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Speaker 4: On the third well, Riker Evans with an elite keep

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Speaker 6: for the Seeds at Honda Center, the Cracking getting step

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Speaker 6: of the Anaheim Ducks. Mike Benton, Al Kaniski ever I

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Speaker 5: Table as usual.

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Speaker 6: I want to recap this week fellas. But before I

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, washing my lions revert back to their early

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Speaker 4: You know, for whatever reason, it just didn't look like

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Speaker 6: There's conversation of where are you right now in relation

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Speaker 5: Which will be a lot of hockey. I couldn't believe

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Speaker 1: Yep, nineteen and thirty five if you start out the Christmas.

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Speaker 6: So we're hearing again that the Olympic break is going

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Speaker 6: It's still a bit too early right now in the season.

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Speaker 3: It's early, but I mean the kracket had been playing

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Speaker 6: We just found out all right, Everett, youah this stage, Yeah,

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Speaker 6: I don't, I don't have the breaking news, flopper, but zero.

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Speaker 3: Brandon Montor four weeks on the shelf with with hand surgery,

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Speaker 3: You're not losing nine of ten games.

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Speaker 1: You're not doing that right.

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Speaker 3: So now you find out today that Brandon Montor is

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Speaker 1: But you're right. I mean the schedule doesn't get it easier.

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Speaker 3: Like I said before nineteen and thirty five, coming out

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Speaker 5: People.

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Speaker 6: If you're ever wondering what it takes here to reach

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Speaker 5: Three and three.

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Speaker 3: And listen, I understand that we travel better than most

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Speaker 3: But you know, I'm getting off my soapbox here, but

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Speaker 6: And I think fits you said a great that middle

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it is.

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Speaker 3: And again I think it's it's for not only for Seattle,

438
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Speaker 3: but the saving grace right now is that, yeah, you're

439
00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:27,960
Speaker 3: seven points back, but everyone's.

440
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Speaker 1: So bunched up.

441
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Speaker 6: This is why you have good goaltending, Yeah exactly, This

442
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Speaker 6: is why Bultennan keeps.

443
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Speaker 5: You in the game no matter what.

444
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Speaker 1: Yeah, one hundred percent.

445
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Speaker 3: So you know a lot of people maybe were scoffing

446
00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:38,840
Speaker 3: at the crack and keeping the three goalies. But now

447
00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:41,600
Speaker 3: it's looking like a pretty genius move with the injuries

448
00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:43,480
Speaker 3: that we've seen, and now you've got three.

449
00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:45,399
Speaker 5: Matt Murray could be back. Murray could be.

450
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Speaker 3: Back soon as well, So now you could go back

451
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Speaker 3: to having a three goalie, more fresh rotation, hopefully in

452
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Speaker 3: the next couple of weeks here. And you're in a

453
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Speaker 3: very busy part. You're in a very busy part of

454
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Speaker 3: the schedule as well, exactly. So it's not it's not easy.

455
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Speaker 3: It's not going to be easy for Seattle. But like

456
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Speaker 3: you've said before, I think these games have a potential.

457
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Speaker 3: Just as the Kraken have slid a little bit, you

458
00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:10,159
Speaker 3: can get on a roll and keep on going. And

459
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Speaker 3: I mean I think sometimes players will tell you like, man,

460
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Speaker 3: I don't want to break, Like you know, how many

461
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Speaker 3: times have we seen teams going into the All Star

462
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Speaker 3: break having won five of six or seven of nine,

463
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Speaker 3: whatever the case may be, and then they have a

464
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Speaker 3: five day break and you're like, oh, man, no, I

465
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Speaker 3: want to keep going.

466
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Speaker 1: We're feeling it.

467
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Speaker 3: So you're hoping that for the Kraken, that win against

468
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Speaker 3: San Jose, maybe that sparks a streak for Seattle that

469
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Speaker 3: can continue here tonight.

470
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Speaker 6: So I'll get to Brandon montor now, and this is

471
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Speaker 6: the part where we get to how it affects the

472
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Speaker 6: lineup because he eats up so many minutes and he

473
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Speaker 6: produces so much five on five power play as well.

474
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Speaker 5: Some argue he could be on PP.

475
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Speaker 6: One right now, and I think there's certainly merit here

476
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Speaker 6: to it. But where do we see the bigger effect

477
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Speaker 6: that will challenge this the most five on five where

478
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Speaker 6: you manage Vince done, Adam Larson's minutes and then throwing

479
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Speaker 6: in Lindra and alexiak in there as well. Or is

480
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Speaker 6: this more more of a power play thing?

481
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Speaker 4: No, I think I think it's it's five on five

482
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Speaker 4: because you know, Mantour plays a lot, a lot of

483
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Speaker 4: minutes overall in the game. Yeah, he's on the power

484
00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:19,760
Speaker 4: play as well, but if you only get one or

485
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Speaker 4: two power plays, that's four minutes you know of hockey,

486
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Speaker 4: and and yes he does have an impact there, but

487
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Speaker 4: the five on five is really where it's gonna show.

488
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Speaker 4: Not having him jump into the rushes, turning a two

489
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Speaker 4: on two into a three on two, not jumping into

490
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Speaker 4: a one on one situation where he goes to the

491
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Speaker 4: back door and he's available for a pass, and I'm

492
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Speaker 4: talking about offense, but then he's also he also gets

493
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Speaker 4: back on defense, and it doesn't leave his deep partner

494
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Speaker 4: hung out to dry. So I think that's what I'm

495
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Speaker 4: gonna miss seeing while he's out of the lineup right now,

496
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Speaker 4: is the impact he has on the offense.

497
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Speaker 3: I think that too, And also what we've seen from

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Speaker 3: Brandon Montour is is his demeanor off the ice in

499
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Speaker 3: the locker room, and I think it's it's that leadership.

500
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Speaker 3: Even though he doesn't have a letter, guys gravitate toward him,

501
00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:08,720
Speaker 3: and he's he brings this light energy, this levity to

502
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Speaker 3: the room. Things are never too low with Brandon Montour.

503
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Speaker 3: He's always got a smile for you. He's always joking,

504
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Speaker 3: and I think when you're in the thick of it,

505
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Speaker 3: like the crack of our right now, whether that be

506
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Speaker 3: the strength of the schedule or the lack of results,

507
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Speaker 3: you need that person to calm things down. So he's

508
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Speaker 3: a calming presence. I talk so much about how Jane

509
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Speaker 3: Schwartz on the ice is a very calming presence, and

510
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Speaker 3: you know that whenever he's on the ice, you're gonna

511
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Speaker 3: be fine. I think with Brandon Montour, you get the

512
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Speaker 3: same thing, but also in the locker room as well.

513
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Speaker 3: So and then I'm not devaluating his importance on the ice,

514
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Speaker 3: but just from what we see of from him on

515
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Speaker 3: the bench in the room, that part is gonna be

516
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Speaker 3: missed as well.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you're not devaluating. I think you're placing just as

518
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Speaker 4: much value off the ice as he is on the ice.

519
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Speaker 4: And you make a great point about Montour, you know,

520
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Speaker 4: not being in the locker room. Same thing with Schwartz,

521
00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:04,960
Speaker 4: same thing with McCann. Like, these are three leaders on

522
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Speaker 4: this team. That puts a lot more of this leadership responsibility,

523
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Speaker 4: if you will, on Jordan Eberley's shoulders. You know, he's

524
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Speaker 4: got to be the one that's engaged with the other

525
00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:16,960
Speaker 4: nineteen guys in the room. Whereas when you have that

526
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Speaker 4: leadership spread amongst those other three guys, it's a lot

527
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Speaker 4: easier to manage. So it puts a lot more responsibility

528
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Speaker 4: on Everley while these three guys are out.

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Speaker 6: All right, before our mailbag segments, let's jump right here

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Speaker 6: to the Beacon plumbing hotline, the radio voice, the Coachella

531
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Speaker 6: Valley Firebirds checking in. All right, been a while since

532
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Speaker 6: we turned the attention here to the prospects side, but

533
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Speaker 6: it's always a good time to bring in our friend

534
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Speaker 6: Evan Pivnik here to Cracking Weekly. He is on with

535
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Speaker 6: us quite a bit because he is the radio play

536
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Speaker 6: by play voice of the Coachella Valley Firebirds on the

537
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Speaker 6: American Hockey League side. Evan joins us here on Crack

538
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Speaker 6: and Weekly. Evan, Happy holidays, Merry Christmas. I don't think

539
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Speaker 6: that you're bundling up too much out there in the

540
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Speaker 6: Palm Desert area. But what are you looking forward to

541
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Speaker 6: here with the holidays coming up?

542
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Speaker 7: You know what I have been. I broke out the

543
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Speaker 7: sweatshirt and the sweatpants. As of late, it's been colder

544
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Speaker 7: in the mornings around fifty five when I when I,

545
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Speaker 7: when I come outside.

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Speaker 5: That's double layer weather for us up here.

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Speaker 7: Fella, no but fits and al. You guys were just

548
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Speaker 7: in Calgary. We were just in Calgary as well a

549
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Speaker 7: week before you guys, and it was it was seven below.

550
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Speaker 7: So we went through the uh, you know, the the

551
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Speaker 7: two extremes. So everyone's still trying to get their equilib

552
00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:37,320
Speaker 7: room is back on track, but yeah, looking forward to

553
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Speaker 7: the holidays. A few days off I get to see

554
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Speaker 7: you guys, which I'm excited about in Anaheim, and you know,

555
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Speaker 7: you guys get to get some nice Southern California weather.

556
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Speaker 6: It's always good to bring the connection up here with

557
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Speaker 6: the Firebirds and the Crack and when the Crack can

558
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Speaker 6: come on down to visit Southern California here for the

559
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Speaker 6: visits against the Ducks and the Kings, and turning our

560
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Speaker 6: attention here to the Firebirds side, because right now kind

561
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Speaker 6: of in the middle of the Pacific Divisi, but still

562
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Speaker 6: with a pretty good and pretty solid winning record as

563
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Speaker 6: we have this conversation, so it seems as if every year,

564
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Speaker 6: and this is for the folks who are still understanding

565
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Speaker 6: the nuances and the context in between the NHL and

566
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Speaker 6: the AHL, a lot of success in the American Hockey

567
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Speaker 6: League is determined a course, with the amount of prospects

568
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Speaker 6: that you have in the system and not so much

569
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Speaker 6: on the continuity of veterans like you would have at

570
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Speaker 6: the NHL level, and things can certainly change year by years.

571
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Speaker 6: So under year two of Derek Laxtall, where have they

572
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Speaker 6: gone so far with regards to meeting the bar as

573
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Speaker 6: a collective unit with their prospects here this season so far.

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Speaker 7: I think everyone's been pleasantly surprised about what's been going

575
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Speaker 7: on so far with you know, with the way the

576
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Speaker 7: team has been building. You know, you looked at the

577
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Speaker 7: offseason even you know, the writing was on the wall

578
00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:57,280
Speaker 7: last year going into this season of this is going

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Speaker 7: to be a young team. It's going to be a

580
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Speaker 7: team that is going to be mostly twenty year olds,

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Speaker 7: very little veteran presence. And you know, and that was

582
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Speaker 7: counting on having Max McCormick back this year too, but

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Speaker 7: he's he's out for the year. So now you're down

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Speaker 7: to two veterans right now in the lineup with Mitchell

585
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Speaker 7: Stevens and John Hayden. Gustaf Olofson is working his way

586
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Speaker 7: back from an injury. Ben Myers was just called up,

587
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Speaker 7: So you know what, there's kudos to those guys because

588
00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:27,800
Speaker 7: you know, those guys are the ones who are kind

589
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Speaker 7: of not so the voice of reason in the locker room,

590
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Speaker 7: but they're setting such a big example for these young players,

591
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Speaker 7: and you know what, it even brings the onus a

592
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Speaker 7: little bit more on guys like Jacob Malanson who's now

593
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Speaker 7: called up, but Logan Morris and even you know, Ty

594
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Speaker 7: Nelson and Jagger Furcus David go. Yeah, guys who have

595
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Speaker 7: been there for at least a year. They're the older

596
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Speaker 7: guys in the room. Now. There are these older presences

597
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Speaker 7: that these young guys can learn from. And Derek Lackstaff

598
00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:55,080
Speaker 7: says all the time, you know, as you get to

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Speaker 7: game twenty, you know, these guys aren't really rookies anymore.

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Speaker 7: And I think they've been settling in nicely. There's been,

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Speaker 7: you know, a lot of things that have brought this

602
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Speaker 7: team together. And one thing I've really liked so far

603
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Speaker 7: is how resilient this team has been. And I don't

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Speaker 7: know if that's be because, you know, you just have

605
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Speaker 7: a bunch of rookies who maybe don't know any better.

606
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Speaker 7: So they're coming back from two goal deficits every single game,

607
00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:20,200
Speaker 7: or at least keeping themselves in every single game rather

608
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Speaker 7: than just you know, getting down on themselves once they

609
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Speaker 7: give up a couple of goals. But you know, that's

610
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Speaker 7: kind of been them for this team, is there never

611
00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:29,879
Speaker 7: never give up sort of mentality. I don't know if

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Speaker 7: that's just you know, in tribute to to John Cena

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Speaker 7: who had just retired, but I think that's that's kind

614
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Speaker 7: of been what this team has been all about.

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Speaker 5: That's wrestling reference.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, pim couple. You know, a couple of guys that

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Speaker 4: stand up to me from from training camp in preseason,

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Speaker 4: Oscar Fisker Mogard who has come up a little bit

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Speaker 4: as well as Tyson Jugnat. Juggnat's got eighteen points, four goals,

620
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Speaker 4: fourteen assists. What's his season been looking like?

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Speaker 7: He's just been stronger and stronger after every single game.

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Speaker 7: And I think, you know, there are a lot of

623
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Speaker 7: guys who still make mistakes here and there. You know,

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Speaker 7: I think Lane Lambert said it during your guys training camp,

625
00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:12,920
Speaker 7: errors of enthusiasm. There have been plenty of those. Yeah,

626
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,040
Speaker 7: there have been plenty of those. But you know what

627
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Speaker 7: Tyson is is a guy who he is an experienced player,

628
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Speaker 7: one of the most more experienced players as as Molgard

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Speaker 7: is too, just from where he's played before, not only

630
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Speaker 7: playing junior but playing a year in college as well.

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Speaker 7: For jugg Nat, and he's just been a strong, steady

632
00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:33,920
Speaker 7: presence and every single game he's gotten a little bit better.

633
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Speaker 7: You know, he makes a ton of assists. You know,

634
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Speaker 7: he had a four point game in Calgary last week,

635
00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:42,040
Speaker 7: four points in the first period, two goals and two assists,

636
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Speaker 7: and not often do you get that from a defenseman,

637
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Speaker 7: so he can turn it on where it need be.

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00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:49,320
Speaker 7: He's clutched too. He has I think four overtime points

639
00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:51,400
Speaker 7: this year as well, so you know, he's fun to

640
00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:53,280
Speaker 7: watch and he's still growing into his game at the

641
00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:56,040
Speaker 7: pro level. So he's uh. I think the ceiling's really

642
00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:58,920
Speaker 7: high with him. And he mentioned Oscar Fisterer and Mulgard

643
00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:02,080
Speaker 7: who you know what. He came in last year from

644
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Speaker 7: from overseas and he played his first few games with

645
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Speaker 7: us and we were kind of astonished about how mature

646
00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:12,480
Speaker 7: he looked out there, and obviously that's a big credit

647
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Speaker 7: to the SHL and then playing against grown men over

648
00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:19,080
Speaker 7: there compared to guys who maybe play against you know,

649
00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:21,880
Speaker 7: the guys their agent junior. But you could see that

650
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Speaker 7: he is probably three or four years maturity wise ahead

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Speaker 7: of a lot of the other rookie players. You know,

652
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Speaker 7: his hockey IQs off the charts. He scored a highlight

653
00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:34,800
Speaker 7: reel goal the other night to give the Firebirds the

654
00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:37,720
Speaker 7: lead late in the third period. He's he's just been

655
00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:43,120
Speaker 7: consistent and I think that's really what he drives after

656
00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:45,640
Speaker 7: it's just consistency, same thing every day. You know the

657
00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:47,360
Speaker 7: effort you're gonna get out of him, you know the

658
00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:50,400
Speaker 7: skill that he brings, and just the positive energy he

659
00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:52,200
Speaker 7: brings to the team as well. And I think, as

660
00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:55,440
Speaker 7: I said before, you know, you have so few older

661
00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:58,000
Speaker 7: guys on this team. So for him to have that

662
00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:00,280
Speaker 7: maturity and then be at that level right now, I

663
00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:02,680
Speaker 7: think is helping not only just himself, and you know,

664
00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:04,480
Speaker 7: he earned himself an NHL call up this year, but

665
00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:07,440
Speaker 7: other guys who are looking to get that call up

666
00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:08,960
Speaker 7: to the NHL and just kind of watch what he

667
00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:11,640
Speaker 7: does every single day from a young player's perspective.

668
00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:15,800
Speaker 3: You know, it's funny you're talking about the guys who

669
00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:18,400
Speaker 3: have been earning spots and a guy like Oscar Fisker Mulgard,

670
00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:21,200
Speaker 3: who the players up here even said, you can tell

671
00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:23,640
Speaker 3: he's played pro hockey for a number of years. And

672
00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:26,800
Speaker 3: we're getting to that point now year five where we're

673
00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:30,320
Speaker 3: starting to see these first and second round draft picks,

674
00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:33,840
Speaker 3: these first Craken picks start to make their way into

675
00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:36,280
Speaker 3: the NHL and looking up and down the roster, when

676
00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:39,840
Speaker 3: you see a Jagger Fercus, when you see a villi

677
00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:44,200
Speaker 3: Odoviyan and a Carsons, Raycoff, David Goyette, how close in

678
00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:46,080
Speaker 3: your opinion, even though a lot of Aden's got a

679
00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:47,960
Speaker 3: game last year, but some of those guys who are

680
00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:51,560
Speaker 3: now in their second third year pro how close do

681
00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:54,080
Speaker 3: you feel a lot of these guys are to making

682
00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:55,560
Speaker 3: that next.

683
00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:59,160
Speaker 7: Jump, whether it be temporary or permanently. Well, I think

684
00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:01,360
Speaker 7: you see all those guys you mentioned, I think if

685
00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:03,720
Speaker 7: you put them into an NHL scenario, I think they

686
00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:05,600
Speaker 7: could they could at least tread water.

687
00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:05,840
Speaker 3: You know.

688
00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:10,800
Speaker 7: That's and I think that's compliments to just the whole

689
00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:13,960
Speaker 7: development right and and the cohesion of the NHL to

690
00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:18,320
Speaker 7: AHL relationship where the NHL team kind of operates very similar.

691
00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:20,480
Speaker 7: The AHL team operates very similar to the way the

692
00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:23,120
Speaker 7: NHL team does in all aspects, including on the ice.

693
00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:25,000
Speaker 7: So if there is a call up that needs to

694
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:27,840
Speaker 7: be needs to be made, then that player feels a

695
00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:31,480
Speaker 7: lot more comfortable because the systems are similar. Power plays,

696
00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:35,920
Speaker 7: penalty kills, breakouts, all those little things can really just

697
00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:38,600
Speaker 7: kind of you know, plug in place in ways. And

698
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:41,320
Speaker 7: you know these guys too, they think they do. I

699
00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:42,920
Speaker 7: think they do such a great job. But I've said

700
00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:47,200
Speaker 7: this before, just the way that the Firebirds and the Kraken.

701
00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:50,560
Speaker 7: They bring all the young players and unfortunately, you know,

702
00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:54,080
Speaker 7: we've had really long playoff stints the first and second year,

703
00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:55,680
Speaker 7: and we went to the second round last year. But

704
00:32:56,320 --> 00:33:00,280
Speaker 7: you look at how many guys came out and saw

705
00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:02,800
Speaker 7: what the Firebirds were all about and what the Crack

706
00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:05,160
Speaker 7: can expect of them. They were there as black aces,

707
00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:08,040
Speaker 7: but they were practicing every game every day and taking

708
00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:10,840
Speaker 7: warm ups and and all that stuff. So they got

709
00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:12,880
Speaker 7: to get that pro experience right out of the gates.

710
00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:14,960
Speaker 7: So they know the expectations, they know what the Cracking

711
00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:18,760
Speaker 7: organization wants from them. I think Corey Murphy's doing a

712
00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:22,120
Speaker 7: great job. Justin Rice, who the same sort of people.

713
00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:25,800
Speaker 7: Just compliments the Krack and development staff because they've done

714
00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:30,320
Speaker 7: such a great job of having everyone ready for that

715
00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:34,160
Speaker 7: call up. And you know, I hope Villi gets a

716
00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:36,440
Speaker 7: few more games. I hope Jagger gets an opportunity this

717
00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:38,920
Speaker 7: season at some point, because he's definitely earned it. He's

718
00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:41,280
Speaker 7: been about a point of game player all season long.

719
00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:44,120
Speaker 7: You know, even Logan Morrison who's waiting in the wings

720
00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:46,720
Speaker 7: for his next NHL call up. There are so many

721
00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:50,520
Speaker 7: guys who I think it's probably pretty fun for Jason

722
00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:52,400
Speaker 7: Bartow right now to say, oh, let's let's give this

723
00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:56,120
Speaker 7: guy a chance, and then it's exciting right to be like, Okay, well,

724
00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:59,120
Speaker 7: we have four or five guys that can definitely go

725
00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:00,600
Speaker 7: and play the nast Hockey League.

726
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:03,040
Speaker 3: On a similar topic, I was going to save this

727
00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:04,560
Speaker 3: question for later, but you kind of went into it

728
00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:05,240
Speaker 3: a little bit there.

729
00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:08,560
Speaker 1: In the minor leagues, there is there is a lot of.

730
00:34:08,640 --> 00:34:12,920
Speaker 3: Differences between organizations, right, Some organizations they want to win.

731
00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:17,480
Speaker 3: Other organizations don't care about results. It's all about your prospects.

732
00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:20,120
Speaker 3: And I think with Seattle you get a bit.

733
00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:20,719
Speaker 7: Of both, right.

734
00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:23,680
Speaker 3: Obviously, in Coachella Valley, you want to grow the hockey product.

735
00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:26,640
Speaker 3: You want to make money. We are a for profit business.

736
00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:29,320
Speaker 3: We want to have success. But also you're trying to

737
00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:33,560
Speaker 3: develop those prospects as well. What have you seen from

738
00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:37,640
Speaker 3: the hockey side and the business side that has made

739
00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:43,040
Speaker 3: Coachella just so successful in four years time now?

740
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:45,960
Speaker 7: I think you look at the investment right away, you

741
00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:49,040
Speaker 7: look at the arena, the Firebirds playing, and you know

742
00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:51,719
Speaker 7: Fits and Mike, you guys have been there al still

743
00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:57,480
Speaker 7: waiting for you to make your appearance at Arista now yeah, yeah, yes,

744
00:34:57,640 --> 00:34:59,560
Speaker 7: it's a great spot and I wish you guys were

745
00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:01,120
Speaker 7: in town a bit longer to come to a game.

746
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:03,920
Speaker 7: But you know, I think just from the ground up

747
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:06,880
Speaker 7: of the expectations of a beautiful, brand new building that

748
00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:10,360
Speaker 7: at Oakview Group helps that help get off the ground,

749
00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:13,640
Speaker 7: and this area too that doesn't didn't have a hockey team,

750
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:16,719
Speaker 7: and now everyone's rallying around him, and the success of

751
00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:20,799
Speaker 7: the first two seasons. The bar was very high from

752
00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:23,759
Speaker 7: the get GOI you know, bringing in Dan Bielsma as

753
00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:25,239
Speaker 7: the head coach and in year one, a guy who

754
00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:27,160
Speaker 7: won a Stanley Cup before, and then bringing in Derek

755
00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:29,920
Speaker 7: Laxtall after him, a guy who's had plenty of success

756
00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:32,600
Speaker 7: in junior and kind of paving the way for what

757
00:35:32,719 --> 00:35:34,800
Speaker 7: the Firebirds are going to become, knowing they're going to

758
00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:37,840
Speaker 7: be a younger team, you know what, from a business

759
00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:42,799
Speaker 7: side and from from an odd ice perspective, the expectation

760
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:47,160
Speaker 7: is to win, which is really a great thing to see,

761
00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:49,200
Speaker 7: especially in the American Hockey League because you mentioned it

762
00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:51,759
Speaker 7: fits there are some teams in this league that you

763
00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:54,279
Speaker 7: know operate just as as a feeder, right. It's just

764
00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:57,400
Speaker 7: a way that you know they don't care if you

765
00:35:57,440 --> 00:36:01,520
Speaker 7: win a championship or exactly games. Sub is to get

766
00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:05,080
Speaker 7: players to the NHL exactly, And some teams don't care

767
00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:06,799
Speaker 7: how many people in the building are there to see

768
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:09,960
Speaker 7: it as well. So we care about all that stuff,

769
00:36:10,719 --> 00:36:13,800
Speaker 7: the on ice products, it's all. It all relates. Winning

770
00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:18,399
Speaker 7: helps fill seats, and you know, our our players love

771
00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:21,000
Speaker 7: when the place is filled, and then that is something

772
00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:23,480
Speaker 7: that they feed off of as well, So it all

773
00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:26,560
Speaker 7: goes hand in hand. And I think just the expectations

774
00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:29,239
Speaker 7: are always so high and we always try to live

775
00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:31,000
Speaker 7: up to the expectations as much as we can.

776
00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:34,000
Speaker 6: I think a big question here for Jagger Fercus as

777
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:36,280
Speaker 6: evan pitman joining us right now on Crack and Weekly

778
00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:40,480
Speaker 6: the broadcast voice for the Firebirds. Is Jagger Fercus going

779
00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:43,239
Speaker 6: to reach the NHL? The question could be a matter

780
00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:47,399
Speaker 6: of basically when, not if point per game totals right

781
00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:50,680
Speaker 6: now leads the team in scoring. He's five to eleven,

782
00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:53,040
Speaker 6: one hundred and seventy pounds. I'm not sure if that

783
00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:56,320
Speaker 6: is accurate based on website info to date, based on

784
00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:59,200
Speaker 6: where he's tipping the scales right now. But the ultimate

785
00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:04,080
Speaker 6: question is what is separating Jagger furcus from becoming an

786
00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:05,680
Speaker 6: NHL regular.

787
00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:08,399
Speaker 7: You know, you mentioned his size, and I think that's

788
00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:11,200
Speaker 7: something that he's definitely been working on. He's bulked up

789
00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:14,000
Speaker 7: even last summer and still continuing to do so. And

790
00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:15,880
Speaker 7: I think that's something he knows as well. You know,

791
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:19,040
Speaker 7: he's not in junior anymore. He can skate around players

792
00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:20,759
Speaker 7: as much as he can, but you know you're gonna

793
00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:23,520
Speaker 7: run into a guy who's you know, seven years older

794
00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:27,040
Speaker 7: and has seven more years experienced and seven more years

795
00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:31,240
Speaker 7: of working out and getting himself to be an AHL

796
00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:34,200
Speaker 7: or NHL player, right, So I think he's doing all

797
00:37:34,239 --> 00:37:36,319
Speaker 7: those little things to help himself get better. And I've

798
00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:39,200
Speaker 7: noticed too, even this year he's so much stronger on

799
00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:41,239
Speaker 7: the puck than he was last year. A lot of

800
00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:43,200
Speaker 7: times he go to the corner and get bumped out

801
00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:46,600
Speaker 7: and you know, have to kind of work a little

802
00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:48,880
Speaker 7: bit extra to just get the puck in the offensive

803
00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:51,319
Speaker 7: zone and keep it that way. But this year it's

804
00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:53,680
Speaker 7: it's more he's standing his ground on the corner. And

805
00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:55,840
Speaker 7: I think that's just the work that he's put in

806
00:37:55,960 --> 00:37:58,600
Speaker 7: during the offseason, all the extra stuff he does in

807
00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:01,560
Speaker 7: the weight room. So I think it's just a matter

808
00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:04,120
Speaker 7: of time. As you said, it's it's more of a when,

809
00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:07,000
Speaker 7: not an if. And I think he's going to get

810
00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:09,239
Speaker 7: those He's going to have those tangibles at some point.

811
00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:13,920
Speaker 7: You know, some people grow faster than others, develop quicker

812
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:17,640
Speaker 7: than others. Jagger's just about there. But again I think

813
00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:20,600
Speaker 7: maybe a couple more trips to in and out will

814
00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:21,000
Speaker 7: do him well.

815
00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:27,320
Speaker 4: For me in college at least, yev is the is

816
00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:30,280
Speaker 4: the most old school person on this panel of speakers.

817
00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:32,879
Speaker 4: I would be remiss if I did not ask about

818
00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:36,400
Speaker 4: Caden Hamill. Four goals, four assists and a couple of

819
00:38:36,520 --> 00:38:40,880
Speaker 4: big bouts with Alex as of late. Tell me about

820
00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:43,880
Speaker 4: this kid what stands out to you? Obviously he's a

821
00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:46,640
Speaker 4: tough kid to get in there with Glan, but just

822
00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:50,239
Speaker 4: expand on what maybe we or others have seen on

823
00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:52,200
Speaker 4: the on the highlights on on X.

824
00:38:52,760 --> 00:38:55,320
Speaker 7: Yeah, and I think something that I think really flies

825
00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:58,520
Speaker 7: under the radar with Cayden Hamill is his leadership experience.

826
00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:00,360
Speaker 7: He was the captain in Everett, which I'm sure a

827
00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:02,800
Speaker 7: lot of cracking fans know, and I'm you know, we

828
00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:05,480
Speaker 7: get all the people sharing for for Hamil on on

829
00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:09,200
Speaker 7: social media whenever he laces up the skates here, so

830
00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:13,400
Speaker 7: he maturity wise, he he has it right. He has

831
00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:16,239
Speaker 7: that leadership quality and guys kind of gravitate to him,

832
00:39:16,239 --> 00:39:18,239
Speaker 7: and he's kind of one of the leaders for the

833
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:22,080
Speaker 7: for the younger cores of Firebirds. But yeah, that fight

834
00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:25,480
Speaker 7: with Alex, at least the first one. You could hear

835
00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:27,640
Speaker 7: it if you watch the highlight in Grant Fear's voice.

836
00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:31,440
Speaker 7: He he was a little worried for him. And you

837
00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:34,200
Speaker 7: know what I'm if you. I was looking back at

838
00:39:34,239 --> 00:39:37,239
Speaker 7: Cayden's stats and he's not a fighter. That's not really

839
00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:41,520
Speaker 7: his going. He didn't have a ton of fights, he

840
00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:44,359
Speaker 7: didn't have a ton of penny minutes at least last year,

841
00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:47,759
Speaker 7: and we saw it kind of develop and Grant kind

842
00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:50,080
Speaker 7: of like tap me. He was like ohh and like okay,

843
00:39:50,120 --> 00:39:52,879
Speaker 7: we'll see how this goes. And then he knocked him

844
00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:55,800
Speaker 7: out and in these three five punches and you know,

845
00:39:56,360 --> 00:39:59,880
Speaker 7: Hamil's landed the best of the of the ten combined,

846
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,960
Speaker 7: and we didn't know, no one knew what he had

847
00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:05,440
Speaker 7: him in him at that point, and you know, that

848
00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:07,600
Speaker 7: was really cool to see. And of course you have

849
00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:11,200
Speaker 7: the gladiator celebration after which you know right away you're like, well,

850
00:40:11,239 --> 00:40:13,480
Speaker 7: I don't think Alex Galan's gonna like that very much

851
00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:16,800
Speaker 7: for the Wranglers, but you know, kudos for for Hamil.

852
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:20,120
Speaker 7: He started that fight and then in Calgary had to

853
00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:22,000
Speaker 7: answer the bell again and he did willingly and it

854
00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:24,359
Speaker 7: was a pretty good scrap too. Held his own again,

855
00:40:24,520 --> 00:40:26,640
Speaker 7: you know, kind of lost his balance towards the end

856
00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:29,520
Speaker 7: of it. But you know, he's another guy who's who's

857
00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:31,960
Speaker 7: a smart player. He's he's a he's a mature guy

858
00:40:32,040 --> 00:40:37,040
Speaker 7: on the ice, just solid, you know, four goals for assists, uh,

859
00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:38,520
Speaker 7: you can find the back of the net. Can help

860
00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:41,040
Speaker 7: out quite a bit. And he's a physical guy, as

861
00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:44,120
Speaker 7: we've seen plenty of times on on our social media

862
00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:47,120
Speaker 7: channels and whatnot. So he's to kind of have in

863
00:40:47,160 --> 00:40:49,240
Speaker 7: the locker room for for a lot of these players

864
00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:52,560
Speaker 7: as well. And you know what, I I just think

865
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:55,359
Speaker 7: he has a really great future. And again we didn't

866
00:40:55,360 --> 00:40:57,440
Speaker 7: know he had that physical side until he dropped the

867
00:40:57,480 --> 00:40:59,279
Speaker 7: gloves with one of the league stuff is. So we'll see,

868
00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:01,840
Speaker 7: we'll see who else would want to go toe to

869
00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:02,319
Speaker 7: toe with them.

870
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:04,480
Speaker 6: Evan, do you think that this comes from more of

871
00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:07,080
Speaker 6: the players the crack and are drafting and signing are

872
00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:10,839
Speaker 6: more from the edict up above to get tougher, drop

873
00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:13,200
Speaker 6: the mit start to develop more of a rough, round

874
00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:14,040
Speaker 6: the edge type of game.

875
00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:17,839
Speaker 7: I'm not entirely sure what the message is physicality wise,

876
00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:19,839
Speaker 7: but you know, if you want to separate yourself from

877
00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:22,080
Speaker 7: others right now, I think that is kind of the

878
00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:24,560
Speaker 7: best way to do it. And you saw it over

879
00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:27,080
Speaker 7: the first couple of games that Jacob Alonson's played this year,

880
00:41:27,160 --> 00:41:29,600
Speaker 7: right he had seven hits in his first game, which

881
00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:31,640
Speaker 7: is a that's a crack and single game record, I

882
00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:34,000
Speaker 7: believe it was. And that's just the style of play

883
00:41:34,040 --> 00:41:37,360
Speaker 7: that he kind of works with. And Hammel similarly, you know,

884
00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:39,839
Speaker 7: they're there are guys who are you know, they bring

885
00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:43,160
Speaker 7: their physicality to separate themselves. So there's you know, the

886
00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:46,040
Speaker 7: NHL there, there's not a ton of guys like that anymore.

887
00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:49,000
Speaker 7: It's kind of staying away from, you know, the big

888
00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:51,560
Speaker 7: open ice hits, which obviously are dangerous that they're not

889
00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:54,160
Speaker 7: done correctly. If you're not you know, obviously you don't

890
00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:55,560
Speaker 7: want to aim for a guy's head or whatnot. But

891
00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:59,600
Speaker 7: there are still there's still room for you know, getting

892
00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:02,120
Speaker 7: into the core and winning battles, and I think that's

893
00:42:02,239 --> 00:42:06,000
Speaker 7: really what has been kind of the separation for some

894
00:42:06,120 --> 00:42:09,239
Speaker 7: of these guys is the physicality and their ability to win.

895
00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:11,279
Speaker 6: Those players at Calgary, by the way, the crack and

896
00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:13,960
Speaker 6: had twenty four hits. Guess who had eleven of them?

897
00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:17,560
Speaker 6: Ty card Shape, Ben Myers, Jacob Malanson, fourth line.

898
00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:20,080
Speaker 7: The firebird way, maybe the way.

899
00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:23,560
Speaker 3: You know, it's funny a lot of times you see

900
00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:28,640
Speaker 3: players change and alter their game by adding that physical element.

901
00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:32,400
Speaker 3: I remember hearing a story about Jamal Mayer's longtime NHLer

902
00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:35,600
Speaker 3: who was a goal scorer in junior and couldn't quite

903
00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:37,439
Speaker 3: crack it in the NHL, and then he started taking

904
00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:40,719
Speaker 3: boxing lessons. He started his ticket to the NHL. Is

905
00:42:40,760 --> 00:42:43,399
Speaker 3: going to be a tough guy. Maybe not so much

906
00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:46,239
Speaker 3: with the toughness of the fighting, But who else down

907
00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:50,239
Speaker 3: in CV have you seen their game evolve and.

908
00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:53,279
Speaker 1: Change maybe from when you first saw them to where

909
00:42:53,360 --> 00:42:55,200
Speaker 1: they are now in terms.

910
00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:57,439
Speaker 3: Of the strides they're taking to get to this level.

911
00:42:57,880 --> 00:42:59,560
Speaker 7: Oh that's a really good question. I'm gonna have to

912
00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:05,360
Speaker 7: think about this for a second. Uh who and you

913
00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:07,080
Speaker 7: know what if it is Malanson?

914
00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:10,359
Speaker 1: Who listen? Molanson was a fifty goal scorer two years ago.

915
00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:12,640
Speaker 7: I think that's gonna be my answer, because you know

916
00:43:12,719 --> 00:43:15,640
Speaker 7: what he you just mentioned he scored a lot in

917
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:18,400
Speaker 7: junior and he's always kind of played that way with

918
00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:22,640
Speaker 7: physicality and fighting, what that and whatnot. But he is

919
00:43:23,080 --> 00:43:25,520
Speaker 7: a guy who has embraced the role. He knows that,

920
00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:27,440
Speaker 7: you know, he's not a first line guy in the

921
00:43:27,480 --> 00:43:29,520
Speaker 7: in the American Hockey League right now, but he knows that,

922
00:43:30,120 --> 00:43:32,239
Speaker 7: you know, he can make more of an impact by

923
00:43:32,280 --> 00:43:34,560
Speaker 7: throwing the body around, and you know he does score

924
00:43:34,680 --> 00:43:37,200
Speaker 7: goals too. He can kind of do it all. He's

925
00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:39,359
Speaker 7: he's a kind of a Swiss army knife in terms

926
00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:42,920
Speaker 7: of his style of play. So just to see like

927
00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:46,600
Speaker 7: him evolve in the way that he can kind of

928
00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:49,920
Speaker 7: pick and choose the situation of what he uses for everything,

929
00:43:50,760 --> 00:43:53,000
Speaker 7: I think that's that's been really cool to see. Right

930
00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:55,520
Speaker 7: off the top, I got one more for you, PIV.

931
00:43:56,080 --> 00:43:59,279
Speaker 3: You know you have had the privilege of following in

932
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:04,000
Speaker 3: a long line of great bowling Green falcon Here we go,

933
00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:07,560
Speaker 3: here we go, here, we could wrap it up.

934
00:44:07,719 --> 00:44:08,399
Speaker 5: We're on this trip.

935
00:44:08,480 --> 00:44:10,080
Speaker 6: By the way, in LA there'll be plenty of a

936
00:44:10,160 --> 00:44:11,959
Speaker 6: ZEUSA specific talk to balance all.

937
00:44:11,880 --> 00:44:14,600
Speaker 7: This outs I'm just continued with Steve me.

938
00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:16,799
Speaker 5: Warning shots, warning shot.

939
00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:20,719
Speaker 1: No, that's all I got.

940
00:44:22,320 --> 00:44:23,600
Speaker 7: I just wanted to bring it up again.

941
00:44:23,680 --> 00:44:23,839
Speaker 4: Huh.

942
00:44:25,080 --> 00:44:26,880
Speaker 5: Ye had to hit his quota daily quota.

943
00:44:27,239 --> 00:44:28,320
Speaker 7: Yep, that's fine.

944
00:44:28,320 --> 00:44:29,239
Speaker 1: I was, I was.

945
00:44:29,320 --> 00:44:31,160
Speaker 7: I was talking about Bowling Green today. I was on

946
00:44:31,239 --> 00:44:33,680
Speaker 7: a call, uh, because we have our Cactus Cup coming

947
00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:37,520
Speaker 7: up January second and third at Acriture Arena. It's four

948
00:44:37,640 --> 00:44:42,680
Speaker 7: college hockey teams, Yale, Saint Clouds State, UMass, Lowell in

949
00:44:42,760 --> 00:44:45,680
Speaker 7: Minnesota State, and uh, you know, they were they were

950
00:44:45,719 --> 00:44:47,400
Speaker 7: talking to me about a couple of things. I was like, hey,

951
00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:50,080
Speaker 7: I know, college hockey lived through it. I love to

952
00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:50,960
Speaker 7: go back to college.

953
00:44:51,120 --> 00:44:53,000
Speaker 1: We got to get Bowling Green in one of these tournaments.

954
00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:53,160
Speaker 3: Though.

955
00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:58,239
Speaker 7: I'll to a tournament. I'm coming down. Yeah, I'm in it.

956
00:44:58,360 --> 00:45:00,200
Speaker 6: You're not just gonna be there, You're gonna be the

957
00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:03,399
Speaker 6: on the bench, guest, celebrity, coach.

958
00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:04,640
Speaker 1: Listen.

959
00:45:04,760 --> 00:45:07,399
Speaker 7: I've not been to a fan I've not been.

960
00:45:07,719 --> 00:45:10,960
Speaker 6: Updated odds courtesy Crack and Weekly minus nine hundred.

961
00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:13,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, I've not been to a Bowling Green game as

962
00:45:13,600 --> 00:45:16,399
Speaker 3: a fan since my sophomore year at college. So that's

963
00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:21,080
Speaker 3: two thousand and seven to eight sophomore junior year, So

964
00:45:21,200 --> 00:45:22,200
Speaker 3: I'm overdue.

965
00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:25,480
Speaker 7: I don't think. I don't think I've ever been to

966
00:45:25,560 --> 00:45:28,520
Speaker 7: a Bowling Green hockey game as a fan. Yeah all, wow, yeah?

967
00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:31,160
Speaker 7: Could you start the freshman year? Wow? Yeah, I don't

968
00:45:31,160 --> 00:45:32,239
Speaker 7: think I've ever been as a fan.

969
00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:34,440
Speaker 5: When was your last games?

970
00:45:35,600 --> 00:45:38,520
Speaker 7: Going to hang out here and talk talk BG hockey.

971
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:40,520
Speaker 5: Forv When was your last game as a fan?

972
00:45:40,640 --> 00:45:40,799
Speaker 7: Though?

973
00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:41,720
Speaker 5: Period?

974
00:45:41,760 --> 00:45:46,200
Speaker 7: Like in general? When we were in Calgary last week

975
00:45:46,239 --> 00:45:49,719
Speaker 7: we went to a Flames Buffalo Sabers game.

976
00:45:49,920 --> 00:45:52,439
Speaker 5: How many folks ask you is it different? Is it weird?

977
00:45:52,560 --> 00:45:53,880
Speaker 5: Not working versus watching?

978
00:45:54,320 --> 00:45:56,880
Speaker 7: It's it is weird. It people do ask me that,

979
00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:58,839
Speaker 7: and it is weird. I'm sure you guys can relate

980
00:45:58,880 --> 00:46:02,040
Speaker 7: to it as well. You kind of feel like you're

981
00:46:02,120 --> 00:46:04,319
Speaker 7: missing out on something. It's like I should be doing

982
00:46:04,440 --> 00:46:06,719
Speaker 7: something right now. But also, like I think, working in

983
00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:08,600
Speaker 7: it too kind of opens your eyes to all the

984
00:46:08,680 --> 00:46:10,880
Speaker 7: other stuff that's going on in the arena. Like I

985
00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:13,080
Speaker 7: always notice, like even if I'm in a baseball game

986
00:46:13,160 --> 00:46:15,360
Speaker 7: or other sporting event, like I pay more attention to

987
00:46:15,400 --> 00:46:18,840
Speaker 7: the game presentation and the stuff they had on the scoreboard,

988
00:46:18,880 --> 00:46:21,320
Speaker 7: the music they're playing, the sponsors and stuff like that.

989
00:46:21,520 --> 00:46:24,439
Speaker 7: I think that working like from the ETHHL standpoint, working

990
00:46:24,480 --> 00:46:27,000
Speaker 7: my way up, but like you're more involved in that stuff.

991
00:46:27,040 --> 00:46:29,320
Speaker 7: So it's cool to see how they do all that stuff.

992
00:46:29,360 --> 00:46:31,279
Speaker 7: And then you get some ideas and bring them back

993
00:46:31,280 --> 00:46:33,040
Speaker 7: to people who are like, oh, well that's great, We're

994
00:46:33,080 --> 00:46:34,160
Speaker 7: not going to do it, but it's fine.

995
00:46:34,200 --> 00:46:35,120
Speaker 5: We're going to be in the build.

996
00:46:35,200 --> 00:46:37,680
Speaker 6: Yeah, we are going to be in the building coming

997
00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:40,640
Speaker 6: up tomorrow night for a game against Sannaheim, the side

998
00:46:40,680 --> 00:46:44,239
Speaker 6: of one of my most favorite stories ever of me

999
00:46:44,440 --> 00:46:46,799
Speaker 6: watching the game as a fan. And again, it does

1000
00:46:46,920 --> 00:46:50,960
Speaker 6: get bizarre trying to separate work from pleasure and experience.

1001
00:46:51,040 --> 00:46:52,440
Speaker 5: But this involved my wife.

1002
00:46:52,880 --> 00:46:55,560
Speaker 6: When my kid, my oldest kid, was six months old,

1003
00:46:55,920 --> 00:46:58,600
Speaker 6: we were at my parents' house in Los Angeles. They

1004
00:46:58,719 --> 00:47:01,799
Speaker 6: moved since then, and I wanted to take Amy out

1005
00:47:01,880 --> 00:47:03,640
Speaker 6: just for a night to get away. She was open

1006
00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:07,400
Speaker 6: to this, and through a friend in the Ducks organization

1007
00:47:07,640 --> 00:47:10,120
Speaker 6: back then, he got his ticket to Game five of

1008
00:47:10,239 --> 00:47:13,280
Speaker 6: the Western Conference Final between the Blackhawks and the Ducks.

1009
00:47:13,960 --> 00:47:16,959
Speaker 6: It was our first night out without our oldest son,

1010
00:47:17,360 --> 00:47:20,000
Speaker 6: and of course Amy bean mama. And there's a lot

1011
00:47:20,080 --> 00:47:22,719
Speaker 6: of moms who can relate here to this. Your first

1012
00:47:22,800 --> 00:47:26,440
Speaker 6: night out is not exactly your easiest. But Lucas was

1013
00:47:26,480 --> 00:47:29,000
Speaker 6: in good hands, Grandma, Grandpa taking care of him, having

1014
00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:32,040
Speaker 6: a good time. They're sending his photos everything. She could

1015
00:47:32,160 --> 00:47:36,000
Speaker 6: not wait for this game to end. And Hi tail

1016
00:47:36,040 --> 00:47:39,520
Speaker 6: at back up, I five north at eighty five miles

1017
00:47:39,560 --> 00:47:42,399
Speaker 6: an hour to get back home to our first born son.

1018
00:47:42,719 --> 00:47:46,200
Speaker 6: I'm telling her he's fine, he's in good hands. He's fine,

1019
00:47:46,239 --> 00:47:47,080
Speaker 6: he's in good hands.

1020
00:47:47,120 --> 00:47:53,040
Speaker 5: For Blackhawks. Yeah, biggest DA mistake I made it. I

1021
00:47:53,120 --> 00:47:55,040
Speaker 5: made at that point, and there have been Dad mistakes.

1022
00:47:55,400 --> 00:47:58,480
Speaker 6: The Blackhawks go up three or the Ducks go up

1023
00:47:58,480 --> 00:48:01,200
Speaker 6: three to one, and thinking, okay, great, this game is

1024
00:48:01,239 --> 00:48:01,600
Speaker 6: the bagger.

1025
00:48:01,640 --> 00:48:02,759
Speaker 5: We can get out here, we get out of here.

1026
00:48:03,160 --> 00:48:05,800
Speaker 6: All of a sudden, Jonathan Taves turns into full blown

1027
00:48:05,840 --> 00:48:09,640
Speaker 6: Mark Messier and scores two goals extra attacker in the

1028
00:48:09,719 --> 00:48:13,000
Speaker 6: last one minute and thirty seconds of regulation. Game five

1029
00:48:13,160 --> 00:48:16,960
Speaker 6: is tied, and she's losing her mind. So then intermission

1030
00:48:17,760 --> 00:48:21,480
Speaker 6: over time. Long story short, Matt Bulaski scores the game

1031
00:48:21,520 --> 00:48:22,080
Speaker 6: winning goal.

1032
00:48:21,960 --> 00:48:23,759
Speaker 5: For the Ducks. I kid you not.

1033
00:48:24,280 --> 00:48:26,719
Speaker 6: By the time the puck was halfway going into the net,

1034
00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:30,279
Speaker 6: I'm seeing her sprint right down the stairs to get

1035
00:48:30,360 --> 00:48:33,759
Speaker 6: out of her like wait, wait, wait, it's just a

1036
00:48:33,800 --> 00:48:35,600
Speaker 6: fun story to point out, Like up there in the

1037
00:48:35,680 --> 00:48:37,600
Speaker 6: upper corner of Hanness Center was where I had to

1038
00:48:37,800 --> 00:48:39,759
Speaker 6: race after my wife trying to get back home after

1039
00:48:39,840 --> 00:48:40,239
Speaker 6: Game five.

1040
00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:43,680
Speaker 7: It's like that one. I think it's the Boston Red

1041
00:48:43,760 --> 00:48:45,640
Speaker 7: Sox season ticket holder. Have you guys seen the one

1042
00:48:45,680 --> 00:48:48,879
Speaker 7: where like he leaves, like as soon as the game ends,

1043
00:48:49,080 --> 00:48:50,480
Speaker 7: you can see him like get up, And I think

1044
00:48:50,480 --> 00:48:52,640
Speaker 7: it was like David Ortiz had a walk off. I'm

1045
00:48:52,680 --> 00:48:54,520
Speaker 7: running the playoffs and the second and left his bat

1046
00:48:54,680 --> 00:49:01,400
Speaker 7: like he ran to the exit. Yeh, hey even celebratings.

1047
00:49:00,920 --> 00:49:02,879
Speaker 5: Ran before we get out of here.

1048
00:49:03,360 --> 00:49:06,040
Speaker 6: By the time we wrap this up, of course, in

1049
00:49:06,200 --> 00:49:08,480
Speaker 6: the wake, we'll be another Teddy bear Toss game. What's

1050
00:49:08,560 --> 00:49:12,360
Speaker 6: so special about this event? Year after year on the

1051
00:49:12,440 --> 00:49:14,279
Speaker 6: Firebirds side out in the desert.

1052
00:49:15,040 --> 00:49:18,000
Speaker 7: It's really cool to see our fans, especially some newer

1053
00:49:18,080 --> 00:49:22,200
Speaker 7: hockey fans, adapting to the teddy bear toss tradition. Every

1054
00:49:22,280 --> 00:49:25,759
Speaker 7: year it's gotten better, and I think this year where

1055
00:49:25,800 --> 00:49:28,640
Speaker 7: we're kind of honing in on why the Teddy bear

1056
00:49:28,719 --> 00:49:31,120
Speaker 7: Toss has done instead of how many bears can we

1057
00:49:31,200 --> 00:49:34,240
Speaker 7: bring to the game, Right, So we've partnered with local

1058
00:49:34,280 --> 00:49:38,279
Speaker 7: fire departments, paramedics, police departments to get these bears to

1059
00:49:38,400 --> 00:49:42,319
Speaker 7: children and need children who have gone through something maybe

1060
00:49:42,400 --> 00:49:44,640
Speaker 7: traumatic and need a little bit of cheering up at,

1061
00:49:45,520 --> 00:49:48,200
Speaker 7: you know, in certain scenarios. So that's what our Teddy

1062
00:49:48,200 --> 00:49:51,200
Speaker 7: Bears are going towards. That's why we are We're doing

1063
00:49:51,239 --> 00:49:53,160
Speaker 7: what we're doing, and we're trying to make it the

1064
00:49:53,200 --> 00:49:55,840
Speaker 7: best as possible. We've had Teddy Bear collection going on

1065
00:49:55,960 --> 00:49:59,480
Speaker 7: pretty much for the last week so people can bring

1066
00:49:59,560 --> 00:50:02,120
Speaker 7: even more airs to the game. So looking forward to

1067
00:50:02,160 --> 00:50:06,080
Speaker 7: seeing them fly and it should be, uh, it should

1068
00:50:06,080 --> 00:50:07,719
Speaker 7: be a lot of fun. And then I'm curious to

1069
00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:09,960
Speaker 7: see who's gonna be the the goal scorer tonight.

1070
00:50:10,160 --> 00:50:11,239
Speaker 1: Do you have your call ready?

1071
00:50:12,200 --> 00:50:15,920
Speaker 7: No, I I don't. I mean I I could go

1072
00:50:16,040 --> 00:50:18,880
Speaker 7: into the ever it fits you bag of tricks and

1073
00:50:19,080 --> 00:50:20,960
Speaker 7: do the show me your Teddies. I could do that.

1074
00:50:22,760 --> 00:50:26,520
Speaker 7: I won't because I have to show me your teddies.

1075
00:50:26,719 --> 00:50:28,959
Speaker 1: Yeah, my favorite one.

1076
00:50:30,680 --> 00:50:33,960
Speaker 7: I don't know, there's I gotta find some something. I'm

1077
00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:37,080
Speaker 7: not a huge catchphrase guy, but I gotta feel that

1078
00:50:37,160 --> 00:50:39,479
Speaker 7: one's an appropriate one because it's just if all.

1079
00:50:39,440 --> 00:50:42,000
Speaker 6: Else fails, he shoots, he scores is totally fine, you

1080
00:50:42,040 --> 00:50:42,440
Speaker 6: know what I mean.

1081
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Speaker 5: The crowd all else fail, but I.

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Speaker 7: Wants to highlight for for the Crack and Audio network,

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Speaker 7: so I won't. I'm not gonna dip out and let

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Speaker 7: the crowd take control of the whole.

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Speaker 6: Have it locked and loaded CV, Firebirds dot Com or

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Speaker 6: info right there on what was again a great Teddy

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Speaker 6: Beard toss game. PIV looking forward to having around our

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Speaker 6: parts as we fly into not too far away from

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Speaker 6: your parts as well. But in the meantime, Happy holidays,

1090
00:51:08,560 --> 00:51:11,359
Speaker 6: Merry Christmas, and when that bowling green game gets going,

1091
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Speaker 6: I'll leave it to you into fist to arm muscle

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Speaker 6: here who for who takes the ceremonial face off?

1093
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Speaker 7: Hey yeah, off against each other? Yeah all, I appreciate it, guys,

1094
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Speaker 7: thanks so much.

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Speaker 6: All right, what a beauty Evan Pivnick joining us broadcast

1096
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Speaker 6: boys of the Coachella Valley Firebirds, as we're gonna wrap

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Speaker 6: this up in just a bit here from Honda Center,

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Speaker 6: Cracking Ducks here tonight, Crack in Los Angeles Kings tomorrow

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Speaker 6: at Crypto dot Com Arena, and.

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Speaker 5: Then we say happy Holidays to you. For four days our.

1101
00:51:38,760 --> 00:51:41,799
Speaker 6: Mailbag segment, we're gonna revide this once again. You can

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00:51:41,840 --> 00:51:44,319
Speaker 6: find me on Twitter and next at Benton Underscore Mike,

1103
00:51:44,360 --> 00:51:47,279
Speaker 6: and we're gonna jump into it right now. Scott palis saying,

1104
00:51:47,320 --> 00:51:51,440
Speaker 6: we have some good players every montour Baniers, McCann, Schwarz, Accord,

1105
00:51:51,560 --> 00:51:55,680
Speaker 6: Larsen Wright. But what's the likelihood of adding to that

1106
00:51:56,000 --> 00:51:59,080
Speaker 6: where the crack and either trade for superstar talent or

1107
00:51:59,120 --> 00:52:02,880
Speaker 6: acquire one as well in free agency? He raises questions

1108
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Speaker 6: here on the roster.

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00:52:03,760 --> 00:52:06,719
Speaker 3: That from Scott, Yeah, you know, it's it's funny. I

1110
00:52:06,840 --> 00:52:09,680
Speaker 3: always I answer this question the same way every time

1111
00:52:09,719 --> 00:52:12,520
Speaker 3: I hear it. You have to work the problem backwards. Okay,

1112
00:52:12,560 --> 00:52:15,600
Speaker 3: if you're trying to trade someone, okay, look at who

1113
00:52:15,719 --> 00:52:18,880
Speaker 3: you have and if you were Team X were in Anaheim.

1114
00:52:19,080 --> 00:52:21,640
Speaker 3: Let's say you're the Anaheim Ducks. Okay, I look at

1115
00:52:21,640 --> 00:52:24,640
Speaker 3: the Krakens roster. Who on the Krakens roster do I

1116
00:52:24,800 --> 00:52:28,480
Speaker 3: as Anaheim one? That is where that trade discussion starts.

1117
00:52:28,920 --> 00:52:31,319
Speaker 3: You're not gonna get Connor McDavid for two seven cent

1118
00:52:31,360 --> 00:52:33,839
Speaker 3: a bag of pucks, right, You're gonna have to give

1119
00:52:33,920 --> 00:52:35,839
Speaker 3: up some good players. So I do think when you're

1120
00:52:35,880 --> 00:52:39,799
Speaker 3: talking about trades that always comes plays a factor free

1121
00:52:39,840 --> 00:52:42,719
Speaker 3: agency wise. When when you're adding pieces, especially in the

1122
00:52:42,760 --> 00:52:45,480
Speaker 3: summer or whatever the case may be, it's it's a

1123
00:52:45,520 --> 00:52:48,080
Speaker 3: sales job, right. You're trying to sell people on the market.

1124
00:52:48,160 --> 00:52:51,280
Speaker 3: You're selling your family. You know, you're selling the wife

1125
00:52:51,360 --> 00:52:53,880
Speaker 3: and the kids on coming to Seattle. And you know,

1126
00:52:54,040 --> 00:52:57,040
Speaker 3: I go back to what Brandon Montur said this summertime,

1127
00:52:57,320 --> 00:53:00,839
Speaker 3: Seattle really wanted me my family. We felt at home here.

1128
00:53:00,960 --> 00:53:04,400
Speaker 3: Chandler Stevens in same thing. The team wanted me my

1129
00:53:04,560 --> 00:53:07,720
Speaker 3: family and I felt comfortable, We felt welcome and warm

1130
00:53:07,800 --> 00:53:10,360
Speaker 3: here in Seattle. That's where I think a lot of

1131
00:53:10,480 --> 00:53:13,680
Speaker 3: that starts. And also winning helps, and I think unfortunately

1132
00:53:13,960 --> 00:53:16,160
Speaker 3: the Kraken haven't gotten as many wins as I think

1133
00:53:16,160 --> 00:53:17,719
Speaker 3: a lot of us would have liked the scene. But

1134
00:53:18,080 --> 00:53:20,120
Speaker 3: you're still a fairly new team. You're still trying to

1135
00:53:20,160 --> 00:53:22,680
Speaker 3: grow and build in that direction. So there's always a

1136
00:53:22,719 --> 00:53:25,560
Speaker 3: possibility to add, but you have to work the problem,

1137
00:53:25,600 --> 00:53:26,480
Speaker 3: I think from both sides.

1138
00:53:27,200 --> 00:53:29,960
Speaker 4: Yeah, that's a great point. I like the analogy of

1139
00:53:30,040 --> 00:53:33,040
Speaker 4: working the problem backwards. I think about the Quinn Hughes trade.

1140
00:53:33,760 --> 00:53:35,800
Speaker 4: I mean, every team is interested in Quinn Hughes, but

1141
00:53:37,360 --> 00:53:42,920
Speaker 4: Vancouver wanted a certain return on that trade, and it

1142
00:53:43,040 --> 00:53:45,080
Speaker 4: sounds like there were five or six teams that were

1143
00:53:45,160 --> 00:53:48,120
Speaker 4: interested that we're talking to Vancouver, but not all of

1144
00:53:48,160 --> 00:53:50,359
Speaker 4: them could provide what Vancouver wanted. So to your point

1145
00:53:50,400 --> 00:53:53,320
Speaker 4: about working the problem backwards, if you're looking for a

1146
00:53:53,480 --> 00:53:56,239
Speaker 4: certain piece, you've got to find the team that has

1147
00:53:56,360 --> 00:53:58,319
Speaker 4: that piece. You've got to talk to them about are

1148
00:53:58,360 --> 00:54:00,319
Speaker 4: they interested in moving that piece, and if they are,

1149
00:54:00,400 --> 00:54:02,359
Speaker 4: what do they want in return? And if you don't

1150
00:54:02,440 --> 00:54:04,239
Speaker 4: have what they want, trade's not going to happen.

1151
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Speaker 6: It's also a relationship based game two as well that

1152
00:54:08,080 --> 00:54:11,560
Speaker 6: matters the most, And I think some folks have the

1153
00:54:11,760 --> 00:54:15,720
Speaker 6: presumption that it works like fantasy football, baseball, hockey, whatever,

1154
00:54:16,000 --> 00:54:18,839
Speaker 6: you can just call any GM up. But it really

1155
00:54:19,000 --> 00:54:21,719
Speaker 6: is an arbitrary business here where it depends on the

1156
00:54:21,800 --> 00:54:25,719
Speaker 6: relationship and how much you've worked with opposing GM and

1157
00:54:25,800 --> 00:54:27,880
Speaker 6: how much that can also warm the pot and affect

1158
00:54:27,880 --> 00:54:28,600
Speaker 6: the pot as well well.

1159
00:54:28,640 --> 00:54:31,880
Speaker 3: That too, and also I think it's easy to point

1160
00:54:31,920 --> 00:54:35,080
Speaker 3: the finger at the GM and say he's not making moves,

1161
00:54:35,160 --> 00:54:37,760
Speaker 3: he's not improving this team. It takes two to tango.

1162
00:54:37,920 --> 00:54:41,279
Speaker 3: I can call as much as I want, Hey, Team A,

1163
00:54:41,440 --> 00:54:43,279
Speaker 3: B or C want to do a deal, if they

1164
00:54:43,360 --> 00:54:45,360
Speaker 3: say no, I can't force you to make a trade.

1165
00:54:45,680 --> 00:54:48,520
Speaker 3: So how so we don't know And that's the problem

1166
00:54:48,719 --> 00:54:50,640
Speaker 3: or not the problem. That's that's one of the big

1167
00:54:50,719 --> 00:54:53,800
Speaker 3: things in the NHL is that there is so much secrecy.

1168
00:54:53,880 --> 00:54:55,960
Speaker 3: Guys don't want stuff getting out, which I can understand

1169
00:54:56,000 --> 00:54:56,640
Speaker 3: and I get that.

1170
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Speaker 5: So you know, they're in the information the act it

1171
00:55:00,080 --> 00:55:00,920
Speaker 5: makes as part of it.

1172
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Speaker 3: So just because there hasn't been any movement made doesn't

1173
00:55:06,320 --> 00:55:09,560
Speaker 3: mean the Kraken aren't trying to improve, doesn't mean gms

1174
00:55:09,840 --> 00:55:11,640
Speaker 3: aren't trying to improve.

1175
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Speaker 1: For all we know, Jason Bostrell could have.

1176
00:55:13,719 --> 00:55:17,360
Speaker 3: Called all thirty one teams with trades and with proposals

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Speaker 3: and they could have all said, eh, thanks for no thanks.

1178
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Speaker 5: We don't know that.

1179
00:55:20,520 --> 00:55:23,680
Speaker 1: So I think a little bit of understanding in that

1180
00:55:24,000 --> 00:55:25,840
Speaker 1: realm is required.

1181
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Speaker 6: To And this leads me into this next question from

1182
00:55:28,160 --> 00:55:31,600
Speaker 6: Tyler saying, what can you point to within the organization here?

1183
00:55:31,800 --> 00:55:34,720
Speaker 6: This is going to get better And we can answer

1184
00:55:34,800 --> 00:55:37,080
Speaker 6: this in about six different ways here at this point,

1185
00:55:38,040 --> 00:55:40,320
Speaker 6: but I want to go back here to ultimately the

1186
00:55:40,480 --> 00:55:43,839
Speaker 6: very top and that there is a desire to win.

1187
00:55:44,239 --> 00:55:46,399
Speaker 6: I mean, you heard this from Jason Botteroll way back

1188
00:55:46,800 --> 00:55:49,479
Speaker 6: in his opening press conference. You heard it again about

1189
00:55:49,480 --> 00:55:52,400
Speaker 6: a few weeks ago as well, how much young players

1190
00:55:52,480 --> 00:55:55,600
Speaker 6: are going to pay the way here for this so

1191
00:55:56,680 --> 00:55:59,359
Speaker 6: when they worked their way up the lineup, matter of question.

1192
00:56:00,040 --> 00:56:04,400
Speaker 6: But ultimately there is the end game here to have

1193
00:56:04,520 --> 00:56:08,479
Speaker 6: Bertley Catton become a catalyst here, to have Shane Wright

1194
00:56:08,600 --> 00:56:10,440
Speaker 6: take the next step, to add Matty Beneer take the

1195
00:56:10,520 --> 00:56:14,680
Speaker 6: next step. Maybe Jacobrien as well slides in and he's

1196
00:56:14,719 --> 00:56:17,320
Speaker 6: one of your top six guys here on this roster.

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Speaker 6: Where you add to that, I think depends upon where

1198
00:56:20,920 --> 00:56:23,160
Speaker 6: each person plays. To say, I'm just throwing this out there.

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Speaker 6: For example, say if you make a trade here for

1200
00:56:25,360 --> 00:56:28,120
Speaker 6: a top line center that could move someone like Beneer's

1201
00:56:28,200 --> 00:56:31,799
Speaker 6: down right down, that's a pretty solid spine you got

1202
00:56:31,880 --> 00:56:34,480
Speaker 6: going up and down. Then factoring and also Chandler's team's

1203
00:56:34,520 --> 00:56:37,480
Speaker 6: in here to this mix, not a bad equation right now.

1204
00:56:37,680 --> 00:56:40,120
Speaker 5: So I think there's there's.

1205
00:56:40,440 --> 00:56:42,799
Speaker 6: Ultimately, from from what we've learned, what we are told,

1206
00:56:42,880 --> 00:56:46,000
Speaker 6: what we've heard as well, there is a resistance here

1207
00:56:46,040 --> 00:56:48,080
Speaker 6: to stand pat with what's going on right now. I mean,

1208
00:56:48,400 --> 00:56:52,160
Speaker 6: I would say this last eleven games, it has been very,

1209
00:56:52,239 --> 00:56:53,640
Speaker 6: very frustrating for a lot of people.

1210
00:56:54,160 --> 00:56:55,840
Speaker 5: We hear from the inside. Al you've heard it.

1211
00:56:55,960 --> 00:56:58,160
Speaker 6: Vice, You've heard it as well, And I think this

1212
00:56:58,320 --> 00:57:01,960
Speaker 6: is why they are still maybe exploring a move to

1213
00:57:02,040 --> 00:57:04,480
Speaker 6: shape things up. And I think Mason Marshman might have

1214
00:57:04,600 --> 00:57:05,480
Speaker 6: been to the iceberg.

1215
00:57:05,719 --> 00:57:06,279
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think that.

1216
00:57:06,800 --> 00:57:10,960
Speaker 4: You know, you can rest assured that the Jason moderl

1217
00:57:11,000 --> 00:57:14,239
Speaker 4: will never stop calling those other thirty one teams to

1218
00:57:14,400 --> 00:57:17,080
Speaker 4: find out what they're looking for, what we might be

1219
00:57:17,160 --> 00:57:20,600
Speaker 4: looking to sell. That's number one, So those conversations are ongoing.

1220
00:57:21,120 --> 00:57:24,480
Speaker 4: To the earlier point. It has to work for both people, though,

1221
00:57:24,640 --> 00:57:28,040
Speaker 4: so the conversations continue whether or not it works or not,

1222
00:57:28,240 --> 00:57:30,680
Speaker 4: that's the part that needs to be sorted out. Number two,

1223
00:57:31,440 --> 00:57:33,760
Speaker 4: there are lots of lots of youth in the in

1224
00:57:33,840 --> 00:57:36,040
Speaker 4: the in the pipeline, and you know you can talk

1225
00:57:36,080 --> 00:57:40,680
Speaker 4: about who can play right now that can positively impact

1226
00:57:40,760 --> 00:57:43,400
Speaker 4: this team. I think that's a tougher question to answer

1227
00:57:43,840 --> 00:57:46,920
Speaker 4: than if this team is not in the playoff picture

1228
00:57:47,360 --> 00:57:51,320
Speaker 4: come March, come late February, do you bring a Jacob

1229
00:57:51,320 --> 00:57:53,919
Speaker 4: Brian up and let them play a few games, Because

1230
00:57:53,960 --> 00:57:56,680
Speaker 4: now you're you're talking about development, you're not talking about winning.

1231
00:57:56,680 --> 00:57:59,000
Speaker 8: Because that play and they'll be ahl eligible this next

1232
00:57:59,040 --> 00:58:02,400
Speaker 8: season because that picture has closed, and you know, as

1233
00:58:02,440 --> 00:58:04,360
Speaker 8: much as you don't want it to, at a certain point,

1234
00:58:04,720 --> 00:58:08,000
Speaker 8: you understand it has and you have to start thinking about, Okay, now,

1235
00:58:08,080 --> 00:58:09,920
Speaker 8: how can I develop that pipeline.

1236
00:58:10,240 --> 00:58:12,680
Speaker 4: I got to start thinking about Tyson jug Knaf so

1237
00:58:12,680 --> 00:58:15,360
Speaker 4: I gotta start thinking about Oscar fiscoolers to get them

1238
00:58:15,440 --> 00:58:17,240
Speaker 4: ready for the next season, because you want to give

1239
00:58:17,280 --> 00:58:20,320
Speaker 4: them as much NHL experience as you can, so that

1240
00:58:20,520 --> 00:58:23,440
Speaker 4: come training camp, come preseason, come those first few games

1241
00:58:23,480 --> 00:58:25,880
Speaker 4: of next season. You know they don't have, you know,

1242
00:58:26,040 --> 00:58:28,560
Speaker 4: eyes like teacups going wow, the NHL. They've already seen it.

1243
00:58:28,600 --> 00:58:30,720
Speaker 4: They've already seen it in February March, and they're they're

1244
00:58:30,760 --> 00:58:33,520
Speaker 4: good to go. So you're trying to do that if

1245
00:58:33,560 --> 00:58:35,680
Speaker 4: it's the other way around and you are in that

1246
00:58:35,800 --> 00:58:38,400
Speaker 4: hunt for the playoff spot, now you're only looking at

1247
00:58:38,480 --> 00:58:41,840
Speaker 4: who can positively impact this team this year, can help

1248
00:58:41,880 --> 00:58:44,240
Speaker 4: them get that playoff spot, could potentially be in the

1249
00:58:44,280 --> 00:58:46,400
Speaker 4: playoffs and have an impact. And I think that's a

1250
00:58:46,440 --> 00:58:48,680
Speaker 4: different answer than if they're not.

1251
00:58:50,600 --> 00:58:52,920
Speaker 6: This leaves me here because you hinted at this. Our

1252
00:58:53,000 --> 00:58:55,480
Speaker 6: next question from Pierre is there anybody in Coachell Le

1253
00:58:55,560 --> 00:58:57,520
Speaker 6: Valley who can give the crack and a jump start

1254
00:58:58,080 --> 00:58:59,560
Speaker 6: at the pemn that kind of gave us a little

1255
00:58:59,560 --> 00:59:01,360
Speaker 6: bit of a taken Standing.

1256
00:59:01,160 --> 00:59:03,800
Speaker 1: Right here, we can probably ask him right well, I.

1257
00:59:05,320 --> 00:59:07,200
Speaker 6: Go back to again, how much of an impact that

1258
00:59:07,280 --> 00:59:10,640
Speaker 6: Oscar Fisker Mulgard made in this couple of games up here,

1259
00:59:11,280 --> 00:59:14,440
Speaker 6: and there have been so many I think great takeaways

1260
00:59:14,520 --> 00:59:19,280
Speaker 6: from how his game translates at the NHL level, Jagger Fercus.

1261
00:59:19,320 --> 00:59:20,600
Speaker 5: If you want to make the argument.

1262
00:59:20,400 --> 00:59:23,360
Speaker 6: That he's got to grow a little bit more, maybe, surefine,

1263
00:59:23,400 --> 00:59:25,280
Speaker 6: but he is producing right now and I think eventually

1264
00:59:25,320 --> 00:59:28,560
Speaker 6: that's going to earn a look. But I'm really curious

1265
00:59:29,200 --> 00:59:32,920
Speaker 6: down the road if there's another injury bug going through

1266
00:59:32,920 --> 00:59:36,120
Speaker 6: the defensive corps what this might mean for saying somebody

1267
00:59:36,200 --> 00:59:37,440
Speaker 6: like Tyson Jugnaut as well.

1268
00:59:37,840 --> 00:59:40,240
Speaker 3: Yeah, and I think too, you're getting to the point

1269
00:59:40,320 --> 00:59:45,000
Speaker 3: now year five of this team's existence, you've got five drafts.

1270
00:59:44,720 --> 00:59:45,320
Speaker 1: Under your belt.

1271
00:59:45,400 --> 00:59:48,800
Speaker 3: You're starting to see these prospects come up into pro hockey,

1272
00:59:48,840 --> 00:59:52,560
Speaker 3: either graduating from juniors or their European leagues, whatever the

1273
00:59:52,640 --> 00:59:58,440
Speaker 3: case may be. And again, unfortunately because of injury. Unfortunately,

1274
00:59:58,760 --> 01:00:02,520
Speaker 3: because of State Ending's placement. You're going to start seeing

1275
01:00:02,600 --> 01:00:04,360
Speaker 3: more of these guys come up, and you really don't

1276
01:00:04,400 --> 01:00:06,640
Speaker 3: know what you have until you see what they can

1277
01:00:06,680 --> 01:00:09,160
Speaker 3: do with this level. So, you know, I love that

1278
01:00:09,320 --> 01:00:12,720
Speaker 3: Jaggerfercus is crushing it down in CV and that Oscar

1279
01:00:12,800 --> 01:00:16,160
Speaker 3: Fisker Moleguard is doing well, and you're seeing these guys

1280
01:00:16,240 --> 01:00:18,720
Speaker 3: start to put it together from the pro hockey level,

1281
01:00:18,760 --> 01:00:20,720
Speaker 3: But at the end of the day, you want to

1282
01:00:20,760 --> 01:00:22,520
Speaker 3: see what they can do with the NHL level, and

1283
01:00:23,040 --> 01:00:26,960
Speaker 3: you're hoping that, Hey, you know, they're coming up and

1284
01:00:27,040 --> 01:00:30,360
Speaker 3: they're producing well. Unfortunately, when you do see a lot

1285
01:00:30,400 --> 01:00:32,880
Speaker 3: of prospects, that usually means your season isn't going the

1286
01:00:32,920 --> 01:00:35,360
Speaker 3: way that you want it to go up here at

1287
01:00:35,440 --> 01:00:37,760
Speaker 3: the big club. So it's kind of a catch twenty two.

1288
01:00:37,920 --> 01:00:41,600
Speaker 3: I want to see what these prospects have against NHL talent,

1289
01:00:41,680 --> 01:00:45,120
Speaker 3: against bigger, better, stronger competition. Because we've been saying now

1290
01:00:45,200 --> 01:00:47,200
Speaker 3: for so long, the kids are coming, the kids are coming. Well,

1291
01:00:47,200 --> 01:00:49,120
Speaker 3: the kids are here, right, and we've seen what Maddy

1292
01:00:49,160 --> 01:00:52,120
Speaker 3: Beneers can do, Riker Evans, Shane right, Jonny Newman's.

1293
01:00:51,880 --> 01:00:54,760
Speaker 5: Way basically a hit every shift.

1294
01:00:54,920 --> 01:00:55,480
Speaker 1: Yes he did.

1295
01:00:55,880 --> 01:00:59,040
Speaker 3: Ryan Winterton, Ty Karchi, all of these Joy Decord, all

1296
01:00:59,120 --> 01:01:03,280
Speaker 3: of these guys have spent years in the minors and

1297
01:01:03,560 --> 01:01:06,240
Speaker 3: we've now seen what they can do at the NHL level.

1298
01:01:06,280 --> 01:01:10,280
Speaker 3: So we've seen that first wave of kids, and now

1299
01:01:10,400 --> 01:01:12,360
Speaker 3: you're going to start to see a lot more of

1300
01:01:12,440 --> 01:01:15,360
Speaker 3: the skill players that we've heard a lot about coming

1301
01:01:15,440 --> 01:01:20,400
Speaker 3: in right your your Jagger Fercuses, Your, your Carson Ray Coops,

1302
01:01:20,520 --> 01:01:24,600
Speaker 3: Jake O'Brien. I think he's second in the OHL in scoring,

1303
01:01:24,760 --> 01:01:28,000
Speaker 3: right so Berkeley Catton. We we've gotten a five five

1304
01:01:28,040 --> 01:01:30,680
Speaker 3: assists to his first twenty some out of games. So

1305
01:01:31,080 --> 01:01:33,360
Speaker 3: you're starting to get a look at these kids. But

1306
01:01:33,640 --> 01:01:35,280
Speaker 3: I want to see more of what they can do

1307
01:01:35,400 --> 01:01:39,800
Speaker 3: with this level, and you know, hopefully under the right circumstances,

1308
01:01:40,160 --> 01:01:41,640
Speaker 3: we'll be able to see that by the end of

1309
01:01:41,680 --> 01:01:41,920
Speaker 3: the year.

1310
01:01:42,640 --> 01:01:45,440
Speaker 6: Next time we get through to our next show, we're

1311
01:01:45,440 --> 01:01:48,360
Speaker 6: going to have four more games lopped off, which means

1312
01:01:49,080 --> 01:01:52,240
Speaker 6: for the Kraken after this one, you have Los Angeles

1313
01:01:52,360 --> 01:01:55,240
Speaker 6: coming up. You take the break, and then you had

1314
01:01:55,280 --> 01:01:58,400
Speaker 6: the Philadelphia Flyers and the Vancouver Canucks right back at home.

1315
01:01:59,080 --> 01:02:01,680
Speaker 5: There were a point within that whole sphere.

1316
01:02:02,280 --> 01:02:05,920
Speaker 6: They played Anaheim well but Anaheim is a lot more talented,

1317
01:02:06,000 --> 01:02:08,960
Speaker 6: even though they are still young. The Kings are always

1318
01:02:09,000 --> 01:02:11,360
Speaker 6: a tough out, especially with how they played defensively. But

1319
01:02:11,440 --> 01:02:14,680
Speaker 6: I think the last game showed some promise. The Flyers,

1320
01:02:14,760 --> 01:02:16,680
Speaker 6: I think got even better than the last time that

1321
01:02:16,840 --> 01:02:18,520
Speaker 6: we saw them back in Philadelphia.

1322
01:02:19,320 --> 01:02:20,000
Speaker 5: And the Canucks.

1323
01:02:20,800 --> 01:02:22,600
Speaker 6: We'll see if this is going to be a new

1324
01:02:22,640 --> 01:02:24,120
Speaker 6: and improved team or if this is only just a

1325
01:02:24,160 --> 01:02:26,680
Speaker 6: sugar rush after the whole quinn Use trade. But you

1326
01:02:26,800 --> 01:02:29,840
Speaker 6: factor in eight points off the table. Are you setting

1327
01:02:29,880 --> 01:02:32,120
Speaker 6: the bar at five points, six points or something else?

1328
01:02:32,360 --> 01:02:32,480
Speaker 1: Oh?

1329
01:02:32,520 --> 01:02:35,240
Speaker 4: I think I'm setting the bar at a winning streak,

1330
01:02:35,360 --> 01:02:40,040
Speaker 4: like again, eight points. Then this team, this team has

1331
01:02:40,160 --> 01:02:42,680
Speaker 4: to think about what they need to do to get

1332
01:02:42,720 --> 01:02:45,720
Speaker 4: in the playoffs. And I understand you've got injuries right now,

1333
01:02:45,800 --> 01:02:48,280
Speaker 4: and that's that's hurting the lineup. But you've got to

1334
01:02:48,360 --> 01:02:51,360
Speaker 4: come into each and every game saying this has to

1335
01:02:51,440 --> 01:02:53,080
Speaker 4: be a win. We've got to go on a run.

1336
01:02:53,200 --> 01:02:55,920
Speaker 4: We've got to do we've got to do what we

1337
01:02:56,000 --> 01:02:57,640
Speaker 4: were able to do in the first part of the season,

1338
01:02:57,760 --> 01:03:00,240
Speaker 4: you know, best starting franchise history to try and get

1339
01:03:00,320 --> 01:03:02,760
Speaker 4: back into the playoff hunt. And and nothing short of

1340
01:03:02,800 --> 01:03:05,600
Speaker 4: that should be accepted. Yeah, this team's gonna win games.

1341
01:03:05,640 --> 01:03:08,720
Speaker 4: I mean, I'm looking. I'm gonna say six, six of

1342
01:03:08,760 --> 01:03:11,840
Speaker 4: eight should be the low bar. Minimum six of minimum.

1343
01:03:12,120 --> 01:03:13,960
Speaker 1: I think six that minimum should be the low bar.

1344
01:03:14,040 --> 01:03:17,480
Speaker 3: And if you can push, you know, game four to

1345
01:03:18,000 --> 01:03:21,400
Speaker 3: to overtime and get a seventh point in there, if

1346
01:03:21,440 --> 01:03:23,200
Speaker 3: you can final way to get a half point, maybe

1347
01:03:23,240 --> 01:03:26,120
Speaker 3: seven and a half points of those eight, I think

1348
01:03:26,200 --> 01:03:28,680
Speaker 3: that would be ideal for Seattle. But I mean, listen,

1349
01:03:28,840 --> 01:03:31,400
Speaker 3: your you're seven points back of the cut line. Teams

1350
01:03:31,440 --> 01:03:33,560
Speaker 3: ahead of you, they're only gonna keep winning, They're only

1351
01:03:33,600 --> 01:03:35,880
Speaker 3: gonna keep getting better. So you know, you need to

1352
01:03:35,920 --> 01:03:38,400
Speaker 3: find a way to keep pace. And I think for Seattle,

1353
01:03:39,720 --> 01:03:42,320
Speaker 3: they've done it. We've seen them do it. The schedule

1354
01:03:42,480 --> 01:03:46,920
Speaker 3: is not easy you're looking now. Tonight begins four consecutive

1355
01:03:47,240 --> 01:03:51,160
Speaker 3: back to back series for Seattle, Anaheim, LA, then the

1356
01:03:51,240 --> 01:03:55,640
Speaker 3: break Philadelphia, Vancouver, then two days off Nashville at home,

1357
01:03:55,760 --> 01:03:59,840
Speaker 3: then at Vancouver, Calgary on the road, then Boston at home.

1358
01:04:00,200 --> 01:04:03,240
Speaker 3: You've got four eight games coming up in the next

1359
01:04:03,360 --> 01:04:08,040
Speaker 3: two weeks. Eight games in thirteen ish days. That that

1360
01:04:08,320 --> 01:04:11,840
Speaker 3: is hellacious, to just say the least. So for the Kraken,

1361
01:04:11,960 --> 01:04:12,760
Speaker 3: you gotta get wins.

1362
01:04:13,520 --> 01:04:17,000
Speaker 4: And I would just add to my eight point expectation is, yeah,

1363
01:04:17,120 --> 01:04:20,440
Speaker 4: putting together a four win run five if you include

1364
01:04:20,480 --> 01:04:24,480
Speaker 4: the Sentos eight win is difficult at the NHL level.

1365
01:04:24,520 --> 01:04:26,760
Speaker 4: I get that, but these are all games that are

1366
01:04:26,800 --> 01:04:29,360
Speaker 4: in division. Mike, Yeah, like you need these wins.

1367
01:04:29,480 --> 01:04:34,080
Speaker 5: So yeah, absolutely, Anaheim LA and then Vancouver as well.

1368
01:04:34,120 --> 01:04:35,880
Speaker 5: Back at home. All right, three stars and we're gonna

1369
01:04:35,880 --> 01:04:37,760
Speaker 5: get out of here. I'll just start off here with this.

1370
01:04:37,960 --> 01:04:40,240
Speaker 6: My third Star of the week will be Chandler Stevenson,

1371
01:04:40,960 --> 01:04:44,440
Speaker 6: writing an eight game points scoring streak heading into the

1372
01:04:44,520 --> 01:04:47,640
Speaker 6: Anaheim game. He is like more dialed in, he has

1373
01:04:47,720 --> 01:04:50,360
Speaker 6: like more productive and it's making a difference. I think

1374
01:04:50,960 --> 01:04:52,640
Speaker 6: both at five on five and as well how this

1375
01:04:52,760 --> 01:04:56,160
Speaker 6: team moves the puck additionally on the power play. And

1376
01:04:56,560 --> 01:04:59,040
Speaker 6: I can't help but think of many more goals he's scored.

1377
01:04:59,160 --> 01:05:02,800
Speaker 6: And granted it was the finish, but how exquisite that

1378
01:05:03,000 --> 01:05:05,760
Speaker 6: goalies scored in Calgary was. If it's the call, you

1379
01:05:05,880 --> 01:05:08,640
Speaker 6: nailed it. And I think that the high level of

1380
01:05:08,680 --> 01:05:10,880
Speaker 6: play that they've got to get from him, plus a

1381
01:05:10,920 --> 01:05:13,720
Speaker 6: face off circle and what he can do is going

1382
01:05:13,800 --> 01:05:16,040
Speaker 6: to make a big difference as well coming up short

1383
01:05:16,160 --> 01:05:19,120
Speaker 6: term and also long term when this gets really crazy

1384
01:05:19,240 --> 01:05:22,400
Speaker 6: and really busy coming up in January. My second star

1385
01:05:22,560 --> 01:05:24,840
Speaker 6: is going to be Shane Wright, who earn the praise

1386
01:05:24,880 --> 01:05:27,080
Speaker 6: of Lane Lambert. There's been more of a jump in

1387
01:05:27,160 --> 01:05:29,640
Speaker 6: his game. But I think that the goal he scored

1388
01:05:29,640 --> 01:05:32,880
Speaker 6: against Colorado in that rally back in the second period,

1389
01:05:33,560 --> 01:05:36,840
Speaker 6: it wasn't off the prototypical Shane Wright shot. It was

1390
01:05:37,040 --> 01:05:41,000
Speaker 6: just a mere dig, deep, compete goal, and I thought

1391
01:05:41,120 --> 01:05:42,960
Speaker 6: if they had a chance, and they had the fighters

1392
01:05:43,040 --> 01:05:46,760
Speaker 6: punch chance against Colorado, that's where they had to win.

1393
01:05:46,880 --> 01:05:48,880
Speaker 5: That battle was the front of the net.

1394
01:05:49,000 --> 01:05:51,760
Speaker 6: Third period, of course all fell apart, but I think

1395
01:05:51,840 --> 01:05:54,840
Speaker 6: again we saw the blueprint that they have to put

1396
01:05:54,920 --> 01:05:56,800
Speaker 6: into place, and granted it's got to get put in

1397
01:05:56,880 --> 01:06:01,000
Speaker 6: the place asap consistently here, but you'd now have a roadmap,

1398
01:06:01,080 --> 01:06:02,720
Speaker 6: you have something, and I think a goal like that

1399
01:06:02,880 --> 01:06:06,160
Speaker 6: Shane RD scored is certainly a blueprint for him and

1400
01:06:06,240 --> 01:06:08,200
Speaker 6: a blueprint here as well for this team. My first

1401
01:06:08,200 --> 01:06:13,720
Speaker 6: star is Joey Decord, sensational as San Jose, sensational at

1402
01:06:13,840 --> 01:06:17,160
Speaker 6: Calgary as well. I think from what we saw this

1403
01:06:17,320 --> 01:06:20,720
Speaker 6: play around the injury that is now dissipating, and the

1404
01:06:20,800 --> 01:06:22,960
Speaker 6: more and more that he's looking dialed in, especially from

1405
01:06:23,000 --> 01:06:25,920
Speaker 6: the get go, there's a confidence, there's a swagger of

1406
01:06:26,000 --> 01:06:29,160
Speaker 6: Joey Decord that has come right back, which gave the

1407
01:06:29,240 --> 01:06:31,919
Speaker 6: Crack and once again a fighter's punch chance against San Jose.

1408
01:06:32,600 --> 01:06:35,240
Speaker 6: And when you face what has it had here for

1409
01:06:35,400 --> 01:06:39,360
Speaker 6: two Pacific Division games, tonight's short term. You get back home.

1410
01:06:39,960 --> 01:06:41,880
Speaker 6: We'll see how they sput this up with Philip Grubauer

1411
01:06:41,960 --> 01:06:43,160
Speaker 6: with Philadelphia and Vancouver.

1412
01:06:43,240 --> 01:06:44,920
Speaker 5: But then again, the schedule gets busy.

1413
01:06:45,520 --> 01:06:47,040
Speaker 6: That's the kind of game that you got to give

1414
01:06:47,080 --> 01:06:48,760
Speaker 6: from Joey to Cord, and he gave this team a

1415
01:06:48,880 --> 01:06:52,040
Speaker 6: chance against Calgary and help pull them through against San Jose.

1416
01:06:52,520 --> 01:06:55,120
Speaker 4: Joey Decord is my first start. Yeah, for my third star,

1417
01:06:55,160 --> 01:06:56,760
Speaker 4: I'm going to start with Ryker Evans. I thought that

1418
01:06:56,840 --> 01:06:58,360
Speaker 4: was a big goal last game for him in the

1419
01:06:58,680 --> 01:07:01,880
Speaker 4: San Jose win. And you know again, I will always

1420
01:07:01,960 --> 01:07:04,800
Speaker 4: highlight the importance of getting some of your offense. The

1421
01:07:04,840 --> 01:07:06,840
Speaker 4: Crack can get about thirty percent of their offense from

1422
01:07:06,920 --> 01:07:09,680
Speaker 4: the blue line, and last game two big goals from

1423
01:07:09,720 --> 01:07:12,840
Speaker 4: the blue line liningred and Riker Evans. So Ryker Evans

1424
01:07:12,920 --> 01:07:15,560
Speaker 4: is my third star. I like the grit of his game.

1425
01:07:15,840 --> 01:07:18,080
Speaker 4: I think with Montur out of the lineup, he's going

1426
01:07:18,120 --> 01:07:20,280
Speaker 4: to get more minutes as well. He's going to anchor

1427
01:07:20,400 --> 01:07:23,680
Speaker 4: that second power play. So maybe giving him my third

1428
01:07:23,720 --> 01:07:25,560
Speaker 4: star also gives him a little confidence going into the

1429
01:07:25,600 --> 01:07:28,440
Speaker 4: next week. Second star is going to be uh Chandler

1430
01:07:28,480 --> 01:07:31,560
Speaker 4: Stavenson because again, you know when you're when you're getting

1431
01:07:31,600 --> 01:07:35,840
Speaker 4: points in eight games goals in four, it puts a

1432
01:07:35,920 --> 01:07:38,880
Speaker 4: lot more, you know, responsibility on his shoulders when we

1433
01:07:39,000 --> 01:07:40,800
Speaker 4: Can and Schwartz are out of the lineup, and he

1434
01:07:40,840 --> 01:07:43,920
Speaker 4: seems to be embracing that. He's your best face off man.

1435
01:07:44,000 --> 01:07:46,280
Speaker 4: I love how he works out there with Freddy Gadrou

1436
01:07:46,360 --> 01:07:48,360
Speaker 4: Depending on which side of the ice is on, he'll

1437
01:07:48,400 --> 01:07:50,560
Speaker 4: throw Freddie into the face off off because he's stronger

1438
01:07:50,640 --> 01:07:53,280
Speaker 4: on that side. So that shows leadership on his part.

1439
01:07:53,840 --> 01:07:56,280
Speaker 4: Channer Stevenson is my second star, and then I agree

1440
01:07:56,320 --> 01:07:57,840
Speaker 4: with you, Mike. First star has got to be Joey

1441
01:07:57,880 --> 01:08:00,800
Speaker 4: to Court. I think that when your goal is putting

1442
01:08:00,880 --> 01:08:04,320
Speaker 4: you in a position to win hockey games, two goals

1443
01:08:04,440 --> 01:08:07,000
Speaker 4: or less, three goals are less if your goaltender can

1444
01:08:07,120 --> 01:08:09,800
Speaker 4: keep you to three goals or less every single game

1445
01:08:10,080 --> 01:08:11,760
Speaker 4: he puts you in a position and I think Joey

1446
01:08:11,840 --> 01:08:14,640
Speaker 4: gives more than that. Often it's two or less and

1447
01:08:14,920 --> 01:08:17,080
Speaker 4: that nine seven to two save percentage in San Jose

1448
01:08:17,479 --> 01:08:18,160
Speaker 4: was a big part of that.

1449
01:08:19,520 --> 01:08:21,559
Speaker 1: Yeah, my this this was a tough one.

1450
01:08:21,800 --> 01:08:23,960
Speaker 3: There's there's a few ways I could have gone with this,

1451
01:08:24,080 --> 01:08:26,360
Speaker 3: but I'm gonna I'm gonna get my third start of

1452
01:08:26,400 --> 01:08:28,680
Speaker 3: the power play. They've got goals in three of the

1453
01:08:28,760 --> 01:08:31,800
Speaker 3: last four, seven power play goals in the last seven games.

1454
01:08:31,840 --> 01:08:34,920
Speaker 3: And we've talked about how special teams has been so

1455
01:08:35,160 --> 01:08:36,479
Speaker 3: up and so down this season.

1456
01:08:36,760 --> 01:08:38,920
Speaker 1: Well we're seeing the up from the power play in

1457
01:08:38,960 --> 01:08:40,439
Speaker 1: a recent games. So they're my third star.

1458
01:08:40,920 --> 01:08:42,880
Speaker 3: La to olvan end He's got points in six of eight,

1459
01:08:43,000 --> 01:08:46,240
Speaker 3: three in a row coming into tonight, so I think

1460
01:08:46,320 --> 01:08:48,599
Speaker 3: he's been playing well. We asked him the other night

1461
01:08:48,720 --> 01:08:51,360
Speaker 3: how he's liked his game, what he's been noticing about

1462
01:08:51,439 --> 01:08:54,400
Speaker 3: his games in recent weeks. He feels he's harder on

1463
01:08:54,479 --> 01:08:56,720
Speaker 3: the puck. He's got a lot of confidence rowing right now.

1464
01:08:56,880 --> 01:08:59,040
Speaker 3: So I love how he's playing. And then Chadler Stevenson

1465
01:08:59,080 --> 01:09:01,320
Speaker 3: for me, and he's my number one star, you know,

1466
01:09:01,920 --> 01:09:05,240
Speaker 3: career best four game goal streak, eight game points streak

1467
01:09:05,280 --> 01:09:09,080
Speaker 3: for him, and I think he's been quietly continuing to

1468
01:09:09,560 --> 01:09:11,400
Speaker 3: be a leader on this team, both.

1469
01:09:11,280 --> 01:09:12,960
Speaker 1: On the ice and off the ice.

1470
01:09:13,120 --> 01:09:17,040
Speaker 3: He gets so much undeserved hate from the fan base

1471
01:09:17,120 --> 01:09:19,960
Speaker 3: and from other folks in the media about his goals

1472
01:09:20,120 --> 01:09:25,040
Speaker 3: above expected under the sixtieth percentile. I don't I don't know,

1473
01:09:25,160 --> 01:09:27,360
Speaker 3: I don't understand it, but I think that he has

1474
01:09:27,439 --> 01:09:29,600
Speaker 3: continued to be one of the best players on this

1475
01:09:29,720 --> 01:09:32,560
Speaker 3: team on a nightly basis. And you know, if you

1476
01:09:32,720 --> 01:09:35,559
Speaker 3: watch him play the games, forget about what the advanced

1477
01:09:35,560 --> 01:09:39,200
Speaker 3: stats say, open your eyes, watch him play the game,

1478
01:09:39,600 --> 01:09:42,160
Speaker 3: and he is one of the better players on the

1479
01:09:42,240 --> 01:09:43,160
Speaker 3: ice every single night.

1480
01:09:43,240 --> 01:09:45,120
Speaker 1: So he gets my number one star very quick.

1481
01:09:45,160 --> 01:09:48,519
Speaker 6: Any holiday plans and he holiday greetings also out there well.

1482
01:09:49,960 --> 01:09:54,240
Speaker 3: Sansa Kaniski was very very kind and thoughtful and bought

1483
01:09:54,920 --> 01:09:58,760
Speaker 3: myself a new collection for my bourbon from a new

1484
01:09:58,800 --> 01:10:01,320
Speaker 3: piece from my bourbon collection, and so I'm gonna try

1485
01:10:01,400 --> 01:10:05,400
Speaker 3: some of that. And Wes is so excited for Christmas

1486
01:10:05,479 --> 01:10:06,720
Speaker 3: this year, so I'm gonna be at home.

1487
01:10:06,880 --> 01:10:09,920
Speaker 6: Santa Kiniski also dropped into He treated us very very

1488
01:10:09,960 --> 01:10:10,880
Speaker 6: well in the event and house.

1489
01:10:11,040 --> 01:10:14,000
Speaker 3: My plans, My plans are to have a full glass,

1490
01:10:14,160 --> 01:10:16,679
Speaker 3: a full belly, and a full heart with my son

1491
01:10:16,720 --> 01:10:17,240
Speaker 3: and my family.

1492
01:10:18,240 --> 01:10:21,360
Speaker 4: Yeah, Mike, I've got a twenty pound roast sitting in

1493
01:10:21,400 --> 01:10:25,120
Speaker 4: the fridge, rooling right now, resting, just resting and waiting

1494
01:10:25,240 --> 01:10:27,280
Speaker 4: for me. Right now. I'm gonna cover that thing with

1495
01:10:27,400 --> 01:10:30,000
Speaker 4: a little olive oil, some salt and pepper, sear it

1496
01:10:30,080 --> 01:10:31,600
Speaker 4: on the grill, just to get a little crust on

1497
01:10:31,680 --> 01:10:34,800
Speaker 4: the outside, and then in the lowest temperature in my

1498
01:10:34,840 --> 01:10:37,360
Speaker 4: other at one seventy until that thing hits about one

1499
01:10:37,439 --> 01:10:39,559
Speaker 4: oh five one ten, take it out, wrap it, let

1500
01:10:39,600 --> 01:10:41,800
Speaker 4: it sit for half an hour, and then slice that beau.

1501
01:10:41,800 --> 01:10:43,439
Speaker 6: See, when we all grow up, it's all about food

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Speaker 6: and beverages and family. Right That's that's that's the real

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Speaker 6: deal here. I also my family will be around too,

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Speaker 6: and we'll yeah, yeah, yeah, party going down to the

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Speaker 6: Kiniski household. Anyway you want to wish my family as well,

1506
01:10:52,960 --> 01:10:57,439
Speaker 6: happy holidays. We're gonna keep this very small, very intimate.

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01:10:57,520 --> 01:10:59,760
Speaker 6: And then once Christmas is all done, a couple of

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Speaker 6: days is Great Wolf Lodges coming up here for a

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01:11:02,760 --> 01:11:05,200
Speaker 6: family vac and then we'll jump right back into the

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Speaker 6: bat to back.

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Speaker 1: Hold on real quick, Mike, where are you gonna be

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Speaker 1: tonight tomorrow?

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Speaker 5: In the radio?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, let's go.

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Speaker 6: I have been in this building and in LA one

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01:11:15,560 --> 01:11:19,080
Speaker 6: hundred times. It never gets old, right back where I

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01:11:19,120 --> 01:11:19,840
Speaker 6: grew up nearby.

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Speaker 3: This will be your second NHL game here tomorrow will

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Speaker 3: be your second NHL game broadcast in your home building.

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Speaker 3: It'll always be staple sa sorry in crypto dot com arena, Buddy.

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Speaker 1: Let's go, Mike.

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Speaker 6: I got a million stories here where we're already running

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Speaker 6: out of time, and we'll do this here for the

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01:11:38,920 --> 01:11:41,439
Speaker 6: next podcast maybe, but it's gonna be a blast. Ever's

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01:11:41,479 --> 01:11:43,360
Speaker 6: got the TV side, He's gonna crush it here tonight

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Speaker 6: and for tomorrow. Al Kaniski myself on the radio side,

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Speaker 6: Pug dropping seven o'clock both nights on air six thirty

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01:11:49,880 --> 01:11:53,000
Speaker 6: this evening and tomorrow cracking at Ducks and cracking at

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Speaker 6: Kings and then next two home games of twenty eighth

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Speaker 6: and twenty ninth against Philadelphia and Vancouver. I hope you'll

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Speaker 6: be there with us no matter where. Happy Holidays, Merry

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Speaker 6: Christmas as well to each and every one of you

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Speaker 6: forever it fits you and Alkiniski, Big Banks, Evan Pinick,

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Speaker 6: imke bet and see you You're.

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Speaker 7: Home for the Kraken.

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