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PREGAME: Kraken vs Flames (10/1) · Seattle Kraken Audio Network

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  Speaker 1: In the blink of an eye training camp has come
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  Speaker 1: and gone and the Seattle Kraken are ready to embark
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  Speaker 1: on their sixth season in the National Hockey League. Last
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  Speaker 1: year left a bitter taste in the mouths of everyone
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  Speaker 1: in the organization and the offseason was met with self-reflection,
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  Speaker 1: some reconciliation and an increased desire to get back to
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  Speaker 1: where they were for the bulk of the 25-26 campaign.
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  Speaker 1: competing for a spot in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Tonight,
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  Speaker 1: for the first time in team history, the Kraken kick
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  Speaker 1: off an 84-game schedule in Calgary against the Flames on
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  Speaker 1: what will be a historic and emotional night in Cowtown,
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  Speaker 1: night for the Scotiabank Saddledome. Good evening, everybody. Welcome back
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  Speaker 1: year six for the Kraken. I know last year did
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  Speaker 1: not end the way. that a lot of folks wanted.
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  Speaker 1: But coming into the offseason, everyone knew where they went wrong,
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  Speaker 1: what went wrong last year. And during camp, you could
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  Speaker 1: see that hunger and that desire for this team to
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  Speaker 1: right a lot of those wrongs that we saw at
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  Speaker 1: the end of last year.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, as we talked to players and coaches as well
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  Speaker 6: through camp and through the preseason, you got to sense
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  Speaker 6: that there was a bit of the chip on the
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  Speaker 6: shoulder mentality that they left something on the table after
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  Speaker 6: the Olympic break. So this team really knows what they
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  Speaker 6: need to do, how they need to play to get
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  Speaker 6: into a playoff position. Now they just got to finish
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  Speaker 6: that job through the break this year. So I think
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  Speaker 6: they're coming into game one with that mentality.
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  Speaker 1: The Kraken were battling for a playoff spot all season long.
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  Speaker 1: They were not officially eliminated. from the playoffs until after
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  Speaker 1: game 78 last season. So going into game 79, the
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  Speaker 1: Seattle Kraken were still in that playoff spot, but it
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  Speaker 1: was a rough end the last year. They were 5-15-2
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  Speaker 1: over their last 22 games. Definitely something they can't afford
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  Speaker 1: to have happen. But you move into a new season,
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  Speaker 1: you've got some new captains, a couple of new faces
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  Speaker 1: in Mackie Samuskevich. He unfortunately will start the season on
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  Speaker 1: the IR. He is on the trip, so maybe we'll
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  Speaker 1: see him Saturday in Edmonton. But A number of players
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  Speaker 1: who are still here, the Jared McCanns, the Jordan Eberlees,
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  Speaker 1: the Matty Beneers, they understand that a lot is going
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  Speaker 1: to be put on their shoulders offensively this year.
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  Speaker 6: Well, one of those guys that I mentioned about having
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  Speaker 6: that chip on their shoulder is Matty Beneers. You could
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  Speaker 6: hear it in some of his conversations today. You know,
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  Speaker 6: they know there's a job that didn't get finished last year,
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  Speaker 6: but you're right. This team is stacked with a lot
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  Speaker 6: of the same names you saw get that team there
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  Speaker 6: to the Olympic break last year, including on the blue line.
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  Speaker 6: Dunn and Larson playing together again. Evans and Montour playing
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  Speaker 6: together again. Both offensively-minded defensemen as your second pair. I'm
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  Speaker 6: excited to see how those two go together.
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  Speaker 1: Also going to get our first look at Big Curtis. Douglas, 6'9,
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  Speaker 1: on the fourth line here tonight. Across the red line
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  Speaker 1: tonight is going to be an emotional night here. as
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  Speaker 1: every seat inside the Scotiabank Saddledome clad in red. It
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  Speaker 1: is the final home opener after 43, now going into
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  Speaker 1: 44 seasons. The Calgary Flames will move across the street
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  Speaker 1: to a brand new Scotiabank place just about 150 feet
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  Speaker 1: away across the street. But this is a Flames team.
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  Speaker 1: Expectations internally are high for this team, just like they
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  Speaker 1: are across the league. I think for them, it's going
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  Speaker 1: to be a rebuilding year for Calgary. But still, they
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  Speaker 1: can't afford to be taken lightly here tonight.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, we saw them a lot in preseason. It seems
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  Speaker 6: odd that we're already back here again. But that's just
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  Speaker 6: the way the schedule rolls out. But this top line
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  Speaker 6: of Gritton, Frost, and Coronado, they're very deadly out there.
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  Speaker 6: They've got the youngster on the defense, Zane Parekh. that,
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  Speaker 6: you know, is up and coming. And as we saw
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  Speaker 6: through those preseason games, a lot of good talent in
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  Speaker 6: their pipeline.
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  Speaker 1: Kraken will play this team four times between now and
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  Speaker 1: the 4th of November, and then that will be it
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  Speaker 1: unless these two teams find a way to meet in April.
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  Speaker 11: Welcome to game one of 84. Your wait is finally over.
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  Speaker 11: Packing already here in Seattle as the Kraken gets set
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  Speaker 11: to rebound from a season last year that had 34 wins.
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  Speaker 11: Point total at 79, but finished out of the playoff picture. 15, 20,
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  Speaker 11: and 6 was their road record. And they're facing a
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  Speaker 11: Calgary team in their last season inside the Saddle Dome
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  Speaker 11: where they were very good last year at 23, 13,
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  Speaker 11: and 5. on home ice, but the Flames had a
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  Speaker 11: rough year. 13 points out of the playoff picture at 34, 39,
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  Speaker 11: and 9. Point total at 77. This game beginning a
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  Speaker 11: two-game road swing on the crack inside where? They will
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  Speaker 11: end Sunday with three games in four days with their
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  Speaker 11: home opener. Off we go. The Kraken preseason didn't end
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  Speaker 11: too badly as far as overall terms at 3-1. They
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  Speaker 11: swept the table and ran it against Calgary, finishing also
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  Speaker 11: 1-1 against Vancouver. But part of the conversation was, does
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  Speaker 11: the Needlemore go toward calm or concern? The Kraken certainly
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  Speaker 11: were winners in much of their games, but also two
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  Speaker 11: games they played there with players largely now in the
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  Speaker 11: American Hockey League and Last two games with an NHL roster,
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  Speaker 11: the Kraken led that only for a combined total of
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  Speaker 11: 33 minutes. and seven seconds. But as they say, it
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  Speaker 11: is preseason after all, and the Kraken show plenty of
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  Speaker 11: promise in several areas. Number one, the power play. Five
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  Speaker 11: of 13 that far and away led the NHL for
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  Speaker 11: preseason tune-ups. Brandon Montour looking pretty good out of the
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  Speaker 11: gate so far. Three points in the preseason tie for
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  Speaker 11: first on the Kraken with. Matty Beneers also had three
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  Speaker 11: points in preseason play. Bobby McMahon, welcome back. Two goals
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  Speaker 11: in his first two games plus. The goaltending duo, the
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  Speaker 11: Kraken had to rely on them to be successful. Joey
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  Speaker 11: Decord and Phillip Grubauer finishing with a combined 9-1-5 save percentage.
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  Speaker 11: If preseason tells us anything, they certainly look ready. On
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  Speaker 11: top of that, there was a toughness factor that we
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  Speaker 11: also saw develop. Two games against Calgary at some points
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  Speaker 11: turned ugly. The second matchup back here in Seattle had
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  Speaker 11: a load of penalties plus four fighting majors, including a
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  Speaker 11: fine after the game to defenseman Vili Adavainen for an
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  Speaker 11: altercation with Brennan Othman. But yet you figure the team
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  Speaker 11: passed a major toughness test in sticking up for each other,
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  Speaker 11: so here we are with that a part of the story.
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  Speaker 11: The roster is shaping up here for opening night with
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  Speaker 11: 15 forwards, two of them on IR, Mackie Samaskevich and
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  Speaker 11: Jake O'Brien, but you put Bobby McMahon here into the
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  Speaker 11: fold of his contract extension. Mackie Samaskevich also via trade.
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  Speaker 11: He won't play this evening as he is still nursing
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  Speaker 11: an ailment for an upper body injury, but yet the
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  Speaker 11: crack infusing potentially some offense that can help their totality
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  Speaker 11: up front. Defensemen-wise, they have eight going here for this season,
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  Speaker 11: including Audubon to begin this year. He will not play
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  Speaker 11: in this evening's game, but also the goaltenders, no surprise
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  Speaker 11: in Joey Decord and Phillip Grubauer helping spell a mostly
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  Speaker 11: healthy group coming out of the preseason. That's what they
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  Speaker 11: could essentially ask for where they're building on team core
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  Speaker 11: values of speed, relentlessness, grit, and also a balanced set
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  Speaker 11: of four lines. The big question with that is who
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  Speaker 11: takes the reins here as top scorer and who takes
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  Speaker 11: the next step as a young player? Can Matty Beneers
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  Speaker 11: maybe get to 20 or 25 or 30 goals? Can
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  Speaker 11: Berkley Catton hit 20 goals as well? Can Mackie Samaskevich
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  Speaker 11: reach new heights here in his first season with the
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  Speaker 11: Kraken once he's able to come out of the mothballs?
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  Speaker 11: And perhaps can Shane Wright also find a rebound season
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  Speaker 11: after what was an offseason spent? a ton within the
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  Speaker 11: news cycle. That leads us here to our first matchup
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  Speaker 11: of four for the Kraken and the Flames. The Kraken
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  Speaker 11: going to face Calgary twice, matter of fact, here in
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  Speaker 11: the next four days, which also includes a home opener
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  Speaker 11: right back across the street from us. That will be
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  Speaker 11: Sunday at 5 p.m. at Climate Pledge Arena. Certainly mark
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  Speaker 11: your calendars for that. But the funny part here for
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  Speaker 11: the schedule, All four matchups will be done by November 4th,
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  Speaker 11: so these two teams will be seeing plenty of each other.
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  Speaker 11: The Kraken 7-9-2, all-time mark against Calgary. Last season won
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  Speaker 11: two out of three, and this evening, one of two
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  Speaker 11: times left. They'll see the Saddledome, and it will be
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  Speaker 11: gone after this season, where, as Everett mentioned, the Flames
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  Speaker 11: moving across the street to the brand-new Scotia Place opening night.
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  Speaker 11: this next year. Cracking story lines here to begin the season.
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  Speaker 11: First off, start with Matty Beneers making his NHL debut
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  Speaker 11: in that building in Calgary back on April 12th of 2022.
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  Speaker 11: And the question bears, can he take the next step
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  Speaker 11: this season? Last year, 50-point campaign. That was this most
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  Speaker 11: since this Calder Trophy season back in 2022-23. And tonight,
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  Speaker 11: he'll be a part of their top line. at the
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  Speaker 11: 1C spot in between Jared McCann and Kapo Kako. Preseason-wise,
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  Speaker 11: before Mackie Samuskevich got hurt, he was on that line,
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  Speaker 11: but after he got hurt, Kako moved up, so we'll
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  Speaker 11: see how long. This line stays intact until Samuskevich is
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  Speaker 11: all set to come back. Secondly, can this finally be
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  Speaker 11: the right kind of an open and shut case on
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  Speaker 11: the road? The Kraken searching for their first win ever
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  Speaker 11: in a season opening game for a road environment. Last year,
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  Speaker 11: they won their season opener. That was on home ice, though.
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  Speaker 11: They beat Anaheim 3-1. And the last time doing this
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  Speaker 11: on the road, they lost in Vegas. 2023-24 was that campaign,
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  Speaker 11: losing 4-1. All time right now, their road record to
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  Speaker 11: begin the season, 0-2-1. Our third and final storyline, could
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  Speaker 11: there be fireworks here in this game? This stems from
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  Speaker 11: the two preseason games, the Kraken and Flamesaw, where it
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  Speaker 11: got emotional, it got physical, it got nasty. Maybe a
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  Speaker 11: breadcrumb here for this. The fourth line will feature Curtis Douglas,
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  Speaker 11: a 6'9 enforcer, and Jacob Alonso as well. Those two
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  Speaker 11: playing on the wings. with Freddie Gaudreau, and the last
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  Speaker 11: time that Douglas suited up, that was in the preseason
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  Speaker 11: against the Flames. He was involved in the scrum at
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  Speaker 11: 7.22 of the second period, where he was given a
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  Speaker 11: roughing penalty and also a game misconduct. And for you
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  Speaker 11: to take note, Calgary suiting up, a name familiar here
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  Speaker 11: to these parts, and Martin Pospisil, he will get fourth-line
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  Speaker 11: duty here in this contest. Let's hear more from the Kraken,
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  Speaker 11: and Captain Jordan Eberle right here, who admitted the team's
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  Speaker 11: got a chip on their shoulder. after what happened last season.
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  Speaker 12: You know, guys are having fun here. I think they
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  Speaker 12: enjoy playing for one another. That's an important piece. Having
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  Speaker 12: everyone connected and, you know, just the compete that we've had, too.
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  Speaker 12: Those are some common words that we've used in this
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  Speaker 12: restroom for a while this year. And, you know, it
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  Speaker 12: just feels like a good energy. I think the guys
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  Speaker 12: want to prove people wrong. The way that the season
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  Speaker 12: finished last year, I think it left a bad taste
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  Speaker 12: in everyone's mouth. And, you know, I can just feel
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  Speaker 12: the anxiousness and the excitement and, you know, you know,
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  Speaker 12: the raring to go. And I think that's all, those
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  Speaker 12: are all positive things to have in the season. We
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  Speaker 12: have a plan and, you know, if there's going to
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  Speaker 12: be highs, there's going to be lows throughout the season.
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  Speaker 12: I think that's pretty common. I've played quite a few
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  Speaker 12: years and that's always a perfect season. So, you know,
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  Speaker 12: we just got to ride with each other and, you know,
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  Speaker 12: stick together.
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  Speaker 11: As Matty Beneers got set for opening day, he outlined
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  Speaker 11: the goal in clear terms here for the Kraken this season.
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  Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean, it's super important to be in the
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  Speaker 9: hunt the whole year and give yourself a chance to
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  Speaker 9: make the playoffs. the most fun hockey I've ever played
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  Speaker 9: was in playoffs. So I know I want to get
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  Speaker 9: back there. I know every guy in here does. And
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  Speaker 9: I think the young guys got a taste of what
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  Speaker 9: it's like to not make it last year. So now
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  Speaker 9: they know how that feels and how we want to
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  Speaker 9: change that.
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  Speaker 11: Riker Evans is a storyline here for this one because
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  Speaker 11: he grew up in Calgary, matter of fact, skated as
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  Speaker 11: a youth hockey player.
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  Speaker 6: In the Saddledome.
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  Speaker 11: And he said the memories in that building will last
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  Speaker 11: forever and being a part of the Saddledome.
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  Speaker 6: Pretty cool.
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  Speaker 11: Growing up, this is the only barn you really know of.
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  Speaker 12: And then coming out and skating as a kid and
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  Speaker 12: the intermissions and stuff, I mean, it's pretty cool to
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  Speaker 12: be the last home opener in this barn.
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  Speaker 11: It'll certainly be an emotional one for him. And earlier
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  Speaker 11: this week on Kraken Weekly, we had a season preview
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  Speaker 11: for a team that is certainly young but with a
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  Speaker 11: ton of ambition. So how did preseason set the tone?
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  Speaker 11: Here's our chat with Kraken GM Jason Botterill.
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  Speaker 13: You know, it's been a very quick training camp with
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  Speaker 13: it being shorter here. with only four games this year.
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  Speaker 13: I think we've loved the mentality of our players. So
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  Speaker 13: many of them came back to Pacific Northwest early, getting
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  Speaker 13: situated here, working with our strength and conditioning staff. And
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  Speaker 13: I think Lane has mentioned it in some of his media.
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  Speaker 13: I think he's been really impressed with the compete level
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  Speaker 13: and battle level we've had in practice throughout the training camp.
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  Speaker 13: But we all want to play games. We want to
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  Speaker 13: be a part of it. So excited to get things going.
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  Speaker 11: You mentioned culture as a word at the end of
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  Speaker 11: last year, which has got a lot of meaning. So
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  Speaker 11: What does it look like here for the veterans in
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  Speaker 13: Well, I think Lane has touched on it, right? It's
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  Speaker 13: He's very competitive. He's open to different ideas. But when
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  Speaker 13: what we're excited about the group is in our conversations
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  Speaker 13: improving that group there. They've been open to trying to improve.
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  Speaker 13: They try to improve their game on the ice. They
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  Speaker 13: I think, put a lot of things in place through
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  Speaker 13: And to our credit, to our players, they utilize those tools.
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  Speaker 13: And they've come back stronger wanting to make sure that
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  Speaker 13: they learn from the mistakes from last year, the disappointment
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  Speaker 13: of last year, and come and improve our organization, improve
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  Speaker 13: our team. And the fact that, like I touched on,
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  Speaker 13: we had some young players in Seattle at the start
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  Speaker 13: of August, late August, coming in there. And with the
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  Speaker 13: their dedication to the organization.
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  Speaker 11: SGM Jason Botterill, more of that chat, by the way,
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  Speaker 5: I think it's something that's going to be, um, talked about,
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  Speaker 5: And I think that's a great thing. I mean, this
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  Speaker 11: It will be their 44th and final season inside the
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  Speaker 11: Dome for a largely young group, many predicting could be
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  Speaker 11: a lottery team. Last year, worst offense in the NHL,
• 21:56
  Speaker 11: 2.5 goals per game, tied for 21st defensively at 3.12.
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  Speaker 11: This will also open up, by the way, three games in,
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  Speaker 11: roster at age 37. By the way, man, his NHL
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  Speaker 11: Matt Vaigreden and Zane Parekh, who are age two when
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  Speaker 11: first on number one, the debut of Jacob Middleton. He
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  Speaker 11: 22 goals, career high for him at age 27. By
• 22:52
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  Speaker 1: We're back here in Calgary. Game one of 84, partner.
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  Speaker 1: First time in 30 years the National Hockey League will
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  Speaker 1: be moving to an 84 game schedule uh two extra
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: games in division so two more games that will mean
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: a lot more as a result the nhl took two
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: games off of the preseason so now the kraken played
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: four games in the preseason they'll play 84 in the
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  Speaker 1: regular season same overall amount of games but just two
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: more that matter this is the final home opener in
• 26:10
  Speaker 1: the history of the Saddle Dome here in Seattle, built
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  Speaker 1: back in, or Calgary, rather, built back in 1983. One
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  Speaker 1: of my favorite buildings. It's such a classic old building,
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: and I love it so much. It's going to be
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: sad not to play here after this year. But the
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: Kraken are hoping to send the Flames home sad. They
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: want to douse the Flames, partner. How can they get
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: it done in game one of year six?
• 26:34
  Speaker 6: Well, the first key of the game in game one is...
• 26:38
  Speaker 6: It is game one, not game 84, not a three-day
• 26:41
  Speaker 6: all-you-can-eat Golden Corral buffet. The Kraken need to bring the
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  Speaker 6: same energy, urgency, and attention to detail from the opening
• 26:47
  Speaker 6: puck drop to the final horn. No disappearing acts, no
• 26:51
  Speaker 6: defensive brain cramps, and absolutely no taking a vacation in
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  Speaker 6: the middle of a shift. Consistency is the difference between
• 26:58
  Speaker 6: being on an aired-out, trimmed-up hydroplane on Lake Washington and
• 27:02
  Speaker 6: a derelict ghost ship lost at sea. Secondly, battle every shift.
• 27:08
  Speaker 6: Welcome to Cowtown, where the Flames would love nothing more
• 27:10
  Speaker 6: than to turn this stampede and make the Kraken ride
• 27:13
  Speaker 6: the proverbial bull for 60 minutes. Seattle needs to win
• 27:16
  Speaker 6: the puck battles, finish checks, and make every inch of
• 27:19
  Speaker 6: ice feel like a hostile takeover. Nobody gets a free pass,
• 27:23
  Speaker 6: nobody gets a participation trophy, and nobody should be lost
• 27:26
  Speaker 6: in the shuffle. If Calgary wants a street fight, the
• 27:29
  Speaker 6: Kraken better bring their nunchucks. Third, play your game. The
• 27:35
  Speaker 6: Flames will undoubtedly try to light a fire under Seattle,
• 27:37
  Speaker 6: but the Kraken can't afford to get burned chasing somebody
• 27:40
  Speaker 6: else's game plan. Move the puck, skate with purpose, and
• 27:43
  Speaker 6: get traffic in front of Dustin Wolfe and make him
• 27:45
  Speaker 6: earn every penny of his paycheck. Don't turn this into
• 27:48
  Speaker 6: a track meet, a demolition derby, or an impromptu game
• 27:51
  Speaker 6: of pinball. Stick to the blueprint. Dictate the pace and
• 27:54
  Speaker 6: make the Flames play 60 minutes of Kraken hockey instead
• 27:57
  Speaker 6: of a Calgary highlight reel.
• 27:59
  Speaker 4: So in sum.
• 28:00
  Speaker 6: The Kraken are here for the final home opener in
• 28:02
  Speaker 6: the Saddle Dome, and it's time to see if they
• 28:04
  Speaker 6: brought their hockey sticks or their selfie sticks. Consistency, relentless battles,
• 28:09
  Speaker 6: and sticking to their identity are the ingredients for keeping
• 28:11
  Speaker 6: the Flames from turning opening night into a Calgary barbecue.
• 28:15
  Speaker 6: Bring the heat, but don't get cooked. Play 60 minutes
• 28:18
  Speaker 6: of Kraken hockey, or Calgary could send Seattle home looking
• 28:21
  Speaker 6: like they just got bucked off the saddle.
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: What's your record on the Bull?
• 28:26
  Speaker 11: You know what?
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: I know you've done it.
• 28:28
  Speaker 6: I'm kind of embarrassed to say that I haven't.
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: Come on. You've never ridden a bull.
• 28:33
  Speaker 6: There's no bull in Coquitlam. There's no bull in Seattle. Well,
• 28:37
  Speaker 6: if there is, I don't know where there is. We've
• 28:39
  Speaker 6: got to get out to a bull here in Calgary
• 28:41
  Speaker 6: one of these times.
• 28:41
  Speaker 1: We've got to find a bull. So these two teams,
• 28:43
  Speaker 1: Kraken and Seattle, they had some good battles in preseason,
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: albeit preseason. A couple of games in which Sam Iskevich
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: got injured in one of them, and you saw the
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: team toughness. We talked a lot about that. During preseason,
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  Speaker 1: that team toughness. Do you expect any of the rough
• 28:57
  Speaker 1: stuff to carry over here from preseason? Or is it
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: just that? Hey, it was preseason. There was a bunch
• 29:03
  Speaker 1: of guys who were trying to make the rosters. But
• 29:06
  Speaker 1: now we can't afford to go out there and potentially
• 29:09
  Speaker 1: give up two points.
• 29:09
  Speaker 6: Well, listen, some of those guys involved in those games
• 29:12
  Speaker 6: are on the bench tonight on both teams. Most are not.
• 29:15
  Speaker 6: But I guarantee you they all saw it.
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  Speaker 17: Yeah.
• 29:17
  Speaker 6: They all saw it, and they've all been in games
• 29:19
  Speaker 6: in the past where there's been a little extracurricular activity.
• 29:22
  Speaker 6: So I think it does feed into the game a
• 29:25
  Speaker 6: little bit. I don't think it gets quite as out
• 29:27
  Speaker 6: of hand as the preseason game goes because this game matters.
• 29:30
  Speaker 6: This game is for two points, and you don't want
• 29:32
  Speaker 6: to put your team down in a penalty kill situation
• 29:35
  Speaker 6: just because you got into something you shouldn't have.
• 29:37
  Speaker 1: Mike talked a little bit about it earlier in the
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• 29:42
  Speaker 1: responsibility that the Matty Beneers, the Jordan Eberlees, the Jared McCanns,
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  Speaker 1: those guys have to take on this season. And when
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: you don't have maybe as robust of an offseason as
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: maybe folks would have liked, You need to look internally.
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: What do you expect? What are you expecting out of
• 29:58
  Speaker 1: those leaders, both with letters on their jersey, literal leaders,
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: but also for them to perform in the offense as
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• 30:05
  Speaker 6: Well, I think it's about setting the pace and setting
• 30:07
  Speaker 6: the pace is something that you can do individually, but
• 30:10
  Speaker 6: only so much. You've got to encourage others to join
• 30:13
  Speaker 6: you in setting that pace. And that's part of that
• 30:15
  Speaker 6: leadership mentality. It's got to happen on the offensive side
• 30:18
  Speaker 6: of the ice as well as the defensive side. So
• 30:20
  Speaker 6: that's why you have guys with letters on their jerseys
• 30:22
  Speaker 6: on both sides. You've got to lead that charge offensively.
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  Speaker 6: You've got to lead that charge in the dressing room.
• 30:27
  Speaker 6: You've got to lead that charge if you go down
• 30:29
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• 30:32
  Speaker 6: to come out in different ways. You'd like not to
• 30:34
  Speaker 6: necessarily need it by going down, but it's going to happen.
• 30:37
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• 30:39
  Speaker 6: get things turned around.
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: Speaking of.
• 30:41
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• 30:43
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  Speaker 11: back to Calgary we go where Lane Lambert is standing
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  Speaker 11: by with Everett Fitzhugh.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks, Mike. Lane, I know we've talked to you quite
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  Speaker 1: a bit throughout the training camp, but this is our
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  Speaker 1: first official conversation with you. So welcome back. I know
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  Speaker 1: obviously last year didn't end and go the way that
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  Speaker 1: we all wanted it to go, but the summer does
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  Speaker 1: bring some time for rest and reflection. Did you have
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  Speaker 1: a good summer? Were you able to decompress at all?
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  Speaker 1: I know you hockey guys are always on, but did
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  Speaker 1: you at least do something fun this summer?
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  Speaker 20: Well, you know what? We had a long summer, so
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  Speaker 20: it took a while to get over the stink um
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  Speaker 20: you know are you ever fully over it probably not
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  Speaker 20: but at the end of the day we have to
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  Speaker 20: turn the page it's a fresh start and uh you
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  Speaker 20: know summer for me was about you know decompressing spending
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  Speaker 20: time with my wife and kids uh playing a little
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  Speaker 20: golf so uh you know all those boxes.
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  Speaker 1: Were checked after year one here for you for seattle
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  Speaker 1: what did you learn about yourself as a coach and
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  Speaker 1: and and what are those lessons that you took into
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  Speaker 1: the summer and then ultimately here in the training camp.
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  Speaker 20: Ah You know, you do a lot of self-reflection. Of
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  Speaker 20: course you do. You know, and there's certain areas, I guess,
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  Speaker 20: you know, that I look and say, okay, maybe I
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  Speaker 20: could have done this a little bit different. Maybe I
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  Speaker 20: could have done that a little bit different. And there's
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  Speaker 20: a lot of things where you're saying, okay, hey, wouldn't
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  Speaker 20: change a thing, you know. We beat a lot of
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  Speaker 20: teams last year, beat a lot of top teams last year.
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  Speaker 20: We're in the playoffs for a long, long time. And,
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  Speaker 20: you know, we have to have a level of consistency
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  Speaker 20: this year. that goes for a complete 84 games. We
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  Speaker 20: fell off, obviously, at the end, you know, and we're
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  Speaker 20: looking to have that consistency.
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  Speaker 1: It was a short training camp, shorter than I think
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  Speaker 1: a lot of us were used to. What have you
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  Speaker 1: learned about your team in the last two and a
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  Speaker 1: half weeks? We got a good look at the younger players.
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  Speaker 1: Now the vets, the core, the folks that you're used
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  Speaker 1: to seeing night in, night out, are going to have
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  Speaker 1: a chance to start this season. What have you learned
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  Speaker 1: about your team these last couple weeks?
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  Speaker 20: Well, I think that there's a real motivation and a
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  Speaker 20: commitment to getting ready for the season. I thought our guys,
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  Speaker 20: starting with our older players, encouraged everybody to get back early.
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  Speaker 20: A lot of guys were back by pretty much mid-August,
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  Speaker 20: skating together in preparation for this short training camp, and
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  Speaker 20: I think that that stems from the way the season finished,
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  Speaker 20: and how upset everybody was by that. Certainly there isn't
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  Speaker 20: anybody around that is more upset than people inside that
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  Speaker 20: locker room. So I do believe that from our standpoint,
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  Speaker 20: if you look at the outside noise, which you don't
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  Speaker 20: listen to, it appears we have some stuff to prove
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  Speaker 20: to people, and I think our guys are ready for
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  Speaker 20: that challenge.
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  Speaker 1: With the older guys leading the charge of coming back early,
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  Speaker 1: and then you look at your group, the leadership group
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  Speaker 1: that we have coming into the season, what does that
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  Speaker 1: say about the culture of this team?
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  Speaker 20: Well, you know what? It's an ongoing process for sure.
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  Speaker 20: Every team, every year, continues to work on developing a culture,
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  Speaker 20: especially a team that's been in existence for five years.
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  Speaker 20: There's been A decent amount of turnover when you look
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  Speaker 20: at a first-year team and even a second-year team that's
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  Speaker 20: basically made up all the vets. There wasn't any young kids,
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  Speaker 20: there wasn't any real draft prospects at that particular time
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  Speaker 20: because the youth in the organization was non-existent for the
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  Speaker 20: most part in year one and a little bit in
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  Speaker 20: year two. as people are moved out and as people
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  Speaker 20: are moved in and you have signings, you know, free
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  Speaker 20: agent signings and, you know, you've got your Montours and
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  Speaker 20: your Stephensons, guys like that, you know, the dynamic of
• 37:42
  Speaker 20: the team changes and you have to continue to work
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  Speaker 20: on culture and that's what we spend a lot of
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  Speaker 20: time working on this summer as a leadership group and
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  Speaker 20: as a coaching staff.
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  Speaker 1: We all set goals for ourselves individually, collectively going into
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  Speaker 1: the season. For you, what does a successful year look
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  Speaker 1: like for the Kraken?
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  Speaker 20: I want us to be our best. And, you know,
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  Speaker 20: where does that take us? What does that look like?
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  Speaker 20: You know, let's find out. But you certainly can't be
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  Speaker 20: the best until you are your best. And that's what
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  Speaker 20: we're looking to do. We're looking to be consistent and
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  Speaker 20: play our game every night.
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  Speaker 1: What do you need to see from this team tonight
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  Speaker 1: to get year six of Kraken hockey started off on
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  Speaker 1: the right foot?
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  Speaker 20: Well, I think, you know, we're going to continue to
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  Speaker 20: to stress consistency but you know it's it's going to
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  Speaker 20: be a high compete game you know they're a big
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  Speaker 20: team I do believe they're going to come out and
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  Speaker 20: try and be physically overwhelming on us and that can't
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  Speaker 20: happen you know and I think that we we need
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  Speaker 20: to combat that with you know pack mentality and also
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  Speaker 20: use our speed we feel like you know unfortunately Sam
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  Speaker 20: Miskevich isn't in the lineup but we feel like we've
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  Speaker 20: increased our speed a little bit here over the summer
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  Speaker 20: that's going to be a big focus for us as
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  Speaker 20: we move forward is to play fast.
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