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Speaker 3: Desperation becomes even more demanding when you hit March and

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Speaker 3: Everything was laid out, and we got a rare Everett

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Speaker 5: I would say the defensive breakdowns, Mikey. I think that

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Speaker 2: Yeah, first half of the year, this cracking team was very,

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Speaker 4: Before we get out of here. Yeah, I'll go ahead.

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Speaker 3: Before we get out of here, we did want to,

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Speaker 2: Four hundred and twenty three players in the NHL have

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Speaker 2: And it was the same comments, the same words from everyone.

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Speaker 5: How many floors did you guys ride on to get

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Speaker 2: To Adam's wife, Vera, Oh buddy, I listen, I back

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Speaker 2: Give me forty five seconds I can, Yeah, I got you.

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Speaker 5: I too had the chance to meet Bara Larson on

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Speaker 5: at home he's he's allowed goofballing. Oh yeah, kids and stuff,

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Speaker 2: Also, there's a really good Jeff Baker wrote a great

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Speaker 2: I don't know why everyone says he's so serious. This

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Speaker 2: guy's a he's a dry humor, goofy goofball at home.

434
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Speaker 2: I don't know what everyone's talking about. So it was

435
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Speaker 2: it was very cool to get, Yeah, to get that insight.

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Speaker 3: He has sat by Vince Done in that dressing room

437
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Speaker 3: years upon years upon years. And one of the things

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Speaker 3: that makes me chuckle when I come by to talk

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Speaker 3: to one of them, to one of them, if they're

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Speaker 3: over there sitting down together, one of them looks over

441
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Speaker 3: at the other end says, talk to my agent first

442
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Speaker 3: before you talk to me. That's how close knit that

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Speaker 3: they are in that dressing room. Adam Larson BI, congratulations

444
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Speaker 3: to one thousand career games. Our pole question, Oh the

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Speaker 3: week revolves around we're going to be hitting on next

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Speaker 3: here out of the break Coachella Valley. We've seen Yanni

447
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Speaker 3: Newman call back up here. So who do you think

448
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Speaker 3: the next call up should be? Is it going to

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Speaker 3: be Logan Morrison, Jaggar Fercus or Oscar Fisker Mulgard. Vote

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Speaker 3: right now at crackin audio Net will keep you updated

451
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Speaker 3: the look at the Firebirds and our reaction going global

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Speaker 3: NHL Global Series Cracking in Finland. We'll talk more about

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Speaker 3: it next year right here on Cracking Weekly on ninety

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Speaker 3: three to three kJ RFM. All right, Coachella Valley is

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Speaker 3: picking up steam right now, seven wins in the last

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Speaker 3: ten games and getting closer to locking down a playoff spot.

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Speaker 3: They are six points clear of the cut line in

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Speaker 3: the Pacific Division.

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Speaker 4: Again.

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Speaker 3: Our poll question surrounding the Firebirds still ongoing right now

461
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Speaker 3: at Cracking audio Net. Who do you think the next

462
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Speaker 3: call up should be? From Coachella Valley Logan Morrison, Jagger

463
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Speaker 3: Fercus or Oscar fisk Mulgard Morrison right now fifty five

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Speaker 3: points in six the games that leads Coachella Valley. That

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Speaker 3: is ninth in American Hockey League scoring. Jagger Fercus fifty

466
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Speaker 3: four points in sixty games, by the way, that is

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Speaker 3: twelfth in American Hockey League scoring as well. For points again,

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Speaker 3: for more information, check out Cvfirebirds dot com. Mike Everett

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Speaker 3: and now with you here for Crackingweekly, your mail bag.

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Speaker 4: We have a lot of questions from you.

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Speaker 3: We're going to dive into that after this, of course,

472
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Speaker 3: and we will not spare nearly anything. And what has

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Speaker 3: been a ridiculously busy day for Seattle sports the scene

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Speaker 3: and potentially is future Adam Silver with the NBA because

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Speaker 3: many are same. Potentially an NBA team could be in

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Speaker 3: this same building with the Kraken. That's one of the ideas.

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Speaker 3: That is a big part of the conversation. But we'll

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Speaker 3: get some more of your mail bag questions here is

479
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Speaker 3: this has been a big topic all across the sports

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Speaker 3: landscape from earlier today but also before that, turn the

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Speaker 3: page here to Finland. How do we feel about going

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Speaker 3: to Finland the NHL Global Series next November twelfth and fourteenth.

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Speaker 3: The Krack intake on the Carolina Hurricanes. Last night's game

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Speaker 3: went so fast we could only address it briefly, at

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Speaker 3: least on my side for pregame.

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Speaker 4: You guys picked.

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Speaker 3: Back up on this before the comeback got going in

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Speaker 3: period three. But we're gonna jump into some reaction. First,

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Speaker 3: hear Copocaco. He's gonna come back home and play in

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Speaker 3: front of his own home fans, something that he has

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Speaker 3: been looking forward to, you would think for a long,

492
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Speaker 3: long long time. But here's Copocaco and his reaction with

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Speaker 3: the NHL Global Series announced between the Kraken and the

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Speaker 3: Carolina Hurricanes in Helsinki this next November.

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Speaker 7: Okay, obviously a big announcement today with the crack of

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Speaker 7: participating in the Global Series next year in Finland. Just

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Speaker 7: what was kind of your reaction when you found out

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Speaker 7: the news.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, first time there for me with the you know

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Speaker 8: opening here, so it's gonna be nice. I mean playing

501
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Speaker 8: in front of my family and friends, so it's always

502
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Speaker 8: nice to go back there.

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Speaker 7: Did you ever have the chance to watch a game

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Speaker 7: like that when you were growing up at all?

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Speaker 8: I mean I was, I was never I got there, Irena,

506
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Speaker 8: I'm in from TV about I mean, never never been there,

507
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Speaker 8: so so I mean now playing, it's it's gonna be

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Speaker 8: more fun.

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Speaker 7: But uh yeah, what do you think it means to

510
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Speaker 7: the community and kind of the hockey culture there to

511
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Speaker 7: have the NHL make this a priority.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, I think it's a it's a big one over there.

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Speaker 2: You know, they they love hockey.

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Speaker 8: I mean it's kind of hard to watch NHL because

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Speaker 8: the time difference, so I mean it's it's easier, and

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Speaker 8: it's it's you know, nice, nice over there.

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Speaker 5: Hockey culture.

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Speaker 2: Just how big is that hockey culture in Finland? And

519
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Speaker 2: when you were growing up, who are you watching and

520
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Speaker 2: trying to emulate your game after?

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Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean I was a Sokoki. I'm from the

522
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Speaker 8: same city with him, and then I mean I was

523
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Speaker 8: always looking looking him and I mean Ron time and

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Speaker 8: played there.

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Speaker 2: He's he's a couple years older about it.

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Speaker 8: I mean he was kind of playing in the in

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Speaker 8: the team where I played also, so that was nice

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Speaker 8: to watch him. And I mean it's it's a you know,

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Speaker 8: big thing. A lot of a lot of people like

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Speaker 8: likes hockey over there. I mean the national team, those

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Speaker 8: those games are big goalways in the end of the season,

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Speaker 8: so I think they're gonna love it.

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Speaker 7: I know you're obviously not from Helsinki, but what are

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Speaker 7: you kind of excited to show your teammates I kind

535
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Speaker 7: of experience with them and get them.

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Speaker 5: All all there.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean, Moni Money is asking me all the

538
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Speaker 8: time what are we gonna do out there? So I

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Speaker 8: got to set something up. I mean, totally's from there,

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Speaker 8: so he he knows, he knows better, and I mean

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Speaker 8: I been there also, and then I mean there's a

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Speaker 8: lot of good restaurants there, a lot of things we

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Speaker 8: can do, maybe a so on or something. So but

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Speaker 8: I mean we still have a lot of time to

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Speaker 8: set something up.

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Speaker 5: All right.

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Speaker 3: That's cop O Coaco meeting with the media. Piper Shaw

548
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Speaker 3: ever it fits you a part of that media gathering,

549
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Speaker 3: as we'll hear from Ellie Tolbernan as well on this

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Speaker 3: pretty soon.

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Speaker 4: Toby.

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Speaker 3: Then you heard he's from not too far away, matter

553
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Speaker 3: of fact, about forty eight miles away. But this has

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Speaker 3: got to be exciting here for Coppo go. First off,

555
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Speaker 3: he's already got some long term equity built in here

556
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Speaker 3: for his contract, and players in the NHL get a

557
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Speaker 3: chance to take the stage for an audience for a

558
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Speaker 3: crowd that doesn't get to see NHL hockey live a lot.

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Speaker 3: For some it will be the first time in their

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Speaker 3: entire life. I mean, Philip Grubauer talked about this. Coming

561
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Speaker 3: out of Germany. You don't get exposure to the NHL

562
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Speaker 3: game live. Usually it's only what you see on TV.

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Speaker 3: And then the European leagues are what you basically take

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Speaker 3: in just from a live standpoint. So not just for

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Speaker 3: a pure homecoming for them, why this is so exciting here,

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Speaker 3: but to take the game overseas. Nothing says grassroots growth

567
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Speaker 3: and igniting a hockey fan to the next level like

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Speaker 3: the experience that they get when they can watch a

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Speaker 3: game live. And this is what Finland will get up

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Speaker 3: close and personal this next November twelfth and fourteenth.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's gonna be exciting. I think this is gonna

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Speaker 2: be the forty eighth something like that fortieth international game

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Speaker 2: all time for the NHL, so ish, give or take,

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Speaker 2: so you know it's going to it's gonna be a

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Speaker 2: lot of fun. And I think you're right, Mike. Anytime,

576
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Speaker 2: even here in North America, when we travel, unless you're

577
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Speaker 2: from Toronto or one of the other thirty one other

578
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Speaker 2: cities in the league, you've never got to play in

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Speaker 2: your hometown. Right you could be from somewhere else and

580
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Speaker 2: your family drives in to see you and all that.

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Speaker 2: But to be able to play in your hometown, to

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Speaker 2: be able to play in your home province. Even for

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Speaker 2: me going back to Detroit and broadcasting games in Detroit,

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Speaker 2: Al going home. We got to meet your brother last

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Speaker 2: time in Vancouver. You know, like it's very fun to

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Speaker 2: do what you do in front of your family and friends.

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Speaker 2: But then it go overseas in a place where you know,

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Speaker 2: you don't get to go home that often. You're going

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Speaker 2: home in the summertimes, maybe at Christmas, your folks will

590
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Speaker 2: come over. It's gonna be a lot of fun. And

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Speaker 2: I think it's also great for the game of hockey itself.

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Speaker 2: You're growing the game. You're showing the international or the

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Speaker 2: international community level of hockey. In the NHL. You're being

594
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Speaker 2: able to show your brand, the Cracking brand and the

595
00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:07,440
Speaker 2: Hurricanes brand for that matter. But the Cracking brand from

596
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Speaker 2: the first time ever is going to be going overseas

597
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Speaker 2: and we now we as an organization, we as the

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Speaker 2: Crack and Audio Network and all of that, we get

599
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Speaker 2: to show off what makes us so special and what

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Speaker 2: makes us so great behind the scenes, so I'm very,

601
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Speaker 2: very excited for this. This will be my second trip

602
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Speaker 2: to Finland with the team. He went a couple of

603
00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:32,920
Speaker 2: years ago to do hometown visits with Ellie Toulvenin and

604
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Speaker 2: then we went to Sweden for Andre Berukovsky at Alexander

605
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Speaker 2: Wenberg and being able to meet their families. I think

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Speaker 2: one of the coolest things for me was going to

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Speaker 2: Ellie Tolvenin's bedroom at his parents' house and seeing all

608
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Speaker 2: of the medals and all of the trophies and the

609
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Speaker 2: pictures that he won as a kid, you know, being

610
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Speaker 2: able to sit and chit chat with his brother and

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Speaker 2: talk to Andre Berakowsky's family and go to enter with

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Speaker 2: his family and hangle out with that with Wenberg, Like

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Speaker 2: those are the stories that you don't get all the

614
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Speaker 2: time and you don't get to see that part of it.

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Speaker 2: So I think more so I'm excited. Hopefully Ellie Tolvenen

616
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Speaker 2: is signed and he's back and this isn't a worry.

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Speaker 2: He's a UFA coming up at the end of the season.

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Speaker 2: But for Coppolocco for Tolvenin wouldn't surprise me. If a

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Speaker 2: Yannie Newman maybe Anikae Coco are going to be on

620
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Speaker 2: the on the trip as well. You never know, so

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Speaker 2: you've got a couple of fins in the organization. Potentially

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Speaker 2: you could be going back home here in a few months.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, the world is such a smaller place

624
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Speaker 5: in twenty twenty six, and maybe it was thirty or

625
00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:40,320
Speaker 5: forty years ago, where people in these countries and these

626
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:43,040
Speaker 5: cities they have access to the NHL, but it's you know,

627
00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:46,320
Speaker 5: via radio or TV, but certainly not live. And so

628
00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:50,160
Speaker 5: for them to have the opportunity to see either a

629
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Speaker 5: team for the first time or maybe their favorite team

630
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Speaker 5: come through town and a chance to see them live

631
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Speaker 5: is maybe a once in a lifetime opportunity, And so

632
00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:03,280
Speaker 5: from a growing the game standpoint, it grows it even further.

633
00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:06,520
Speaker 5: Even though, like I said, with the Internet and satellite

634
00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:09,120
Speaker 5: radio and everything else nowadays, the world has gotten a

635
00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:12,280
Speaker 5: lot smaller. Some people just never get a chance to

636
00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:14,880
Speaker 5: leave their hometown, their home countries. So this is a

637
00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:18,800
Speaker 5: great opportunity for them to get access to NHL hockey.

638
00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:23,400
Speaker 5: And yeah, everything you said fits about Tolbnen and Cocko.

639
00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:26,840
Speaker 5: It's such a cool opportunity. I mean, we being from

640
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Speaker 5: North America, we don't get it the same way that

641
00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:33,840
Speaker 5: they experience it, right, you know, we've grown up somewhere

642
00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:35,720
Speaker 5: in North America. It might not be in one of

643
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Speaker 5: the thirty two towns that the NHL lives in, but

644
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Speaker 5: somewhere close by where friends can drive to a game

645
00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:45,760
Speaker 5: and see you broadcast or see you play. For these guys,

646
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Speaker 5: it's a chance for tons of their childhood friends to

647
00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:52,360
Speaker 5: see them, probably for the first time, play live. And

648
00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:53,520
Speaker 5: that's a real cool.

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Speaker 2: Experience, I think, probably in North America. The most extreme

650
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Speaker 2: case that is Dylan Cousins, who excuse me, Dylan Cousins,

651
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Speaker 2: who plays for Ottawa. Uh. He's actually was from white Horse.

652
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Speaker 4: Way up through a white Horse by the way, I've

653
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Speaker 4: never know. That's an adventure. That's an adventure.

654
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Speaker 2: So he's tough in the in the Yukon Northwest territories

655
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Speaker 2: up in Canada. So I mean anytime his parents got

656
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Speaker 2: to come and see him play, it was an adventure.

657
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Speaker 2: But I mean, I think that's probably maybe the most

658
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Speaker 2: the craziest journey I know. Jeremy Swayman, a couple of

659
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Speaker 2: others are from Alaska. That's not an easy trek, uh

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Speaker 2: for for.

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Speaker 4: Most Alaska reference ding. Thank you evert Yeah, Alaska croppings.

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Speaker 2: There you go. I've got bowling green so so No,

663
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Speaker 2: it's really cool, real, really cool.

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Speaker 3: Ellie Tolvenen is now in his fourth season as far

665
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Speaker 3: as parts are full time with the Kraken. He has

666
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Speaker 3: been part of a playoff run, he has been part

667
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Speaker 3: of the Winter Classic, and for sure, presuming he is

668
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Speaker 3: back this next season, he is entering UFA status end

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Speaker 3: of the year. This potentially has experience of a lifetime

670
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Speaker 3: written all over it. And here's Tolvinin's reaction meeting with

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Speaker 3: the media earlier this week.

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Speaker 2: No, it's it's gonna be really cool.

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Speaker 9: You know something, you know, dream of playing in NHL

674
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Speaker 9: game in Finland and family friends who are there, uh

675
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Speaker 9: be able to play in help sink it too.

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Speaker 2: It's a it's pretty true.

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Speaker 7: What is the like hockey culture like there? What do

678
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Speaker 7: you think the NHL going there will will be like

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Speaker 7: for the.

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Speaker 2: Folks that live there.

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Speaker 9: Well, I think it's gonna be huge.

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 9: I remember when I was looking when I showed those games.

684
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Speaker 9: I think it's massive. Everybody everybody's really excited about it. Yeah,

685
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Speaker 9: I think hockey is uh you know it's speak part

686
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Speaker 9: of the culture from them. You know, they're really passionate

687
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Speaker 9: about a hockey players and the national team. So you know,

688
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Speaker 9: I think it's gonna be really nice to go and uh,

689
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Speaker 9: you know, be able to play in front of finished people.

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Speaker 7: What is it the top of your priority list for

691
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Speaker 7: your teammates, Like, what do you think your teammates have

692
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Speaker 7: never been and their need.

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Speaker 9: To experience Sami soup, Yeah, go to sauna. Yeah, just

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Speaker 9: experienced you know, yeah, I think those are the biggest things.

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Speaker 10: And then now different teams are going. It seems like

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Speaker 10: every couple of years teams are going to hell Sanki

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Speaker 10: or we're I figured where the Panthers played last park

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Speaker 10: Ops hometown but Tape.

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 10: To to be able to go different teams, it's good

701
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Speaker 10: to spread the wilf a little bit, right, Yeah.

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Speaker 2: For sure. You know, I think.

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Speaker 9: It's cool for you know, see the new teams come

704
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Speaker 9: in and of course Dampa, I know, Florida and Dallas

705
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Speaker 9: being there a lot of Finnish beel players. But you know,

706
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Speaker 9: it's it's I think it's nice to see different teams too,

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Speaker 9: and you know, got the opportunity for the finish players

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Speaker 9: to go there.

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Speaker 2: And some of the guys you looked up to, uh

710
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Speaker 2: you know when you were growing up washing in the NHL.

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Speaker 5: Now that you're here in this league too.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, well I remember when Anah haven't played uh team of.

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Speaker 2: Saani for sure.

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Speaker 9: You know it's one of the biggest starts in Finnish hockey,

715
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Speaker 9: so you know he was one of them.

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Speaker 3: Okay, soeers, So that's Ellie Tolden meeting with the media again. Ever,

717
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Speaker 3: at part of that when the news broke about the

718
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Speaker 3: NHL Global Series, I mean, the list has certainly grown

719
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Speaker 3: tenfold as far as players in whom they've looked up

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Speaker 3: to in Finland. Saku Koivu, you hear a lot, Tamusalani,

721
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Speaker 3: you heard. Elie Tolden, you heard a lot. But even

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Speaker 3: I remember back when when Tamouslani said Yari Curry was

723
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Speaker 3: his idol and he was one of the the the

724
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Speaker 3: NHL breakthroughs when it came to players from Finland into

725
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Speaker 3: the NHL, him teaming with Wayne Gretzky and then just

726
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Speaker 3: putting up a ridiculous amount of points with the Edmonton

727
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Speaker 3: Oilers and then later on nearly winning a Stanley Cup

728
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Speaker 3: with the Los Angeles Kings. But I go to this

729
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Speaker 3: now salmon soup. Who's ready for salmon soup? Everett's got

730
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Speaker 3: his hand raised. Al's got his hand raise. I may

731
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Speaker 3: look for plan B. I've got a seafood allergy here,

732
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Speaker 3: but I mean, presuming boss will be listening, I hope

733
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Speaker 3: they can certainly go by the way. Helsinki is known

734
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Speaker 3: as the food capital of Europe, and they're there are

735
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Speaker 3: several great restaurants that for those who are by the

736
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Speaker 3: way planning to go out to this, I strongly recommend

737
00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:10,440
Speaker 3: check out seattlecrackin dot com. You can sign up for

738
00:38:10,520 --> 00:38:14,840
Speaker 3: more info. When it comes to player fan tours, sightseeing tours,

739
00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:16,279
Speaker 3: game ticket is going to be a big part of

740
00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:18,360
Speaker 3: all of this here, but there's just so much to

741
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Speaker 3: do around the town, even just by on foot. And

742
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Speaker 3: when it comes to restaurants, I've taken a look at this.

743
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Speaker 3: The Reventola Palace is big, Boreal is big, Nola is big,

744
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Speaker 3: grown as big. Basically, if I can you know, boil

745
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Speaker 3: it down to this, yes.

746
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Speaker 4: I researched. I researched this. I researched this.

747
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Speaker 3: If I can boil it down to this part in

748
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Speaker 3: the expression, A lot of wild game on the menu,

749
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Speaker 3: A lot of seafood as well on the menu. Helsinki

750
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Speaker 3: museums are big, even the sauna. Ellie Tolby then tipped

751
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Speaker 3: us off on that if you go back and look

752
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Speaker 3: at where they're playing at the arena in Finland, there's

753
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Speaker 3: actually built in sauna in the arena. I don't know

754
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Speaker 3: if we want to do a broadcast from the sauna,

755
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Speaker 3: that would be wild. But this is what makes the

756
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Speaker 3: experience here of a lifetime. I can't wait to dive

757
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Speaker 3: into the duck if I can get out there and

758
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Speaker 3: get fork and knife into it.

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00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:19,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, it's gonna be fun. I guess said we

760
00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:22,760
Speaker 2: went to I've been to hell Sinky before. Ellie actually

761
00:39:23,280 --> 00:39:26,880
Speaker 2: sent us to one of his favorite places in Finland

762
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Speaker 2: and it was a sauna on the water and I

763
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Speaker 2: had salmon soup and it was I ordered two bowls

764
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Speaker 2: of it. I mean, it was unbelievable.

765
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Speaker 3: And like I said, so finish your thought here, but

766
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Speaker 3: I think we all want to know what basically salmon

767
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Speaker 3: soup is all about for those that haven't tasted it.

768
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Speaker 2: So if you ever had like a clam chowder, if

769
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Speaker 2: you ever had like a it's it's it's salmon chowder.

770
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Speaker 2: It's it's salmon, potatoes, vegetables. Maybe not as thick as

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Speaker 2: a New England clam chowder, but it's more like a

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Speaker 2: more broth based, not tomato broth based, but more like

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Speaker 2: a chicken cream broth based, fish cream broth based. And

774
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Speaker 2: again I am really dumbing it down for US Americans.

775
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Speaker 2: It is. It is a lot more complex than that.

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Speaker 2: But that's kind of how I explained that.

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Speaker 4: I may have mispronounced the restaurant or too, I know.

778
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Speaker 2: But listen, we we went to so many places. We

779
00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:19,960
Speaker 2: went to a spot again I can't think of the

780
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Speaker 2: name of it, but we were sitting in the chef's

781
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Speaker 2: kitchen right at the table, and you know, they were

782
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Speaker 2: making dinners and plates for everybody in the restaurant, and

783
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Speaker 2: then they would cook up an extra couple of portions

784
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Speaker 2: and then they would drop it off at the table

785
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Speaker 2: and we got the taste what was going out. I mean,

786
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Speaker 2: it was the culture there in Finland was so cool.

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Speaker 2: You're right, the scenics were very, very cool. The thing

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Speaker 2: that I liked about Helsinki is it reminded me a

789
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Speaker 2: lot of the Midwest where I grew up. It was

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Speaker 2: it's a it's a hard working, blue collar people. It's

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Speaker 2: you know what I mean. It were a lot of

792
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Speaker 2: a Detroit, of a even a Chicago. Maybe less less

793
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Speaker 2: glitz and glamour than Chicago, but that hard working, little

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Speaker 2: cold you know, no frills. It's funny. Two point thirty

795
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Speaker 2: on Fridays, the entire town gets out of work almost immediately.

796
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Speaker 2: We're sitting there. We had a rare day off of

797
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Speaker 2: the two weeks who were there, and we go to

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Speaker 2: h to a little cafe and we're sitting on the

799
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Speaker 2: street and all of a sudden, it's like class got

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Speaker 2: out of session. You know, the streets were just flooded.

801
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Speaker 2: And you know our old friend Dave Tomlinson, you know,

802
00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:37,239
Speaker 2: he's done a whole lot of World Junior or a

803
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Speaker 2: World Championship broadcast over there, and he said on Fridays

804
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Speaker 2: at noon, that entire city stops working. Finland stops working

805
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Speaker 2: at noon on Fridays, and they all go to the pups,

806
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Speaker 2: and sure as sure as day, they noon twelve oh one,

807
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Speaker 2: we were shoulder to shoulder with all of with all

808
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Speaker 2: the people in Finland. But it's gonna be a lot

809
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Speaker 2: of fun real quick. Before I let you jump in out. Uh,

810
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Speaker 2: those guys are talking about the players that they look

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Speaker 2: up to growing up. All the Finnish people, all the

812
00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:10,600
Speaker 2: Finnish players, Ellie's, Tobinen and coppol Coco should be on

813
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Speaker 2: that list because now you've got folks get kids from

814
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Speaker 2: their home towns who are looking up to them. We

815
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Speaker 2: went to VT which is where Ellie is from, and

816
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Speaker 2: he was participating in a hockey clinic. He was a

817
00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:26,480
Speaker 2: coach for a hockey clinic with Miko Rantident and uh

818
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Speaker 2: they were chanting and Leh told on none and Leh

819
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Speaker 2: told ab none and these kids. When Tolbnin walked out

820
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Speaker 2: onto the ice, you would have thought it was you know,

821
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Speaker 2: for for the Seattle fans, you would have thought it

822
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Speaker 2: was Gary Payton or Shaan Camp or Can't. You would

823
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Speaker 2: have thought it was the biggest player they'd ever seen

824
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Speaker 2: walking onto the ice right there.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, Well, that's the thing is, you know, you talk

826
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Speaker 5: about like players that come from Toronto or Montreal. There's

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Speaker 5: there's hundreds of players that have played in the NHL

828
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Speaker 5: that have come from the cities, but not as many

829
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Speaker 5: from Helsinki. So you know, you're you're a little bit

830
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Speaker 5: of a bigger celebrity if if you're from one of

831
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Speaker 5: these cities and it's it's you had the rare opportunity

832
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Speaker 5: ever to go and see that a couple of years ago.

833
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Speaker 5: So that's pretty cool. But I think it's gonna be fantastic.

834
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Speaker 5: It's the first opportunity for the Kraken to go do this,

835
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Speaker 5: and uh uh, you know, I love the intent behind it,

836
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Speaker 5: Like I said, the growth of the game, and I'm

837
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Speaker 5: looking forward to it.

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Speaker 3: Something else to do. By the way, I found this

839
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Speaker 3: out Alice. Seapool in the heart of Helsinki. There's a

840
00:43:27,520 --> 00:43:30,880
Speaker 3: course of sauna, there's a ferris wheel, and there's a

841
00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:35,319
Speaker 3: restaurant as well. Too much to do, so little time

842
00:43:35,360 --> 00:43:36,399
Speaker 3: here to get ready, Wait.

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Speaker 2: A minute, that might have been the place that we

844
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Speaker 2: went to now Seapool, really that might have been at

845
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Speaker 2: It was like a right in the middle of city.

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Speaker 4: It's got a massive, massive gathering.

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Speaker 3: As far as the twenties the thirties crowd, I think

848
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Speaker 3: you might, I think you might have.

849
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Speaker 4: Hit the nail on the head. But man, there's a

850
00:43:53,920 --> 00:43:55,680
Speaker 4: lot to do, a lot to do.

851
00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:58,000
Speaker 3: By the way, check out seattlecrackin dot com, or you

852
00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:02,200
Speaker 3: can also sign up for more info on fan experiences,

853
00:44:02,239 --> 00:44:05,800
Speaker 3: which will include game tickets as well for the NHL

854
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Speaker 3: Global Series November twelfth and fourteenth, the Kraken, the Hurricanes

855
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Speaker 3: as well in Helsinki, Finland.

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Speaker 4: We cannot wait for this all.

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Speaker 3: Right back after this your reaction mail bag and our

858
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Speaker 3: three stars right here on Cracking Weekly on ninety three

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Speaker 3: three KJARFM. Okay, time to peel back the curtain a

860
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Speaker 3: little bit on this again. This show usually recorded, so

861
00:44:26,640 --> 00:44:31,520
Speaker 3: sometimes news happens after we talk. Sometimes it happens in

862
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Speaker 3: real time. But this is kind of a good chance

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Speaker 3: here for us to round all this right back to

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00:44:37,040 --> 00:44:39,759
Speaker 3: matters that are happening as we talk about them here

865
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Speaker 3: in real time. Because we mentioned our poll question, and

866
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:43,680
Speaker 3: we're going to get to this here in just a bit.

867
00:44:44,480 --> 00:44:46,279
Speaker 3: Who do you think should be the next call up

868
00:44:46,280 --> 00:44:49,720
Speaker 3: here on the Cracking side? Should it be Logan Morrison,

869
00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:56,680
Speaker 3: Jagger Fergus, Oscar Fisker Mulgard. Literally after we record our

870
00:44:56,719 --> 00:45:02,120
Speaker 3: first segment, news comes out the Crack end have assigned

871
00:45:02,239 --> 00:45:05,640
Speaker 3: Yannie Newman back to Coachella Valley. They have recalled Oscar

872
00:45:05,680 --> 00:45:10,560
Speaker 3: Fisker Muleguard. So with that context, time to update the

873
00:45:10,560 --> 00:45:14,279
Speaker 3: pole question. The next Coachella Valley call up should be

874
00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:18,839
Speaker 3: Jagger Fercus according to you, forty eight percent. By the way,

875
00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:23,000
Speaker 3: Oscar Fisker Muleguard did get thirty seven percent, but Furcus

876
00:45:23,640 --> 00:45:26,239
Speaker 3: leads a pack right now at forty eight percent. Many

877
00:45:26,320 --> 00:45:31,839
Speaker 3: of you want to see the circus come to Seattle eventually,

878
00:45:32,080 --> 00:45:34,600
Speaker 3: could have happened, wait and see at this point, but

879
00:45:35,120 --> 00:45:38,840
Speaker 3: please keep voting right now. Cracking Audio Nett, Twitter and

880
00:45:38,920 --> 00:45:42,480
Speaker 3: next Everett fits you is raising his hand over and over.

881
00:45:42,520 --> 00:45:45,400
Speaker 4: Let the kidd in classes got the answers, say me me, me, me, me,

882
00:45:45,400 --> 00:45:48,120
Speaker 4: me me me. Fitch, you got thoughts on this? What

883
00:45:48,160 --> 00:45:48,600
Speaker 4: do you think?

884
00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:52,160
Speaker 2: Uh? Yeah, no, I think I think Oscar Fisker Muleguard.

885
00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:55,560
Speaker 2: You know, when he came up to the NHL earlier

886
00:45:55,600 --> 00:45:58,000
Speaker 2: this season, we talked so much about how he was

887
00:45:58,040 --> 00:46:03,400
Speaker 2: probably the most ready prospects simply because he's played so

888
00:46:03,480 --> 00:46:06,880
Speaker 2: many games in Europe, he's played professionally in Europe. A

889
00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:10,560
Speaker 2: lot of players on the Kraken team said he's he's ready,

890
00:46:10,640 --> 00:46:14,800
Speaker 2: and so I'm really anxious to see where he fits

891
00:46:14,840 --> 00:46:17,680
Speaker 2: in in this lineup. Logan Morrison, we saw a little

892
00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:19,239
Speaker 2: bit of him a couple of years ago. I would

893
00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:22,000
Speaker 2: love to see where his game is now. And Frigus

894
00:46:22,040 --> 00:46:24,080
Speaker 2: is the only one that we haven't seen yet, and

895
00:46:24,200 --> 00:46:27,719
Speaker 2: by all accounts, I mean he's doing well down in

896
00:46:27,719 --> 00:46:29,960
Speaker 2: in Coachella Valley. But I think for me right now,

897
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:33,200
Speaker 2: if you're still trying to battle for this playoff spot

898
00:46:33,239 --> 00:46:35,360
Speaker 2: and you know you want to make a run in it,

899
00:46:35,400 --> 00:46:38,360
Speaker 2: and if you're looking at getting help from CV, you know,

900
00:46:38,480 --> 00:46:41,520
Speaker 2: with Schwartz out indefinitely, Jared mccannon missed the last game,

901
00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:45,640
Speaker 2: we don't know if and when he's when he's coming back.

902
00:46:46,200 --> 00:46:48,640
Speaker 2: Hopefully he's not too far out. He's on the trip

903
00:46:48,680 --> 00:46:52,160
Speaker 2: I saw the other day, so he's here, so hopefully

904
00:46:52,239 --> 00:46:54,560
Speaker 2: Mechanic can play sooner other than later. But I think

905
00:46:54,600 --> 00:46:56,200
Speaker 2: if you're still trying to make a run of this thing,

906
00:46:56,719 --> 00:46:58,840
Speaker 2: the guy that's got the experience, the guy that you

907
00:46:58,920 --> 00:47:02,560
Speaker 2: know can can hold it down and play the way

908
00:47:02,600 --> 00:47:04,879
Speaker 2: that you need to play. Right now, the learning curve

909
00:47:05,000 --> 00:47:08,839
Speaker 2: is not going to be that steep is with Oscar FISKMG.

910
00:47:08,880 --> 00:47:11,160
Speaker 3: Get to your mailbag questions here again at Crack and

911
00:47:11,239 --> 00:47:14,760
Speaker 3: audio nets as we get to one from Kevin asking

912
00:47:14,880 --> 00:47:16,919
Speaker 3: during the six game road trip to Crack and needed

913
00:47:16,920 --> 00:47:19,160
Speaker 3: at least seven to eight points. I think will only

914
00:47:19,200 --> 00:47:22,280
Speaker 3: get one. Therefore, I don't see them making the playoffs.

915
00:47:22,280 --> 00:47:24,279
Speaker 3: So what changes do we make here for the last

916
00:47:24,280 --> 00:47:27,520
Speaker 3: fourteen games? It's twelve now, But do you bring up

917
00:47:27,600 --> 00:47:31,160
Speaker 3: Jagger Furcus? Do you bring up a young defenseman? You've

918
00:47:31,160 --> 00:47:34,759
Speaker 3: got to start thinking of this next season. That from

919
00:47:35,120 --> 00:47:39,000
Speaker 3: Kevin at Twitter and next. I like the line of thinking.

920
00:47:39,600 --> 00:47:42,600
Speaker 3: What I think you have to caution against here still

921
00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:45,080
Speaker 3: with where the Kraken are in, and it is a

922
00:47:45,160 --> 00:47:48,359
Speaker 3: precarrier's spot, is that you've got to dance with what

923
00:47:48,400 --> 00:47:51,120
Speaker 3: you brought to the dance with essentially, so in other words,

924
00:47:51,640 --> 00:47:53,640
Speaker 3: you use the same lineup that you have, and if

925
00:47:53,640 --> 00:47:55,839
Speaker 3: you want to get players in, you put them in

926
00:47:55,880 --> 00:47:58,600
Speaker 3: situations where it's not going to be a high leverage

927
00:47:58,640 --> 00:48:01,880
Speaker 3: spot and the risk gets a bit steeper to basically

928
00:48:01,960 --> 00:48:04,040
Speaker 3: kill their confidence. That's the worst thing that you can do,

929
00:48:04,160 --> 00:48:06,719
Speaker 3: I think to a prospect. So this is why you

930
00:48:06,760 --> 00:48:10,000
Speaker 3: have a minor league system. I see the value in it.

931
00:48:10,080 --> 00:48:11,080
Speaker 3: I see why you.

932
00:48:11,040 --> 00:48:12,680
Speaker 4: Would want to do it.

933
00:48:12,680 --> 00:48:15,200
Speaker 3: It's something though that I think until the crack and

934
00:48:15,320 --> 00:48:18,239
Speaker 3: have an X by their name, It's something that you

935
00:48:18,400 --> 00:48:20,920
Speaker 3: table for now. But I think if you get to

936
00:48:20,920 --> 00:48:24,720
Speaker 3: a point where you give Jagger Fergus a look similar

937
00:48:24,800 --> 00:48:28,080
Speaker 3: to what they've done in the past with other prospects.

938
00:48:28,400 --> 00:48:31,680
Speaker 3: He's on there that you mentioned Fisker Moulegard. I would

939
00:48:31,760 --> 00:48:34,040
Speaker 3: love to see what Tyson jug Nath can do in

940
00:48:34,080 --> 00:48:36,560
Speaker 3: this system. And defense can take a longer time here

941
00:48:36,600 --> 00:48:39,960
Speaker 3: to develop, but certainly when the time is right, I

942
00:48:39,960 --> 00:48:42,120
Speaker 3: think that's when you pull the trigger on this, so

943
00:48:42,160 --> 00:48:42,600
Speaker 3: to speak.

944
00:48:43,320 --> 00:48:45,440
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think the needs different right now. The need

945
00:48:45,560 --> 00:48:48,560
Speaker 5: the need right now is you know, like Fitz said,

946
00:48:48,600 --> 00:48:51,960
Speaker 5: you got Schwortzo, you got McCann banged up a little bit.

947
00:48:52,320 --> 00:48:54,560
Speaker 5: You need guys that are going to contribute to this

948
00:48:54,640 --> 00:48:57,279
Speaker 5: push to try and get in the playoffs. Yes, there's

949
00:48:57,400 --> 00:49:00,880
Speaker 5: development in that path as well. You're not doing it

950
00:49:00,960 --> 00:49:03,799
Speaker 5: purely for development reasons. If this team is eliminated from

951
00:49:03,840 --> 00:49:06,040
Speaker 5: the playoffs, you want to bring up as many of

952
00:49:06,040 --> 00:49:09,319
Speaker 5: the young kids as you can for the development purposes specifically.

953
00:49:09,320 --> 00:49:12,200
Speaker 5: But I think right now this team is still focused

954
00:49:12,239 --> 00:49:15,160
Speaker 5: on finding their way into the playoffs. So you know,

955
00:49:15,239 --> 00:49:18,600
Speaker 5: my expectation is that Oscar for his grimalgre will be

956
00:49:18,680 --> 00:49:22,720
Speaker 5: the guy because he does seem to have that that

957
00:49:23,000 --> 00:49:26,640
Speaker 5: NHL fit and and the potential to even contribute a

958
00:49:26,640 --> 00:49:28,799
Speaker 5: little bit more than maybe with some of the other

959
00:49:28,920 --> 00:49:31,120
Speaker 5: names that have been listed there. But at some point

960
00:49:31,160 --> 00:49:32,400
Speaker 5: I want to see them all come up and I

961
00:49:32,400 --> 00:49:36,000
Speaker 5: want to see their game. I just until that, until

962
00:49:36,080 --> 00:49:38,960
Speaker 5: until the Krakener, either in the playoffs or eliminated, I

963
00:49:38,960 --> 00:49:40,040
Speaker 5: think the answer is different.

964
00:49:40,760 --> 00:49:43,240
Speaker 3: We get a question here from Gene at the handle

965
00:49:43,440 --> 00:49:47,239
Speaker 3: you qt R underscore pass, do you think we will

966
00:49:47,280 --> 00:49:50,480
Speaker 3: see Jaden Schwartz again for this season? He is out

967
00:49:50,520 --> 00:49:53,960
Speaker 3: right now, and definitely, I mean the injury he sustained.

968
00:49:53,960 --> 00:49:56,279
Speaker 3: We're not privy here to all the details, but it's

969
00:49:56,320 --> 00:50:00,440
Speaker 3: a very delicate and very precarious situation, nearly getting skate

970
00:50:00,560 --> 00:50:02,960
Speaker 3: right into the face. So I mean there's a lot

971
00:50:02,960 --> 00:50:05,160
Speaker 3: that goes behind the scenes with trying to make sure

972
00:50:05,160 --> 00:50:07,040
Speaker 3: that he's fine and he's cleared medically.

973
00:50:07,840 --> 00:50:08,879
Speaker 4: I mean, you.

974
00:50:08,840 --> 00:50:10,759
Speaker 3: Guys brought this up. He is on the trip, which

975
00:50:10,760 --> 00:50:13,319
Speaker 3: is certainly a good sign. But I think as we

976
00:50:13,440 --> 00:50:18,840
Speaker 3: get closer and closer here to the point where push

977
00:50:18,920 --> 00:50:22,120
Speaker 3: is coming to shove and we're talking about regular season

978
00:50:22,200 --> 00:50:26,160
Speaker 3: games like they're getting close to elimination games, could this

979
00:50:26,280 --> 00:50:29,279
Speaker 3: be when we see maybe Jaden Schwartz get his way

980
00:50:29,320 --> 00:50:32,359
Speaker 3: back into the lineup. I think maybe, But I think

981
00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:34,440
Speaker 3: first I need to see him get back on the

982
00:50:34,480 --> 00:50:37,280
Speaker 3: ice in a red, non contact jersey, and that's ultimately

983
00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:38,239
Speaker 3: the first step here in this.

984
00:50:39,160 --> 00:50:41,440
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think, you know, we saw Jaden Swartz for

985
00:50:41,480 --> 00:50:44,160
Speaker 5: the first time since the at the accident on this trip,

986
00:50:44,200 --> 00:50:46,520
Speaker 5: and you know, Fitz and I both speculated, you know,

987
00:50:46,680 --> 00:50:49,359
Speaker 5: was it to support Adam Marson for his thousands game.

988
00:50:50,520 --> 00:50:52,959
Speaker 5: You know, we both spotted him, you know, working out

989
00:50:53,760 --> 00:50:57,000
Speaker 5: in running shoes with the team at the arena. He

990
00:50:57,120 --> 00:50:59,400
Speaker 5: has not been on the ice, and as you say, Mikey,

991
00:50:59,480 --> 00:51:03,080
Speaker 5: that's usually the next step. So is he here to

992
00:51:03,120 --> 00:51:06,000
Speaker 5: support the thousant team for Larsa? Is he here because

993
00:51:06,040 --> 00:51:08,240
Speaker 5: he could make his way back into a cracking jersey

994
00:51:08,239 --> 00:51:10,879
Speaker 5: before the end of the road trip. I guess both

995
00:51:10,920 --> 00:51:14,080
Speaker 5: could be true. But until we see him a couple

996
00:51:14,080 --> 00:51:15,960
Speaker 5: of times on the ice, I think, I think, you know,

997
00:51:16,040 --> 00:51:20,040
Speaker 5: we're we're talking at least another few days, if not

998
00:51:20,120 --> 00:51:20,719
Speaker 5: another week.

999
00:51:21,760 --> 00:51:25,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I think anytime you hear indefinitely, I

1000
00:51:25,480 --> 00:51:30,919
Speaker 2: mean that is that that is a genuine we don't know, right,

1001
00:51:31,120 --> 00:51:35,080
Speaker 2: So I think with this concerning it's concerning, But again

1002
00:51:35,120 --> 00:51:36,480
Speaker 2: the fact that we saw him. We were talking to

1003
00:51:36,560 --> 00:51:38,680
Speaker 2: my Assimi said, how you doing, man, what's going on?

1004
00:51:38,719 --> 00:51:40,759
Speaker 2: He goes, I'm doing pretty good, feeling feeling pretty good.

1005
00:51:41,120 --> 00:51:43,359
Speaker 2: But it was it wasn't like all right, man, I'm

1006
00:51:43,360 --> 00:51:44,880
Speaker 2: writing to get back at it. It's like I'm feeling

1007
00:51:44,880 --> 00:51:47,279
Speaker 2: pretty good, like I'm I'm on the path, which which

1008
00:51:47,320 --> 00:51:50,520
Speaker 2: is what you expect to hear. So yeah, I mean,

1009
00:51:50,560 --> 00:51:53,680
Speaker 2: I would say, if if this thing is getting down

1010
00:51:53,719 --> 00:51:56,640
Speaker 2: to it and we need to, you know, the Crackhead

1011
00:51:56,640 --> 00:51:59,840
Speaker 2: are going into Vegas and Colorado those last two games

1012
00:52:00,120 --> 00:52:02,759
Speaker 2: you gotta win and you're in, then I could see

1013
00:52:02,760 --> 00:52:05,920
Speaker 2: the world where where you say you get them back in.

1014
00:52:06,080 --> 00:52:09,480
Speaker 2: And again this is purely speculative on my part, but

1015
00:52:10,640 --> 00:52:12,680
Speaker 2: you don't want to rush this back, especially because we

1016
00:52:12,680 --> 00:52:14,480
Speaker 2: don't know. We still don't know what the injury was.

1017
00:52:14,600 --> 00:52:16,680
Speaker 2: Just upper bodies all you've been told, so we don't

1018
00:52:16,680 --> 00:52:21,080
Speaker 2: know what the injury was. But so you're hoping that

1019
00:52:21,160 --> 00:52:23,120
Speaker 2: he is back sooner rather than later, but you don't

1020
00:52:23,120 --> 00:52:23,640
Speaker 2: want to rush it.

1021
00:52:24,640 --> 00:52:28,200
Speaker 3: We get to a question here from the handle, let's

1022
00:52:28,320 --> 00:52:31,040
Speaker 3: or from a let's get krack in the handle KTM

1023
00:52:31,600 --> 00:52:35,520
Speaker 3: one zero zero three. This is a good one. How

1024
00:52:35,520 --> 00:52:39,960
Speaker 3: does the Sonics return impact the Krakens offseason and future plans.

1025
00:52:40,560 --> 00:52:44,800
Speaker 3: If things don't change quickly, then casual fans could disappear.

1026
00:52:44,800 --> 00:52:47,840
Speaker 3: It's roof for the Sonics in a basketball town, big

1027
00:52:47,920 --> 00:52:51,040
Speaker 3: changes need to happen in order to keep fans attention

1028
00:52:51,719 --> 00:52:55,319
Speaker 3: in their place in the sports market. I will get

1029
00:52:55,360 --> 00:52:58,160
Speaker 3: to Everett here in just a second, because we have

1030
00:52:58,320 --> 00:53:02,279
Speaker 3: been waiting to address this here over and over and over.

1031
00:53:02,920 --> 00:53:05,560
Speaker 3: I put together a spreadsheet a few days ago on

1032
00:53:05,600 --> 00:53:09,600
Speaker 3: the top thirty media markets, and this covers do these

1033
00:53:09,640 --> 00:53:15,880
Speaker 3: teams have an MLB team, NFL team, NHL, NBA, PWHL, MLS,

1034
00:53:15,920 --> 00:53:21,120
Speaker 3: and WNBA a majority of the upper tier market sixteen

1035
00:53:21,239 --> 00:53:26,640
Speaker 3: and above. The answer is yes. Seattle Tacoma technically is

1036
00:53:26,719 --> 00:53:31,040
Speaker 3: market thirteen. They have MLB, they have NFL, they have

1037
00:53:31,120 --> 00:53:36,520
Speaker 3: the NHL, the NBA. Pending Adam Silver's words, of course,

1038
00:53:36,520 --> 00:53:38,760
Speaker 3: you heard over and over here on the station earlier.

1039
00:53:39,520 --> 00:53:40,359
Speaker 4: Let's just put it this way.

1040
00:53:40,400 --> 00:53:42,360
Speaker 3: There there's still a poker face thing going on, but

1041
00:53:42,360 --> 00:53:44,239
Speaker 3: there's a lot of excitement as well building for that.

1042
00:53:44,280 --> 00:53:49,040
Speaker 3: PWHL is yes, MLS is yes. WNBA also is yes.

1043
00:53:49,840 --> 00:53:56,960
Speaker 3: Detroit is right below Seattle and Tacoma, MLB, NHL, NFL, NBA,

1044
00:53:57,440 --> 00:54:02,479
Speaker 3: they can support them. Minnesota, they virtually have every team

1045
00:54:02,520 --> 00:54:06,319
Speaker 3: across the board as well Denver. The only teams that

1046
00:54:06,360 --> 00:54:10,120
Speaker 3: they don't have are a PWHL team and WNBA team

1047
00:54:10,160 --> 00:54:13,600
Speaker 3: their market seventeen. Then you get down to Miami, et cetera,

1048
00:54:13,640 --> 00:54:17,600
Speaker 3: et cetera. Seattle is ripe here for this because of

1049
00:54:17,680 --> 00:54:23,120
Speaker 3: its infrastructure to prove that you can support more than

1050
00:54:23,320 --> 00:54:26,000
Speaker 3: just one as far as a winter major league sport

1051
00:54:26,000 --> 00:54:30,160
Speaker 3: when you compare NHL versus the NBA. But yet, I

1052
00:54:30,239 --> 00:54:32,839
Speaker 3: think there is a lot to be said being that

1053
00:54:32,880 --> 00:54:35,480
Speaker 3: you're gonna go from your fifth year into your sixth year,

1054
00:54:35,880 --> 00:54:40,240
Speaker 3: and how much the playoffs can certainly dictate the dollars

1055
00:54:40,280 --> 00:54:43,160
Speaker 3: and cents that go into this when it comes to revenue,

1056
00:54:43,280 --> 00:54:46,120
Speaker 3: and also the attention thing as well. I've got no

1057
00:54:46,239 --> 00:54:50,280
Speaker 3: doubt there's a tension to be spread all across the board.

1058
00:54:50,600 --> 00:54:53,839
Speaker 3: It's not one versus the other here. But yet there's

1059
00:54:53,880 --> 00:54:57,480
Speaker 3: certainly a sense of urgency right now with could the

1060
00:54:57,520 --> 00:55:01,479
Speaker 3: Sonics be back? Adam Silver said as earliest expansion would

1061
00:55:01,560 --> 00:55:05,120
Speaker 3: be in twenty eight twenty nine on paraphrasing that, But again,

1062
00:55:05,160 --> 00:55:09,680
Speaker 3: the intention is there to win and win quick fits.

1063
00:55:09,719 --> 00:55:12,520
Speaker 3: I have set the table up right for you. The

1064
00:55:12,560 --> 00:55:15,000
Speaker 3: FOURK and ninth is in your hand. Go ahead and

1065
00:55:15,320 --> 00:55:16,320
Speaker 3: limited to two minutes.

1066
00:55:17,000 --> 00:55:22,960
Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, now, listen, I this is great for our city.

1067
00:55:23,000 --> 00:55:27,359
Speaker 2: This is great for our community. As someone who grew

1068
00:55:27,440 --> 00:55:31,440
Speaker 2: up in a city with all four major league sports

1069
00:55:31,480 --> 00:55:36,400
Speaker 2: plus two Division one colleges major Division one colleges within

1070
00:55:36,440 --> 00:55:40,680
Speaker 2: an hour of Detroit, with Michigan Michigan State, I understand, yes,

1071
00:55:40,719 --> 00:55:43,280
Speaker 2: there is an appetite, there is enough to go around.

1072
00:55:43,360 --> 00:55:46,880
Speaker 2: But I do think that listen, and I'm a team employee,

1073
00:55:46,880 --> 00:55:49,040
Speaker 2: I'll be honest with you. It does put a little pressure,

1074
00:55:49,160 --> 00:55:52,719
Speaker 2: you know, on the on the hockey team, because you're right,

1075
00:55:53,120 --> 00:55:55,239
Speaker 2: people have been clamoring for the Sonusts to come back

1076
00:55:55,280 --> 00:55:58,200
Speaker 2: for two decades. So I do think you know, this

1077
00:55:58,280 --> 00:56:02,600
Speaker 2: is something that the organ is is not worried about.

1078
00:56:02,719 --> 00:56:05,840
Speaker 2: You're not worried about someone else coming into your sandbox

1079
00:56:05,880 --> 00:56:09,600
Speaker 2: because we talk all the time, rising tide lifting all boats, right,

1080
00:56:09,640 --> 00:56:12,439
Speaker 2: and I think this is a very proud sports town

1081
00:56:12,480 --> 00:56:16,520
Speaker 2: here in Seattle. You know, we we we love our teams.

1082
00:56:16,520 --> 00:56:19,640
Speaker 2: We support our teams through thick Unfortunately a lot of

1083
00:56:19,680 --> 00:56:23,239
Speaker 2: thin Historically in Seattle, but that's starting to change here

1084
00:56:23,320 --> 00:56:25,880
Speaker 2: in the last handful of years. But I think what

1085
00:56:26,080 --> 00:56:30,359
Speaker 2: this is going to do is is you're now going

1086
00:56:30,440 --> 00:56:35,360
Speaker 2: to be putting Seattle on the same plane as your Chicago's,

1087
00:56:35,400 --> 00:56:38,719
Speaker 2: and your LA's, and your Dallases and your San Francisco.

1088
00:56:39,120 --> 00:56:41,600
Speaker 4: Right there, DC's there too, all.

1089
00:56:41,480 --> 00:56:44,839
Speaker 2: These cities that people talk about great sports towns. Well,

1090
00:56:44,840 --> 00:56:47,520
Speaker 2: Seattle is a great sports town. But now you're bringing

1091
00:56:47,560 --> 00:56:50,600
Speaker 2: the NBA potentially back, So I think it's great. But

1092
00:56:50,640 --> 00:56:53,719
Speaker 2: also I will say this, like, you know, you're looking

1093
00:56:53,760 --> 00:56:55,960
Speaker 2: at the earliest twenty eight to twenty nine coming in,

1094
00:56:56,160 --> 00:56:59,960
Speaker 2: And of course there's gonna be the cagey language because

1095
00:57:00,160 --> 00:57:04,759
Speaker 2: and how you're a businessman. You can only say so much. Legally,

1096
00:57:05,440 --> 00:57:11,840
Speaker 2: you're only allowed to say potentially maybe could be you.

1097
00:57:11,840 --> 00:57:15,319
Speaker 2: You you transpose a period and a comma, you're being

1098
00:57:15,400 --> 00:57:18,240
Speaker 2: fined five million dollars, right like that. That is how

1099
00:57:18,760 --> 00:57:22,720
Speaker 2: these things work. So I understand that people want the

1100
00:57:22,800 --> 00:57:26,440
Speaker 2: Sonics to sign and tip off in October coming up

1101
00:57:26,680 --> 00:57:29,720
Speaker 2: ain't gonna happen, right, It's gonna take some time. It's

1102
00:57:29,760 --> 00:57:35,040
Speaker 2: also seven to ten billion dollars, which is the same

1103
00:57:35,120 --> 00:57:40,280
Speaker 2: price foot Bowl champion NFL team is going for as well,

1104
00:57:40,520 --> 00:57:45,520
Speaker 2: So the city of Seattle potentially could be seeing twenty

1105
00:57:46,440 --> 00:57:51,720
Speaker 2: billion dollars in purchases for sports teams in the next

1106
00:57:51,720 --> 00:57:55,560
Speaker 2: little bit. So, I mean it is it's gonna be

1107
00:57:55,600 --> 00:57:59,440
Speaker 2: a wild time here. Everybody is gonna be all this

1108
00:57:59,560 --> 00:58:02,720
Speaker 2: rollerco emotion. But I think at the end of the day,

1109
00:58:03,120 --> 00:58:07,800
Speaker 2: take it from somebody who remembers when we had a

1110
00:58:07,920 --> 00:58:12,880
Speaker 2: Red Wings, Pistons, Tigers, Lions, Michigan and Michigan State football

1111
00:58:12,960 --> 00:58:17,240
Speaker 2: games all in a four day span back in November

1112
00:58:17,240 --> 00:58:19,680
Speaker 2: of twenty twenty six. It was one of the best

1113
00:58:19,680 --> 00:58:21,720
Speaker 2: times of my life as a sports fan, and I

1114
00:58:21,800 --> 00:58:25,280
Speaker 2: cannot wait for that to come to Seattle. But I

1115
00:58:26,400 --> 00:58:29,400
Speaker 2: and listen to me telling Seattle people this be patient

1116
00:58:29,840 --> 00:58:33,120
Speaker 2: because it's it's not going to happen overnight. But this

1117
00:58:33,280 --> 00:58:36,480
Speaker 2: is a massive, massive first step. But I'm excited.

1118
00:58:36,840 --> 00:58:40,520
Speaker 5: Well, you think back to you know, when the expansion

1119
00:58:40,600 --> 00:58:44,880
Speaker 5: of the NHL was announced for Seattle. Everybody couldn't wait

1120
00:58:44,920 --> 00:58:47,560
Speaker 5: for that first game and it took some time. You know. Yeah,

1121
00:58:47,600 --> 00:58:49,880
Speaker 5: so you do to your point about being patient. It's

1122
00:58:49,920 --> 00:58:52,040
Speaker 5: the same thing all over again with the NBA. And

1123
00:58:52,600 --> 00:58:54,720
Speaker 5: you know, as a guy that's negotiated and signed a

1124
00:58:54,760 --> 00:58:57,920
Speaker 5: lot of contracts. Your rape fits that the control of

1125
00:58:58,000 --> 00:59:02,440
Speaker 5: information is written and signed in blood or black and

1126
00:59:02,480 --> 00:59:06,560
Speaker 5: white in these contracts about them blas see who can

1127
00:59:06,640 --> 00:59:08,960
Speaker 5: say what and who can't say what and when? And

1128
00:59:09,000 --> 00:59:12,840
Speaker 5: so this will be a very controlled release of information

1129
00:59:13,320 --> 00:59:15,360
Speaker 5: between a lot of parties. And yeah, there are some

1130
00:59:15,440 --> 00:59:18,880
Speaker 5: legal ramifications in there as well, but also financial ones,

1131
00:59:19,200 --> 00:59:22,520
Speaker 5: so they will be very intentional about how and when

1132
00:59:22,560 --> 00:59:27,200
Speaker 5: information comes out. Expansions don't happen unless cities are support

1133
00:59:27,280 --> 00:59:28,760
Speaker 5: and like they're going to. They're not going to make

1134
00:59:28,800 --> 00:59:31,360
Speaker 5: a gamble on something like this. So can the city

1135
00:59:31,400 --> 00:59:35,440
Speaker 5: of Seattle support the NBA? Absolutely, They wouldn't be considered

1136
00:59:35,480 --> 00:59:36,080
Speaker 5: if they couldn't.

1137
00:59:36,160 --> 00:59:38,520
Speaker 3: I go here to this because of course, earlier after

1138
00:59:38,560 --> 00:59:41,720
Speaker 3: Adam Silver was done talking crack and owner Samantha Holloway

1139
00:59:42,080 --> 00:59:45,000
Speaker 3: reportedly leading group here to bid on an expansion franchise

1140
00:59:45,040 --> 00:59:47,200
Speaker 3: here with the NBA. After course of the league announced

1141
00:59:47,200 --> 00:59:51,840
Speaker 3: they will officially explore expansion to both Seattle and Las Vegas,

1142
00:59:51,880 --> 00:59:56,480
Speaker 3: which basically ties right back into Monday. Everything being reorganized

1143
00:59:56,560 --> 00:59:59,439
Speaker 3: under the one room sports and entertainment structure. Now you've

1144
00:59:59,440 --> 01:00:01,560
Speaker 3: got the you know you've got the Krack in you've

1145
01:00:01,560 --> 01:00:04,640
Speaker 3: got one roof Foundation, You've got the Firebirds, You've got

1146
01:00:05,240 --> 01:00:08,240
Speaker 3: Acrosure Arena and their interest Memorial Stadium. And then of

1147
01:00:08,240 --> 01:00:12,400
Speaker 3: course they mentioned future opportunities and based on news today,

1148
01:00:12,440 --> 01:00:16,560
Speaker 3: potentially there's room to grow. We'll see. But you take

1149
01:00:16,600 --> 01:00:19,080
Speaker 3: a look and there are comparable to other teams and

1150
01:00:19,160 --> 01:00:23,240
Speaker 3: parent companies. Just look at Monumental Sports in DC with

1151
01:00:23,320 --> 01:00:29,480
Speaker 3: the Capitals, Wizards, Mystics in similar vein Denver Altitude Sports

1152
01:00:29,520 --> 01:00:33,160
Speaker 3: and Entertainment Avalanche and Nuggets, and they had the TV

1153
01:00:33,200 --> 01:00:35,040
Speaker 3: and radio set up as well. This is going to

1154
01:00:35,120 --> 01:00:40,000
Speaker 3: be really really interesting to watch and see what unfolds

1155
01:00:40,040 --> 01:00:43,520
Speaker 3: here in the coming months. All right, to our three stars,

1156
01:00:43,560 --> 01:00:46,320
Speaker 3: we go to our three stars, we go again the

1157
01:00:46,400 --> 01:00:51,320
Speaker 3: Kracking take it on tomorrow Tampa Bay seeing if they

1158
01:00:51,360 --> 01:00:53,840
Speaker 3: can get a split, and the Lightning are as a

1159
01:00:53,920 --> 01:00:56,480
Speaker 3: big of a threat as they can get based on

1160
01:00:56,560 --> 01:00:59,760
Speaker 3: what we saw several days ago. So I'll begin with this.

1161
01:00:59,840 --> 01:01:03,480
Speaker 3: My third star for this past week is Bobby McMahon

1162
01:01:04,320 --> 01:01:06,840
Speaker 3: once again help lead this team right back to a

1163
01:01:06,880 --> 01:01:10,960
Speaker 3: tie game against Florida Al. You brought up earlier in

1164
01:01:11,040 --> 01:01:14,360
Speaker 3: our coverage here in our podcast. The breakaway is that

1165
01:01:14,400 --> 01:01:17,320
Speaker 3: he and everly got were a direct result of how

1166
01:01:17,360 --> 01:01:20,680
Speaker 3: this team plays. And this is why you get McMahon

1167
01:01:20,720 --> 01:01:23,960
Speaker 3: is that once you have chances, you can execute. He's

1168
01:01:23,960 --> 01:01:26,440
Speaker 3: doing just that and we're up to now six points

1169
01:01:26,480 --> 01:01:28,720
Speaker 3: in five games. He had that game tying goal and

1170
01:01:28,760 --> 01:01:31,560
Speaker 3: the breakaway, and then earlier in that game against Florida,

1171
01:01:32,120 --> 01:01:35,640
Speaker 3: just took the puck right to the net. It's something again,

1172
01:01:36,360 --> 01:01:39,560
Speaker 3: a direct line approach that Lane Lambert would love to

1173
01:01:39,600 --> 01:01:41,840
Speaker 3: see this team take moren and this is the big

1174
01:01:41,880 --> 01:01:45,240
Speaker 3: reason why I've always seen he's been a big, big

1175
01:01:45,280 --> 01:01:48,240
Speaker 3: fan of Bobby McMahon. He's got him now this year.

1176
01:01:48,680 --> 01:01:50,480
Speaker 3: He is playing up and down the lineup and he

1177
01:01:50,600 --> 01:01:54,920
Speaker 3: is once again producing since he was finally activated. My

1178
01:01:55,000 --> 01:01:58,320
Speaker 3: third star goes to Bobby McMahon. My second star goes

1179
01:01:58,400 --> 01:02:01,680
Speaker 3: to Maddy Beniers. I thought for again, not just for

1180
01:02:01,800 --> 01:02:05,600
Speaker 3: peer numbers, but the example he set last night in Florida.

1181
01:02:05,880 --> 01:02:09,440
Speaker 3: The goal that he's scored was once again a physical

1182
01:02:09,520 --> 01:02:12,360
Speaker 3: example of what you're looking for out of this time

1183
01:02:12,400 --> 01:02:14,960
Speaker 3: of year. Just took the puck right to the net.

1184
01:02:15,280 --> 01:02:17,280
Speaker 3: And again we mentioned earlier, this team has been on

1185
01:02:17,320 --> 01:02:20,320
Speaker 3: the struggle bus as far as numbers offensively last ten games.

1186
01:02:20,400 --> 01:02:23,280
Speaker 3: Veneers is still finding a way to produce. It's been tough,

1187
01:02:23,760 --> 01:02:26,160
Speaker 3: you know, players going up and down the lineup. But again,

1188
01:02:26,200 --> 01:02:29,480
Speaker 3: I think from what we saw earlier, you go right

1189
01:02:29,520 --> 01:02:32,440
Speaker 3: back to him dropping the gloves earlier this month and

1190
01:02:32,600 --> 01:02:37,600
Speaker 3: maybe a display of leadership. The goal he's scored to

1191
01:02:37,640 --> 01:02:40,200
Speaker 3: help get the crack and rally going in period three.

1192
01:02:40,880 --> 01:02:43,120
Speaker 3: You don't want to play from behind too much, but

1193
01:02:43,200 --> 01:02:46,160
Speaker 3: the goal he scored was certainly an embodiment of how

1194
01:02:46,200 --> 01:02:48,920
Speaker 3: this team has got to find ways to produce offense.

1195
01:02:49,000 --> 01:02:51,959
Speaker 3: Matty Beniers is my second star, my first star. Gohost

1196
01:02:51,960 --> 01:02:56,640
Speaker 3: to Coppocaco three points in this past week in three games.

1197
01:02:56,680 --> 01:02:58,560
Speaker 3: He's fine in the back of the net. It's pretty

1198
01:02:58,560 --> 01:03:00,840
Speaker 3: apparent that the Olympics has him on the right path

1199
01:03:00,840 --> 01:03:04,720
Speaker 3: as far as his confidence offensively, and now he's finding

1200
01:03:04,760 --> 01:03:08,320
Speaker 3: a way to play and produce with Chandler Stevens and

1201
01:03:08,320 --> 01:03:10,920
Speaker 3: we've seen Bobby McMahon also move on that line. But

1202
01:03:11,240 --> 01:03:15,000
Speaker 3: as we move ahead, the size he's got, the hands

1203
01:03:15,040 --> 01:03:18,959
Speaker 3: that he's got, the confidence is certainly growing. And when

1204
01:03:19,000 --> 01:03:22,000
Speaker 3: you had to win games here with this kind of group,

1205
01:03:22,040 --> 01:03:25,560
Speaker 3: you have to do it collectively. Cop ocaco I thought

1206
01:03:25,600 --> 01:03:28,000
Speaker 3: we saw quite a few plays where he's making an

1207
01:03:28,000 --> 01:03:31,000
Speaker 3: impact and making a difference. Cop Ocacka was my third

1208
01:03:31,240 --> 01:03:32,200
Speaker 3: or my first start of the week.

1209
01:03:34,240 --> 01:03:38,960
Speaker 5: Yeah. Some similar names to yours, Mike, some different. My

1210
01:03:39,400 --> 01:03:42,080
Speaker 5: third star is going to go to Maddy Benier's the

1211
01:03:42,120 --> 01:03:45,280
Speaker 5: one goal one assists in the last four I only

1212
01:03:45,320 --> 01:03:47,320
Speaker 5: went back four games. It seemed like that was about

1213
01:03:47,320 --> 01:03:49,560
Speaker 5: a week ago. But one goal one assists in those

1214
01:03:49,600 --> 01:03:54,600
Speaker 5: past four. I think he is continually involving his game

1215
01:03:55,600 --> 01:03:59,680
Speaker 5: in scoring ways that are creative. The one he got

1216
01:04:00,280 --> 01:04:04,160
Speaker 5: last night the rap while I was really a rap round.

1217
01:04:04,200 --> 01:04:07,080
Speaker 5: It was intentionally getting to the front of the net

1218
01:04:07,080 --> 01:04:09,480
Speaker 5: and stepping around the goaltender and spliding it past the

1219
01:04:09,520 --> 01:04:12,200
Speaker 5: post while folling it was. It was an excellent goal.

1220
01:04:12,960 --> 01:04:16,040
Speaker 5: They're not all snipes, you know, willing himself to the

1221
01:04:16,040 --> 01:04:18,400
Speaker 5: front of the net. Maddy Veneers is my third star.

1222
01:04:19,360 --> 01:04:22,840
Speaker 5: My second star goes to Freddy Goodrow. One goal to

1223
01:04:22,960 --> 01:04:26,800
Speaker 5: assists in the past four games. Listen, this is a

1224
01:04:26,920 --> 01:04:29,600
Speaker 5: utility player. He's a glue guy. He's a guy that

1225
01:04:29,960 --> 01:04:32,000
Speaker 5: he doesn't care what line he's on. He's going to

1226
01:04:32,080 --> 01:04:34,800
Speaker 5: give you his A plus effort every single time. It's

1227
01:04:34,840 --> 01:04:38,360
Speaker 5: a great locker room guy, he's great personality. That's not

1228
01:04:38,400 --> 01:04:40,400
Speaker 5: a reason to give him a star for the past week,

1229
01:04:40,480 --> 01:04:43,320
Speaker 5: but I think all that feeds into his game and

1230
01:04:43,760 --> 01:04:46,760
Speaker 5: being a great linemate to have out there, regardless of

1231
01:04:46,800 --> 01:04:49,520
Speaker 5: what line he's on. So he's my second star, and

1232
01:04:49,560 --> 01:04:51,840
Speaker 5: then I have the same first star as well, Akapolcaco.

1233
01:04:52,320 --> 01:04:55,520
Speaker 5: I think that, you know, somewhere in the past week

1234
01:04:55,640 --> 01:04:59,360
Speaker 5: ten days, a conversation was had with him with somebody

1235
01:04:59,720 --> 01:05:03,280
Speaker 5: where something just you know, clicked with him, and I

1236
01:05:03,280 --> 01:05:06,200
Speaker 5: think his game has been elevated a little bit. He's

1237
01:05:06,200 --> 01:05:08,000
Speaker 5: shooting the puck well. I think he's got one of

1238
01:05:08,040 --> 01:05:10,080
Speaker 5: the top shooting percentages on the on the on the

1239
01:05:10,080 --> 01:05:12,560
Speaker 5: team right now. One goal on assist in the last

1240
01:05:12,640 --> 01:05:16,360
Speaker 5: four but setting up plays last game, I think there

1241
01:05:16,360 --> 01:05:18,680
Speaker 5: were two or three plays that he set up for

1242
01:05:18,800 --> 01:05:22,120
Speaker 5: great scoring opportunities. So those don't always end up being

1243
01:05:22,280 --> 01:05:26,400
Speaker 5: on goals or assists on the scoreesheet, but we see

1244
01:05:26,440 --> 01:05:28,080
Speaker 5: him if you're watching the game and you tend to

1245
01:05:28,120 --> 01:05:30,120
Speaker 5: contend to note them in your head, and you see

1246
01:05:30,120 --> 01:05:32,400
Speaker 5: a guy creating offense like that. So couple of cockle

1247
01:05:32,480 --> 01:05:33,080
Speaker 5: was my first star.

1248
01:05:34,480 --> 01:05:37,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm with uh, A kind of a mix of

1249
01:05:37,840 --> 01:05:40,360
Speaker 2: of what you all said. I think my for me,

1250
01:05:40,480 --> 01:05:43,880
Speaker 2: my third star body McMahon just continuing to provide a

1251
01:05:43,960 --> 01:05:46,400
Speaker 2: spark for this team. I you know, even though he

1252
01:05:46,480 --> 01:05:50,640
Speaker 2: went a couple of games without a point, how dare he?

1253
01:05:50,640 --> 01:05:55,160
Speaker 2: He still is generating offense. He's driving the net, he's

1254
01:05:55,240 --> 01:05:59,080
Speaker 2: going to the to these uh to these scoring areas.

1255
01:05:59,120 --> 01:06:03,120
Speaker 2: He's putting himself in a position to score every shift,

1256
01:06:03,160 --> 01:06:06,880
Speaker 2: it seems like. So he's my third star for being

1257
01:06:07,000 --> 01:06:09,840
Speaker 2: that breath of fresh air with this team missed. My

1258
01:06:09,920 --> 01:06:13,440
Speaker 2: second star is Coppocco for again the reason that edis mentioned.

1259
01:06:13,760 --> 01:06:16,920
Speaker 2: He has had a really good week. He's finding himself

1260
01:06:17,000 --> 01:06:19,400
Speaker 2: in the offense. And I mean a goal and two

1261
01:06:19,400 --> 01:06:22,040
Speaker 2: assists in the last three games, and you know, the

1262
01:06:22,080 --> 01:06:24,400
Speaker 2: Columbus game a goal and an assists and two games

1263
01:06:24,400 --> 01:06:27,680
Speaker 2: the Krack and really needed to be better. Coppolcaco had

1264
01:06:27,720 --> 01:06:31,520
Speaker 2: a plus one against Nashville, he was even against Columbus,

1265
01:06:31,520 --> 01:06:34,080
Speaker 2: and he was a plus one against Florida. So in

1266
01:06:34,440 --> 01:06:36,320
Speaker 2: a couple of games where there were a lot of

1267
01:06:36,400 --> 01:06:40,640
Speaker 2: minuses on the board, Copolcaco was still defensively responsible. And

1268
01:06:40,680 --> 01:06:42,880
Speaker 2: I'm with you, al I wonder if something was said

1269
01:06:42,920 --> 01:06:45,880
Speaker 2: to him after the break. You know that that Olympic

1270
01:06:46,920 --> 01:06:50,480
Speaker 2: journey inspiring some confidence, and maybe someone pulled him aside

1271
01:06:50,520 --> 01:06:52,520
Speaker 2: and said, hey, use that, look at what you did

1272
01:06:52,880 --> 01:06:54,680
Speaker 2: over in Italy and not bring that back. So that

1273
01:06:54,680 --> 01:06:58,120
Speaker 2: he's my second star, number one star, mister one k

1274
01:06:58,360 --> 01:07:02,400
Speaker 2: out of that Adam Marson, you know, just for him

1275
01:07:02,520 --> 01:07:06,240
Speaker 2: to be able to do what he's done so consistently,

1276
01:07:06,320 --> 01:07:09,120
Speaker 2: there's been nine I mean, get this right here, there

1277
01:07:09,160 --> 01:07:15,600
Speaker 2: have been three hundred and ninety eight Seattle Kraken games

1278
01:07:15,640 --> 01:07:20,120
Speaker 2: all time and he has missed one of them. So

1279
01:07:20,720 --> 01:07:23,480
Speaker 2: I mean that is just a phenomenal feed. He had

1280
01:07:23,520 --> 01:07:27,880
Speaker 2: an assist in that game last night against the Florida Panthers.

1281
01:07:27,920 --> 01:07:31,200
Speaker 2: He had an opportunity to score as well. He should

1282
01:07:31,200 --> 01:07:33,480
Speaker 2: add a couple of goals last night, a couple that

1283
01:07:33,480 --> 01:07:36,160
Speaker 2: he near missed. But Adam Larson on his one thousand

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01:07:36,320 --> 01:07:40,200
Speaker 2: game for me as the congratulations on one thousand, for

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01:07:40,240 --> 01:07:42,880
Speaker 2: whatever it's worth, I'll get him his medal. Adam Larson,

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Speaker 2: one thousand games, you might number one star. And if

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Speaker 2: I can, I also feel that we need to send.

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Speaker 4: No not honorable mention.

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Speaker 2: We need to send our condolences to Ryan Winterton and

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Speaker 2: his family on thank you lasting of his brother Jacob.

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Speaker 2: He had a long battle with cancer and Ryan was

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01:08:06,320 --> 01:08:13,720
Speaker 2: dealing with that internally while playing through it. At this moment,

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Speaker 2: hockey is not even secondary. Hockey is last on the list,

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Speaker 2: but the fact that he was able to be such

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01:08:22,960 --> 01:08:26,679
Speaker 2: an effective player for this team while having to deal

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Speaker 2: with all of this grief with the brother who has

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01:08:28,840 --> 01:08:32,320
Speaker 2: cancer back at home. And unfortunately his brother Jacob lost

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Speaker 2: his battle with cancer in the last few days, so

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Speaker 2: that the news just coming out today that wins lost

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Speaker 2: his brother to cancer. So from us, our condolences to him.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, our thoughts are certainly with the Winterton family here,

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Speaker 3: and it's one of those things where you take as

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01:08:47,800 --> 01:08:49,880
Speaker 3: much time as you need before you get right back

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Speaker 3: to hockey because family and processing is the most important

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Speaker 3: thing as of right now. Once again, her thoughts are

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Speaker 3: with Ryan Winterson and family all right. Tomorrow night Crack

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Speaker 3: into Tampa Bay four pm Pacific time, face off on

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Speaker 3: air three thirty. Then Saturday Cracking Buffalo two thirty pm faceoff,

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Speaker 3: and then six game trip wraps up in Edmonton six

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Speaker 3: pm puck drop from Rogers Place.

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Speaker 4: We'll talk to you soon.

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Speaker 2: First though we come home first

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Speaker 4: Yep, but it's still canceled as a road trip though