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Speaker 1: All right, welcome to Table Talk here at the Philadelphia
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Speaker 1: Sports Table podcast show, the longest running weekly Philly sports
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Speaker 1: years strong, and as we're starting out twenty twenty six
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Speaker 1: here at the PST podcast show, got a great guest.
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Speaker 1: We are going to be diving into the Lee Valley Phantoms,
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Speaker 1: the AHL team of Philadelphia Flyers, and to talk about
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Speaker 1: this farm system and what we've been seeing this year.
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Speaker 1: First time we're diving into the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Got
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Speaker 1: our good friend Madeline Campbell here with us. Madeline, thanks
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Speaker 1: so much for joining us.
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Speaker 2: Thanks for having me.
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Speaker 1: It's great having you. You've been doing some great work
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Speaker 1: over at PHL Y by the way, been really enjoying that. Yes,
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Speaker 1: I am a subscriber, and I actually told our mutual
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Speaker 1: friend Charlie O'Connor when he actually went from the Athletic
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Speaker 1: over to PHL Wie, that's what actually did it for me.
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Speaker 1: I canceled my subscription to the Athletic and I'm like,
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Speaker 1: all right, PHL wise where it's at.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, well, we.
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Speaker 1: Got to get into this Flyers team. Oh. Actually, before
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Speaker 1: we do that, let everybody know where they can find
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Speaker 1: you on the socials out there, and I know you're
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Speaker 1: over at Broadstreet Hockey dot com as well.
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Speaker 2: Right, Yes, I'm I always say that I'm like technically
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Speaker 2: on Twitter, technically on Bluesky, not using them super often. Right,
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Speaker 2: find the meaningful coverage over on Broadstreet Hockey and pha Joe.
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Speaker 1: Why absolutely, that's where the good stuff is that Madeline
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Speaker 1: is putting out there for us. Love reading her articles
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Speaker 1: and her content. So let's dive into this Phantoms team
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Speaker 1: and what we have seen thus far, Madeline, because I
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Speaker 1: love the fact and I think if you are a
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Speaker 1: member of Flyers and Nation and you dive into what
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Speaker 1: the team is, what the farm system is looking like.
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Speaker 1: Right now, the Leo Valley Phantoms are currently fourth in
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Speaker 1: the Eastern Conference at this point, they're third in the
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Speaker 1: Atlantic Division. And it's just been a fun season so
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Speaker 1: far following this team, and although injuries have kind of
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Speaker 1: plagued them as of late, which we're going to be
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Speaker 1: getting into in a bit again, still fun to watch
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Speaker 1: them night after night. So I'm wondering if you had
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Speaker 1: one word to describe this Lehigh Valley Phantoms team during
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Speaker 1: this twenty twenty five twenty twenty six season. What would
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Speaker 1: that one word be and why feel free to be
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Speaker 1: as detailed as you want, my friend, it feels like a.
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Speaker 2: Bit of a cop out to say, but it's developing
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Speaker 2: would be the word for them. Obviously, they have a
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Speaker 2: ton of skill and they've been so fun to watch,
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Speaker 2: but you know, they're still, by and large, a really
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Speaker 2: young team that's figuring out the rhythms of a long
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Speaker 2: AHL season, figuring out how to win at this level.
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Speaker 2: So definitely some highs and lows, but they're working through it,
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Speaker 2: and I think even when they've been struggling a little bit,
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Speaker 2: they've avoided the thing that they've fallen into over the
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Speaker 2: last few seasons, which is looking like the wheels are
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Speaker 2: completely coming off. So I've been really pleased with what
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Speaker 2: we've seen from them so far this season, and they've
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Speaker 2: definitely been getting things going in the right direction again
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Speaker 2: of late, which has been really nice.
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Speaker 1: Do you think it's more the coaching or do you
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Speaker 1: think it really is the talent level that's been able
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Speaker 1: to step up the talent level that is developing, Like
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Speaker 1: you said, I mean, what are your thoughts there? Is
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Speaker 1: it a little bit of both or what are you
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Speaker 1: thinking as you've been watching this team this season.
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Speaker 2: It's definitely a bit of both. I think they've for
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Speaker 2: sure kind of raised the floor of this team just
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Speaker 2: roster lineup wise. They've got a lot more skill than
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Speaker 2: they've had in the past, but it's not like they
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Speaker 2: haven't had skill over the past few seasons. So I
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Speaker 2: think having a new voice in the room, well newish
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Speaker 2: it's he was an internal promotion, but new voice in
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Speaker 2: charge of everything, and I would say a more focused system,
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Speaker 2: a more complete system.
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Speaker 1: That's a great word focused. Yeah, that's a great word focused.
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Speaker 1: Can you do you mind maybe expounding on that just
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Speaker 1: a little bit for the listeners, just so they can
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Speaker 1: understand that focus. It necessarily wasn't there in certain spots,
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Speaker 1: of course in years past, but we have seen that.
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Speaker 1: Can you describe that maybe a little bit?
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Speaker 2: Yeah. I think they've been playing a lot more disciplined
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Speaker 2: this year, and that comes with the obvious of taking fewer,
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Speaker 2: like really ugly ill timed penalties, which is something that
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Speaker 2: they really struggle with a lot last year. But they've
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Speaker 2: been I would say, in general, more dialed into the
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Speaker 2: fundamentals of their system. They've been playing an up tempo
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Speaker 2: transition game, and they've been sticking to that for the
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Speaker 2: most part. They've been competing well generally. But I think
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Speaker 2: also just I want to be careful how I say this,
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Speaker 2: because I don't want to be too mean about a
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Speaker 2: coach that's not here anymore.
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Speaker 1: But eyes are different, though, I mean, things are different,
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Speaker 1: and there are different realities, or there is a reality
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Speaker 1: and a truth, and sometimes it's okay to say that.
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Speaker 1: I mean, it just is. You know, sometimes certain coaches
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Speaker 1: in certain spots just might not be the best for
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Speaker 1: that particular roster, the particular point in time in which
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Speaker 1: that team needs that coach or doesn't need that coach.
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Speaker 1: So I know what you're saying.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think kind of the big thing is last season,
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Speaker 2: when things weren't super going well for the Fantoms, the
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Speaker 2: thing that we were hearing from Ian Laperrier was a
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Speaker 2: lot of we need to be winning our battles, we
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Speaker 2: need to be competing harder, we need to be harder
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Speaker 2: to play against, which was sort of like, okay, yeah,
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Speaker 2: but yeah, may you get us a little bit like
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Speaker 2: there are more finer points of things that are not
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Speaker 2: working right now. Are you giving a more detailed message
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Speaker 2: to the team. I don't know. And with Snowden, it's
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Speaker 2: been such a difference. He's been incredibly detail oriented and
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Speaker 2: it seems like they have just a more concrete plan
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Speaker 2: going into all of these games, and execution has varied,
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Speaker 2: which you know is going to happen over the course
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Speaker 2: of a long season. But I think that has been
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Speaker 2: a real difference maker.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, I and look that inevitably is going to
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Speaker 1: help with the development of these players that we want
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Speaker 1: to see developing. And as we're moving along, I had
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Speaker 1: mentioned that the team has been facing a slew of
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Speaker 1: injuries as of late. I mean they've they've recently missed
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Speaker 1: I think what four of their top five scores, So
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Speaker 1: from an offensive standpoint, yeah, there have been some challenges.
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Speaker 1: There have been some struggles as of late, Matt Madeline.
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Speaker 1: But like some of the depth though, is finding its
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Speaker 1: way here. So what have you seen in terms of
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Speaker 1: that depth really stepping up with the injuries we've seen
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Speaker 1: as of late.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, they definitely had the chance to really go off
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Speaker 2: the rails here recently. I mean they already lost Carl
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Speaker 2: Grunstrom to a call up to the Flyers, and then
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Speaker 2: not too long after they lose Denver Barkie deservedly love
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Speaker 2: that he got that call up.
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Speaker 1: But great first goal, by the way, great first goal
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Speaker 1: of the season at the NHL level.
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Speaker 2: Yes, so cool, yes, but you know, not great timing
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Speaker 2: for the Phantoms on that one. The first game he's gone,
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Speaker 2: they lose Alex Bump to an injury, and then like
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Speaker 2: a game later, Anthony Richard goes to the Spangler Cup
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Speaker 2: for Canada, so he's away from them for a week.
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Speaker 2: It's like good for you know, good for him as well.
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Speaker 2: Very cool opportunity, but looking a little thin for a
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Speaker 2: little bit there. But you know it's they've been getting
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Speaker 2: good production elsewhere in their lineup, which has been good
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Speaker 2: certainly a boost that their last man's standing of that
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Speaker 2: top five producers, and Laide Peterson has stayed consistent, stayed hot,
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Speaker 2: but he's been getting helped too. I mean, even when
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Speaker 2: things were not going so great, they were getting some
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Speaker 2: good production from Tucker robertson, from Jacob Goshe and I
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Speaker 2: think it's been nice to see them setting an example
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Speaker 2: there because those are guys who are not going to
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Speaker 2: fall into the trap of doing a little bit too much, overpassing,
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Speaker 2: over complicating their chances they're getting to the net, they're
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Speaker 2: playing hard, they're playing interior, and that's kind of what
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Speaker 2: the team needed to focus on the basics there. So
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Speaker 2: that was good. Even last weekend all of Helgey Grond's,
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Speaker 2: Ty Murchison and Oliver Bonk got goals, so they're getting
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Speaker 2: scoring from the back end too. So everybody's kind of
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Speaker 2: stepping up, which has been nice to see. I mean,
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Speaker 2: they keep talking about that next man up mentality and
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Speaker 2: it's really been coming through for them and the depth
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Speaker 2: that at times the season has been like what are
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Speaker 2: they going to do with all of these guys?
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Speaker 1: They've been so many.
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Speaker 2: People that is really turning out to be a benefit
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Speaker 2: for them here.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean and inevitably, and it goes back to
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Speaker 1: our initial talking point of the development of this team,
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Speaker 1: like that's what's happening here. You're actually seeing some of
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Speaker 1: these guys developing because they're getting the opportunity out on
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Speaker 1: the ice and it's really great to see. And you know,
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Speaker 1: before we go to our break here, Madeline, you know
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Speaker 1: you you recently wrote a piece over at phl y
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Speaker 1: about how the Phantoms are working with a surplus of
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Speaker 1: defencemen and you know, we also saw and we got
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Speaker 1: to bring them up. Hunter McDonald pretty good defenseman for
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Speaker 1: the Flyer, for the Flyers, for the Phantoms, I mean,
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Speaker 1: and he got bench due to some really poor discipline
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Speaker 1: play in recent games here. And I'm wondering, you know,
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Speaker 1: you you you did a really good job of assessing
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Speaker 1: this over at PHL Y do you think Hunter McDonald
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Speaker 1: is going to see any long term repercussions from that,
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Speaker 1: you know, that undisciplined type of play that he was
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Speaker 1: having as of late. And second, how will his play
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Speaker 1: or even possibly seeing lack of play on the ice
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Speaker 1: in the future, How might that affect the defensive rotations
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Speaker 1: from game to game here. I know it's like a
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Speaker 1: two part question, but I think it's an interesting storyline.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's been a lot going on on the back
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Speaker 2: end for them, for sure. Yeah. I think McDonald had
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Speaker 2: one like, really really rough game which is what prompted
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Speaker 2: the benching, and then two healthy scratchings in a row.
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Speaker 2: He took the two pretty undisciplined penalties, which was a
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Speaker 2: big issue for him last season. I thought he had
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Speaker 2: made some progress in that area through the beginning of
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Speaker 2: the season, but it really got.
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Speaker 1: Away slipped back slipped, back.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, But it's not even just the penalties that were
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Speaker 2: the issue for him. He was on the ice for
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Speaker 2: one goal against and got caught up in kind of
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Speaker 2: a scramble in front of the net and puck comes
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Speaker 2: to him. Instead of taking a beat to try to
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Speaker 2: make a play, he just slaps it out, gets it
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Speaker 2: away as soon as possible, and it's on the tape
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Speaker 2: of an opponent and they score on that chance. So
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Speaker 2: I think discipline is a whole thing, but it seemed
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Speaker 2: like just his play was slipping a little bit in general.
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Speaker 2: There was a little bit more panic coming into his play.
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Speaker 2: His timing was a little bit off, so I think
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Speaker 2: he needed a bit of a reset with all of
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Speaker 2: that kind of snowballing on him. I don't know that
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Speaker 2: that is going to continue to be working against him.
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Speaker 2: I think the poor game they've addressed with the scratchings,
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Speaker 2: so hopefully that's behind him. But you know, I do
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Speaker 2: think he is going to be on a bit of
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Speaker 2: a shorter leash, just because.
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Speaker 1: That's essentially what I was going to be asking there.
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Speaker 1: You know, it seems like he is going to be
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Speaker 1: on a short leash here.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, And I mean everybody is going to have to
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Speaker 2: sit at some point. They've got right now eight healthy defense,
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Speaker 2: and it was nine for a hot second there before
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Speaker 2: this Mullet trade, and they want to be fair to everybody.
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Speaker 2: They've got to get everybody into the lineup at some point.
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Speaker 2: So you know, they're even going to have guys sitting
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Speaker 2: after playing a really good game, just because that's the
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Speaker 2: reality of their situation right now. But it's also kind
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Speaker 2: of in his hands whether he stays in the lineup
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Speaker 2: for good play or if he continues to kind of
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Speaker 2: let things snowball on him a little bit and sees
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Speaker 2: some scratching because of performance. And I mean, he's not
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Speaker 2: the only one this season who's had to take a
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Speaker 2: seat get a bit of a reset. But as much
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Speaker 2: as they're kind of juggling the best interest of everybody
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Speaker 2: being fair, all of these guys kind of are the
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Speaker 2: masters of their own fate at this point.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's why it's interesting to watch what is going
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Speaker 1: to be happening with this team moving forward the rest
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Speaker 1: of this season.
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Speaker 3: Here.
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Speaker 1: I mean, there's a lot of interesting pieces at play,
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Speaker 1: for sure, and we are going to go to break here.
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Speaker 1: But again, folks, we're talking to Madeline Campbell from Broadstreet
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Speaker 1: Hockey dot com and over at phl Y. I subscribe
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Speaker 1: Flyers fan and you're interested in what's going on in
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Speaker 1: the AHL and specifically with regard to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms.
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Speaker 1: Madeline is fantastic in terms of providing that content. So
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Speaker 1: get back more Lehigh Valley Phantoms talk, stick with us.
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Speaker 1: All right, We are back with our good friend Madeline
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Speaker 1: Campbell from phl Y and Broadstreet Hockey dot Com. Great
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Speaker 1: great content on those websites about the world of Flyers
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Speaker 1: Hockey and the Flyers farm system as well. So as
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Speaker 1: we continue to dive into the Lei Valley phantoms. Uh,
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Speaker 1: you know, every year, Madeline, it seems like they're a couple.
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Speaker 1: Are a few players that really surprise us, like from
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Speaker 1: a positive standpoint, and I'm wondering, you know, are there
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Speaker 1: some Phantoms players that have been most surprising for you
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Speaker 1: to watch this season, where you're you know, raising your
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Speaker 1: eyebrown saying, wow, this this player has really got something
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Speaker 1: going on here. What are your what are your thoughts here?
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Speaker 1: I think one of the.
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Speaker 2: Fun things about this season is that there have been
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Speaker 2: so many pleasant surprises so far. Denver Barkie was an
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Speaker 2: immediate kind of standout. I mean that feels a little
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Speaker 2: silly to say, because obviously we know how highly touted
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Speaker 2: he is as a prospect, we know what he can
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Speaker 2: do offensively, but I always kind of got the sense
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Speaker 2: that there was going to be a little bit of
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Speaker 2: a learning curve for him, but honestly not really, that's
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Speaker 2: not how it panned out. His for checking game was
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Speaker 2: clicking right from game one, and he was finding ways
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Speaker 2: to be effective out there for the team, even when
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Speaker 2: he was having a little bit of a slow start offensively,
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Speaker 2: and I think that did feed into why he earned
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Speaker 2: that call up so early. So he's been a real
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Speaker 2: blast to watch. Similarly, Carson Bjarnisen has been settling in
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Speaker 2: quicker than I was expecting. It's still like, you know,
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Speaker 2: he'll have an off game here and there.
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Speaker 1: There's some hiccups with him, but he's fun to watch.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's been figuring it out really quickly, which has
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Speaker 2: been awesome to see. Christian Cairou was a pleasant surprise
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Speaker 2: when he came over in that trade for Samue Touamala.
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Speaker 2: He's cooled off a little bit recently, but you know,
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Speaker 2: it's been an interesting addition for sure. And Ty Murchison
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Speaker 2: as well. Had you been getting the same amount of love,
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Speaker 2: I think through the beginning of the season, just by
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Speaker 2: nature of the type of game he plays, but I
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Speaker 2: thought he really stepped up as a stable force for
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Speaker 2: them through the beginning of the season. Honestly, it kind
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Speaker 2: of felt like he was having the rookie year that
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Speaker 2: they were hoping Hunter McDonald would have the year before. Yeah,
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Speaker 2: so he was great for them too as well. I
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Speaker 2: mean still is, but yeah, he's prior to the call up,
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Speaker 2: he was doing kind of surprisingly well. Yeah.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, Well, look on the flip side of things, it's
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Speaker 1: great to focus on these key developmental players in these
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Speaker 1: key cogs within the system, these folks that have surprised us,
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Speaker 1: these players that have really raised our eyebrows. But on
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Speaker 1: the opposite side of the coin, there are those players
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Speaker 1: that get into funks players that aren't really living up
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Speaker 1: you know, in our opinion at times you know their
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Speaker 1: talent or what their expectations are, or I should say,
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Speaker 1: our expectations are for them. So I'm wondering which player
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Speaker 1: has in your opinion been the biggest disappointment so far
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Speaker 1: this season on this Phantoms team.
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Speaker 2: This might be controversial, but stick with me here, okay,
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Speaker 2: kind of Alex bum Oh, Okay, all right. I know
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Speaker 2: that feels a little wild. Like he's second on the
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Speaker 2: team in points right now, so it's not going that
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Speaker 2: badly for him. But I think a lot of the
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Speaker 2: early excitement for him this season was kind of driven
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Speaker 2: around a hot streak that he had, that piling up
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Speaker 2: of points. But I think his overall process has been
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Speaker 2: kind of wildly up and down, which is something that
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Speaker 2: the coaching staff is working with him on and it's
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Speaker 2: just been a bit of an adjustment for him coming
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Speaker 2: too the pro game. I think he really established himself
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Speaker 2: at college as kind of a volume shooter. He could
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Speaker 2: beat goaltenders from anywhere on the ice because his shot
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Speaker 2: is so good. He can't really get away with that
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Speaker 2: to the same degree against professional goalies in this league.
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Speaker 1: So it's hurting his consistency a little bit.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think he's had stretches where. I mean
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Speaker 2: I mentioned it before, but the coaching staff has been
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Speaker 2: really focusing on getting interior for his chances, you know,
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Speaker 2: finding better shot selection, and he's done it in stretches
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Speaker 2: there and he's looked really effective. But it seems like
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Speaker 2: he has maybe a couple of bad games and he
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Speaker 2: starts to backslide a little bit. He's just getting the
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Speaker 2: pac immediately shooting from anywhere, and he isn't really getting
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Speaker 2: the same quality of chances. He's not getting the production
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Speaker 2: off of those. So it's you know, it takes a
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Speaker 2: lot to really change your approach to the game, change
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Speaker 2: your mindset. So I think he's making progress there, but
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Speaker 2: you know, it's it's going to be a process. He's
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Speaker 2: not the first prospect he's come into this league and
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Speaker 2: has had to work through something like that. I think
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Speaker 2: Tyson Forrester is a really good example of somebody who's
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Speaker 2: had to work through a similar process and he turned
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Speaker 2: out okay.
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Speaker 1: So let folks, let us know what you're thinking about
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Speaker 1: in the comments if you're watching on YouTube, about what
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Speaker 1: Madeline just said with regard to Bump, leave us a
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Speaker 1: comment if you're watching on YouTube. We'd love to hear
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Speaker 1: from you for sure. And before we let you go,
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Speaker 1: my friend, you know, due to injuries at the big
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Speaker 1: league level that we see all too often during the
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Speaker 1: course of a season, you know, the Flyers are definitely
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Speaker 1: gonna have some injuries at some point down the road.
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Speaker 1: We're gonna end up seeing some call ups, most likely
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Speaker 1: at some point down the road in the coming month.
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Speaker 1: So I'm wondering, do you have maybe a couple players
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Speaker 1: in mind who might end up providing US fans with
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Speaker 1: some real promise in terms of them possibly possibly being
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Speaker 1: called up in the future this season? What are your
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Speaker 1: thoughts here?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean all of that said, I think Bump
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Speaker 2: is still going to get a look with the Flyers
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Speaker 2: at some point this season. I think some people were
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Speaker 2: maybe hoping that it would be around on Christmas time,
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Speaker 2: but it hasn't really hanned out that way. But I
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Speaker 2: think he's still going to get a look at some point,
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Speaker 2: So don't panic, Okay.
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Speaker 1: Let panic.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, but yeah, I wouldn't be surprised to see, you know,
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Speaker 2: if it plays out this way, Murchison get a longer look.
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Speaker 2: I thought he looked good in his three games up
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Speaker 2: with the Flyers, and he's been still plugging away nicely.
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Speaker 2: Wouldn't be surprised if they wanted to see what he
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Speaker 2: could do with a little bit longer of a run.
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Speaker 2: And then also maybe like an Oliver Bonk. I know,
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Speaker 2: he had a late start to his season. He was
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Speaker 2: out until December with that injury, and he's only just
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Speaker 2: starting to really ramp up. Got his first goal over
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Speaker 2: the weekend, which was very cool. Yeah. I don't think
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Speaker 2: they're in a rush with him, but you know, if
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Speaker 2: he keeps playing well and a spot opens up, I
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Speaker 2: wouldn't be surprised if he gets a nod. Yeah. My
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Speaker 2: kind of wild card is if this is a lot
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Speaker 2: of ifs, but like if the Flyers the wheels totally
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Speaker 2: come off on them, they're out of the playoffs, like
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Speaker 2: comfortably by the end of the season, maybe we see
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Speaker 2: a guy like an Alexi Gendron.
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Speaker 1: Oh all right, Yeah, he's been a little.
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Speaker 2: Up and down this year, but I think he's making
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Speaker 2: progress in all the things that the coaching staff are
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Speaker 2: trying to work on with him, and you know, he's
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Speaker 2: been a pretty dependable player for them.
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Speaker 3: So yeah, yeah, I love to be a fun one.
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Speaker 3: I think I'd love it would be fun for sure. Again, Yeah,
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Speaker 3: Flyers would absolutely have to be out of the playoff
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Speaker 3: picture at that point for that to happen, and just
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Speaker 3: a lot of things would probably have to go wrong
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Speaker 3: that to happen.
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Speaker 2: All of that in mind, I'm hoping we don't end
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Speaker 2: up seeing him.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, yes, and it works out that way. Absolutely an option.
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