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KRAKEN WEEKLY: Five games to measure impressive progress, and Mariners jerseys off the bus! (10/20) · Seattle Kraken Audio Network

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  Speaker 1: This is Jordan Ebley. This is Vince Done.
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  Speaker 2: This is Jaden Schwartz.
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  Speaker 1: This is Jared mccannon.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, this is Ryan Lindgren.
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  Speaker 3: This is Maddie Banier's.
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  Speaker 4: You're listening to Crack and Weekly with Mike Benton. Crack
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  Speaker 4: and Weekly is a three man round table from Philadelphia. Yep,
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  Speaker 4: We're doing it this way because the Crack and Take
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  Speaker 4: on the Philadelphia Flyers This evening Pacific time, four pm.
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  Speaker 4: Everett's and the TV side Alconiski with me. I'm Mike Benton.
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  Speaker 1: By the way.
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  Speaker 4: dot com. Lot to cover Here for a busy week
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  Speaker 4: ahead on the Crack and Side where they're off to
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  Speaker 4: their best art in franchise history through five games. Can
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  Speaker 4: they keep it going? Through Philadelphia, Washington, Winnipeg and Edmonton.
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  Speaker 4: It's gonna be gonna be back home finally, especially for
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  Speaker 4: these two guys sitting here to Mike rightly down the
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  Speaker 4: road for way, way, way too long. Ask their significant other.
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  Speaker 4: John Walton joins us here in just a bit. Also
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  Speaker 4: Cap and the Washington Capitals with us also a brief
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  Speaker 4: look at Philadelphia with his views here from the Eastern Conference.
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  Speaker 4: Alex Ovechkin potentially getting close to nine hundred goals. Could
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  Speaker 4: he hit the milestone or can the crack and stop
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  Speaker 4: him in his tracks? To end back to back? John
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  Speaker 4: Walton joining us in just a bit before Everett now
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  Speaker 4: join us as well. Here's what you may have missed
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  Speaker 4: with Everett and now on the call, I.
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  Speaker 5: Don't say fuck far circle.
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  Speaker 6: Josh Burhuru picks it up and shoots from the high slot.
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  Speaker 6: I'll miss why Alexiak walks.
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  Speaker 1: In high slot scores.
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  Speaker 7: Shadey Alexiak rip swad toward the net through traffic. I
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  Speaker 7: don't think Botombo ever saw it, and the Seattle crackt
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  Speaker 7: retie the game three three fifteen twelve to play. In
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  Speaker 7: the third O.
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  Speaker 3: Was a McCann feed up to Alexiak two from the
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  Speaker 3: half wall, and Alexiak took his time moving from his
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  Speaker 3: right to his left side. He's left handed shot and
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  Speaker 3: he shot back across the green to Montebo's glove side.
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  Speaker 1: This game's not enough again.
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  Speaker 6: Three then veneers winning it back for Seattle. There's Montour
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  Speaker 6: right point.
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  Speaker 7: Shot block McCann scoress Sharon McCann goals in three straight
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  Speaker 7: and the Seattle Cracket come all the way back to
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  Speaker 7: take a four to three lead twelve oh four to play.
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  Speaker 3: In the third, a puck goes DDD up with the
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  Speaker 3: blue line over to Montour, who gets a good quick
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  Speaker 3: shot off. Montreal makes the block out and put the
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  Speaker 3: puck drops right down to Jared McCann, who spins around,
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  Speaker 3: puts the glove side on Sam montepontebaut three excuse me,
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  Speaker 3: four to three Seattle.
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  Speaker 5: That's it.
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  Speaker 7: Picks up the puck right wing circle one thirty five
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  Speaker 7: left it over time.
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  Speaker 1: Here's Cawfield's shot scores on a move by.
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  Speaker 8: Cold Coawfield put the circle and come showing the court
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  Speaker 8: to me, ever so slightly goes upstairs hand the crack
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  Speaker 8: in game a point football in over.
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  Speaker 6: Time by mine more score in the ears, drops it
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  Speaker 6: off to Montour. It'll skate left side, hand it off
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  Speaker 6: to Stevenson in the circle and back up to the
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  Speaker 6: line from on Toura Stevenson down low, everly trying.
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  Speaker 7: Their shovel it in turn aside rebound. Stevenson stores.
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  Speaker 1: Chandler.
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  Speaker 7: Stevenson left circle on the power play.
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  Speaker 5: Gives the cracking the lead back.
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  Speaker 7: It's three two seventeen forty five left here.
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  Speaker 1: The third oh.
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  Speaker 3: Is every down that left side there, getting a good
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  Speaker 3: shot on net, just to get the puck up front there,
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  Speaker 3: and Stevenson picking it up and about finding the rebound
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  Speaker 3: and beating Olmark to get the go ahead goal. Here
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  Speaker 3: in the third period, three two.
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  Speaker 6: Cracking in the ears drops it off to Montour, It'll
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  Speaker 6: skate left side, hand it off to Stevenson in a
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  Speaker 6: circle and back up to the line from Montura.
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  Speaker 7: Stevenson down low, everly trying to shovel it in turn
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  Speaker 7: aside rebound Stevenson stores Chandler Stevenson left circle on the
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  Speaker 7: power play gives the crack in the lead back. It's
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  Speaker 7: three two seventeen forty five left here.
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  Speaker 1: The third oh.
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  Speaker 3: It's every down that left side there, getting a good
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  Speaker 3: shot on net, just to get the puck up front there,
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  Speaker 3: and Stevenson picking it up and about finding the rebound
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  Speaker 3: and beating Olmark to get the go ahead goal. Here
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  Speaker 3: in the third period, three two cracking, Shane.
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  Speaker 1: Pinto can put it away for the whole team.
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  Speaker 7: Right handed shot Shane Pinto from the red line, carries
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  Speaker 7: it over left side of the circle, now cuts back
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  Speaker 7: to the slot, walks.
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  Speaker 1: In, shoots, scores, and the Ottawa Senators.
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  Speaker 7: Come back after the Kraken took the lead early in
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  Speaker 7: the third.
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  Speaker 6: They score.
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  Speaker 7: Late in the third, survive a push from Seattle in overtime,
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  Speaker 7: and get the win in the shootout by a fourth
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  Speaker 7: racecore corner back to the line, tolling In holds it
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  Speaker 7: in for Seattle. Across done schools fits Don from the
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  Speaker 7: right side through heavy traffic in front. Stolars got ran into.
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  Speaker 7: We'll see what this will be, but as of right
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  Speaker 7: now the goal will stand. And it was Brandon Carlow
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  Speaker 7: that actually pushed the Kraken defender into Stolars, That was
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  Speaker 7: Javee Schwartz. So Carlo pushing Schwartz into his own goaltender.
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  Speaker 6: That should not be goaltender interference. And the Kraken back
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  Speaker 6: on top. Big hitters or house to begin.
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  Speaker 1: On and they score the rebound. Four seconds into the
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  Speaker 1: power play.
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  Speaker 7: John Tavares won the draw, went right to the front
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  Speaker 7: of the net. Kneelander took the shot and then he
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  Speaker 7: buries a rebound. Three three were time and near signs
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  Speaker 7: in the circle shot turn a side rebound a card.
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  Speaker 1: What a same Oliver.
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  Speaker 7: Reckman Larson down the slot to chord caught up piece
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  Speaker 7: of it. It might have also been blocked by Matty
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  Speaker 7: Veneers and the Kraken go to overtime right to left
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  Speaker 7: far side. Ever leave now Mahura gets by Stoos. Josh
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  Speaker 7: mahurah his first goal as a Seattle Kraken wins it
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  Speaker 7: in overtime four three in Toronto.
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  Speaker 3: Well and I'll start it back at the end the
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  Speaker 3: cracking in form her as he got that buck behind
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  Speaker 3: the net, came out with a great feed, deamping up
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  Speaker 3: the side of the boards. He got it back to
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  Speaker 3: him and got a breakaway out of it. Goes down
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  Speaker 3: that right side, beat Stolars cracking four to three overtime win.
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  Speaker 3: Bring on the final cake.
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  Speaker 4: Joshmahura with his first goal sinds the twenty twenty two
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  Speaker 4: and twenty three season. He went through one hundred and
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  Speaker 4: four forty three straight NHL games without a goal, but
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  Speaker 4: he is finally out of the wilderness in quite the
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  Speaker 4: statement making win at Toronto to cap the first five
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  Speaker 4: games with a Kraken at three to zero and two.
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  Speaker 4: Mike Benton, now joined by Everett Fitzhugh and al Kiniski
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  Speaker 4: Everets got TV again for tonight at Philadelphia. Back on
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  Speaker 4: the radio side for Washington on Tuesday. Phila's great to
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  Speaker 4: be doing this year the three man round table here
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  Speaker 4: in Philly. It's my first time in this beloved city.
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  Speaker 4: I gotta now ask you for porners, because you two
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  Speaker 4: are the veterans here in this spot. Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: I mean, this is a good town, this Philly.
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  Speaker 6: I remember the first year I missed this road trip
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  Speaker 6: because I had COVID, and so year two was when
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  Speaker 6: I came here for the first time and we were
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  Speaker 6: here during the Super Bowl, and this was just it's
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  Speaker 6: a really good town. I like this town. A lot
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  Speaker 6: of great meet in this city. Al is just beside
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  Speaker 6: himself with all of the the steaks and the cheese
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  Speaker 6: steaks and all that here. But yeah, man, we're gonna
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  Speaker 6: show you a good time. We're gonna show you a
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  Speaker 6: good town the next few hours.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, Mike, it's a great area around here as well.
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  Speaker 3: Not only is there are there great restaurants and great
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  Speaker 3: watering holes. You can also do a little retail therapy
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  Speaker 3: as well. As I found out today there's some Inndocino
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  Speaker 3: there's some state and liberty. There's a little bit of everything.
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  Speaker 3: Little Lemon.
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  Speaker 4: I'm not making the ever fits you in al Kaniski
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  Speaker 4: money right now. I'm still on the budget here at
• 8:24
  Speaker 4: this point where I'm trying to kind of space it
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  Speaker 4: out for the food and mean, trust me, if you
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  Speaker 4: put a cheese steake in front of me, that might
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  Speaker 4: be gone about probably four and a half minutes. And
• 8:32
  Speaker 4: we're getting into that good part of a town right
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  Speaker 4: now to get that knocked out again. John Walton joins
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  Speaker 4: us here in just a bit played by play voice
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  Speaker 4: for the Washington Capitals Radio Network. Let's first jump into
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  Speaker 4: what we learned from this past week. Two overtime losses
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  Speaker 4: are in a shootout as well at Montreal and Ottawa,
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  Speaker 4: and guys, easily this team could be five and zero
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  Speaker 4: right now through five games. They have been that good
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  Speaker 4: under Lain Lambert. But I think when you get through
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  Speaker 4: the loss at Montreal, y'all in overtime, the shootout loss
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  Speaker 4: at Ottawa where it was so close until Dylan Cousins
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  Speaker 4: parked one and from fifty feet, the win at Montreal,
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  Speaker 4: but the win at Toronto told me this, when you
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  Speaker 4: get Anthony Stolars and other players talking in their room
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  Speaker 4: about how fed up he was with the opposing team
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  Speaker 4: the Kraken crashing his net all night long, making it miserable.
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  Speaker 4: And then Joey Decoord down the other way is playing
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  Speaker 4: cats like he's playing catch in his front yard, paraphrasing him.
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  Speaker 4: Ladies and gentlemen, you have a team identity now in
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  Speaker 4: full force heading into Philadelphia. They are playing the exact
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  Speaker 4: way Lane Lambert wants them to play. At three to
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  Speaker 4: zero to two.
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  Speaker 3: We talk about Anthony Stillars's comments after the game, and
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  Speaker 3: it was one of the keys we talked about in
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  Speaker 3: the pregame, which is getting bodies to the front of
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  Speaker 3: the net. And you saw Mason Marchman do it intentional
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  Speaker 3: or not, that's a different conversation. He saw Jaden Schwartz
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  Speaker 3: do it as well. Clearly that was part of the
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  Speaker 3: game plan and it paid off.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, and I think too. You know, going back to
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  Speaker 6: that team identity. Listen, they're never going to admit it,
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  Speaker 6: but there were times last year where you could tell
• 10:07
  Speaker 6: teams took the Kraken lightly and they weren't happy about
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  Speaker 6: the krack and being.
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  Speaker 1: Not happy about it.
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  Speaker 6: So you come into this year, you you already establish
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  Speaker 6: a defensive mind, a disciplined mind, a hard working mind,
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  Speaker 6: and we're seeing that every day. And I think, you know,
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  Speaker 6: for we talked to the lane every day before games,
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  Speaker 6: and it seems like every game for the Kraken is
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  Speaker 6: their best game of the season. Last night was our
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  Speaker 6: best effort of the year until the next game, and
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  Speaker 6: then that night's effort was the best effort of the year.
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  Speaker 6: They're playing consistent style and I think for me, the
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  Speaker 6: only real hiccup that I've been able to find is
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  Speaker 6: that the third period leads. The Kracking have been tied
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  Speaker 6: or ahead going into the third period of each game
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  Speaker 6: this year, and they've blown four in a row, ultimately
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  Speaker 6: going to overtime. But now they got the monkey off
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  Speaker 6: their back with their with the leaves a couple of
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  Speaker 6: nights ago, So they're playing their best hockey early on,
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  Speaker 6: and you're just hoping that they can continue this throughout
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  Speaker 6: the rest of the season.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's it's fun to talk about all the things
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  Speaker 3: that are going right in efforts at the top. In fact,
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  Speaker 3: I think it's really fun to talk about the things
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  Speaker 3: that aren't going right, because it's a real small list,
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  Speaker 3: you know. I think one thing I would add to
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  Speaker 3: that list are face offs. I think it's an area
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  Speaker 3: where you know there's certain certain sentiment are doing great.
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  Speaker 3: I think Chandler Stevenson's been a north of fifty percent
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  Speaker 3: most games, but I think most of the games as
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  Speaker 3: a whole, they have the smaller percentage of face off
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  Speaker 3: wins in the game, but they're finding out their ways
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  Speaker 3: to get it to get it done. So if they
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  Speaker 3: can improve that area, it's only going to improve puck management.
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  Speaker 4: If I can get into Everett's point about the mistakes
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  Speaker 4: that you want to clean up here in October, there's
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  Speaker 4: a reason why they call it sloppy October, and it's
• 11:46
  Speaker 4: because can you find a way to stay out of
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  Speaker 4: penalties late in the third period? Can you find a
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  Speaker 4: way to insulate scoring chances against your goaltender out? Maybe
• 11:53
  Speaker 4: Grubauer wants that one back against Dylon Cousins are to tie,
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  Speaker 4: but that's now in the rearview mirror. But you're going
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  Speaker 4: to have some crazy endings and crazy twis and turns
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  Speaker 4: here to games where teams don't make these same kind
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  Speaker 4: of mistakes, say maybe in December or January like they
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  Speaker 4: do in October or early November. I want to get
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  Speaker 4: into team identity and it's not just a net play
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  Speaker 4: that really distirred the pot against Toronto, and we can
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  Speaker 4: now maybe expect this consistently, game after game after game.
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  Speaker 4: This is the way that Elaine Lambert team wants to play.
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  Speaker 4: But it's also the scoring upfront. Vince Dunn's got five
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  Speaker 4: points in five games. Brandon Montour when he is back,
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  Speaker 4: and hoping that he comes back also at the right time.
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  Speaker 4: We wish him well here for what he is going
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  Speaker 4: through right now with the family in his private matter.
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  Speaker 4: But besides that, you've got players all across the board
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  Speaker 4: who are sniffing point per game on this team. Jared McCann,
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  Speaker 4: Matt Eveniers is not too far behind, Jaden Schwartz, even
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  Speaker 4: Shane Wright as well, who look fantastic all of a
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  Speaker 4: sudden playing with Yannie Newman and Mason Marchmen. So again
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  Speaker 4: it's early, but there have been other seasons where we
• 12:58
  Speaker 4: have been raising a lot more question and then defining
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  Speaker 4: what is the affirmative here for this team, And again
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  Speaker 4: we get back to it. If you can't find that
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  Speaker 4: top goal score forty goals, fifty goals in the summer,
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  Speaker 4: what can you do, you spread it out, and so
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  Speaker 4: far we're seeing this consistently top to bottom in the
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  Speaker 4: Kraken lineup.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, and you know, I know a lot of people
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  Speaker 6: are tired of talking about year two when this team
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  Speaker 6: made the playoffs. Trust me, I get it. Leave it
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  Speaker 6: in the past. It's over. We're moving on. But when
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  Speaker 6: you go back to the most successful time in Seattle
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  Speaker 6: Crack in brief history, what were they doing. They were
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  Speaker 6: scoring by committee. They were the hardest working team in
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  Speaker 6: the NHL. Freddie Gadreau even said it when we interviewed
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  Speaker 6: him earlier in preseason. He goes, you know, I remember
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  Speaker 6: with Minnesota, all those games we played against the Kraken.
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  Speaker 6: You knew you were in one. You knew it was
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  Speaker 6: going to be a battle. That's the type of game
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  Speaker 6: this team needs to play, given their personnel, given their makeup,
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  Speaker 6: if they're going to be the hardest working team every
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  Speaker 6: single night, if they're gonna grind and shut guys down,
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  Speaker 6: if they're gonna continue to play discipline like we've seen
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  Speaker 6: through the first five games. Never mind you've got points
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  Speaker 6: in five straight. I cannot point to a single game,
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  Speaker 6: a single extended period of time so far, this season
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  Speaker 6: where there's been any glaring mistakes. You know, there may
• 14:19
  Speaker 6: be one over committal here or there. You talked about
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  Speaker 6: the Grubauer goal. You want to clean up face off,
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  Speaker 6: but there's not been one man they played bad for
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  Speaker 6: an entire game, for an entire period. There has not
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  Speaker 6: been a single time this year so far that I
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  Speaker 6: can point to this team not being at or close
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  Speaker 6: to their best. And that's what you're gonna have to
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  Speaker 6: do to have success.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, they've had hiccups along the way. I think that's
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  Speaker 3: the way I would put it through a game. There
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  Speaker 3: have been hiccups. And Mike, you know, you talked about
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  Speaker 3: this team's identity and the phrase that we always hate
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  Speaker 3: to use scoring scoring by committee. Well here we are.
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  Speaker 3: We're five games in. You got Vince done with a
• 14:58
  Speaker 3: point of game. He's played all five games. You gotta
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  Speaker 3: give it to Brandon Montur he's only played four because
• 15:02
  Speaker 3: he missed him, but he's got four points, so he's
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  Speaker 3: a point of game.
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  Speaker 1: But look at this.
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  Speaker 3: You got seven guys that are at four points right now.
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  Speaker 3: That includes every Montor Schwartz, Marchmont, stevenson Wright and the Can.
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  Speaker 3: That's depth, and not only that too, but those top
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  Speaker 3: two guys that I mentioned in Dunn and montor defenseman.
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  Speaker 3: So you knowly you're getting scoring by committee. You're getting
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  Speaker 3: a lot of it from the blue line, and I
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  Speaker 3: think it's one of the largest percentages in the league
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  Speaker 3: that's coming from the blue line.
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  Speaker 4: How does that depth get tested even more? And how
• 15:34
  Speaker 4: can the Kranken answer that challenge to the Beacon Plumbing
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  Speaker 4: hot line? We go right now. Joining us now on
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  Speaker 4: Crack and Weekly are a steam friend John Walton, veteran
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  Speaker 4: play by play announcer on the Capitol's radio network, also
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  Speaker 1: John, Great to have you.
• 15:51
  Speaker 4: And now that Alex Ovechkin has to pass Wayne Gretzky's
• 15:54
  Speaker 4: all time goal scoring record, what's consuming everyone's mind now
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  Speaker 4: around this team for this season?
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  Speaker 1: Nothing. We're just going home. That's it. I you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's wild. I mean we had a you know, with
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  Speaker 1: where we were as far as the last season. I
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  Speaker 1: mean we got to about March and there was a time,
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  Speaker 1: I mean going back to the beginning, guys where we
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  Speaker 1: had in November. We're in Salt Lake and Alex has
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  Speaker 1: two goals third period caps are winning handily. Everything's good,
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  Speaker 1: and then Alex breaks his leg and we stayed over
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  Speaker 1: in Salt Lake and it was just we went out
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  Speaker 1: after the game and get something to eat and we're
• 16:35
  Speaker 1: just sitting there looking at each other like we don't
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: know how to do this, Like we never seen this,
• 16:39
  Speaker 1: None of us have ever seen this for a long term.
• 16:42
  Speaker 1: At that point, we didn't really know what the injury was.
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: And watching him come back and do what he did,
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: only out for six weeks, come back at the record
• 16:49
  Speaker 1: and mold it down at the end like he did
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: not leave any room for maybe this happens this year
• 16:55
  Speaker 1: or maybe it doesn't. A couple of goals against Chicago
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: and could have had four, and then getting it against
• 17:01
  Speaker 1: the Islanders in the way he did, tacked on a
• 17:03
  Speaker 1: couple for good measure to get eight ninety seven at
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: the end. There was definitely an emotional lift that surrounded
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: this team that you know. It's funny because sometimes you'll
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: get asked the questions, oh, is it a distraction? Well,
• 17:13
  Speaker 1: no it's not. I mean it's actually the opposite of that.
• 17:16
  Speaker 1: But to that end, now that you're here, what do
• 17:20
  Speaker 1: you do for an encore when you don't have this
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: unbelievable historic achievement that was kind of this symbiotic relationship
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: between the Caps going to one hundred and eleven points
• 17:30
  Speaker 1: and Alex getting the record. And I think we've seen
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: at least early on that you know, this team is
• 17:36
  Speaker 1: still as advertised. They're running it back with twenty of
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: the twenty three guys that were here last year. I
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: don't feel and I'm saying this more as a representative
• 17:45
  Speaker 1: of what I've heard in the room from Logan Thompson
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: has been vocal and Spencer Carberry has mentioned it. You
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: know that a lot of people think, oh, well, you know,
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: the CAP's over achieved. They're really not that interesting anymore.
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: You know, if you don't have the record, what's going on.
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: This team is still good. The ultimately think they've got
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: to find a way to get through Carolina. They did
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: not do that in the second round last year. They
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: will ultimately if they want to put together a deep run,
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: they got to get by Carolina because it's the way
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: the playoffs are set up. So there are still a
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: work in progress, but they are strong. One to twelve
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: up front, one to six on d and one and
• 18:17
  Speaker 1: two in the net. There are no holes here. This
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: is one of the best defensive teams in the NHL.
• 18:22
  Speaker 1: They don't give up much at five on five. They're
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: tough to beat. And they have come out of the
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: blocks not scoring a ton, but they are scoring enough,
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: and you know, been all right on the road. They've
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: got this cushion of home games involving the crack in
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: this week where you know, in the middle of five
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: or six at home and then things start to get
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: a little more serious. But they're you know, they're holding
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: their own and I think everybody believes in this room
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: that they are not only a playoff team, but a
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: team that has a deep run in them. But they
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: still have to get to I think that next level
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: in order to do that.
• 18:59
  Speaker 6: John to go back to OVI for a second. Take
• 19:01
  Speaker 6: us back to that run. I mean, the city, the
• 19:05
  Speaker 6: fan base for you personally, I mean, I can only
• 19:10
  Speaker 6: imagine in Seattle, you go back to the home run
• 19:13
  Speaker 6: race of what was that ninety eight Maguire and Sosa
• 19:16
  Speaker 6: and I think Griffy was in it.
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: For for a while.
• 19:18
  Speaker 5: But just give folks.
• 19:21
  Speaker 6: In Seattle an idea of just what that was like.
• 19:25
  Speaker 5: And then for you.
• 19:26
  Speaker 6: Personally to have that moment on your reel, on on
• 19:31
  Speaker 6: your resume of now being able to to tell your grandkids,
• 19:36
  Speaker 6: to have your kids tell their grandkids.
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: Man, you know Grandpa.
• 19:39
  Speaker 6: John was there when What was that like for all
• 19:44
  Speaker 6: parties involved?
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: Yeah, put Grandpa to bed and change his night for it. Yeah,
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: for sure. I'm older than you guys, so I can
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: say that. You know, it was wild. It was just this,
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: It was about March. I mean, most of my time
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: his fifteen seasons here now and there really had There
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: wasn't much of a time where you know, I was here.
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: You know, he was in the threes when I got here,
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: so I didn't get them all, but I've had the
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: majority of him. And you know, four hundred becomes five
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: hundred becomes six hundred, and there's always this talk could
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: he do it? Could he do it? And sometimes the
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: answer would be oh yeah, and then other times it
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: would be oh, absolutely not, And it just depended on
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: which talking head and what national person was saying it.
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: And you know, then about the time he got the
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: seven hundred New Jersey a few years ago, you're like, listen,
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: like this is one hundred and ninety out now, Like
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: this is starting to feel like it could happen, and
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: the production through the course of these last couple of
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: years to you know, be approaching fifty goals at the
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: age he's at where Gretzki in the same timeframe was getting,
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: you know, fifteen, This just doesn't happen. And he just
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: kept throwing him in the net. And the way he
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: started last year, it wasn't a matter of isn't going
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: to happen? Is like I felt like it was going
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: to happen by Christmas because he was leading the league
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: there at the time he got hurt, was right at
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: the top. But it's been this all consuming kind of thing.
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: It almost feels like, you know when you're anticipating Christmas
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: or something and you're you're whether it's family or president
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: you're hoping for as a kid, and then there's almost
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: this remorse like, well, well what do we do now?
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: Like it's all I've known, like the whole time I've
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: been here. But it was amazing, and I think really
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: from March we were in California and you could see
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: that he was starting to heat up, and you really
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: felt like, Okay, I think it's going to happen. There
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: were little lulls here and there, but you know when
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: it really became a parent. You know, he tied the
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: record at home, and it would have been amazing because
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: he was this close against Chicago to getting a hat
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: trick and maybe even four and doing it in front
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: of the home fans. It would have been nice. Yeah,
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: But you know, ultimately for those who love the game
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: like we all do, to be just in the building.
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: Funny enough, I Matthew darsh has been a friend for
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: a long time. He was he played in Hershey when
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: I was there, and now is the gem of the Islanders.
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: Funny enough, he was there that day with Tampa Bay. Yeah,
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: because the entire staff had come out. They were playing
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: the Rangers, and then they all made the trip because hey, listen, like, guys,
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: we got to go see this. I mean we're here practically.
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: Uh So all the you know, John Cooper was there
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: and all, and Julian Breesebaugh and all the Tampa Bay guys,
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: and he just had this moment and you felt like
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: it was going to happen. But you know, it's a
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: day game, and you know, just kind of getting into
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: it and then the second period of powerplay comes and
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: I just remember, like my heart was in my throat.
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: I was like, this could be it, like right here,
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: Like I remember watching on ESPN when Gary Thorn and
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: Bill Clement called it when Gretzky passed Gordy and I
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: was in college and I never could have imagined being
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: in that moment or being one of the guys that
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: got to call the next one. And honestly, I don't
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: know if this is ever getting brought not in my lifetime,
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: I'm never going to see it. But you know, I
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: I just I don't know that it's going to happen again.
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: But man to be there and just it was so perfect,
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: Like whether you're you're Joe b or your me Joe
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: Benanadi r TV guy here the only thing you hoped
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: for with all these milestones that have happened, you know,
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: whether rolling over the odometer six hundred seve hundred, eight hundred,
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: it was pleased for the love of God, let it
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: be clean. Yeah, no deflection, No, I mean six hundred
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: was put the fear of God in me. Because we
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: were playing Winnipeg and Hallibuck was in net and it
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: was a scramble in front and he goes to it
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: and there's just that moment it hesitations us. I'm pretty
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: sure he got it. I think so, and you're just
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: oh my god, Devin hundred was was clean, but it
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: was quick. It was a third period of a game
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: with the capture losing in New Jersey. It was a
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: day game, and it just all of a sudden. He
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: hadn't scored in eight games. Yeah, and all of a
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: sudden it's there and boom, Like everyone has been kind
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: of different. Eight ninety five was beautiful. It was exactly
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: if you could have drawn it up, if you could
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: have said, I want a cross ice feed from I
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: don't care who it is, winding up Vintage in the office,
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: no doubt or blow them away. It was perfect. And
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: you when you're on the call and you're just saying,
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: it's like you see it. If they said, if this
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: goes in, I'm gonna be okay with that, and it was.
• 24:17
  Speaker 1: And you know, I was happy with mine. I know
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: Joe was happy with his, and we're all just like
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: you just try to give the magnitude of the moment
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: what it deserves and hope that it resonates. And that's
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: all we can do, right, I mean, you know, you
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: know how it is. I mean, it's just for everything
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: that happens. I mean, you just want to give credence
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: to the moment and then in my mind, just get
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: out of the way and just you know, let you know,
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: the speeches and Gretzky and Ov and the game stops
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: and all of the wonderfulness it was happening had nothing
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: to do with us, But being able to watch that,
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: I'll never forget it. It was wonderful. My son was
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: there just to be able to have that moment happen.
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: It didn't matter where, it didn't matter who the goalie was,
• 24:56
  Speaker 1: it didn't matter who the other team was. It was
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: just this great celebration of our great game, and I'm
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: so glad I got to be a small part of it.
• 25:02
  Speaker 6: A lot of folks in Pittsburgh will tell you that
• 25:04
  Speaker 6: when the Penguins won all those Cups, they've never done
• 25:07
  Speaker 6: it on home ice, and a number of fans are like, man,
• 25:10
  Speaker 6: the Pens couldn't have given me one cup on home ice.
• 25:13
  Speaker 6: Obviously the record was great. It was a day game
• 25:17
  Speaker 6: on Long Island. I mean, the moment is already a ten,
• 25:21
  Speaker 6: But is it like a nine point seven because it
• 25:24
  Speaker 6: wasn't in DC, or it doesn't matter the moment happened,
• 25:28
  Speaker 6: and it's now going to be etched in history.
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: I am tremendously fortunate that between when I was in
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: Hershey and we won three Cups there and then I
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: got to be part of one here that winning at
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: home is special. I got to do that once with Hershey.
• 25:45
  Speaker 1: The other two are on the road, and then we
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: were in Vegas for this one. Here it is there
• 25:50
  Speaker 1: is something special about and this was exactly the same
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: because you know, Nick Baxtrom came back and tj Oshi
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: came back, and you know, there are all these guys
• 25:58
  Speaker 1: in the room and Tom Wilson was you know know
• 26:00
  Speaker 1: we the best. My favorite interview with Tommy ever, and
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: I've had a bunch of them. Yeah, just you know,
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: so appreciative, like and he and Dylan Strom. You couldn't
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: have picked two guys that would love to who can
• 26:10
  Speaker 1: appreciate the moment. Willie who's been here for you know,
• 26:12
  Speaker 1: Willie's going to be a captain here when over retires,
• 26:15
  Speaker 1: and being able to kind of almost felt like a
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: bit of a torch passing. And Dylan Strom, who's you know,
• 26:20
  Speaker 1: a stats guy and and loves the game so much.
• 26:23
  Speaker 1: I mean, they appreciated it. Having that moment on the
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: road is okay because selfishly, you know, you're you're on
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: that bus together going to the plane, and like, I mean,
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: if you're gonna win a cup and you're not going
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: to do it at home, friends, by the way, do
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: it in Vegas. Yes, that that wasn't terrible. But to
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: have that moment with your teammates and your your workmates,
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: uh and your you know, our pr staff and our
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: our broadcast staff and all of that, there is something
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: special to it. To your point, though, could it Would
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: it have been great to do it at home for
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: the cup? Yes, would have been great to do it
• 27:00
  Speaker 1: at home, yes, But there's actually I think two such
• 27:03
  Speaker 1: to it. I would have loved to have seen him
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: do it at home because I think they would have
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: burned the building down. It would have been unbelievable. But
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: it would also you know, it is nice from a
• 27:12
  Speaker 1: selfish perspective. It's just this moment that felt, hey, like
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: this happened and we were all here for it, and
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: it's just this very almost an intimate level of hey,
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: we got to do this really cool thing. And it
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: was just the fifty five sixty people that were on
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: the plane. Both are good. I was just glad that
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: you got to be a part of it.
• 27:32
  Speaker 4: I can't wait here for the book when John, you're
• 27:34
  Speaker 4: all done with your career and we get to start
• 27:36
  Speaker 4: to see the stories about what happened in Vegas. But
• 27:38
  Speaker 4: then again, whatever happens in Vegas days in Vegas, we've
• 27:41
  Speaker 4: already learned that here throughout the entire year.
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: I'm not much of a writer, probably be a comic book,
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: but we'll do the best. I'll tell you what.
• 27:48
  Speaker 4: We're saving this here for your autobiography, and we can't
• 27:51
  Speaker 4: wait for the stories because John, we know what happens
• 27:53
  Speaker 4: in Vegas stays in Vegas. But maybe it will stay
• 27:56
  Speaker 4: that way. Of course, it's there for a reason. John
• 27:58
  Speaker 4: Walton joining us again by play announcer on the Capitol's
• 28:01
  Speaker 4: radio network here on Cracking Weekly. And let's get onto
• 28:06
  Speaker 4: a player who is starting to really grow it in
• 28:08
  Speaker 4: front of our very eyes, offensively and part of the
• 28:12
  Speaker 4: culture for Spencer Carberry being laid down. This guy who
• 28:16
  Speaker 4: really is developing and benefiting from this A young guy
• 28:20
  Speaker 4: at six six, two forty seven and built like a warehouse.
• 28:23
  Speaker 4: His name is Alexei Protus. At twenty four years of age.
• 28:26
  Speaker 4: He's off to a great start. I recall watching him
• 28:28
  Speaker 4: in Prince Albert in the Western Hockey League, where he
• 28:31
  Speaker 4: was absolutely dominant. He had thirty goals last season. So
• 28:35
  Speaker 4: what's the ceiling for Alexi Protus this year?
• 28:38
  Speaker 1: I don't think he has won Mike. We were in
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: Long Island recently and we had asked Ryan Leonard about
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: him because they both had scored in that game. And Leonard,
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: who for being a rookie, certainly is good with a
• 28:54
  Speaker 1: turn of phrase and is pretty witty. He said he
• 28:56
  Speaker 1: was built in a laboratory, and I do believe that
• 29:00
  Speaker 1: to be true. Almost we are scouring Belarus to see
• 29:03
  Speaker 1: if there's any more relatives. We've got heally in our
• 29:06
  Speaker 1: system at six foot six. If there's any cousins or
• 29:10
  Speaker 1: distant relatives we can recruit, we're going to try. He's
• 29:14
  Speaker 1: phenomenal and we knew he would be a good player.
• 29:18
  Speaker 1: I don't know, at least when I saw him in
• 29:21
  Speaker 1: Hershey a couple of years ago and they were running
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: to the Cup and I kind of got to tag
• 29:26
  Speaker 1: along and be the sideline reporter and I got to
• 29:28
  Speaker 1: know him during that time, and he's such a wonderful
• 29:32
  Speaker 1: human being and just a delight to be around in
• 29:34
  Speaker 1: the room. And his brother is the same way, and
• 29:38
  Speaker 1: to be able to have that, I don't know that
• 29:41
  Speaker 1: there is a ceiling. I mean, thirty goals seems about right.
• 29:45
  Speaker 1: Maybe more defensively, I mean, you know, I heard Jeff
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: Merrick recently as podcasts, you know, pitching him as a
• 29:51
  Speaker 1: potential selky guy as a best defense before it, and
• 29:55
  Speaker 1: he's good. It's just that usually those are sentiment, right.
• 29:57
  Speaker 1: I mean, Patrese Bergeron took it pretty much every year,
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: and I can't remember. I mean, I'm sure there's been
• 30:01
  Speaker 1: a few, you know, in my lifetime, but not usually
• 30:04
  Speaker 1: it's a center Maan. I'd like to think that Wingers
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: would get some love. He certainly deserves it, and I
• 30:09
  Speaker 1: think when you've got a guy of his caliber, I mean,
• 30:12
  Speaker 1: this team's gonna be building around him for a long
• 30:14
  Speaker 1: time to come. The contract for a Vatkins up at
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: the end of the year, where we don't know what
• 30:18
  Speaker 1: that's gonna be. Carlson's up at the end of the year.
• 30:20
  Speaker 1: We don't know what's happening there either, But you know,
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: the changing of the guard is coming soon and Alexei
• 30:26
  Speaker 1: Protest is gonna be a big part of it. Spencer
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: Carberry's gonna be a big part of it. You mentioned him.
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: The only coach to ever win Coach of the Year
• 30:33
  Speaker 1: echl Ahl NHL, And again, just a lot of the
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: culture and a lot of what goes on here. Guys
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: come from other places, they come here and they stay,
• 30:42
  Speaker 1: and a lot of them. Whether it was Dylan Strom,
• 30:46
  Speaker 1: I still can't believe that Chicago said now we're good
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: here when he was in RFA. He's led this team
• 30:50
  Speaker 1: in scoring three years in a row. Logan Thompson he
• 30:54
  Speaker 1: started a year on his deal and wasn't making a
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: million bucks in Vegas, and he goes thirty one and
• 30:57
  Speaker 1: six last year this organization and goes out and finds
• 31:00
  Speaker 1: guys that they see something that other organizations don't. Rasmus
• 31:05
  Speaker 1: Sandin's another one. Oh, it's just a power PLAYU guy.
• 31:07
  Speaker 1: Now he's a terrific two way defenseman now and was
• 31:10
  Speaker 1: brought along here and developed and you know, this organization,
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: it's no accident that they are where they are right now,
• 31:17
  Speaker 1: even not having all these first round picks and picking
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: late in the first round for basically two decades is
• 31:23
  Speaker 1: that they identify guys they want. They get some sleepers
• 31:26
  Speaker 1: in the draft, they identify players that now, this guy,
• 31:30
  Speaker 1: you know, the organization sours on him, and then suddenly
• 31:32
  Speaker 1: they find a place in Washington for him. And that's
• 31:34
  Speaker 1: been going on here a long time. So it's a
• 31:37
  Speaker 1: fun culture to be a part of and I think
• 31:39
  Speaker 1: that's why they win a lot of hockey games.
• 31:41
  Speaker 4: John, for the few moments we have left to your list,
• 31:43
  Speaker 4: touch on the Philadelphia Flyers. Of course you see them
• 31:45
  Speaker 4: here in the Eastern Conference and from the twenty thousand
• 31:48
  Speaker 4: foot view, they've undergone a coaching change. Rick Tackett is
• 31:51
  Speaker 4: in this season. What are the Flyers going to be
• 31:54
  Speaker 4: all about.
• 31:55
  Speaker 1: I think they're going to have a tough time making
• 31:56
  Speaker 1: the playoffs, but I think that they're coming. I mean,
• 31:59
  Speaker 1: I think they're you know, Matt Famieachkoff as we've seen
• 32:01
  Speaker 1: another of him, He's going to be a star for them.
• 32:04
  Speaker 1: They're starting to turn the corner. But they're a team
• 32:06
  Speaker 1: that I think that you know, in this division, it's Carolina,
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: New Jersey and Washington and I think everything else will
• 32:11
  Speaker 1: kind of filtered after that. But tough to play against.
• 32:14
  Speaker 1: Rick Todget's going to get them to win. I suspect
• 32:16
  Speaker 1: they're going to be a load here in the years
• 32:18
  Speaker 1: to come.
• 32:19
  Speaker 4: Well, John, we always look forward to these conversations. You've
• 32:21
  Speaker 4: done phenomenal work throughout the years. And congratulations again on
• 32:24
  Speaker 4: a call for the Ages this last season Alex Ovechkin
• 32:27
  Speaker 4: breaking Wayne Gretzky's all time goal scoring record. You'll have
• 32:31
  Speaker 4: that forever. But again, always appreciate your insight here with us.
• 32:34
  Speaker 4: You're always welcome back on and we'll look forward to
• 32:36
  Speaker 4: getting you back on once again. Thanks John.
• 32:38
  Speaker 1: Thatlla's great to chat with you always, and we get
• 32:41
  Speaker 1: a lot of time in Seattle this year when we
• 32:42
  Speaker 1: come that way in January. That's a good thing. We're
• 32:44
  Speaker 1: looking forward to it. So thanks very much.
• 32:46
  Speaker 4: All right, great to hear from John Walton, good friend
• 32:48
  Speaker 4: of ours here for the Crack and Audio Network, long
• 32:50
  Speaker 4: time play by play man for the Washington Capitals Radio Network.
• 32:53
  Speaker 4: He and evera fits you have the Cincinnati Connections. So
• 32:56
  Speaker 4: I was a bit outnumbered on that one two cyclone
• 33:00
  Speaker 4: in one thunder or one aces broadcast as well. John's
• 33:03
  Speaker 4: an absolute beauty. I love talking to the guy.
• 33:06
  Speaker 6: Yeah, John is one of my favorite people. In this business,
• 33:09
  Speaker 6: and I will always be forever indebted to John.
• 33:12
  Speaker 5: He gave me my.
• 33:13
  Speaker 6: First opportunity to put on an NHL headset. I got
• 33:17
  Speaker 6: to call a Capital's Bruins preseason game the year after
• 33:22
  Speaker 6: they won the Cup. So they had just won the
• 33:24
  Speaker 6: Cup in Vegas, and then the very next game the
• 33:28
  Speaker 6: Capitals played, although it was preseason, was their first preseason
• 33:31
  Speaker 6: game against Boston. So he gave me that opportunity. I
• 33:34
  Speaker 6: will forever be grateful for him. Like you and I, Mike,
• 33:37
  Speaker 6: he came up through the minors twelve fifteen plus years
• 33:41
  Speaker 6: in the Coast and then in the American League as well.
• 33:44
  Speaker 6: So when you look at guys around the league who
• 33:46
  Speaker 6: get it, he's the guy that gets it, and and
• 33:49
  Speaker 6: I love him dearly.
• 33:50
  Speaker 4: That's one of the guys that I really admired coming
• 33:53
  Speaker 4: up the ladder in the EHL because he had grinded
• 33:56
  Speaker 4: so hard coming from Cincinnati and then into hers she
• 34:00
  Speaker 4: and then getting the Washington job, and then wasn't just
• 34:03
  Speaker 4: a guy who you know, called play by play and
• 34:05
  Speaker 4: just went home. I mean, you were very much involved
• 34:07
  Speaker 4: here on the crack inside. It's a new day and
• 34:09
  Speaker 4: age where you know our roles are evolving, and John
• 34:13
  Speaker 4: helped spearhead the Capitol's radio efforts from behind the scenes,
• 34:16
  Speaker 4: so he calls a great game. But he's just an
• 34:18
  Speaker 4: absolute workhorse and a guy that a lot of us
• 34:20
  Speaker 4: certainly look up to pros pro and even better gentleman
• 34:24
  Speaker 4: John Walton joining us here as the Crack and getting
• 34:26
  Speaker 4: set with the Capitols coming up tomorrow night. For this
• 34:29
  Speaker 4: night though, they'll take on the Philadelphia Flyers. They're still
• 34:31
  Speaker 4: trying to figure things out with head coach Rick Tockett,
• 34:34
  Speaker 4: and they'd come off an overtime win over the Minnesota
• 34:37
  Speaker 4: Wild as well. I kind of got the field talking
• 34:40
  Speaker 4: to while broadcaster Joe O'Donnell in that there's still very
• 34:44
  Speaker 4: much a team that's in flux and perhaps the Crack
• 34:47
  Speaker 4: and are catching them right now at the right time.
• 34:50
  Speaker 4: There's no Coppocaco, there's no Riiker Evans. We'll see when
• 34:53
  Speaker 4: Montour is going to be back. I wouldn't expect him, though,
• 34:56
  Speaker 4: to be ready here and play this game coming up
• 34:58
  Speaker 4: here for this evening, But then there's questions about Ryan Lindgren.
• 35:02
  Speaker 4: So it really is next man up mentality, and I
• 35:07
  Speaker 4: think if you can pass one test, depending upon what
• 35:10
  Speaker 4: lane Lambert does with his lineup like you did in
• 35:13
  Speaker 4: Toronto and really putting a lot of workload on Adam
• 35:16
  Speaker 4: Larson and Vince Done defensively. You're giving yourselves a chance
• 35:20
  Speaker 4: here against a Flyers team's trying to really still figure
• 35:22
  Speaker 4: itself out, right now, Yeah, and you.
• 35:24
  Speaker 6: Can't afford to take the Flyers lightly right. You know,
• 35:26
  Speaker 6: you heard John Walton talk about how this is going
• 35:28
  Speaker 6: to be a team that they're going.
• 35:30
  Speaker 5: To struggle to score goals this year.
• 35:31
  Speaker 6: You bring in Rick Tockett, so you know, I think
• 35:34
  Speaker 6: that's another team that, like Seattle, is going to have
• 35:36
  Speaker 6: a change of identity. We saw what he did in
• 35:39
  Speaker 6: Vancouver and I think he's the right man for the job.
• 35:42
  Speaker 6: But they're still a very young team, and going through
• 35:44
  Speaker 6: all my player notes for the game here tonight, you
• 35:48
  Speaker 6: know they've got fifteen guys who have five or less
• 35:53
  Speaker 6: years of service time in the NHL, So this is
• 35:56
  Speaker 6: pretty a pretty young team in Philly.
• 35:59
  Speaker 5: I hate the phrase trap game, I really do.
• 36:02
  Speaker 6: I'm not even gonna use it, but this is a
• 36:04
  Speaker 6: game that potentially for Seattle, you can't afford to overlook
• 36:08
  Speaker 6: them because you've got Washington tomorrow night.
• 36:10
  Speaker 5: I think Philadelphia.
• 36:13
  Speaker 6: You know they're They're a team that can score if
• 36:17
  Speaker 6: you let them. Dan Vladar six one in one all
• 36:20
  Speaker 6: time against the Kraken. He's five zero and one in
• 36:24
  Speaker 6: the last six against Seattle. So if Vladar is the
• 36:27
  Speaker 6: guy going tonight, that that doesn't bode well. You know,
• 36:31
  Speaker 6: historically for Seattle, this is a game that even though
• 36:34
  Speaker 6: you got washed coming up tomorrow, you cannot afford to
• 36:36
  Speaker 6: take them.
• 36:37
  Speaker 3: Lightly Funny you mentioned Dan Vodar because I thought the
• 36:39
  Speaker 3: same thing as well. And I looked back at the
• 36:41
  Speaker 3: game logs for the Flyers so far, and they flip
• 36:43
  Speaker 3: flopped every game. It's been Samuel jis Arson, Daniel Vodar,
• 36:46
  Speaker 3: back and forth. And if that holds true, it should
• 36:48
  Speaker 3: be Samuel Arrison tonight. I don't think it's gonna be
• 36:51
  Speaker 3: if you look at that record with Dan Voldar.
• 36:53
  Speaker 1: So we'll see. But you know the thing about it
• 36:55
  Speaker 1: is with a.
• 36:56
  Speaker 3: Ricktocket coach team is you know the compete level is
• 36:58
  Speaker 3: gonna be high. You know the no quit level is
• 37:00
  Speaker 3: going to be high. You know the workff effort's going
• 37:03
  Speaker 3: to be there. I think that's a lot of the
• 37:05
  Speaker 3: Kraken identity as well. So it's gonna be a battle.
• 37:08
  Speaker 4: For what it's worth. Lane Lambert looking for his first
• 37:11
  Speaker 4: win head to head against Rick Tocket too previously faced
• 37:14
  Speaker 4: off when Taka just took the Canucks job, succeeding Bruce Boudreau.
• 37:18
  Speaker 4: Lane Lambert was back with the Islanders. But I mean,
• 37:21
  Speaker 4: as they say, coaches often can be changed men when
• 37:23
  Speaker 4: they get into their second NHL job here and Lane
• 37:26
  Speaker 4: Lambert right now doing some pretty incredible things, so he's
• 37:28
  Speaker 4: looking to get his first win against Rick Tocket had
• 37:31
  Speaker 4: to head here for this evening before we move on
• 37:33
  Speaker 4: to the ideal week ahead and our three Stars picks.
• 37:36
  Speaker 4: I didn't want to kind of put the spotlight on
• 37:38
  Speaker 4: the Matti Banear's line because we talked about so much
• 37:41
  Speaker 4: during the offseason. Where Matti Beneer's goes, this team could
• 37:46
  Speaker 4: go as well. And again Everett, you mentioned we hate
• 37:49
  Speaker 4: talking about twenty twenty two to twenty three. It's getting
• 37:51
  Speaker 4: up there now with comparing you know, the expansion draft
• 37:54
  Speaker 4: here to Vegas way like back five years ago. But
• 37:58
  Speaker 4: Matty Beaneer's that's at the bar for his production. But
• 38:01
  Speaker 4: now the league figures you out and what can you
• 38:03
  Speaker 4: do to win that? Cat and mouse game to get
• 38:06
  Speaker 4: back to your ideal numbers. Right now, Beniar's with three
• 38:09
  Speaker 4: points in five games. He's playing also with Jared McCann
• 38:14
  Speaker 4: near point per game, leading goal scorer on this team,
• 38:17
  Speaker 4: and Jordan Eberley four assists through five games. But you're
• 38:21
  Speaker 4: not looking at just a baseline numbers here for Beniers.
• 38:26
  Speaker 4: I've looked over and over and over at one on
• 38:29
  Speaker 4: one foot races and I'm not groaning. Oh, he should
• 38:32
  Speaker 4: have had that one. He should have had that one.
• 38:33
  Speaker 1: It's wow, what a play.
• 38:36
  Speaker 4: He took the body, he laid the shoulder in. He's
• 38:38
  Speaker 4: doing damage back in his own zone in a good
• 38:41
  Speaker 4: way and finding the exit lane for this team. But
• 38:45
  Speaker 4: also he's finding a way to produce. Help out McCann,
• 38:49
  Speaker 4: help out Eberley, And this is what you want. Can
• 38:52
  Speaker 4: you find your guy who now is taking a leadership
• 38:56
  Speaker 4: role even more with an A on the front of
• 38:58
  Speaker 4: his jersey and have him played a complete two hundred
• 39:01
  Speaker 4: foot game, Maddy, Beniers, so far, so good.
• 39:05
  Speaker 6: Yeah, we talk about the crack and every game they
• 39:07
  Speaker 6: play it seems like you're saying to yourself, man, this
• 39:11
  Speaker 6: might be the best game that I think we've seen
• 39:13
  Speaker 6: this season, And I feel like with Matty Beanier's every
• 39:15
  Speaker 6: game he's played, I feel like I find myself saying, man,
• 39:18
  Speaker 6: this might be one of his best performances in the
• 39:20
  Speaker 6: last couple of years here in Seattle. And it's not
• 39:23
  Speaker 6: a bad thing, right, It's just him maturing and growing.
• 39:27
  Speaker 5: You know.
• 39:27
  Speaker 6: Coming into the season, they were talking about him as
• 39:29
  Speaker 6: a Selkie dark course for you know, one of the
• 39:31
  Speaker 6: top defensive forwards in the league. And he's turning into
• 39:35
  Speaker 6: a defensive minded, responsible two way player. And you're right,
• 39:39
  Speaker 6: I think now that he is, you know, going through
• 39:42
  Speaker 6: the league for the fourth time and he's seeing a
• 39:44
  Speaker 6: lot of these teams again, and you know, you start
• 39:48
  Speaker 6: to know what it takes to be at your best
• 39:51
  Speaker 6: every day and bring you know, ninety percent minimum every
• 39:55
  Speaker 6: single day. Right, You're finding out what it takes to
• 39:58
  Speaker 6: survive in this league and and it's paying off dividends
• 40:01
  Speaker 6: and watching him play this year. This is the Matty
• 40:04
  Speaker 6: Beaneers that the Kraken drafted. This is the Matt Ebneers
• 40:08
  Speaker 6: that they expected to get when when he came here
• 40:12
  Speaker 6: to Seattle.
• 40:12
  Speaker 5: And I think he's just getting started this season.
• 40:15
  Speaker 1: Yeah, you and.
• 40:15
  Speaker 3: I've talked a lot about him over this past week.
• 40:18
  Speaker 3: And the thing that I'm seeing is another element to
• 40:21
  Speaker 3: his game that I didn't see over the past two seasons.
• 40:23
  Speaker 3: But over the past two seasons, you know, when given
• 40:26
  Speaker 3: the opportunity a plus in offensive ability, but he struggled
• 40:31
  Speaker 3: on the defensive side of the pocket. I'm not seeing
• 40:33
  Speaker 3: that as much this year. And you know, for the
• 40:35
  Speaker 3: kids out there, it's like unlocking a skin for your
• 40:38
  Speaker 3: character in a game where they become stronger, they become bigger,
• 40:41
  Speaker 3: they become faster. Maybe it's a suit of arm or whatever,
• 40:44
  Speaker 3: but that's what I'm seeing in Matti Beiners. His game
• 40:47
  Speaker 3: has grown to a new level and it's exciting to see.
• 40:50
  Speaker 4: Before we really get into the mean of Monday, here
• 40:54
  Speaker 4: one more when the Mariners will reach the World Series
• 40:57
  Speaker 4: for their first time in franchise history. I know my
• 41:00
  Speaker 4: dad a fans in seventy seven, a fan since the
• 41:04
  Speaker 4: pilots is on pins and needles right now with this
• 41:07
  Speaker 4: or we could be talking about Game seven, which will
• 41:09
  Speaker 4: be going on a little bit after we have puck
• 41:11
  Speaker 4: drop here in Philadelphia. But how do we make of
• 41:15
  Speaker 4: the crack and worry Mariners jerseys to Toronto? What a
• 41:18
  Speaker 4: way to make a statement.
• 41:20
  Speaker 1: That was awesome.
• 41:21
  Speaker 6: I mean, listen, you're showing up and you're showing out
• 41:24
  Speaker 6: for your city in Toronto. I made the comment on
• 41:28
  Speaker 6: the air the other day that if you go back
• 41:30
  Speaker 6: to Wednesday, we potentially are looking at six consecutive days
• 41:37
  Speaker 6: of Seattle versus Toronto sporting events, and I mean, it's awesome. Obviously,
• 41:44
  Speaker 6: it all started with Josh Naylor wearing a champagne soaked
• 41:47
  Speaker 6: third jersey when they beat the Tigers in Game five
• 41:51
  Speaker 6: of the DS. And you know, a lot of guys
• 41:54
  Speaker 6: in this room love baseball. A lot of guys in
• 41:55
  Speaker 6: this room love the Jays as well. But they they're
• 41:58
  Speaker 6: they're putting there there. I guess country.
• 42:02
  Speaker 5: Loyalty on hold to support their city now. And it's
• 42:06
  Speaker 5: been really good to see.
• 42:07
  Speaker 1: I think it's up.
• 42:07
  Speaker 3: It's been awesome to see as well.
• 42:09
  Speaker 1: I was.
• 42:10
  Speaker 3: I was especially tickled to see Lane Lambert wearing his
• 42:12
  Speaker 3: postgame presser as well, and some of the comments he
• 42:15
  Speaker 3: made about you know what a sports city Seattle is,
• 42:19
  Speaker 3: And you know the thing about it is that the
• 42:22
  Speaker 3: players were told that the Maple Police were gonna wear
• 42:24
  Speaker 3: Blue Jays jerseys in they never did, and that says
• 42:28
  Speaker 3: a lot in itself right, Seattle versus Toronto. So I
• 42:31
  Speaker 3: think that the message that it sends, not only to
• 42:34
  Speaker 3: the Kraken fans, not only to the city of Seattle
• 42:37
  Speaker 3: and the teams themselves is really cool.
• 42:39
  Speaker 4: Here's Lane Lambert, by the way, after the win against
• 42:41
  Speaker 4: some Maple Leafs wearing his Mariners jersey. What a meant
• 42:45
  Speaker 4: to roll out that jersey?
• 42:45
  Speaker 2: Well, I think it's mutual. I think, uh, you know,
• 42:49
  Speaker 2: Josh Naylor supports us too. We're just wearing our jersey
• 42:53
  Speaker 2: after they won, you know, and in the locker room,
• 42:58
  Speaker 2: and you know, I it's again, it's about our hometown,
• 43:02
  Speaker 2: and it's about our fans and our city. And I'll
• 43:08
  Speaker 2: say it again. Our city is a great sports town
• 43:11
  Speaker 2: and we've had you know, we have great fans in
• 43:13
  Speaker 2: every uh you know, in every sport, and you know
• 43:18
  Speaker 2: we're supporting them just as they would support us.
• 43:20
  Speaker 1: Friends.
• 43:20
  Speaker 4: Again, I want to go back to al Koniski's comments
• 43:23
  Speaker 4: here about this team wearing Mariners jerseys and where they
• 43:27
  Speaker 4: come from. And you have a lot of players on
• 43:29
  Speaker 4: this roster who are from the Ontario province as well.
• 43:33
  Speaker 4: They could have chosen to wear it or not wear it.
• 43:36
  Speaker 4: But again, Lane Lambert said, I've coached in Toronto, I'm
• 43:40
  Speaker 4: now coaching in Seattle. I'm a Homer, I'm wearing the
• 43:43
  Speaker 4: Mariner jersey. No one forced them to do this. They
• 43:46
  Speaker 4: did it by choice. That's how special this sports market
• 43:50
  Speaker 4: is in the city of Seattle. Let's get onto the
• 43:53
  Speaker 4: ideal week ahead. Here for the cracket. You got Philadelphia
• 43:56
  Speaker 4: this evening, you have Washington coming up tomorrow night, Winnipeg
• 43:59
  Speaker 4: on Thursday A. Don't show any signs of falling back,
• 44:03
  Speaker 4: maybe from what people projected them to do. And then
• 44:06
  Speaker 4: you come back home to face the Flying Conor McDavid's
• 44:09
  Speaker 4: and Leon dr Teidels and the Edmonton Oilers. Four points
• 44:15
  Speaker 4: on the table. But I like where this team is
• 44:17
  Speaker 4: going with its identity. I'm thinking if you can get
• 44:21
  Speaker 4: maybe five of eight, you call it a good week.
• 44:23
  Speaker 1: Guys.
• 44:23
  Speaker 4: What about you?
• 44:23
  Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean I think going four and oh with
• 44:25
  Speaker 6: four shoutouts I think is great. That's to me, that's
• 44:29
  Speaker 6: that that that's the low bar, Michael, though.
• 44:31
  Speaker 5: The low bar is for no Listen, I mean for me,
• 44:36
  Speaker 5: you're still you're still learning and growing.
• 44:39
  Speaker 1: Within this system.
• 44:40
  Speaker 5: Right.
• 44:41
  Speaker 6: We talked about this, Alan and I did I think
• 44:43
  Speaker 6: more important than the wins and losses is consistency. If
• 44:47
  Speaker 6: you lose games, but you lose games the way that
• 44:50
  Speaker 6: you've been playing the last five I don't think you're
• 44:54
  Speaker 6: gonna have too much of a problem with that, because, hey,
• 44:57
  Speaker 6: we played to our identity. We played the best of
• 44:59
  Speaker 6: our ability. That said, I'm with you. If you can
• 45:02
  Speaker 6: take more points than you lose five of eight points,
• 45:04
  Speaker 6: you can you can keep the the zero in the
• 45:08
  Speaker 6: lost column for as long as possible, maybe a one loss.
• 45:11
  Speaker 6: You know, a week you go three to one in
• 45:14
  Speaker 6: or two to one in one or three in one,
• 45:16
  Speaker 6: whatever it is. I again, playing the right way, playing consistently,
• 45:22
  Speaker 6: That for me, is gonna be most important because you
• 45:24
  Speaker 6: don't want to go out in there, especially against some
• 45:26
  Speaker 6: teams that in Winnipeg and Edmonton in particular. If you
• 45:29
  Speaker 6: want to make the playoffs, you're gonna have to go
• 45:31
  Speaker 6: through these teams, either in the regular season or in
• 45:34
  Speaker 6: the first couple of rounds. Right, So these are gonna
• 45:37
  Speaker 6: be those those first tune up, those first litmus test
• 45:40
  Speaker 6: games against teams in your conference, in your division that
• 45:44
  Speaker 6: you're gonna be battling with for the next seventy five games.
• 45:47
  Speaker 3: Yeah, and listen, it's still a real small sample size
• 45:50
  Speaker 3: five games, five games in seventy seven to go. I
• 45:53
  Speaker 3: think the status out there today was last year there
• 45:56
  Speaker 3: were five teams that were didn't have a lot loss
• 45:59
  Speaker 3: in regulations through five games. Only two made the playoffs.
• 46:01
  Speaker 3: So you know, this is a great start. They got
• 46:05
  Speaker 3: to keep it going. This is building their identity, but
• 46:08
  Speaker 3: there's a long road ahead before we start talking about playoffs.
• 46:11
  Speaker 4: We wrap this up with our three stars of the week.
• 46:14
  Speaker 4: I'll begin I'm gonna go with my third star in
• 46:17
  Speaker 4: Matty Benier's and again I go back to what I
• 46:19
  Speaker 4: said earlier. A terrific two hundred foot game. He is
• 46:23
  Speaker 4: looking stronger on pucks fifty to fifty battles. He looks
• 46:26
  Speaker 4: a step quicker as well, and he is helping elevate
• 46:29
  Speaker 4: his linemates and Jered McCann and Jordan Eberley. My second
• 46:33
  Speaker 4: star is going to go to Josh Mahera because being
• 46:37
  Speaker 4: put into duty given the circumstances here of this Kraken lineup,
• 46:42
  Speaker 4: fifteen minutes against the maple Leafs means sometimes fifteen minutes
• 46:47
  Speaker 4: of what you're gonna do when you're facing Matthews, Nilander
• 46:50
  Speaker 4: Tavares et cetera, and he left a vapor trail right
• 46:55
  Speaker 4: in front of William Nielander for the overtime winner to
• 46:59
  Speaker 4: get his first goals since twenty twenty three against the
• 47:02
  Speaker 4: same team as well. That's perseverance. Josh Mhura is my
• 47:06
  Speaker 4: second star of the week, my first star as well.
• 47:09
  Speaker 4: Vin's done because of the lineup shuffle and you put
• 47:15
  Speaker 4: the Kraken right into this fire against the Maple Leafs
• 47:18
  Speaker 4: on Hockey Night in Canada. Brandon Montor's gotta be away
• 47:21
  Speaker 4: for a while. You're down then Ryan Lindgren though, late
• 47:24
  Speaker 4: in the game, and there are questions of what's gonna
• 47:26
  Speaker 4: happen here to this defensive court until they can get
• 47:29
  Speaker 4: some bodies back. But you're putting again a great load
• 47:32
  Speaker 4: on the shoulders of Done and Larson. Vin's done, logging
• 47:36
  Speaker 4: over twenty eight minutes of ice time. He's your leading
• 47:39
  Speaker 4: score now and he's looking like the Vince Done of
• 47:42
  Speaker 4: old that has helped carry this team an two hundred
• 47:45
  Speaker 4: foot game on the back end, and he was phenomenal.
• 47:49
  Speaker 1: Vince Dune's my first name.
• 47:50
  Speaker 6: Yeah, this one's tough for me. I got about five
• 47:52
  Speaker 6: guys that I could throw into this conversation, I think
• 47:55
  Speaker 6: my third star.
• 47:57
  Speaker 1: I'm gonna go Mason Marchman.
• 47:59
  Speaker 6: You know, we were talking talking about hell and I,
• 48:01
  Speaker 6: you know, needing to see more from him in the
• 48:03
  Speaker 6: last couple of games. Getting points in both those games,
• 48:06
  Speaker 6: and I think again Toronto, call it what it was,
• 48:09
  Speaker 6: you're playing in Toronto, you're playing at home, or you
• 48:12
  Speaker 6: know whatever.
• 48:12
  Speaker 5: I thought that was a really good game for him.
• 48:14
  Speaker 6: So he's my third star, my second star for the
• 48:17
  Speaker 6: exact same reason Chandler Stevens right points him back to
• 48:19
  Speaker 6: back games, four points in his last two games.
• 48:22
  Speaker 5: I think he really needed to have a good week.
• 48:27
  Speaker 6: Just you know, I don't want to see a slow start,
• 48:29
  Speaker 6: but just from where he was and to where he
• 48:33
  Speaker 6: is now, I think.
• 48:34
  Speaker 5: His play has increased, His play has gotten better and
• 48:37
  Speaker 5: the best.
• 48:38
  Speaker 6: Face off man exactly how you're bang on there and
• 48:40
  Speaker 6: my number one star, this was this was so hard.
• 48:42
  Speaker 6: But I'm giving Shane right, right, I mean, I think
• 48:45
  Speaker 6: Shane Wright getting a goal in your one hundred game.
• 48:48
  Speaker 5: Again, like Maddie, we've seen a very consistent style of
• 48:52
  Speaker 5: play with him, and I think last year with him
• 48:55
  Speaker 5: up and down the line up, going on different lines,
• 48:57
  Speaker 5: having different linemates. We're wondering what's gonna be the plan
• 49:01
  Speaker 5: for him.
• 49:02
  Speaker 6: But now this year, he's been playing for the most
• 49:04
  Speaker 6: part with the same guys the first five games, and we're.
• 49:06
  Speaker 5: Starting to see this this Shane Wright who is.
• 49:11
  Speaker 6: Developing into a really strong two way player, not unlike
• 49:16
  Speaker 6: Matty Pairs.
• 49:16
  Speaker 1: So I'm gonna go a different route with my three stars.
• 49:19
  Speaker 1: So I'm gonna go with the unsung hero route.
• 49:21
  Speaker 3: You know, I like the physical game. You know I
• 49:23
  Speaker 3: like the gritty game. So that's the direction I'm gonna
• 49:25
  Speaker 3: come at this from. Ty car Cha is my third
• 49:27
  Speaker 3: star for the week. Ty car Cha leads the team
• 49:31
  Speaker 3: right now with twenty one hits on the season, and
• 49:33
  Speaker 3: he's been playing in that fourth line role. He's figuring
• 49:36
  Speaker 3: out how to be that guy on the ford line
• 49:39
  Speaker 3: where when he gets the opportunity to shoot the buck,
• 49:41
  Speaker 3: of course he's shooting the score, but he knows that
• 49:44
  Speaker 3: the rest of the time he's going to play a physical,
• 49:46
  Speaker 3: gritty game. So ty car Cha is my third star
• 49:48
  Speaker 3: for playing that way. Like second star for the same reasons,
• 49:51
  Speaker 3: Ellie Tobin. He's second behind ty Karscha with twenty twenty
• 49:55
  Speaker 3: hits on the year. So far, he quietly goes out
• 49:58
  Speaker 3: there and just plays the physical and fitts and I've
• 50:01
  Speaker 3: talked to him in some of the media veils. He
• 50:03
  Speaker 3: just knows that's the way he has to play to
• 50:05
  Speaker 3: get into the game and contribute.
• 50:07
  Speaker 1: And he likes it.
• 50:08
  Speaker 3: And it's he doesn't go seek it intentionally. It just
• 50:11
  Speaker 3: comes to himself. Elie Twelven is my second start. First
• 50:14
  Speaker 3: star I gotta go to the blue line is Adam Larson.
• 50:17
  Speaker 3: He leads the team with seventeen blocks and again this
• 50:20
  Speaker 3: team hirt, Yes, he did this team with this defensive
• 50:25
  Speaker 3: minded structure that Lane Lambert is implementing. It starts with
• 50:29
  Speaker 3: blocking shots and not letting pucks get to the front
• 50:31
  Speaker 3: of the net to get to your goaltender. Shots that
• 50:34
  Speaker 3: never have a chance of going in are blocked. And
• 50:36
  Speaker 3: and Adam Larson leads the seventeen right now.
• 50:39
  Speaker 1: In the season. So he's my first start.
• 50:40
  Speaker 4: Round and pound is part of this team's DNA for
• 50:44
  Speaker 4: this season. And speaking of boys, time to go out
• 50:46
  Speaker 4: and pound some cheese takes, shall we? Yeah, we're in Philadelphia,
• 50:51
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