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Is It October Yet? Yes It Is! Feat. Jonathan Marchessault · Predators Official Podcast

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And I like playing with guys that think the game well.
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And you know, I'm not personally a guy that likes to try like the
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one-on-one stuff and stuff like that.
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So I'm definitely really happy to play with two guys that know
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how to play the game the right way.
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I mean, Holla is so responsible both ways of the ice and
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definitely create a lot of speed up the middle.
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He's he's a pass first mentality, which is fun for a
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guy that likes to shoot and talk like me.
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And I mean, Michael, I think it's, it's, it's, it's his heart
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and his dedication to go to the net, doing all the little
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things, you know, the forecheck and stuff like that.
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That's sometimes not everybody is always willing to do in the
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world of hockey. But for him, he knows what makes
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him successful and he's going to keep doing those things.
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And that definitely creates room for a guy like me.
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So it's it's been good. You know, we've been, we've been
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playing the right away when we play together and it's, it's
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we've been most likely out of our out of our D zone.
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So I mean, if, if that's good, normally the offense can, if you
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take good care of your defence to the side, the, the, the
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offense can come a little easier.
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Welcome to the Predators official podcast here on the
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Prez Radio Network, ESPN 102.5, the game and on YouTube.
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If you're seeing our smiling faces, it's a pleasure to be
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back with you once again for episode 3 of the new season of
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The POP. I'm Brooks Bratton of Nashville,
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predators.com. Pleased to be joined once again
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by my Co host Max Herz of Predators Radio.
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I'm Kara Hammer from Prez TV friends, plenty to get to in
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this episode. We just had a great conversation
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with Jonathan Marsha, so can't wait to bring you that a little
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bit later here in the program. Of course, training camp
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continues. One more preseason game to go as
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we record this on Thursday afternoon, October 2nd.
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And of course, we will get to the Big E Awesome person of the
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week. Also, new food items and
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renovations at Bridgestone. Lots of exciting things but
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there's nothing more exciting then a new baby and sound the
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baby alarm. Max, you and I have just learned
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a predators practice. We have a new member of the
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Preds family. And I am sitting right now in
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the birthday room at Centennial Sportsplex as we record this
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episode. So it's the perfect place to let
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the world know that 2 Preds have welcomed babies into the world
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this week. First up, Michael Bunting at the
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end of last week before he went and played in the preseason game
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on Saturday. And we just found out, Brooks,
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today on Thursday, as you said, as we record this October 2nd,
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that Michael Mccarron's second child, both born basically
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within the last year, a little bit more than a year.
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His second child and first son, Jetson McCarron was born on
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Wednesday night and he was right back at practice about 15 hours
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later because he said there was number chance he was staying
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cooped up in the hospital. He needed to be back with the
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boys. So great hockey guy, great
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hockey name, Jetson Mccarran. Kara, come on.
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I know. And let's just clarify, you're
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not in the birthing room, you're in the birthday room.
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So this. Is where birthday room?
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I'm not. In the ward of the.
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Practice facility, yeah. I love this.
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Can we? I feel like we're already just
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gonna have to start calling him Jet McCarron.
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Like he's just jets around out there.
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Just add add them to the list. Exciting news in Smashville and
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guys, one thing that has stuck out to me we're one week away
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from the season opener here in Smashville.
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But Bruno has said it more than once effort.
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He likes the effort he's seen. How positive is that, Brooks?
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One week out and the guys are ready to go.
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You can feel it, Kara, like it's a it's a different feel at camp
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and they had really good pace today again on Thursday.
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And we've talked about it before.
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Of course there's reason for optimism right now.
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But yeah, it just feels different.
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Guys are more settled in. It's a good group and they've
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really liked a lot of what they've seen even in the
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preseason games recently. The Predators haven't won the
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recent preseason games, but again, it's it's an exhibition
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contest. You don't have all your NHL
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players, you don't have your full lineup in there.
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Those games, yeah, you want to win, but those games are more
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about what are our systems looking like?
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How are the processes going? How are we evaluating different
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guys? There's been a lot to like in
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that regard. And for the Predators, it's just
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a matter now of you've got one preseason game left as we record
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this, we're a week away from opening night, which is crazy.
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And the roster is down to 28 players.
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That includes the waiver claim of forward Tyson Jost on
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Wednesday and the assignment of Reed Schaefer to Milwaukee and
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some big cuts. They first came on Monday and
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Tuesday of this week, so we expected that after the
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back-to-back preseason games on Saturday and Sunday in Tampa and
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Carolina. But a big cut on Monday.
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Some more guys go down on Tuesday, the ones that had to
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clear waivers, so those were Jake Lucini, NAV Mutter, Kevin
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Gravel, Jordan Osterley and goaltender Matt Murray.
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So a lot of guys back down in Milwaukee as they continue their
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training camp, but Max and Kara, a lot of the names that we've
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talked about, the young guys who are pushing for those roster
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spots, Brady Martin, Matthew Wood, Yoa Kim Kemel, Tanner
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Mullen, Dyke, If you even want to throw guys like Ozzy
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Wiseblatt, Zach LaRue into the mix, They're all still here.
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And that's a really good sign not only for the future of this
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organization, but the present right now, the fact that all
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those guys are really pushing for spots.
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Max, we know that Matthew Wood is out right now week to week.
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And I feel like with that news, it seems more and more like we
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may be seeing Brady Martin and these guys come Thursday night,
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especially no Luke, Luke Evangelista.
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We, we are still kind of out at a deadlock on the contract
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situation. So some of these guys that maybe
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over the summer you weren't really expecting them to be
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here. They're still around.
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Yeah, and they're getting every opportunity to prove it.
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Joachim Kimmel has been on the second line with Steven Stamkos
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and Feder Svechkov. That line's been together the
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last two days of practice since they've gotten down to the NHL
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group and the last guys fighting for spots alongside them.
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And Brady Martin's been on the top line.
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He's been playing center, and Ryan O'reilly's been playing
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some wing with Philip Forsberg. So there's a chance that Brady
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Martin sticks around at 18 1/2 years old to make his NHL debut
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as the 5th overall pick this year.
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And it seems like we've got a battle on the fourth line, too.
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Ozzie Weisblatt versus Zach LaRue to try and get that last
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spot on the wing of the fourth line with Michael McCarron and
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Cole Smith. And at Thursday's practice, for
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the first time, Weisblatt got the first Rep on the fourth line
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ahead of LaRue. And LaRue can go back to
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Milwaukee without waivers. Weisblatt would cry our waivers.
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All of that goes into decision. And I'll leave it at this for
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the forwards. There's a chance that Matt Wood
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is back and healthy by opening night, and if he is, he's done
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enough to make this team as everybody's seen.
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Well, that's exactly what. Bruno said Right.
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Sorry, Brooks, that that the guys that are here, they deserve
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to be here and you've seen that first hand. 100% yeah, We asked
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Andrew Brunette on Wednesday, those guys pushing for spots,
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how impressed have you been? He said.
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They've all had really good camps, they've shown really well
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and it's fun to watch. They're hungry to get better and
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they deserve the right to be here right now.
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They all have a really good chance of making the hockey
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team, and it's a good problem to have.
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I think as a coaching staff and a management staff, you want to
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have tough decisions in training camp.
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It's not as if the Predators had 10 roster spots open.
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We knew a number of the guys who were going to be on the opening
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night roster. There's no reason to believe
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that they won't be. But yeah, those young players
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who you hoped would be pushing for spots, they're doing that.
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And you want those tough decisions.
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You don't want everything solidified on day one.
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You want guys to make you. Question is, you know, X player
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ready to go, Is Y player ready? Do we need to move some things
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around, bump some guys down? Those are really good problems
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to have. And Max, you mentioned Brady
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Martin playing with Ryan O'Reilly and Philip Forsberg, if
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I may, a shameless plug for my story on preds.com about kind of
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that element of the young guy and Martin playing with a couple
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of veterans and O'Reilly and Forsberg.
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I love what Ryan O'Reilly said on Wednesday.
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He said it's hilarious when you look across the room and see
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guys that are half your age. It does make you feel old.
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Ryan O'Reilly said, but but he said, I, I love it.
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It takes him back to his first training camp.
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He said, like every day when you're that young, it feels like
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Christmas. You're walking into the room and
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you kind of can't believe you're there.
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And Brady Martin said that as much.
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And I and I love the quote from O'Reilly on Brady O Martin.
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Brady O Martin, There's a new name for me.
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If we get if we get. Yeah, if that's the line that
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sticks together. Brady O Martin, there you go.
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But I love what O'Reilly said. I'm going to quote him here.
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He said it's cool to see these guys and especially guys like
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Brady just kind of being here and being around it.
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I don't think I've seen him not smile the entire time he's been
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here. It's very infectious, and it's
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fun to be around. That makes a big difference.
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Yeah, you're talking about the offensive players right now, but
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can we go to our very own defensive Ted Lasso, Nick
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Blinkenberg, Brooks, he gave you a quote saying that every day he
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is grateful that he gets to play in the NHL, be at a training
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camp. But my favorite line of this
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week had to say just do your best, forget the rest.
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And that's kind of trickling through Max.
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And it's not just on the blue line with Nick Blinkenberg.
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It's it's all the guys. Yeah, I think everybody's had
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like a real simple mentality in that regard in this training
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camp. I don't think anything's been
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overthought. I've when they've had their low
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moments or when the team hasn't had it.
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Andrew Brunette has stopped the drill, called him out and it's
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gotten better. So there's coaching going on,
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there's coaching being taken. They're installing new parts of
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the system. They were working on defensive
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zone coverage today. And Brooks, we saw it like the
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defense was winning, like things are happening here.
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There are changes being made. I don't think there's much that
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the Preds want to keep from last year into this year.
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And we're seeing it day by day now that we're just down to the
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NHL group. Well, and you know, we can't
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discount the addition of Luke Richardson, a new assistant
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coach for the Predators, formerly the head coach in
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Chicago. The guys only got 1400 games of
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NHL experience. It's not as if he can't teach
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these guys a few things. So I think having him has really
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added a different element. And like we've talked about,
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it's just kind of that fresh renewal.
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I think we all experience it, whether you know, you're
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starting a new year of school, you're coming back from vacation
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or after a holiday, right? You get that sense of renewal,
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that fresh sense of like, all right, we're back, let's go,
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let's get to work. That's really been prevalent
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here for the Predators and Max, you've mentioned a lot about
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what we've seen on the forward lines and on the defensive
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pairs. Romaniosi, he was paired with
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Nick Hague. Of course, Hague unfortunately
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injured right now with an upper body body injury, but Adam
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Willsby has slid up there quite nicely.
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Brady Shea and Nick Kerbix have been together since day one of
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camp and then Justin Baron has seen some different guys with
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Spencer Stassney was there on Thursday, Tanner Mullen, Dyke
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and Nick Blankenberg there as well on the back end.
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So again, some tough decisions that are going to come up in
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these next few days for the predators.
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I think anybody who is here in camp right now could play on
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opening night. I don't think there's a single
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person here right now who you look at them and say they're
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probably not quite ready. Maybe some more so than others,
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especially some of the younger guys.
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You know, you're not going to throw somebody into a situation
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if they're not ready to handle it.
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But there's a lot of guys that are ready for opening night and
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could find themselves on this opening night roster.
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I know Bruno talked a lot about adding size to that blue line.
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It was one of the topics over the summer.
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But you know, putting Andreas Angkland on waivers, it seems
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like they're they're going a little bit in a different
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direction. But I think that's credited to
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how well Mullen Dyke is playing or Spencer Sassy's.
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These guys are really starting to prove themselves.
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Yeah, the what would be the third pair, I believe if the
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Preds had a regular season game tonight has been Justin Baron
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and Spencer Stasney. And that's where Anglin likely
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would have been. Once the Preds got Nick Hague,
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maybe they thought we wouldn't have Andreas Anglin on the
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opening night roster, but then Nick Hague got hurt and
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completely to your point, Cara, which is a great point.
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They still have sent Anglin to waivers and hopefully through to
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Milwaukee. So it's Stasney, it's Baron,
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it's Wilsby taking that top spot on the top pair and consistently
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looking like the most athletic guy on the ice at Fred's
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training camp throughout the preseason that is pushing them
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in that direction on the back end.
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And I think every pair has shown great promise in both preseason
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games and in practices. 100% And also I think it's worth
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mentioning the waiver wire pickup of Tyson Jost, a first
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round pick. But back in his day, he's an NHL
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veteran. He's been around, he knows what
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to expect. He was having a good training
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camp with the Carolina Hurricanes.
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The Preds just saw him the other night in Carolina and now he is
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here in Nashville. But he's a guy that can play
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every forward position. That was something Andrew
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Brunette mentioned on Thursday when we talked to him.
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And they like that versatility. You, you, you just never know.
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You mentioned Nick Hegg getting hurt.
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Injuries are a part of the game. You you hope that nothing
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happens, but it never hurts to have another player who is
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capable of stepping into any role that you might need them
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in. And I think too, we've seen this
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in the past with young players. And I think it's especially
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important to remember here when you've got a number of young
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guys trying to make the roster, when you've got those tough
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decisions, it's better to have a top prospect playing top minutes
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in Milwaukee and essentially playing a star role as opposed
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to having them on the fourth line.
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So if it does come down to something like that, that's why
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you get a player like Tyson Jost, because you'd rather have
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somebody who's been around the league who knows what to expect,
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can fill any role. You'd rather have them be able
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to slot in on 1/3 line on a fourth line as opposed to a
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young prospect who would be better off continuing to develop
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in Milwaukee. So we don't know what the
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opening night roster is going to be, but if you're looking for a
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reason as to why Tyson Jost arrives on the scene in
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Nashville, I think that's a perfect example of where he
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could play a role here if he does end up making the opening
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night roster. We saw Tyson Jost on the ice
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today wearing #17 but Brooks, you just touched on it, having
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these veterans and, and working with some of these younger guys
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and it, this is going to stand out to Philip Forsberg because
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Bruno made a comment that he has the patience for these young
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guys. How have you seen the veterans
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really take on this responsibility?
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Talked about factor? And you know how much he's
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enjoying seeing the smiles in the locker room.
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But I feel like it, it's really kind of been a collective effort
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and the and the veterans have taken on a bigger role.
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Well, time flies, right? Like, I mean, it wasn't all that
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long ago that Philip Forsberg was the guy who was being
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mentored here in Nashville. And now he's stepped into that
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role. We've talked about how Brady
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Martin lived with him for a few days earlier in the summer when
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when Brady was here getting settled into Nashville and guys
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like Philip Forsberg, Ryan O'Reilly, Steven Stamkos,
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Jonathan Marsha. So when you're at this point in
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your career, you're relied upon to do that same thing on the
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back end. Guys like Roman Yossi, Brady
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Shea with Adam Willsby, Tanner Mullendyke, those guys need
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mentors. And it's been so cool to see
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that dynamic of guys that again, Ryan O'Reilly laughs and says it
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makes him feel old. But I think they love having
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that role and the young guys, the excitement to be here every
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day, the energy, the passion, it really elevates everybody in the
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room. So I think everybody has really
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benefited from the collection of guys that have been in this
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locker room throughout training camp.
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And Max, we continue to see that first hand as camp goes along
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here. These guys that are just happy
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to be here and soaking it all in.
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And guys like O'Reilly and Forsberg have plenty to give,
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and they're more than willing to do it for guys like Martin to be
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a sponge. Yeah, it goes both ways.
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And the young guys bring the veterans up.
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And look, there were times in the locker room last year when
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media goes in there in the morning and it's the end of the
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season and there's nothing on the line the way that Pred
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season went. And there was not a lot of oh,
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let's go get it. And there's a lot of, oh, let's
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go get it in the Pretz locker room.
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And a lot of it specifically comes from Brady Martin.
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So it's been fun to breathe in. And we hope to see you in
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Smashville this Saturday, October 4th, when some of you
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listen to this. That will be tomorrow.
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If you're listening on Friday, it's the final preseason game at
17:20
3:00 against the Hurricanes in Smashville.
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But before that, it is Predsfest, presented by
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Ticketmaster from 11 to two across the street from the arena
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at Walk of Fame Park at the corner of 5th and Demumbria near
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the Country Music Hall of Fame. The event is free.
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Big Preds Fan fest. We want you to be a part of it.
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All you have to do is claim your free ticket by going to
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predsfest.com. Predsfest dot com.
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You just have to put your name in and your ticket comes up
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right away and we can welcome you into Predsfest.
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You get a chance to meet and hear from some players.
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There's going to be live music, kids games, lots of Preds
17:55
activities. Preds alumni will be signing
17:58
autographs, including Ryan Ellis, who is back in
18:01
Smashville. So you get to get an autograph
18:03
from Ryan Ellis, get an autograph from the ginger.
18:05
Brooks rubs his beard. You can also get Brooks's
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autograph and there will be no line for that one.
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That one. If you're a member of Nashes
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Kids Club, you can get a picture with Nash from 1:00 to 1:30
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towards the end of the day. And there is also a hot chicken
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eating contest, so come hungry and bring a large vase of milk
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if you plan on participating in that.
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Oh, so fancy. Yeah.
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A vase of milk. That'll be a lot of fun.
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You know what else is a lot of fun?
18:36
Talking to Jonathan Marshistow. We'll do that next here on the
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Preds Official Podcast on ESPN1O25, The Game and the
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YouTube. Hey, it's John Marshistow here.
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I'm going to ask Haggar here. 41 rapid fire question.
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First one what is your hockey nickname?
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Tiger? Where did you grow up?
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Kitchener, ON Do. You have any pets?
19:03
Two dogs. What's their name?
19:04
Marlowe and Maple. Favorite hockey memory?
19:07
Winning the Stanley Cup. What are your hobbies outside of
19:10
hockey? Golf.
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Guilty pleasure food. Popcorn.
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Did you give your car a name? Car.
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Your car. No.
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Favorite musician or band? Morgan Wallin.
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One thing you couldn't live without.
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Family. Favorite movie or TV show
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friends? Who is your role model?
19:29
Nick Lidstrom. What celebrity would you get
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Starbucks over? What?
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What celebrity would you get Starstruck?
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Starbucks classic mix up, Starstruck over.
19:44
Morgan Baller. What would you want to do as a
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job if you weren't a hockey player?
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Golfer do. You have a hidden talent.
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No. Do you believe in aliens?
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No. Give us one word to describe
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yourself. Goofy.
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What is your most prized possession?
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Covering. What is your favorite holiday?
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Christmas. What's the fact about you that I
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don't know? My middle name's Dyson.
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We should. Play yourself in a movie.
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Oh, Jason Sudeikis. Have you ever been line dancing?
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No. If you could only eat 1
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condiment for the rest of your life, what condiment would it
20:21
be? Hot sauce.
20:22
What's your favorite concert that you've ever attended?
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Post Malone. Who is your favorite country
20:27
artist? What's one thing on your bucket
20:30
list? Travel to Europe.
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Are you a morning person or a night owl?
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Morning person. What's your favorite type of
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movie? Comedy, Cooking or take out?
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Take out? If you could teach a class on
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one thing, what would it be? Math Nice.
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Nashville hot sauce or BBQ sauce?
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Hot sauce, Tattoos, yes or no one strangest food in your
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fridge? Our fridge is pretty empty right
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now, we just moved in. If you could have one
20:58
superpower, what would it be? Flying.
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Would you time travel to the past or to the future?
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Past Favorite color blue Favorite Rd.
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City, New York? How often do you call your
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parents? Once a week.
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What would be your go to song karaoke song?
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Don't stop. Believe them.
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What's the last movie you watched?
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We're the Millers. What would be your favorite
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Europe city to visit? Stockholm.
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Welcome back to the Predators official podcast, the star of
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Pred social media. This week, second year Pred,
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Jonathan Marshasow is with us. John, thanks so much for joining
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us. Thanks for having me.
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First question the one everyone wants to know what celebrity
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would you get Starbuck over? Well, that was a tough one.
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That's that was a problem of me at school.
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I wouldn't read the questions properly, so I never answered a
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proper answer. So I tend to talk a little too
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fast sometimes. And we love you for it, don't
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worry. You know, John, coming in, I
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feel like this summer you just seem a little bit more relaxed.
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So you talked so much at the end of last season about how
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difficult the summer was going into it, You know, just the
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trials and tribulations of the move and the new season.
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How has this summer really been different for you?
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Yeah. Really smooth transition, like
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just coming home, you know, we have our house, everything's in
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order, everything's great. We know the schools that the
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kids are going to go their, their activities and their
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sports where they're going to go.
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So it was honestly really smooth and definitely a little bit more
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relaxed and sleeping a little better at night.
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So I mean everything is is definitely in order right now.
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Did you get a little bit more downtime?
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Any vacations? Yeah, actually I travel a little
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bit this summer, so that was really nice.
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But that's that's that's the the positive things of having a
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longer summer is you can start working out earlier and you can
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also take like take some vacation in the middle of the
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summer compared to like when you have shorter summers, sometimes
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you don't take time for yourself and you just get right back,
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right back into it. So this year definitely take
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time for me and my wife and my family as well to travel and it
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was definitely a fun summer and a little bit more relaxed
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summer. John, you touched on it, but
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compared to this time last year, how much more settled off the
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ice, on the ice do you feel? And how much of a difference has
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that made here as camp has gone along?
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Just knowing the surroundings, knowing how to get to the rink,
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all of that. Yeah, it's, it's, it's huge.
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And not just that, like knowing your coaches, knowing your, the
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organization, the staff, the knowing the players, how they
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play and how everybody is like when you come into a new
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organization, everything's so new.
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You don't know nothing. So it's definitely better to
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come in in a second year and knowing everything.
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And now I'm definitely really lucky to to come in that
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situation this year. And it's been definitely a
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better transition for for me. But like no one tells you this
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when you change organization, if you you just some people takes a
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certain amount of time. Everybody's different.
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And I guess last year, I think everybody did a great job to
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make you feel welcome and part of the family.
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But obviously the result was not there for our organization.
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And but this year is, which is great in hockey's, there's
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always team that struggled the year before and they come back
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and they just have a better groove and they just do better.
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And as some teams, you know, sometimes they have high
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expectation and they become disappointed in the year.
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So every year it changes. And for us this year, I think
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it's 2 Subs to super well, we're, we just have a, a
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different mentality of like, we want to be good and surprise the
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surprise the NHL. And I think that's going to be
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our mindset this year. Predator's winger Jonathan
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Marsha, so is our guest here on the Predators Official Podcast.
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John, last year as you were starting that transition on the
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ice, you also had to leave the team for a bit after your mom's
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dadly passed away and you've been open that that was a tough
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start to the season, tough start to your time with the Preds.
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How are you remembering her along with your family a year
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later now? And what was that like
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personally during what was already a time of tough
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transition for you in a lot of ways?
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Yeah, it was. It was really tough to be
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honest, because it was wait a minute, like obviously you're
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never ready to to to lose somebody close like that.
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But I mean, you just you just adapt and you try to to do your
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best. And I didn't like the fact that
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it was like you never can control that honestly.
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But it was the male of camp. So like what I'm supposed to
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like be planning to be practicing and going back and
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forth with the whole family. That was tiring, you know, like
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for everybody. And it was definitely a tough
25:55
stretch last year at that time of the year.
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And, but I mean, we made it through.
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And yeah, I mean, this year has been a little different, a lot
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of sadder time. My, my godfather passed away at
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the end of the year, like in May.
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So that was, that was a little tough for us and for, for me and
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my wife and my kids. We two weeks ago we had to our
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dog passed away. So that was like probably one of
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the saddest days I've been in my life.
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Like it's, it was so sad to see the kids actually have like deep
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pain in, in himself. And it was like really an
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experience that I wish I'd never go through again to, to, to see
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everybody being so sad. So obviously that's, that's just
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part of life and we move on and we continue and it's a lot
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better at the house. And it was a tough stretch
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there. But I mean, everything is just
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smooth at the house right now. And got to give credit to my
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wife. She's like she's a, she's the
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captain of the ship and she makes sure that everything goes
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smoothly. And I mean without her I would
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be. I wouldn't be as stable as I am
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right now for sure. Well, condolences on those,
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John. That's, that's never easy to
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hear, but you're, you've mentioned it, I believe.
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And we've heard Nick Hague, your former teammate in Vegas, talk
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about it as well. The, the year out there, you
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guys missed the playoffs in Vegas.
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You come back the next year kind of angry, for a lack of a better
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term, that you know things didn't go your way.
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You end up winning the Stanley Cup that next year.
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Maybe a little bit of a similarity here, but that hunger
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to win, as you've kind of mentioned, when things don't go
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well, How much does that drive you now to coming into this
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season? Yeah, it was like the year that
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we didn't make the playoff. It was like a similar year of us
27:42
last year. I was like, oh, everybody said
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like you guys going to be one of the top teams in the league and
27:48
he finally like didn't make the playoffs.
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So that obviously everybody was pretty pissed.
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But I mean, good for the organization like Vegas and here
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this year, like they say, OK, it didn't go well.
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Let's what can we do to become better and do do the changes in
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the summer to to try to become a better team.
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And, and after no one, like at that time, no one said that we
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were one of the forces of the league and we just kept lying.
28:19
And you know, like it's, it's OK to not have like always a
28:21
bullseye on our back and saying that you're always one of the
28:25
best and stuff like that. It gets it gets you in a comfort
28:28
zone that you don't necessarily want to be like, you know, for
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it's fuels us for energy. And I think we're we believe
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that we can beat anyone in that league and it's just us to to
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get in the groove early and get some mojo going.
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Being reunited with Nick. Hey, what's it like now?
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You know, having your former teammate back in the building.
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Yeah, it's great. And like obviously when you win
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the Stanley Cup with your everybody on that team, you're
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like, oh, you have a special bound with them.
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So obviously that's always special, but mean me and Hagger
29:04
were already pretty close. Like we drove together to the
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airport every single time we'd go on a row.
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So we were like, we're already good friends and he lived in in
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my neighborhood. So he came along with the years.
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So I was pretty close to him. And obviously I was one of the
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guys to call in like to say that's a great spot.
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You'll love it here and stuff like that.
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So he was definitely feeling reassured because it's it's
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definitely I know how we feel. It's definitely hard to to leave
29:32
a situation, a good situation and a great spot, a place that
29:36
you win and you were successful for a lot of time, a lot of
29:39
years. So it was definitely probably
29:41
hard for him to, to like, because you, you build so many
29:45
friendship in the past years and now just like that, you just
29:48
don't see them every day of your, like, of your like every
29:52
day of your day-to-day, your day-to-day like the guys that
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you see, you know, So it's, it's definitely a transition and it's
30:02
his first time going through this.
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So definitely going to try to help him along the time.
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But I mean, it's so natural me and him to, to hang out together
30:11
and he's, he's a great dude and he's like, he's a force out
30:14
there. And I'm definitely disappointed
30:15
for him to be injured right now. But I mean, he's going to be
30:18
ready soon and I'm excited to to have him on my side for sure.
30:23
Fred's fans have seen him play 3-4 times a year the last six
30:27
years now and he's a memorable player.
30:29
He's the big presence on the back end, but you've seen him
30:32
play almost every NHL game he's never played.
30:34
So once we do get to see Nick Hague back in there, hopefully
30:37
by the end of October, early November, what should Fred's
30:40
fans expect from him? This.
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It takes so much room on the ice.
30:46
It's honestly annoying to play against guys like that because
30:49
they're just so long and it takes so much room.
30:51
So I think that's something that that say is it's it's it's a
30:56
great quality to have to, to be known to be hard to play
30:59
against. And Nick is something that's
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someone that's hard to play against.
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He's good defensively. He's he makes good plays with
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the puck. He's not the kind of guy that's
31:08
going to be electric like a Roman Yossi, but he does his
31:12
role perfectly and you know what to get from him every single
31:16
night and that's it in hockey, to be able to have consistency
31:19
and know what to get from certain guys every night, that's
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probably one of the best quality he can have.
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So we're we're lucky to have him.
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And I mean, obviously he plays a physical game like he's he's
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he's mean in front of the net. He's mean a corner and he's
31:34
tough too. Like he he can't drop the glove
31:36
when it's need to. He needs to to get done.
31:40
But I mean, he he definitely brings a lot of security for a
31:44
team and a lot of stability back there as well.
31:48
So Marshy, another couple of guys that you're really becoming
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familiar with. You've been together on Alliance
31:52
since day one of camp, Eric Halla and Michael Bunting.
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What do you like about your trio?
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What's it been like skating with those two?
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What I like about? Them is they're veteran games,
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veteran guys in the league, and I think that's something that
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like, I don't know, like you, you kind of saw like sometimes
32:12
playing with veteran guys, they're not going to say, look,
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let's say the fastest or the the the most skilled players out
32:19
there, but they they think the game well.
32:21
And I and I like playing with guys that think the game well.
32:24
And you know, I'm not personally a guy that likes to try like the
32:28
one-on-one stuff and stuff like that.
32:30
So I'm definitely really happy to play with two guys that know
32:34
how to play the game the right way.
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And I mean, Holla is so responsible both ways of the ice
32:39
and definitely create a lot of speed up the middle.
32:43
He's he's a pass first mentality, which is fun for a
32:45
guy that likes to shoot the puck like me.
32:47
And I mean, Michael, I think it's it's, it's it's his heart
32:52
and his dedication to go to the net and doing all the little
32:55
things. You know, the four check the
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stuff like that. That's sometimes not everybody
33:01
is always willing to do in the world of hockey.
33:03
But for him, he knows what makes him successful and he's going to
33:07
keep doing those things. And that definitely creates room
33:09
for a guy like me. So it's, it's been good.
33:11
You know, we've been, we've been playing the right way when we
33:15
play together and it's, it's, and we've been most likely out
33:19
of our, out of our D zone. So I mean, if, if that's good,
33:24
normally the offense can, if you take good care of your defense
33:28
side, the, the, the offense can come a little easier.
33:32
I feel like you guys are like almost all three very similar
33:36
players. You have that same sort of
33:37
style. Do we need to name this line?
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Have you guys come up with anything yet of what you're
33:41
calling yourself? No, I've not thought about it.
33:45
I mean, obviously we're playing together and sometimes it's a
33:48
long year. So I just don't want to put
33:51
pressure on the coach to like, say like, oh, this line's name
33:55
is this. We got to keep it together.
33:58
But no, I mean, it's, it's, it's just three guys that want to
34:02
work hard and are dedicated to, to get their team to the other
34:06
level. And I mean, it's, it's, it's
34:09
kind of nice to to play with the with guys like that for sure.
34:15
Well, John, we've also got Fred's babies are sprouting.
34:19
We know Michael Mccarran just had a baby.
34:21
Michael Bunting your line mate Brady Shea coming up soon.
34:24
Are you and Ryan O'Reilly comfortable with your clubhouse
34:27
lead? Are you looking over your
34:28
shoulder at all? There's a lot of little ones
34:30
running around now. Yeah, I mean 4 is quite the
34:33
numbers. So if they want to go to four,
34:35
good for them, but they can, they can come spend the day at
34:38
my house and see how it is and they'll see.
34:42
No, but I, I wouldn't think, I mean, it's the best like me and
34:45
my wife, like we, we talk about it a lot obviously.
34:48
And we're like always making scheduling and we're like, oh,
34:51
it's a lot. And it's like, yeah, but I love
34:53
it. You know, it's, it's the best to
34:55
just like pursue their dream and their activities and being there
34:59
with them and make them just just make sure they, they're
35:03
ready for life, you know, whenever they get old and they,
35:05
they can spread their wings. So it's actually the it's the
35:09
best. And I remembered I was age,
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baby, baby age and their great days too.
35:14
But I mean, when you're past it, I don't know person as a parent
35:18
right now wouldn't go back to it.
35:19
So I'm definitely happy of having four kids and they were
35:23
pretty tight to each other and great, great chemistry in our
35:27
house. And we're, we're, we're
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definitely lucky and blessed. He's got chemistry with his
35:33
linemates. He's got chemistry in the house
35:35
too. Jonathan Marshall.
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So thanks so much for joining us.
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Looking forward to Year 2 for you in Smashville.
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When we come back, we'll tell you about the new food options
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and also the new player facilities at Bridgestone Arena
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on the Predators Official Podcast.
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Welcome back to the Predators official podcast.
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I'm Kara Hammer, along with Brooks Bratton and Max hers and
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guys, a lot of upgrades happening at Bridgestone Arena.
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I've seen a sauna, I've seen an infrared light.
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And I'm just wondering how do I get one of those in Studio H for
36:10
the season? Brooks and Max, you guys were
36:14
both there. Tickets are some of the changes
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we're seeing downstairs. Yeah, it's been a $5,000,000
36:23
investment just over the summer at Bridstone Arena and it it
36:27
enhances a ton of the player facilities that they use on both
36:31
game days and practice days. The locker room itself has not
36:35
changed. Every single other piece of the
36:38
team area around the locker room has changed.
36:41
At Bridgestone Arena, every area has gotten bigger and every
36:45
single area has gotten new amenities as well.
36:47
So it starts with the players lounge.
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The players have always had a players lounge, but the players
36:52
lounge has moved and been greatly increased in size and it
36:57
includes a 136 inch TV screen, which is absolutely massive and
37:04
can also be split into a quad box for different things at
37:08
different times. That room includes tons of comfy
37:10
chairs, a lot of space. It also includes a full service
37:13
kitchen where the team chef will be cooking when the team is home
37:17
and playing home games, as many as three meals a day for the
37:21
Preds to have. And then you have the treatment
37:23
and recovery areas. The team already had a hot and
37:26
cold tub. Those areas now have a much
37:28
larger space. You got them right next to each
37:30
other. They are bigger than what you
37:32
would picture even a normal hot tub would be.
37:35
They're quite large. One of them is 50° and one of
37:38
them is 104 degrees. So different guys like different
37:42
temperatures at different times in game day, different times of
37:45
recovery. Ryan O'Reilly goes in the tub
37:48
every single intermission and then gets dressed all over
37:50
again. So everybody's got their
37:52
different uses for these things. And the biggest thing, Brooks,
37:55
is these guys just have more options now in their recovery
37:59
day. And it's all in one facility at
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the arena. And the athletic trainers room
38:04
is significantly larger as well and moved across the hallway,
38:08
which opened up space for these areas to get larger and also
38:11
gives the guys and the athletic training staff significantly
38:14
more space for the medical care that goes on 24/7 September
38:20
through June in the hockey season.
38:22
Absolutely. It's the, the setup looks
38:24
amazing. The equipment is is really
38:26
great. And we've heard a number of
38:28
people from the Predators organization, like the business
38:30
side of the front office, the ones who make these decisions,
38:33
Max, as you mentioned, part of the renovations, the $750
38:37
million worth of renovations, they've already begun in this
38:40
sense. But we've heard people say that
38:43
just because last season didn't go the way that everybody
38:45
expected on the ice, that doesn't mean that you don't make
38:48
improvements. It doesn't mean that you stop
38:51
getting new facilities, new equipment, those sorts of
38:54
things. So this is simply a way to give
38:58
the team the very best. These are hockey players playing
39:00
in the best league in the world. They deserve to have the best
39:03
facilities, the best equipment and every little detail, no
39:06
minor how minuscule in a setting like this, it matters.
39:09
It it makes a big difference in the grand scheme of things.
39:12
So really cool. It was tempting to, to jump into
39:15
the hot and the cold tubs, but we'll leave those for the we'll
39:17
leave those for the real athletes.
39:18
I don't know. Maybe we'll sneak down there
39:20
during next to the next offseason or something.
39:22
I don't know. Well, the team also has a
39:24
hyperbaric chamber, which I am not good at describing what it
39:28
is, but I think a lot of sports fans have heard about this and
39:32
it's right along the ground. It's a long, thin cylinder and
39:36
you just lay in it flat and you get in and you zip it up and you
39:40
go in there. And I have now been lucky enough
39:43
to tour this whole player facility twice.
39:45
First with the Predator's entire staff, the office staff who was
39:49
going to see it for the first time, and then again this week
39:52
with other media members. And both times when we have
39:54
walked into the recovery room, I've tried to prank people and
39:58
say hey guys, keep it down. There's a player in there right
40:03
now because you can't see into it when it's closed.
40:06
And I've had mixed results. Who do you think?
40:10
Who do you think would be in there at 6:00 on a Monday
40:14
evening when nobody else is there?
40:17
Ryan, that's a good guess. Probably be the most likely one.
40:22
One more thing about the renovations that I did not
40:24
mention. That doesn't sound important,
40:27
but it is important. The team's bathroom and shower
40:30
area off of the locker room is also significantly larger and
40:34
includes 2 saunas, 1 steam sauna and one finish sauna.
40:39
And you know which players are going to be in there.
40:42
The goalies will be in there aplenty.
40:44
The shower area is much larger and lots of sinks, lots of
40:49
showers, lots of bathrooms. It's really big.
40:54
It's really impressive and again, I think this just adds to
40:57
it. You might look at it and say,
40:58
well, who cares how big the bathroom is?
41:00
Like it, it makes a difference in that sense.
41:02
And and one day we've heard talk that potentially this area could
41:06
be part one day of the visiting team locker room area, depending
41:09
on how they finagle things down on the event level when they
41:11
completely redo the home team area and really make it
41:15
state-of-the-art. But again, I think, you know,
41:17
we've seen videos of of the Florida Panthers facility.
41:20
We know the success that they've had in South Florida, stuff like
41:23
that plays into all of this. So really great additions down
41:27
there on the event level for the Predators players and Max.
41:29
We got a chance to see a couple of elements from the new game
41:32
presentation as well. Installing Cryo jets in the end
41:36
zones of the arena. That's exciting.
41:39
A new set up for Crazy Kyle, a new DJ booth.
41:42
There's lots to come for the fans when the team is not on the
41:46
ice or when there's a break in the action.
41:48
You're going to be about just as entertained off the ice as you
41:51
will compared to what's going on on the ice.
41:55
Yeah, So I did not know what a cryo jet was by name, but I've
41:58
seen them in other arenas. It is the things where they
42:01
shoot smoke out from the top of the board.
42:04
So we're expecting those to go off when the Preds take the ice
42:08
and when the Preds score, I will not be the one running those.
42:11
So I'm not sure exactly when they're going to go off, but get
42:14
excited for those. And the scoreboard is always a
42:18
great time. We got everybody up there going
42:20
crazy. Those of you who were at the
42:21
preseason game last week saw the players playing a game called
42:27
Shakespeare or country music where they received a line that
42:30
was from either a country song or Shakespeare iambic pentameter
42:34
and had to guess. And it was absolutely
42:37
ridiculous. And there will be more
42:40
installments of that, we are told.
42:42
And yeah, there's always great stuff going on, but Crazy Kyle's
42:45
got a new organ set up, DJ Battle's got a new DJ set up.
42:48
And we'll be our DJ for every game this season as he well
42:51
deserves to be. So shout out to DJ Battle.
42:53
And the band stage is going to get some renovations.
42:57
And I never get to see the band stage anymore because I'm always
43:00
on the radio hosting the intermission show.
43:02
So I I sadly have not seen a band stage show in Four Seasons,
43:06
but it's still my favorite and I'm I miss being able to see it.
43:10
It'll look a lot better and so lots to look forward to when you
43:14
get to your seat but before you even make it to your section.
43:18
And this is what I was most excited about on Monday, the
43:21
annual opportunity to taste all the new food items that
43:25
Delaware, N the Bridge Joan Arena chefs are cooking up and
43:29
spreading out to all the concession stands for all the
43:31
fans to try. So one thing that really stood
43:35
out, there's going to be a Gelato stand outside of section
43:38
one O 1. You can get Gelato into a Pred's
43:41
goalie mask, a Gelato float. Who doesn't want to feel like
43:43
they're in Italy with a little Gelato?
43:45
Love that. And the the grilled cheese
43:48
station, which a lot of folks are familiar with.
43:50
Again, also right inside the main entrance, a lot of
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grinders, some new grinder sandwiches, which were
43:57
excellent. And then at the Puckett's BBQ
44:00
stands, a stuffed baked potato. That's a fun thing to have at a
44:04
hockey game. BBQ Pork Nachos is a BBQ pork
44:07
burrito as well. And then one of the highlights,
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Max, I don't know if you saw this, but it's Section 102, the
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burger stand, the new Broadway Glazed Honey Stack.
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It's a honey bun bottom with burger, cheddar, bacon, BBQ
44:20
sauce and a doughnut top. So if you're looking for your
44:23
sweet and your savory all in one bite for dinner, that's the
44:27
place to go. I don't know how you make that
44:31
sound so fancy, Brooks, because to me it's just doughnut burger.
44:34
That's all I need to. Say, doughnut burger, 102
44:37
doughnut burger. That's all you need to know.
44:38
And honestly, I think this might be the coolest thing I think
44:42
that the the Preds have introduced as far as the
44:44
concessions are concerned. Upstairs, Section 317, the
44:47
Smashville State Fair stand, fried Pickles, jalapeno poppers,
44:52
mini apple pies, chili cheese fries, a lot of really good
44:56
bites. Sometimes you just want
44:58
something fried that you can pick up with your hands when
45:01
you're watching a hockey game. Section 317, the Smashville
45:04
State Fair stand, is the place to do that.
45:07
There's other new concession items around the arena.
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A Raspberry cheesecake, chimichanga, A Bologna and
45:12
cheese sandwich, a pork tenderloin sandwich.
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And then Max before you even get in the Bet MGM Sports Lounge,
45:18
the restaurant on the 5th Ave. side of Bridgestone Arena, which
45:23
is always available. You don't have to be going to a
45:25
game. You can go for lunch or dinner,
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that's an exciting element. And they've got a ton of new
45:31
items there as well. They were all really great.
45:33
A Cuban sandwich, a Turkey burger.
45:35
I love fried green tomatoes. You can get those there as well.
45:38
So when you come to Bridgestone Arena this season for a Preds
45:41
game or a concert, come hungry. Your taste buds will thank you
45:45
all. Right, we're putting carrot
45:48
hammer on the spot here. Hammer.
45:50
You look hungry right now. Smashville State Fair has three
45:54
different types of loaded fries, chili cheese fries, harne asada
46:00
fries, and cheeseburger fries. What are you going for?
46:07
I I, I, I don't know, I'm, I'm just, I'm still caught up on the
46:10
Brooks bites. I feel like Brooks just went
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down that new everything off the top of his head.
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I am like absolutely amazed sitting here.
46:17
But you know, I think I have to go with the OG chili cheese
46:21
fries. I mean, that just seems like a
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State Fair staple, but. Love it?
46:26
Check. Out.
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I'm going to think about this. Check out the reel on Instagram
46:30
at Brooks Fights. You can see all the.
46:32
Food my. Living color.
46:35
Game all right, Be back. With.
46:38
The big after this on the POP. Welcome back to the predators
46:46
official podcast third episode of the season.
46:49
We are a week away from the regular season people.
46:52
My name is Max Hurst from preds radio with my Co host Kara
46:55
hammer from preds TV, Brooks Bratton from preds.com.
46:59
The whole crew is here. You can watch us on YouTube.
47:02
You can listen on your favorite podcast platform and on the
47:05
radio on the radio home of preds hockey 102.5 the game.
47:08
So make sure to subscribe to the predators official podcast on
47:11
your favorite podcast platform. This is our third weekly award
47:16
honoring Aaron Donnick, wife of Willie Donnick, who we sadly
47:20
lost this summer to lung cancer. Aaron was the most positive
47:23
person in the world and had so many amazing Aaron isms that we
47:28
love. And every week on the POP, we
47:31
are giving out an award in her honor called The Big E for Aaron
47:35
Donnick. The first two winners.
47:38
The first winner was Philip Forsberg and his wife, also
47:41
named Aaron, for making a large donation in conjunction with the
47:44
Preds Foundation and Aaron's Memory to Stars, the foundation
47:48
that helps those recovering from drug addiction that Aaron worked
47:51
for and was a major passion in her life.
47:54
So that was our first winner. Last week, Preds defenseman
47:57
Spencer Stassney won for opening up about his battle with
48:00
depression and anxiety over the summer and returning to the
48:03
Preds this year for training camp and being a whole new man
48:05
and a whole new hockey player. And I will turn it over to Kara
48:09
to reveal the third weekly winners of the Big E.
48:16
All right, this week, our Big E winner of the week.
48:20
Why are you so awesome, wise black brothers?
48:23
We're giving this one out to Ozzy and Oasis, who have clearly
48:27
shined and may be given a few shiners during training camp.
48:32
Take us through what you saw on the ice with Oasis.
48:36
Then I mean two wives. Go ahead, Brooks.
48:39
Yeah, Oasis has been going at it since the rookie tournament in
48:42
Tampa. The video of him and the
48:45
shootout given it to the Carolina bench kind of went
48:47
viral a few weeks ago that I had.
48:49
And then Max, we're gonna play it in just a minute.
48:52
But Ozzie and Oasis making impacts on the ice and
48:56
Clarksville as well. The bonus shootout after the
48:58
Gold Star scrimmage, the only two skaters to score in the
49:02
shootout, Ozzy and Oasis. And then over the weekend in
49:06
Tampa and Carolina, they both found ways to make impacts.
49:10
Yeah, both returning from a tragic family moment.
49:14
The Wise Lad family got so much love in the hockey world.
49:17
First, when Ozzy was drafted last year when Ozzy made his NHL
49:20
debut. Five siblings, both of their
49:23
parents are deaf and they've overcome a ton to be high level
49:27
hockey players. And one of the five wise black
49:29
siblings, Orca, their older brother, the second oldest of
49:32
the five wise black siblings died tragically in a car crash a
49:36
couple of weeks ago back home in British Columbia, Canada.
49:39
Both brothers left Preds training camp, were there for
49:42
about a week and a half back with their family and they
49:45
returned from a tragic moment and both showed well in their
49:49
first games of the preseason. First up, Ozzy gets on the
49:53
board. Big moment.
49:56
You know that it's. Oh, go ahead.
50:01
Oh, I was going to say, you know, that it it, it's a big
50:03
moment when Bruno is asked about the wise black, excuse me, Wise
50:08
black brothers, especially Oasis, and he gets a smile on
50:11
his face when he's talking about it.
50:13
I mean, when your coach is smiling talking about you, you
50:15
know that's a good sign. Yeah, it was a nice goal too,
50:19
Brooks, regardless of the moment.
50:20
But but a big a big moment to score in his first game back
50:23
after his brother's death. A big celebration which you
50:27
would never see from Ozzy in a preseason game outside of that
50:30
extenuating circumstance. Pretty goal too.
50:33
It definitely meant a little bit more.
50:34
It was really great to see him get that.
50:36
And then in Carolina on on Sunday, Oasis made his impact as
50:40
well. I loved the comment postgame
50:43
from Andrew Brunette, too. I couldn't help but ask because
50:45
it really got the bench going. His scrap with Kevin Lebank and
50:48
Carolina Oasis had and Bruno just kind of said, yeah, that
50:52
Oasis, he's a fun player to watch.
50:58
As heard on Fred's radio, Hal Gill and I had some fun.
51:00
What that one The gloves coming off in the preseason.
51:04
Kevin Lebank was ready for that fight to be done about 30
51:06
seconds before it ended, and I think Oasis Wiseblatt would
51:09
probably still be swinging here four days later if they've let
51:12
him. No doubt.
51:14
So Congrats to the Wiseblatt brothers on being awarded our
51:19
biggie. Awesome Person of the Week
51:21
again. Oasis is back in Milwaukee.
51:23
He'll certainly make an impact there.
51:25
Ozzie's still here in Nashville pushing to make the opening
51:28
night roster. He's had a great camp again, of
51:31
course, after coming back from an absence there, so really good
51:35
to see Ozzy doing what he's doing here in Nashville and
51:38
obviously sending nothing but the best to Ozzy Oasis and the
51:41
entire Wise Black family. Yeah, and we are overjoyed to
51:45
have two of those brothers in the Preds organization.
51:48
And I think their teammates are very overjoyed to have them,
51:50
too. They're good guys to have on
51:52
your line. That's all the time we got for
51:54
episode 3. We will be back for opening week
51:57
next week. The first game of the season is
52:00
Thursday night, October 9th at Bridgestone Arena against the
52:03
Columbus Blue Jackets. We'll get you ready for that and
52:06
so much more on The POP next week.
52:08
For now, thanks so much for listening.
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My name is Max Herz. You can follow me on Twitter at
52:13
Max Herz Talks and hear me on Fred's radio.
52:16
Kara. I'm Carrie Hammer.
52:18
You can find me on X and follow along all season on FanDuel
52:21
Sports Network. We'll bring be bringing you all
52:24
the coverage. And I'm Brooks Bratton, you can
52:26
follow me at Brooks Bratton on X and read my work at
52:29
nashvillepredators.com. And we can't wait to see all of
52:32
you back at Bridgestone Arena soon.