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KRAKEN THIS MORNING: Rolling on the road, facing a rolling Matthew Schaefer (11/23) · Seattle Kraken Audio Network

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Cracking this morning, a presentation of the Kraken
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  Speaker 1: Audio Network Ken Sports Radio ninety three point three kjr FM.
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  Speaker 1: Here's Mike Benton quarter pole.
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  Speaker 2: The season has arrived in the Seattle Cracking very much
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  Speaker 2: till in this mix.
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  Speaker 3: We welcome you to Cracking this morning.
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  Speaker 2: On a Sunday, November twenty third, Mike Benton with you
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  Speaker 2: and a Sunday matinee game for the least a Pacific
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  Speaker 2: time zone coming your way from the Seattle Kraken and
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  Speaker 2: the New York Islanders from Ubs Arena on Long Island.
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  Speaker 2: So the Cracking trying to end back to back with
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  Speaker 2: their first win in this situation since.
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  Speaker 3: Twenty twenty three, twenty four.
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  Speaker 2: It would be quite fitting the way that things have
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  Speaker 2: certainly gone to begin this regular season once again two
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  Speaker 2: pm Pacific time, puck drop airtime one thirty for your
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  Speaker 2: pregame show, served up by Frost Brewed Corse Light Shoes
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  Speaker 2: Chill ever it fits you, al Koniski on Long Island
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  Speaker 2: with the call I'll join you nearby Climbate Pledge Arena
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  Speaker 2: right across this at Tom's Watchbar. Come on down hang
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  Speaker 2: out with us every time. Once again one thirty on
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  Speaker 2: the flagship ninety three three KJIFM, and all across the
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  Speaker 2: Emerald Queen Casino Kraken Audio Network. Alan Fearing radio play
• 1:14
  Speaker 2: by play voice of the Islanders coming up with us
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  Speaker 2: in just a bit. We'll dive into how the Islanders
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  Speaker 2: have reached this point as well, very much in the
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  Speaker 2: mix on the Eastern Conference side at twelve eight and
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  Speaker 2: two twenty six points, and like the Kraken, in sniffing
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  Speaker 2: distance a first place in their division. We'll talk Matt Barzela,
• 1:33
  Speaker 2: we'll talk Bowl Horvat and indeed this past summer's first
• 1:37
  Speaker 2: overall pick, Matthew Schaeffer already turning plenty of aheads with
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  Speaker 2: the work that he's doing right back on the Islander's
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  Speaker 2: blue line. We'll talk about those challenges here on the
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  Speaker 2: Kraken side, coming up in just a bit, But before that,
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  Speaker 2: here's how the Kraken kept pace in the Pacific Division
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  Speaker 2: with a record of eleven five and five twenty seven
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  Speaker 2: points and two back of first play Santaheim. The Kraken
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  Speaker 2: last evening heading into Pittsburgh knowing they were going to
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  Speaker 2: be in for a stip challenge because the Penguins had
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  Speaker 2: dropped a five nothing loss the night before at home
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  Speaker 2: to the Minnesota Wild. Not to mention, Sidney Prosby is
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  Speaker 2: the kind of guy who doesn't take these games lightly,
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  Speaker 2: averaging over a point per game in the following game
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  Speaker 2: after a loss. But the Kraken, getting through a scoreless
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  Speaker 2: tie in period one went right to work in period two,
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  Speaker 2: as we take you on an audio thrill ride where
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  Speaker 2: the calls here from Everetten now.
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  Speaker 4: Turns away from Maddy buteers.
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  Speaker 5: This one flipped up to the boards, knocked down by Marchman,
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  Speaker 5: but he gives it right back and we'll steal it
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  Speaker 5: right back. Marchmen fires scores, they said, march Ben puts
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  Speaker 5: the cracket on the board, won nothing, eighteen thirty six
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  Speaker 5: to play in the period. He was so excited when
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  Speaker 5: he celebrated that he to picked and a face planted
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  Speaker 5: on the ice. I'm sorry for lap Bush cracking on
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  Speaker 5: the board.
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  Speaker 6: And well it was Marsham with that kept the puck
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  Speaker 6: in at the offensive blue line there, kept it deep
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  Speaker 6: and then hung around the top of the circles and
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  Speaker 6: got a gift from the Penguins defenseman which was the
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  Speaker 6: puck and uh shot from the top of the circles
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  Speaker 6: beats for her Bershov. It's one nothing.
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  Speaker 5: Grindor Dor left wing still send this in By and Grubauer.
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  Speaker 3: Out to play it.
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  Speaker 5: Saner faded front, Tour out to Crosby.
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  Speaker 3: He scores.
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  Speaker 5: Sidney Crosby in the slot. Connor Tour picked up the
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  Speaker 5: puck in the left corner. Grubauer came out to play
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  Speaker 5: it a little slow getting back into the goal.
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  Speaker 3: Penguin on the board were at Sidney Crosby again near
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  Speaker 3: side to the corner.
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  Speaker 5: Malkin back to Crosby right wing, bump past the kendle,
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  Speaker 5: Malcolm down low center the pass in front. Seattle knocks
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  Speaker 5: it free and lose butt there, he said.
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  Speaker 3: They score Guinea Malkin.
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  Speaker 5: On about the eighth pop check able to squeeze it
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  Speaker 5: on through by Groobauer and the Penguins take their first
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  Speaker 5: lead of the game, two to one with fourteen oh
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  Speaker 5: four left in the thirds on the left wing gives
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  Speaker 5: it up to Mason Marshmant backside from an ear Settles
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  Speaker 5: shoots stooms Maddy Baneers from the right circle as he
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  Speaker 5: tucks it up over the shoulder of miroshav And in
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  Speaker 5: the Seattle cracket tie the game in the third two
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  Speaker 5: two seven twenty four to go in regulation, Well it.
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  Speaker 6: Was everly in front of the net haad dumb, but
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  Speaker 6: tied up that gave Matty Benier's space behind the bottom
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  Speaker 6: of the circles over on that right side. He got
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  Speaker 6: a fantastic feet from Marchman had all the time and
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  Speaker 6: the day to roof it. This game's tied up to
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  Speaker 6: row through center left side, over the blue line.
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  Speaker 5: Good drow to the line Montor walks in sh stars Montemania.
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  Speaker 5: In overtime in Pittsburgh, it's a three to two Seattle
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  Speaker 5: crack and win.
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  Speaker 6: What a great feed that Mantra received just inside the
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  Speaker 6: middle of the blue line of the offensive end. He
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  Speaker 6: has tons of time to get his space up. He
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  Speaker 6: beats murshov low crack and win three two. Bring on
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  Speaker 6: the funnel cake.
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  Speaker 2: Oh you bet those funnel cakes tastes sweet. Indeed the
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  Speaker 2: cracking picking up there for victory in sudden death overtime
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  Speaker 2: two and one. Now on the road trip through three games,
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  Speaker 2: heading into the fourth and final game. Here for today,
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  Speaker 2: Mason March Mit Maddy Benier's that duo looking for breakout games.
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  Speaker 2: They got them. Marsh been picking up this first goal
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  Speaker 2: since opening night, Veniers snapping out of an eight game
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  Speaker 2: goal scoring drought and both players picking up multi point
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  Speaker 2: games in the process. Not to mention the penalty kill
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  Speaker 2: coming through in a big kind of way three kills
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  Speaker 2: in period one win. It looked a bit bleak with
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  Speaker 2: the crack and face in the league's best power play
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  Speaker 2: and Philip Grubauer, what else can you say but terrific
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  Speaker 2: turning in a thirty one save effort. Here's a reaction
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  Speaker 2: after the game from crackinghead coach Lane Lambert meeting with
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  Speaker 2: the media in Pittsburgh.
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  Speaker 4: Again, I think we can build on our third period
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  Speaker 4: in terms of you know, when we got down, I
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  Speaker 4: thought we you know, started to make more plays and
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  Speaker 4: create more stuff offensively. I think we have to do that.
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  Speaker 4: We have to do that right from the get go.
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  Speaker 4: But you know, we defended as hard as we could.
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  Speaker 4: You know, I thought our goaltender played a great game,
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  Speaker 4: and you know, there's no question that we're going to
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  Speaker 4: be right back at it here not too many hours.
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  Speaker 4: So we just have to make sure that we focus
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  Speaker 4: in and you know, be good with our structure tomorrow.
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  Speaker 4: How valuable is Brandon Montur in the role that he's
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  Speaker 4: played for this team, especially through the last week or so. Yeah, well,
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  Speaker 4: he's an extremely valuable guy. He started to kill penalties
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  Speaker 4: now a little bit now that he's got his feet
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  Speaker 4: under him here after taking you know, having to take
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  Speaker 4: some time off there, and you know, it's really nice
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  Speaker 4: to see him score.
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  Speaker 6: Marchman told me that he told himself coming into this
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  Speaker 6: game that he was not passing up any single opportunity to.
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  Speaker 4: Shoot the buck.
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  Speaker 3: How nice was it to see him.
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  Speaker 4: Finally get rewarded. Yeah, I mean, I like the fact
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  Speaker 4: that he doesn't pass off opportunities. We need to continue
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  Speaker 4: doing that as a as an entire group. But you know,
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  Speaker 4: he's played very well, you know, for at least a
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  Speaker 4: couple of weeks now, he's been a force out there.
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  Speaker 4: He's making plays, he's using his body, he's playing well
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  Speaker 4: for us.
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  Speaker 6: Then you've been a big believer in your penalty kill
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  Speaker 6: pretty much the whole season, but you must have really
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  Speaker 6: been impressed with them tonight in terms of what they
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  Speaker 6: did out there.
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  Speaker 4: Well, they did a good job in the first period, certainly,
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  Speaker 4: you know, given that that group three power plays, you know,
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  Speaker 4: the game could have got away on us early, you know,
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  Speaker 4: and we did a good job. It just seems like,
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  Speaker 4: you know, it just seems like for whatever reason, you know,
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  Speaker 4: we just can't quite keep it out of our net
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  Speaker 4: for sixty minutes. In terms of that on the kill,
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  Speaker 4: you know, one kind of bounced around. We did everything
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  Speaker 4: right and you know it just kind of ends up
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  Speaker 4: in the spot from all kin to punch it in.
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  Speaker 4: But you know, I think there's been some improvement center
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  Speaker 4: penalty killed a little bit. We've made a couple of
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  Speaker 4: changes and we're going to continue growing.
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  Speaker 3: We talked about Maddie this week, but what did you
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  Speaker 3: see on this going play from him?
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  Speaker 4: Well, first full he played well, but he just saw
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  Speaker 4: he saw an opportunity. I thought their goalie maybe potentially
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  Speaker 4: went down a little bit early, and you know that
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  Speaker 4: was a that was a snipe. So really good for
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  Speaker 4: our hockey team that he you know that he was
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  Speaker 4: able to do that.
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  Speaker 2: All right, end up, back to back, coming up here
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  Speaker 2: for today the only trip of the crake in two
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  Speaker 2: ubs are gonna take it on the New York Islanders
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  Speaker 2: and we have all the action for you a little
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  Speaker 2: bit later on here. But a great pleasure to have
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  Speaker 2: Alan Fearing join us now on cracking this morning. He
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  Speaker 2: is the new play by play voice of the Islanders
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  Speaker 2: on the radio side eighty eight seven FM w r
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  Speaker 2: HU on Long Island. I said that correctly, not in
• 8:52
  Speaker 2: Long Island. I know that might be a subject here
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  Speaker 2: to to disciplinary action, but I nailed it here off
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  Speaker 2: the jump here.
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  Speaker 3: I'm for that.
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  Speaker 2: Great to have you, though, Alan, how are you? And
• 9:03
  Speaker 2: I got to ask you first off? You know you
• 9:05
  Speaker 2: like me, and you know Brendan Burke, Evert Fitz he
• 9:08
  Speaker 2: was well on the crack inside of things here. We
• 9:10
  Speaker 2: all share one common bond, the journey from the ECHL
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  Speaker 2: to the NHL. I mean, you're at you're at this
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  Speaker 2: level now. It's great to be here. But I mean
• 9:18
  Speaker 2: what advice would you give to younger broadcasters looking to
• 9:22
  Speaker 2: make that jump years down the road.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah. Well, first of all, Mike, thanks so much for
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  Speaker 7: having me, and you nailed it on Long Island. And
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  Speaker 7: even if you mess that up, you can get away
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  Speaker 7: with that. I cannot get away with that on the Island.
• 9:34
  Speaker 7: Can't get away with that either. We would be out
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  Speaker 7: of a job. No, I'm kidding, you know, very very
• 9:41
  Speaker 7: excited to talk with you again. Thanks for having me,
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  Speaker 7: and I think the number one piece of advice I
• 9:45
  Speaker 7: would give any young broadcaster those who are currently in
• 9:48
  Speaker 7: the EHL is seat time, right, Like, just call games,
• 9:53
  Speaker 7: call as many games as you can, hockey games, other
• 9:56
  Speaker 7: sports as well. Just keep getting reps, do the job,
• 10:01
  Speaker 7: listen back to your stuff. Notice where you can get better,
• 10:05
  Speaker 7: And generally it's the Malcolm Gladwell, you know ten thousand
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  Speaker 7: hours rule in that you know it takes a long
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  Speaker 7: time to get into a position where you feel good
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  Speaker 7: about your call and you get to a level that
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  Speaker 7: can earn you a step up to the American Hockey
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  Speaker 7: League and then the NHL. So just call as many
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  Speaker 7: games as possible, get see time as I call it,
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  Speaker 7: and you know, it's amazing how quickly you'll get better.
• 10:29
  Speaker 2: There's something that NHL players have in common and it
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  Speaker 2: doesn't really make a difference here between young and ol
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  Speaker 2: those they're always looking fear for ways to get better
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  Speaker 2: every day, and I think that goes here for us
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  Speaker 2: and our profession as well.
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  Speaker 3: And I think one.
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  Speaker 2: Great example of a guy who's already doing this and
• 10:43
  Speaker 2: it seems like he's already about twenty six years of age,
• 10:47
  Speaker 2: is a guy that you've caught on this blue line
• 10:49
  Speaker 2: and he's only eighteen in Matthew Schaeffer, My word, what
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  Speaker 2: a prodigy, What a talent, What a future he's got,
• 10:56
  Speaker 2: and we're already talking about superstar marketing. As far as
• 10:59
  Speaker 2: he's cancerned here from the East Coast side of things,
• 11:02
  Speaker 2: he's already earning Cale mccarr comparisons. And there's even talk
• 11:06
  Speaker 2: now that Team Canada could be considering sending him here
• 11:10
  Speaker 2: to the Olympics. So I boil it down to this,
• 11:13
  Speaker 2: what kind of impact has he made this year for
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  Speaker 2: the Islanders?
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  Speaker 7: Alan, Yeah, you know what, he's a kid who has
• 11:18
  Speaker 7: made everybody better. He's a great locker room guy. You know,
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  Speaker 7: he's a kid who's humble, but he's confident, and the
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  Speaker 7: guys have really taken him under their wing, whether it's veterans,
• 11:30
  Speaker 7: when it's guys who have only been in the league
• 11:32
  Speaker 7: a couple of years. You know, he's quite the glue
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  Speaker 7: for the locker room and a big reason why the
• 11:37
  Speaker 7: Islanders are playing so well right now. You know, you
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  Speaker 7: mentioned like he came into the league as the number
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  Speaker 7: one overall pick back in June and he had a
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  Speaker 7: huge expectation. But we're still trying to figure out where
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  Speaker 7: the ceiling is and if there is one. You know,
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  Speaker 7: a lot of us on Long Islander are cautious to
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  Speaker 7: compare him to Cale mccarr, to like a Bobby or
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  Speaker 7: but just the fact that we're having this discussion and
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  Speaker 7: those names are starting to be a little synonymous with
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  Speaker 7: Matthew Shaper is is quite something. You know, you mentioned
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  Speaker 7: earlier this week, he's been added to the drug testing
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  Speaker 7: program for Team Canada, so it looks like he may
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  Speaker 7: be on Team Canada's radar for the Olympics, something that
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  Speaker 7: when he was drafted that wasn't even a thought, and
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  Speaker 7: now all of a sudden, it's not that far fetched
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  Speaker 7: and maybe a reality. So I told the guys on
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  Speaker 7: Serious XM a couple of weeks ago that, you know,
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  Speaker 7: for the folks who are in the middle of the
• 12:32
  Speaker 7: country or who are out west in your case, like
• 12:35
  Speaker 7: you've seen the video, you've heard about him, you've read
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  Speaker 7: about how good Matthew Shaper is, but until you see
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  Speaker 7: him in person, it's a whole different world. You know,
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  Speaker 7: the kid is so fast, he's got such a long wingspan,
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  Speaker 7: His hockey IQ is off the charts. He's really good
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  Speaker 7: in his defensive zone. He's great offensively as shown by
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  Speaker 7: the numbers, and you know, just he pops even more
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  Speaker 7: in person. So I've had a number of people tell
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  Speaker 7: me after seeing him why for the first time, say like, look,
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  Speaker 7: I knew this kid was good. I didn't know he
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  Speaker 7: was that good. And you know, folks on Long Island
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  Speaker 7: and here in the Tri state area in the Northeast
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  Speaker 7: are real privileged to have this kid. What looks like
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  Speaker 7: it could be for the next twenty years.
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  Speaker 2: And so the Islander is open the season losing three
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  Speaker 2: in a row, and did they ever turn the season
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  Speaker 2: around ever since?
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  Speaker 6: Then?
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  Speaker 3: Twelve four and two. Now that's a record.
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  Speaker 2: Ilia Sarrokan, you use the word swagger to describe how
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  Speaker 2: they're feeling at the very end of this last road
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  Speaker 2: trip here. So what do we know about the Islanders
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  Speaker 2: so far this season at the twenty five percent checkpoint
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  Speaker 2: under Patrick Watt?
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, we know that they are a very good hockey
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  Speaker 7: team and they have every piece to compete and perhaps
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  Speaker 7: make a run when we get to the spring. Health
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  Speaker 7: is a big one, as it is with any team.
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  Speaker 7: But you know, they've got a world class goalie who
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  Speaker 7: had a rough couple of games to start this season.
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  Speaker 7: But he's found his groove and he's playing every bit
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  Speaker 7: of the ilias serrocan as a bold off your biggest box.
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  Speaker 7: There is a reliable piece of Creeks. But then also
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  Speaker 7: David Riddick got signed as the backup and he's been unbelievable.
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  Speaker 7: He's already won five times this season in seven starts,
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  Speaker 7: so you know when Soroken needs a day off, they
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  Speaker 7: have a guy who can easily get a win in
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  Speaker 7: the backup role in David Riddick, and a guy who's
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  Speaker 7: a former All Star in the NHL, so that part
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  Speaker 7: of the equation is solved.
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  Speaker 3: You know.
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  Speaker 7: Defensively, they were a little weak to start. Very much
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  Speaker 7: a fast paced, up tempo offense, one that can score
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  Speaker 7: a lot of goals. Both Horbats right there at the
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  Speaker 7: top of the leader board in the NHL, I think,
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  Speaker 7: only trailing Nathan McKinnon. So you know they've got the offense,
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  Speaker 7: and then the defense was the question. You know, could
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  Speaker 7: they tighten up, could they be a little bit more sharp?
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  Speaker 7: And they have been a recent seven game road trip
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  Speaker 7: and won six of those games, and while the offense
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  Speaker 7: showed up, so did the defense, and a couple of
• 14:51
  Speaker 7: those games were shutouts, So that's creditaillious Sorocan, but also
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  Speaker 7: the defense as well. Again, to answer your question, I
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  Speaker 7: think the first three games the year started to zwin three,
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  Speaker 7: but they played some pretty good hockey, didn't get the results,
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  Speaker 7: and then the results started to come and I think
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  Speaker 7: at that point we knew that it was a very
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  Speaker 7: exciting team to watch. It was just a little bit inconsistent.
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  Speaker 7: Now they found that consistency, and again I think as
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  Speaker 7: long as they stay healthy, this is a team that's
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  Speaker 7: going to be in the top third of the standings
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  Speaker 7: for most of the year.
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  Speaker 2: Al on the first name that a lot of US
• 15:23
  Speaker 2: West Coasters and around the Puget Sound go to as
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  Speaker 2: far as recognition on this Islander team as Matt Barzel
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  Speaker 2: for obvious reasons previously with the Seattle Thunderbirds before he
• 15:32
  Speaker 2: made it all the way in a direct jump here
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  Speaker 2: to the NHL. But a bit of a bump in
• 15:36
  Speaker 2: the road that he had, of course in late October
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  Speaker 2: miss a team bus was a healthy scratch as well.
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  Speaker 3: How did he respond?
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, he was great, and he was He'd be the
• 15:45
  Speaker 7: first one to tell you that he felt bad about it.
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  Speaker 7: It was an honest mistake. He actually didn't miss any meetings.
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  Speaker 7: He was there at the rink on time for the meetings.
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  Speaker 7: He just happened to miss the bus. So you know,
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  Speaker 7: he owned up to it. Matthew Darsh Patrick Wab both
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  Speaker 7: said that look like we have no ill will or
• 16:05
  Speaker 7: hard feelings on Matt Barzel. It happens. It happens a lot.
• 16:08
  Speaker 7: You know. Sometimes it happens with a lot of teams.
• 16:10
  Speaker 7: You don't even hear about it, but you know they
• 16:12
  Speaker 7: Matthew Darsh came in and was very punctual and said,
• 16:15
  Speaker 7: you know, there are going to be certain rules and
• 16:17
  Speaker 7: and everybody's got to follow him. It doesn't matter if
• 16:19
  Speaker 7: you're you know, Matt Barzell or you know a veteran
• 16:23
  Speaker 7: or you know a first year player. Everybody's got to
• 16:25
  Speaker 7: abide by the same rules. So, you know, Matt Barzell
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  Speaker 7: talked about how difficult it was to sit and watch
• 16:31
  Speaker 7: and not play, and you know, he's responded very very well.
• 16:34
  Speaker 7: And I think he's got points in as of today,
• 16:37
  Speaker 7: it's like eight of his last nine or something off
• 16:39
  Speaker 7: to double to check that, but he's he's been productive.
• 16:42
  Speaker 3: The guy playing ahead of him right now.
• 16:44
  Speaker 2: The depth chart is maybe off to his best start
• 16:46
  Speaker 2: in years, and that's bou Horvat. Twenty five points so
• 16:49
  Speaker 2: far in twenty one games and the fourteen goals has
• 16:52
  Speaker 2: got him right around the conversation of the most productive
• 16:55
  Speaker 2: which includes Nathan McKinnon so far here in this league.
• 16:58
  Speaker 3: What version of Bowl or.
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: Vat are the Islanders getting so far this season?
• 17:02
  Speaker 7: Allen, Yeah, they're getting the Boat or Vat that was
• 17:05
  Speaker 7: a top player in the Western Conference and in the
• 17:08
  Speaker 7: NHL when he was with Vancouver. I think that was
• 17:10
  Speaker 7: back in twenty twenty two, twenty three, right around then.
• 17:14
  Speaker 7: He you know, he's he's been the top line center
• 17:17
  Speaker 7: from day one. He's found instant chemistry with Emil Hineman,
• 17:20
  Speaker 7: who was kind of an afterthought in the no adoptson
• 17:23
  Speaker 7: trade over this past summer, and he's emerged as one
• 17:26
  Speaker 7: of the best offensive guys for the Islanders. Those two,
• 17:31
  Speaker 7: again just just hit it off and kind of one
• 17:32
  Speaker 7: of those things where it only took two or three
• 17:35
  Speaker 7: games and now no what passes are connecting? Everybody knows
• 17:39
  Speaker 7: between those two, they know where they are on the ice,
• 17:41
  Speaker 7: and they've been able to do some special things and
• 17:43
  Speaker 7: both of them have really good shots. So when Emil
• 17:46
  Speaker 7: Hineman has the puck on that top line, everybody's got
• 17:49
  Speaker 7: to respect that. It leaves a little bit more room
• 17:51
  Speaker 7: for baut orbat and vice versa, and ba Orvett had
• 17:55
  Speaker 7: a couple of shots too that I mean just head
• 17:59
  Speaker 7: scratchers they go in. It's just he's got an unbelievable release,
• 18:02
  Speaker 7: and you know, like you mentioned right there at the
• 18:06
  Speaker 7: top of the NHL goal scoring list, he's been so
• 18:08
  Speaker 7: fun and he's been the top line center right from
• 18:11
  Speaker 7: the start of the year.
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: Finally here it's been a pretty big balancer between Ilia
• 18:15
  Speaker 2: Sarokan and David Rittick and that end, it looks like
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: that they really really play great here on this pass
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: road trip. I think depending upon the balance that Patrick
• 18:24
  Speaker 2: Wah has and where he wants to go, how much
• 18:27
  Speaker 2: have they been able to elevate what the Islanders have
• 18:30
  Speaker 2: been doing here for the season.
• 18:31
  Speaker 7: I mean, it all starts with them. They've just been
• 18:35
  Speaker 7: so solid and again a lot of games in November,
• 18:39
  Speaker 7: especially with the Olympic break, you know, the schedule gets
• 18:42
  Speaker 7: condensed so much more, and so you need a second option,
• 18:45
  Speaker 7: and you need two guys who can go back and
• 18:47
  Speaker 7: forth and you can trust both of them and that's
• 18:49
  Speaker 7: been the case so far. So you know, we're really
• 18:52
  Speaker 7: really happy with where those two are at. Simeon Barlamov
• 18:56
  Speaker 7: is not too far off. He's been progressing so a
• 18:59
  Speaker 7: lots to see what he's gets back in where you know,
• 19:02
  Speaker 7: he shakes out as far as the tandem goes. But
• 19:05
  Speaker 7: you know, I don't think anybody on Long Island expected
• 19:08
  Speaker 7: for David Riddick to play as well as he has
• 19:10
  Speaker 7: and for that one two punch to do as well
• 19:12
  Speaker 7: as it's been doing.
• 19:13
  Speaker 4: Well.
• 19:13
  Speaker 2: A lot of this has built the Islanders up into
• 19:16
  Speaker 2: contention status so far in the Metro Division.
• 19:18
  Speaker 3: It's going to be a.
• 19:19
  Speaker 2: Pretty good matchup, pretty tough matchup as well here for
• 19:21
  Speaker 2: the crack and ending back to back. But Alan, appreciate
• 19:24
  Speaker 2: the few moments, my friend, have a great call, and
• 19:26
  Speaker 2: one of these days you and I will be able
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: to cross pass, so looking forward to it. But in
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: the meantime, appreciate Chip have a good show man.
• 19:34
  Speaker 7: Yeah, thanks for having me. Good to catch up with you.
• 19:36
  Speaker 3: All right, Allan, thank you very much. Once again.
• 19:38
  Speaker 2: Alan Fearing joining us radio play by play voice of
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: the Islanders as a crack end coming in once more
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: off a game where they allowed US two goals to
• 19:46
  Speaker 2: a Pittsburgh team boasting bounced back years from Sydney Crosby
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: and of Guinny Malkin come in right now for best
• 19:53
  Speaker 2: defense in the entire league as far as goals against
• 19:55
  Speaker 2: allowed per game as stands at two point six. Islanders
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: were short circuited the other day, losing to one of
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: the Saint Louis Blues, but on their side offensively, bo
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: Horvat carrying plenty of mail this season, leading the way
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: with fourteen goals on the campaign. Just two players are
• 20:12
  Speaker 2: better right now in the NHL, Morgan Geeky with the
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: Boston Bruins with sixteen and your league leader Nathan McKinnon
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: with seventeen. Horvap, by the way, leads the Islanders with
• 20:23
  Speaker 2: twenty five points in twenty two games, but many arguing
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: Matthew Schaeffer at age eighteen, could be in the running
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: here for Team MVP. He's your Islanders leader in time
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: on ice per game at twenty two minutes and forty
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: eight seconds of pop. Not to mention he's been added
• 20:40
  Speaker 2: to Team Canada's ninety man lists of Olympic candidates here,
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: so can you believe that Matthew Schaeffer, just months ago
• 20:47
  Speaker 2: picked first overall, could be representing Canada in the upcoming
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: Winter Olympics. A lot to talk about here as both
• 20:55
  Speaker 2: teams again facing their second game of back to back.
• 20:58
  Speaker 2: Conventional wisdom, says Joe to Cord, getting rest yesterday could
• 21:02
  Speaker 2: be in net here for the Kraken, Islander's head coach
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: Patrick Wall already confirming with the media David Riddick will
• 21:08
  Speaker 2: start today with Ilia Sarrokin going yesterday, So a lot
• 21:13
  Speaker 2: to get to hope that you can be with us.
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: Here is a Kraken aiming for a three to one
• 21:17
  Speaker 2: road trip and a sweep through a back to bank
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: situation taking on the New York Islanders today at two
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: pm Pacific time, airtime at one thirty and again for
• 21:26
  Speaker 2: pregamer admission and postgame coverage. Come on down and hang
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: out with us at Tom's watch Bar right across the
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: streets from Climate Pledge Arena. Big thank you to Alan
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: Fearing for joining us and for Kraken this morning.
• 21:39
  Speaker 3: I'm Mike Benton. Enjoy the game and have a happy Sunday.
• 21:43
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