnell and Tom Reid.

1494
01:13:17,840 --> 01:13:19,599
Speaker 2: They're from Canadian players.

1495
01:13:19,680 --> 01:13:23,320
Speaker 4: Does any does anyone have any better one liners than

1496
01:13:23,360 --> 01:13:23,840
Speaker 4: Tom Reid?

1497
01:13:24,000 --> 01:13:26,560
Speaker 2: No, he's a beauty man. He sharp as attack and

1498
01:13:26,720 --> 01:13:29,360
Speaker 2: oh my gosh, yeah it's fun. You know what else

1499
01:13:29,439 --> 01:13:29,760
Speaker 2: I heard?

1500
01:13:29,800 --> 01:13:32,080
Speaker 3: I heard there's a rumor that wild fanline could be

1501
01:13:32,280 --> 01:13:34,519
Speaker 3: back as soon as Tuesday, when the while they're back

1502
01:13:34,560 --> 01:13:36,160
Speaker 3: on home ice. What do you think about that? Their

1503
01:13:36,240 --> 01:13:41,280
Speaker 3: world traveler. I'm just I'm just getting back, Kevin. But

1504
01:13:42,160 --> 01:13:44,120
Speaker 3: if I have to suck it up, I'll do it.

1505
01:13:44,640 --> 01:13:46,720
Speaker 2: I would certainly hope so, and I know you're going

1506
01:13:46,800 --> 01:13:48,479
Speaker 2: to be on the road. Well let me save that

1507
01:13:48,640 --> 01:13:49,280
Speaker 2: for our party.

1508
01:13:49,400 --> 01:13:55,960
Speaker 4: Wait Tuesday, Tuesday, this cracking, this coming Tuesday, potentially, it's

1509
01:13:56,080 --> 01:13:57,240
Speaker 4: just a buzz that's out there.

1510
01:13:57,400 --> 01:14:02,080
Speaker 3: And Hope, yeah, yeah, yeah, you know. But regardless of

1511
01:14:02,280 --> 01:14:04,920
Speaker 3: find a way, Kevin, I know you will. And that's

1512
01:14:04,960 --> 01:14:08,640
Speaker 3: the beauty of it for this. Let's look, we know

1513
01:14:08,720 --> 01:14:10,880
Speaker 3: that the while they're most likely not most likely, they're

1514
01:14:10,920 --> 01:14:13,320
Speaker 3: going to face off against the Dallas Stars first round

1515
01:14:13,360 --> 01:14:14,760
Speaker 3: of the playoffs. How would you like to be in

1516
01:14:14,800 --> 01:14:17,439
Speaker 3: the avalanche shoes. They could face off against one of

1517
01:14:17,560 --> 01:14:19,800
Speaker 3: any of the four or five six different names I

1518
01:14:19,920 --> 01:14:22,840
Speaker 3: know fighting for that final wildcard spot. In the West,

1519
01:14:23,040 --> 01:14:25,559
Speaker 3: we're talking about the Eastern Conference with Ottawa and Detroit

1520
01:14:25,840 --> 01:14:28,439
Speaker 3: and battling for their playoff lives. But look at that

1521
01:14:29,680 --> 01:14:33,760
Speaker 3: mashup of teams at the bottom, Santos, Nashville, La all

1522
01:14:33,840 --> 01:14:35,920
Speaker 3: tied at seventy nine, and then just three points back

1523
01:14:36,000 --> 01:14:38,120
Speaker 3: of that you got Saint Lewis and Winnipeg knocking on

1524
01:14:38,200 --> 01:14:38,439
Speaker 3: the door.

1525
01:14:38,720 --> 01:14:41,920
Speaker 4: Well, here's why I'm gonna I'm gonna answer it this way, Kevin.

1526
01:14:42,080 --> 01:14:45,800
Speaker 4: If I'm Colorado, I'm more concerned about my goaltending right now.

1527
01:14:47,040 --> 01:14:47,960
Speaker 2: You know, I'm giving up.

1528
01:14:47,960 --> 01:14:52,519
Speaker 4: Eight goals at home, yep, at home to the Vancouver

1529
01:14:52,840 --> 01:14:57,800
Speaker 4: to Brett Blakemore's Vancouver Canucks. Are you kidding me?

1530
01:14:58,120 --> 01:14:58,360
Speaker 5: Yeah?

1531
01:14:58,840 --> 01:15:00,639
Speaker 2: That one me away.

1532
01:15:00,880 --> 01:15:03,639
Speaker 4: I mean, and what they were down six to two,

1533
01:15:03,800 --> 01:15:07,080
Speaker 4: fought back, tied it up and then lost eight six,

1534
01:15:07,200 --> 01:15:10,200
Speaker 4: right something like that. I mean, yeah, they better worry

1535
01:15:10,240 --> 01:15:15,200
Speaker 4: about how they're defending and and and uh, you know

1536
01:15:15,320 --> 01:15:17,720
Speaker 4: the easy goals that they're letting in, because if they

1537
01:15:17,800 --> 01:15:19,920
Speaker 4: do that, they it doesn't matter who they play in

1538
01:15:19,960 --> 01:15:21,400
Speaker 4: the first round, they could get bounced.

1539
01:15:21,760 --> 01:15:24,080
Speaker 3: Who do you predict will get the final wildcard spot

1540
01:15:24,120 --> 01:15:24,960
Speaker 3: in the Western Conference?

1541
01:15:25,080 --> 01:15:28,040
Speaker 2: Oh boy, you're putting me on the spot there. Uh

1542
01:15:28,600 --> 01:15:29,280
Speaker 2: you want my pick?

1543
01:15:29,680 --> 01:15:32,320
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's an easy one right now because they're hot

1544
01:15:32,439 --> 01:15:37,639
Speaker 3: and Maclin Celebrini. I want yes as your Heart Trophy candidate.

1545
01:15:38,200 --> 01:15:40,519
Speaker 3: But it's got to be San Jose right now. Compared

1546
01:15:40,560 --> 01:15:44,639
Speaker 3: to Nashville, La Saint Louis, Winnipeg, even Seattle, San Jose

1547
01:15:45,000 --> 01:15:48,280
Speaker 3: just feels like their heads and shoulders amongst the rest

1548
01:15:48,320 --> 01:15:48,960
Speaker 3: of those, you know.

1549
01:15:50,479 --> 01:15:51,160
Speaker 2: Type of teams.

1550
01:15:51,360 --> 01:15:54,320
Speaker 4: Well, I will tell you tonight is a big one

1551
01:15:54,840 --> 01:15:59,160
Speaker 4: San Jose at home against Nashville, and so I think

1552
01:15:59,240 --> 01:16:04,000
Speaker 4: that that is a critical game, you know, more so

1553
01:16:04,640 --> 01:16:09,320
Speaker 4: for San Jose because they're at home, and you know,

1554
01:16:09,400 --> 01:16:11,439
Speaker 4: you got to take care of your business at home,

1555
01:16:11,640 --> 01:16:14,160
Speaker 4: and you know, Nashville's thinking, hey, let's go.

1556
01:16:14,240 --> 01:16:17,639
Speaker 2: In in in the San Jose and steal one. Oh boy,

1557
01:16:17,920 --> 01:16:19,439
Speaker 2: you know, so I think.

1558
01:16:21,880 --> 01:16:24,240
Speaker 4: It's I hope San Jose gets in because I want

1559
01:16:24,280 --> 01:16:27,680
Speaker 4: to see Celebrini in the playoffs, and I just you know,

1560
01:16:27,760 --> 01:16:31,240
Speaker 4: I think we should. You know, I love seeing our

1561
01:16:31,280 --> 01:16:34,280
Speaker 4: superstars play and and so I hope it's San Jose,

1562
01:16:34,439 --> 01:16:35,280
Speaker 4: but I you know.

1563
01:16:35,360 --> 01:16:38,479
Speaker 3: Again, I don't know it's it's gonna be whoever gets

1564
01:16:38,520 --> 01:16:41,080
Speaker 3: hot at the exact rate right coming down the stretch.

1565
01:16:41,120 --> 01:16:42,640
Speaker 2: But that would be so much fun. San Jose and

1566
01:16:42,680 --> 01:16:44,720
Speaker 2: Colorado is gonna come down to the last day, right,

1567
01:16:44,840 --> 01:16:47,400
Speaker 2: It's gonna very well could Yeah, yeah, very well could.

1568
01:16:47,640 --> 01:16:49,840
Speaker 3: How about in the Eastern Conference again, the Wild have

1569
01:16:50,000 --> 01:16:53,160
Speaker 3: Ottawa today, Detroit tomorrow. Right now, they're part of four

1570
01:16:53,240 --> 01:16:59,280
Speaker 3: teams tied for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Ottawa, Detroit, Columbus, Philadelphia,

1571
01:16:59,600 --> 01:17:03,240
Speaker 3: all with eighty eight points. Three teams most likely are

1572
01:17:03,280 --> 01:17:04,760
Speaker 3: going to be on the outside looking in. One of

1573
01:17:04,800 --> 01:17:07,280
Speaker 3: them is going to survive. Who's your pick between those four?

1574
01:17:07,520 --> 01:17:10,000
Speaker 4: Well, I'll just say this, it doesn't really matter, right

1575
01:17:10,040 --> 01:17:13,479
Speaker 4: because you know, Brett's very very good friend and a

1576
01:17:13,560 --> 01:17:16,519
Speaker 4: friend of all of ours. Robbie Rosenhous doesn't think the

1577
01:17:16,600 --> 01:17:19,760
Speaker 4: Montreal Canadians will lose for the next ten years, and

1578
01:17:19,960 --> 01:17:23,720
Speaker 4: so no, I, I you know, I think Columbus.

1579
01:17:23,360 --> 01:17:24,360
Speaker 2: Would be a great story.

1580
01:17:24,640 --> 01:17:27,400
Speaker 6: Kevin cole Caffield is also the next Wayne Gretzky.

1581
01:17:27,880 --> 01:17:29,599
Speaker 2: Yeah, fifty goals for that dude, though.

1582
01:17:29,840 --> 01:17:33,479
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think I'd love to see Columbus get in.

1583
01:17:33,560 --> 01:17:35,880
Speaker 4: I think it's a great story from from where they

1584
01:17:35,920 --> 01:17:39,760
Speaker 4: were when they made the coaching change, and you know,

1585
01:17:39,880 --> 01:17:43,639
Speaker 4: I think we're Renzky's one of the you know, I listen.

1586
01:17:43,720 --> 01:17:45,840
Speaker 4: I think he's my pick to win the Norris.

1587
01:17:45,960 --> 01:17:48,360
Speaker 2: But you know what do I say? Yeah?

1588
01:17:48,520 --> 01:17:52,479
Speaker 3: You know right now they have had an incredible season

1589
01:17:52,560 --> 01:17:53,839
Speaker 3: since firing Dean Evson.

1590
01:17:54,040 --> 01:17:55,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, but they've lost five in a row.

1591
01:17:55,560 --> 01:17:58,800
Speaker 3: So again, yeah, out there on the precipice, but the

1592
01:17:58,880 --> 01:18:00,960
Speaker 3: wild could do a lot to spoil the party there

1593
01:18:01,040 --> 01:18:03,759
Speaker 3: for both Ottawa and Yeah. Over the course of the weekend,

1594
01:18:03,800 --> 01:18:05,240
Speaker 3: I got to ask you about the Frozen four.

1595
01:18:05,320 --> 01:18:08,519
Speaker 2: You're gonna be there. Who's your pick to win it all?

1596
01:18:11,520 --> 01:18:15,240
Speaker 2: I can't pick. I'm calling the game. Oh my goodness, Okay,

1597
01:18:15,360 --> 01:18:17,840
Speaker 2: well much, how are you gonna do the show next week?

1598
01:18:17,880 --> 01:18:20,720
Speaker 2: Are you gonna figure out? I don't think. I don't

1599
01:18:20,760 --> 01:18:21,120
Speaker 2: you know that.

1600
01:18:22,800 --> 01:18:25,639
Speaker 4: It's gonna be It's gonna be difficult, but you know me, Kevin,

1601
01:18:25,960 --> 01:18:26,679
Speaker 4: I will try.

1602
01:18:27,200 --> 01:18:27,800
Speaker 2: I will try to.

1603
01:18:29,240 --> 01:18:35,920
Speaker 6: If it's time for Halvey's hat trick, gosh, very well,

1604
01:18:35,960 --> 01:18:38,120
Speaker 6: could be Wow, is that gonna happen?

1605
01:18:38,360 --> 01:18:41,000
Speaker 2: That's what happens. You have to be on the show

1606
01:18:41,080 --> 01:18:43,880
Speaker 2: next week in something, but I don't have to do.

1607
01:18:44,000 --> 01:18:46,160
Speaker 2: I don''t know what time I'll have to be at

1608
01:18:46,200 --> 01:18:46,639
Speaker 2: the arena.

1609
01:18:47,000 --> 01:18:49,640
Speaker 3: Listen, you can't go to the Frozen four call the

1610
01:18:49,720 --> 01:18:52,320
Speaker 3: games and not join your show beyond the pod that

1611
01:18:52,479 --> 01:18:55,600
Speaker 3: talks about hockey, especially college hockey. I will be on

1612
01:18:55,720 --> 01:18:58,080
Speaker 3: the show in some form of fashion. I'm thrown down

1613
01:18:58,120 --> 01:18:58,920
Speaker 3: the gauntlet right now.

1614
01:18:59,080 --> 01:19:01,880
Speaker 4: I'm trying. I'm I'm gonna, I'm gonna try to make

1615
01:19:01,920 --> 01:19:03,519
Speaker 4: it work. Kevin, don't yell at me.

1616
01:19:03,640 --> 01:19:09,679
Speaker 2: I'm not yelling myself. Heard all right, wonderful job as always. Patrick.

1617
01:19:09,720 --> 01:19:12,080
Speaker 3: We will talk to you next week, and I'm guaranteeing

1618
01:19:12,120 --> 01:19:13,160
Speaker 3: it and I'm demanding it.

1619
01:19:13,439 --> 01:19:16,040
Speaker 2: All right, have a great week. There we go, pass see,

1620
01:19:16,120 --> 01:19:18,040
Speaker 2: I'll talk to you Tuesday, I guess.

1621
01:19:17,920 --> 01:19:18,280
Speaker 12: I hope.

1622
01:19:18,320 --> 01:19:21,439
Speaker 3: So here, let's see, let's get it done. Leady joining

1623
01:19:21,520 --> 01:19:24,080
Speaker 3: Mex for his show. It's beyond the Pond. Brett Blakemore

1624
01:19:24,120 --> 01:19:26,679
Speaker 3: doing a great job as always. We got wild hockey

1625
01:19:26,720 --> 01:19:28,680
Speaker 3: coming up. The drop of the puck at twelve oh

1626
01:19:28,760 --> 01:19:31,360
Speaker 3: eight in the Central time zone, but the pregame starts

1627
01:19:31,439 --> 01:19:34,040
Speaker 3: in less than five minutes from now. So you're gonna

1628
01:19:34,080 --> 01:19:35,760
Speaker 3: want to be there for that the while taking on

1629
01:19:35,840 --> 01:19:38,400
Speaker 3: the Ottawa Senators Wild already going to the playoffs. They've

1630
01:19:38,439 --> 01:19:41,360
Speaker 3: got their spot locked up fifteenth time in franchise history

1631
01:19:41,520 --> 01:19:44,080
Speaker 3: and the twelfth time in the last fourteen years. They're

1632
01:19:44,200 --> 01:19:47,639
Speaker 3: headed to the Stanley Cup Playoffs. What about the Ottawa Senators?

1633
01:19:47,680 --> 01:19:49,840
Speaker 3: Can the Wild spoil the party? They'll try to do

1634
01:19:50,000 --> 01:19:52,760
Speaker 3: so next on the Fan. Great job, Brett. We'll talk

1635
01:19:52,760 --> 01:19:54,000
Speaker 3: to you next week. I'll be on the pond