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Speaker 1: Welcome to Kracking this morning, a presentation of the Kraken

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Speaker 1: Audio Network Ken Sports Radio ninety three point three KJR FM.

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Speaker 1: Here's Mike Btton.

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Speaker 2: We greet you a little earlier than usual because the

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Speaker 2: Kraken will be playing pretty early on Saturday, November twenty ninth.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to Cracking this morning, getting you set for the

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Speaker 2: Kraken and the Edmonton Oilers, second matchup of the season,

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Speaker 2: by the way, going down and the Crack and trying

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Speaker 2: to make it three in a row all time head

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Speaker 2: to head against the Oilers, something that's been pretty challenging

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Speaker 2: considering the stranglehold that Edmonton has had recently in this

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Speaker 2: head to head series. All the action coming your way

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Speaker 2: for a Saturday one pm faceoff at Climbing Pledge Arena,

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Speaker 2: airtime twelve thirty for your pregame show served up by

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Speaker 2: Frostprewed Corps, Light Shoes Chill, postgame taking away all the

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Speaker 2: way up to an hour after the final horn from

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Speaker 2: the Cores light landing in section twenty. We hope that

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Speaker 2: you can join us flagship Coverge take Note Sports Radio

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Speaker 2: nine point fifty k JR, and of course all across

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Speaker 2: as usual on the Global Credit Union Kraken Audio Network,

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Speaker 2: John Forsland joining us here in just a bit, we'll

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Speaker 2: talk about the states of the Kraken in just a bit,

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Speaker 2: the injury bug going around, comparable as well to the

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Speaker 2: rest of the league, and what kind of an oiler

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Speaker 2: team the Kraken could be facing coming up for this

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Speaker 2: matinee faceoff as Edmondton comes off another clucker a three

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Speaker 2: losing to Dallas. But again it is early in this season,

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Speaker 2: and we'll discuss more of those matters coming up here

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Speaker 2: with crack and TV play by play voice John FORESLND.

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Speaker 2: We flashed back to last game the Krack in facing

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Speaker 2: Dallas on Wednesday, with as much of a full lineup

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Speaker 2: also facing a Dallas team that has proven to be

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Speaker 2: a pretty stiff challenge no matter what day, no matter

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Speaker 2: what seasons.

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Speaker 3: Club came out McCann fire just riding the thanks got

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Speaker 3: Brandon Montour a sharp angle shot from the right.

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Speaker 1: Corner goal line.

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Speaker 4: It goes off of Casey the Smith and in the sea.

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Speaker 3: Level Crackett has tied the game at one ten fifty

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Speaker 3: four left the period number one.

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Speaker 5: Well, it starts with a shot down the middle from

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Speaker 6: The puck goes from.

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Speaker 1: The corner of Monteur is the guy that jumps on

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Speaker 1: that loose pucking rather than looking for the pass. He's

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Speaker 1: gonna shooter his mentality. Here's Tyler Sagan to the high spot, left.

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Speaker 3: Side, back door, right on the goal. Joey the Cord

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Speaker 3: made the first, saying when they tap it in on

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Speaker 6: Vincedun's got speed done.

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Speaker 1: Left side sis stop.

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Speaker 3: Ben stand over the left side line, walks in tap

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Speaker 3: here in the third Bitsta pick up pluck up in

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Speaker 4: Cut to his left is a left shot.

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Speaker 3: He beafed the Smith over the club head two now

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Speaker 2: So so close, but the Kraken come up short in

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Speaker 2: the Western Conference. They're still entering today in a playoff spot,

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Speaker 2: but it's still pretty tight right now in the Western Conference.

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Speaker 2: They stand three points back in the first place Anaheim

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Speaker 2: Ducks and just one point clear of the Western Conference

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Speaker 2: cut line that shared between the Utah Mammoth and the

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Speaker 2: San Jose Sharks. The Crack and also again dealing with

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Speaker 2: another injury blow, this time is Jaden Schwartz. He left

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Speaker 2: the game on Wednesday in period two after visibly becoming

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Speaker 2: Krack and then saying Friday he'll be expected to miss

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Speaker 2: the next six weeks, so the Crack can certainly right

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Speaker 2: now in an uphill battle to fill their scoring needs.

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Speaker 2: He departs for the time being as their leading point getter,

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Speaker 2: Krack and gathering again back at Kraken Community Ice Plugs

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Speaker 2: for a Friday practice after the team celebrated the Thanksgiving

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Speaker 2: holiday with food and family. One such case is Crack

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Speaker 2: defenseman Ryan lind Gren, originally from Minneapolis, and when you

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Speaker 2: talk about the Kraken and how they're handling the loss

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Speaker 2: of Jaden Schwartz, the potential return of Coppoccos soon to

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Speaker 2: the lineup, Thanksgiving rituals, and much more. Lynd Gren's got

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Speaker 2: him after practice on Friday ed Craken Community Ice Plex. Well,

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Speaker 2: first off, I hope that the off day treated you

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Speaker 2: and everybody else will walk me back through what Thanksgiving

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Speaker 2: Day is like for you and those around you.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it was a lot of fun. I had my

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Speaker 4: have a day to kind of relax, watch football and

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Speaker 7: What was the go to dish on the table for Thanksgiving?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, Stuffing's kind of my my favorite. Yeah, my mom

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Speaker 7: Take me through these first rough twenty five percent of

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Speaker 7: the season. There's often talk about when you face this team,

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Speaker 7: you're facing a team that's tight checking its discipline. But

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Speaker 7: what are you seeing so far from these guys that's

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Speaker 7: leading into how much they're buying into this identity?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's been it's been good. I think exactly that

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Speaker 4: you know, laying stress from from the get go that

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Speaker 4: And you know, I think we've done a good job

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Speaker 4: And yeah, we just got to keep building up of that.

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Speaker 7: How do you recover from lostening to a guy like

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's a horrible log sports. He's such an important

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Speaker 4: that everyone everyone looks to. And I'm so yeah, that's

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Speaker 4: a tough loss. And but yeah, we've dealt through the

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Speaker 7: How do you prepare for Edmonton versus any other team.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, they're obviously some some big stars on their team

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Speaker 7: Do you also view the neutral zone and how they

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean we we were just watching some video

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Speaker 4: You know, instead of set of kind of chip it in,

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Speaker 4: they want to make plays. So you know, it takes

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Speaker 4: all of us to make sure we're slowing them down

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Speaker 2: The first time we can say it this season, we've

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Speaker 2: got a Matt and a going here one PM, cracking

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Speaker 2: Edmonton oilers on the TV side. John Forestland of Courses

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Speaker 2: on the call, as always our esteem guest and our

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Speaker 2: Happy Thanksgiving? How was your Thanksgiving? And what was on

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Speaker 6: All? We had a variety of things. We're I'm not

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Speaker 6: a big turkey guy, Michael, so we had actually we

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Speaker 6: had we had beef.

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Speaker 2: How's that sound, Oh you're speaking my language. Steak was

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I'm not going to conform the traditions and you

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Speaker 6: when we were all fought then we were part of

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Speaker 6: I guess I did that the majority of my life.

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Speaker 6: But now that I'm older, I'm going to make some

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Speaker 6: different decisions. We had a great Thanksgiving, my families here

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Speaker 2: Maddie Beniers told me a few days ago he and

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Speaker 2: don't mind turkey, but I've got picky eaters who are

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Speaker 2: My ten year old spoke up and wanted steak. I

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Speaker 6: Well, that's again, just give it a shot and you'll

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Speaker 6: be pleasantly surprised and your life will be great. And

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Speaker 6: you know we're I'm with Maddie on this. We did

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Speaker 6: not have lasagnia. I think that'll be in and around Christmas.

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Speaker 6: But we did have some clam chowder, so that was

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Speaker 2: That ghost favorite and uh West Coast staple here.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, there you go.

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Speaker 2: Wyeawful, wonderful. Well, great to hear that it's going well

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Speaker 2: with family out there, and we're going to look forward

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Speaker 2: to this coming up here for the one pm game.

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Speaker 2: But I mean, I've asked this similarly with others and

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Speaker 2: through twenty three games, Johnny eleven six and six, twenty

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Speaker 2: eight points. So how would you have reacted two months

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Speaker 2: ago if told the Kraken are a playoff team after Thanksgiving?

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Speaker 6: We'd be overjoyed with it. I mean, you're going from

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Speaker 6: you know, the depth of the league last year and

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Speaker 6: a team that struggled so much defensively it couldn't get

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Speaker 6: to score goals. That really hasn't gone away much. But

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Speaker 6: it's the way they're playing, it's a style they're employing.

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Speaker 6: It's how relentless there are and how committed they are

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Speaker 6: to what Lane Lambert tried to establish in the early

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Speaker 2: Which I think they might still do. At this point.

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Speaker 2: I think that the Darryl setterphrase about four years ago

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Speaker 6: It's disappointing, you know, it's it's like I said, it's

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Speaker 8: Well, I think, like I said right from the very beginning,

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Speaker 2: So Johnny, you talked about how you kind of feared

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Speaker 6: Up, Yeah, it's perfect for the Cracking. See, the Cracking

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Speaker 2: Team say percentage coming out of Thanksgiving, the Krack and

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Speaker 6: the middle. He's been out for a few weeks. They

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Speaker 6: thought they were going to get CAAs Barry Kappanan back

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Speaker 6: in this afternoon. That's not going to be the case.

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Speaker 6: He was injured in practice the other day. You know.

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Speaker 6: And these players are important because they play a role

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Speaker 6: down their forward group, and they're upper end of the

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Speaker 6: forward group. With just the two players alone and McDavid

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Speaker 6: and Drysydle is way better than everybody else. And then

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Speaker 6: when you add a healthy Zach Hyman, it's way better

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Speaker 6: than we've seen before. On the back end, I think

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Speaker 6: it's the same. I mean, there's no Jake Walman, he's injured,

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Speaker 6: but it's still the same type of group that's that's

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Speaker 6: pretty good, can be average and can also be guilty

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Speaker 6: of bad turnovers and lackluster play. And you know, in

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Speaker 6: a situation where they don't help a bewildered goaltending situation,

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Speaker 6: it looks like it'll be Stuart Skinner today, and if

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Speaker 6: it is, you know he's in the same boat he's

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Speaker 6: always been in. I can tell you this because I'm

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Speaker 6: around them a little bit with the Amazon package. They

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Speaker 6: love that guy. The players do. They support him, They

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Speaker 6: want to win for him. He's a good goalie. He's

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Speaker 6: not a great goalie. He's a good goalie. He's not

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Speaker 6: the problem. The problem is their their lack of togetherness

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Speaker 6: as a team, their willingness to dig in harder for

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Speaker 6: their coach. They seem to be in between right now,

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Speaker 6: which I think goes away today. I think that obviously,

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Speaker 6: coming off of the disaster they had in the previous game,

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Speaker 6: they're going to be very good and the crack and

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Speaker 6: again will have to be as they were against Dallas,

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Speaker 6: ready for and measure their game against a team that

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Speaker 6: still has to be considered a favorite to be in

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Speaker 6: the top three in the Pacific Division. I think everybody

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Speaker 6: would consider Edmonton still there because the McDavid dry Sidle

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Speaker 6: factor is too much at times, and you know those

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Speaker 6: two bodies you can outscore your issues. And so is

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Speaker 6: it going to be good enough this season? I don't know,

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Speaker 6: because they're kind of flirting with it every year. It

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Speaker 6: was good enough the last couple to get them to

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Speaker 6: the Stanley Cup final, But again, how often can you

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Speaker 6: push that button?

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Speaker 2: They're trying to push it once again. We'll see if

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Speaker 2: it's gonna work out for them, but you're absolutely right,

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Speaker 2: it's going to be a tough test. They're coming in

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Speaker 2: here for the second matchup of the season. Appreciate this, Johnny. Hey,

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Speaker 2: Thanksgiving tells us to enjoy whatever you want. There to

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Speaker 2: be different. So you and me were asked, where's the beef, Well,

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Speaker 2: it's on the table.

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Speaker 6: I go back to the beach on the table. Yeah,

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Speaker 6: that's right, the beast on the beach on the table.

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Speaker 6: I hope all the fans had a great holiday and

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Speaker 6: are thankful for where the team's at right now, because

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Speaker 6: it's competitive and it's right there, and I don't think

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Speaker 6: it's going to change the rest of the season, and

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Speaker 6: this team should go right down to the wire and

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Speaker 6: push for a playoffs spot, and that's what we're all

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Speaker 6: hoping for.

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Speaker 2: My sentiments to the fans, also my sentiments to you,

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Speaker 2: my friend, Johnny, appreciate this. Have a good call.

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Speaker 6: Thank you, Okay, Mike, you take.

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Speaker 2: Care, Thank you you too. Always powerful words of wisdom

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Speaker 2: from our friend John Forestland TV played by play voice

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Speaker 2: on the Crack at Hockey Network also on Amazon Prime

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Speaker 2: for the national side. Well again, the Crack end looking

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Speaker 2: to get a win here and match up number two

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Speaker 2: of the regular season against Edmonton, and if they can

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Speaker 2: pull that off, it would give them three consecutive wins

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Speaker 2: all time over the Oilers for the first time in

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Speaker 2: franchise history. The Crack and beat Edmonton first game of

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Speaker 2: the series three to two at Climbing Pledge Arena back

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Speaker 2: on October twenty fifth. There's a milestone watch, by the way,

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Speaker 2: on the crack in side Vince Dunn entering the Mattinee

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Speaker 2: one point shy of three hundred for his NHL career.

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Speaker 2: By the way, he is also three back from joining

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Speaker 2: Jared McCann as members of the two hundred point club.

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Speaker 2: As far as games played all time in a Crack

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Speaker 2: in Jersey, you can certainly belt the Crack and are

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Speaker 2: preparing to face the very angry Edmonton team after they

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Speaker 2: lost their last game a three to Dallas back on Tuesday.

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Speaker 2: And all you need to know the response here from

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Speaker 2: Connor McDavid after the game.

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Speaker 9: I don't have many answers for you tonight. Yeah, I don't.

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Speaker 4: I don't know.

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Speaker 9: I don't have any answers.

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Speaker 5: As I said, so a big picture defensively is something

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Speaker 5: you guys have been struggling with this year more than

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Speaker 5: the previous years. And how concerning is it that the

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Speaker 5: D side of the game is as far off as

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Speaker 5: it is right now?

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Speaker 9: I think it stems from the whole thing. You know,

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Speaker 9: we're not good enough with the puck, and you know

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Speaker 9: it's leading to sustained you know, time in our D zone. Yeah,

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Speaker 9: it's the whole thing. You know, we're not getting up

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Speaker 9: the A's four checking pucks back, and we're playing too

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Speaker 9: much in the D zone. You know, there's not many

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Speaker 9: D zone systems that hold up after you know, thirty

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Speaker 9: four a minute in your D zone. You know, it's

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Speaker 9: tough to defend.

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Speaker 2: No surprise, he's one of the guys the Cracking will

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Speaker 2: be on hi alert watch for. Offensively, He's had a

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Speaker 2: point in eleven of his fourteen career games against the

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Speaker 2: Crack in eight goals by the way in total, but

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Speaker 2: drew heavy attention from Maddy Benier's in the previous matchup.

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Speaker 2: David held to no goals, no shots and two of

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Speaker 2: twelve as well at the faceoff circle. Leon dry Saddle,

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Speaker 2: of course, is long time running mate, as recorded a

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Speaker 2: point in six consecutive games against the Kraken, including five

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Speaker 2: multipoint efforts as well. Ryan Nugent Hopkins, who Johnny mentioned

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Speaker 2: as well back into the lineup. He's at a point

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Speaker 2: of his last ten games against the Krack and so

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Speaker 2: in conclusion, plenty of weapons the Kraken have to be

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Speaker 2: prepared for defensively here in this game, so the Crack

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Speaker 2: and trying to keep the oilers at bay. Hope you

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Speaker 2: can join us here for all the action across a

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Speaker 2: busy sports day in Seattle, by the way, and hope

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Speaker 2: that you can certainly join us for all the action.

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Speaker 2: Opening up at twelve thirty pm airtime on your pregame

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Speaker 2: show served up by Frostbrewed cors Light Chews Chill opening

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Speaker 2: faceof a little past one pm Pacific time at climb

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Speaker 2: and Pledgerina every fitzu al Koniski on the call, I'll

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Speaker 2: join you as usual back by the cors Light landing

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Speaker 2: and section twenty. Big thank you to John Forestland for

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Speaker 2: joining us and for Kraken this morning. I'm Mike Benton.

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Speaker 2: Enjoy the game man, have a happy Saturday.

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