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Speaker 3: Hey, mister Baulness, I am one hundred on a wild bandwagon.

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Speaker 3: I think that big turnaround early in the season made

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Speaker 3: that easy, but then the trade for Hughes just put

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Speaker 3: me over the top. Gotta love the lineup we have now.

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Speaker 3: Our goaltending is great and I can see us making

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Speaker 3: a run this year.

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Speaker 1: Yes, keep those talkbacks coming.

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Speaker 4: Giving away tickets to an upcoming Minnesota Wild home game.

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Speaker 4: Maybe you don't want them, Maybe you're not a believer,

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Speaker 4: Maybe you don't think that they've done enough to gain

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Speaker 4: your loyalty. Back fifty four points and twenty four wins

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Speaker 4: in the first forty games. Considering how bad it was

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Speaker 4: in the month of October, it feels like things are

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Speaker 4: trending in the right direction.

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Speaker 1: Trending.

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Speaker 4: They're twenty one four and three since November first. I'd

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Speaker 4: say it's more than just a trend. I don't think

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Speaker 4: it's a mirage. But hopefully they can keep it going

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Speaker 4: into the new year. I know everyone's favorite blogger will

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Speaker 4: be writing about it at nauseum and he joins us.

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Speaker 4: Now what I assume is from San Jose Michael Russo

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Speaker 4: of the Athletic in Theathletic dot com.

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Speaker 1: Good afternoon, Michael, how are you, Yeah.

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Speaker 5: Wild, they're having a rare practice on the road. I

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Speaker 5: don't know if everybody just can do on the ice,

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Speaker 5: but it's an afternoon game tomorrow and Newyear's Day often

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Speaker 5: in Anaheim or a Newport Beach area. They're definitely getting

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Speaker 5: on the ice today.

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Speaker 4: Well that's a good thing, right, I mean, because they

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Speaker 4: haven't had an opportunity to practice hardly at all, just

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Speaker 4: because of the condensed schedule. It's going to be more

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Speaker 4: of the same on the other side of the Olympic break.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, exactly. I don't know if Quinn Hughes actually got

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Speaker 5: to look this up. I don't know if Quinn Hughes's

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Speaker 5: practice yet with the Wild, and if he has, it's

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Speaker 5: been one yeah, So, I mean that's just the way

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Speaker 5: that this type of schedule has been you know, in

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Speaker 5: the next here in the month of Jeded. You know,

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Speaker 5: they just had sixteen seventeen games this month. They're gonna

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Speaker 5: have sixteen seventeen games next month. It's it's just crazy,

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Speaker 5: and this is gonna be a norm. This isn't like

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Speaker 5: an aberration. This isn't gonna be an every four year

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Speaker 5: thing with the international calendar coming back to the NHL

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Speaker 5: national aculayer right now, or just injuries and injuries Glored

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Speaker 5: at least just got banged up. We saw Vegas last night.

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Speaker 5: They were without Eichel and Carlson and Theodore. Then they

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Speaker 5: major and it just makes things really tough on teams.

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Speaker 5: And the Wild went through it and right now they're

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Speaker 5: you know, knocking Wood healthy.

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Speaker 4: Maybe this isn't as easy as just saying this, but

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Speaker 4: couldn't they start the season a week or.

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Speaker 1: Two earlier with start October?

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Speaker 4: For I mean, they're adding two more games for the

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Speaker 4: regular season, which I'm all for. You know, the less

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Speaker 5: Yeah, absolutely, and that is going to be the goal

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Speaker 5: twelve days earlier than normal. And so they've got to

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Speaker 5: do it. They're gonna have eighty four eight seasons now,

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Speaker 5: I mean right now. The last couple of years, the

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Speaker 5: But you know, as you mentioned with the wild and

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Speaker 5: are so entertaining right now. You know, if you're a

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Speaker 4: Are you willing to predict two fifty goal goal scorers

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Speaker 4: on this team this year? In Boldi and Capriza. We

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Speaker 5: I think that's a well put statement, and yeah, if

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Speaker 5: this is as good as we've seen. Boldi plays absolutely

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Speaker 5: on fire right now. He's delivering every single night. He's

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Speaker 5: playing a totally complete random hockey and he's doing it

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Speaker 5: impressive because you know, the by definition you should be

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Speaker 5: But he has been just phenomenal, and we saw the

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Speaker 5: It's just been really cool. Then Caprice stuff just does

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Speaker 6: You know.

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Speaker 5: there's just you know, superstar number one centers out there

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Speaker 5: at times when that line is getting outmatched that John

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Speaker 4: I wish list and again I'm like, I'm the Brett

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Speaker 1: And the name that I keep hearing is Ryan O'Reilly.

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Speaker 4: Is that a guy a target that you think would

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Speaker 4: How how tangible, how possible is it to put Ryan

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I think I.

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Speaker 5: Agree, you know, to me watching him the other night

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Speaker 5: is still playing at an incredibly high level. He draws,

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Speaker 5: Now to get to your first question. Yeah, I think

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Speaker 5: I don't know what's going on Ryan's mind. I know

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Speaker 5: we're in this conference with so many teams actually at

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Speaker 1: Who are some other names that are floating around out there?

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Speaker 4: You know, you don't have to even reveal your sources,

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Speaker 4: just tell me some of the like from a fan standpoint,

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Speaker 4: who's out there that you think would be a great

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, you know, it's interesting because scoring depth,

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Speaker 5: more options up the middle. Probably the best offensive center

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Speaker 5: And that's you to I'm talking about is Nick Schmaltz.

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Speaker 5: I am not the biggest Nick Schmaltz fan, although he

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Speaker 5: there's there's just no doubt in my mind that when

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Speaker 5: facing most likely Dallas in the first round of playoffs,

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Speaker 5: they probably need one more guy. And I think that

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Speaker 5: Bill Garin, even though he's obviously going to play koy

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Speaker 4: This is Michael Russo of the Athletic and Theathletic Dot Com.

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Speaker 4: Of course we go to him for all things Minnesota

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Speaker 5: So for me, I have one hundred percent. Would especially

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Speaker 5: But to me, the way that Marcus has played, I

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Speaker 5: You can confirm that, Yes, today's show for the for

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Speaker 1: Hey, Russo Brett.

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Speaker 1: Or when do you leave?

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Speaker 7: No?

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Speaker 5: I leave February second, so the women actually start before

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Speaker 5: the men. Yes, so I'm going to cover the women's

436
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Speaker 5: tournaments start, so I'll get there February third. I get

437
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Speaker 5: there like a week before the NHL er is. But yeah,

438
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Speaker 5: now I'll be back in Minnesota and then I I

439
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Speaker 5: am on that the wild and a trip to Buffalo

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Speaker 5: in eastern Canada'll be on that and then get myself

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Speaker 5: ready for the Olympic.

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Speaker 4: Will it be weird traveling Italy without Lapanta chaperoning you everywhere?

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Speaker 5: That's a good point. You know, it's going to be relaxing,

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Speaker 5: that's for sure. Much more relaxing that less stressful, you know, uh,

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Speaker 5: and a lot quieter like to talk.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, well I don't know how you hear anyway, you've

447
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Speaker 4: got your head buried in your phone every second of

448
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Speaker 4: every day, whether you're texting someone, or you're talking to someone,

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Speaker 4: or you're tweeting something.

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Speaker 6: Uh.

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Speaker 4: You know, Lapant is a little bit more aloof when

452
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Speaker 4: it comes to that kind of stuff.

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Speaker 5: So I know you'll have fun with I use the word,

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Speaker 5: I use the word of noxious. But but but I

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Speaker 5: hear you.

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Speaker 4: All right, buddy, go enjoy practice and good luck and

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Speaker 4: we'll talk.

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Speaker 1: To you soon. I'm sure.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, see Kevin, see you, Brett.

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Speaker 4: Michael Russo of the Athletic and the Athletic dot Com

461
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Speaker 4: joining us from San Jose again. Extended pregames starting tomorrow

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Speaker 4: at two o'clock leading into the Why and Sharks pregame

463
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Speaker 4: on the network starts at two forty five puck drops

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Speaker 4: I think at three to zero eight here in the

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Speaker 4: Central time zone.

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Speaker 1: We'll bring you that.

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Speaker 4: Then we'll go into that extended postgame show, hopefully celebrating

468
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Speaker 4: yet another wild victory as they attempt to start this

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Speaker 4: seven game road trip a perfect three to zero. And

470
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Speaker 4: if they do that, we'll bring you John Hines postgame comments.

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Speaker 4: We'll probably talk to the equipment guys. Carill Caprisov his

472
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Speaker 4: interpreter the whole works, and then finally we'll get to

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Speaker 4: Halve as he brings you the Americans and the Swedes

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Speaker 4: in the final game of the round robin portion of

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Speaker 4: the World Juniors. That game will be joined in progress

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Speaker 4: after the Wild and Sharks right here on the fan.

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Speaker 4: We'll take a break, and then when we continue get

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Speaker 4: to more of your talkbacks. We'll get to your texts

479
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Speaker 4: as well, giving away Wild tickets to an upcoming Minnesota

480
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Speaker 4: Wild home game. If you want to go, all you

481
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Speaker 4: got to do is tell us are you on the

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Speaker 4: bandwagon or are you still off it? What needs to

483
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Speaker 4: happen to get you on this side of the good

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Speaker 4: side of the state of hockey.

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Speaker 1: Do all that and we'll get to some of those

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Speaker 1: Next on the fan.

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Speaker 2: It's a Border Battle week, and we've got your final

488
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Speaker 2: shot to be the Rube of the game this season.

489
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Speaker 2: Swing by the Plaza outside US Bank Stadium this weekend

490
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Speaker 2: before kickoff, visit a cafe and booth. Ask for the

491
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Speaker 2: street team and how you can score Papa Murphy's game

492
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Speaker 2: day meal deals for a year. Cafe dot com keyword

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Speaker 2: calendar for more Detailscafe dot Com keyword calendar, Hi Kevin.

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Speaker 8: Hi, Michael, this is Mark from Apple Valley.

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Speaker 6: See.

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Speaker 8: I was just wondering, just have a little concern about

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Speaker 8: It's a great start for the Wild obviously, but when

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Speaker 8: they come back from the Olympic break with playing in

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Speaker 8: the Olympics, and do you see any kind of a

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Speaker 8: lull or slow to go being the Wild to probably

501
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Speaker 8: have a lot of players in the Olympics and then

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Speaker 8: traveling and stuff. So just kind of worried about the

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Speaker 8: start after the Olympics. But it's been a great start,

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Speaker 8: so let's go wild.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, well said there, Captain talked back. I agree.

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Speaker 4: First forty games has been an unbelievable ride, and there's

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Speaker 4: been plenty to hang your hat on. For those of

508
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Speaker 4: you that are debating whether or to or not to

509
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Speaker 4: get on that bandwagon, the vast majority of you have

510
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Speaker 4: jumped on the back back onto the bandwagon, and for

511
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Speaker 4: good reason. But I get it, and you know everyone's

512
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Speaker 4: going to be in the same boat when it comes

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Speaker 4: out of that Olympic break.

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Speaker 1: It ain't going to be easy to just pick up

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Speaker 1: where you left off.

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Speaker 4: But you know, for the guys that aren't playing in

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Speaker 4: the Olympics, it'll be a good chance to rest, relax,

518
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Speaker 4: get some vitamin D in your skin. For the rest

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Speaker 4: of them, though, I mean, who can argue playing Olympic hockey,

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Speaker 4: the battling for your country on an international stage.

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Speaker 1: Nothing quite like it.

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Speaker 4: And ask any of those guys that I've been talking about,

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Speaker 4: not only is Zach Perezy or a Phil Housley or

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Speaker 4: a Mark Parrish, John Mayasich. He still talks about it,

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Speaker 4: and that was like fifty sixty years ago that he

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Speaker 4: was doing it. It's just something special about it and

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Speaker 4: it should be no different whether it's this weekend in

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Speaker 4: the World Juniors or coming up in a couple of

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Speaker 4: months there in Milan. We like to bring back the

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Speaker 4: bits that are the common Man show, and we've been

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Speaker 4: We did the Wheel of Topic. We even put together

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Speaker 4: a montat. Yeah, fix the Wheel of Topic. I hope

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Speaker 4: it's like that the next time he tries to fire

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Speaker 4: it up. We of course had the montage to open

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Speaker 4: the show. Why don't we do five, three, four whatever

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Speaker 4: it's called time?

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Speaker 8: Now?

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Speaker 7: Four five questions? Well, actually three, but five sounds like

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Speaker 7: more than four. Question number one.

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Speaker 4: Now, first of all time, Now for an in depth

541
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Speaker 4: look at the state of the state of hockey.

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Speaker 1: This is shocking.

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Speaker 4: I was just gonna say, we're not gonna have time

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Speaker 4: for five. We might not even have the time for

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Speaker 4: four or three, but we got to get in a

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Speaker 4: couple and get away from the hockey. I was gonna say,

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Speaker 4: but let's google the Minnesota wat what do you got.

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Speaker 2: Brett, Well, I got one question that I didn't get

549
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Speaker 2: to and breakaway, So we're using it here. Danella eurof

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Speaker 2: got moved back up to the top line. Do you

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Speaker 2: like him better keV and the top line with Caprice

552
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Speaker 2: Offen Zucarello, or do you like him on the kremline?

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Speaker 2: Is that what we're calling it? The krem line with

554
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Speaker 2: Tarasenko and Trenyum. Where do you like danili Yurov in

555
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Speaker 2: this lineup as it stands right now December thirtieth, twenty

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Speaker 2: twenty five.

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Speaker 4: So this is where I could go common and I

558
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Speaker 4: could argue either point, like whatever you take, I could

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Speaker 4: take the counterpoint and make a valid argument. I like

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Speaker 4: him in between those top two wingers because of the

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Speaker 4: fact that he's reliable defensively, but I could also put

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Speaker 4: him in a grinding role because he's so good. You know,

563
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Speaker 4: he's not out there because eventually maybe for his offensive acumen.

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Speaker 4: At some point he's going to get to that point

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Speaker 4: where he's comfortable putting the puck in the net and

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Speaker 4: being a little bit more prolific offensively. But he's so

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Speaker 4: rock solid defensively that I don't mind him in a

568
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Speaker 4: defensive checking role either. So I can make the argument

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Speaker 4: either way, and that would be a good way to

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Speaker 4: start an argument with you.

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Speaker 1: You pick one way and I'll go the other way,

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Speaker 1: and we'll go to with a nail.

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Speaker 8: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I agree with you that you could make an argument

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Speaker 2: either way. I do like him on the top line.

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Speaker 2: I think him in Capri Soft pairwell, and I like

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Speaker 2: having a top center that's young and exciting put the

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Speaker 2: puck in the net.

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Speaker 1: He's very good. You always like to root.

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Speaker 4: For the young guys, though, I regardless, So.

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Speaker 1: N GIN number two, Oh, let's wait, that's game.

582
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Speaker 4: It's now time to take an in depth look at

583
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Speaker 4: the state of the school.

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Speaker 2: Sporting Battle week and it is maybe the most meaningless

585
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Speaker 2: border battle in border battle history. Oh, there's been a few.

586
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Speaker 2: The Packers have absolutely nothing to play for. The Vikings

587
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Speaker 2: have absolutely nothing to play for. They're more or less

588
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Speaker 2: locked into a fifteen to twenty pick. The only thing

589
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Speaker 2: that they could play for is potentially a fourth place schedule,

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Speaker 2: which is a difference of like three games. And the

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Speaker 2: Packers they've got nothing to play for. They're locked in

592
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Speaker 2: their seed, They're seven no matter what, they control nothing.

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Speaker 2: What's the best case scenario for Vikings fans on Sundays?

594
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Speaker 4: Send the Packers into the playoffs with a limp. I

595
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Speaker 4: don't care what it looks like. I'm not I don't

596
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Speaker 4: want to literally hurt, but I want them to go

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Speaker 4: in with their their ego bruised, come into US Bank

598
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Speaker 4: Stadium and think, Okay, we got nothing to play for.

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Speaker 4: We already know where we're going in the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: Well here you go.

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Speaker 4: Oh we're gonna light you up for thirty some points,

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Speaker 4: the defense is gonna lock you down, and you're gonna

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Speaker 4: go into the playoffs thinking maybe we're not as good

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Speaker 4: as we think we are.

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Speaker 1: Oh, we're already thinking that, don't you worry. One more

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Speaker 1: question Number three, humor or heinous.

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Speaker 2: We're trying to get out of hockey. But I brought

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Speaker 2: it back because I wanted to this Barzol story. Are

609
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Speaker 2: you familiar? I'm not with so Matthew Barzol Islanders player.

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Speaker 2: It's two hands, so Mason Marshman blue jackets, he kind

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Speaker 2: of stuck out a knee as the equivalent of like

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Speaker 2: a chicken winger with the knee. Yes, need a knee.

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Speaker 2: So then Barshall skates over and two hands Paul Bunyan

614
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Speaker 2: axes him right on top of the skate, which any

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Speaker 2: hockey player knows that's like a top two place to

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Speaker 2: not get hit. That is somewhat padded. He gets a

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Speaker 2: five thousand dollars fine, which is maxim no suspend. Is

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Speaker 2: that slash humors or heinous?

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Speaker 4: Marchman is one of those guys that if he's on

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Speaker 4: your roster, you love it, but he's on the opposition,

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Speaker 4: so you love to hate him.

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Speaker 1: And that's he's one of those guys.

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Speaker 4: He had a coming, you know, he stuck out his

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Speaker 4: knee on Matthew Shaver, one of the great young players

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Speaker 4: in our game today. And you just can't run around

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Speaker 4: with reckless abandon like that. So he got what he deserved.

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Speaker 4: And it's too bad that he got the two hand

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Speaker 4: chop right over the top of his escape laces and

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Speaker 4: you're right, hurts like hell, But he had a coming.

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Speaker 7: And that's it for today's edition of five questions, well

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Speaker 7: actually three questions, but five sounds like more than four.

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Speaker 1: Quick break and then we'll wrap it up.

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Speaker 4: You're listening to Fallness and blakemore in for Common and

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Speaker 4: Moleskey on the fan.

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Speaker 1: Fan to the USA n they'll return the favor.

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00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:09,240
Speaker 4: It's the Deep five expires and TENUSA Trial takes.

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Speaker 1: Out Team Slovakia.

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00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:14,320
Speaker 6: The final score USA six, Slovakia five.

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00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:17,200
Speaker 1: So much fun at the World Juniors.

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Speaker 4: Halvey and Mark Parrish on the call yesterday last night

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Speaker 4: at Grand Casino Arena.

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00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:24,880
Speaker 1: We got the call here on the radio side.

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00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:28,240
Speaker 4: On the television side, NHL Network doing a great job.

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00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:31,120
Speaker 4: And the guy that's on the sidelines is John Morossi

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Speaker 4: joins us now I assume in Saint Paul, John, Kevin

646
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Speaker 4: Fallness here, Thanks for joining us here in the Twin Cities.

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Speaker 6: Kevin, I am thrilled to be here. Thanks for the

648
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Speaker 6: invitation to be on the show. I love this tournament

649
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Speaker 6: and St. Paul Minneapolis both perfect host so it's been

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Speaker 6: a great way to spend the holiday season.

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Speaker 4: I was going to say, you guys are covering Team

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Speaker 4: USA much like we are on the radio side of things.

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Speaker 1: How much funn are you having.

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Speaker 4: I don't think they've played a perfect game as of yet,

655
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Speaker 4: but here they are three and oh going into the

656
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Speaker 4: final game of the round robin.

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Speaker 6: Well, Kevin, that's the fun of this right. It's it's

658
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Speaker 6: not perfect hockey, and that's why we love it. The

659
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Speaker 6: last game they played against Slovakia, they're down to nothing

660
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Speaker 6: after a pretty poor first period by their standards, and

661
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Speaker 6: they come back to win six to five. That's why

662
00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:20,920
Speaker 6: this tournament is so much fun. It never disappoints. There

663
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Speaker 6: are wild games, there are unexpected outcomes, stars that he

664
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Speaker 6: didn't expect that you were going to see that then

665
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Speaker 6: become household names the US. As a young defenseman Chase

666
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Speaker 6: read it by the way of celebrating his birthday today,

667
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Speaker 6: who is now eighteen years old. But he was in

668
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Speaker 6: the North American Hockey League at the beginning of last

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Speaker 6: year and then he found his way of the OHL

670
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Speaker 6: and now he's the start for Team USA. It's not

671
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Speaker 6: supposed to be perfect for it to be entertaining. It's

672
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Speaker 6: I think to the general sports Ben Kevin, I would

673
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Speaker 6: compare it to why we love March Madness so much.

674
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Speaker 6: It's that unpredictability and and this is hockey's version of it,

675
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Speaker 6: and it is truly one of my favorite sporting events

676
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Speaker 6: every year.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, no doubt.

678
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Speaker 4: And to have it in our backyard here in the

679
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Speaker 4: State of Hockey, we are extremely proud of the show

680
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Speaker 4: they're putting on there, not only on the U of

681
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Speaker 4: M campus, but they're in Saint Paul at Grand Casino Arena.

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Speaker 4: Through three games thus far, what does impress you most

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Speaker 4: about Team USA.

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Speaker 6: I think that the resiliency has really stood out, and

685
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Speaker 6: you look at the ability Kevin for them, for the

686
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Speaker 6: Americans to find different ways to win despite some key

687
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Speaker 6: personnel not being available. You think about from the beginning

688
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Speaker 6: of camp, They've lost Trevor Connelly, was supposed to be

689
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Speaker 6: one of their top power play wings. They've lost now

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Speaker 6: Cole Hudson with a very scary injury in their second game,

691
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Speaker 6: and then Max plant from Hermantown was injured there in

692
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Speaker 6: Game three. So it's been the ability to withstand some

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Speaker 6: adversity they've now had in three games. They've had Caleb

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Speaker 6: Hyle start twice, Nick Kemp start once. There were some

695
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Speaker 6: questions about how the goaltending would go, and I think

696
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Speaker 6: it's been at least solid yes, there were plenty of

697
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Speaker 6: goals given up in the last game, but I think

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Speaker 6: they had a lot more to do with some defensive

699
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Speaker 6: lapses than it did any sort of shortcomings on Caleb's side.

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Speaker 6: So I think it's been it's been that it's been

701
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Speaker 6: so much fun to watch will Zellers, of course, a

702
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Speaker 6: local guy here from the Twin Cities, and to see

703
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Speaker 6: what he's done, of course, three game winning goals. He

704
00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:19,360
Speaker 6: was not someone that we expected to be a key

705
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Speaker 6: player necessarily on this team. In fact, he was the

706
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Speaker 6: last forward invited to camp where he was back in

707
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Speaker 6: Grand Forks, not really expecting an invitation necessarily after the fact,

708
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Speaker 6: and then he got the call and he's come in

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Speaker 6: and all of a sudden he's become the US's most

710
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Speaker 6: reliable goal scorer. So that's what I love about this tournament.

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Speaker 6: You don't know who the stars are going to be.

712
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:41,960
Speaker 6: You have to let the stars and the games tell

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Speaker 6: you what the stories are. And I think it's all

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Speaker 6: leading up to a phenomenal New Year's Eve. It's always

715
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Speaker 6: as part of this tradition, Kevin, with the tournament. As

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Speaker 6: you know, well, New Year's Eve is always it's always

717
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Speaker 6: the culmination of the preliminary round. Almost always the US

718
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Speaker 6: and Canada are playing massive games, sometimes against each other

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Speaker 6: when they're when they're in the same group. But tonight,

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Speaker 6: of course, or tomorrow rather it'll be the US and

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Speaker 6: Sweden and Canada with Finland. So this is exactly in

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Speaker 6: a lot of ways how we expected sort of the

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Speaker 6: macro results to play out, but how we've gotten here

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Speaker 6: and the stories and the people that have emerged. Adam

725
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Speaker 6: Kleeber for UMD has been fantastic. He's that having to

726
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Speaker 6: play on his off side following the injury to Cole Hudson.

727
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Speaker 6: So I think some really really important names that have

728
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Speaker 6: represented the US very very well.

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Speaker 4: Give me a preview of tomorrow night, then the culmination

730
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Speaker 4: of the round robin tournament portion of this tournament, as

731
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Speaker 4: the Americans going up against Sweden, both teams three and zero,

732
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Speaker 4: both teams far from perfect thus far. But again, like

733
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Speaker 4: you said, that's the fun of this tournament.

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Speaker 1: What should we expect in the final game, Well.

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Speaker 6: A few things. First of all, I'll say this, if

736
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Speaker 6: you are in the Twin Cities and if you love

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Speaker 6: hockey and you have been waiting for the moment to

738
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Speaker 6: really dive into this tournament. Tomorrow is the time Okay,

739
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Speaker 6: five o'clock local time at Grand Casino. The US and

740
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Speaker 6: Sweden one of the great rivalries, especially in this tournament.

741
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Speaker 6: The US actually they won.

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Speaker 9: Gold in Sweden against Sweden and a raucous atmosphere in

743
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Speaker 9: Gothenberg two years ago, and the Swedes obviously is a

744
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Speaker 9: different group of players, but they remember this and they.

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Speaker 6: They want to get their revenge and tomorrow night is

746
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Speaker 6: part of their opportunity to do so. Some very highly

747
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Speaker 6: regarded prospects on the Swedish side, Antion Froundell, a top

748
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Speaker 6: prospect with the Chicago Blackhawks. Jack Bergland, their captain, has

749
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Speaker 6: I've been very impressed by him. There's been some buzz

750
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Speaker 6: around Evar Senberg. He might be the number one overall

751
00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:35,239
Speaker 6: pick in the draft this year. Alphonse Pry who has

752
00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:37,759
Speaker 6: been really good for them on the defensive side of things.

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Speaker 6: For Team Swedes, so that they've got plenty of talent,

754
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Speaker 6: I think talent for talent. This is a pick him game.

755
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Speaker 6: It's probably gonna come down to execution, goaltending, special teams.

756
00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:49,200
Speaker 6: The US finally got their their power play rolling there

757
00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:52,920
Speaker 6: in the third game with some clutch scoring. James Hagens,

758
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Speaker 6: who is one of the key players for the US

759
00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:58,440
Speaker 6: top rated prospect of the Boston Bruins. He has gotten

760
00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:01,279
Speaker 6: going now, so all the personality is all coming together.

761
00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:03,680
Speaker 6: And of course Bob Bosco a great coach for this team,

762
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Speaker 6: the coach at the U as well. So pick your storylines, Kevin. There,

763
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Speaker 6: They're all there, and I would highly encourage anybody that

764
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Speaker 6: hasn't had a chance to go to a game yet.

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Speaker 6: New Year's Eve with us at the rink is a

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00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:15,160
Speaker 6: great plan.

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Speaker 4: Tickets are available World Juniors m N two six dot com.

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Speaker 1: That's on the ice.

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Speaker 4: Off the ice, you guys are painting a wonderful picture

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Speaker 4: as well.

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Speaker 1: How'd you like your trip to HERMANTOWNE all loved it and.

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Speaker 6: Thank you for asking about that. I loved it. So

773
00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:32,400
Speaker 6: we landed, as you know, camp was in Duluth, and

774
00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:34,920
Speaker 6: so we got there. We had a long day of interviews,

775
00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:36,719
Speaker 6: which is really one of my favorite days of the

776
00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:38,440
Speaker 6: whole year, where you get to sit down with the

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Speaker 6: members of the Team USA for about six hours. So

778
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Speaker 6: we get to the loose and literally the first place

779
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Speaker 6: I went with the Hermittown I three and I got

780
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Speaker 6: my rental car and drove right there. There are high

781
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:50,920
Speaker 6: school games going on and youth hockey games. You got

782
00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:52,879
Speaker 6: a chance to sit down with with Christy Plant. There's

783
00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:56,080
Speaker 6: such a wonderful person. Max's mom. Of course Derek Plant.

784
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Speaker 6: Everybody in Minnesota hockey knows Derek and what he's been

785
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Speaker 6: able to to. You've coming from Cloque and Christie from

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Speaker 6: East Toulouse. So just to understand the culture of hockey

787
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Speaker 6: and Hermantown, and you know, I'm from Michigan. Where where

788
00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:11,319
Speaker 6: to be honest, I wish we had a system of

789
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Speaker 6: hockey in our state like you do here in Minnesota.

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Speaker 6: It's special here, It's it's unlike anywhere else. And when

791
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Speaker 6: you see a small town in a community like Hermantown,

792
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Speaker 6: where where really hockey is at the core of the

793
00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:26,719
Speaker 6: of the social existence and the community and the relationships

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Speaker 6: that you have. And I love driving up to the

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Speaker 6: rink and seeing kids walking from elementary school with their

796
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:34,960
Speaker 6: with their hockey bags over their shoulders, just going right

797
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Speaker 6: to the rink and they'll go to the outdoor rink

798
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Speaker 6: and then they'll go to the indoor rink. That's perfect

799
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Speaker 6: for me. And so just to experience them and be

800
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Speaker 6: able to share the story. And of course, as you know,

801
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Speaker 6: Victor plant is still still on his way through. He's

802
00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:48,840
Speaker 6: gonna be at UMD next year. He's at the USA

803
00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:51,840
Speaker 6: Hockey National team development program right now in Michigan. So

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Speaker 6: just a great family them is over there playing for

805
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Speaker 6: the US Collegiate Selects there in the Spangular Cups. Just

806
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Speaker 6: a phenomenal family and it was all honor to be

807
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Speaker 6: there and help tell their stories.

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Speaker 1: Awesome stuff, John, enjoy the ride. We'll see if the

809
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:06,040
Speaker 1: ring tomorrow sounds great to.

810
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Speaker 6: Look it forward to it and anytime I can help,

811
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Speaker 6: please let me know. But if it's been an absolute

812
00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:11,160
Speaker 6: pleasure to be here in Minnesota.

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Speaker 4: Awesome dude. John Morosi, sideline reporter for NHL Network. They've

814
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Speaker 4: got the call on TV Halve and myself will be

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Speaker 4: on the call tomorrow after the While take on the

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Speaker 4: San Jose Sharks. We started the show ill prepared because

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Speaker 4: if Mileski was here, he would have had an awesome montage.

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Speaker 1: They would have saluted the Minnesota while.

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Speaker 4: Through forty games this season, So if you missed it,

820
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Speaker 4: we went on the little website and we created an

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Speaker 4: AI version of what we thought the montage should look like.

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Speaker 4: We wanted it to have an ode to comment. It

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Speaker 4: should be emotional, it should have wild highlights. I don't

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Speaker 4: know how this AI thing works, but they were able

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Speaker 4: to put this thing together and it was emotional. So

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Speaker 4: let's relive it again as we put a rap on

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Speaker 4: the show blast. I can't believe we put that together

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Speaker 4: on the fly. Technology is great. I don't want Brandon

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Speaker 4: Moleski or Justin Guard to ever find out about this

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Speaker 4: stuff because it makes the job too easy.

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Speaker 1: Technology is wink so easy.

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Speaker 4: Unbelievable, good stuff, Brett outstanding. I look here to seeing

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Speaker 4: you Saturday on Beyond the Pond, where we will try

834
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Speaker 4: and stay out.

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Speaker 2: Of the way of Pat Nicoletty, but hope at least

836
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Speaker 2: one breakaway.

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Speaker 4: Yea, we'll do our best. See tend to noon on Saturday.

838
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Speaker 4: That's Beyond the Pond. We've got an extended pregame tomorrow

839
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Speaker 4: leading in to the Wild and Sharks.

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Speaker 1: We'll start that.

841
00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:25,600
Speaker 4: Thing off at two o'clock puck drops just after three,

842
00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:28,080
Speaker 4: and then of course hel be on the call with

843
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Speaker 4: the World Juniors up next, though Justin Guard home.

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Speaker 1: Buckle up there, Gopher fans, He's next. I'm ki if

845
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Speaker 2: I listen back to any of common Man's programs by

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Speaker 2: podcasting on the iHeartRadio act or KFA dot com