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MEET THE KRAKEN: Vince Dunn, 2026-27 season · Seattle Kraken Audio Network

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  Speaker 1: Vince Dunn back now for season six in Seattle as
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  Speaker 1: a part of this blue line. First off, good to
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  Speaker 1: see you once again. And at this stage of your career,
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  Speaker 1: how do you view longevity in hockey differently versus back
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  Speaker 1: when you were a rookie?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think I'm year 10 now and it kind
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  Speaker 2: of flies by on you. And for me, there's probably
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  Speaker 2: some earlier years that you take for granted a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: But now that I'm kind of getting into the age
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  Speaker 2: where I'm starting to think about the end a little bit,
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  Speaker 2: putting things into perspective a little bit more for my
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  Speaker 2: life and for family situations and the way I kind
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  Speaker 2: of live my life is a little different and in
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  Speaker 2: a good sense that I'm taking care of myself a
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  Speaker 2: little bit more and starting to mature a lot more
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  Speaker 2: as a person and really happy the way my career
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  Speaker 2: has excelled and the opportunity I've been given here in
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  Speaker 2: Seattle as a person and a player. So I'm just
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  Speaker 2: so excited for whatever's left.
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  Speaker 1: As far as travels, how was your summer?
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  Speaker 2: Summer was great. It was busy. Grubauer's wedding was probably
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  Speaker 2: the highlight week for me and very beautiful setting for
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  Speaker 2: them both in the northern parts of Italy and able
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  Speaker 2: to explore things that I probably would never think about
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  Speaker 2: going to. So for me, that was pretty cool and
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  Speaker 2: a lot of familiar faces there, which was easy to
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  Speaker 2: bond with and to celebrate with. So super happy for him.
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  Speaker 1: And you saw some current and past teammates out there, correct?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure.
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  Speaker 1: Next trip, do you go back there again if you
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  Speaker 1: would like, or is there another spot around the world
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  Speaker 1: that you would like to go?
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  Speaker 2: Really began to love travel and go out in my
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  Speaker 2: comfort zone. I think Europe is such an easy way
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  Speaker 2: to see so many countries at the same time with
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  Speaker 2: how easy it is to get around there. But I
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  Speaker 2: would really like to go into the Africas. Not sure
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  Speaker 2: where or what parts, but that's probably my next go-to
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  Speaker 2: spot I would love to see.
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  Speaker 1: And when you're back home, obviously it's right to the
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  Speaker 1: grindstone here and guys are trying to, you know, course
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  Speaker 1: maintain themselves. Do you have one specific drill that made
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  Speaker 1: a difference for you in your off season training?
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  Speaker 2: I think a lot of biking was different for me
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  Speaker 2: this year. I think for myself, it's not always easy
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  Speaker 2: to hit the, I guess, cardio aspect of things when
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  Speaker 2: you're not skating so much. And it's such a long
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  Speaker 2: summer that I don't want to begin skating too early.
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  Speaker 2: So a lot of biking early on to help my
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  Speaker 2: conditioning and For me, that's being able to break a
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  Speaker 2: sweat a little bit easier than lifting weights. And I
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  Speaker 2: think when you have to maintain over the summer when
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  Speaker 2: it's really long, you have to plan things a little
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  Speaker 2: differently and try not to bring yourself out. So that
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  Speaker 2: was one thing I found really helped kind of shaping
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  Speaker 2: me into my workouts. And I really do enjoy riding
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  Speaker 2: the bike more than running.
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  Speaker 1: Take me through some pregame rituals. What matters most to you?
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  Speaker 2: Pretty boring when it comes to pre-game rituals.
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  Speaker 1: Consistency is key, right?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, consistency. What's important to me is basically not hitting
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  Speaker 2: traffic on the way to the game and starting my
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  Speaker 2: routine at the same time. So that's the biggest thing
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  Speaker 2: I have to think about is planning that. And then
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  Speaker 2: when I get to the rink, it's kind of slow
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  Speaker 2: and steady until warm. Nothing too crazy.
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  Speaker 1: Give me one teammate from the past who had the
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  Speaker 1: funniest superstition to you. There's a few, I think.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, there's a few. Tanev's got a pretty crazy one.
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  Speaker 2: He's pretty reckless in warm-ups. He's probably doing the same
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  Speaker 2: one right now. If you watch him, it's all over
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  Speaker 2: the place. You've got to watch out for him.
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  Speaker 1: Best NHL road city?
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  Speaker 2: New York.
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  Speaker 1: What's your hottest food take?
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  Speaker 2: Pretty vanilla when it comes to food. I don't have one,
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  Speaker 2: I don't think.
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  Speaker 1: Even ice cream, maybe.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I've got nothing.
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  Speaker 1: Even for you, being a guy who loves cooking also?
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  Speaker 1: I love cooking.
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  Speaker 2: I love food, but I don't think I have any
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  Speaker 2: hot takes. I'm pretty boring when it comes to most
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  Speaker 2: of it. I like what everyone else likes. I've got
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  Speaker 2: nothing crazy.
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  Speaker 1: What's your go-to karaoke song, if you could pick?
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  Speaker 2: ABBA song? Or a Drake song?
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  Speaker 1: What's the one teammate you would pay to see do karaoke?
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  Speaker 2: Riker Evans.
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  Speaker 1: What are you streaming online right now?
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  Speaker 2: I am watching a new show called Last Scene. It
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  Speaker 2: drops weekly, so I'm on the latest episode. And I
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  Speaker 2: just finished Silo, which was amazing.
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  Speaker 1: How much caffeine do you drink in a day?
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  Speaker 2: I'm drinking more than I was when I was younger.
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  Speaker 2: I think I'm on the part where I'm a little
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  Speaker 2: dependent on it, which I don't love. Definitely more during
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  Speaker 2: the summer and then during the season, probably only on
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  Speaker 2: game days.
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  Speaker 1: Name the one time a Seattle fan made an impression
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  Speaker 1: on you.
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  Speaker 2: This goes a lot of different ways. I mean, every
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  Speaker 2: fan interaction is different and special. I think the ones
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  Speaker 2: that are most touching is when you kind of hear
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  Speaker 2: someone express a story that maybe gets them through a
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  Speaker 2: tougher time. There's not one specific one, but those ones
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  Speaker 2: always hit home for me that I can easily brighten
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  Speaker 2: someone's day when maybe I'm not thinking I'm doing anything
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  Speaker 2: Out of the ordinary, but just kind of speaking to
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  Speaker 2: someone and giving them the time of day when I
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  Speaker 2: have all the time in the world to do it.
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  Speaker 2: So those ones always mean a lot to me.
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  Speaker 1: So finally, I'll turn this and flip it. What's the
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  Speaker 1: last great place here in town that made a great
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  Speaker 1: impression on you?
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  Speaker 2: Okay, I'll go restaurants because I'm a big foodie. Right.
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  Speaker 2: There's a restaurant in Capitol Hill that's new. It's called
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  Speaker 2: Seed Inn. Okay. They specialize in dry aged foods, mostly fish.
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  Speaker 2: I thought the service was great there, and the hospitality
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  Speaker 2: was great. I could probably list five restaurants that are
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  Speaker 2: my go-to, but I guess that one is the latest
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  Speaker 2: one that I've really enjoyed.
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  Speaker 1: You've seen a lot, and we're looking forward to seeing
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  Speaker 1: more of you. Dunner, thank you very much again, man.
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  Speaker 2: I appreciate it. Thank you. I appreciate that.