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Nate Schmidt 10-19-26 · ESPN 700 & 92.1 FM | Utah's #1 Sports Talk

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  Speaker 1: I know we just talked a minute ago, but the
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  Speaker 1: bounce back effort, this team knows how to bounce back.
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  Speaker 2: Can you tell me a little bit about the details
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  Speaker 2: of this game that allowed that to be possible? I
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  Speaker 2: just liked our directness, especially early in the game.
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  Speaker 1: Especially after the goals, we talked a little bit about
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  Speaker 1: it in between periods, especially after they scored their two
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  Speaker 1: power play goals. I loved how we were able to
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  Speaker 1: be direct for the next couple shifts. I love the
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  Speaker 1: way that we can gain that momentum back because that
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  Speaker 1: really does change the hockey game and change the way
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  Speaker 1: that your team feels when you're in a situation where
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  Speaker 1: you give up a goal. You guys were really pressuring
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  Speaker 1: them and you were taking away all time and space.
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  Speaker 2: What did you see out of your team really responding
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  Speaker 2: and bringing that energy?
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  Speaker 1: One of the things we talked about yesterday, especially at
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  Speaker 1: the D-Corps, was just, listen, we've got a ton of
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  Speaker 1: skill forwards.
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  Speaker 2: Let's get them to puck early, especially in the neutral zone.
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  Speaker 2: Let's try and half-ice game as much as we can.
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  Speaker 1: When we drag it back is when we get in
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  Speaker 1: a little bit more trouble and it allows them to
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  Speaker 1: set their defense up, especially their neutral zone forecheck.
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  Speaker 2: I thought, especially in the first and second, we.
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  Speaker 1: Did a really good job with that and as the
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  Speaker 1: game went on after we got, we got a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: Away from it, but I just, you know, even when
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  Speaker 2: they scored, there was no panic on the bench. What
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  Speaker 2: are you guys seeing on the PK right now? You've
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  Speaker 2: given up 10 goals on 32 opportunities. Just curious, you know,
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  Speaker 2: what's going to be leading to those? You know, um,
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  Speaker 2: could be a combination of things, but I think right now.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to have to take, we're going to, we're
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  Speaker 1: going to look at it because, you know, that's obviously
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  Speaker 1: something that we really pride ourselves in, you know, like
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  Speaker 1: guys that take a lot of pride in how we,
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  Speaker 1: how we play on the PK. Um, you know, um,
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  Speaker 1: Our game plan each night is to have good pressure
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  Speaker 1: and good pace. We'll look at the stuff that we
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  Speaker 1: can and we'll take a peek at it and see
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  Speaker 1: what changes we can make. When you go to a
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  Speaker 1: young goalie in a net like that, do you do
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  Speaker 1: anything differently to make sure that you're supporting him as
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  Speaker 1: much as he needs?
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  Speaker 2: I hope he hears me out there. I try and
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  Speaker 2: talk to him as much as I can because that does.
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  Speaker 2: It gets him into the game, especially when he comes
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  Speaker 2: over the bench. I try and chat him up a
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  Speaker 2: little bit. Goalies are a lot like pitchers. You let
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  Speaker 2: them roll. You come over.
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  Speaker 1: It's kind of a a feeling out process, but, you know, Kostas,
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  Speaker 1: you know, a guy that's pretty locked in when he's
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  Speaker 1: in the game, and when he's not, he can tell it,
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  Speaker 1: he kind of, you know, he kind of redials himself in, so,
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  Speaker 1: you know, like I said, I sat on the bench
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  Speaker 1: for that state at the end.
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  Speaker 2: I know it's been a while since you played with
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  Speaker 2: someone other than named John Marino.
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  Speaker 1: How was it playing with your new defense partner? You know,
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  Speaker 1: we were a little bit of, we were playing with
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  Speaker 1: a little bit of everybody tonight, and that's just, And,
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  Speaker 1: you know, Flutter having a lot of trust in all
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  Speaker 1: of our guys. And I think that's an amazing attribute
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  Speaker 1: for our defense core to be able to have that.
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  Speaker 1: If you feel like you have to be married to
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  Speaker 1: a certain pair or two, it kind of locks up
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  Speaker 1: your matchups a little bit. And I think if you
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  Speaker 1: have the ability to move guys around and they feel
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  Speaker 1: comfortable with each other, like a lot of us have
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  Speaker 1: played together before. Even when you had Deacon Ray, I've
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  Speaker 1: played with him before as well. it makes it, it
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  Speaker 1: makes it pretty easy when you have that familiarity with
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  Speaker 1: each other.
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  Speaker 2: And can you just speak to DeSimone being able to
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  Speaker 2: step in the way he does and not miss a beat?
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  Speaker 2: Just cool. Josh Allen, DeSimone. Yeah. He played with 10
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  Speaker 2: and two all night. It was great. I mean, the
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  Speaker 2: guy goes in the first period. It looks like, you know,
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  Speaker 2: he's been in every game this year.
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  Speaker 1: It's, it's awesome to see how confident he is in the,
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  Speaker 1: with the puck and, and also with footer too, right? Like,
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  Speaker 1: you know, you're a guy that just coming in after
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  Speaker 1: 10 games to have the confidence in him to go and.
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  Speaker 2: Put them out there and, And, man, I thought he
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  Speaker 2: rewarded our team with a great effort.
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  Speaker 1: And, you know, he's just a consummate pro, right? The
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  Speaker 1: guy is just always ready. He's been, you know, an
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  Speaker 1: awesome guy in the room. It's a big pump for him.
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  Speaker 1: He had a great night tonight. First home win for
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  Speaker 1: Sebastian Kosar. Those goalie hugs are a little bit more special.
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  Speaker 2: You know what?
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  Speaker 1: I bet he squeezed me pretty hard.
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  Speaker 2: But he deserves it. I might have to get an
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  Speaker 2: oxygen tank. But he was, like I said, when we
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  Speaker 2: needed him, he was great tonight. And that's the most
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  Speaker 2: important part for a young goalie.