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OVERTIME: It's time to go camping, again! · Seattle Kraken Audio Network

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  Speaker 1: Featuring the great stories, personalities, conversation, and news in the
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  Speaker 1: It's the Overtime Podcast, a presentation of the Kraken Audio
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  Speaker 8: You're listening to Overtime.
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  Speaker 1: Here's Mike Benton.
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  Speaker 6: All right, all systems go.
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  Speaker 9: We are go for launch. Training camp finally here. The
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  Speaker 9: offseason is over. You have finally waited for it. Summer
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  Speaker 9: is in the rearview mirror. No more pencils down.
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  Speaker 6: We're all done. Hockey is finally back.
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  Speaker 9: Welcome to Overtime Officially, a podcast here for the Kraken
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  Speaker 9: iHeartRadio app and sign up for free to get it
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  Speaker 9: at sportsradiokjr.com. We're doing this because this is our training
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  Speaker 9: camp preview. We have been waiting for this for now
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  Speaker 9: five months. The wait is over. Myself, Everett Fitzhugh, Al Koniski.
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  Speaker 9: We're going to talk about breaking news from earlier this
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  Speaker 9: week on not just one But two matters, front office-wise
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  Speaker 9: and team leadership-wise, plus also your first taste of Media
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  Speaker 9: Day conversations, Joey Decord, Matty Beneers, and Captain Jordan Eberle.
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  Speaker 6: Among them, you'll hear all of this from Meet the Kraken, of.
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  Speaker 9: Course, in the intermissions here for this season on our broadcast,
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  Speaker 9: plus more archived to the iHeartRadio app.
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  Speaker 6: But your first.
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  Speaker 9: Taste of Meet the Kraken from Media Day with Jordan Eberle,
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  Speaker 9: Matty Beneers, And Joey Decord, plus our top story lines
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  Speaker 9: as well, heading into training camp, which I bet will
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  Speaker 9: be flying by like a flash because this weekend will
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  Speaker 9: be preseason hockey.
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  Speaker 6: And it is officially our.
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  Speaker 9: Ice breaking moment here once again for the season on KJR.
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  Speaker 9: We'll lay the whole schedule out for you with the
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  Speaker 9: Kraken getting ahead.
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  Speaker 6: Here for the preseason.
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  Speaker 9: With the Canucks, Oilers, and Flames all in that preseason
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  Speaker 9: group before we finally hit the ground running officially on
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  Speaker 9: October 1. Without further ado, Everett and Al joining me. Boys,
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  Speaker 9: we have made it. We have made it. The official
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  Speaker 9: question is, how was your summer?
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  Speaker 3: Well, Mikey, it was too long, and I'm tired of
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  Speaker 3: saying that for the past three years. It was too long,
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  Speaker 3: but yes, I did use it to its max. Smoked
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  Speaker 3: a lot of meat, caught a lot of crab, enjoyed
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  Speaker 3: a lot of weather, a lot of golf, but man,
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  Speaker 3: I am ready to get back after it.
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  Speaker 6: You have leftovers also?
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  Speaker 3: They're in the freezer. So, you know, let me know.
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  Speaker 6: Way to make some new friends. Fitz, what's up?
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  Speaker 4: I'm with Al, man.
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  Speaker 2: I hate these long off seasons.
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  Speaker 4: Make sure my life's around the corner. I love the
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  Speaker 4: long off season.
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  Speaker 3: You didn't say we.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I didn't say we. I said I. No, it's funny.
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  Speaker 4: Shelly, the other day, she was like, I'm just realizing
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  Speaker 4: that you're going back to work now.
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  Speaker 2: And like, it's just. I'm getting used to.
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  Speaker 4: Having you around, and I'm like, yeah, no, I know,
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  Speaker 4: as I'm going through the schedule, like, all right, day
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  Speaker 4: off here, great hotel there.
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  Speaker 2: I can get my shoes packed. Like, I got everything
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  Speaker 2: ready to go.
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  Speaker 4: No, listen, man, I'm with Al. I am tired of
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  Speaker 4: these long off-seasons, but like Al, I hit the reset
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  Speaker 4: meter as hard as I could.
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  Speaker 9: We.
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  Speaker 4: plenty of time in the driveway. My son's now four.
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  Speaker 2: He's hitting real tee balls.
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  Speaker 4: So going to the, going to the ballpark and, and
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  Speaker 4: playing baseball with him. A guy's trip went to Pittsburgh
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  Speaker 4: and Cleveland, saw a couple of baseball games.
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  Speaker 6: Don't bury the lead. Also, they rolled out.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, yep. I went back home boys.
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  Speaker 2: It felt really good to go back home.
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  Speaker 4: And I actually did go back home, went to Detroit
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  Speaker 4: as well to see my fam. So, It was good,
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  Speaker 4: but I've been itchy since about August 1st, so I'm
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  Speaker 4: ready to go.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, I'm itchy as heck too right now.
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  Speaker 9: We had some good vacation time with family on the
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  Speaker 9: Benton side, went to California and did the usual things.
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  Speaker 9: Amy's car unfortunately went kaput, but good friends of ours
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  Speaker 9: down with Tacoma Nissan had a pretty nice hookup and
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  Speaker 9: she's back on the road and we're kind of do
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  Speaker 9: an SUV swapping back and forth. So the Benton family
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  Speaker 9: is a busy family. Kids are playing baseball. They're getting
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  Speaker 9: into basketball as well. They want to watch some hockey.
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  Speaker 9: So we're going here, there, everywhere. And we are getting
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  Speaker 9: closer and closer to our annual Global Credit Union Kraken
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  Speaker 9: Audio Network dinner kickoff launch, I would believe.
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  Speaker 3: I'm glad it's official.
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  Speaker 9: It's put the five months of waiting in the rear
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  Speaker 9: view mirror for me. I have been aching to get
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  Speaker 9: these last five months here in the rearview mirror.
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  Speaker 6: But let's get after it, boys.
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  Speaker 9: First off, I think with training camp finally here, 84
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  Speaker 9: games doing this officially, which means preseason will be shorter,
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  Speaker 9: which also means training camp is going to fly by
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  Speaker 9: here in a flash. Opening, of course, here Thursday, and
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  Speaker 9: then just like that, voila, Saturday, first preseason game, and
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  Speaker 9: then we get into the part of evaluating who's going
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  Speaker 9: to make this roster because there are a ton of
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  Speaker 9: question marks, especially in with the young guys. So I
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  Speaker 9: think for us, and I'll just kind of begin with
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  Speaker 9: the general overall scope of this. I think for me,
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  Speaker 9: the word is opportunity for you guys. What are we
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  Speaker 9: looking forward to personally here for the beginning of this season?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, I think opportunity number one, I think also
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  Speaker 4: for me, when you look at the shortness of this
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  Speaker 4: training camp, you're really going to see who took things
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  Speaker 4: seriously over the summertime and who kept their training up
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  Speaker 4: who worked out the way they were supposed to because
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  Speaker 4: we go from 21 to 14 days of camp you
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  Speaker 4: go from four uh to or you go from six
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  Speaker 4: to four games and if you have a hundred games
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  Speaker 4: or more in the nhl you can only play for
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  Speaker 4: two of those games so you really only have two
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  Speaker 4: shots to get your body right so we're going to
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  Speaker 4: see the offseason conditioning and where that lies. I also
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  Speaker 4: think this is going to be a real tough test.
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  Speaker 4: We haven't seen an 84-game schedule since, what, 1994, I
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  Speaker 4: think it was, 93, 4, 4, 5 seasons.
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  Speaker 6: Back when Gretzky was still winning scoring titles.
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  Speaker 2: Exactly.
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  Speaker 4: So, you know, this is uncharted territory for players right now.
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  Speaker 4: And I do think that you're maybe going to see
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  Speaker 4: an uptick in the injury front this year.
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  Speaker 3: But you're right.
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  Speaker 4: A lot of questions are going to be answered in
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  Speaker 4: these next two weeks. And I think looking at the
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  Speaker 4: Kraken roster, you lose Alexiak, you lose Jaden Schwartz, that
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  Speaker 4: and Ellie Tolvanen. So now you've got the likes of
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  Speaker 4: Avayani Newman, you've got Ryan Winterton, you've got Jacob Melanson,
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  Speaker 4: you've got Yager Furkus, Oskar Fisker-Molgaard, John Hayden. You've got
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  Speaker 4: a number of guys who are going to be battling
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  Speaker 4: for spots in that bottom six forward group. I think
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  Speaker 4: your top six forward group It's pretty much set. You
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  Speaker 4: only have got one D that you have to really replace.
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  Speaker 4: So is it going to be Mahura or is it
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  Speaker 4: going to be Cale Flurry? Tyson Jugnoff is in that
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  Speaker 4: mix as well. But the bottom six forward group, that
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  Speaker 4: is where a lot of, for me anyway, a lot
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  Speaker 4: of the battles are going to take place these next
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  Speaker 4: two weeks.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, some of the questions that I've written
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  Speaker 3: down so far, and one of them was about Cale
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  Speaker 3: Flurry is having played 23 games, you know, does he
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  Speaker 3: have a full-time role? on the blue line this year.
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  Speaker 3: Yanni Newman's still a question mark for me. I need
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  Speaker 3: to see big things from Yanni Newman outside of a
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  Speaker 3: one-timer from the top of the circles on the power
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  Speaker 3: play in training camp. I don't think any of us
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  Speaker 3: believes Curtis Douglas is going to play 84 games, but
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  Speaker 3: what effect does having him on the lineup have for
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  Speaker 3: the team? Fitz, you and I had a chance to
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  Speaker 3: meet him the other day, and I don't know about you,
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  Speaker 3: but I felt like I was about five feet tall.
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  Speaker 6: I didn't like it.
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  Speaker 4: I remember the first time I met Jamie Alexiak at
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  Speaker 4: the expansion draft and I was like, I don't like
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  Speaker 4: looking up at you. And then Curtis Douglas walks in.
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  Speaker 4: I'm like, I damn sure don't like looking up at you.
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  Speaker 4: Like I can't do it.
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  Speaker 9: I was hosting dog boat, by the way, it's kind
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  Speaker 9: of like a party boat, sailgate thing for the Washington
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  Speaker 9: Huskies this last Saturday when they played Utah state and
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  Speaker 9: just got out of that game by the hair of
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  Speaker 9: their chinny chin chin. But a few cracking players, of course,
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  Speaker 9: were there at the game. Ran into Bobby McMahon along
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  Speaker 9: the way. Saw Jordan Eberle set high. And I took
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  Speaker 9: my oldest son. And because my wife, Amy, couldn't come,
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  Speaker 9: our youngest son, Liam, had a.
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  Speaker 6: Fall baseball game. They were elsewhere.
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  Speaker 9: Lucas wanted to invite one of his best buddies here
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  Speaker 9: from his baseball team and his dad. And we get
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  Speaker 9: going into the stadium and we brush right by Curtis Douglas.
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  Speaker 9: And our dad tagging along goes, Who is that? And
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  Speaker 9: I go, that's unofficially our club bouncer.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 6: He's a big boy.
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  Speaker 7: He's a big boy.
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  Speaker 9: That's also officially a tease here for who we're going
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  Speaker 9: to pick for our camp dark horses coming up. Because again,
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  Speaker 9: there's a lot of question marks here on this roster
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  Speaker 9: that I'm looking forward to. I had a chance to
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  Speaker 9: see some of the guys just, you know, skate unofficially
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  Speaker 9: the other day before media day really got up and
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  Speaker 9: going and ramping up here. We'll get to that in
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  Speaker 9: just a bit. First off, I want to get into
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  Speaker 9: camp storylines. And we saw not just one, but two
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  Speaker 9: breaking news items happen on Wednesday morning shortly before we
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  Speaker 9: began recording this podcast.
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  Speaker 6: Number one, Chuck Fletcher named senior advisor to the general manager.
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  Speaker 9: And I think number one, not just what he brings,
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  Speaker 9: but number two, what's it going to say maybe as
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  Speaker 9: far as the influence? and decision making. In hockey operations.
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  Speaker 9: I think for me number one. It is such a
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  Speaker 9: relationship based game. So you go right here to the
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  Speaker 9: past resume. Where they cross. Jason Botterills had experience with
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  Speaker 9: Chuck Fletcher. The two were in Pittsburgh together. When the
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  Speaker 9: team won the Stanley Cup back. In 2009. Number two,
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  Speaker 9: you also bring in a guy who's ran teams across
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  Speaker 9: multiple decades. The Florida Panthers were his expansion project, and
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  Speaker 9: they got to the Stanley Cup final under his watch.
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  Speaker 9: He was a part of the Ducks front office when
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  Speaker 9: they got to the Cup final as well. You got
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  Speaker 9: experience with Minnesota. He was in the room when they
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  Speaker 9: drafted Kirill Kaprizov, Joel Eriksson, etc. The Flyers, it ended
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  Speaker 9: with about a 500 record. He moved on, then went
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  Speaker 9: to the similar role that he had in New Jersey,
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  Speaker 9: and they cleaned house after letting go of Tom Fitzgerald.
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  Speaker 9: Moves like these are for a figure who's brought in
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  Speaker 9: as a sounding board, but what do we make out
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  Speaker 9: of the move?
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  Speaker 6: Fellas, take it away.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I would say, Mike, that it can be really good.
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  Speaker 3: It can be good to have advisors. Listen, you know,
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  Speaker 3: no one thinks, I don't care which GM you are
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  Speaker 3: in the NHL, no one thinks they have all the answers.
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  Speaker 3: So I think senior advisors are good. But I also
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  Speaker 3: think of... Something that happened recently for me where I
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  Speaker 3: was sending a very important text message. And normally I
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  Speaker 3: would ask my wife, hey, what do you think about this?
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  Speaker 3: And she would give me some feedback and she'd say,
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  Speaker 3: change this, do this, do that. In this particular instance,
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  Speaker 3: I had five people that were helping me. An hour
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  Speaker 3: and a half later, I didn't have a text sent.
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  Speaker 3: And so my point is, is that you get too
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  Speaker 3: many voices in the room and sometimes you get over analysis,
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  Speaker 3: paralysis by analysis. And I hope that's not what happens here.
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  Speaker 3: I hope it leads to just better decision-making, but too
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  Speaker 3: many cooks in the kitchen can be a bad thing.
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  Speaker 4: I think anytime you've got a person, coach, GM, player, advisor, whatever,
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  Speaker 4: who've won the championships and who have been a part of,
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  Speaker 4: of winning cultures, it only serves your organization in a
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  Speaker 4: positive way. I mean, a lot of his success granted
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  Speaker 4: has been, you know, more than a decade ago. So I,
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  Speaker 4: I guess there is a little bit of the, what
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  Speaker 4: have you done for me lately factor there, but you can't,
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  Speaker 4: you can't teach success, right? That's something that you don't
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  Speaker 4: fall into by accident. And I think for him, he's
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  Speaker 4: made some big trades. Um, he, he's won cups. He's
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  Speaker 4: been in roles where he has had to make some
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  Speaker 4: tough decisions and by and large, he's, he's made the
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  Speaker 4: right call more often than not.
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  Speaker 2: So I think that's a positive here. I'm with Al.
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  Speaker 4: You can't ever have too many angels on your shoulder
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  Speaker 4: helping you out. And I think with a guy like
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  Speaker 4: Jason Bottrell, who I've, I've come to, I've come to
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  Speaker 4: know is, is pretty collaborative. And that's a really good thing.
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  Speaker 4: I think especially, in today's NHL when you've got so
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  Speaker 4: many different players who need so many different things and
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  Speaker 4: this isn't this is no longer a one-size-fits-all sport you
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  Speaker 4: need different people for different things in your organization and
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  Speaker 4: Jason has proven to be very collaborative in that in
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  Speaker 4: that effort so I think this is a move that's
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  Speaker 4: going to benefit Seattle in the long term but again
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  Speaker 4: And like I said, I'm with Al, you know, hopefully
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  Speaker 4: the roles within the front office are clearly defined. Hopefully
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  Speaker 4: there isn't seven text messages trying to figure out what
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  Speaker 4: we're having for lunch today. And we can we can
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  Speaker 4: get that all sorted out. But, you know, Chuck Fletcher
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  Speaker 4: is a person that is is very well respected online.
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  Speaker 4: around the hockey world. He is a genuinely, by all accounts,
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  Speaker 4: good guy. Like he is a really good person to have.
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  Speaker 4: And Mikey, you and I, and Al as well, you know,
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  Speaker 4: if you can enjoy the people that you work with,
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  Speaker 4: if you're working with good people, you know, I think
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  Speaker 4: that's going to solve a lot of problems. So I'm
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  Speaker 4: on board with it. I think it can, it's going
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  Speaker 4: to be, you know, someone that's going to help this team.
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  Speaker 4: And also too, when you look at senior advisor, that
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  Speaker 4: role means different things in different organizations. What he did
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  Speaker 4: in New Jersey as a senior advisor might be different
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  Speaker 4: from what he does here in Seattle in that same role.
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  Speaker 4: So it's going to take some time to see what
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  Speaker 4: that role is going to be. And hopefully over the
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  Speaker 4: next few days of training camp, And preseason, we'll be
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  Speaker 4: able to meet him. We'll be able to talk to
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  Speaker 4: Jason and get an idea what that role is going
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  Speaker 4: to be. But you're bringing in cups. You're bringing in guys,
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  Speaker 4: a guy that's had success, a guy that's drafted great
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  Speaker 4: players and has had a history of that. So I
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  Speaker 4: think it's going to it's going to pay positive dividends.
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  Speaker 7: For this team.
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  Speaker 3: At the end of the day, it's about leadership, right?
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  Speaker 3: And lots of times you think about leadership in the
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  Speaker 3: front office and it's coach and GM and assistant GM.
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  Speaker 3: I think you're trying to strengthen and broaden that leadership,
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  Speaker 3: just like you might do the same thing with your
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  Speaker 3: team on who wears a letter, right, Mike?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely.
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  Speaker 6: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 9: And we'll get into this here in just a little
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  Speaker 9: bit because that's a terrific segue. I'm wrapping up my
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  Speaker 9: thoughts here on this with Chuck Fletcher, just with I
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  Speaker 9: think ultimately.
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  Speaker 6: The key here is stability.
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  Speaker 9: That's the big word here for me, because we all
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  Speaker 9: know that from the top, this organization wants to win.
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  Speaker 6: But how do you get to a winning cycle.
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  Speaker 9: Over and over and over? You need stability, number one.
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  Speaker 9: And so this is ultimately, I think the goal in
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  Speaker 9: this is to try to find an established ground where
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  Speaker 9: you can begin to veer in one direction from anywhere
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  Speaker 9: from how you manage your roster to player development, to
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  Speaker 9: drafting all across the board. Not many guys here in
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  Speaker 9: the NHL who've got Chuck Fletcher's resume and for as
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  Speaker 9: long of a resume as he has. So I think ultimately,
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  Speaker 9: if you're doing this year to try to begin the
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  Speaker 9: build with stability, that's the word that Jason Botterill has
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  Speaker 9: used before and used this as well back earlier this year,
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  Speaker 9: is finding a guy who has done this over and over,
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  Speaker 9: who he's worked with that can help take that next
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  Speaker 9: step and then build incrementally That, I think, is the
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  Speaker 9: biggest key for a hire like this and where they
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  Speaker 9: want to go. To the leadership group side, just announced
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  Speaker 9: as well Wednesday morning after this, it's out. Five players
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  Speaker 9: wearing a letter. Number one, no surprise, Jordan Eberle. He
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  Speaker 9: will be captain now for the third consecutive season. Matty
• 16:35
  Speaker 9: Beneers is back wearing an A. Adam Larson's back wearing
• 16:38
  Speaker 9: an A. Two new additions, which were very, very intriguing
• 16:42
  Speaker 9: for me, and I'm not surprised this happened. For many
• 16:45
  Speaker 9: of us, we're not surprised this happened. Vince Dunn and
• 16:49
  Speaker 9: Brandon Montour. Monty is the guy that we usually talk
• 16:54
  Speaker 9: about who is the emotional engine in this dressing room.
• 16:59
  Speaker 9: And we all kind of figured maybe it was a
• 17:02
  Speaker 9: matter of time with some roster changeover. I love the addition,
• 17:06
  Speaker 9: especially with Brandon Montour as part of this leadership group.
• 17:10
  Speaker 6: Fellas, your takes on this. Fire away.
• 17:14
  Speaker 4: Yeah, I think for me, Montour was the no-brainer, unanimous
• 17:21
  Speaker 4: Hall of Fame vote for a letter for me this year.
• 17:23
  Speaker 4: I think we're now entering year six of this organization.
• 17:29
  Speaker 4: There aren't a lot of folks from the previous, from
• 17:32
  Speaker 4: the expansion draft, from the previous regime here. You're trying
• 17:35
  Speaker 4: to turn things over. We've seen that on the staff
• 17:38
  Speaker 4: side and now on the player side. You're starting to
• 17:40
  Speaker 4: see guys, you know, they're cracking time come to an end. And,
• 17:44
  Speaker 4: you know, I've always said that this is one of
• 17:47
  Speaker 4: the more exciting parts for me, just watching the fan
• 17:53
  Speaker 4: base react to, wait, this has been my favorite player
• 17:56
  Speaker 4: for X amount of years. This guy got me into hockey.
• 18:00
  Speaker 4: What do you mean now they're leaving? But now they're
• 18:02
  Speaker 4: finding new players and they're finding new fan favorites. And
• 18:06
  Speaker 4: it's an exciting time.
• 18:07
  Speaker 2: And I think.
• 18:08
  Speaker 4: When you get new leadership, when you get new voices
• 18:11
  Speaker 4: in that locker room, it's an exciting time. And listen,
• 18:15
  Speaker 4: Brandon Montour didn't need the letter on his sweater to
• 18:21
  Speaker 4: be considered a leader. He is a player that numerous
• 18:24
  Speaker 4: guys will congregate around. They talked to. He's making the
• 18:29
  Speaker 4: rounds up and down the plane.
• 18:31
  Speaker 2: He's in the locker room. He's laughing. He's smiling.
• 18:34
  Speaker 4: He keeps things light. And I think that is so important.
• 18:38
  Speaker 4: especially for a young team. I've said many a time
• 18:43
  Speaker 4: that once Jordan Eberle's time here with Seattle is done,
• 18:46
  Speaker 4: I would pick Montour to be my next captain after
• 18:50
  Speaker 4: Jordan Eberle. So, I mean, maybe this could be the
• 18:53
  Speaker 4: beginning of the handoff, if you will. Eberle's got two
• 18:55
  Speaker 4: more years left on his deal. That's just my opinion.
• 18:59
  Speaker 4: But I think Brandon Montour, for my money, is going
• 19:03
  Speaker 4: to be– One of the best, one of the better
• 19:07
  Speaker 4: leaders on this team. He already is, but now you
• 19:10
  Speaker 4: make it official. You put a very much deserved letter
• 19:14
  Speaker 4: on his jersey, and he's going to continue doing what
• 19:17
  Speaker 4: he does best, and that's leading by example on the ice,
• 19:20
  Speaker 4: but especially in the locker room.
• 19:22
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, when you think about leaders, we talk
• 19:25
  Speaker 3: a lot about quiet leaders and not quiet leaders. I
• 19:31
  Speaker 3: think Montour is one of those not quiet leaders. Having
• 19:35
  Speaker 3: had a chance to spend some time with him recently,
• 19:37
  Speaker 3: he likes to make sure whoever's around him is engaged,
• 19:42
  Speaker 3: is ready to go, feeling good. And I think that
• 19:47
  Speaker 3: now there's this group, this group of five guys with, letters.
• 19:52
  Speaker 3: It's a good mix. I think of the five, Brandon
• 19:54
  Speaker 3: Montour is probably the most external. But then you get
• 19:57
  Speaker 3: quiet leaders like Adam Larson and like Vince Dunn. And
• 20:01
  Speaker 3: those guys are great as well because they feel like, hey,
• 20:04
  Speaker 3: I don't have to scream and shout and get in guys' face.
• 20:07
  Speaker 3: I just have to be the hardest working guy on
• 20:08
  Speaker 3: the ice. And that's how I'll lead. And I like
• 20:11
  Speaker 3: I like that mentality as well. And I would put,
• 20:13
  Speaker 3: you know, Maddie and Jordan Eberle somewhere in the middle
• 20:15
  Speaker 3: a little bit. You know, Eberle, obviously, as the captain
• 20:18
  Speaker 3: speaks up when needed. But, you know, he's not going
• 20:20
  Speaker 3: to be in your face all the time. And I
• 20:22
  Speaker 3: think Maddie's learning, you know, he's learning what kind of
• 20:24
  Speaker 3: captain he wants to be. So I think it's a
• 20:27
  Speaker 3: good group of leadership with differences in their personalities across
• 20:31
  Speaker 3: the board.
• 20:32
  Speaker 6: That for me is the biggest key here for this.
• 20:34
  Speaker 9: Is that it's not one collection of guys who are
• 20:37
  Speaker 9: sitting back.
• 20:38
  Speaker 6: In the room who are wearing a letter.
• 20:39
  Speaker 9: It's not a collection of guys who are going to
• 20:41
  Speaker 9: be in your face as well.
• 20:43
  Speaker 6: This is kind of the optimal.
• 20:45
  Speaker 9: Blend that you need to have for a leadership core
• 20:48
  Speaker 9: that's going to, I think, form the message for this season.
• 20:52
  Speaker 9: Eberle is a guy that he's not going to be
• 20:54
  Speaker 9: so much in your face, but he provides direction just
• 20:57
  Speaker 9: based on leadership. By example, we've heard this over and over.
• 21:00
  Speaker 9: Matty Beneers, and we'll get into this here. is becoming
• 21:04
  Speaker 9: more outspoken. You've got Vince Dunn, who has been outspoken.
• 21:08
  Speaker 9: He brings a certain brand of fire as well. Adam
• 21:11
  Speaker 9: Larson's right there to kind of move the needle back
• 21:13
  Speaker 9: the other way with quiet strength, if I can use
• 21:16
  Speaker 9: that term.
• 21:17
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I was going to talk about Vince Dunn.
• 21:19
  Speaker 4: You know, I think for him, you look at his
• 21:22
  Speaker 4: play on the ice from where he was day one
• 21:24
  Speaker 4: to where he is now. His gameplay has improved. His
• 21:27
  Speaker 4: defensive performance play has improved. Obviously, the offense has never
• 21:31
  Speaker 4: gone away. He's had some injury problems, but for the
• 21:34
  Speaker 4: most part, Vince Dunn has stayed at a very consistently
• 21:38
  Speaker 4: high level, and that is leadership by example. You're right.
• 21:44
  Speaker 4: Vince Dunn isn't the loudest guy. He's not the most
• 21:48
  Speaker 4: gregarious guy, but he's got some personality. He's good for
• 21:52
  Speaker 4: some one-liners every.
• 21:53
  Speaker 2: Now and again.
• 21:54
  Speaker 4: And he, I think, is going to lead in a
• 21:58
  Speaker 4: very different way, like you said, from a Brandon Montour,
• 22:03
  Speaker 4: from a Jordan Eberle, from Matty Beneers.
• 22:05
  Speaker 2: The mix is great.
• 22:06
  Speaker 4: I think Matty Beneers, we have said since he was
• 22:12
  Speaker 4: drafted that Matty Beneers is going to be that franchise
• 22:16
  Speaker 4: cornerstone piece, and every year we've seen him take another
• 22:20
  Speaker 4: step in his maturation. Last year, he added the defensive
• 22:24
  Speaker 4: element to his game. He became a strong, solid 200-foot player.
• 22:28
  Speaker 4: He'll tell you this year, I need to score more goals.
• 22:30
  Speaker 4: I want to score more goals. I want to be
• 22:32
  Speaker 4: more offensive. I want that from a captain, from a
• 22:35
  Speaker 4: leader as well. So everybody in this group, from Eberle,
• 22:40
  Speaker 4: who's been your captain, from Adam Larson, who's worn a letter,
• 22:43
  Speaker 4: and then you add in the two new guys with
• 22:46
  Speaker 4: Montour and Vince Dunn, I think that this group is
• 22:51
  Speaker 4: going to get a lot out of this team and, and,
• 22:54
  Speaker 4: you know, say what you want. I'm sick and tired
• 22:56
  Speaker 4: of the narratives around the hockey world. I think the
• 22:59
  Speaker 4: people that are leading this organization on the ice in
• 23:03
  Speaker 4: that locker room are going to get the most out
• 23:06
  Speaker 4: of the other, uh, what 17 guys, 18 guys in
• 23:09
  Speaker 4: that dressing room.
• 23:11
  Speaker 9: And also what's the big thing here to Al your
• 23:13
  Speaker 9: leadership is often a reflection of the coach.
• 23:17
  Speaker 3: A hundred percent. And not only that, too, I was
• 23:19
  Speaker 3: going to add that you lose Jaden Schwartz, who was
• 23:22
  Speaker 3: a cup winner, but you add Montour, who was a
• 23:24
  Speaker 3: cup winner. So you got two cup winners in Dunn
• 23:27
  Speaker 3: and Montour on that group of five as well, which
• 23:29
  Speaker 3: also helps set the stage for the other 17 or
• 23:32
  Speaker 3: 18 guys of what it takes to win a cup.
• 23:34
  Speaker 3: And I like that aspect as well.
• 23:37
  Speaker 9: All right, we've got more to get to, including some
• 23:39
  Speaker 9: pretty spicy comments from Matty Beneers made in The Athletic
• 23:43
  Speaker 9: several days ago.
• 23:45
  Speaker 6: But he had thoughts on the Jason Robertson saga. What
• 23:49
  Speaker 6: do we make out of Matty's comments?
• 23:51
  Speaker 9: Before that, a little slice of media day from Kraken
• 23:55
  Speaker 9: Community Iceplex as we sat down with Beneers. goaltender Joey
• 23:59
  Speaker 9: Decord and leading things off right here with the Kraken captain.
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: Buck played on the far wing side. There is John Marino.
• 24:05
  Speaker 3: Seattle keeps it alive.
• 24:07
  Speaker 5: McCann in front.
• 24:07
  Speaker 2: Larson right on.
• 24:08
  Speaker 3: The rebound.
• 24:09
  Speaker 6: Eberle scores. Jordan Eberle joining us once again. Welcome back.
• 24:16
  Speaker 6: Hope you had a great summer. The family also doing well. Yeah,
• 24:19
  Speaker 6: I know we're excited to be back.
• 24:21
  Speaker 10: Long summer, obviously missing the playoffs and just trying to
• 24:24
  Speaker 10: get your body right and tuned up and I think
• 24:26
  Speaker 10: you get to this point and you're just excited to
• 24:28
  Speaker 10: get going.
• 24:29
  Speaker 9: The two year extension kicking in now for you, which
• 24:32
  Speaker 9: pushes you to potentially seven years that would tie the
• 24:35
  Speaker 9: most longevity that you've had with any organization that tie
• 24:40
  Speaker 9: with Edmonton.
• 24:41
  Speaker 6: What does a legacy look like here to you?
• 24:46
  Speaker 10: Um, I mean, I've been here from the start. Um,
• 24:48
  Speaker 10: it's been fun and it's been exciting to be with
• 24:51
  Speaker 10: an organization from building blocks in the ground up. Um,
• 24:55
  Speaker 10: Our whole or my whole, you know, thought process behind
• 24:59
  Speaker 10: being here and from the start is just trying to
• 25:02
  Speaker 10: build a culture and building a team that people are
• 25:04
  Speaker 10: excited about and.
• 25:05
  Speaker 5: Bring hockey to the city. You know, we've we've done
• 25:09
  Speaker 5: that in spurts.
• 25:10
  Speaker 10: I think with hockey within Seattle, I look at the
• 25:12
  Speaker 10: rink being built in Kirkland and hockey becoming more. and
• 25:17
  Speaker 10: kids getting more into it in Seattle, which I really,
• 25:19
  Speaker 10: really love. But obviously making the playoffs the second year
• 25:23
  Speaker 10: and not making it the last three years has been
• 25:25
  Speaker 10: a bit of a disappointment, I think. To build hockey
• 25:27
  Speaker 10: in this city and the Washington greater area, we have
• 25:32
  Speaker 10: to win hockey games. And that's the biggest thing for
• 25:34
  Speaker 10: me this season is just the growth. We have a
• 25:37
  Speaker 10: lot of good young players. We have some good veteran
• 25:39
  Speaker 10: players in the mix. And we need to get back
• 25:41
  Speaker 10: to where we were for 75% of the year last
• 25:44
  Speaker 10: year and build on what.
• 25:45
  Speaker 2: We did then.
• 25:47
  Speaker 9: When's the last time a place in Seattle left a
• 25:49
  Speaker 9: great mark and a great impression on you and your family?
• 25:52
  Speaker 9: Just going around town.
• 25:54
  Speaker 6: Uh say one more time sure when's the last time.
• 25:57
  Speaker 9: Uh you know a spot a place somewhere around seattle
• 26:00
  Speaker 9: left a great impression for.
• 26:01
  Speaker 10: You yeah i mean there's many i mean for us
• 26:03
  Speaker 10: we you know we we enjoy exploring our kids love
• 26:06
  Speaker 10: getting out we went to the olympias uh last weekend
• 26:09
  Speaker 10: you know we've gone to bainbridge we've gone you know
• 26:12
  Speaker 10: we've done so many different places and my wife and
• 26:14
  Speaker 10: kids have done i think that's the biggest thing for
• 26:16
  Speaker 10: me is just getting outside and You know, it's just
• 26:19
  Speaker 10: such an amazing, the views, the sights, and the people.
• 26:22
  Speaker 10: I mean, really. And for me, coming here, I was
• 26:24
  Speaker 10: always a big Seahawks fan and the sports. This is
• 26:27
  Speaker 10: a really big, the sports fans here are incredible. You know,
• 26:30
  Speaker 10: from the Mariners, the Seahawks, to us, to the soccer team,
• 26:35
  Speaker 10: the Torrent. I mean, it goes on. We have it all,
• 26:37
  Speaker 10: and they're passionate about it. So I just enjoy the
• 26:40
  Speaker 10: vibe here in Seattle.
• 26:41
  Speaker 7: If you could pick.
• 26:43
  Speaker 9: one individual player or coach you would trade spots with
• 26:46
  Speaker 9: on the Seahawks for one day, who would it be?
• 26:50
  Speaker 10: We actually went to the Seahawks facility yesterday and met
• 26:52
  Speaker 10: a bunch of players and coaches and watched the practice.
• 26:55
  Speaker 10: I mean, JSN is obviously a pretty You know, he's
• 26:58
  Speaker 10: a stud now in this league. Yeah, he's he's grown
• 27:03
  Speaker 10: into one of the best wide wide outs in the league.
• 27:05
  Speaker 10: And I mean, Mike McDonald's done a heck of a
• 27:08
  Speaker 10: job there at such a young age. I think he's
• 27:10
  Speaker 10: only maybe a year or two older than me. So
• 27:12
  Speaker 10: it's pretty impressive to see him commanding a team like that.
• 27:14
  Speaker 9: At this stage of your career, guys will often say
• 27:16
  Speaker 9: that how you take care of your body is so important.
• 27:19
  Speaker 9: What's one specific drill that made a difference for you
• 27:22
  Speaker 9: in your offseason training?
• 27:25
  Speaker 6: Um, that's a good question.
• 27:27
  Speaker 10: I think, um, I've always gone with the approach every
• 27:30
  Speaker 10: summer and every season, you know, consistency is such a
• 27:33
  Speaker 10: hard thing to do in this leg and to, and
• 27:35
  Speaker 10: to last the game has gotten so fast and quick.
• 27:37
  Speaker 10: These kids are so skilled and, um, you're trying to
• 27:41
  Speaker 10: maintain yourself, but, you know, just being able to keep up,
• 27:44
  Speaker 10: you know, every summer you just, you try and find things,
• 27:46
  Speaker 10: whether it's your recovery, your diet, your training, just to
• 27:49
  Speaker 10: try and get three, four or 5% better. Um, and
• 27:52
  Speaker 10: as you go, you know, as you get older and
• 27:54
  Speaker 10: I'm in my, I think my 17th year, you know, that,
• 27:57
  Speaker 10: that just builds and builds and builds and you just
• 27:59
  Speaker 10: continue to try and build in what you've worked. So, um,
• 28:02
  Speaker 10: that's for me been the key to consistency and just
• 28:04
  Speaker 10: trying to maintain your foot speed.
• 28:06
  Speaker 5: That for sure is huge.
• 28:07
  Speaker 9: Give me one teammate from the past who had the
• 28:09
  Speaker 9: funniest superstition.
• 28:10
  Speaker 10: Um, from the past, you know, the one that pops up,
• 28:13
  Speaker 10: Brandon Tannev had a bunch of different quirks that he
• 28:16
  Speaker 10: would do. Um, you know, that was, that was one
• 28:19
  Speaker 10: that kind of sticks.
• 28:20
  Speaker 3: In my head. 335 to play in regulation.
• 28:23
  Speaker 4: Here's Matty Beneers, finds a soft spot, scores!
• 28:29
  Speaker 9: Back once again, center Matty Beneers. How much have you
• 28:32
  Speaker 9: been looking forward to the beginning of this season after
• 28:34
  Speaker 9: last April, Matty?
• 28:35
  Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm super excited. I think, you know, we got
• 28:38
  Speaker 5: a good group of guys. You know, we obviously added
• 28:42
  Speaker 5: Dougie and Mackie and I think we'll be good. I
• 28:46
  Speaker 5: think there's going to be a lot of guys taking
• 28:47
  Speaker 5: steps this year. Some growth with the team. We obviously
• 28:51
  Speaker 5: got the same coach with Lehner and coaching staff, so
• 28:54
  Speaker 5: I'm excited. Obviously, it's a long summer, especially when you
• 28:57
  Speaker 5: don't make playoffs. I think a lot of guys had
• 28:59
  Speaker 5: great summers, and we're ready to be back.
• 29:00
  Speaker 6: Remember when you first met Mackie as a kid growing up?
• 29:04
  Speaker 7: No.
• 29:05
  Speaker 2: No, you did not?
• 29:05
  Speaker 5: I remember playing against him when we were younger, but...
• 29:08
  Speaker 5: I don't remember, like, the exact moment we met. But, yeah, no,
• 29:12
  Speaker 5: we definitely played against each other when we were a
• 29:14
  Speaker 5: little younger and obviously made it to Michigan together. So
• 29:17
  Speaker 5: it's fun that we're here now.
• 29:18
  Speaker 9: What do you remember about him as a player back
• 29:19
  Speaker 9: in college that, you know, led you to believe that,
• 29:22
  Speaker 9: you know, a career at this level, you know, could
• 29:24
  Speaker 9: be possible?
• 29:25
  Speaker 5: Yeah, I always thought he was going to be playing
• 29:28
  Speaker 5: in the NHL. I think he's got the speed and
• 29:30
  Speaker 5: the skill and, you know, he thinks the game very well.
• 29:33
  Speaker 3: So....
• 29:35
  Speaker 5: Yeah, it was only a matter of time and obviously
• 29:37
  Speaker 5: he went into Florida and he really did a great job.
• 29:40
  Speaker 5: they obviously had a super stacked team and I felt
• 29:42
  Speaker 5: like he was making an impact every night and helping
• 29:44
  Speaker 5: those guys you know have success and obviously win when
• 29:48
  Speaker 5: they did and and so yeah I think it'll be
• 29:50
  Speaker 5: a you know I know he had success in Florida
• 29:54
  Speaker 5: but I really do think that it's going to be
• 29:56
  Speaker 5: a great change for him to come here and get
• 29:59
  Speaker 5: some more opportunity.
• 30:01
  Speaker 9: As far as on ice matters, can you name one
• 30:03
  Speaker 9: specific drill that made a difference in your off-season training?
• 30:06
  Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, there was a lot of them. I
• 30:10
  Speaker 5: think that we did a lot of little skill work,
• 30:12
  Speaker 5: like stick-wise in terms of passing and passing under sticks
• 30:15
  Speaker 5: and passing over sticks, saucing passes. We did a lot
• 30:20
  Speaker 5: of drills that had a lot of pressure on you.
• 30:23
  Speaker 5: I think that was you know, some of the biggest
• 30:25
  Speaker 5: things that I found, like down low pressure, picking up
• 30:28
  Speaker 5: rims and trying to make plays out front or trying
• 30:31
  Speaker 5: to get away from pressure. I think that was a
• 30:33
  Speaker 5: big part of my summer was trying to replicate what
• 30:37
  Speaker 5: it'd be like at full pace in a game as
• 30:39
  Speaker 5: much as possible. In the past, I think I've done
• 30:43
  Speaker 5: a lot more skill work that didn't have any pressure
• 30:46
  Speaker 5: or defense or anyone to get around. And that is good,
• 30:50
  Speaker 5: but it obviously changes when your time shrinks and when
• 30:53
  Speaker 5: you have you know, one to two seconds to make
• 30:55
  Speaker 5: the play out front to the guy that's open for,
• 30:58
  Speaker 5: you know, half a second. So that was mostly what
• 31:01
  Speaker 5: we worked on this summer was, you know, making plays
• 31:04
  Speaker 5: under pressure and making things realistic to what it would
• 31:07
  Speaker 5: be like in an NHL game.
• 31:08
  Speaker 9: Guys talk about often how much conditioning matters at this level.
• 31:12
  Speaker 9: What was the biggest key you think may be going
• 31:14
  Speaker 9: back to try to put on more weight, whether it
• 31:17
  Speaker 9: might be, you know, what you put in your body
• 31:18
  Speaker 9: food wise or what you do in the weight room?
• 31:22
  Speaker 5: In like in conditioning or, um, yeah, I mean, I
• 31:26
  Speaker 5: think I get most of my conditioning on ice. Obviously
• 31:28
  Speaker 5: a lot of guys do bikes. I did bikes this summer, but, um,
• 31:31
  Speaker 5: I feel like, you know, it was mostly getting in
• 31:34
  Speaker 5: the weight room for, you know, two hours, mostly, um,
• 31:39
  Speaker 5: Monday to Friday and, and then, you know, skating, whether
• 31:44
  Speaker 5: it was two times at the start of the summer
• 31:45
  Speaker 5: to three, then to four for the last, you know,
• 31:49
  Speaker 5: two months probably. Um, And it's just about trying to
• 31:54
  Speaker 5: figure out what you're burning and making sure you're above that,
• 31:56
  Speaker 5: making sure you're putting 1,000 to 2,000 calories more in
• 32:00
  Speaker 5: your body than what you burned off that day when
• 32:03
  Speaker 5: you worked out, skated, and played a golf round of 18.
• 32:07
  Speaker 5: So yeah, that was kind of my summer. It was
• 32:12
  Speaker 5: a lot of working out, skating, and then doing some golf.
• 32:15
  Speaker 9: I got a funny one for you. Give me one
• 32:17
  Speaker 9: teammate from the past, and you don't have to name
• 32:19
  Speaker 9: names here, but had the funniest superstition ever.
• 32:21
  Speaker 5: I don't know what it was. Like he had like
• 32:23
  Speaker 5: a million, but Donato's got to be up there.
• 32:26
  Speaker 9: Ryan Donato.
• 32:26
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 32:27
  Speaker 2: He's, he had, he had a.
• 32:28
  Speaker 5: Ton of supers. I mean, they worked like guys, you know,
• 32:32
  Speaker 5: he scored 42 years ago. So where it works clearly,
• 32:36
  Speaker 5: but yeah, he had a funny room and he knows
• 32:38
  Speaker 5: it too. He jokes about it. Like he understands his
• 32:41
  Speaker 5: warmup routine is pretty crazy, but, you know, it's to
• 32:44
  Speaker 5: each their own. If it works for you and you
• 32:46
  Speaker 5: feel the best out there, then you got to do it.
• 32:47
  Speaker 5: And I'm like all for it. Like, yeah, go do it.
• 32:50
  Speaker 5: If you're going to play well out there, you're going
• 32:52
  Speaker 5: to have.
• 32:53
  Speaker 3: Two goals tonight.
• 32:55
  Speaker 4: Do whatever you need to do.
• 33:03
  Speaker 6: Joining us now, Joey Decord back once again.
• 33:05
  Speaker 9: Joey, you look phenomenal. Welcome back to Seattle. What have
• 33:08
  Speaker 9: you missed about this place here in the last few months? Yeah,
• 33:10
  Speaker 9: it's great to be back. It's good to see all
• 33:11
  Speaker 9: the guys, all the staff, everyone. It's just an exciting
• 33:15
  Speaker 9: time of year.
• 33:15
  Speaker 8: It's really fun to see everybody again and get fired up.
• 33:18
  Speaker 7: For the new season.
• 33:19
  Speaker 6: You recently celebrated a birthday 30 years of age, correct?
• 33:23
  Speaker 7: Yeah, thanks for reminding me.
• 33:25
  Speaker 6: You look 25 and no more, though.
• 33:27
  Speaker 7: I feel 25, let me tell you.
• 33:29
  Speaker 9: What did life look like to you, honestly, five years ago,
• 33:33
  Speaker 9: and how much has that met your goals and expectations here?
• 33:37
  Speaker 8: Well, I think if you did kind of one of
• 33:38
  Speaker 8: those where am I going to be in five years things,
• 33:41
  Speaker 8: I would say I've exceeded expectations. Very happy, obviously super
• 33:46
  Speaker 8: grateful to be here playing for the Kraken and in
• 33:49
  Speaker 8: Seattle and grateful.
• 33:50
  Speaker 7: To the Kraken organization for giving the trust to me.
• 33:54
  Speaker 8: I've been with the team now since day one, you know,
• 33:57
  Speaker 8: with the American League team and now with Seattle. So
• 34:00
  Speaker 8: I feel like, you know, I've been with this organization
• 34:02
  Speaker 8: from the start. Um, very happy with where I'm at, but, uh,
• 34:06
  Speaker 8: feel very good about it.
• 34:07
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 34:07
  Speaker 8: What was the food spread like for your birthday? Big spread,
• 34:10
  Speaker 8: big spread. I had some steak, a little bit of
• 34:12
  Speaker 8: Mac and cheese, some fries. Um, my mom got me
• 34:15
  Speaker 8: a nice birthday cake.
• 34:16
  Speaker 7: She gets me, she gets me the same cake. She
• 34:18
  Speaker 7: used to get me when I was like six. It's
• 34:20
  Speaker 7: a hockey cake. It's so good.
• 34:21
  Speaker 9: Um, yeah.
• 34:22
  Speaker 2: Hilarious.
• 34:23
  Speaker 9: How does training differ now versus back in your twenties?
• 34:26
  Speaker 7: Back in my twenties, my twenties were like 30 days ago, dude.
• 34:29
  Speaker 6: I'll be specific.
• 34:32
  Speaker 7: Yeah. It's a lot different. Um, you know, at this point.
• 34:37
  Speaker 8: In my career, it's a lot more focused on longevity,
• 34:40
  Speaker 8: how I can prepare my body for, for a long season. Um,
• 34:44
  Speaker 8: and basically just optimizing every little thing that I can.
• 34:47
  Speaker 8: I think in, in college and when you're younger and you're,
• 34:50
  Speaker 8: you're pushing really hard to try.
• 34:51
  Speaker 7: To make the NHL, it's a little bit different.
• 34:53
  Speaker 8: Um, I would say it's a lot more like broad strokes,
• 34:58
  Speaker 8: I guess, because you're trying to put on muscle, you're
• 35:00
  Speaker 8: trying to put on weight, trying to fill out your frame,
• 35:03
  Speaker 8: versus now it's like, okay, I'm 30 years old, just
• 35:05
  Speaker 8: trying to optimize so that I can perform as well
• 35:07
  Speaker 8: as possible during the season.
• 35:09
  Speaker 9: Can you name one specific drill that makes a difference
• 35:12
  Speaker 9: in your off-season training? Tennis.
• 35:14
  Speaker 6: Tennis, really?
• 35:15
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 35:16
  Speaker 2: Why is that?
• 35:17
  Speaker 8: Tennis is my favorite thing to do in the off-season. Yeah,
• 35:19
  Speaker 8: the last couple summers I really, I played in high school.
• 35:21
  Speaker 8: But the last few summers, I really picked it up
• 35:23
  Speaker 8: big time again. I've been playing a ton. And there's
• 35:27
  Speaker 8: so many reasons why it's beneficial for me, but the
• 35:30
  Speaker 8: biggest one is just the way the energy systems work.
• 35:33
  Speaker 7: So, like, you think about a hockey game, you think
• 35:35
  Speaker 7: about a goalie.
• 35:36
  Speaker 8: The game, you know, it's 60 minutes, but it takes
• 35:38
  Speaker 8: two and a half to three hours to play the game.
• 35:42
  Speaker 7: Tennis is very similar to playing.
• 35:44
  Speaker 8: Goalie in that you're very active, you're explosive, hand-eye coordination,
• 35:48
  Speaker 8: processing speed, changing direction for.
• 35:51
  Speaker 7: About anywhere from five to, like, 20, 30 seconds. How
• 35:54
  Speaker 7: long is a tennis point?
• 35:55
  Speaker 3: Right.
• 35:55
  Speaker 7: You know?
• 35:56
  Speaker 8: But then you have to do it repetitively over hours
• 35:58
  Speaker 8: and hours. You know, on top of just, like I said,
• 36:01
  Speaker 8: the hand-eye coordination, the processing speeds.
• 36:05
  Speaker 7: And it's just fun. So that's been a huge addition
• 36:08
  Speaker 7: to my summer training, yeah.
• 36:09
  Speaker 9: This is your chance to plug your social media accounts.
• 36:13
  Speaker 9: Do it now.
• 36:14
  Speaker 6: Let us know where we're at.
• 36:14
  Speaker 7: I'm not much of a social media guy.
• 36:16
  Speaker 6: You're very active, though. You're very active. Very active.
• 36:19
  Speaker 2: I don't know.
• 36:20
  Speaker 7: I'm being sarcastic here.
• 36:22
  Speaker 6: I mean, just first off, where are you leaning more
• 36:24
  Speaker 6: into these days?
• 36:25
  Speaker 7: You're like Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, anything else? Full core press, everything.
• 36:30
  Speaker 7: Full core press. Yeah, for sure.
• 36:31
  Speaker 8: I'm really trying to get big in my YouTube. So
• 36:34
  Speaker 8: check out my YouTube channel. You'll see like lots of
• 36:38
  Speaker 8: behind the scenes stuff there. You'll see I had some,
• 36:41
  Speaker 8: you know, really close friends and family over for my
• 36:43
  Speaker 8: 30th birthday. Took you guys into my parents' house a
• 36:48
  Speaker 8: little bit and checked out my childhood bedroom, which... It's
• 36:52
  Speaker 8: pretty cool to see some of the stuff, some of
• 36:54
  Speaker 8: the hockey stuff. I had my first ever pair of
• 36:55
  Speaker 8: hockey skates that were like so.
• 36:57
  Speaker 7: Small in there.
• 36:58
  Speaker 8: My mom still has them. Yeah, tennis sessions, workout on ice.
• 37:01
  Speaker 8: You basically, you get to see what my summer looks like.
• 37:04
  Speaker 8: And hopefully you're going to have a lot more stuff
• 37:06
  Speaker 8: coming up this season, in season as well.
• 37:09
  Speaker 7: So just trying to let people in a little bit
• 37:11
  Speaker 7: and get more behind the scenes.
• 37:12
  Speaker 9: Some guys lean into it. ton these days and it's
• 37:15
  Speaker 9: a different game than say versus you know even just
• 37:18
  Speaker 9: you know roughly 10 years ago but for you what
• 37:20
  Speaker 9: does being active in social media mean to you.
• 37:22
  Speaker 7: As an athlete well I think.
• 37:25
  Speaker 8: I think it's an area of sports that's really become
• 37:28
  Speaker 8: popular in the last few years and I think I
• 37:30
  Speaker 8: honestly think hockey is behind the curve compared to some
• 37:33
  Speaker 8: of the other big sports on that stuff I think
• 37:36
  Speaker 8: some of the stigma around it with hockey is that
• 37:38
  Speaker 8: it like takes away from the team when in reality
• 37:41
  Speaker 8: it doesn't at all like I'm doing the same things,
• 37:44
  Speaker 8: whether I would have a camera there or not.
• 37:47
  Speaker 7: Um, and it's not about like making about myself.
• 37:50
  Speaker 8: I think it's just giving more access to the fans,
• 37:52
  Speaker 8: giving people what they want to see.
• 37:54
  Speaker 7: Like I watch other guys, YouTube all the time. Like
• 37:56
  Speaker 7: I love watching Erling, Erling Holland's YouTube. I think it's fascinating.
• 38:00
  Speaker 8: So, you know, and I'm a professional athlete, so, uh, I,
• 38:04
  Speaker 8: I would love to see more behind the scenes from everybody.
• 38:06
  Speaker 8: Like I would have loved to seen behind the scenes,
• 38:08
  Speaker 8: YouTube videos of Roger Federer, Tom Brady, when they were,
• 38:12
  Speaker 8: you know, in their prime. Um, So I just think
• 38:15
  Speaker 8: it's important. I think it's really cool, especially with where
• 38:18
  Speaker 8: technology is nowadays. It's really not hard to produce. So
• 38:23
  Speaker 8: I enjoy it. I think it's really cool. Yes, I'm
• 38:26
  Speaker 8: going to keep keep pushing forward with.
• 38:27
  Speaker 9: All right, that's school tender Joey Decor. Plus, also big
• 38:30
  Speaker 9: thanks to him with Captain Jordan Eberle and for Matty Beneers.
• 38:33
  Speaker 6: By the way, all those Meet.
• 38:35
  Speaker 9: The Kraken interviews, we'll have those rolling out all season
• 38:38
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• 38:42
  Speaker 9: Also via social media, check out Instagram, 93.3 KJR. Also
• 38:48
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• 38:51
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• 38:53
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• 38:56
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• 39:00
  Speaker 9: back with me once again. I want to get into
• 39:03
  Speaker 9: Matty Beneers' comments here from the other day. And when
• 39:05
  Speaker 9: I filled in for the Greg Bell show on KJR,
• 39:07
  Speaker 9: I had John Forslund on with me, and he offered
• 39:09
  Speaker 9: his take on this. But this is, I think, going
• 39:12
  Speaker 9: to really set up two things. Number one, just from
• 39:18
  Speaker 9: the window dressing of this, A very interesting complexion of
• 39:23
  Speaker 9: when Dallas comes into town. Without question, first five years,
• 39:28
  Speaker 9: the guy who was booed the loudest on the ice
• 39:30
  Speaker 9: was Kale McCarr. When the Avalanche came in here, and
• 39:33
  Speaker 9: I should say really more so second-year playoffs and then
• 39:35
  Speaker 9: from that point on, does Jason Robertson give him a
• 39:39
  Speaker 9: run for his money? Because here's Matty Beneers and his
• 39:42
  Speaker 9: thoughts in The Athletic on if he took Jason Robertson's
• 39:47
  Speaker 9: rejection of the sign-and-trade to Seattle... personally. Veneers told The Athletic, yeah, absolutely.
• 39:56
  Speaker 9: There's a tough rep about Seattle because it's rainy and
• 39:59
  Speaker 9: maybe the city, but guys love it in Seattle, the
• 40:03
  Speaker 9: guys that are there. When the sun's out, it's beautiful.
• 40:06
  Speaker 9: There's so much nature. There are a lot of things
• 40:09
  Speaker 9: to do. So yeah, it obviously doesn't feel good when
• 40:12
  Speaker 9: you're on a team and you try to get someone
• 40:14
  Speaker 9: else and they don't want to come. But at the
• 40:17
  Speaker 9: same time, If you don't want to be here, we
• 40:22
  Speaker 9: don't want you anyway. Quote unquote, that from Matty Beneers
• 40:27
  Speaker 9: to the athletic. The foundation has been laid. And I
• 40:32
  Speaker 9: thought some pretty important words here from a leader on
• 40:35
  Speaker 9: this team. My thoughts are number one, fantastic. He took
• 40:40
  Speaker 9: it personally and he should take it personally. That's a
• 40:44
  Speaker 9: guy who told you and your group, I don't want
• 40:47
  Speaker 9: to come play with you. So hockey players have long memories,
• 40:52
  Speaker 9: circle the dates on the calendar. Maybe when the crack
• 40:55
  Speaker 9: and play the Dallas stars number two as well, I
• 40:59
  Speaker 9: think maybe a foundational seed here for some guys to really, really,
• 41:04
  Speaker 9: really get a bird in their saddle over this and
• 41:07
  Speaker 9: begin to build this thing here for the long term out.
• 41:10
  Speaker 6: Fitz, I'll take it away. Your take on this.
• 41:13
  Speaker 2: I love it personally.
• 41:14
  Speaker 4: I think this was great. I, I, I've always disagreed
• 41:20
  Speaker 4: with the bulletin board material in pro sports. You're making
• 41:24
  Speaker 4: millions of dollars. And if a comment from me is
• 41:27
  Speaker 4: going to get you off your game that much like, dude,
• 41:30
  Speaker 4: what are you doing here? I think it's a great comment.
• 41:32
  Speaker 4: He's standing up for his team. He's standing up for
• 41:35
  Speaker 4: his city. He's made a long-term commitment.
• 41:38
  Speaker 2: Matty Beneers has.
• 41:40
  Speaker 4: And I've said this before. I don't care who you are.
• 41:42
  Speaker 4: I don't care if you're Connor McDavid. I don't care
• 41:45
  Speaker 4: if you're prime Wayne Gretzky. If you don't want to
• 41:47
  Speaker 4: be here, I don't want you here. I don't care
• 41:50
  Speaker 4: how good you are. I don't care what you've done.
• 41:52
  Speaker 4: I want people in that dressing room who want to
• 41:56
  Speaker 4: be in that dressing room. Brandon Montour said it from
• 41:58
  Speaker 4: the time he got signed here. Chandler Stevenson as well.
• 42:02
  Speaker 4: This is a team that wanted me from day one
• 42:04
  Speaker 4: when considering my options. My family and I kept coming
• 42:08
  Speaker 4: back to Seattle, an organization that's building something. I want
• 42:11
  Speaker 4: to be a part of it. That's the guy that
• 42:13
  Speaker 4: I want here.
• 42:15
  Speaker 2: When I heard those comments, I stood up. I cheered.
• 42:18
  Speaker 4: I'm 10 toes, 10 fingers down on those comments.
• 42:22
  Speaker 2: More of it. I need more of it.
• 42:24
  Speaker 4: I want more of it.
• 42:26
  Speaker 2: Seattle versus everybody.
• 42:29
  Speaker 4: Um i applaud maddie for saying it i know that
• 42:32
  Speaker 4: it is not easy to to say those things hockey
• 42:36
  Speaker 4: is a very much speak softly but carry a big
• 42:40
  Speaker 4: stick no grab the bullhorn and your big spic and
• 42:44
  Speaker 4: your big stick and and speak your mind i love
• 42:48
  Speaker 4: everything he.
• 42:48
  Speaker 6: Said maddie benears wants so many more fans al oh yeah.
• 42:52
  Speaker 3: Yeah Yeah, I think so. And when you're talking about
• 42:55
  Speaker 3: the regular season, you're talking about 200-plus days. Half of
• 43:00
  Speaker 3: those days, you're not even in Seattle. So, you know,
• 43:03
  Speaker 3: if you're not coming to Seattle because you don't like rain, well,
• 43:06
  Speaker 3: half the time you're here during the regular season, you're
• 43:08
  Speaker 3: somewhere else. Or a second layer.
• 43:11
  Speaker 6: Who cares?
• 43:12
  Speaker 3: Right. And obviously, the summer, as Everett likes to say,
• 43:15
  Speaker 3: is undefeated as far as weather goes. So, I think
• 43:19
  Speaker 3: that's a weak reason for not... wanting to come to Seattle.
• 43:23
  Speaker 3: I think at the end of the day, a player
• 43:25
  Speaker 3: doesn't not want to play with the guys on the roster.
• 43:29
  Speaker 3: He might like and respect all of them. But for
• 43:32
  Speaker 3: whatever reason, he chose something else. And maybe it's not
• 43:36
  Speaker 3: because of Seattle. Maybe it's because of something else that
• 43:39
  Speaker 3: they wanted that Seattle could never offer. But Matty's point
• 43:43
  Speaker 3: is spot on. I don't want to play with somebody
• 43:46
  Speaker 3: that doesn't want to be here in Seattle, whether it's
• 43:49
  Speaker 3: they don't like the city, they don't like the team,
• 43:51
  Speaker 3: I don't want to play with that guy because I
• 43:53
  Speaker 3: know I'm never going to get 100% out of them.
• 43:56
  Speaker 3: There's always going to be a certain part of them
• 43:57
  Speaker 3: that's like, yeah, I don't want to be here, so
• 44:01
  Speaker 3: I'm not going to go that extra mile on that
• 44:03
  Speaker 3: shift in that game, in this series, whatever. I want
• 44:07
  Speaker 3: guys that believe in the team, that believe in the
• 44:09
  Speaker 3: front office, that love being here, laying it on the
• 44:13
  Speaker 3: line every day.
• 44:15
  Speaker 9: Let's wrap this up here just with a couple of
• 44:16
  Speaker 9: quick thoughts. And first I'll get to who we maybe
• 44:19
  Speaker 9: pick as a camp dark horse. And I'll begin with,
• 44:23
  Speaker 9: I think this, there's so many questions as far as
• 44:26
  Speaker 9: who's going to fit on this roster.
• 44:28
  Speaker 6: Jason Botterill said as many as.
• 44:29
  Speaker 9: Eight forwards, 23 or younger could be here by October
• 44:33
  Speaker 9: one for opening night. I am so inclined to pick
• 44:36
  Speaker 9: Jacob Melanson, but I think already you can maybe pencil
• 44:40
  Speaker 9: him in right now as it's his spot to lose
• 44:43
  Speaker 9: on the fourth line. So I'm going to go here
• 44:45
  Speaker 9: to the tough guy, Curtis Douglas. It's not just the
• 44:48
  Speaker 9: fact that he brings size at 6'9. I mean, you
• 44:52
  Speaker 9: just look at him the wrong way, maybe on the ice,
• 44:55
  Speaker 9: and you're scared as far as out of your gourd
• 44:58
  Speaker 9: to even look at him, let alone fight him. But
• 45:02
  Speaker 9: he's got some AHL experience elsewhere. Jason Botterill's already said
• 45:07
  Speaker 9: he's looking forward to seeing him in the lineup this year.
• 45:10
  Speaker 9: There could be a spot for him already. 13 forward maybe,
• 45:13
  Speaker 9: but I watched him a little bit when the veterans
• 45:16
  Speaker 9: were skating together about a couple of days ago informally.
• 45:19
  Speaker 9: He's got kind of an underrated set of hands. A
• 45:23
  Speaker 9: couple plays that he made that I thought that, you know,
• 45:26
  Speaker 9: for a typical.
• 45:27
  Speaker 6: Enforcer, maybe out of their league. But he looked comfortable
• 45:31
  Speaker 6: as well with the puck.
• 45:32
  Speaker 9: And in this day and age of the NHL, if
• 45:35
  Speaker 9: you can fight, great, but you better have a decent
• 45:38
  Speaker 9: set of wheels and or a decent set of hands.
• 45:42
  Speaker 9: It wouldn't surprise me if Curtis Douglas takes a few
• 45:45
  Speaker 9: extra names here in training camp, but turns a lot
• 45:48
  Speaker 9: of heads for a player that was maybe battling behind
• 45:51
  Speaker 9: guys like Oscar Fisk or Mulgar, Jacob Melanson, Yanni Newman, etc.
• 45:56
  Speaker 9: My dark horse pick is Curtis Douglas, guys.
• 45:59
  Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, Mike, the days have changed where we
• 46:02
  Speaker 3: had 10 preseason games and you probably fought, if you
• 46:05
  Speaker 3: were Curtis Douglas, in just about every one of them,
• 46:08
  Speaker 3: trying to send a message to the teams you were
• 46:11
  Speaker 3: playing about to the role you were going to play.
• 46:13
  Speaker 3: I think his role is known and you probably won't
• 46:15
  Speaker 3: see him fight at all in any of the preseason,
• 46:17
  Speaker 3: but I think when it comes to cracking the lineup
• 46:20
  Speaker 3: and first game of the season. Yeah, he's a question
• 46:23
  Speaker 3: mark for me as well, because I think that he's
• 46:26
  Speaker 3: a tool for the Kraken. I think how often, how
• 46:30
  Speaker 3: frequently that tool is needed is unknown yet. I think
• 46:34
  Speaker 3: just having him on the roster is, is a tool. Meaning,
• 46:38
  Speaker 3: if I'm an opposing player and I'm looking at running
• 46:41
  Speaker 3: over Berkley Catton or Matty Beneers, I'm looking at that roster.
• 46:45
  Speaker 3: I know that roster and Curtis Douglas might not be
• 46:48
  Speaker 3: on the bench but I'm pretty sure he'll be on
• 46:50
  Speaker 3: the bench the next time I see him if I
• 46:52
  Speaker 3: run over one of those guys. So I think he's
• 46:55
  Speaker 3: a valid tool just even having him on the roster.
• 46:58
  Speaker 3: Other question marks for me for opening night, I'm looking
• 47:03
  Speaker 3: forward to seeing a guy like Ben Myers, where he
• 47:07
  Speaker 3: fits in. I mentioned Yanni Newman earlier. What's his role
• 47:11
  Speaker 3: look like coming out of training camp? But I think
• 47:13
  Speaker 3: there's even broader questions that go beyond opening night. what
• 47:17
  Speaker 3: does Shane Wright season look like? You know, what is
• 47:20
  Speaker 3: a full 84 game season of Bobby McMahon look like?
• 47:24
  Speaker 3: So there's some questions that go beyond game one for
• 47:27
  Speaker 3: me that I'll be, I'll be watching closely, but as
• 47:30
  Speaker 3: far as, as the roster goes, yeah, I'd say Yanni
• 47:33
  Speaker 3: Newman and Ben Myers. Those are the two big ones
• 47:35
  Speaker 3: for me.
• 47:37
  Speaker 2: Yeah. My I've got two, I've got one up front.
• 47:39
  Speaker 4: I've got one on defense and, and I went super
• 47:42
  Speaker 4: out of the way with this one, my.
• 47:44
  Speaker 2: Dark horse up front. is Leighton Rode.
• 47:47
  Speaker 4: The Kraken signed him out of Bemidji State back in
• 47:51
  Speaker 4: 24 after a 30-point season there in college, and then
• 47:55
  Speaker 4: he scored in the American Hockey League. He put up
• 47:58
  Speaker 4: seven points in 12 playoff games last year, 13 goals
• 48:01
  Speaker 4: two years ago, 11 last year. He's gotten more points
• 48:04
  Speaker 4: in each of his last.
• 48:05
  Speaker 2: Two seasons, 26 and 38.
• 48:07
  Speaker 4: I know we talk a lot about the middle six
• 48:09
  Speaker 4: for the Seattle Kraken and how this team was a
• 48:11
  Speaker 4: lot of middle six depth guys, but I think Leighton
• 48:14
  Speaker 4: Rode can be this year's Jacob Melanson, this year's Oscar Fisker-Molgaard,
• 48:20
  Speaker 4: the guy that you went into camp and then you
• 48:24
  Speaker 4: left yourself saying, oh, this guy is going to play
• 48:27
  Speaker 4: some NHL games this year.
• 48:28
  Speaker 6: I like the.
• 48:29
  Speaker 4: Way he played at 24 years old, a little bit older.
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  Speaker 4: I got to watch him in the playoffs a couple
• 48:34
  Speaker 4: of years ago, and he's got a really– in the
• 48:37
  Speaker 4: AHL playoffs, and he's got a really good handle, I think,
• 48:41
  Speaker 4: on the pro game. I've talked to Evan Pitnick, the
• 48:44
  Speaker 4: Coachella Valley PR guy, radio guy, and he's said multiple
• 48:47
  Speaker 4: times that Leighton Road could be a dark horse. And
• 48:51
  Speaker 4: that's the uneasy one. Obviously, you've got Perkis. You've got
• 48:55
  Speaker 4: Oscar Fiskermolgar, Yanni Newman.
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  Speaker 2: We've seen.
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  Speaker 4: And those guys, we know the book on those guys.
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  Speaker 4: But I think Leighton Road could be a dark horse.
• 49:01
  Speaker 4: And then on defense, Tyson Jugnoff. I mean, the Kraken
• 49:05
  Speaker 4: need to find a way. Yeah, the Kraken need to
• 49:08
  Speaker 4: replace Jamie Oleksiak. And like I said, there's only really
• 49:12
  Speaker 4: one spot up for grabs on the blue line.
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  Speaker 2: And I think that.
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  Speaker 4: Chase Reed, depending on his year, is going to have success.
• 49:20
  Speaker 4: NHL time at the end of the year.
• 49:22
  Speaker 2: But I could.
• 49:22
  Speaker 4: See Tyson Jugnoff making a real strong case for the
• 49:28
  Speaker 4: opening night roster in training camp this year.
• 49:30
  Speaker 6: Looking forward to it.
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  Speaker 9: We said we would keep this 40 minutes or less.
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  Speaker 6: We're doing it here for today.
• 49:35
  Speaker 9: We got places to go, but we can't wait here
• 49:37
  Speaker 9: for day one of camp. And we're on the air, boys. Saturday,
• 49:43
  Speaker 9: preseason hockey. We're looking forward to it. Get the mics
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  Speaker 9: back in front of our faces.
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  Speaker 6: Headsets on.
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  Speaker 2: Ready to go.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, I can't wait. I got the throat lozenges and
• 49:52
  Speaker 4: the tea ready to go. Mike, you're in mid-season form already, buddy.
• 49:55
  Speaker 3: I keep giving my wife the three keys to the
• 49:58
  Speaker 3: day every day, and she hates it. She's ready to
• 50:02
  Speaker 3: get rid of me.
• 50:03
  Speaker 6: Time to get out of the house. We're on air
• 50:05
  Speaker 6: 6 p.m.
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  Speaker 9: Kraken Canucks on Saturday on 950 KJR, the 20th at Calgary.
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  Speaker 9: Back-to-back scheduled and wrapping up. Calgary on the 24th. Vancouver
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  Speaker 9: the 26th. October 1 officially.
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  Speaker 6: It's go time.
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  Speaker 9: Big thanks Everett now and for you for also dialing
• 50:21
  Speaker 9: us up. Enjoy a training camp for overtime.
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  Speaker 3: I'm Mike.
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  Speaker 6: See ya. Your home for the Kraken.
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