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Preds Win! Plus Zach L'Heureux's NHL Debut · 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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This is the Predators official podcast here on your exclusive
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The game. My name is Max hers.
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We are recording on Friday October 25th.
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Predators headed into a weekend back-to-back starting Friday
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night in Chicago at 7:30, then back home for a Saturday night
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in Smashville on Saturday, October 26th against the
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Columbus Blue Jackets. Kara Hammer from Preds TV is
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here. And Kara, we finally have win #1
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to talk about on the podcast Tuesday night against the
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Bruins. Max the Predators are in the win
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column the first two points of the season and war hockey is
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being played tonight. The guys are on the road in
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Chicago. Big back-to-back coming up this
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weekend, we're going to spend some time talking about win #1
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and what a win it was in shut out fashion for nothing on
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Tuesday night on home ice against the Bruins.
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I, I loved Kara after the game after his 33 save shut out as
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the headliner to break an O and five start.
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UC Sorrows said to the crowd while you were interviewing him.
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Thanks for your patience everybody.
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I think that there was so much expectation to start this season
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when the guys came out and they dropped the 1st. 5I do think
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that there was a lot of talk amongst the fans and so I think
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that's where that came from, from UC Sorrows.
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But what a great performance, Max, to come out and pick up
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your first win of the season, especially against the Boston
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Bruins. Yeah, if there were ever a win
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to a Race O in five, I think that one got pretty close win
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that you of course LED throughout because you didn't
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give up a goal. You got a power play goal, you
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got a goal that came right after a power play ended.
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Then you got an odd man rush goal and an empty netter to seal
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it. And an incredible goaltending
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performance from UC Soros, who I don't think he should be
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thanking us. Kara, after that game, the fans
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should be thanking the juice man, right?
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The thanks should be going the other way.
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I agree it's all about the juice box, but also there were some
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incredible defensive moments during that game.
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Before we get to the scoring started, I have to talk about
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Alex Carrier because he had he had a very costly turnover right
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earlier in the week and he made a defensive play to keep the
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puck out of the neck Max that I think really kept the pretz in
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this game. So I feel like Carrier should be
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credited with a save. It was a huge moment in the
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game, but let's go back to the two biggest highlights.
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For me, it has to be Zach LaRue making his NHL debut.
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And then what about that goal from Gus Nyquist?
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It felt like I saw somebody tweet this, and I think this is
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the best ex explanation for it. If there could be a change up in
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the game of hockey, this was it. That's Gus Nyquist.
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He did it so much last year. He was low glove Gus on that
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goal. He just slows the game to a
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crawl when he's at his best. And he made a joke after the
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game he was due for that one because he hit the post on the
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exact same rush earlier in the game on the other end of the
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ice. And he's been counting posts
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going scoreless through the first five games.
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He said two posts and a crossbar so far this year for him.
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So great to get Gus on the board.
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Luke Evangelista got on the board with the empty netter.
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It just felt like the whole team got right, snapped back, came
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off the schneid, however you want to put it.
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It was a full team effort to do that.
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And one thing that multiple players and coach Andrew
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Brunette pointed out after the game, care at various times,
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their stick positioning was a big reason why they won this
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game. They weren't letting teams just
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pass the puck straight up the ice on the breakout.
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They had their sticks down. They were getting loose pucks.
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They were knocking things down and I think that's what got them
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back to the system in a lot of ways.
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And players across the board were saying This is why we
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clicked back into the system. And once they said it, it became
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very obvious that that was it. One thing that really stood out
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to me also was the speed of the game.
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It felt like it was more fluid, where before it, it just seemed
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kind of choppy. There was a lot of turnovers, a
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lot of mistakes. The guys came out, I think
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Willie Donaghy's this word, and it has stood out to me,
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ruggedness. And the a prime example has to
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be when Ryan O'Reilly came out for his first period, or excuse
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me, first intermission interview with me after the first period
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and his nose was bleeding. He got cut, didn't face him at
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all. Still went into the cold tub
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during the intermission before coming out for the second
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period. But that's what it was.
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It was a rugged, gritty win and the guys were able to pull it
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out. Notorious from the fact Daddy
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for multiple reasons. First of all, he's notorious
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around the NHL for being cold tub at every intermission guy,
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which apparently he's the only player in the NHL who does that.
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I thought about this and does he, does he put on like dry gear
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afterwards? Because you know, when the guys
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come out and I interview them, obviously you can see how much
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they're sweating, they're working, they're grinding out
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there. And you know, like then do you
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put on like the sweaty leggings and the the sweaty top after you
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just get in the cold tub? Like how does this work?
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Well, it's not like you're getting dressed up for a nice
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dinner. You're getting redressed to go
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out and sweat as much as you just did again.
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So I think you're raising some good points and I think you're
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going to have to go find out. Hammer.
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We're going to have to do an in depth story.
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I will. I will work on this before the
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next podcast. Yeah, and the big cut on the
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bridge of his nose, magnified and glorified by the fact that
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O'Reilly is now just one of four NHL errs who is not wearing a
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visor on his helmet. It was grandfathered out about a
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decade ago. O'Reilly is one of four
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remaining. The others are Jamie Benn, Ryan
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Reeves and Zac Boghossian. Last year, there are 6.
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We lost Matt Martin and Milan Lucci, 2.
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Both are not on teams right now, though they have not officially
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retired. But we're getting down to four
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guys with no visors on their buckets.
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And Ryan O'Reilly wearing the battle scarf for it as he comes
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to hang out with you at the intermission.
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Yeah, no bucket. And how about Zach LaRue doing
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his rookie hot lap with no bucket?
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He came out free flowing. You know, I guess it's just a,
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it just is a freeing feeling. Welcome to the show.
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It's a great league isn't it? As how Gil would say so.
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Some other early moments that separated the Preds in this
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game. Penalty kill 8 minutes in.
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Massive saves by UC Soros on the penalty kill, first on Brad
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Marsh and with his cranium on a shot from the left circle and
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then a slot one timer by Elias Lindholm that Soros came way up
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to the top of the crease to save and pinned it up against his
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body. Two big saves in short sequence
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there and then on the next shift of the power play, David
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Posternock was loitering on the left goal line, which is a spot
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that he was looking to distribute from.
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He went all the way across Soros Cross crease pass to Pavel Zaka
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waiting on the back door alone. Sorrow shuffled from his right
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to his left, made a massive save and he said he knew he was
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there. He knew Poster Knock likes to
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make no look passes from that spot.
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He said on Wednesday he knew exactly where Zaka was.
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Those to me were my favorite Sorrow saves from the shout out.
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But I don't know, I think there could be some other nominees
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too. That save he made on Poster
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Knock right at the beginning of the third period when Poster
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Knock just kind of took him out some big stops.
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Yeah, I mean, he kept the Preds in this game, so much special
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teams, right, coming off of that, obviously Ryan O'Reilly
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got the scoring started with the power play goal.
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But then the Preds had a huge that there was the double minor
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in the second period and the Preds came out.
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They were able to move the puck with the with the man advantage.
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I still to this day do not know how Tommy Novak's goal was not
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considered on the power play because I swear that clock was
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still running. But I guess at that point it had
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been back to even strength because that's how they credited
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him. Yeah, I actually thought the
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same thing. So I, I don't know if something
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changed with the clock or what, but I I independently thought
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the same thing and hadn't said it to anyone else.
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But now that you say it, I think, yeah, I think we're both
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right here. But technically not a power play
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goal. I've got the game sheet up right
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here and let me hit refresh real quick because sometimes they do
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change these things. Yeah, it is still an even
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strength goal for Tommy Novak. But in essence, it happened on
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the power play. Novak had a couple of those
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moments where he just had everybody googly eyeing at the
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puck on his stick in this game. Got the second one to go.
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Luke Evangelista and Brady Shea the assists with that second
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power play unit still hanging around out there as Charlie
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McAvoy came out-of-the-box after the double minor high stick up
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on Steven Stamkos his face. So that made it 2 nothing.
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Preds after two. Gus Nyquist with the Triple
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Crown goal to make it 3 nothing midway through the 3rd.
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Then the Bruins pulled their goalie really early with six
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minutes left and Luke Evangelista hit the empty net
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from long distance. Not exactly a pretty goal for
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the pretty boy, but whatever it takes to get goal number one for
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Evangelista on the season. O'Reilly, Novak Nyquist,
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Evangelista, your goal scorers. Roman Yossi had two assists.
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Luke Evangelista and Ryan O'Reilly each had a goal and an
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assist and then 33 saves from UC Sorrows, plenty enough to get
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the Preds in the win column for the first time this year for
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nothing over the Bruins on Tuesday night.
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That one felt good for everybody, Kara.
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And it felt very good for Zach LaRue and his wonderful family,
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who you got a chance to meet. An interview on the debut of not
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just Zach LaRue, but also on the new FanDuel Sports Network, the
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new name of Preds TV on Tuesday night.
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Let's listen. I'm upstairs with the parents of
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Zach LaRue, Robert and Trabada Have to ask, what was it like
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experiencing your sons first shift here in the National
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Hockey League? It's absolutely incredible.
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It's a dream come true. You're waiting all our lives.
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Zach been waiting all his life. He's worked so hard for this and
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he's doing it and honestly, I don't have words.
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It's, it's crazy. I can cheer up every time I
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think about it because it's not over yet.
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Now, I know there's 30 family members here.
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What's it like to make this an entire family event?
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It's unbelievable that 30 people would take the time and and it's
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expensive for Montreal to come here and like experience this
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with that. He's so incredibly thankful and
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it's been unbelievable. Well, Congrats to you too.
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Thank you so much. Thank.
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You. What a beautiful couple.
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Great interview Kara. You could feel the love with
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Robert and Siobhan LaRue on Tuesday night.
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Yeah, they had, I, I should have said 30 family members and
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friends. They had a huge group of people
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there. I was able to catch up with them
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in the lounge before the game even started and you could just
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feel the excitement. And I loved it because mom and
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dad already were wearing the LaRue jerseys, so they had that
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in place. His little sister was there
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also. The grandparents were there.
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His grandma was there. And Mark Borvietsky was back in
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Nashville for the first time this season at a game.
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And me and Boro, we're having a conversation and we were talking
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about Zach LaRue coming out and making his debut.
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And Boro said to me, you know what?
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The grandma, the other grandma, she's not here, but she's a
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hoop. He goes, she comes to all the
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games when they're up in Ottawa, he goes, that's the grandma that
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she needs to come down and that's when you need to put on
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the broadcast. That is awesome.
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Yeah, Hal and Lindsay got a chance to meet his parents and
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the set of grandparents that were present for the game.
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And I think there was some debate between his mom and
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grandma about whether or not he should fight in the game,
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according to Hal. So funny family, Zach LaRue,
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really funny guy. And I must admit, watching that
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interview, I did not get to meet Robert and Siobhan in person
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like you did, Kara. But I think Zach both looks and
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sounds exactly like his father. They have the exact same manner
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of speech. I could see that and you know
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it. It's a, it's like a cool moment
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because although it's Zach who's playing in his first NHL game,
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we all know how involved the families are.
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I heard Barry Trotz go up to them and he was congratulating
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Robert Siobhan. Like that's what it means to the
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family. It it's everybody's debut,
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essentially. That's awesome.
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Yeah. That's so, so cool.
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I'm. I'm so glad you got to interview
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them on TV. And one other funny moment I
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caught on Fred's TV rewatching the game.
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A big shout out to our director, Luke Rosenmeyer for capturing
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this great moment. The moment the horn sounded to
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end the game, they panned the camera to Zach Larue's parents
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celebrating the win in his NHL debut.
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And his father, Robert LaRue, had a moment that we've all had.
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As a fan of the hockey game, I think many people out there will
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be able to relate to this. The horn sounds and he looks at
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his beer and he goes, Oh my God, I've still got 4 sips left.
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And then just as the camera cuts away, you can see he's about to
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go back to the well to finish it off.
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But the game's over. I got to finish my beer.
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And we told Zach that story on Smashville Live the next night.
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By the way, he set a record fastest debut to Smashville Live
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appearance one day. So Zach LaRue just setting
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records all over the place. But he goes, yeah, that sounds
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like my dad. I love that he's such a great
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kid. He was so personable, right?
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We both had the chance to talk to him at morning skate and he
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talked about growing up in Montreal.
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You grow up, you don't like the Boston Bruins, that's a team you
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don't like. So it was a cool moment for him
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that his NHL debut came against, you know, his number one rival
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growing up as a kid. Yeah, and he's been prototyped
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by many to be Brad Marshian, 2 point O, and he acknowledged
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that. But he says he also wants to
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create his own type of player. So that's something fun just to
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get into his mind as he embarks on his NHL career.
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He'll be back in there for the Predators this weekend.
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A couple more things I do want to say about Larue's debut.
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You mentioned that there were 30 folks, friends and family in the
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building. We were alerted by some of the
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media members from his his junior team, his QMJHL team, the
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Halifax Moose Heads, where he was as recently as two seasons
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ago playing junior hockey, that one of the people who would be
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coming to support him is the assistant equipment manager from
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the Moose Heads, Tyler Long, who has special needs and is
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extremely close with Zach LaRue. He was up there with his family
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wearing the very stark, visible green Halifax, who said sweater
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at the game. And we got a chance to ask Zach
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about what it meant to have Tyler there on Smashville live
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at his NHL debut. Yeah, it's, it's, it's so
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special, you know, the the relationship and the bond I have
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with him. And you know, he's just like any
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other one of my buddies. He.
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Calls me all the time keep in touch and his mom always told me
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that when the day comes, if she had a you know, enough notice
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and can make it would would do everything to to you know, be
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there. So obviously, you know, when I
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got out there for a warm up and saw that green jersey and put a
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huge smile on my face and, you know, just made me want to, you
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know, play even better for him. Zach said Kara that Tyler Long
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and his mom got on a plane at 3:00 AM Nashville time in
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Halifax, NS, Canada that day to make it to the game.
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I love that we have to give a shout out to to Mavs Gillis, who
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sent me this e-mail letting me know, he said.
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I'm going to drop you a line about Zach's friend who's making
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his trip. And you know, it's so cool to
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see players have relationships like this, you know, where so
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many people can come out and support them when they have a
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special moment. And my favorite on ice moment of
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Zach Larue's NHL debut, His third shift.
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He showed us the human Wrecking Ball that he said he wants to
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be. He was on the forecheck, 2 solid
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firm hits on defenceman Andrew Peak and then he came back for
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1/3 lick on Peaks D partner Mason Lorei, who is 6 foot 5
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inches tall. LaRue is 511, and LaRue sent him
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down to the ice in a heap on the forecheck.
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And this was Kara right before the moment in the game where I
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get to see you. And we're both in historic
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Studio H outside the locker room at Bridgestone Arena, getting
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ready to each do an interview at the first intermission.
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And if the TV time outs line up right, I got to spend a few
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minutes at every game standing right up against the glass
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behind the goal on my way down from the press box.
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And that was that segment of the game.
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And that was the right end of the ice.
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So I got to feel all three of those right in front of me and
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see Mason Lorei just crumple those big long limbs at the
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mercy of Zach LaRue. Hey, Michael McCarron told me
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before the game that Zach LaRue is a dog on a bone.
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They knew this is what he was going to bring.
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This is why he got the call up. Max.
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We saw it first hand. Box Office Zach LaRue, Box
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Office, NHL debut. The 103rd NHL player to make his
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NHL debut for the Preds, 1st in almost an entire year.
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Zach LaRue, 21 years old, from Mercier, Quebec, Canada, near
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Montreal. So awesome to have him in
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Smashville. We'll see how long he sticks.
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Last time this happened, couple years ago, a Preds forward
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prospect got called up named Luke Evangelista.
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He was told he would be up for one game.
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Kara. He still has never left.
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Yeah. I think one thing that stands
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out about Zach LaRue and, and skating on a line with Mike
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McCarron and Cole Smith is they share the same mindset.
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These players all have the same mentality that they're going to
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go out, they're going to be gritty, they're going to work
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hard. And when the Preds lost keeper
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Sherwood this offseason, they were missing that a little bit.
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And I think he just fills right in with what with what Sherwood
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had that that same mental toughness.
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And hopefully we'll we'll see Zach LaRue more this season.
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Hey, Bruno said it to me after the game.
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He would like to see him play more.
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All right, yeah. And he didn't get a ton of ice
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time in the game because of, like you said, Kara, a ton of
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special teams time in that game. And LaRue is not playing on
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either special team in the game. He played just about 10 minutes
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of ice time and he made his mark, that's for sure.
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We'll talk to Zach LaRue more on the podcast going forward.
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He was on Smashville Live. Like I said, search Smashville
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Live on whatever your podcast app is to hear me, Hal, Zach
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LaRue and Mark Delguizo. And I got to say, Kara, we had
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two rookies on the show, but we did have 1231 games of NHL
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experience on that show, but 1219 of them were Hal's.
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How with the silver stick? Yeah, how with the Silver Stick.
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11 games for Mark Delgazo at the time of recording, one for Zach
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LaRue, 0 for me and a four way tie for all of us with no goals
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scored for the Preds, which is embarrassing for just how we'll
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take a break, come back and honor Smashville's finest.
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David Poyle is going into the Hockey Hall of Fame next month
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and he was in Smashville this week with a couple guests from
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the Hall of Fame for a unique special ceremony.
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We'll hear from the GM coming up next here on the Predators
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official podcast. She's Gary Hammer from Preds TV.
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I'm Max Herz from Preds Radio. This is the POP.
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I let you drive around my mind. Welcome back to the Predators
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official podcast here on ESPN 102.5 and 106.3.
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The game a little Jelly roll for you here on The POP Predator is
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back-to-back this weekend. Friday night against the
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Blackhawks in Chicago, then Saturday night in Smashville
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against the Columbus Blue Jackets.
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Looking forward to seeing everybody at the rink.
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Three games in four days for the Preds starting Friday night.
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That will conclude with Steven Stamkos his return to Tampa on
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Monday night against the Lightning.
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I'm Max Hers from Preds radio with Kara Hammer from Preds TV
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Kara. It was fun to be at Bridgestone
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Arena on Tuesday morning before the preds got their first win of
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the season that night against the Bruins.
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Some special visitors from the Hockey Hall of Fame for that
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game and two dignitaries from the Hockey Hall of Fame were at
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Bridgestone Arena. Craig Campbell, who is one of
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the keepers of the Stanley Cup. He is the manager of the Hockey
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Hall of Fame's Resource and Archive Center in Toronto.
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And also Kelly Massey, who is the director of the Hockey Hall
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of Fame's corporate and media relations, who, big shout out to
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Kelly, became the first female trophy presenter in Hockey Hall
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of Fame and international hockey history when she gave out the
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PWHL Trophy after their inaugural season this summer.
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So big shout out to Kelly Massey for that.
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Hoping to make it to a PWHL game at some point on the road this
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season. But it was great to have Craig
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and Kelly in Nashville. And they were in Nashville to
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honor David Poyle, who is going into the Hockey Hall of Fame in
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the second week of November. Coming up soon in Toronto.
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He's been selected and one big step in the selection process is
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getting your Hockey Hall of Fame Blazer fit.
21:53
And we got to see David get measured by his personal tailor,
21:58
David Levy, who's a Nashvillian in front of a crowd.
22:02
It was honestly a very funny thing to be at, but David made
22:06
it so cool and personable because that's who David Poyle
22:09
is. That's exactly who he is.
22:11
He has so much personality and it was shining through on the
22:14
broadcast when we had him on talking about getting inducted
22:16
into the Hall of Fame. Where were you when you got the
22:19
call, and what was your reaction when you got the call?
22:22
I was in Florida and as, as you may know, I'm on the induction
22:26
committee. I got kicked off the committee
22:28
because I got, I got nominated this year.
22:30
So I knew that kind of the drill.
22:32
I knew if, if something was ever going to happen, what, what time
22:35
it would be. And I, I told my wife that
22:38
they'll get a call between 1:00 and 2:00.
22:40
And I got a 416 area code call, which is Toronto at 12:58.
22:46
And I, I don't know if you heard the story, but so I pick up the
22:50
phone. I said hello.
22:51
And Lanny McDonald's on the other Lance is David.
22:55
And I said, Lanny, there's a pause and he says, David, you
23:01
have Shay Webber's phone number. That's pretty good.
23:07
So I, I kind of broke up. And then he says, oh, by the
23:11
way, you're going to be inducted in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
23:13
And then he says, what's your reaction?
23:16
I couldn't, I couldn't talk. I was just because, you know,
23:19
just that's, that's the pinnacle and it's just been so cool ever
23:23
ever since that happened, I've been able to touch base with so
23:26
many friends and family and people that have been part of my
23:30
career. And over the years, it's just
23:32
been just the coolest experience.
23:34
The winningest GM in NHL history, and he's David Poile.
23:39
You know how Gil called him the builder?
23:42
And that's exactly what he is. Yeah, it's an app title and
23:47
it's, it's such a funny story. And I think Lanny McDonald is
23:51
the perfect person to give him the call because anytime I
23:53
picture Lanny McDonald, I just see mustache everywhere.
23:57
And, you know, he's messing with David because as David said,
24:02
he's been on the selection committee.
24:04
So he's involved in terms of picking who is in the Hall of
24:07
Fame. And they basically said you're
24:10
nominated this year, so you're not on the committee anymore.
24:12
But he, he knew he was being considered.
24:14
He, he didn't know he had officially been chosen to be in
24:16
the Hall of Fame yet. And Shay Weber is also part of
24:20
this class. So Lanny saw the opportunity to
24:23
totally mess with David Poyle in a moment where, like he said, he
24:27
would know exactly when the call would come because he's been on
24:30
the other end of those calls so many times, letting hockey
24:33
people know that they are in the Hall of Fame.
24:35
It's just a perfect moment to mess with him in a very nervous
24:39
hour. Yeah.
24:42
Oh, that's great. I love it.
24:44
I'm so happy for him. I am too, yeah.
24:47
And that ceremony will be coming up in Toronto at the Hockey Hall
24:50
of Fame the weekend of November 10th.
24:53
The ceremony is on Monday morning, November 11th.
24:57
There is a Maple Leafs game that is always on Hockey Night in
25:00
Canada, part of the Hall of Fame induction, and we will also be
25:04
in Toronto a few weeks after that for the Preds and Maple
25:07
Leafs the first week of December.
25:08
So I'm hoping to get a chance to see David Poyle and Shay Weber's
25:12
Hockey Hall of Fame exhibitions while they're still fresh, less
25:15
than a month after their inductions.
25:17
And we got a preview of what will be in David's.
25:19
Not only was he getting fitted for his Hockey Hall of Fame
25:22
Blazer, he was also making the exchange with the dignitaries
25:26
from the Hall of Fame of making some donations of memorabilia
25:31
that will be in his exhibit at the Hall of Fame.
25:33
Some really cool stuff, including one of his old JOFA
25:36
helmets from his college and pro hockey playing days in the AHL
25:40
and at Northeastern. So a JOFA helmet is going in
25:43
there. And I think my favorite thing, a
25:46
double framed lineup card with his the lineup card from his
25:51
first win as an NHLGM on October 6th, 1982.
25:56
His first game as AGM was his first win as AGM at Madison
26:00
Square Garden. Capitals 5, Rangers 4 in 1982,
26:04
and then on the other side of the other panel, Preds and
26:09
Oilers in 2018 when Poyle officially became the winningest
26:13
GM in NHL history. The lineup cards and game pucks
26:16
from both as presented to him by the Preds in the NHL at the
26:19
time. Now they're going to the Hockey
26:21
Hall of Fame. Kara.
26:23
Wow, that's so cool. That's great.
26:27
And David also spoke after his jacket ceremony about how many
26:32
calls he has gotten, how it's been such an opportunity for him
26:37
to thank and reconnect and catch up with everyone across the
26:42
hockey world who reached out to him now that he's retired.
26:45
People he hasn't had a chance to speak to in the year and a half
26:48
since he's officially retired as the Predator's GM.
26:51
That is what he said he was most thankful for the Hall of Fame
26:54
for reopening those relationships.
26:56
And he also made a point. Care to say?
26:59
Everyone in Nashville, everyone I've ever worked with,
27:02
everywhere I was ever involved in hockey is going in with me
27:05
because I'm not a player. It wasn't God-given athletic
27:08
ability that's getting me into the Hall of Fame.
27:10
It's the organizations and fan bases and teams and players that
27:14
I was a part of and in charge of assembling.
27:17
I, you know, I always think about what David Poyle told us
27:20
when he became the winningest GM in NHL history.
27:23
And he said that when he was younger, he had a list and he
27:28
wrote out all the goals that he wanted and he wanted to just
27:32
keep this job until his kids were done with college.
27:34
That was his goal. He said.
27:35
I, I had things. I wanted to be a GM.
27:37
I wanted to work in the NHL. Then when he got the job, he
27:40
said, I, I want to, you know, stay married to Elizabeth.
27:42
And I want to do this until my kids are grown.
27:46
And look how far he's come back and how long he was able to do
27:49
it. He checked every box and it was
27:51
a family affair for sure. His wife Elizabeth was there.
27:54
His son Brian is there, who is an assistant general manager for
27:57
the Predators and his dad was there in spirit.
28:00
His father, Bud Poyle, is also in the Hockey Hall of Fame as an
28:03
NHLGM. They had his Blazer there and
28:07
also David had Bud's Hockey Hall of Fame ring and he showed it to
28:12
Kelly from the Hall of Fame during the speech and she said
28:15
there'll be more diamonds on yours.
28:17
We've added a few since your dad went into the hall.
28:22
That's so neat. So congratulations to David
28:25
Poyle. He and Shay Weber will be
28:26
representing the Preds and going into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
28:30
First, two of many folks who you think of as a Pred first will be
28:35
going into the Hall of Fame. I know there are others in there
28:37
who have played for the Preds briefly or for a season or two.
28:41
These are guys who, if it were the Baseball Hall of Fame, when
28:44
you choose a team to go in as on your plaque, they'd be going in
28:47
as Preds. That's not how the Hockey Hall
28:49
of Fame works. You're not wearing a ball cap in
28:51
your hockey portrait, of course, but it's going to be a whole lot
28:55
of fun. Brooks Bratton will be there at
28:56
the Hall of Fame reporting for nashvillepredators.com.
28:59
So we'll be talking to him about that event.
29:01
We wish we could be there, but the Preds will be playing at the
29:04
same time. So it's not too kind to the
29:06
schedule maker to do it mid season.
29:09
But so happy for David Poyle and Shay Weber, who'll be going into
29:11
the Hockey Hall of Fame in just a couple of weeks next month
29:15
representing Smashville. We'll take a break, come back,
29:18
tell you more coming up in Smashville, including this
29:20
weekend, how the Preds will be remembering Johnny and Matthew
29:23
Goodrow as they take on the Blue Jackets on Saturday night.
29:27
She's Cara Hammer from Predators TV.
29:29
I'm Max Sirs from Preds Radio. This is the Predators official
29:32
podcast. Run your exclusive radio home
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for Preds Hockey ESPN 102.5 and 106.3 the game.
29:58
Welcome back to the Predators official podcast here on ESPN.
30:01
One O 2 five and one O 6 three. The game.
30:04
My name is Max hers from Preds radio along with Kara Hammer
30:08
from Preds TV. Big sports weekend coming up
30:11
here in Nashville. 2 Preds games, including a home game on
30:14
Saturday night at 7 against the Columbus Blue Jackets and also
30:20
Vandy football versus Texas. Kara, I think I have lined it
30:25
up. I got my tickets secured from
30:28
the good folks at One O 25 The Game.
30:30
Shout out to the suits, Chase McCabe and Sean Fort.
30:33
I think I'm going to be able to do the first half of Vandy,
30:36
Texas before coming on down to Smashville on Saturday.
30:39
How are you feeling about this Vandy game?
30:42
I'm just excited to to go to a game.
30:44
As a fan, I don't really get the opportunity much.
30:46
I worked their first two games of the season this year, which
30:49
included the awesome win over Virginia Tech to start the year.
30:53
The Alabama game I did not get to watch at all because the
30:55
Preds were playing a preseason game simultaneously.
30:58
So I'm just excited to be down there.
31:00
But I'd I'd wanted to go to this game even before Vandy became a
31:03
top 25 team, which by the way, they have not been since before
31:07
I was even in college there and they are now.
31:10
Well, we, we know what's going to happen because we're so
31:12
hockey in the world, Excuse me, we're so superstitious in the
31:16
world of hockey, Max, that if they're not doing good after the
31:18
first time, you're going to have to leave and not watch anymore
31:21
since that's what happened when they beat Alabama.
31:23
Well, I'll tell you what Kara, even if they're winning 100 to
31:26
nothing, I still have to leave to make it to the friends given
31:29
time. So I think we're set on that
31:31
one. I love it.
31:33
Well, Saturday night's going to be a special night in
31:36
Smashville. Obviously we love Saturday
31:37
nights in Smashville, but also Max, the wives are doing
31:40
something really cool. Danielle Nyquist, who's married
31:44
to obviously Gus Nyquist. Gus played with Jonny Goudreau
31:47
when they were in Columbus. And since the press are taking
31:50
on the Blue Jackets, the wives, spearheaded by Danielle, have
31:54
come together and made bracelets that they're going to be selling
31:58
in honor of the Johnny and Matthew Goudreau Foundation.
32:02
So the wives are going to be set up at table one O 8 and they'll
32:06
be selling these bracelets. They are have beads on them.
32:10
They're black, they're gold and they have the numbers 13 and 21.
32:14
They're so cool looking, just saw a photo of them.
32:18
So if you're at the rink on Saturday night, stop by One O 8
32:22
and buy a bracelet to help the foundation.
32:25
Or if not, we'll post AQR code or post it on social media.
32:29
If you don't have a chance to make it, you could order one
32:31
online. Beautiful.
32:33
Yeah. Thank you to Danielle Nyquist
32:35
for leading that charge. We talked about the tragedy a
32:38
little bit in the offseason, Cara, but it's just
32:40
incomprehensible to even think about.
32:42
And the hockey world has been exceptional in reaction to
32:46
something so awful. And every NHL team, so many
32:49
teams at so many levels have stepped up to honor John and
32:52
Matthew Gaudreau. And the honored, the Preds are
32:56
doing their part, but just incomprehensibly sad.
33:00
Yeah, it's so sad and and it's neat to see how much it brought
33:06
everyone together and everybody is so sympathetic amongst the
33:11
league. Absolutely.
33:13
The Preds have been wearing helmet decals as everyone in the
33:15
NHL has been here at the beginning of the season honoring
33:18
Johnny and Matthew Goudreau. Predators will host Johnny
33:21
Goudreaux, Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night in Smashville
33:25
at 7:00. So looking forward to seeing you
33:27
there again. That's the foundation table
33:29
behind section One O 8 where the Predators wives will be set up
33:33
selling those wristbands for a donation to the Goodrow Charity
33:36
Foundation. So thank you, Kara, for bringing
33:39
that to our attention. You'll be talking about it more
33:41
on the TV broadcast during that game on Saturday night as well.
33:45
But just, I hate even thinking about it because it makes me so
33:49
sad. But again, happy that the
33:52
Predators are doing their part and looking forward to having
33:55
the Blue Jackets for their only visit of the regular season to
33:57
Nashville here this weekend. Preds will be back home after
34:00
that on Thursday night next week, which is Halloween night.
34:06
Come in costume, did you? Get your costume yet?
34:09
Did you get your costume? Yet I'm working on it.
34:12
I you know what? I wasn't going to say it on air
34:14
because I don't want to tip off Jay Moore to what it is.
34:16
Jay, if you're listening, skip this part.
34:19
If you know Jay Moore, don't tell Jay what I'm going to be.
34:23
I'm going to wear the costume, which scares Jay more the most,
34:26
the people who make him angry and give him nightmares, which
34:28
is a hockey referee. So I'm looking to try and get
34:32
all the pieces of the costume together.
34:35
But we're working on it. But I I found a solution.
34:37
I'm just going to wear it for the post game show Thursday,
34:40
Kara. So I I don't want to be waiting
34:42
for a player to do an interview if the Preds aren't doing well
34:44
and I't sitting there dressed as a hockey ref.
34:46
I don't think that's good for him.
34:49
No, especially if there's like a lot of penalties called in the
34:51
game. Exactly.
34:52
Yeah, and then Jay's already mad and he thinks I'm the ref and he
34:55
goes crazy and yeah, we don't want to make him to stir crazy
34:58
on Halloween cuz maybe Jay would turn into a Canadian werewolf,
35:02
who even knows? But Thursday night is Halloween.
35:06
You know when Halloween is October 31st.
35:08
President Edmondson Oilers, the 1st 5000 kids ages 12 and under
35:13
at the game. Thursday night we'll get a
35:15
Nashville Predators Halloween candy bucket.
35:18
So if you're torn between trick or treating or coming to the
35:21
game, we've got you covered at the game.
35:24
Which I gotta tell you, this is the best thing about being a
35:26
parent is the Halloween candy. Yeah, seriously, how much candy
35:30
can Remy House? You're gonna end up with most of
35:32
it for yourself. I, I, I taught her the, the key
35:37
to the Halloween candy. You dump out the bucket, you
35:40
separate it into your little piles.
35:42
And since you know, she's only two, she can't really have any
35:45
candy. We did let her have a small bit
35:48
of chocolate, but you know, you'd like suckers are out.
35:51
The, the sour candy is out. So, so there's like a mommy pile
35:56
and then a Remy pile. And that's how I pulled this
36:00
off. Good sorting, Good sorting.
36:02
Well, yeah, we're looking forward to the Halloween game.
36:05
One more thing I do want to say about the game on Saturday this
36:08
weekend against the Blue Jackets, in addition to the
36:10
Preds honoring the Goodro family, it is night two of four
36:15
of Music Heritage Night. We had Hispanic Music Heritage
36:19
Night earlier this month. This is the Predators 10th
36:21
annual Pride celebration and it is Pride Music Heritage Night in
36:25
Smashville. It will feature jerseys that
36:28
again, cannot be worn during warmups due to the awful NHL
36:33
rule that presents that. But Maya Sane has made an
36:36
incredible design. She's a Memphis native.
36:38
It is a Preds logo inspired by the 70s disco movement.
36:42
It is basically a disco ball Pred in Pride colors.
36:47
And fans will be getting coasters on the way in, just
36:50
like they did for the Hispanic Heritage Night game. 1st 10,000
36:53
fans will get a Pride Music Heritage logo record coaster.
36:58
It's a spinning record with the Music Heritage Pred logo on it.
37:03
Pretty awesome. That sounds so cool.
37:05
Yeah, and there's a Plaza party starting at 5:00 PM honoring the
37:08
LGBT plus community here in Smashville hosted by Zach McCann
37:12
and Veronica Electronica, which is an awesome name.
37:15
Zach needs to get on Veronica Electronica's level if he's
37:19
going to be Co hosting with Veronica Electronica.
37:22
They'll be music throughout the night, including the national
37:24
anthem and intermissions and the Plaza Party honoring Pride
37:27
music, Heritage Night, and the LGBTQ plus community here in
37:30
Nashville. So it'll be a whole lot of fun
37:34
on Saturday night in Smashville. Pride Night, the 10th annual
37:37
Pride Night that the Preds will be hosting, featuring some
37:40
remarks by Predator CEO Sean Henry at the Plaza Party in
37:44
honor of 10 years of Preds Pride here in Smashville.
37:47
So looking forward to welcoming members of the LGBTQ plus
37:51
community to Smashville on Saturday night, as well as
37:54
allies like us who are supporting.
37:56
We'll take a break, come back, play our interview of the week
37:59
and update you on our young goalie Wells, who just keeps
38:04
getting more love from UC Sorrows.
38:06
She's Garrett Hammer from Preds TV.
38:08
I'm Max, hers from Preds Radio. This is the Predators official
38:11
podcast. Welcome back to the Predators
38:34
official podcast here on ESPN 1025 and 1063.
38:39
The game getting you ready for Preds hockey this weekend,
38:42
including a home game against the Blue Jackets on Saturday
38:46
night. Final segment here on the show
38:48
this hour. My name is Max hers along with
38:51
Kara Hammer. We are from Preds radio and
38:53
Preds TV. Hammer We've had some fun
38:58
moments in Smashville this week, headlined by the Predators first
39:01
win. We've already played some great
39:03
interviews for you, Zach LaRue, David Poyle, but I think our
39:07
interview of the week was actually a pretty easy choice
39:10
from Luke Shen on Preds Radio talking about the goal he scored
39:15
last weekend and who inspired him to shoot the Dang puck.
39:20
Yeah, yeah. I mean, he did a great job
39:22
creating a little traffic there in front and it was a really
39:24
nice pass by O'Reilly and little little sauce pass where that guy
39:27
stick. And in that moment I just I
39:30
thought to myself, what would Hal Gill do in that moment and
39:32
just slick it to the nuts. So that was my my Hal Gill
39:35
impression there. It always comes back to Skillzy.
39:41
Even though you took, you just told me earlier in the podcast,
39:44
Skillzy had no goals in gold. No, Luke is already winning
39:48
there. He was already winning through
39:50
the whole summer with a big Uno last season over Hal Gill and we
39:55
made sure to make fun of how for that.
39:57
But yeah, how? How funny is it Kara?
39:59
We have 3 esteemed former Preds who are analysts on TV and
40:03
radio. Between the three of them, they
40:06
have one goal scored for the Preds in their playing careers
40:09
and it was scored by the goalie Chris Mason.
40:12
Hal and Jay both didn't have any.
40:16
Noted goal scorer Chris Mason. Yeah, we might be a A defense
40:20
first team if our broadcast team had hit the ice.
40:22
Based on that logic, you might have to do all our goal scoring.
40:26
Well, you know, defence wins championships.
40:29
Defence does win championships and we have a big Preds fan
40:33
goalie who I guess we're going to keep shouting out on every
40:35
episode for the rest of time. Last episode we talked about 6
40:38
year old goalie Wells who took the ice with UC Soros for the
40:42
national anthem at a game last week.
40:45
His picture went nuts on Twitter because it was an adorable
40:47
picture and Wells and his dad came to the game on Tuesday
40:51
night, printed out the picture, put it on a sign on the glass at
40:55
warmups, and UC Soros had the sign sent to him in the tunnel
41:00
and signed it while he was warming up for a game he was
41:04
starting. Most goalies, like, will not pay
41:07
attention to anything outside of their bubble while they're
41:10
getting ready to start a game. UC Soros more than happy to
41:14
oblige. Can I just highlight how focused
41:19
the guys are when they come out? So how big of a deal this is is,
41:23
You know, I do the, the skate up interview and the players are
41:26
told right before they come out a reminder.
41:28
They're always asked in the morning, hey, can you go do the
41:31
skate up interview? Then they're reminded when they
41:33
walk out. Then Max players come out and
41:36
they forget because the second thing hit the ice.
41:38
They are thinking about the game.
41:39
They are focused on warmups. That's where their focus is.
41:43
So it's super cool to to see Soros notice the sign and sign
41:48
it. And then what I think we were
41:50
deciding was that it has a T-shirt.
41:51
Whatever they throw out when you're a first star.
41:54
He gave it to Wells. He gave it to Wells, who did
41:57
have seats near the bench for the game.
41:59
He was waiting down there with his goalie mask, and UC Soros
42:02
made his big button hook to wave it.
42:04
Everybody then came down the tunnel and I thought, Kara, he
42:07
was going to snub your interview like you're talking about.
42:09
It looked like he was going down the tunnel, but it was because
42:11
he had spotted Wells and wanted to hand him the hat as his
42:15
little goalie idol. So cool, so cool.
42:19
Yeah, so awesome. And I was able to talk to Wells
42:22
and his dad for a little bit before the game.
42:25
His dad said that. So Wells is in first grade.
42:27
He's six years old and he's the only person on his team who even
42:32
wanted to try goalie and he never wants to play any other
42:36
position. Really.
42:39
So now we've got a lifelong memory for goalie, one of these
42:43
6 year old preds. Not sure what year Wells is
42:46
draft eligible, either 2036 or 2035.
42:49
We'll have to check his birth certificate to get him eligible
42:52
for the right year. But yeah, that's a future Pred
42:54
in the making, and a memory made no matter what.
42:58
I love it, I love it. Yeah, really cool stuff in
43:01
Smashville. That's what happens when you win
43:03
a game. The fun stuff starts right in
43:05
itself. Preds are one and five trying to
43:07
dig out of a hole. And Speaking of digging, the
43:11
Predators changed their winning player of the game handout in
43:16
the room. It was supposed to be something
43:18
else and they changed it to like a little shovel because it's
43:22
time to dig the bleep in. Roman Yossi says at O and Five.
43:27
And Zach LaRue was the player of the game for win #1 and
43:31
hopefully he will be giving out the shovel after game #2 this
43:34
weekend. Which hopefully comes tonight
43:38
against the Chicago Blackhawks. All right, those of you who are
43:41
listening, if you listened before that game, good on you
43:43
because the podcast is coming out not too long before that
43:46
game. Many of you are also hearing
43:48
this Saturday on your way to the game over the radio on One O 25
43:52
the game. Looking forward to seeing you at
43:54
Bridgestone Arena for more Preds Hockey this week.
43:57
We'll be back early next week surrounding Steven Stamkos's
44:01
return to Tampa on Monday night. And also three of the four games
44:06
this week are ESPN Plus exclusive.
44:09
So make sure if your ESPN Plus ready for Friday night in
44:12
Chicago, Monday night in Tampa and then next Thursday Halloween
44:17
hockey on home ice against the Oilers.
44:20
She's care hammer from preds TV. I'm Max hers from preds radio.
44:24
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