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

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

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Speaker 1: Here's Mike Benton.

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Speaker 2: The fourth winning a row feels pretty sweet, but not

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Speaker 2: much time to dwell on it. The Cracking getting right

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Speaker 2: back to work today to end back to back against

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Speaker 2: the Vancouver Canucks. Welcome to Kracken this morning on a Monday,

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Speaker 2: December twenty ninth. Mike Benton with you, same place, different opponent,

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Speaker 2: different time. We'll look forward to having you seven o'clock

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Speaker 2: Pacific for the Kraken and the Vancouver Canucks and the

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Speaker 2: quote EVERI fits you the ifivalry is renewed again for

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Speaker 2: the first of four matchups coming up airtime six point

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Speaker 2: thirty for your pregame show served up by Frostbreed Corps,

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Speaker 2: Light Shoe Chill on the Global Credit Union crake In

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Speaker 2: Audio Network and postgame as well from Tom's Washbar up

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Speaker 2: to an hour after the final horn, myself joined with

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Speaker 2: anders Hurst. We'll look forward to having it and your

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Speaker 2: reaction of course four nine, four or five one the

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Speaker 2: play to text us on the KJER text line. We

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Speaker 2: will hear from reaction from Jared mccannon making his way

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Speaker 2: back into the lineup last evening plus, Brendan Bachelor will

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Speaker 2: be along with US radio Voice of the Canucks on

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Speaker 2: sports Net six point fifty to discuss the course the

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Speaker 2: Quinn Hughes, trade, the fallout and the potentials down the

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Speaker 2: road on their roster as they head into Seattle for

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Speaker 2: the first matchup of the season. Brendan Bachelor will be

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Speaker 2: along with us here in just a bit recapping last night.

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Speaker 2: Here's what you may have missed with the Kraken coming

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Speaker 2: out of the holiday break and in period one with

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Speaker 2: a scoreless tie and a red hot captain looking to

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Speaker 3: Back into the offensive zone four Seattle.

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Speaker 4: But here behind the.

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Speaker 3: Goal bark corner in front, Every suits got.

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Speaker 5: Jordan Every goals at three straight games. As couple Cucko

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Speaker 5: feeds it from the right corner, it's a one nothing,

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Speaker 5: cracking lead sixteen twelve to play in a second, but

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Speaker 6: Gets the pucked down low on the right side after

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Speaker 6: Maddy Beneers takes it into the offensive zone and Como

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Speaker 6: Coco finds Everyy on that back door. Every wastes no

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Speaker 3: The Captain's on.

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Speaker 4: The board one nothing crackodur out.

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Speaker 5: Stevenson stoo. Ellie Taubanan from behind the cage points in

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Speaker 5: sixth straight chandler. Stevenson on the finish points in ten

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Speaker 3: It's a two nothing saddlead Boma's a good zone clear

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Speaker 3: beats sen. I'm the puck behind the net, just wins

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Speaker 3: it straight up, finds Stevenson floating down in the middle

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Speaker 5: Down the ice flow the goaline looked in front, so.

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Speaker 6: Extra attacker coming back on l A Tolvenan.

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Speaker 7: Stale shots Ellie Golvin in his second of the night.

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Speaker 6: A field goal for one. Ellie tolven doing some great

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Speaker 2: Well, that's certainly a way to close it out. The

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Speaker 2: Ellie Tolbnan extend this point streak to six consecutive games,

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Speaker 2: Philip Grubauer, who had thirty one saves, was First Star

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Speaker 2: and was one fifty seven away from a shutout that

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Speaker 2: But the Kraken getting Jared McCann and Vince Dunn back

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Speaker 2: into the lineup promising signs here for a team that

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Speaker 2: One of those players who's back is forward Jared McCann,

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Speaker 2: and here he is last night meeting with the media.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, I was good. I thought we had some good chances. Obviously,

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Speaker 9: There is there any sort of a dusting period period,

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Speaker 9: Look like you just came out fireing right away.

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Speaker 8: Uh yeah, beg skates will do that for you, right.

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Speaker 8: You know, it's a lot easier playing hockey than in

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Speaker 4: Love scoring first.

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Speaker 9: I guess a couple of periods and things changed a

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Speaker 9: I mean, it's been obviously a weird season so far,

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Speaker 9: very limited action and I guess how are you feeling

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Speaker 8: So yeah, yeah, it's kind of tough. Obviously, this is

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Speaker 6: To get that right out of.

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Speaker 4: A holiday break, and what do you feel like that

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Speaker 8: Yeah, momentum. You know, we gotta we gotta use that

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Speaker 8: Recently Yeah, yeah, it's uh, you know, the guys did

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Speaker 2: McCann did not score in last night's game, playing on

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Speaker 2: The Vancouver Canucks will here into Climate Pledge Arena for

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Speaker 2: their first matchup of the season and facing plenty of

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Speaker 2: question marks after trading their captain Quinn Hughes to Minnesota

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Speaker 2: and what ultimately was arguably one of the bigger blockbuster

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Speaker 2: defenseman Ze Buuyam, forwards Marco Rossi and Liam Ogrin, and

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Speaker 2: went down sixteen days ago. A lot can happen in January,

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Speaker 2: but it still feels like right now, two teams going

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Speaker 2: at the cut line in the West of sixteen fourteen

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Speaker 2: their record at fifteen nineteen and three with thirty three points. Still,

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Speaker 2: you get these two teams on the ice, anything can happen.

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Speaker 2: Time to fire up. Talk on the IE five will

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Speaker 2: read to quote our friend ever it fits you, kracking

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Speaker 2: Canucks this evening a climate pledge arena our good friend

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Speaker 2: from the visitors. Brendan Bachelor joining us right now, Radio

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Speaker 2: voice of the Canucks on sports Net six fifty. Brendan,

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Speaker 2: thank you very much here for joining us. First off,

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Speaker 2: I have to ask you the holidays. The break wasn't

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Speaker 2: you enjoy it?

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Speaker 4: Sir? It's always too short when you get to spend

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Speaker 2: Yeah, good to have you. And certainly I echo those

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Speaker 2: for December and January, back to back for the crack

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Speaker 2: I just first want to go back and kind of

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Speaker 2: examine where matt were back in October compared to now,

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Speaker 2: and a little bit certainly has changed on the Canucks

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Speaker 2: it here from the scope pre Quinn Hughes trade, post

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Speaker 2: Quinn Hughes trade, What does the outlook of the Canucks

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Speaker 4: Well, they are now a rebuilding team, which is not

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Speaker 4: it to stay in Vancouver and sign a contract extension. Ultimately,

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Speaker 4: things went completely sideway for this team in the first

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Speaker 4: far this year, and Elias Petterson has been banged up

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Speaker 4: So that essentially decimated their center ice position to the

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Speaker 2: ahead of the crack and the Canucks here for this evening.

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Speaker 2: I want to get to zee Buuyam now. And this trade,

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Speaker 4: To you and all your listeners as well. Thanks for

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Speaker 2: end a back to back again for the Kraken after

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Speaker 2: facing Nashville at home on New Year's Day. In the

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Speaker 2: overall scope of the series has been a pretty sharp

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Speaker 2: you turn ever since the beginning. The Kraken lost their

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Speaker 2: first five matchups with Vancouver in regulation, but they have

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Speaker 2: taken control of this series ever since, taking at least

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Speaker 2: a point or a win in nine of the last

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Speaker 2: previous ten meetings the Kraken averaging four and a half

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Speaker 2: goals a game over the last ten meetings. They've had

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Speaker 2: seven wins in that span. The Canucks with two shootout

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Speaker 2: wins out of three total in that last stretch two

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Speaker 2: point eight goals per game. Elias Peterson shares a Canucks

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Speaker 2: scoring lead right now with twenty two points, but don't

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Speaker 2: be full by just him at the top, of course,

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Speaker 2: Philip Peronic has got a massive rocket of a shot

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Speaker 2: twenty two points, also tied here for the scoring lead

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Speaker 2: in the back end, and Connor Garland He's also tied

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Speaker 2: for the lead with twenty two points, and it has

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Speaker 2: been a pretty tough player to handle here historically in

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Speaker 2: this head to head series, he leads the Canucks as

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Speaker 2: far as active skaters against the crack and for head

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Speaker 2: to head scoring with fourteen points in fifteen games. On

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Speaker 2: the cracking side, Elie Tulinan guess who He's taken over

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Speaker 2: the krack and scoring lead now with twenty five points

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Speaker 2: on the season right now, riding his six game points

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Speaker 2: scoring streak into this matchup, ty for the longest active

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Speaker 2: streak right now in the entire League. He's got fourteen

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Speaker 2: points in the month of December. Not too far behind

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Speaker 2: him though Chandler Stevenson with twelve points in the month

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Speaker 2: of December, so matters are certainly trending upward offensively here

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Speaker 2: with the Crack and looking to extend there win streak

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Speaker 2: to five by the end of the night. Kevin Lankanan

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Speaker 2: is your confirm starter in net for the Canucks, and

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Speaker 2: it wouldn't be surprising here to see Joey de Cord

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Speaker 2: get a turn after Philip Grubauer went last evening, and

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Speaker 2: we'll have more updates for you coming up this evening,

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Speaker 2: beginning at six point thirty on your pregame show served

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Speaker 2: up by Frostbrewed Cores Light Choose Chill, and the first

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Speaker 2: match up for the Kraken and the Canucks to follow

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Speaker 2: at seven o'clock from Climate Pledge Arena. Looking forward to

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Speaker 2: having you. Also, big thank you to Brandon Bachelor for

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

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Speaker 2: Have a happy Monday and enjoy the game.

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