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Preds Back In Action! · Predators Official Podcast

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Stan Coast across right side Marshall so shoots and scores.
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It's the podcast that loves the hockey team you love and if.
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Sorrow stops him with the blocker this.
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Is The Predator's official podcast with Cara Hammer and Max
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hers? Santos left circle Rooster his
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scores. On one O 2 five and one O 6
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three. The game at
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nashvillepredators.com. This is the predators official
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podcast here on ESPN. One O 2 five and one O 6 three.
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The game. My name is Max.
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Hers from preds radio joined by Kara hammer from predators TV.
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First episode back after the Four Nations face off.
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Hello Hammer. What's that, Max?
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I feel like the last time we recorded a podcast, you gave
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your prediction on how you felt the Four Nations would go, would
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go, and I felt like you weren't very confident in Canada yet.
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Our neighbors to the north, Max, they heard you.
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Yeah, I Am I to blame for all of this I hadn't even thought
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about. Somebody to blame, right?
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Like. All right, I guess I'll take the
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blame. Yeah, I didn't have Canada in
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the final. I had USA over Sweden and it
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really wasn't that far away from actually that being the outcome,
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right. If Canada had won their game in
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overtime on Monday against Finland, a game that Mikhail
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Gramblin almost single handedly sent to overtime, that one point
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difference would have made my final correct.
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So I was close and if we're going to call each other out,
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you said you didn't think the players were even going to try.
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I said I felt like if they won the first game they were going
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to try. If they lost the first game,
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then we might see, you know, maybe mail it in a little bit
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and go enjoy the rest of the Four Nations break.
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I was wrong, Max. I will take it.
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I will take the blame that I was wrong.
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The players came out, they played their hardest.
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When you look at that three on three overtime hockey, that was
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some of the fastest skating I have ever seen.
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And I'm not the only person to say this.
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Numerous NHL people have made this comment as well.
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Even Bruno talked about the speed that we saw from the
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players during the Four Nations face off.
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Yeah, it was awesome and the Preds showed well in it despite
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not having anybody who made the finals.
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Gus Nyquist had a goal for Team Sweden against Team USA in their
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final game. Philip Forsberg, playing top
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line minutes for Sweden and UC Soros after losing his first
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start and sitting out the next game, came back in and relief of
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Kevin Lanken and was in goal pitching a relief shut out for
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that finished comeback that nearly took Canada the distance.
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How much fun were you having rooting for Team Sweden when you
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looked at all of the players on the team?
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Obviously we we were rooting for Phil and Gus, but then you got
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Echo and you have Arvidsen and it was a little bit of nostalgia
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out there of like, Oh my gosh, I know more players for Sweden and
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I am all in on this team right now.
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Well, the colors match up too, so it's.
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It's easy to be a Preds fan and like the Swedes, that's for.
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Sure, and they're so nice. The sweets are so nice.
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It was a fun tournament to watch and to have our guys be a part
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of. So what a massive, massive
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success story for the NHL, and I think it's birthed a new era of
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international hockey. Obviously the Olympics next year
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will be the first step of that, but they'll be a World Cup of
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Hockey hosted by the NHL in 2028.
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And then you think you do everything in your power to get
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these USA and Canada All Star teams playing each other at
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least once a season at some point.
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That's what they said. Somebody said maybe it's just a
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border war almost where it's Canada versus USA plane.
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We saw the rivalry. I mean, how amazing was that
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game at the Bell Center? You're in the Mecca of hockey in
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Canada. People are booing the anthem.
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I mean, that game had everything you would want for a rivalry and
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the players showed out. It was amazing.
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And you look at, you know, the three fights right away.
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The Kachuck brothers, obviously, I'm sure their franchises aren't
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pleased right now that some of the guys have returned injured
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and not currently playing as the NHL season resumes.
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But for what it did to the league Max, I think, what did
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they say? 9.3 million people were tuned
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into the final game. This is the best thing that's
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happened to the sport of hockey since I can recall being a fan.
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And we just keep it going down the stretch here this regular
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season. Final third of the regular
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season is underway for the Preds after the two week break for the
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Four Nations face off as we record here on Wednesday,
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February 26th. The Predators are one and two
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since recording returning from the break.
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They beat the Colorado Avalanche 21 on Saturday, lost 5 nothing
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to the New Jersey Devils on Sunday and then 41 to the
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Panthers on Tuesday. All three of those losses on
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home ice, part of a four-game home stand right out of the
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break and a busy schedule for the Preds.
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They have more game days than off days over their first 2 1/2
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weeks back in action. How inspired were you on
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Saturday night and that win against the Avalanche?
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Colorado comes into it. Nathan McKinnon, Kale Mccarr.
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Devon Taves all had played in the Four Nations face off.
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The Predators were well rested. They had a practice during the
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week where they had focused on coming into that game with the
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defensive mindset Max. It was evident they came out,
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they played inspired hockey, They looked like a team ready to
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pull some wins together after the break and it was a great way
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to start the back-to-back. I was feeling confident, I was
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feeling good and then everything just kind of collapsed again on
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Sunday night. Yeah, one strong showing, 2 poor
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showings for the Preds. We'll start with that win
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against the Avalanche on Saturday, February 22nd.
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Preds went down 1 nothing a minute 15 into the second
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period, but then immediately answered on the next shift.
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It was the 4th line generating the goal.
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They've generated two of the three Preds goals since the Four
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Nations break. Cole Smith, the screen in front,
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Colton Sissons, the primary assist, Justin Baron, a slapper
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from the point that went through traffic.
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And then? I, I can't say enough about this
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fourth line. I, I spoke with Bruno about it
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after Thursday or Tuesday night's loss to the Panthers
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about the fourth line, how well they've been playing, He said we
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need those guys to drive the game and that's exactly what
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they're doing. So, you know, credit to them
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for, for picking up some assist on Baron's goal.
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And shout out to Michael McCarron for finally getting
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rewarded in the game against the Panthers, netting one to start
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the third period. Big minutes for those guys, as
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usual. So Baron scores the game tying
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goal just 30 seconds after the Preds went down 1.
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Nothing. That was a big game for Justin
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Baron. He was drafted in the first
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round by the Avalanche, then traded away the year.
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They went on to win the Cup as the big prospect piece traded to
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the Canadians for Arturi Lekkinen.
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He played two NHL games for the AVS and it was his first time
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facing them. Just they trade him away.
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A Justin Baron revenge game. Justin Baron revenge game.
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I thought he played really well. I thought it may have been his
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best game as a Pred. Got his third goal in 19 games
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for Nashville since being acquired from the Canadians in
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December and he also had a new partner who was also a former AB
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Andreas Anglin made his Preds debut.
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We talked about England last week.
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Big, physical left-handed defenseman and he was pulling
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guys out of the pile and defending his partner, as Baron
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said he did for him in the AHL when they played together for
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the Colorado Eagles. Yeah, they came in, they said it
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was nice to be paired up together.
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They had a lot of chemistry. I think it it was evident
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talking with them that it just carried over.
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It felt like they hadn't missed a beat.
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So they showed well as the third pair for the Preds 11 game going
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to the third period when the Predators took their first lead
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of the night halfway through the 3rd.
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Got around Forsberg back to the Nashville zone.
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Shen for Marchiso. Marchiso swings it over to his
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left. Here's Roman Yossi back for
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Shen. Chuck misses.
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Marchiso scores on the rebound off the end board.
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Marchiso picks it up off the end board.
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The Predators have their first lead of the game.
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It's 2/1. So there's that hometown bounce
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off the Zamboni doors again. See, we've seen a couple times
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this year Shen shoots that fuck just wide of the net and it
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comes right out the opposite side of the net right to
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Marshall. So he gathers that on his
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backhand and pulls it and puts it in that open net.
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He didn't have much time to put it in, but no, it comes off
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those back boards hard. He's able to corral it and just
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dish it in and. You heard it on Preds radio, the
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eventual game-winning goal by Jonathan Marshiso, assisted by
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Luke Shen and Roman Yosi. Luke Shen did admit he was
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trying to put a shot on goal there Kara, but the miss worked
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out quite well. It played out well for him and
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Max. Nobody, nobody hates those in
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boards more than the Colorado Avalanche broadcasters.
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I'm pulling up a tweet right now.
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Give me a moment to find it. About how many times the boards
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at Bridgestone Arena have played in the favor of the Predators
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versus the Avalanche? And while you do that, we will
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play the big save by UC Soros that sealed the win against the
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ABS and Team Canada Stars. Going rink wide, the Nate Dogg.
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It's all hail kale and the Juice man says no goals.
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Rebound gotten back by McKinnon. He takes the pass back, gives it
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off to the right side and Saros makes a huge stop on Kale Makar
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from the right circle. Makar was wide open with six
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minutes left in the game down a goal and then the AVS pulled
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their goalie to even things up late in the game and Roman Yossi
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had one final shot block on Makar to seal A21 Preds win over
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the AVS on Saturday. I think my favorite comment.
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Not all rinks are created equal. That stupid rink that that one
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came from two years ago. This one, this one.
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Tonight, the in boards strike again.
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We'll take it, Max, we'll take it.
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I love it. UC Soros 31 saves certainly the
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number one star as the Predators win their first game back from
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break 21 over the ABS on Saturday night in Smashville.
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The homestand continued on Sunday with a lopsided loss to
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the New Jersey Devils. Eustace on and then had to face
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a ton of shots in this game. A lot of high danger chances on
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and then stopped. 5 breakaways in this game.
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The majority of them were from the Devil's best players.
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Nico He Shear had two. Jack Hughes had two.
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Both guys had one from the far blue line in and everything that
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went well against the Avalanche in terms of limiting odd man
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rushes, strong defensive structure to combat the speed
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game. It all went the other way the
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next night against the Devils. Yeah, you talk about the
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breakaway saves that on an N had it, it's almost felt a little
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frustrating for him, right, Cuz he was able to stand tall in the
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one-on-one battles, but defensively as a whole, it just
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looked like a different team than what we had seen Saturday
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night. So a tough five, five to nothing
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lost against the Devils. And then like Bruno said, going
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into this homestand, it was a little bit of murderer's row is
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what he called it. You take on the Avalanche, the
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Devils and then the defending Stanley Cup champion, the
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Florida Panthers come to town. And even without Matthew Kachuk,
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this is still a very, very dangerous team.
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And the Preds just, they just couldn't find a way to to come
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back with that defensive mindset that we've been talking about
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this podcast that we saw right out of the break.
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Yeah, Predators lose that game 41 to the Panthers on Tuesday
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night, 90s night at Bridgestone Arena.
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And the big culprit in this game was penalty trouble.
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Predators once short handed five times throughout the hockey
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game, including once in the first minute of the game.
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The dog Pog giveth, and the dog Pog taketh away, Kara.
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You love the dog Pog Max. I love some dog pogs, I hate
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some dog pogs, and I hated this dog pog.
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Michael Mccarran tried to go off the glass and out, but he
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skipped the first part and just went out.
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And the Preds gave up a power play goal pretty quickly with
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one of their best killers in the box.
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Sam Reinhart to Sam Bennett down low made it 1.
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Nothing. Panthers a minute 23 in.
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Preds hung around, they nearly tied the game a couple of times.
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And then this game got really physical.
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Cara, we had a fight early in the second period, Mccarran
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against Jonah Gadjevich, trying to get the boys going.
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And then the Preds had a great chance right after that.
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Nearly tied the game up, but the Panthers got the second goal and
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then things got ugly. Dirty hit by Sam Bennett,
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Panthers second line center on Roman Yosi, clear boarding.
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Andrew Brunette was shocked. He said after the game that that
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penalty was not reviewed for a possible major.
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Yosi, injured, did not play in the third period, may miss some
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more time and from there Sam Bennett became the marked man
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the rest of the way. The guys came out with so much
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emotion during the third period, and it was a little bit
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frustrating that it took the spark of Yossi being injured.
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Obviously, right after he was hit into the boards, he stayed
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on the ice. He played on the power play.
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Then he did not return for the final frame.
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The guys came out fired up. Everybody wanted a piece of Sam
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Bennett. Luke Shen tried to go after him.
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He didn't want anything to do with #2 Cole Smith was finally
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the guy who got him to drop the gloves.
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But Max? Frustrating all around for the
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team, especially with the unknown circumstances of Yossi's
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future with a potential injury. Yeah, not a good place to be
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without your captain. And like you said, they all went
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after him. Luke Shen dropped the gloves,
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Sam Bennett did not. So Luke Shenn grabbed him by the
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front of his collar, slammed his face into the ice, which I
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absolutely loved. And it did not get a penalty,
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which I really loved that part of it.
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And then as through the Preds cut it to one.
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That fight with Cole Smith, he wasn't going to let Sam Bennett
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say no. And it was a rare power play
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fight. Panthers were on a power play.
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Smith knew Bennett would be on the ice.
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And this is how it sounded with beaten Jay on the call.
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Marco put it down in front, tipped right on by Reinhardt and
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boy what a collision we have in front of UC Cerros and a
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struggle going on big time now. Cole Smith and Sam Bennett going
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at each other hammer and Tong. Smith has lost his helmet.
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Now he gets a big right to the mush to Bennett and both go down
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in the high slot. Cole Smith gets the win on that
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one. I don't know if were you also
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fighting someone named Tong Hammer or was Pete just making a
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a metaphor there. I think it was just a metaphor.
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Just a metaphor, OK, Yeah, I don't know anybody named Tong
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either, but I think you could take a Tong.
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Yeah, maybe. Yeah, maybe you could.
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But yeah, the IT was Fight Night turned into Fight Night down the
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stretch and the Preds had their chances to win this game.
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They were down to one, but what was a pretty fluky goal made it
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3-1. Gus Forsling, a shot off the
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wall that I think hit a Pred on the way to the net made it 3-1.
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A goal that made it 4-1 was successfully challenged by the
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Preds for goalie interference. So they were down 2.
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And then after Philip Forsberg took a retaliatory cross check
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after a dirty cross check to his back by Panthers defenseman and
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Uvis Polinskis, we played four on four.
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Forsberg had to go off for two pivotal minutes at the end of a
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close game and the Panthers scored a four on four goal to
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take a 4-1 lead. That would become the final as
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the Preds lose their second game in a row.
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They've won just two of their last 10 heading into Thursday's
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game against The Jets at Bridstone Arena on Hockey Fights
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Cancer Night. Then this weekend they will
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start a three-game road trip. Three games and four days on the
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road. Saturday afternoon on Long
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Island against the Islanders at 11:30 Central time.
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Then Sunday night at six against the Rangers at Madison Square
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Garden. So back-to-back games in New
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York this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, and then next Tuesday
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they will be in Boston to face the Bruins before returning home
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next Thursday night, March 6th against the Seattle Kraken,
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which will be the final game before the trade deadline, which
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is just a week and a half away. So we'll probably have some
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trade coverage for you next week as well.
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Prince have made a couple of AHL moves over the last few weeks.
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We will break those down for you later in the show.
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But Kara, a couple stats we want to note which are not great.
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Steven Stamkos, currently on the longest pointless drought of his
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17 year NHL career. He has not had a point in his
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last 11 games for the Predators. I liked it better.
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Max, when we were in here and we were talking about this point
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streaks, the players had started to get on.
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We had a bout of Marsha so and Phillip was finally getting
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things turned around. But Max, it's it.
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It's tough when the top scores are not producing.
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You need the you need these veteran guys to find a way to
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get on the board and something is just not clicking offensively
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to to allow them to do that. See what happens against The
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Jets, who are the number one team in the NHL, but the Preds
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will have a distinct rest advantage.
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The Jets are on a tough back-to-back Thursday night.
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Coming from Ottawa on Wednesday night, that is a rough
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back-to-back. That's a rough back-to-back so
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this but you know, let's give a shout out to the fans because we
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have still had great fan attendance.
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I wanna I, I believe believe her name is Danielle who I spoke
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with leaving the rink on Saturday night said she listens
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to our podcast. So if I don't have your name
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correctly, you know who you are, I'm giving you a shout out.
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The fans are still there, Max. They're still here for these
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players. We need them back on Thursday
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night against Winnipeg and I mean, what a boost of confidence
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for these guys if they could come out and find a way to pick
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up two points against The Jets. Absolutely.
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We'll take a break, come back with more Preds, have made a
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couple of AHL trades. We have some game time changes
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to let you know about. Games will be earlier.
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No more late night games at Bridgestone Arena this month.
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So that's good news. And also the success story of
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Cara Hammer wedding ring hunting for her Mama at Bridgestone
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Arena. That's coming up next year on
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the predators official podcast. She's Kara Hammer from Predators
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TV. I'm Max hers from Preds radio.
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Leonard Skynyrd here on The POP. I'm feeling good, Max.
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It's like 70° outside. It's a beautiful day in
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Nashville. I was looking at my my memories
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three years ago today. We were celebrating the Stadium
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Series, a Nissan Stadium. Might have been the coldest day
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I can ever recall in Nashville, but that was a great time.
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If the weather were swapped between three years ago today
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and today, we would be celebrating a stadium puddle.
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Right, it would be. It would be too warm to be
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skating outside right now, but I did thoroughly enjoy the
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sunshine today. I was out at the park, so it's
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good. I feel like we're close to
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spring. The hockey gods absolutely
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blessed us with great hockey weather 3 years ago, and today
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the gods of spring have blessed us with good weather.
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Period. It's just Nashville, Max.
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It's a special place. Only in Smashville we do have
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some game time changes that have been announced by the NHL due to
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changes with the national TV schedule.
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And it's good news for you guys who are attending games because
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there were a couple home games coming up in March that were
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supposed to be later weeknight starts that are now normal, 7:00
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starts. The first of those is next week.
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Next Thursday, March 6th against the Kraken was originally
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supposed to be 845 FPM for ESPN. That game is now just a normal
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7:00 start. So Thursday, March 6th against
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the Kraken. Next Thursday that game is at
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7:00. Tuesday, March 18th against the
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Blues was supposed to be at 8:00 at Bridgestone Arena.
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That game is now at 7. So again, another late weeknight
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start gone away and a road game March 25th, a Tuesday night in
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Carolina, has changed by half an hour.
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That was supposed to be at 6:30. That's now at six.
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All those games no longer with ESPN.
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So every single game The rest of the season is on the FanDuel
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Sports Network with Kara Hammer and her friends.
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We'll be here and we'll be bringing you all the cool
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stories. And Max, a super cool story
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happened recently. Ryan O'reilly's little excuse me
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not little brother, older brother call O'Reilly played in
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his one thousandth AHL game for the Milwaukee Admirals.
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Little fun fact for you. They are now the only two
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brothers who have ever played pro hockey for 1000 games, one
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in the NHL, one in the AHL and it was super cool.
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If you if you missed any of the videos or photos go on go online
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to social media for the Milwaukee Admirals and even the
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Preds put it out. But the factor was there,
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holding up a sign for his brother that said score me a
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goal and on the other side said Congrats on having less teeth
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than me. Incredible.
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Yeah. And, and the entire family was
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there. Cal was not expecting any of
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them to go. It was a road game for the ads.
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It was a weekday day game in Chicago against the Wolves.
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O'Reilly got the go ahead from Andrew Brunette and Barry Trotz
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to miss a day of practice if needed to go up there.
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Practice ended up being cancelled, so it worked out even
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better. But the Chicago Wolves play
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literally right next to the O'Hare airport, so that's the
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easiest trip in the world for him to make.
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And then Cal's wife and kids came down from Milwaukee.
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Ryan brought one of his sons and then their parents as well were
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there. So an awesome day for call.
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O'Reilly was drafted by the Preds 20 years ago, started his
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NHL career with the Preds in 2009 and now is in his second
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year back in the Preds organization.
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And the O'Reilly brothers are two of the most influential
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figures helping the young players at both steps of the
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Preds organizational ladder. Learn how to play pro hockey the
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right way, the O'Reilly way. Yeah.
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And you know, Ryan said this is how he learned to play hockey
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the right way. He was following in Cal's
23:29
footsteps. He said Cal played hockey, I
23:31
played hockey. He played at this level, so I
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learned how to play at this level.
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He played in the NHL, in the NHL.
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So I followed in what he was doing.
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He led by example and I thought that was so cool.
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He also heavily detailed times where he did not look up to his
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Big Brother and their many brotherly fights, including some
23:50
as adults, which I think is maybe the funniest Part 1 of
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their First off seasons when both of them were playing pro in
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the NHL, they trained together. They were part of the same group
24:01
of players skiing together in the offseason, frequently in
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Toronto, and they were living together too.
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And Ryan said that eventually they had to start driving
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separate cars to their workouts, even though they were starting
24:15
from the same place and going to the same place.
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Because if one of them won and one of them lost and they were
24:21
on different teams in the scrimmage that day, they would
24:24
fight in the car ride back. And their mom told them that it
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was going to tear their family apart.
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I think that we should we could do a an entire series on the
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moms of these of these brothers playing and what it's like,
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right? You know, you look at the
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O'Reilly Brothers, the Shins. There's a little bit of talk
24:44
right now. Where is Braden Shin going?
24:46
Things are happening in Saint Louis.
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They're in a little bit of the same position as Nashville.
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Could we see Braden and Shin, Braden and Luke reunited?
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We saw Matthew and Brady, Chuck, I mean, Max.
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Wait, let's get some moms on. I'm game.
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That's the Cara Hammer project for the rest of the year because
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you've done some major mom public service this week.
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Is it story time? It's story time, let's do it.
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So Sunday night I brought my mother to the hockey game with
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the task of Grandma was going to watch Remy, my 2 1/2 year old at
25:21
the game so I could work. It was a 5:00 PM start.
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It's the first time we could really bring Remy out with
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bedtime and nap time. Middle of the first period back
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she noticed that her wedding ring is missing.
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It's devastating. So she comes down and she tells
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me I lost my wedding ring. So shout out to my best friend
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Liz, who was at the game, who spent the entire next two
25:47
periods walking through Bridgestone Arena looking for
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it. No sign of it.
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We notify security, we fill out the forms, we do all the things.
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Complete panic. I decide in the morning I'll
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just put it out on social media because most of the followers
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are Preds followers, right? So maybe somebody would would
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have seen it. It kind of blows up.
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So many people are wishing and retweeting.
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And Max, by the grace of a Good Samaritan who to this day is
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unknown, the ring was returned to security and it's back in my
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mother's hands as of Tuesday morning.
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We have to find this person. If you return my mother's
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wedding ring, come forward. I want to thank you.
26:28
I want to hug you. I want to give you all of the
26:30
good graces. Yeah, local hero right there.
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I mean, that's another only in Smashville, if you're at a game
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and you have a chance to do a good deed, that ain't going to
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happen everywhere. That's what I told her after
26:41
that game. I said, you know, mom, I know
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it's sad. This is your wedding ring.
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It's so sentimental to you, I said.
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But if you were ever going to lose it, I truly believe that
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Nashville is a place where we can find it.
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She never gave up hope. She just kept telling me, I'm
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going to get it back. I'm going to get it back.
26:55
I believe I'm going to get it back.
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And it's just the magic of Smashville.
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And so when I posted that we'd found the ring, so many people
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have commented and said, Oh my gosh, this is the magic of what
27:08
we are. These are press fans.
27:10
This is why we love this organization so much.
27:12
We love Bridgestone Arena and it's not a stupid rank because
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somebody found a little diamond ring at that ring.
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Incredible. Yeah, well, maybe the maybe the
27:21
ring bounced off the backboards. Bounced out of the backboards
27:24
and right into somebody's hand. Unbelievable.
27:29
What does Remy think about all this?
27:31
You know, Remy was just happy that she got Dippin Dots for the
27:34
first time and got to see her mom at work.
27:36
So that was a great night. But this is what all comes back
27:39
to. People have asked how did she
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listen? I don't know if she's two.
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We have Dippin Dots. You have a bottle of water, you
27:44
have the popcorn, you have the snacks, you have the jackets.
27:46
You don't know if the game's going to be cold and you know,
27:49
things just happen. Hey grandma, I got it back.
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Grandma's Grandma's back in business now.
27:55
Grammy Hammy, even though her last name's not Hammer, her last
27:58
name is Hammer. Grammy Hammy.
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Grammy Hammy does that work? Does she go by Grammy Hammy?
28:02
She goes by Grammy. OK, Grammy Hammy.
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There it is. That's perfect.
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Yeah. So if you know the person who
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returned it, please, please let me know.
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Please do. Great story, great, great story.
28:16
I will take a break. Come back with more here on the
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Predators Official Podcast, ESPN one O 2 five and one O 6 three
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the game. Welcome back to the Predators
29:02
official podcast here on ESPN. One O 2 five and one O 6 three
29:06
of the game Max here is from Preds Radio with Kara Hammer
29:10
from Predators TV here on Wednesday, February 26th.
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Head into a busy week and weekend for the Preds.
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They will be in New York this weekend taking on the Islanders,
29:21
the final team in the NHL that the Preds have not yet played
29:24
this season. Saturday at 11:30 AM Central
29:27
time, 12:30 Eastern Time on Long Island.
29:30
A lot of day games that day to get you ready for the Stadium
29:33
Series. Saturday night, Red Wings and
29:37
Blue Jackets in the Stadium Series at Ohio State.
29:43
Do you feel like you're excited for the Stadium Series after the
29:46
Four Nations? I'm excited for every outdoor
29:49
game. I think every outdoor game
29:50
should have its own day, all the pizzazz.
29:53
And that's gonna be a huge game too, cause the Blue Jackets are
29:56
playing exceptionally well right now.
29:58
It's their first time hosting an outdoor game in Columbus, and
30:01
the Red Wings are the team they are locked up with in a busy
30:04
wild card chase. It'll be a good one.
30:07
Gonna be a lot of fun. That's Saturday night at 5:00
30:09
Central on ESPN for the outdoor game.
30:12
Make sure to tune into that. Preds have the Islanders that
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morning and then Sunday night at Madison Square Garden against
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the Rangers. Going to be a lot of fun.
30:21
It'll be my second visit to MSG with the Preds always special to
30:26
be at the World's Most Famous Arena.
30:28
And then Tuesday night, the hometown Battle of Halberta for
30:31
Hal Gill in Boston against the Bruins.
30:34
Preds only visits all three of those rinks this season.
30:37
I've never made it to MSG. What's your?
30:41
What's your? Favorite What's your favorite
30:42
arena to now that you've had a chance to travel with the team
30:45
this season, work on the radio side for the broadcasts.
30:49
Where do you stand? My favorite arena is Calgary.
30:52
OK, if it's just the arena, it's Calgary.
30:55
All right. The last real barn in the NHL.
30:58
I'm gonna go tie myself to the saddle Dome, handcuff it like a
31:01
hippie to a tree when they knocked that thing down in a
31:04
couple of years. Last real barn in the league.
31:06
That place is awesome. Yeah, I'd.
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I'm gonna miss. I'm gonna miss the saddle down.
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Yeah, I think I've called four games there now.
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That's cool. I love it.
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I love it. It's not my favorite city.
31:19
I had nothing wrong with it. But my favorite city would be a
31:22
different answer. But my favorite arena is
31:24
Calgary, as Crispy would say. Yeah.
31:26
Home Home of Terry Crisp. Home of Terry Crisp, Home of
31:29
many great things. All right, we got a few other
31:32
things to let you know about here on the POP down the stretch
31:35
that Saturday game against the Islanders.
31:37
There will be a Bud Light official watch party for some
31:40
lunch. Sky deck at the Assembly food
31:42
hall. Wayne D will be there will be
31:45
food and drink specials. The game again is at 11:30 on
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Saturday late morning. The party begins at 10:30.
31:52
Come on out anytime between 10:30 and the end of the game
31:54
around 3:00 or so on Saturday at sky deck upstairs at the
31:59
Assembly food hall. If you still haven't been into
32:01
Skydeck, it is a really cool venue.
32:04
It is not only a concert venue, the Preds have used it for a lot
32:07
of events. They've used it for their draft
32:08
party. It is a really cool spot, so go
32:11
check it out. How's the weather going to be
32:13
Saturday? You're usually a lot of days
32:14
ahead on the weather. I am not.
32:16
I did feel like Saturday was a little bit cooler, but it's
32:19
still a great place to be and that has one of the best views
32:23
of the city. I'm a big fan.
32:25
I'm a big fan of the Skydeck. I've mentioned this before.
32:27
There will be autographed Preds gear and tickets up for grabs at
32:30
the Bud Light Official Watch Party this Saturday with Wayne D
32:35
and the crew for the Preds game against the Islanders.
32:38
This weekend is also the rescheduled Preds Day at the
32:41
Nashville Zoo this Sunday, March 2nd from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.
32:47
It was rained out the first time around.
32:49
You can get your tickets in advance by going to the
32:51
Nashville Zoo website and putting in code Preds Day 5.
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Preds Day the number 5 for $5 off each admission to the Preds
33:01
Day at the Nashville Zoo on Sunday.
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Well, Sunday, it's looking beautiful.
33:06
Just so you know, a, a, a high of 53 on Saturday nights.
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This is great. I mean, this is that's a little
33:12
bit of hockey weather. Weather, right?
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Put on your sweater. Come on out.
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No rain. That's all that matters.
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No rain. This has been your Pred's
33:20
weather report with Camera Hammer here on The POP.
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We also want to get you ready for Pred's Wine Fest on April
33:29
3rd at Bridgestone Arena. You can sign up now.
33:34
Sign up now at nashvillepredators.com/wine for
33:37
Wine Fest, the annual wine fest on Thursday, April 3rd at
33:41
Bridgestone Arena. It's not just wine, it's beer
33:44
and spirits 2 and food from local restaurants and a massive
33:48
charity auction. All of it benefits the Nashville
33:50
Predators Foundation. And plus, when you sign up, you
33:54
get a first step to even more wine and food with a $30 Deacons
33:58
New South gift card, the Nashville Predators Wine
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Festival and tasting presented by Signature Transportation on
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Thursday night, April 3rd. We'll also include a watch party
34:08
for the Preds Rd. game that will be going on that night in
34:11
Dallas. So I will be in Dallas, Kara.
34:13
So I'm not going to be able to go get the wine.
34:15
Dallas is a fun city of a fun place to go watch a game.
34:18
But it's not where the wine fest is going to be at the exact same
34:20
time. I may be at the wine fest.
34:22
Yeah, we'll send Kara as our surrogate there.
34:24
There are also some fun things coming up earlier that week on
34:27
Preds TV. We will hopefully be able to let
34:29
you know about those soon, but until then, it's a cliffhanger.
34:34
It's at the BOP. Let's just hope we see everybody
34:38
Thursday night for a big two points against the Winnipeg
34:41
Jets. It's the second and final Hockey
34:43
Fights Cancer night of the season where your Lavender Preds
34:45
gear. Thursday night I also want to
34:48
give a big shout out to the Preds again, Ivan and his lovely
34:51
wife Rebecca AKA Reba. Ivan is debuting a Lavender
34:57
Preds again, a sombrero and shawl from his last visit to
35:02
Mexico, or as he calls it, Prezico for Hockey Fights Cancer
35:07
night Thursday. So if you see the Prez again,
35:09
you will see him in his new HFC Best.
35:13
I was just curious where you would find a lavender sombrero.
35:17
Mexico, they have them in all colors I believe.
35:19
Oh. OK.
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That's the answer. But yeah, we've been
35:21
accumulating the sombreros recently.
35:23
We have a Nash popcorn box on the radio desk in Barrelhouse,
35:27
who has his own mini sombrero now.
35:29
All right, yeah, we've been accumulating some good stuff.
35:31
We got our Vince Gill and Amy Grant bobblehead.
35:34
And that reminds me, we have one more thing to tell you guys.
35:36
We have added one more bobblehead to the Music City
35:40
Bobblehead series for this year. We still have Jelly Roll coming
35:44
up as originally scheduled on Thursday, March 27th against the
35:49
Blues for the 1st 10,000 fans, but now we have a 5th and final
35:54
Music City bobblehead on Tuesday April 8th against the Islanders.
35:59
Trisha Yearwood, my girl finish the year off.
36:03
I will never forget that one time I was at at the the charity
36:07
bowling event for the National Predators Foundation and Tricia
36:10
Yearwood was there and her song came on the radio Max and she
36:14
sang along with all of the people bowling and I just
36:17
thought that was so cool. Oh, she'll be in the mix on
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Tuesday night, April 8th, in the second to last week of the Pred
36:24
season as they take on the Islanders for Tricia Yearwood
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Bobblehead Night at Bradstone Arena.
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We hope to see you there. Thanks for hanging out with us
36:33
Preds fans. We'll see you guys back at the
36:35
rink on Thursday, talk to you guys throughout the road trip
36:38
this weekend, and then see you again for two more home games
36:41
next week. Next Thursday against the
36:42
Kraken. Now it's 7:00.
36:44
Used to be much later than that. And then the following Saturday
36:48
against the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday night, March 8th.
36:53
She is Kara Hammer from Preds TV.
36:55
I'm Max hers from Preds radio. Thanks for listening to the
36:58
predators official podcast here on your exclusive radio home for
37:02
Preds hockey, ESPN. One O 2 five and one O 6 three
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the game.