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Bumpy Ride & A Busy Week · Predators Official Podcast

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Arsenal left side to the middle. What a move by Philip Forsberg.
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One of the best from Scoresberg. It's the podcast that loves the
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hockey team you love. Sorrow stops him with the
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blocker. This is the Predator's official
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podcast with Cara Hammer and Max hers for the empty net and hits
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it on about on 102.5 and 106.3. The game at
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nashvillepredators.com This is the Predators official podcast
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here on Friday, November the 8th.
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Predators have lost three in a row.
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It's been an up and down week with a lot more down than up and
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we are here to talk about it before hockey fights Cancer
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Tonight, which will also preview Saturday night in Smashville.
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November 9th. First ever meeting between the
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Preds and the Utah Hockey Club in Bridstone Arena and the back
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on the road for five more. So I hope to see you on Saturday
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night in Smashville. Last chance to see your Preds in
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person for a while, unless you want to head out West, including
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the Kara Hammer's home state of Colorado.
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Kara Hammer will be there. She is also here right now.
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Hello Hammer. What's up, Max?
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I feel like let's start this podcast with the up because we
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talk about going out West. Obviously the Preds have their
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last home game before the before the big road trip against Utah
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like you just mentioned, but then they take on the Colorado
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Avalanche, a team that they just had a big time win over last
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Saturday night in Smashville. Kara, I do have a point of
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contention here. What's that?
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Is it Colorado or Colorado as a native?
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Colorado. Colorado.
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Yeah, it's Colorado, but don't but you know, wait, you just
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switched? You just switched.
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This is this was all the hate tweets I used to get back in the
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day because I can't even say the word Tennessee Titans correctly.
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So I am like the last person to ask how to ever pronounce
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anything, especially when I may drop in a little Missouri or a
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little Washington. You just don't know.
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All right, well, we'll find someone with less twang than
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Carrie Hammer to settle that when we're out in Denver and
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I'll be wearing my South Park tie there on Monday.
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But the Preds did beat the ABS on home ice to start this busy 4
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game week. Preds are in a stretch of seven
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games in 12 days. This is their only win in that
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stretch so far. Five games into it, they beat
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the Avalanche on Saturday night in Smashville.
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Big tip in goal by Colton Sissons to give the Preds the
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lead for good late in the second period in that game.
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Kara. Yeah, I feel like there was a
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lot of highlights, Max, in that second period alone.
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Steven Samkos got the power play going.
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Things were looking really good when he was able to score there.
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But how about Zach LaRue? He was the one who really picked
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up the assists on Colton Sisson's goal.
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And you felt like things were starting to look really good.
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And obviously the boys kind of they needed it up.
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We we talked about it being up and down.
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They were coming off a bad loss against Edmonton, so that second
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period it, it felt like good hockey for the president, Felt
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like they were they were getting things going.
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They were playing connected. Yeah, they played ahead into the
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third period and were able to get another goal.
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Roman Yossi a power play rocket for his first goal of the season
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In game #11 of the season. Took a while for the captain to
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get his first but it was a bullet for his first on the
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power play A1 timer in the slot in tight set up by Steven
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Stamkos. Eustace on and then had no
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chance on that one that made it 3-1 Preds early in the third
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with the PPG. Second power play goal of the
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game for the Preds. Second primary power play points
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of the game for both Yossi and Stamkos after Yossi had set up
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Stamkos earlier on on a power play in the second period for
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the Preds. First goal.
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And then the only way the ABS made it a one goal game is with
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a crazy otherworldly goal by Nathan McKinnon throwing it on
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net. No look sees bank off of UC
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sorrows and in. And I don't want to call it a
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lucky goal because it's Nate McKinnon and he meant to do that
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and it was unreal. But that was, as Pete Weber
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would say, a goal that he pulled out of his keister.
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And then the Preds hit two empty netters to finish off A52 win
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against the ABS on Saturday. I don't want to highlight
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anybody outside of the Nashville Predators, but Nathan McKinnon
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does things on the ice, Max, that sometimes I am just in awe
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of watching him. But one thing about them, it's
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really it's it's down to McKinnon and Mccarr for the apps
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right now. I mean, that's a team riddled
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with injuries and they have the star power seemingly step up.
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But I have to ask you to talk about Pete Weber.
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How much did he love pronouncing Ivan Ivan?
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Hey, the man so nice they named him the same thing twice.
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The only player in the National Hockey League with the same
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first and last name. That's awesome.
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Yeah. I think some of our guys should
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start doing that. How Guild becomes Hal, Hal,
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Chris Mason becomes Mace. Mace and Jay Moore, Would he be
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JJ or more? More.
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I feel like JJ, but then that just sounds like a first name
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like Ivan Ivan. That's true.
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Well, Jay does introduce himself to everyone as Jason, which is
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his full first name, but he's Jay.
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But he's Jay. He's Jay, so we'll see what the
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ABS look like when the Preds see them again on Monday.
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They are on both ends of this seven games and 12 days stretch.
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Preds do get a win against a short handed division rival in
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the Avalanche. And then the week did not go so
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great from there. The Preds have lost three in a
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row since that win on home ice on a Saturday night in
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Smashville. They were shut out on Monday
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night against the Kings. Darcy Kemper pitched the shutout
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against the Predators, who had just 16 shots on goal in the
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game in a three nothing loss. They did not get a shot in the
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third period until after they pulled the goalie with under 5
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minutes left trailing 1. Nothing at the start of the
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third. Gave up a goal on the 1st shift
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of the third period to former Pred Kevin Fiala and Andrew
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Brunette. Felt like they did not have the
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effort on that shift, on that rebound and then it got
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contagious and they didn't get a shot on goal in a game where
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they should have been trying to come back.
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I feel like if you were to recap that game Max, and look at the
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second period, when you see on the score sheet that Luke Shen
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fought Tanner Jeno and Ryan O'Reilly had just his second
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fighting major of his career, you would think how do the
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Predators not come out and win this game?
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It's a one goal game. You get the crowd into it.
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People were going crazy. I mean, that's a heavyweight
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tilt between Shen and Jeno, but it it's just it's kind of in the
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Pred season so far. They just couldn't find a way to
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play connected and pull this one out.
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All right, Kerry, you ready for what I hope is a recurring
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segment on the POP that we're going to, we're going to call it
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Fight Confidential. We have inside info on both of
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these fights. This is the type of reporting
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that I bring to you. So 2 fights in the second
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period, Preds were down 1, nothing, just trying to show any
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life whatsoever. So on an early shift in the
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second period, Tanner Jeno rocked Luke Shen over the
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Dashers into the King's Bench. Awesome hit by Jeno.
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We've seen it before when he was on the Preds, Shen got smoked
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and he knew it. So then out of the next TV time
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out, both of them are coming on the ice.
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These are two guys who know each other.
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They're 10 years apart in age, little bit less, but they're
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both from Saskatchewan. Luke Shen, one of the most
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veteran, beloved players from that province, Tanner Jano from
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Oxbow, the Oxbow Ox going up against the big city boy from
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Saskatoon, Luke Shen. They've skated together before,
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they've fought before, they've had confrontations before, but
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they they are friends and there's a lot of respect off the
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ice, especially from the younger Jano to the older Shen.
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That's how the hockey guys work. So out of the TV time out,
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they're lining up next to each other for the face off.
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Shen asked Jano, you want to go? Jano literally looks up at the
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scoreboard, sees the score as one.
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Nothing. Luke looks back at Luke and says
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no, and then Luke Shen says no, we got to go.
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He pulled the veteran card and Tanner Jano obliged and Luke
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Shen got the win. That is a tough fight to win,
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but when Luke Shen starts throwing lefts, nobody knows how
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to fight a lefty. I mean, that was one of those
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when the guys were going at it. I mean, obviously a huge fan of
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Tanner Juno, loved him in Nashville, would love to see him
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back in a Predator sweater one day.
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It's kind of like who, who, who's the dog in the fight here?
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We work with the whole team, but you love Tanner Juno, you loved
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Luke Shen, you wanted to just be like a good show for everybody.
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I was more impressed, though, when I saw Zach LaRue starting
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to chirp Tanner Juno later in that period.
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You know, you kind of think a little bit, hey, rookie, I don't
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know if you want any of this smoke.
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Yeah, watch yourself, young little compared to Tanner Jano
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fella, but yeah, that was fun. They're giving each other a
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couple pokes back and forth. But yeah, a little Sasky fight
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Luke, Jen and Tanner Jano. And I said to Luke when I was
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asking about this the day after the game, hey, you had to get
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back in the win column after your first fight in the year.
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And I'm not going to divulge too much information.
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I'll talk about it again if it comes up when the Preds play the
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Bruins again in March. Shen was really unhappy with his
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first fight of the year, not because he lost it, but because
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of something that Mark Castellick from the Bruins did
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that influenced the outcome of the fight.
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I'm not going to say everything, but Shen was not happy about
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that and he made-up for in a big way with a big decisive,
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unanimous decision over Tanner Janelle.
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Do we have any insider information on the Ryan O'Reilly
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Belt? We have some fun stuff.
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So this is, this whole thing is so funny to me.
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First of all, Ryan O'Reilly has played sixteen seasons over 1000
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regular season NHL games and had never been in a fight in a
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regular season NHL game before. Which first of all is nuts
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because like he's a grinder. Yeah, he's a top line guy, but
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he's a hard nosed player. He gets in there.
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You would think especially early in his career in Buffalo when he
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was on some bad teams and he was the best forward on those teams,
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you would think he ran into somebody and it's like, my God,
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let's go. Like we're going to fight.
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This guy will fight me. So I was shocked that he had not
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fought in a regular season game before.
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But here's what happened in this fight.
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Then I'm going to tell you about the last fight, which was in the
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playoffs, his only other NHL fight.
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So this fight dirty hit. Kyle Burrows, King defenceman,
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knee on knee, textbook illegal hit.
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He did get a penalty for kneeing.
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Gus Nyquist goes down, Ryan O'Reilly peels around, sees that
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Nyquist is hurt, goes right up to Burrows, drops the gloves.
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We're going. And O'Reilly won the fight
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decisively and I thought performed very well.
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He said his fists are OK, by the way, no injury there, so don't
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have to worry about that. But he jumped right in,
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protected his teammate. Nyquist did say before the game
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against the Caps on Wednesday on Preds radio that he owes
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O'Reilly a fight. So maybe if O'Reilly ever takes
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a dirty hit, we'll get Gus Nyquist dropping the gloves,
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which who knows how that'll go. But yeah, Gus said he owes him.
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So O'Reilly defending his teammate at a time when
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everybody on the Preds was PO D and I think he did the right
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thing. I I think he raised everybody up
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a little bit and he certainly won the fight.
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He said he only had one other NHL fight.
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I I just wanted to confirm with him that there were in others
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that we missed 'cause like I said, I was so surprised.
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But on hockeyfights.com, they had him down for one.
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It was in the playoffs two seasons ago when he was a trade
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deadline rental for the Maple Leafs.
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They're playing against the Lightning.
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There was a dirty hit, Morgan Riley hit and injured Braden
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Point. And then we had two fights
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happening after the whistle with some major star power 2 fights
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going at once, Ryan O'Reilly against Nikita Kucherov and
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Austin Matthews against Steven Stamkos.
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It was unreal. Go watch it on YouTube or on
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hockeyfights.com. And the other funny part about
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it to me is that Luke Shen was on the ice for the Maple Leafs
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and here all the superstars are chucking them instead of Shen.
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Oh my gosh, this is the best insider information.
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Insane. Yeah, this is by far the most
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interesting stuff in hockey. But yeah, that was Ryan
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O'reilly's only other NHL fight. It was recent and it was in the
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playoffs where nobody ever fights and it was just a
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superstar fight across the board.
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I mean, O'Reilly would readily admit that he is by far the
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lesser of the four players involved in those fights.
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Stamkos, Matthews, Kucharov, all fighting at once.
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And O'Reilly happily in that group of superstars as a top six
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forward himself getting in there.
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And Stamkos got Matthews, he got him good in the other fight that
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was going on. That's wild.
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But I think back, if you tie it back into into Ryan fighting in
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that game against the Kings, he's trying to set an example,
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right? He's a leader on this team.
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There's still a lot of young guys.
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They're still trying to find their rhythm.
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I asked Philip about this post game actually.
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You know, what does it mean to you when it's Ryan O'Reilly
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dropping the gloves and he was like it.
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It just makes you want to get into it, just proves what type
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of teammate he is. But one word after that night
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was frustration, and we heard a lot of it from Bruno.
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Yeah, we've sensed it for a while and we just can't seem to
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to correct it and, and get over it.
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I think we talked with, I think I've talked about it enough here
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over the last couple weeks about how it's, you know, it's a
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dangerous emotion and it's getting the best of us and it's
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kind of unfortunately leaked through almost the whole team.
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And frustration plays tricks on you.
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Frustration makes you think you're actually working when
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you're not working. Frustration actually makes you a
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poor teammate. Frustration is contagious.
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So those are some pretty bad things and and that's kind of
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leaked through our group right now.
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And the frustration continues. Max, I mean, going out on the
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road. We talked about this after the
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game against the Kings at home, and Bruno felt like, hey, a road
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trip is a good change of pace. It's a time to reset, refocus.
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And the Prez just couldn't seem to find a way again against the
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Washington Capitals. Yeah.
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First of all, I will start this conversation by saying the
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Capitals look really, really good.
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This is this is a potential division title contender in the
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Metro going up with the Rangers. I think the way they look right
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now, they're getting goaltending too, from their two backwards
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goalies, Logan Thompson and Charlie Lindgren.
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I don't know if you heard Kara Will Willie said he dropped his
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stat on TVI dropped it on radio as well.
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And I, I like to think there are a lot of people out there who
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happen to catch both Willie and I saying the same things at
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different times during the game and realizing that we are
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comparing notes and sharing information.
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So a shout out to anybody who's timing that up to hear them
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both. But Logan Thompson, formerly of
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the Golden Knights, now on the Capitals, is the second Caps
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goalie to start his tenure with the franchise. 6 and O the other
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one Preds legend. Another backwards right-handed
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goalie catching glove Tomas Vokun in 2011.
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So any shout out for Voki we can get, we're giving.
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Going into that night, it was kind of sad that there was going
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to be some lineup changes. We weren't sure.
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We thought Luke Evangelista might be a healthy scratch going
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into that night, but Tommy Novak was actually, I guess, injured.
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Upper body enlisted day-to-day, and we saw Van come back into
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the lineup. Some last minute shuffling in
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both games of this road. Back-to-back this week for the
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Preds. And yeah, that one was an
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interesting one. Luke Evangelista was told in the
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morning that he would be a healthy scratch for the first
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time this season and just the third time in his three NHL
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season so far, and they want to send a message.
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Evangelista has not yet scored a goal against a goalie this year.
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He has one goal and it's an empty net goal through at that
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time, 12 games this season. So he was supposed to sit and
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then he ended up playing. He did take warm up as the extra
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forward. Preds always will dress an extra
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forward for warmups in situations like this.
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Novak unexpectedly unable to go so he's scratched, comes out.
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Evangelista does end up playing and they have to shuffle all the
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centers around to make all of this work.
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So Yuso Parsonen, who was supposed to be the third line
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left wing, goes to center and we assemble what we are now calling
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the last minute line of the 23 and younger Preds, Yuso Parsonen
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in between Luke Evangelista and Phil Tomasino.
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Tomasino and Parsonen had been scratched for a combined 13
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games in a row coming into this week, and Evangelista was
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supposed to be a healthy scratch for that game.
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Then the three of them go out there together and score a goal
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on their first shift together. Unreal.
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They're awake now. They're they're away.
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And one thing I like too, was Stampos was playing with Phil.
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He was able to get on the board. But Max highlight of the
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Washington Capitals game, that penalty kill.
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I mean the Preds were perfect, 6 for six on the night.
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Yeah, it was impressive. The Preds now have the number
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one ranked penalty kill in the NHL.
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They unfortunately had to kill over 20 minutes of PK time on
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this trip. Too much, way, way too much for
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two games, but they were successful, killing off 9
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minutes of penalty kill time against Alex Ovechkin in the
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Capitals PK. All five goals in this game were
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five on five goals, including goals by Yuso Parsonen and
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Steven Stamkos for the Predators.
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Those two guys were actually the Preds goal scorers in both games
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of the back-to-back, coincidentally enough, and the
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Preds end up losing three to two.
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Both teams got a goal in each of the 1st 2 periods.
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The only goal of the 3rd and Alex Ovechkin one timer from
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Dylan Strom behind the net to Ovechkin in the right circle.
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I got to say I got a little bit of a chill of a goosebump
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getting to call an Alex Ovechkin goal.
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I I had announced him scoring an empty netter before against the
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Preds Kara, but it is unbelievable how likable Alex
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Ovechkin has become this late in his career, his 20th season.
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He's now 33 goals behind Wayne Gretzky for the all time regular
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season NHL scoring title and he's getting it done.
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He's having an amazing start to the season and the Caps look
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awesome wearing his favorite jersey, the black Screaming
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Eagle. They it was the first time this
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season they'd worn those. They were their reverse retros
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two years ago. According to the media in DC,
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they've worn those jerseys 8 times.
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Ovechkin has scored in all eight games.
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So do you think they just find 33 more games?
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To. Wear in the Screaming Eagle
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jersey. I will give them this.
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It is a beautiful, beautiful kick.
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Yeah, I'm over the red. The red of the Caps does not do
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anything for me. I think you go back to the the
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black and the blue that Andrew Brunette wore in his NHL debut
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for the Capitals in the 90s before the Preds came into
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existence. But yeah, the Caps look good
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right now. Connor McMichael is red hot.
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He's a teammate of Luke Evangelistas and juniors with
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the London Knights. He's already halfway to his
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career high goal total in a month.
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Oh. Wow.
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Yeah, so the Preds will see the caps one more time, but let him
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cool off a little bit before Jay Moore's boy Nikki Dowd.
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I can I call out Jay Moore? Is that allowed?
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Yeah, yeah. Yeah, Jay, I have something to
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say and I haven't told him this, but I'll tell him this tomorrow.
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So Jay Moore and I always joke on the post game show 'cause he
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coached Nick Dowd from the Capitals in a couple of teenage
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All Star teams. Dowd is from Huntsville, AL
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Southern hockey. Awesome story, total development
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story. Undrafted, went to Saint Cloud
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State in Minnesota. Four year college player, excuse
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me, He was drafted. He was a seventh round pick.
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Now he's 34 years old on his fourth team at 10 plus year NHL
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veteran. He's had an unreal career.
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But this guy? Sneaks on the ice after every
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icing. His team commits and the refs
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don't notice. How does he get away with this?
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Because the refs have no idea what they're doing.
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But I'll let Jay be the one to tell you that on every single
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post game show because Jay Moore absolutely loves NHL
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officiating. But yeah, if I can tell from up
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high, like, come on, people. But we do love Nick Dowd.
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He's a great player, great fourth line center, but just
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don't do it against us. Nikki D.
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Well, now Max W, you'll have to, you'll have to get get a hold of
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somebody down there. Yeah, yeah, I'll, I'll have my
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people talk to nobody. I have no connections.
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You have. People, I have people.
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UC Soros was amazing in this game.
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He deserved a better fate. Predators lose to the Caps 32IN
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regulation on Wednesday night. Just more good stuff from Juice
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and then a tough back-to-back long travel against another hot
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team, the Panthers, who had won five in a row and had had a long
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rest coming back from Finland, where they swept the stars in
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two Global Series games this weekend.
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Panthers are atop the Eastern Conference and they crush the
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Preds on Thursday night. Probably the worst performance
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of the season for the Preds. In a season where there have
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already been some major stinkers, They lost six to two.
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The Predators had 9 even strength shots on goal in the
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entire game. They had just 4 even strength
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shots on goal in the 1st 2 periods.
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Yeah, really. Nothing good to say about this
21:48
one Kara. This was hopefully a low point,
21:50
but who knows. Yeah, I think it goes back to to
21:55
the frustration and the the guys really just, you know, Mace kept
22:00
talking about on the broadcast last night.
22:01
No, nobody feels sorry for themselves.
22:03
You know, they're they're kind of fighting an uphill battle
22:06
right now. It's got check time and I think
22:09
they just need to find a way to get out there and enjoy playing
22:11
hockey and yeah, you know, play together, play connected.
22:16
If if relentless was the word last season, I think connected.
22:19
It needs to be the one this season.
22:21
As we enter the weekend in the Preds host Utah on Saturday
22:24
night, Nashville is in sole possession of last place in the
22:28
entire NHL standings. They are the only team in the
22:31
NHL still with single digit points, 9 standings points at
22:35
4-9 and one through 14 games So far.
22:38
Not the best. A really poor effort on
22:42
Thursday. And Kara.
22:43
We've recapped 4 games that happened in six days here, which
22:47
is a tough situation for anybody.
22:49
But these four games under score 1 of the major shortcomings of
22:53
the Pred season. They cannot play 2 good efforts
22:57
in a row. There have not been two
22:59
competent competitive performances in a row by the
23:02
Preds this season, and this week was a perfect example of that.
23:06
Saturday they played well enough to win, beat the ABS.
23:08
Monday they generated nothing against the Kings and got shut
23:11
out. Wednesday they were competitive
23:13
with the Capitals, came up one goal short, but did a lot of
23:16
things well and made some improvements, and their goalie
23:18
was great. And then Thursday, even worse
23:21
than Monday, barely putting the puck on net against the Panthers
23:24
in a game that they trailed almost immediately and never
23:27
were close in. I think one of the things Max,
23:31
is they're just spending too much time on the perimeter.
23:33
They've really lost their inside game.
23:35
And I think once they get that back and are able to to get to
23:39
the net and find out what worked for them well last season,
23:42
things will start clicking. It's just I don't think you can
23:45
really put your finger on kind of why they can't string two
23:47
wins together. But something's got to change.
23:51
Yep, quite a few somethings will have to change and the Preds
23:53
will be home for one game on Saturday night, November 9th
23:56
against the Utah Hockey Club, formerly the Arizona Coyotes,
24:00
who will play the Preds for the first time ever.
24:03
Connor Ingram having a great season and goal for I was about
24:07
to say, the Yoats they are. I guess the utes Can I get away
24:10
with that, Kara? But but the Utah Utes is is the
24:14
the college team. They are.
24:16
Really. Call them that.
24:17
I'm borrowing. They don't have a name yet.
24:20
I know, but I need. I need something plural to run
24:22
with the. I don't even know what a Utah is
24:29
like a Idaho is an Idahoan. Right, I think it's a.
24:32
Wyomingite. What's a Utah?
24:34
Wyomingite. Wow.
24:36
I think it's AI think you literally just put an N on the
24:39
end of Utah and it's Utahn. Utahn.
24:44
It's Utahn, yeah. It's a Utahn.
24:47
Yeah, I have no idea how to pronounce it, but I think that
24:50
is what it is. But I'm going to keep going
24:53
with. Youth, Somebody from Utah is
24:54
listening. Please try.
24:55
Please tweet us, yeah. What you.
24:58
Are at maxers what you are? Who are you?
25:00
Who do you play for? Utah?
25:04
But yeah, they'll be here. Feds did not fare well against
25:07
the Coyotes the last couple seasons against Nick Schmaltz,
25:10
Clayton Keller, the snap it around boys.
25:13
So we will see how the Preds do. Utah is on the final game of a
25:17
four-game road trip that has lasted more than a week.
25:20
They lost in overtime in Las Vegas last Saturday.
25:25
They got shut out in Winnipeg on Tuesday and then they had a good
25:28
effort Thursday night against the Blues in a four two win.
25:31
They are 500 so far this year. Preds get their first look at
25:35
Utah on Saturday night in Smashville and Hockey Fights
25:38
Cancer Night first of two Hockey Fights Cancer Nights this
25:41
season, benefiting the Monroe Carroll Junior Children's
25:43
Hospital at Vanderbilt. As always, we have plenty more
25:46
details on how you can get involved in everything that will
25:49
be going on as we pink and lavender out the rink.
25:52
Wear your lavender. If you have any lavender purple
25:55
Preds gear from years past, hockey Fights cancer or just
25:57
anything lavender in your closet, wear it to the game on
26:00
Saturday to support those fighting cancer who have beaten
26:03
cancer and to remember those who we have lost to cancer.
26:06
We'll play about everything going on for Hockey fights
26:08
cancer night on Saturday coming up next and get you ready for
26:11
some other things going on around Smashville over the next
26:14
few weeks as the Predators hit the road after that to start a
26:17
two week long 5 game road trip to Colorado, Edmonton, Calgary,
26:22
Vancouver and Seattle. She is Gary Hammer from Preds
26:25
TV. She's a Coloradan.
26:28
I'm Max Herz from Preds Radio. This is the Predators official
26:32
podcast. You're on ESPN.
26:33
One O 2 five and one O 6 three the game.
26:47
Oh, why you got to be so cold, Why you got to go and cut me
26:55
like a knife and put our love on eyes.
27:03
Welcome back to the Predators official podcast here on your
27:06
exclusive radio home for Preds hockey.
27:09
This is ESPN1O25 and one O 6 three the game.
27:13
My name is Max hers from Predators Radio along with Kara
27:16
Hammer from Predators TV. And Kara for the first time
27:20
ever, I am right about the demonym of people from Utah.
27:26
It is Utah, it's just Utah with an N at the end.
27:33
A a person from Utah is a Utah. I knew it wasn't.
27:38
I knew it wasn't a Ute. The Ute is an Indian tribe and
27:42
that's where the mascot name comes from.
27:44
But I, I like Ute for what we're going to call the team until
27:47
they officially become something else next season.
27:51
Yeah, I'm curious. I felt like they were leaning
27:54
towards going to be a Yeti, right?
27:56
What? I think that's their front.
27:58
Runner Yeah, I think they've made it clear that they are
28:00
doing that. They just have to get all the
28:01
trademarking done. I kind of just like it simple
28:06
Utah hockey clubs. I don't know, maybe that's
28:08
boring. Maybe people need like a mascot
28:10
and something to get behind. But I feel like it.
28:12
It's just a clean classic line. It just, it feels, I don't know,
28:17
I like it. I think it's cool for one year,
28:19
but I I will say with the Washington Football Team, now
28:24
that they have changed, it makes me miss Washington Football
28:27
team. But I think Yetis will be a lot
28:29
cooler than Commanders. I mean, yetis are pretty cool.
28:33
Yeah, yetis are awesome. Have you ever seen a Yeti?
28:36
I've been on a Disneyland Friday with the Yetis.
28:40
Well, there you go. And I like my Yeti.
28:44
Well, yeah, that may have something to do with their trade
28:47
marking issues. Your Yeti cooler or cup,
28:50
whatever it is. Would that be like their
28:51
sponsor? I don't know.
28:53
Yeah, Seattle Kraken are sponsored by Kraken Rum, so
28:57
there's a way to make it work out there.
28:59
But yeah, not our problem. The division rival Utah hockey
29:02
club will be here on Saturday night in Smashville November
29:05
9th. Many of you are listening to
29:06
this podcast on that Saturday morning here on one O 25 the
29:09
game. So hope to see you for the Preds
29:12
and the Utahns Utahns on Saturday night in Smashville.
29:20
I still can't do it the. UHC, the Utah Hockey.
29:23
The UHCUHCFC against Nashville SC No against Nashville
29:28
Predators HC on Saturday night. Smashville the game's at 7.
29:32
Radio pregame coverage will start at six.
29:34
TV pregame coverage will start at 6:30 with Kara Hammer and the
29:38
whole crew. It is the first of two Hockey
29:40
Fights Cancer Nights here in Smashville for the game against
29:44
Utah. Hockey Fights Cancer Nights, as
29:46
always, are benefiting the Monroe Carroll Junior Children's
29:50
Hospital at Vanderbilt in conjunction with the 365
29:53
Pediatric Cancer Fund. It is well timed as Shay Weber
29:57
will go into the Hockey Hall of Fame at the end of this weekend.
30:01
Technically, on Monday will be the day of the induction up in
30:04
Toronto. Our Brooks Bratton will be
30:06
there. We will talk with him about it
30:08
afterward. But Shay Weber and Pecorine
30:10
started the 365 Pediatric Cancer Fund.
30:14
Their jersey numbers are the three, the six and the five.
30:17
Shay Weber, number six, pecorine #35.
30:20
So fitting timing for all of this.
30:22
And the Predators are working to raise $36,500 three hundred 6500
30:28
for the 365 Pediatric Cancer Fund.
30:31
And our friends at AstraZeneca in conjunction with the NHL have
30:34
committed to matching the first $10,000 raised for Hockey Fights
30:38
Cancer. Go to
30:39
nashvillepredators.com/hockey Fights Cancer to donate from
30:43
afar on your computer or your phone.
30:46
We do have some other ways to donate and things you can
30:49
purchase for a donation. In the arena there will be
30:52
Hockey Fights Cancer mini sticks, mystery pucks, foam
30:56
pucks where you can write who you fight for, who's battling
30:58
cancer or you've lost a cancer or a survived cancer.
31:02
Plus Hockey Fights Cancer bracelets.
31:04
Those will be at the Predators Foundation table on the 100
31:07
level of Bridgestone Arena behind Section One O 7.
31:11
At the Preds Foundation table. You can also text to bid in the
31:15
silent auction with the pregame player jerseys, which again,
31:19
cannot be worn during warmups because of a ridiculous NHL
31:22
rule. But text Preds to 76278 to bid
31:26
whether you're at the game or not.
31:27
You can also go see the sweaters at the foundation table.
31:30
There will also be multiple areas where you can get I fight
31:34
for signs throughout the game at the foundation table on the 100
31:38
level, upstairs at the fan information desk by section 331
31:43
on the 300 level, also in the Lexus Lounge and outside the
31:47
arena on the Plaza at the corner of 5th and Broadway if you go
31:51
into the arena at the main entrance.
31:52
So a lot of ways to get involved, a lot of ways to
31:55
donate. The Predators will also be
31:57
presenting their check to the Monroe Carroll Junior Children's
32:00
Hospital before the game in conjunction with a ceremonial
32:03
puck drop of childhood cancer patients from Monroe Carroll at
32:06
Vanderbilt. The donation care over $250,000
32:10
from last season for hockey fights cancer.
32:12
Wow. That's incredible.
32:15
Some other cool things that will be at the game.
32:17
This is the words of the Preds Foundation.
32:20
All caps. I quote massive, all caps.
32:26
Massive bell for cancer survivors to ring on the main
32:30
concourse. We've all seen those videos and
32:32
cried many times that cancer survivors completing their
32:35
treatment and ringing the bell in the hospital in their
32:38
treatment center. There will be a bell for you to
32:39
ring if you are a cancer survivor at Bridgestone Arena.
32:42
Another big one, Kara Buddy, the miniature horse from Angel Heart
32:47
Farm, will be in attendance. Buddy.
32:51
I know you're a big buddy fan and I wish your baby girl Remy
32:54
would be at the game tomorrow as she is a cowpoke herself.
32:58
She is, and she loves many horses.
33:01
And we could get our Roper from last year, rider Kisner Kisner
33:08
from Wyoming to come and ride the miniature horse.
33:12
I don't think he rides many horses.
33:13
I think he rides big horses. But there'll be lots of hockey
33:16
fights. Cancer merch for sale.
33:18
For the second year in a row, the Predators are partnering
33:20
with the Gift of Life Marrow Registry, which is also involved
33:24
at Vanderbilt and Vanderbilt Children's Hospital.
33:26
You can get your cheek swab to see if you are eligible to be a
33:30
bone marrow donor and become the hero who we see at Hockey Fights
33:34
Cancer Night Every year. A cancer survivor meets their
33:37
life saving bone marrow donor for the first time at the game,
33:41
and literally everyone in the arena cries.
33:44
Yeah, it's one of the coolest moments.
33:45
I love that the press do this, the foundation puts this on.
33:49
I mean, it literally is like one of the coolest things you could
33:53
ever witness. Yeah.
33:55
And it's it's something that thankfully a lot of us never
33:57
have to think about. But it's important for everyone
33:59
to know that this is something that happens and something that
34:02
saves lives for everyone as well.
34:04
So hockey fights cancer night in Smashville.
34:06
Be wearing our lavender ties, thinking of everybody fighting
34:09
cancer out there at Smashville. We love you.
34:10
We're with, you know, a lot of you guys, a lot of fans are
34:13
going through cancer out of treatment and hockey is fighting
34:17
cancer with you and we fight for you.
34:18
So we'll see if any preds will fight on the ice as we hockey
34:22
fight cancer this week. A lot of fight talk on the show
34:24
today. We are with you guys in the
34:26
fight against cancer. Couple other things we want you
34:28
guys to know about over the next few weeks.
34:30
The next Predators official watch party is this coming
34:33
Thursday night for the game against the Oilers.
34:36
That is Thursday night November 14th.
34:38
The game is at 8:00 show up early.
34:40
The watch party is at Assembly Food Hall and 5th and Broadway
34:43
right across from Bridgestone Arena.
34:45
The games at 8. The funds will start around 7
34:47
with Wayne D and DJ Battle Pres Energy team.
34:50
Maybe even Nash will be there. I don't know if Nash will be
34:53
there. I think he's usually there, but
34:54
I will be in Edmonton so I will not be there.
34:58
I will be watching, I will be at home watching, I will be rooting
35:02
and I hope that things just turn out well for the preds on the
35:05
road. And we'll let you know when the
35:06
next Preds official watch party is at Cara Hammer's house.
35:08
But it's not there yet. One other thing, if you have
35:11
kids, the Scott Hamilton Learned to Skate program is back
35:16
presented by Cat Financial. It's the number one learn to
35:18
skate program in the South. The program is for all youth and
35:21
also for adults interested in wanting to get out on the ice
35:24
for the first time. Whether it's hockey, skating,
35:26
figure skating, you know Scott Hamilton's name is on it.
35:29
He can teach you how to figure skate one of the greatest Figure
35:31
skaters in world history, who we get right here in Smashville.
35:34
New skaters will get 50% off their registration fee.
35:37
You can visit nashvillepredators.com/learn to
35:41
skatenashvillepredators.com/learn to Skate is how you can get
35:45
involved in the Scott Hamilton Learn to Skate program.
35:48
We love Scott Kara. It is it is unreal that we have
35:52
him as a Smashville resident and involved as much with the Preds
35:56
as he is. And he literally is just one of
35:58
the nicest people ever. We've had him on the podcast.
36:02
My Remy's grandma was diagnosed with cancer.
36:06
And we were talking to Scott Hamilton about his, his, you
36:09
know, his diagnosis and his struggle and how he was over to
36:12
comment and how he's been giving back.
36:14
And I had mentioned that Remy's grandma was just diagnosed, and
36:18
the words that he said, Max, were just so kind and so honest
36:22
and he just really is a great person.
36:25
Yeah, what an exceptional person, an exceptional man, an
36:28
exceptional American, an exceptional athlete and honestly
36:31
someone who could be in politics and be very successful there if
36:34
you wanted to. So Nashville predators.com/learn
36:37
to Skate is how you can get involved in the Scott Hamilton
36:40
Skating Academy. They are taking registrations
36:42
right now for locations at all three Ford Ice Centers in
36:45
Antioch, in Bellevue and in Clarksville.
36:48
The Ford Ice Center in Clarksville, which is attached
36:50
to the F&M Bank Arena, just celebrated its first
36:53
anniversary. Skating sessions for new
36:56
skaters. If you get half off, begin at
36:58
under $100.00. So go to
37:00
nashvillepredators.com/learn to skate.
37:02
It's for both kids and adults. So make that happen.
37:05
We'll come back. We'll play for you our interview
37:07
of the week and we'll wrap up the show.
37:09
She's Cara Hammer from Preds TV. I'm Max hers from Preds radio.
37:13
You are listening to the Predators official podcast here
37:15
on One O 25 The Game. Welcome back to the Predators
37:42
official podcast here on ESPN 102.5.
37:45
The game. My name is Max Hers along with
37:48
Kara Hammer to wrap up the show here.
37:51
Kara, I was listening to a ton of old Wall A this week in DC.
37:54
Wall A's from DC, That song with Lady Gaga remixing.
37:59
Nah, Nah, hey, hey, goodbye holds up 15 years old.
38:03
It's a banger, you. Love it, you love.
38:05
It yeah, shout out to Wale. He makes good music.
38:07
I missed him in Smashville during a road preseason game.
38:11
Come back Wale, I'm ready to see you live.
38:14
Time for our interview of the week and it's with Preds rookie
38:17
21 year old Zach LaRue who is getting oh so close care to his
38:21
first NHL goal. He had a couple that he just
38:24
missed this week, one on A2 on one.
38:26
Monday against the Kings he was barely stopped by Darcy Kemper
38:29
going low glove. And then Wednesday against the
38:32
Capitals, also A2 on one, also coming down the left wing side,
38:37
tried to go high glove, short side shelf on Logan Thompson,
38:43
the backwards goalie. And how Gill was drooling over
38:47
this shot, how he changed the angle of his top hand, looked
38:49
like he was going far side, came back near side.
38:53
He ripped it. He hit the post.
38:56
I think he hit where the post meets the crossbar.
39:00
And it went up and out. And I asked LaRue about it the
39:03
next day. That was probably the hardest
39:05
shot I think I took in my life. So I was, I was just shocked
39:09
when that didn't go in. I was, I was really hoping it
39:11
would, you know, go bar South and not bar N But again, that's
39:15
part of the game. I think I've been getting a lot
39:17
more looks over the last few games.
39:18
And you know, I'm feeling confident making.
39:20
Plays so I know it's it's only a matter of time now that's Zach
39:23
LaRue Cara bar down a classic item of hockey lingo, bar down
39:28
ski etcetera. Now we've got from Zach LaRue
39:31
the new Age lingo Bar South and Bar N That one unfortunately
39:36
went Bar N off the cross bar and out of play, not Bar South.
39:41
I feel like now we're going to have to have like a LaRue
39:44
Evangelista segment where we're hearing from the rookies, you
39:47
know, the lingo that keeps us in the game.
39:51
Yeah, well, did you see Alex Doherty did tweet this a couple
39:54
weeks ago? And LaRue had talked about it
39:56
before that on Smashville Live on his debut episode when he
40:00
came out for his hot lap in his NHL debut, his first shot.
40:03
Like you're supposed to go top cheese on your first shot on
40:06
your hot lap, which is what you do in warmups anyway.
40:08
Players are practicing shooting to specific places.
40:11
LaRue completely whipped on it and it just slithered right down
40:15
the middle on the ice into the middle of the net.
40:19
And apparently he got a lot of crap for it in the locker room.
40:22
And Luke Evangelista commented on Larue's Instagram, posting a
40:26
picture of his NHL debut. First, first guy ever to go
40:31
bottom cheese on his hot lap. So we now know there is an
40:34
opposite of top cheese. It's bottom cheese.
40:37
Bottom. Cheese.
40:38
Bottom cheese. But as LaRue said in that quote,
40:41
he thought it was the hardest wrist shot he ever took in his
40:43
life. And thanks to our friends at the
40:45
NHL Edge and the NHL Advanced Stats, which we are fortunate to
40:49
see during the game and give to you in different forms on the
40:52
broadcast. I had said as soon as it
40:54
happened it was an 83 mile an hour wrister, which is pretty
40:58
Dang hot for a wrister. I think mid to high 80s is as
41:02
high as you'll see for a Rister in the NHL.
41:04
Their hardest so far this season for the Preds is Philip Forsberg
41:07
at 85 miles an hour. And after the interview, I I
41:10
told Zach that it Rister was 83 miles an hour and he goes no way
41:16
confirming his suspicion that it was the hardest Rishad he had
41:19
ever taken in his life. That's cool.
41:23
Yeah, that's cool. He's he's going to get one.
41:25
Yeah, he and Mark Delgaizo are racing to their first NHL goal.
41:28
Both of them have had some major chances this week and they are
41:31
taking it personally. Who gets it first?
41:33
Just getting their buddies. But somebody's going to get one
41:36
soon. Preds are going to have to start
41:37
getting anything go and it starts this Saturday against
41:40
Utah at Bridgestone Arena on Hockey Fights Cancer Night at
41:43
7:00, then continues on the road with A5 game road trip.
41:46
This is a stretch of eight out of or seven out of eight.
41:50
Excuse me, on the road for the Preds with the Country Music
41:53
Awards at Bridstone Arena. Predators will head out West to
41:57
Denver, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver and Seattle over the
42:00
next few weeks. We'll have podcast dispatches on
42:02
the road coming your way. Next Tuesday or Wednesday will
42:05
be our next episode. Thanks for listening.
42:07
She's scare Hammer from Preds TV.
42:09
My name is Max, hers from Preds radio.
42:11
This is the Predators official podcast.
42:14
La Rue left side two on one shoots and hit the post off the
42:19
bar and up and out hit the post with the shot.
42:23
I was really. Hoping it would.
42:24
You know, go bar South and bar North.