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KRAKEN THIS MORNING: No longer winging it (11/18) · 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.
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  Speaker 2: Moore game road trip on the Horizon. Can the Kraken
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  Speaker 2: get rolling? Taking on the winged Wheel? Welcome to Cracking
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  Speaker 2: this morning. On a Tuesday, November eighteenth, Mike Benton with
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  Speaker 2: you and the Cracking today take on the Detroit Red
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  Speaker 2: Wings in their first matchup of the season, a four
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  Speaker 2: pm puk drop from Little Caesar's Arena. Ever it fits you,
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  Speaker 2: al Kiniski on the call, I'll join you three thirty
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  Speaker 2: from Network Central for your pregame show, served up by
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  Speaker 2: Frostbrewed cors Light Shoes Chill on ninety three to three
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  Speaker 2: KJRFM and all across a twenty six affiliate Global Credit
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  Speaker 2: Union Craken Audio Network. Well the Crack and picking up
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  Speaker 2: steam right now eighteen points and to off the pace in.
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  Speaker 3: The Pacific Division carried.
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  Speaker 2: Right now by the Young and the Red Hot Anaheim Ducks.
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  Speaker 2: At this point we have won seven of ten and
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  Speaker 2: the Crack and trying to keep pace and a season
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  Speaker 2: where they have been turning plenty of heads with a
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  Speaker 2: pace as tied for their best start in franchise history.
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  Speaker 2: Only the other time they match that twenty twenty two
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  Speaker 2: to twenty three, with an output of twenty three points
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  Speaker 2: in the first eighteen games, and doing all of this
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  Speaker 2: with a lineup in a.
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  Speaker 3: State of flux.
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  Speaker 2: We will hear from kracken Center, Freddie Gaudreau, back off
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  Speaker 2: ir and get you set for this evening's game with
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  Speaker 2: a friend of ours from the TV side, Alison Lucan,
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  Speaker 2: part of the Krack and Hockey Network for pregame, intermission,
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  Speaker 2: postgame or handiwork of course, also on Seattlecraken dot com.
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  Speaker 3: She'll join us here in just a bit.
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  Speaker 2: Before we get to Freddie Gudreaux and Alison, here's an
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  Speaker 2: audio flashbag too last Saturday with a Kraken facing San
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  Speaker 2: Jose and matchup number two, previous meeting resulting in a
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  Speaker 2: six to one loss and the Kraken looking to deliver
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  Speaker 2: some payback.
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  Speaker 3: Seattle Back Games.
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  Speaker 4: Chandler Stevenson right.
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  Speaker 3: Circle center, Fame.
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  Speaker 5: Saden Schwartz the back door tap it after Chandler Stevenson
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  Speaker 5: went around John Clayberg. Schwartz finishes the play one nothing
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  Speaker 5: cracket eleven forty six to play in the first on.
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  Speaker 6: Right outlet pass by Alexiak through the neutral zone, cross
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  Speaker 6: lights Jenner. Stevenson has a full head of steam going
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  Speaker 6: down that right side. He's a left hand and shot.
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  Speaker 6: He puts it over the far side of the ice.
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  Speaker 6: Worre Schwartz is driving hard than that. Easy tap him one.
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  Speaker 3: Up and cracking.
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  Speaker 5: Santos eight sets up the buck on the left side.
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  Speaker 5: Here's Eklim near side.
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  Speaker 7: Cello Brede gook save by.
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  Speaker 3: Carlower Bye, oh my, hi wow, but ears on the
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  Speaker 3: goal line. Marshmi down low. He sends it up top
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  Speaker 3: to larst.
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  Speaker 7: Right side shot stop the big cat. Adam Larsen all
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  Speaker 7: on the prowl.
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  Speaker 5: Three fifty five left here in the second it's a
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  Speaker 5: two to one Seattle lead.
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  Speaker 6: Well, fantastic offense is on pressure by Seattle Maddy Beer.
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  Speaker 6: Maddy paneers with some spectacular work below the goal line.
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  Speaker 6: He gets it out to Adam Larson from Marchman and
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  Speaker 6: Larson steps into a shot, beating the Delkhavic top shelf, his.
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  Speaker 3: First of the season.
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  Speaker 7: Two one cracker back to the near side, cracking get
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  Speaker 7: it out two on one.
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  Speaker 5: Stevenson left side tobe it it fur circle.
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  Speaker 8: EJ don't town.
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  Speaker 3: He's gone.
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  Speaker 5: Ellie Golvin in now points and six of his last.
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  Speaker 3: Nine to cracking.
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  Speaker 5: Go back to back up up.
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  Speaker 6: Pair three one a great Son exit from the cracking
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  Speaker 6: end of the ice, out the chandler Stevenson. He's got
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  Speaker 6: an option for a shot. He elects defeated over to
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  Speaker 6: Ellie Tovenan on the scene path one timer. This is
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  Speaker 6: three to one cracking.
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  Speaker 7: Now al celebrity, he'll shoot that one blocked.
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  Speaker 5: In front at of Larsit down to one meat.
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  Speaker 3: Ryan Lingert slaps it up the board, Seattle.
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  Speaker 9: Toward the.
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  Speaker 5: Jaden Schwartz has got two and the Seattle.
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  Speaker 1: Crackett go up four one.
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  Speaker 7: With three twenty nine to play in regulation.
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  Speaker 6: Well, there's that hard work I talked about. This time
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  Speaker 6: it's Ryan Lingered in the corner going to battle and
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  Speaker 6: getting a puck up the boards, and who's waiting for
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  Speaker 6: it there, Jayden Schwartz, and he ammers this puck down
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  Speaker 6: the ice into the open cage for one cracket.
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  Speaker 2: Pretty impressive all things considered. Matt Murray was starting goaltender,
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  Speaker 2: exiting Laton period had one due to a lower body injury.
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  Speaker 2: Lane Lambert saying on Monday he is still under evaluation
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  Speaker 2: for his prognosis. The Philip grow Bauer played his best
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  Speaker 2: when the cracket needed him the most, turning in a
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  Speaker 2: nineteen save effort on nineteen shots with a krack and
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  Speaker 2: finishing their home stand at two oh and one in
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  Speaker 2: a four to one victory over San Jose. Freddy Goodrow
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  Speaker 2: making his return to the lineup in that game, and
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  Speaker 2: he spoke more with the media after practice on Monday
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  Speaker 2: in Detroit.
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  Speaker 4: Got back into it on Saturday night and had five
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  Speaker 4: different penalty kills going on, how'd that feel for you?
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  Speaker 4: Being out there again?
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  Speaker 10: Felt really good to be with that team again.
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  Speaker 3: You know.
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  Speaker 10: It's uh, I don't know.
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  Speaker 8: Sometimes in the season you get into momentum and just
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  Speaker 8: go again and again, and about when you're away, you
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  Speaker 8: really cherish it even more and it makes you realize
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  Speaker 8: how special it is to play all key every day
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  Speaker 8: and be with a group like that every day.
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  Speaker 10: So, uh yeah, it gave me.
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  Speaker 8: Even a bigger sense of wanting to save her, save
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  Speaker 8: it all, and it was it was fun to be there.
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  Speaker 4: And overall, obviously first p K, you guys like to
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  Speaker 4: have that one back, but the other five, you guys
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  Speaker 4: look like you were connecting.
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  Speaker 10: Yeah, it's adjustments for sure. Every time.
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  Speaker 8: Every day you're trying to get better, trying to tweak stuff.
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  Speaker 8: There's a that goal we gave up there is you know,
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  Speaker 8: it's again it's just adjustment, learning from it, and that's
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  Speaker 8: all you got to keep moving forward with with everything basically,
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  Speaker 8: but especially with the peaking.
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  Speaker 4: You and Tie obviously not only kill penalties together. You've
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  Speaker 4: been on the line with them. You have new men,
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  Speaker 4: you may have others. I mean when you have to
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  Speaker 4: adjust or get to know new linemates, do you take
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  Speaker 4: the lead on talking to them and what you want
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  Speaker 4: them to do and vice versa.
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  Speaker 8: Uh, you don't really say I want you to do
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  Speaker 8: this or that because they're all on real players. So
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  Speaker 8: it's just more about Yeah, it's about just staying together,
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  Speaker 8: staying connected, you know, chatting, staying positive. I like it
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  Speaker 8: when we when we stay positive. And Tie is such
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  Speaker 8: a fun guy to play with.
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  Speaker 10: It's been awesome.
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  Speaker 8: He brings he brings it every night and he's extremely
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  Speaker 8: positive every day and so it's been a lot of
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  Speaker 8: fun to play with.
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  Speaker 4: So but yeah, I know it wasn't much fun to watch,
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  Speaker 4: But what do you think where they is the way
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  Speaker 4: the guys played while you while you were out really good.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, you know, it was fun to watch. It wasn't
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  Speaker 8: as fun as playing, obviously, but it was fun to
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  Speaker 8: see them compete like that and stay together. He it's
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  Speaker 8: a it's a fun group. It's really fun to be
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  Speaker 8: around them and to be in the team and to
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  Speaker 8: see the way they just competed every day. I was
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  Speaker 8: just proud to be on that team.
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  Speaker 6: When you're out, are you are you in film?
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  Speaker 3: Are you around the guys as much?
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  Speaker 6: What's that process like for you when you're not playing.
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  Speaker 8: No, it was just more about getting myself back in
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  Speaker 8: the game, getting my body ready again, and uh, I'm
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  Speaker 8: watching it on my own. But no, there wasn't. I mean, yeah,
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  Speaker 8: we were. We were actually involved in like team meetings.
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  Speaker 8: When when the team is is at home on the road,
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  Speaker 8: obviously we're we're just kind of doing our own stuff.
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  Speaker 8: But when the team's at home, we were involved in
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  Speaker 8: the meetings and stuff just to stay sharp.
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  Speaker 10: Yeah, pretty pretty.
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  Speaker 6: Do you look at the schedule in chunks or are
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  Speaker 6: you more of a game to game guy? And depending
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  Speaker 6: on your answer, what do you look for in terms
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  Speaker 6: of goals for this trip or goals.
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  Speaker 8: For tomorrow night. You know, the my wife and my mom,
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  Speaker 8: they know my schedule more than me, to be honest,
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  Speaker 8: that's just the truth. I I'm just a day to
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  Speaker 8: day guy, and I approach it at data time. I
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  Speaker 8: think sometimes it's not really worth it looking too far.
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  Speaker 8: The reality is you get one game to focus on
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  Speaker 8: and is the next one. And that's that's about it
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  Speaker 8: for me.
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  Speaker 3: So what are your personal goals going to the game
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  Speaker 3: tomorrow night?
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  Speaker 8: Just the details, you know, it's I pride myself in
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  Speaker 8: doing the things right on the ice and I feel
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  Speaker 8: like that's the way I can. I can do my
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  Speaker 8: best to all the team have success. And that's the
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  Speaker 8: thing for me. You know, when when you're away for
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  Speaker 8: it was a month for me, Like I said, you're
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  Speaker 8: kind of out of those things. You just gotta when
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  Speaker 8: you come back, you gotta get all those tails back
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  Speaker 8: in your game instinctually. And that's that's my focus, just
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  Speaker 8: getting more and more dial and those those all right.
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  Speaker 2: Joining us now on Cracking this morning. Alison lu Can,
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  Speaker 2: great friend of ours. She tells a great story. As usual,
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  Speaker 2: I'm back to bez always by the numbers. You can
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  Speaker 2: see her of course Crack and Hockey Network pregame in
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  Speaker 2: emissions postgame as well her handywork at seattlecrackin dot com.
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  Speaker 2: Also one through of the Too Many Men podcast are
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  Speaker 2: Hello to Sarah and Shana as well, Alison, A hearty
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  Speaker 2: hello to you as well. Thank you for a few minutes.
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  Speaker 2: But I mean, what a way to finish off the
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  Speaker 2: homestand against San Jose. How'd you feel about these guys
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  Speaker 2: walking out of the building after Saturday.
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  Speaker 9: Well, first and foremost, thanks for having me, Mike, I
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  Speaker 9: appreciate it. Yeah, there's a lot to like about this
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  Speaker 9: group right now. I liked little bouts of adversity coming
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  Speaker 9: up in that last game versus San Jose. I think
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  Speaker 9: specifically of the start of the game when San Jose
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  Speaker 9: once again tried to do what I thought they did
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  Speaker 9: to this team a week ago, where they set the tone,
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  Speaker 9: they set the pace, and the Kraken righted the ship
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  Speaker 9: and started playing crack and hockey instead. And then Matt
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  Speaker 9: Murray unfortunately leaves the game and Philip Grubauer comes in
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  Speaker 9: response to that adversity with just an absolutely stellar performance,
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  Speaker 9: and then that stellar performance is what saves them at
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  Speaker 9: the start of the second period when they were basically
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  Speaker 9: getting shelled for the first two to three minutes. So
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  Speaker 9: seeing those lessons, learning from them, This just continues to
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  Speaker 9: be a theme for me under head coach Lane Lambert
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  Speaker 9: that this group is buying in. They want to get
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  Speaker 9: better and they're going to do whatever they can to
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  Speaker 9: address the areas that they need to as quickly as possible.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I love you touch on the goaltending part here
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  Speaker 2: because this was so important I think for this last
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  Speaker 2: week and in context, Joey to Cord could be back
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  Speaker 2: soon and depending on how long Matt Murray's going to
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  Speaker 2: be out.
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  Speaker 3: Of action, we'll see.
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  Speaker 2: But Philip Grubauer certainly picked a good time to have
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  Speaker 2: a first are kind of night on Saturday. Allison, when's
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  Speaker 2: the last time you're remember seeing him this dialed in?
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  Speaker 9: Well, you know me, I went and looked up the
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  Speaker 9: numbers and if we look at how much he exceeded
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  Speaker 9: expectations in that last game, and remember it wasn't even
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  Speaker 9: a full game for him, right, It was just over
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  Speaker 9: forty minutes, so he didn't have the full sixty to
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  Speaker 9: build up as much of an advantage. This was the
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  Speaker 9: fifth best performance of his cracking career and only one
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  Speaker 9: was better last season, and that was against Boston in December,
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  Speaker 9: so this was I think it was Chandler Stevenson who
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  Speaker 9: said postgame, this was vintage Groobauer. I love seeing him
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  Speaker 9: come out authoritatively like that, and he was again. I
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  Speaker 9: couldn't stop talking about him in postgame, and I'll keep
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  Speaker 9: talking about him because it was just an amazing, amazing performance,
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  Speaker 9: top twenty all time of his career.
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  Speaker 3: The talk was certainly well deserved.
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  Speaker 2: As Alison Luke an joining us right now on Cracking
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  Speaker 2: this morning, I want to put the spotlight for a
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  Speaker 2: moment on Jaden Schwartz because almost at a point where
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  Speaker 2: people start defining difference makers, haves, have nots and more
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  Speaker 2: with us about nearly a quarter of the way here
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  Speaker 2: through the season, and we've heard so much about how
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  Speaker 2: goaltending matters, Matty Benier's and whoever he plays with matters,
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  Speaker 2: how the new guys can kick in as well. So
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  Speaker 2: I won't go there yet with potential MVP candidate talk
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  Speaker 2: for this team, but I frame it like this, It's
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  Speaker 2: scary to think where this team would be without Jayden
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  Speaker 2: Schwartz right now. What defines the kind of start he's
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  Speaker 2: having right now thre eighteen games to you.
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  Speaker 9: Yeah, you know, it's I have this conversation with people
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  Speaker 9: quite a bit actually about how he just stays under
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  Speaker 9: the radar while being just such an integral part of
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  Speaker 9: what this group does when they're having success. You watch him,
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  Speaker 9: He's always going to the net front. You watch his
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  Speaker 9: little detail plays in small areas, his hockey IQ. It's
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  Speaker 9: I think back, you know, I say this all the
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  Speaker 9: time to last season Jordan everly goes down and what
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  Speaker 9: veterans steps up and tries to put this team on
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  Speaker 9: his back, and none other than Jaden Schwartz. So it's
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  Speaker 9: really a testament to how he prepares and how he
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  Speaker 9: thinks the game and how he contributes that he can
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  Speaker 9: do so many things and still not get as much
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  Speaker 9: of a spotlight as perhaps he should. And again once again,
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  Speaker 9: you know, he's already got two multi goal games this season.
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  Speaker 9: He's just been really important for this club, and I
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  Speaker 9: think that he has to be in the room as well.
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  Speaker 2: The Kraken could see jere mccamm back this week, which
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  Speaker 2: could certainly help this lineup situation. That's TBD on the matter,
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  Speaker 2: but I mean getting him back on ice recently in
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  Speaker 2: practice is certainly a good sign morning skate as well.
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  Speaker 2: But Freddie goodrou getting back on ice. I thought Allison
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  Speaker 2: was so important too, And I mean one game doesn't
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  Speaker 2: tell us maybe everything, But what were you reminded of
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  Speaker 2: with the value that he's got in this lineup from
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  Speaker 2: this last weekend.
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  Speaker 9: Yeah, I think in first and foremost, it's the obvious
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  Speaker 9: in terms of the PK and in terms of defensive
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  Speaker 9: zone faith off the Again, here's the out for you.
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  Speaker 9: Before he went down with injury, he and Chandler's he
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  Speaker 9: and Chandler Stevenson were taking each about thirty percent of
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  Speaker 9: the defensive zone face off, and when he went down,
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  Speaker 9: Chandler started taking over fifty percent of defensive zone face off.
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  Speaker 9: So he's going to help there, going to be part
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  Speaker 9: of that number one PK. But this is another guy,
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  Speaker 9: you know, even in the chances we've had to talk
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  Speaker 9: to him and fans have been able to hear from him,
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  Speaker 9: he's he's just such a great person and a great spirit,
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  Speaker 9: and I think that that really helps bring the bind
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  Speaker 9: and the bonds together in the room among the guys.
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  Speaker 9: And he's got that versatility. He can play up the lineup,
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  Speaker 9: he can play in all situations. I'm waiting to see
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  Speaker 9: him in the shootout. He's got tremendous skill there that
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  Speaker 9: we haven't been able to see yet. But I'm really
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  Speaker 9: glad he's back.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that preseason shootout goal that he had was delicious.
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  Speaker 2: And I mean I go back and think of something
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  Speaker 2: that you pointed out and that he's got one of
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  Speaker 2: the backgrounds that you can certainly root for, you know,
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  Speaker 2: him coming up the minor league ranks, even at the EHL.
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  Speaker 2: Everything is earned, nothing is given, and that's why you
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  Speaker 2: can appreciate somebody like Freddie Gudreau and his background. And
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  Speaker 2: something that you also pointed out elsewhere I thought on
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  Speaker 2: the Craken website, I thought that was a gold nugget.
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  Speaker 2: Adam Larson's goal marked twelve goals from their defenseman. Only
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  Speaker 2: two have as much or more in this league, and
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  Speaker 2: that's the Capitals and the Blue Jackets. I said Riker
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  Speaker 2: Evans getting back in there. It takes them up a
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  Speaker 2: notch with their mobility. But what are you making of
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  Speaker 2: this effort collectively? That reminds you of a team that
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  Speaker 2: is serious about contention?
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  Speaker 9: Yeah, you know, I mean this is a team and
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  Speaker 9: the way I like to say it is when they
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  Speaker 9: say we need offensive contributions from our depth. That's not
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  Speaker 9: just forward depth, that's defensive depth as well. And you know,
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  Speaker 9: I think that definitely Vince Done, Brandon Montur and you know,
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  Speaker 9: hopefully Riker as well are part of this new wave
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  Speaker 9: of what a defender looks like, which is a lot
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  Speaker 9: more offensively minded. Now that all being said, it's great
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  Speaker 9: to get these goals from the defense, but you know, hopefully,
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  Speaker 9: as you pointed out, Jared mccannon is coming back, because
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  Speaker 9: you do want the lion's share of your production coming
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  Speaker 9: from your forward group. There are more of them that's
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  Speaker 9: play in the game, so getting them going is equally
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  Speaker 9: as important so that as the defenders contribute, they're not
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  Speaker 9: the only contributors on the scoreesheet.
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  Speaker 2: All right, looking ahead here, first matchup of the Red
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  Speaker 2: Wings coming up. Alex To Brinkett name second Star of
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  Speaker 2: the Week in the NHL, and they've got an offense
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  Speaker 2: that can just frighten you with the core that they have.
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  Speaker 2: But Tom McClellan was pretty tense on their ability to
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  Speaker 2: close out games. After a bad Buffalo overtime lost this
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  Speaker 2: last weekend, they came back and beat the Rangers and
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  Speaker 2: then Pandora's box opened on the ice after that. But
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  Speaker 2: I mean, what's the big key for you coming up
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  Speaker 2: here tonight for this game against the Red Wings.
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  Speaker 9: Yeah, I'm going to be watching. Obviously, they're stars. You've
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  Speaker 9: got to Brinket as the star of the week. As
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  Speaker 9: you mentioned second start, he's on a point, Street Keys
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  Speaker 9: on a goal streak, Raymond, Cider, Lark and Caine go
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  Speaker 9: down the list. But for me, it's also about keeping
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  Speaker 9: things that even strength on both sides. This is a
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  Speaker 9: team that is eighth in terms of taking penalties and
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  Speaker 9: eighth in terms of drawing penalties. So keeping in at
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  Speaker 9: even strength, not letting their power play get going. They
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  Speaker 9: move into i believe, right outside the top ten in
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  Speaker 9: goals when you look at power play production so far
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  Speaker 9: this season. So even strength, and then also just being
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  Speaker 9: really sound defensively. This group doesn't get net front as much.
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  Speaker 9: That's something Tom McClelland has been harping on them as well.
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  Speaker 9: That's how they when they score, that's what they're doing.
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  Speaker 9: So protecting, protecting the house, that dangerous area that blue
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  Speaker 9: paint is going to be critical as it always is.
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  Speaker 3: Great stuff, Allison.
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  Speaker 2: We talk about even strength you make this TV side
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  Speaker 2: always compete at full strength. Keep up the great work.
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  Speaker 2: We'll get you back on soon, but in the meantime,
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  Speaker 2: have a great show here for this evening.
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  Speaker 9: Thanks again, right back at Ja Mike, thanks so much
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  Speaker 9: for having me a right.
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  Speaker 2: Allison, Thank you very much again. Alison Luken our friend
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: from the TV side, Crack and Hockey Network. You can
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: find her pregame, intermission and postgame also her written handiwork
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  Speaker 2: on seattlecracking dot com. Additionally in the podcast space part
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: of the Too Many Men podcast with Sarah Sivian and
• 18:16
  Speaker 2: Shana Goldman. Looking ahead here to this saving a little
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  Speaker 2: bit more the Crack and facing Detroit once again after
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  Speaker 2: this game this next month at Climb the Pledge Arena
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  Speaker 2: on December sixth, and the Crack and trying to keep
• 18:28
  Speaker 2: a good thing going. They have points in nine in
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  Speaker 2: the last eleven games, six two to three record in
• 18:34
  Speaker 2: that run. Maddy Beniers maybe picking his game up here
• 18:37
  Speaker 2: also at a pretty ideal time, and you go back
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: to his Calder Trophy campaign back in twenty twenty two
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: to twenty three, when he scored twenty four goals and
• 18:45
  Speaker 2: nearly hit the sixty point plateau. This season start is
• 18:49
  Speaker 2: actually the best of his career twelve points so far
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  Speaker 2: in the first eighteen games. He leads the cracking right
• 18:55
  Speaker 2: now with ten assists. As far as other injury updates,
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: head coach Lane Lambert Monday confirming Jared McCann and goaltender
• 19:03
  Speaker 2: Joey de Cord on the trip, they are progressing and
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  Speaker 2: we'll keep an eye as far as when they are
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  Speaker 2: due to return.
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  Speaker 3: Here to the lineup.
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  Speaker 2: They're cracking right now, catching the Red Wings and a
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  Speaker 2: little bit of a funk.
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  Speaker 3: As we said.
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  Speaker 2: They come off a two to one win over the
• 19:16
  Speaker 2: New York Rangers, spelled by a Benz clearing altercation at
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  Speaker 2: the final horn, but the Red Wings playing like a
• 19:22
  Speaker 2: pretty frustrated club in the most recent stretch, win less
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  Speaker 2: in four of their last six games, but yet still
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  Speaker 2: hanging around the top of the Atlantic Division at eleven
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  Speaker 2: seven and one, tied for second with the Montreal Canadians.
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: As far as that core, who leads the Red Wings,
• 19:38
  Speaker 2: no surprise, it's Dylan Larkin, with a twenty three point
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  Speaker 2: campaign so far through nineteen games, also pacing the Red
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: Wings with eleven goals. Alex to Brinkett last week NHL's
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  Speaker 2: second Star honors Zs twenty one points in nineteen games,
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: and Patrick Kane, who is making a strong case as
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: ever for the Hall of Fame. He sits one point
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: behind Gi Lafleur for thirtieth all time in NHL scoring,
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  Speaker 2: recently picking a point number one thousand, three hundred and
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  Speaker 2: fifty two. The crack and trying to stop all that
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  Speaker 2: in Detroit tracks this evening once again four pm Pacific
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  Speaker 2: time put drop from Little Caesar's Arena, airtime coverage of
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  Speaker 2: three point thirty and we certainly hope that you can
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  Speaker 2: join us. Big thank you again to Alison Lucan for
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  Speaker 2: joining us and for kracking this morning. I'm Mike Benton.
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  Speaker 2: Have a happy Tuesday and enjoy the game.
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