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Casey Mutryn development camp conversation (7/2) · Seattle Kraken Audio Network

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  Speaker 1: Rolling on with development camp and joining us now this
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  Speaker 1: year's second round pick and Crack and prospecting the forward
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  Speaker 1: Casey Utrend as well.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome to Seattle.
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  Speaker 1: First off, formerly, but what's your take away from your
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  Speaker 1: first day on the ice and all that you've taken
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  Speaker 1: away from around you?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's been awesome. It's been a great, great few days.
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  Speaker 3: Like you said, it's we were talking before and you know,
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  Speaker 3: it's a it's a quick process, but uh, you know,
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  Speaker 3: I'm really glad to be here and all the guys
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  Speaker 3: and all the staff have been super welcoming and it's
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  Speaker 3: been so really fun so far.
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  Speaker 1: It's a few days enough to allow yourself to let
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  Speaker 1: all of this sink in. As far as what it
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  Speaker 1: meant to be drafted by an NHL team, not really,
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  Speaker 1: to be.
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  Speaker 3: Honest with you, I think it's gonna take a little bit,
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  Speaker 3: a little bit more time. But uh yeah, well, uh
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  Speaker 3: we'll see. I don't know, uh you know, when a
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  Speaker 3: little hit, but I'm sure.
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  Speaker 2: Will at some point.
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  Speaker 1: What was a phone like when you went back and
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  Speaker 1: check that thing once a smoke all clear?
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  Speaker 2: From day two? Yeah, it was a lot of texture
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  Speaker 2: and friends and families. It was really cool. And that's uh, honously,
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  Speaker 2: that's the most.
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  Speaker 3: Special part of you see all the people that you
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  Speaker 3: know support you and you know have helped me along
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  Speaker 3: the way, and you know it's just just a a
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  Speaker 3: stepping in the.
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  Speaker 2: Process and you know, just kind of me getting a
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  Speaker 2: new journey here. But yeah, it's great to get that
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  Speaker 2: support from there.
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  Speaker 1: Whether it's the environment, whether it's your surroundings, whether it's
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  Speaker 1: the building or anything else.
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  Speaker 2: What are your first impressions of this place? Yeah, obviously
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  Speaker 2: the facilities speak for themselves. They are awesome.
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  Speaker 3: We're obviously here at in a practice facility, but we
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  Speaker 3: want to say a Climate Pledgey yesterday and it was unreal,
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  Speaker 3: like that.
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  Speaker 2: Place is awesome and you know, just a city itself,
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  Speaker 2: like it's it's awesome. It's a you know, a really
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  Speaker 2: cool spot.
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  Speaker 1: So what was the one spot either here or over
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  Speaker 1: at Climate Pledge Arena that made you stop and think,
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  Speaker 1: whoa this is now NHL territory.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, honestly, just stepping in here.
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  Speaker 3: I mean you see all the facilities and you know,
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  Speaker 3: being an NHL practice facility, it's it's pretty sweet.
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  Speaker 2: So I think, yeah, just being in here and yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it's awesome.
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  Speaker 1: I read something where your father said as far as
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  Speaker 1: what you built up with your own mental side of things,
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  Speaker 1: your dad once said, you hate losing. What's the most
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  Speaker 1: important thing you learned about your emotions and how you
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  Speaker 1: can use those to your advantage as a player.
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  Speaker 2: From your dad, Yeah, I think just.
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  Speaker 3: Growing up, he always uh you know, I grew up,
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  Speaker 3: you know, with with two brothers and in a neighborhood
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  Speaker 3: with a lot of kids in my Asian we'd always
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  Speaker 3: hang out and he playing sports, and no matter what
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  Speaker 3: it was, I think, you know, we're always competitive, and
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  Speaker 3: I know I just just hated to lose. I remember, like, uh,
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  Speaker 3: you know, being a young young kid and playing your
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  Speaker 3: baseball in the backyard and like losing a game and
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  Speaker 3: you know, in the grand scheme of things, it means nothing,
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  Speaker 3: but like that's that's the biggest game in the world
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  Speaker 3: right there, and you know you're upset, you're crying after
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  Speaker 3: you're losing, which is look at back on it now,
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  Speaker 3: it sounds silly, but I think that's where you kind
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  Speaker 3: of learn, know the competitiveness and hating to lose, and
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  Speaker 3: you know, to a certain Greece, well, I don't really
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  Speaker 3: think you can teach it and I think some some
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  Speaker 3: people are just you know, competitors and some people just
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  Speaker 3: don't really have that.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, I think i'd consider myself a competitor.
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  Speaker 2: So got a favorite MLB team? I'm a Red Sox
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  Speaker 2: guy sports fan. Yeah, if you.
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  Speaker 1: Could choose one Red Sox player to trade places with
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  Speaker 1: for one day, who would have been pastor present?
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  Speaker 2: I gotta say Big Poppy right, Yes, a legend. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: that would be pretty sweet to be him for a day.
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  Speaker 2: Casey Mutrin joining us right now.
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  Speaker 1: And we talked to about your daddy also had a
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  Speaker 1: massive football background, Yes, the football side of things. Were
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  Speaker 1: you a big fan also growing up? You can a
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  Speaker 1: chance to watch his highlights at all?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah? We uh, we'd always love you know, on the
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  Speaker 3: on Sundays You're sitting down with my family and be
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  Speaker 3: watching football all day.
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  Speaker 2: That was kind of kind of the best.
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  Speaker 3: And you know, obviously my dad being a football player,
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  Speaker 3: I think that was you know, super fun for us.
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  Speaker 3: I think, you know, some of my earliest memories when
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  Speaker 3: I think of Seattle, I think of.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously the Malcolm Butler interception.
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  Speaker 3: That's kind of my earliest memory of of of watching
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  Speaker 3: you know, the Patriots and obviously that was a really
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  Speaker 3: cool moment. But uh yeah, it's kind of funny now
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  Speaker 3: that being in Seattle, and obviously this year didn't go
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  Speaker 3: our way.
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  Speaker 2: But so I had handled a few months ago. Then
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  Speaker 2: that wasn't great. That's top. We'll let you guys have that. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: malcolmbal one was tough. I can't. I don't know how
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  Speaker 2: you guys get over that one.
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  Speaker 1: If you can go back and think of the ideal
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  Speaker 1: sunday to watch football, you more of a guy that
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  Speaker 1: would love to be in the seats fifty yard line
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  Speaker 1: or just sitting back over at home with your favorite
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  Speaker 1: snacks and just taking this all in.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think, uh, really, Ben, I've never been to
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  Speaker 3: an NFL game, so I think I've only really experienced
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  Speaker 3: to sitting at home and watching at home.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's nice, you.
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  Speaker 3: Know, throwing red zone on getting all the games and
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  Speaker 3: just kind of relaxing on a Sunday.
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  Speaker 1: It's yeah, what defines going back here to the ice
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  Speaker 1: a successful season for you this next year?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah?
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  Speaker 3: I think for me, you know, playing in college next
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  Speaker 3: year and just want to be a key contributor and
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  Speaker 3: have a good year there, and you know, just kind
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  Speaker 3: of the effective there and learn a lot and develop
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  Speaker 3: a lot as a player, and uh, I have some
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  Speaker 3: have some other goals that are you know, I kind
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  Speaker 3: of keep driving and keep to myself. But you know,
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  Speaker 3: for me, I just want to you know, have a
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  Speaker 3: really good year next year. And marn Long, so.
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  Speaker 1: You mentioned Brady could Chuck matthew Ns as guys that
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  Speaker 1: you loved watching growing up before we're getting to this level.
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  Speaker 1: What parts of their game mean the most to you
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  Speaker 1: as far as the kind of player that you want
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  Speaker 1: to be.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think for for me, like when you look
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  Speaker 3: at them, they're they're obviously bigger guys you know, who
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  Speaker 3: play really hard and play uh, you know, a really
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  Speaker 3: really physical style hockey. But at the same time, look
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  Speaker 3: at those guys and there's a ton of skill and
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  Speaker 3: they can make a lot of plays. And I think
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  Speaker 3: for me, just bringing that blend of you know, power
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  Speaker 3: forward and competitiveness but also skill I think is something
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  Speaker 3: that you know I have and you know I've worked
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  Speaker 3: to continue to grow on and I think I will.
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  Speaker 2: You know, get better as it goes. Now.
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  Speaker 1: Part of the allure about this level guys tend to
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  Speaker 1: learn more about themselves with how they have to train
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  Speaker 1: and how they have to maybe.
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  Speaker 2: Adjust what they eat and put into their body.
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  Speaker 1: What was the biggest jump for you as far as
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  Speaker 1: changing your habits you know from an earlier rage, whether
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  Speaker 1: it might be what you do in the gym versus
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  Speaker 1: what you you know, put into your mouth and digest
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  Speaker 1: that to give bigger and get stronger as well.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think you know, as you go, you know,
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  Speaker 3: getting to the gym something that's really important, and being
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  Speaker 3: a national team like that's something that's no big there.
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  Speaker 2: It's you know, the office piece is a really big
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  Speaker 2: part of it.
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  Speaker 3: And you know I've developed a lot there basically, and
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  Speaker 3: they've helped me, you know, translate that to on the ice.
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  Speaker 3: So I think that's for me the biggest kind of
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  Speaker 3: adjustment I made as my career is gone.
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  Speaker 2: What's your ideal game day meal? Then?
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  Speaker 1: I love good chicken parm Yeah, I love a good
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  Speaker 1: chicken parts your favorite opt a cheat meal? What's it
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  Speaker 1: gonna be? Kind of like a nice burner and fries
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  Speaker 1: and a most Jacob.
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  Speaker 2: That's nice.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, if you can go back and think of the
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  Speaker 1: kind of player that you want to be in five years.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, the NHL is in the picture here, but
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  Speaker 1: what does Casey Utrium look like feel like as a
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  Speaker 1: player at that point?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think I'm just someone who can you know,
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  Speaker 3: affect the game in all areas. Like I said, I'm
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  Speaker 3: a super competitive guy and competitive in all areas in
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  Speaker 3: the ice and you know, for me, just being someone
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  Speaker 3: who can make an impact on the game and in
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  Speaker 3: multiple different ways. And then obviously you know, being someone
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  Speaker 3: rounding out and developing my offensive game as well and
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  Speaker 3: being someone who can contribute on to the line up.
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  Speaker 1: So finally, I'll go back here to this toughest bus
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  Speaker 1: ride that you've ever had coming.
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  Speaker 2: Up coming up as a player? What was it? That's
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  Speaker 2: a good question. We've had some tough ones.
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  Speaker 3: I would say this year we went to Clarkson and
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  Speaker 3: Saint Lawrence, which was probably like fourteen fifteen hours and
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  Speaker 3: it was in the middle of a snowstorm, so it
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  Speaker 3: was pretty sketchy, But that was that was the longest
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  Speaker 3: one that was tough.
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  Speaker 1: So what can you not live without? As far as
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  Speaker 1: one thing that you need on a bus ride
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  Speaker 3: I'd have to say, like by following our computer just
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  Speaker 3: because I'd get way too or Casey, appreciate you, thank you,
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  Speaker 3: thank you,