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Speaker 1: Welcome to Kraken This morning a presentation of the Kraken

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

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Speaker 1: Here's Mike Benton.

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Speaker 2: EWHL tour and brought in a sold out house last

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Speaker 2: evening and now the Seattle Kraken up next. What a

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Speaker 2: weekend for hockey as the Olympic break now brings on

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Speaker 2: the first set of home games since then, first home

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Speaker 2: game on the Kraken side since January twenty ninth, impendem.

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Speaker 2: They take on the Vancouver Canucks this evening, a seven

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Speaker 2: o'clock Pacific time faceoff and less than a week to

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Speaker 2: go until the NHL trade deadline time.

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Speaker 3: A lot of questions surrounding these two teams.

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Speaker 2: We'll get after it here for pregame coverage six point

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Speaker 3: Ever and now have the call upstairs.

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Speaker 2: I'll join you as well for postgame across the street

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Speaker 2: live at Tom's Watchbar up to an hour after the

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Speaker 2: final horn Well. This saving is the first out of

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Speaker 2: home games here for Ellie Tolvenin Coppocaco and a decision

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Speaker 2: pending if he starts in goaltender Philip Grubauer. Those trio

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Speaker 2: back at home for the first time since Olympic break. Also,

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Speaker 2: Coming up here a postgame comments from head coach Lane

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Speaker 2: Lambert after the crack and fell in Saint Louis Thursday

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Speaker 2: and night. Plus Also our conversation with Ian Furness's TV

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Speaker 2: host on the Krack and Hockey Network, also heard one

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Speaker 2: to three week days on ninety three to three KJARFM.

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Speaker 2: We'll talk more about how we wrap our heads around

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Speaker 2: the last two games out of the break, the direction

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Speaker 2: of the roster potentially in the next few days, and

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Speaker 2: much more.

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Speaker 3: Ian Forness joining us in just a bit.

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Speaker 2: The Kraken fell five to one at Saint Louis Thursday night,

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Speaker 2: ending five straight on the road and the first two

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Speaker 2: games out of the Olympic break and back to back fashion.

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Speaker 2: Dylan Holloway picked up a hat trick in the game.

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Speaker 2: The only krack and goal came courtesy Copo Coco in

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Speaker 2: his first game back since the Winter Olympics, that tied

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Speaker 2: the game at one in period one.

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Speaker 3: The power play could.

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Speaker 2: Use a big turnaround coming up empty as well Thursday night.

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Speaker 2: They are zero for seven in their last two games

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Speaker 2: and the crack and looking for a massive turnaround, especially

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Speaker 2: early in games. Looking to get out of a stretch

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Speaker 2: of four straight games giving up the first goal of

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Speaker 3: We get to ian your side.

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Speaker 2: Coach Lane Lambert with his thoughts after Thursday's loss in

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Speaker 2: Saint Louis.

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Speaker 4: I thought it was a high vent game both ways.

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Speaker 4: We certainly had our chances. I thought they botaling made

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Speaker 4: some saves. Our power plays dry right now last couple

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Speaker 4: to uh score, you know, our first goal. But it's

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Speaker 4: the chances against that uh are my concern right now.

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Speaker 4: There's too many of them. You you said this morning

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Speaker 4: that there's a similar team in terms of size and

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Speaker 4: you think your guys handled some of the NetFront play,

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Speaker 4: and I don't think we handled it well at all.

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Speaker 4: I think uh, I think you know, these two games

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Speaker 4: We've just got to be better. That's the bottom line.

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Speaker 4: We can say whatever we want, We've got to win

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Speaker 4: more battles. There was too much individual stuff that was lost.

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Speaker 4: At the end of the day, I've said it before,

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Speaker 4: we just weren't good enough in that area in both

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Speaker 4: We've got the Vancouver Canucks and a huge home game.

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Speaker 2: Did you expect maybe more of a challenge, did was

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Speaker 4: No, he played well, He plays the puck well. We

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Speaker 4: You know, you don't get a lot of offensive zone

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Speaker 4: But at the end of the day, uh, you know,

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Speaker 4: What did you notice about how the Blues defenders were

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Speaker 4: The fact that they had good gaps, they were in

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Speaker 2: Okay, so after all of that, we're finally back home.

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Speaker 2: First home games January twenty ninth. I'm not sure if

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Speaker 2: he and Vanessa's got to get the high. My name

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Speaker 2: is Stickers out here for the rest surrounding his desk

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Speaker 2: on the other side of mine for the Crack and

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Speaker 2: Hockey Network.

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Speaker 3: But we'll see what happens here.

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Speaker 2: He joins us here by carphone, I believe may or

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Speaker 2: is that correct?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, carphone, here we go. Here we are.

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Speaker 2: Do you have one of the souped up souped up

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Speaker 3: Now that it's basically like a MacBook on wheels.

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Speaker 5: No I I okay, many of the anim that has

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Speaker 5: a little screen that says Apple I play.

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Speaker 2: I got, I've got, I've got a Nissan SUV part

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it's perfect, It's perfect.

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Speaker 3: Okay.

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Speaker 2: So Ian, let's go back here to the last two

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Speaker 2: of opportunity in daytime coverage here to describe this situation.

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Speaker 2: And the facts are this Wednesday, the Kraken face a

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Speaker 2: Dallas team with no Miko Rantanen, no rope Hints, no

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Speaker 2: of nine to two. Disappointing is one word I've suggested

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Speaker 3: What have you made out of it?

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Speaker 5: I think you have to take the two games separately.

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Speaker 5: because they're so damn deep. I can live with the

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Speaker 5: a different story, Mike. In my opinion, no excuse and

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Speaker 5: that was an opportunity lost. And as part of hockey

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Speaker 5: But that was a team that came into the game,

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Speaker 5: you just got dominated. I think Edze said it on

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Speaker 3: Ian. They could have already arrived.

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Speaker 2: The team has at a conclusion with where they want

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Speaker 5: I mean, the problem is, Mike Easy. You well know,

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Speaker 3: Here in just a bit.

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Speaker 2: But Ian, I'm really curious how the mount Vanier's line

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Speaker 5: But your top I mean, as good as the fourth

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we'll see if the power play can snap out

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Speaker 3: Who knows how long he's here.

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Speaker 5: Vancouver's playing for nothing. They're looking over their shoulder. Guys

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Speaker 2: Finally, good to be home. Six games in a row,

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Speaker 3: In, thanks Mikey, good stuff.

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Speaker 2: Crack and taking on the Canucks once more this evening

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Speaker 3: This evening's game again.

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Speaker 2: We're on air six point thirty post game up to

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Speaker 2: from Climate Pledge Arena at Tom's Watch Bar. Big thank

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