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POP on the Road! Plus Brooks Bratten from Hockey Hall of Fame Inductions · Predators Official Podcast

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Arsenal left side to the middle. What a move by Philip Forsberg.
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One of the best from Scoresberg. It's the podcast that loves the
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hockey team you love. Sorrow stops him with the
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blocker. This is the Predator's official
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podcast with Cara Hammer and Max hers for the empty net and hits
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it on about on one O 2 five and one O 6 three.
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The game at nashvillepredators.com, the
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Predators official podcast is on the road with the Predators 5
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game roadie that started on Monday night with an overtime
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loss in Colorado against the Avalanche.
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We've got two Preds games to recap including a four nothing
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shut out win against Utah on Saturday night in Smashville.
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We're going to do it right now. My name is Max Hers from Fred's
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radio along with Kara Hammer from Fred's TV who was also a
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road dog in Denver this week. Hello Rd.
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Hammer. What's up Max I I'm feeling
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pretty good, although I was a little bummed with just picking
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up the one point last night against the Avalanche.
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I mean, what a solid way the boys went out on Saturday night
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in Nashville. I was feeling good about the
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road trip after that game. Yeah, 2 pretty fun games over
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the last three nights here to finish up a busy stretch for the
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Preds. They played seven games in 12
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days, which is a really, really tough challenge in terms of
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rest. They finished two, four and one
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in those games. So could be better, could be
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worse. Predators are now 59 and two and
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have consecutive days off for the first time in two weeks,
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going into three games in four days in the middle part of this
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road trip. Edmonton Thursday night at 8,
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Calgary Friday night at 8 and Vancouver Sunday night at 9:00.
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So three games in four days in Western Canada coming up.
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We're going to go back to Saturday night in Smashville.
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First ever meeting against the Utah Hockey Club. 4 Nothing win
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for the Preds. Cara 26 save shut out for UC
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Soros. Yeah, going into that game, I
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had Gus Nyquist as my skateup interview.
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Obviously the the guys had a tough road trip right before
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that dropping the the game in Washington and I said, hey, you
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know, how important is it to pick up some points here before
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the road trip? And he goes, hey, we need
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points. It doesn't matter if they come
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on the on the road or at home, He said.
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We just need to get out. We need to get back to our game
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play connected. And the guys did that really
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well. I mean, Phillip Forsberg got the
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scoring started with the power play goal and I felt like that
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kind of set the tone. And one thing I really noticed
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in that game, Max, and one thing the guys kept saying is they
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simplified the game. And I think we saw that there
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wasn't a lot of of the mistakes we were seeing earlier.
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They were just, they were playing better.
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They were supporting each other and I think a lot of the things
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that we saw come together in the Predator system along the way
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last season have finally returned. 1st in small doses and
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then the last two games in bigger doses, which were really
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the first two games all year where the Predators played well
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in consecutive games all season. And it started, like you said,
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on the power play in the first period Saturday night against
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Utah. Gus Nyquist drew a penalty on
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the 2nd shift of the game. Top unit went to work.
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They had a long shift. They were out there for almost a
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minute and a half. Great to see those guys get a
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longer leash on the power play. Phillip Forsberg's first goal
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buried a wrister on the power play.
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Got a little bit of room. That's all he needed to let it
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fly. First of two on the night for
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Phil. And then UC Soros had what I
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thought was his best save of the game and what would become a 26
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save shutout going up against Nick Schmaltz right in front a
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falling save. Is that the right way to
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describe this? It was unreal.
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It was a save. It was not textbook whatever it
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was from juice. Soros was unbelievable that
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night. I feel like he was, but you
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know, I, I think overall it was the best defensive effort we've
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seen from the Preds. But Soros, he's been in mid
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season form and again, he just had a stellar showing.
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Yeah, it was impressive, and the Preds gave him the goal support
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from the beginning, so they end up going back on the power play,
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drawing 2 penalties in the same shift.
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Gus Nyquist was in the middle of it again.
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Logan Cooley hooked Roman Yossi and then during the delayed
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penalty, only Mata high stick, Gus Nyquist.
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They determined it was a 4 minute high stick on Mata.
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So the Preds got a full 2 minute, 5 on three and then
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potentially 2 more minutes of five on four on the back end of
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that. And the crazy part about it,
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Kara, the five on three was not amazing.
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They did not score. They generated shots, but it
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wasn't exactly what you want to see from A5 on three, and we
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heard that both after the game and heading into the next game
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from some of the Preds power play guys.
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Five on three didn't play the way we wanted it to, but then
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the top unit got another shift, five on four and got a massive
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goal. Roman Yossi's shot tipped in by
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Jonathan Marshiso made it 2. Nothing Preds after one.
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I think that's a great sign that even when a pivotal moment in
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the game doesn't go well, that same group of five able to
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bounce back and get it going on their next shift, 5 on 4.
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Yeah, and obviously a a huge boost for Jonathan Marshall.
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So, but leading into that, Max, I mean, we kind of saw the same
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thing in the second period. You saw Utah start to push back
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a little bit and Phil Forsberg, you know, grabs the the third
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goal of the game. That one comes unassisted.
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And that was a massive goal at that time in the period to kind
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of stave off any sort of pressure that Utah was putting
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on. Yeah, Filthy Phil, the one man
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show, just putting the team on his back right there to put that
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game out of reach for good. Flying through the defensive
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zone, flying through the neutral zone.
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He split Nick Schmaltz and Ollie Mata just inside the offensive
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blue line, then got in alone, cut to the right side, went high
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glove on Connor Ingram. Perfect shot, perfect cut,
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perfect everything from Phil. And I think my favorite part
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about this goal, by the end of the play, Coyotes defenseman
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Mike Kesselring was the closest guy to him.
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Big, tall, skinny defenseman who does not move amazingly well.
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And I don't think he even knew which way to look by the time
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the play was over. And he actually ended up falling
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about 3 full seconds after the goal went in because his brain
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was tied in such deep knots and. You just don't want to be that
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guy, right? Like you don't, you don't want
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to be that guy. You know, he's getting chirped
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when he comes off the ice. But Max, you know, for me, that
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was one of the best games we've seen from Phil.
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We we've seen Scoresberg, we know who Philip Forsberg is.
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But for this season, I felt like that was one of his best
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performances. I asked Coach Richards about it
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going into the third period and he said, well, you know, I, I
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asked him about Phil's game. He goes, this is Phil showing
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his power. When I say that, I mean he's
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using his size, he's using his body, he's skating well.
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He's able to get the shot off because of his power that he's
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using tonight. I think Andrew Brunette's words
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in the post game press conference were Phil was Phil
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tonight, yeah. I like when Phil is Phil, Things
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are good. Yeah, Phil was Phil, and Phil
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was full. Phil was fed.
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Have we ever used any of these puns before?
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We're not. OK, do we have something here or
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am I just an idiot lost on the road?
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I don't know what's Phil's full or Phil's fed.
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Phil is full. Well, he got two goals.
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Stat sheet was full. Fred's got an empty netter to
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seal it and make it for nothing over Utah.
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The goal was originally credited to Jonathan Marsha, so it
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actually ramped off of Gus Nyquist stick who was standing
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pretty much right next to him in the defensive zone.
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And Marsha so actually went out of his way to notify the stat
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keepers to change that goal to Gus Nyquist.
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So a golden assist for Jonathan Marsha.
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So in that game, his first multi point game as a Pred, two goals
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for Philip Forsberg, two power play assists, both primary
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assists for the captain Roman Yosi who played very well, and
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an empty netter for Gus Nyquist and a 26 save shutout for UC
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Soros Kara. Also, it was Hockey Fights
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cancer night in Smashville. Every time there's a Hockey
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Fights Cancer night, we have an exceptional Hockey Fights Cancer
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ambassador kid from Monroe Carroll Junior Children's
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Hospital at Vandy steal the show.
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This time it was the incredible 7 year old Harper, a beautiful
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little girl coming out by herself for the puck drop and
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just hamming it up beyond belief, pumping her fist for
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what felt like an hour and just being so happy to be out there
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before dropping the ceremonial first puck.
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I mean, shout out to Harper, she got the energy started that
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night. I feel like that's what the guys
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were able to feed off of. But Max, there really wasn't a
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dry eye in the building when you're watching this little 7
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year old. Roman told me after he dropped
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the puck that he had tears in his eyes on his way back to the
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bench. I know Willie Donnick and Chris
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Mason, they were both choked up on the broadcast.
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I mean, gosh it, it's so cool to see a a little kid who was
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fighting through something so difficult and so challenging and
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to just show you, you know, the, the glass is half full.
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Life is just out there. I I mean just what a cool
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moment, every second of it. Yeah, we learned that Harper has
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two more infusion treatments and is expected to be cancer free by
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New Year's. Incredible.
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What a star, what a star she is. And we raised $52,000 for the
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365 Pediatric Cancer Fund on the first of two Hockey Fights
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Cancer Nights this season. There'll be another one in the
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back half of the season. It is 2 a year now.
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Thanks to everybody who helped us.
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Pink. The rink wore their lavender and
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told us who you fight for and made their donations to Hockey
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Fights Cancer in Smashville on Saturday night.
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How about the donor recipient? Because they were also
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highlighted during hockey fights.
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Cancer where you're unaware that somebody gave the gift of life
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and the two people get to meet for the first time.
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I mean, it's just magical. There's just so many cool
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moments happening. Yeah, an absolute hit.
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An absolute hit for sure. Fred's beat Utah 4.
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Nothing on Saturday night. Big win on home ice to send them
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off to a road trip. I like the way Philip Forsberg
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said that to you Kara in the interview after the game.
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Thanks for sending us off fans. Onto a long road trip. 5 road
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games over 10 days starting Monday night in Denver.
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A three to two loss against the Avalanche.
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Fred's played ahead again first shift for the last minute line,
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the kid line, some even calling them the hairline.
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Luke Evangelista, Yuso Parson and Phil Tomasino going to work
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getting the goal of a minute 45 in.
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Evangelista puts the rebound home.
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What a silly he had scored one goal this year in the 1st 15
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games. It was an empty netter.
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You could feel the release from the pretty boy finally getting a
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real 1 to go. Yeah, that was awesome.
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I was at the game. I was sitting in the stands with
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my nephew and when he was coming back to the bench, I told I told
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my nephew Beau. Hey, his nickname is Pretty Boy
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Vincenzo. And.
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What did your nephew say? It's.
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Like Claw? Pretty Dang cool.
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Well, the pretty boy got the goal.
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It was a little bit of a greasy goal.
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Not a pretty goal. A minute 45 in assist to you.
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So Parsonen, who now has a four-game point streak, that is
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a big deal for Parsonen, casing down his seven game point
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streak. He had his rookie year Parson
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and certainly looks the best he's had since his rookie year
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two seasons ago. Mark Delgaizo, the secondary
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assist as well, did a great job getting that puck on net.
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He continues to play well as the young Preds come together for
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that initial goal. Preds took a one nothing lead in
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the first period of that game, gave up two goals to the ABS in
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the second period, found themselves down to 1 going into
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the third period of play. And then Roman Yossi started
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making plays like crazy. He had some huge defensive
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moments and block shots early in the game.
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Yossi did. And then in the third period he
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put the puck on a string first to draw everybody and set up
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Colton Sissons for the game tying goal early in the 3rd.
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And then nearly scored what would have been the game winner,
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going all the way around the offensive zone and it took a
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miracle save from Alexander Giorgiev to keep it out.
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I think I texted the group. How did that puck not go in?
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That was skating right there on the line.
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It just shimmied its way right back out.
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But Max, I felt like the guys were buzzing at the end of that
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period. I felt like they had numerous
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chances. I I had the feeling that they
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were going to come back and get the game-winning goal.
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Unfortunately, they were only able to just pick up the point
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and push this one into overtime. Yeah, and UC Soros was a big
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reason why I got into overtime. He had some massive saves, A ton
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of stops on Nathan McKinnon in this game.
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McKinnon was flying around as usual.
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Felt like he did not come off the ice.
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He had five shots. Sorrow stopped all five of them
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from the Nate Dogg lacking him, ranting in in tow the fellow
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Fins of UC Soros, his former World junior teammates.
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I think the Preds did a good job on those guys.
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It really felt like they played the entire game.
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And his biggest save was on guys from the second line, a Parker
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Kelly wrap around, which was a huge toe save to begin with, and
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then coming back across the other way for a glove save and
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hold on the rebound after the wrap around by Logan O'Connor.
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I I don't even want to say it was Soros's best save of the
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season because there have already been some insane ones
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here in the first month, but was that his best save of the
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season? I don't know.
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I think what if I was, I had to pick.
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I'm gonna go back to the Utah game in that first period save.
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I mean, they're spectacular saves.
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And for me, Max, that might have been the one for me.
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Yeah, they keep getting better. That's the crazy part.
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So overtime we went three on three, was fun with the big
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names we have in that overtime period.
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The Predators best chance came from Steven Stamkos, who looked
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like Nathan McKinnon streaking down the right wing.
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And Kara, we have been informed by NHL Edge that Stamkos
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carrying that puck in was the fastest any NHL player has
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skated this season, 24.2 miles an hour.
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He was moving. I mean, Stamkos was buzzing out
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there on the ice, Max, you could feel it.
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He just, he looked like he was, he was the Steven Stamkos we saw
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in Tampa. He he was shining in the
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overtime. Yeah, I couldn't quite get that
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puck on net on the final chance there as he took it in front.
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Avalanche end up winning on a giveaway by Brady Shea, who did
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play a solid game but had a crucial mistake and a crucial
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moment. Former Pred Sam Gerard took it
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from him and buried the breakaway.
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ABS beat the Preds 3:00 to 2:00 at overtime Monday night in
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Denver. It's little things right now as
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the Preds are still tied for last in the NHL, but they've
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played well each of the last two games.
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And stinks to say a full month into the season, but this is the
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first time they've played that competitively in two games in a
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row all year. If I'm going to quote the fans
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behind me at the game, the the, the, the real people with
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knowledge said, gosh, the preds always give us trouble.
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And and it kind of just summed it up right.
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Like it you always know they're going to bring it.
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But Max, I know it was frustrating for them to lose
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that game, but I still feel like it was, you know, picking up the
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point. They need all the points they
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can get right now. And I feel like it could just
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get the road trip going now that they're in Canada.
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I think it could help set the tone.
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They could build off of it. Yeah, two days off in a row,
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then they'll play the Oilers Thursday, Flames Friday and
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Canucks Sunday. Three games and four days
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against these Western Canada teams for the Preds.
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Speaking of things that sound tiring and dizzy stretches, I
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got to give a shout out to Jeremy Lozon for that ABS game.
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He had two very, very physically taxing defensive shifts in the
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second period of that game. First one was on the PK.
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He was out there for about a minute and a half and also wore
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a shot blocking it in front and then got back to the bench and
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basically had nothing left. His head was on the floor by the
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time that shift was over, both from the fatigue of the shift
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and the pain of blocking the shot.
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And then he had a 2 minute shift at even strength, with Roman
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Yosi, Gus Nyquist, Yusuf Parson and Jonathan Marshall all out
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there for over a minute and a half going up against the ABS
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Big 5, McKinnon Ranson and Lekinen Makar, Devon Taves.
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And they found a way to survive it.
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Yeah, they're coming together it looks like.
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You know, I think one thing that that fourth line to Max, we want
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to highlight them. They they had a bout of
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struggle, right? There were there was some
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moments where Bruno wasn't high on what they were doing.
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He benched on a Karen healthy scratch.
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But now they're back and they look like they're mentally all
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out there playing together. Yeah, they they've had the puck.
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It's been fun to see. And Zach LaRue had a couple of
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rink flipping plays in that Avalanche game as well.
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And as you said, Kara, you were at the game as a fan out there
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in Denver. There was a road hammer spotted
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on Fred's TV getting hyped for overtime.
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Is this true? This was true.
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I'm just glad that at least when the shot came to me, I wasn't
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eating the nachos that I was enjoying previously during the
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second period. I can't describe how exciting it
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was to go to the game and sit with the fans and enjoy it and
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watch the guys play. You know, when you're at
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Bridgestone Arena, there's still that sense of I'm working, we're
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here, you know? But just being on the road,
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watching them, I had a great time.
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It was so fun. The road hammer, ladies and
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gentlemen. She got the prints an overtime
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point. Prints are five, nine and two.
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Be back Thursday night in Edmonton against the Oilers, who
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the Preds have already lost to twice this season.
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Then three teams left on the road trip.
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Friday night Calgary, who the Preds have not yet played this
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season. Sunday night Vancouver, who the
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Preds have not yet played this season.
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And then next Wednesday, Seattle, who the Preds have
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played once at home so far this year.
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We'll have all that for you on Preds Radio and Preds TV.
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As usual. We'll take a break, come back
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and talk about a special night in Toronto earlier this week at
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the Hockey Hall of Fame. Preds GM David Poyle, Preds
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Captain Shay Weber are the 1st 2 homegrown Preds to go into the
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hall. Brooks Bratton was there.
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We'll talk to him about the Hall of Fame coming up next.
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She's Cara Hammer from Preds TV. I'm Max serves from Preds radio.
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This is the Predators official podcast.
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Welcome back to The Predator's official podcast here on ESPN.
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One O 2 five and one O 6 three. The game.
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My name is Max, hers from Preds Radio.
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Cara Hammer will be back with us next segment from Preds TV.
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We are joined now in Edmonton, AB, Canada by the original host
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of this Predator's official podcast, who is out of
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retirement as the Predators beat reporter back on the POP for the
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first time in over two years. Brooks Bratton is here.
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Hello, Brooksy. Max never did I think I would
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ever be in Edmonton ever again, let alone sitting in a hotel in
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Edmonton talking to you on the POP.
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But what an absolute pleasure it is to be back in the mix.
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POP trotting the globe, going back in time.
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A little reverse retro action here on the POP with Brooks's
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return. You know what?
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And I've done a podcast in this hotel.
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Every time I come back to Edmonton, I get flashbacks to
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the bubble, right? We were holed up here for, for
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10 days back in 20, I think back in 2020, I think I've done a
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podcast or two in this very venue.
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So it it feels right. It feels right to have you on
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and you were at the Hockey Hall of Fame this past weekend.
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The 1st 2. How are we terming this?
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Like you don't go in as a Pred like the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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The 1st 2 Homegrown Preds Hall of Famers went in.
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Yeah, I, I, I think that's fair to say.
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David Poyle and Shay Weber. Now, all of the artwork that the
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Hall of Fame produced had Shay in a Predator's jersey, even on
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his plaque, which the plaques, the drawings of the faces are in
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black and white. But he's clearly wearing a
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Predators jersey. And I think that's how everybody
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thinks of him, right? Especially for us, obviously had
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a few years there in Montreal at the end of his career was the
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captain LED them to the final in 21.
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But yeah, for all intents and purposes, he is a Nashville
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Predator. David Poll as well.
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I mean, he was AGM in Washington for 15 years before he came to
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Nashville. But again, to to your point, the
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first two home grown Predators. And I don't think I've ever used
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the word monumental so much in a, in a three or four day
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stretch. But I, you know, I, I really
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tried to emphasize that to me, it is a monumental occasion to
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have the 1st 2 homegrown Preds go into the hall representing
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Nashville. Just showing how far the
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franchise has come in 2526 years and, and what an honor to be
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there to cover it. It was really something special.
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And I say homegrown Preds. We know Paul Korea and Peter
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Forsberg are in the Hockey Hall of Fame and played for the
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Preds, so trying to find the best way to differentiate that.
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But this was these are the two monumental dudes, like you said.
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Who do you want to talk about first, Shay or David?
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Oh gosh, well let's start. So Sunday when we got there and
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it's a whole weekend. It's a 3-4 day event.
22:04
So there were things going on Friday and Saturday before I
22:08
even got there on Sunday. But the first thing that we
22:12
really did on Sunday was David Poyle had a welcome dinner at
22:16
the Hall, and not only at the Hall of Fame, but in the Grand
22:20
Hall, which is where the trophies, the cup is that all
22:24
the plaques are there. If you've ever been there, you
22:26
know what I'm talking about. And you know, I was saying to
22:29
someone earlier, I've been in that room a number of times as a
22:32
fan and as a visitor, but I've never had Cabernet in that room
22:37
before. Little Cabs Ave. in the Grand
22:39
Hall. I was living my best hockey
22:41
life. But you know, what a special
22:44
occasion for David. I think the thing that stood out
22:46
to me most was just the amount of people, the caliber of people
22:53
who were there. And we know, you know, not only
22:55
was David Poyle a general manager, obviously, but he
22:59
worked a lot with the league, too.
23:01
He was on the competition committee.
23:02
He's been on the induction crew for the Hall of Fame as well.
23:06
Obviously wasn't this year since he was, he was up and willing
23:10
and able to join. But yeah, just the people who
23:13
were there, I mean, you know, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman,
23:16
Deputy Commissioner Bill Daley, lots of people from the league
23:19
were there. So many people that David has
23:23
known or worked with over the years.
23:25
Some of those folks that we talked to, we talked to the
23:27
commissioner, talked to Rangers head coach Peter Laviolette, of
23:31
course, a former coach in Nashville, John Hines would have
23:34
been there. But Minnesota, I think they were
23:37
either playing that night or the next night.
23:38
So he couldn't be there. But you know, guys like Paul
23:42
Fenton, who was an assistant GM with David in Nashville, Ray
23:46
Shiro, an assistant GM at one point in time in Nashville, just
23:51
a lot of people, you know, you kind of look around the room and
23:55
think, wow, there's there's a lot of hockey people here, a lot
23:58
of really notable, impressive hockey people who came out to
24:03
pay their respects to David to say thank you to David,
24:06
congratulations to David. So I think that was really where
24:10
it started. And I have to tell you this too.
24:12
Again, it's all about the wine and food for me, right?
24:14
But it wouldn't be, I think that I love chocolate, but David Poil
24:19
loves chocolate even more than I do.
24:21
And they had these little kind of chocolate Bundt cakes with
24:26
the David Poil builder. He goes into the Hall of Fame as
24:29
a builder. So they had that logo on top of
24:32
it. And then they had chocolate lava
24:33
cakes as well. We were kind of saying that we
24:35
were wondering is the night was going on.
24:37
We were like, when's the chocolate going to show up?
24:39
There's got to show up at some point, right?
24:42
But yeah, just a just a really cool night for David again, to
24:46
be able to welcome so many people, receive some folks and
24:49
for them to say thank you and for him to to say that back as
24:52
well. It was it was a really great
24:53
start to what led into the big day on Monday.
24:57
Well, I feel like we've gone through this process locally in
25:00
Nashville with David Poyle twice recently.
25:02
First with him becoming the winningest GM in NHL history in
25:06
2018, then with his retirement and when he had his jacket
25:10
fitting, his blazer fitting for the Hall of Fame, he said.
25:13
I thought it was done being about me.
25:14
I'm sorry guys, this is our last thing.
25:17
So my question to you on that note, being there at the Hockey
25:19
Hall of Fame for David Poyle, how was this different than the
25:23
times we've honored him locally? Yeah, I, I think well, and, and
25:28
you could say to Max, right, Like he's in the US Hockey Hall
25:30
of Fame as well. And that celebrate that ceremony
25:33
was held in Nashville a few years back, 2019, I want to say
25:37
18 or 19. So I just think that this is
25:41
different. And David had said it a number
25:43
of times leading into it, that this is really the pinnacle of
25:47
the sport. You know, it's one thing to
25:50
become the winningest GM or to have these other honors along
25:54
the way. But if you're someone in hockey
25:58
and and pinnacle, you could go back and forth and say, yes,
26:01
obviously you'd love to win the Stanley Cup.
26:03
I think that at least as an NHL hockey player is a pinnacle.
26:06
But you've got international tournaments, you've got Olympic
26:08
medals, that sort of thing. But I think overall, it doesn't
26:12
matter if you're a player, a coach, a manager and executive,
26:16
a referee, an official, they can get into the Hall of Fame, media
26:19
members can get in. I think if you are anybody
26:22
involved in the game of hockey, that truly is the pinnacle.
26:25
So I think that's why this is different and this matters more
26:30
than anything else is there's nothing greater than this in
26:35
hockey as far as recognition and celebration and just, you know,
26:41
realizing the fact that you are now enshrined for the rest of
26:46
time among the greatest people who have ever been involved in
26:50
the game. And so I think not only for
26:52
David but for Shay, I think that's why this matters more
26:56
than probably anything else that could have happened in in this
26:59
regard. Shay Webber into the Hockey Hall
27:01
of Fame. The greatest predator of all
27:03
time. You could argue the first home
27:05
grown pred into the Hall of Fame.
27:07
Just a player who commands the rink, commands any room, and he
27:13
did such an exceptional job commanding the podium in his
27:17
usual captain leeway, but also doing so in a very vulnerable
27:21
and personal way that I know a lot of people in Nashville did
27:25
get to contact Shay in that way, especially through his charity
27:28
work. But I just love the contrast
27:30
between the 105 mile an hour slap shot and the heart of the
27:35
small town Canadian kid who made it.
27:37
Yeah, and I, you know, for people like you and I, Max, like
27:41
when you interacted with him in a locker room setting over the
27:45
years, he's very stoic. He he's a private person, which
27:49
he's obviously very entitled to. And, and it's funny, you know,
27:54
his former teammates that I talked to as well have the
27:56
chance to to talk to Peckerine on the red carpet, which we all
28:00
love Pecks, of course, and. When is when is Peck eligible by
28:03
the way? 2 years from now.
28:06
Whenever it's so it's three years from when he retired, so
28:09
he's got to be he's probably eligible, if not next year, then
28:13
the year after. OK, let's make that happen.
28:15
We'll, yeah, we'll check that out.
28:17
And I think, you know, that's going to be a big debate going
28:18
forward too. I, I think it's probably 5050.
28:21
We're all biased, right? I mean, I think he, he deserves
28:24
to get in. But yeah, Pecks.
28:25
And he said that was first time he was ever there.
28:27
Pecks is like, I'm such a fan. I'm so starstruck with all these
28:30
guys. He had never been to to the
28:32
ceremony before, so hopefully he gets up there one day.
28:35
But yeah, with Shay, like, you know, Pekka brought it up, Other
28:39
guys that I talked to brought it up.
28:40
They said, you know, you probably don't get the side of
28:44
Shay that we all see as a person, as as a captain of a
28:49
hockey team, just on the ice, everything you could possibly
28:53
want from a captain off the ice as a captain.
28:57
He did the media thing. Didn't always love it, but was
29:01
very respectful of it and and did it and understood it.
29:06
But even, you know, I had the chance to talk to him on the
29:08
phone last week before he went up.
29:11
And it was great to just catch up with him for a minute and and
29:14
hear him, you know, as as a husband, as a father and really
29:20
kind of reflect on it from that perspective.
29:22
He had a great moment at the podium where, you know, I think
29:26
his brother, his father, his late mother, holding back some
29:30
tears at that moment. And then moving on to his wife,
29:33
Bailey and his three children. You know, he just he he thanked
29:37
them for obviously the sacrifices that wives and
29:42
children of hockey players make so that they can essentially
29:46
live out their dreams. And, you know, he's he's so
29:50
excited to just be able to pay all that back now and be there
29:53
for them. And so it was really special
29:56
just again, for Shay to go in the kind of player he is, but
30:01
the kind of person he is. I think that's a theme that
30:04
really kind of stood out as, yes, these guys are Hall of Fame
30:07
players, but they're Hall of Fame people too.
30:09
And you're not going in because, Oh yeah, he's a really good guy,
30:12
right? But I I also think that that's
30:14
still part of it or it should be part of it.
30:18
And yeah, just for Shay again, as, as a Nashville Predator,
30:21
everybody I think really thinks of him as a Nashville Predator.
30:25
And I think he's more than happy to, to have that distinction.
30:29
And I love too, he's heard him say on an interview that, you
30:34
know, the only bad trade that David Poil ever made was
30:36
trading, trading him away. I, I really, I really think that
30:39
they both appreciated going in with each other.
30:42
You know, we all talk about the trade, we all know the trade in
30:45
2016, but I think that meant a lot to both of them just because
30:50
of what David means for the Prez franchise, what Shea meant for
30:53
the Prez franchise. For them to go in together I
30:55
think was really special. My favorite part of Shea's
30:59
speech, which you included Brooks in your article on
31:01
nationalpredators.com, talking about his family.
31:03
Like you said, he said his dad worked in a sawmill and sold his
31:08
prized possession, his Mustang, so that Shay and his brother
31:10
could continue to play hockey. That is the hockey lifestyle
31:15
right there. That is the love of the game.
31:18
I think that's front and center of what the Hall of Fame should
31:21
be showcasing about the sport. Well, and the sacrifice too,
31:24
right? Like it's an individual award,
31:26
but I think that was another theme that really stuck out to
31:29
me from the weekend is that nobody gets there without a
31:32
village of people. David Poyle was very just really
31:36
made sure to make it a point to talk about that the whole time
31:40
the village that he had to get them there to get him there.
31:44
And the same with Shay. Like that's but that's the
31:46
parents sacrifice that you know what?
31:49
This is my prize Mustang. But if my two boys can play
31:53
hockey, can have better opportunities, if we can bring
31:55
in a little cash, if I can get rid of this, that's what you do,
31:58
right? And I'm sure it was worth it at
32:00
the time. It's certainly worth it now.
32:03
But, yeah, that's just the love and the respect.
32:05
And I think for David Poyle, too, you know, his wife,
32:07
Elizabeth, they've been together for over 50 years.
32:09
They met when they were in high school and he told Elizabeth
32:13
when they were in high school that he was going to be an NHL
32:16
general manager one day. And she has been by his side
32:19
through the entire journey. And he said, I love what David
32:23
said about, you know, I've scored the hat trick of life,
32:27
right? It's the person that you marry
32:29
and spend the journey with. It's the your job that you get
32:32
to do, which I mean, NHL general manager isn't really a job.
32:36
It's a job. It's a lot of work, but it's
32:39
still one of those pinch me jobs.
32:41
And then the places you get to live too, They've loved, you
32:43
know, starting out in Atlanta, they went to Calgary,
32:46
Washington, Nashville. The hat trick of life.
32:49
I love that. That's the way that David Poyle
32:50
put it. And that is very apropos of what
32:53
the weekend was really all about was the people that got them
32:56
there. We'll close with this on that
32:58
note, Shay Weber, a big shout out to partner in his speech,
33:02
the beloved locker room attendant.
33:03
Yeah, I and I have to imagine that because like you said, Paul
33:06
Korea, Peter Forsberg therein, but I have to imagine the
33:10
partner has never been given a shout out in a Hockey Hall of
33:13
Fame speech. Every, everybody loves partner,
33:16
right? Like everybody around the
33:17
league, not just Preds players, but everybody knows who Partner
33:21
is, players, coaches, equipment, staff and how well deserved for
33:27
Craig Partner BA to get a shout out from Shay Weber, who we know
33:30
will be excited to see when Shay is there in a couple weeks to be
33:34
honored. November 23rd, I think it is
33:37
before Winnipeg that game he and David will drop the puck.
33:40
But you know, we love Partner. And then now the whole hockey
33:44
world knows how much a guy like Shay Weber, how much he meant to
33:47
him. It'll be a lot of fun to see
33:49
David Poyle and Shay Weber in Smashville for the Preds next
33:52
home game. The two newly minted Hall of
33:54
Famers Saturday night, November 23rd.
33:57
The Preds next home game at the end of this long road trip.
33:59
It's against The Jets. It's at 6:00.
34:01
Shay Weber and David Poyle will be there with their Hall of Fame
34:04
Blazers. Rings any other bling they may
34:09
have picked up over the course of the weekend.
34:11
I think that was, I don't know if the I got a program, I got a
34:17
program. I did get a signed David Poyle
34:20
puck too. That was pretty cool.
34:22
But yeah, I don't know if they're bringing anything else.
34:25
They're bringing, they're bringing smiles, they're
34:27
bringing positive attitudes, but they're bringing, they're
34:30
bringing a heck of a weekend experience too with them.
34:32
So obviously so well deserved. Really excited to see them here
34:36
in a couple weeks again. Brooks Bratton Smile is back on
34:39
the Predators Official Podcast for the first time in two years.
34:41
Thanks for hanging, Brooksy. Pleasure to be with you in the
34:44
great province of Alberta. More to come here on the
34:46
Predators official Podcast after this here on your radio home For
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So thanks for listening. My name is Max hers from Fred's
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I think that's one of the best locations to to go to a watch
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party. Did you know that Max you,
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you're on the road, you're working the games.
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But I did a watch party there during the postseason.
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It's spectacular. Like literally go downtown.
36:22
It's the best spot to go. It has the largest screen ever
36:25
and an amazing view. Highly highly recommend that.
36:28
It's awesome. I've been to a couple of
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concerts there too. It's cool and it it in a good
36:33
way, doesn't feel like you're on Broadway.
36:35
Just like when you're at the Preds game, you feel like you're
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in a different world even though you're on Broadway.
36:40
You're not sucked into all the noise of Broadway.
36:44
It's a good spot. It's a great spot.
36:48
A couple of other things we want to let you know about inside
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Bridgestone Arena. If you're looking for the
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Kara. How Gill lives at the Hap and
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Harry's tap room. It's Hap, Harry and Hal I think.
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There's a reason to. Rebrand this.
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There's a reason HAP is only one letter away from Hal.
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Hal and Harry's. Hal Hap and Harry's.
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Harry is short for Harold, which is given name.
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We also want you to get together this holiday season in
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guys to get involved and bring either your family, your
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together for the holidays. You can do it in Smashville
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well. There are tons of different ways
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Bridgestone Arena, A great meeting space both on game day
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And we already mentioned how Gil wants Kara.
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We got to give a big shout out to the Gil family this week
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because on Wednesday morning, how's daughter Sophie?
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Part of National Signing Day. She's signing to play college
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lacrosse at the University of Rhode Island, where Hal's oldest
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daughter Izzy is already part of the inaugural team at Roadie
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this year. So big Congrats to Sophie.
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Congrats to all the Gill family. We love you guys.
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Oh my gosh, so happy for Sophie Gill.
39:16
I mean the girls, Izzy and Sophie, obviously just a part of
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our family and couldn't couldn't be happier for her.
39:24
Sad that Hal can't be there, but the Edmonton to Nashville flight
39:29
didn't quite line it up. But there will be plenty of
39:32
celebrations when we return. You know that for some people at
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home that are listening may not know this, that skill seeds
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actually work, has worked as a lacrosse coach.
39:42
So This is why the girls are so involved.
39:44
This is kind of like his his thing outside of hockey that he
39:48
does. It's awesome to see how lacrosse
39:51
has grown in Tennessee. It's blown up in the last 1015
39:55
years, especially for the girls and women's game, which is
39:57
amazing. Maybe this is what we need to
40:01
gear Remy towards Max. I have not thought about
40:03
lacrosse. I mean, I've been so focused on
40:05
what sport I'm going to start her with.
40:07
Obviously soccer. Soccer is like the best sport to
40:10
start any toddler at. It helps them learn like playing
40:14
together as a team and just running around and kicking a
40:16
ball. I mean, this is what kids do.
40:19
But but maybe it's lacrosse. I think she's a horseback rider
40:24
based on the footage I've seen. I think she's just going to do
40:28
it all. Yeah, yeah.
40:31
I couldn't agree more. So Remy will get on it.
40:34
We'll take a break and come back with our interview of the week.
40:37
Speaking of multi sport activities, we'll talk about the
40:41
players in other sports that Philip Forsberg was compared to
40:44
by his teammate and head coach after his highlight reel goal
40:48
against Utah on Saturday night in Smashville.
40:51
That's our interview of the week.
40:52
Coming up next, she is Cara Hammer from Fred's TV.
40:55
I'm Max Hurst from Fred's radio. You're listening to the
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Welcome back to the Predators official Podcast here on ESPN
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102.5 and 106.3. The game talking to you from
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Edmonton where the Prince will play the Oilers Thursday night,
41:33
game two of their five game road trip start of three Rd. games in
41:36
four nights. Thursday night at 8 against the
41:39
Oilers, Friday night at 8 against the Flames, and Sunday
41:42
night at 9:00 against the Vancouver Canucks.
41:46
My name is Max Ers from Fred's radio, with Kara Hammer from
41:49
Fred's TV. Kara.
41:50
I didn't realize this until after the game Saturday when we
41:53
were kind of talking it out on the air.
41:55
I knew that the Grey Cup, the Canadian football championship,
41:59
was this Sunday. I didn't.
42:01
I didn't realize it was in Vancouver, literally right next
42:06
door to where the Preds will be playing and the games are three
42:08
hours apart. That could be pretty crazy.
42:11
Oh my gosh, do you think he'll try to go?
42:13
I would like to, but we definitely wouldn't be able to
42:16
stay the whole game. Do we know the CFL team's play?
42:21
It's the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Jay Moore's beloved Bombers.
42:25
OK. And the Argos, who are the big
42:28
city Yankees of the CFL? Toronto.
42:34
All right, I'm up. Well, I went to College in
42:36
Wyoming and a few of the Wyoming Cowboy players who were on the
42:40
team while I was in college or that I covered post, spent time
42:44
in the CFL, but I think I don't know any of the guys up there
42:48
now. You would be forgiven if you
42:51
didn't. So I think it would be a lot of
42:53
fun. But yeah, we got to look at the
42:56
feasibility of the timing of all this.
42:58
The other fun wrinkle is the halftime show is the Jonas
43:03
Brothers. What?
43:05
Yeah. So like that alone might be
43:08
worth going. Are they Canadian?
43:14
I they accept Canadian currency I guess for this gig.
43:19
Interesting. Yeah.
43:21
I mean, I I feel like, I feel like this, this needs like a
43:25
little. I don't know, I got nothing.
43:31
I don't either. I would like to go, but I can't
43:33
think that far ahead. That's three cities away right
43:35
now. But yeah, we'll let you guys
43:37
know what happens. I I kind of do really want to
43:40
go, but we'll figure it out. But yeah, it could be an
43:43
interesting weekend in Vancouver.
43:44
Preds will be there for a couple days.
43:46
The Grey Cup will be there. Obviously an amazing city to
43:49
begin with. Preds were there for the
43:50
playoffs last year. So playoff rematch, Grey Cup on
43:54
the line. But just like, imagine that if
43:58
the Super Bowl, when it does come to Nashville in five years,
44:02
whenever that is, for the first time, imagine if the Preds had a
44:05
game that started 3 hours after the Super Bowl started down the
44:09
street. Like that's the Canadian
44:10
equivalent of what's going on here.
44:12
Seems a little tight to me, but we'll make it work.
44:16
Maybe they have better logistics, I don't know.
44:19
Maybe they do, but maybe they don't.
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We'll figure that out over the weekend.
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We'll finish up the podcast today with our interview of the
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week. We talked about Philip
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Forsberg's highlight reel goal against Utah on Saturday night.
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In the first segment, he started galloping through everybody, put
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the team on his back. And after the game, Fred's
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goalie UC Soros had a nice cross sport comparison for Phil's
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goal, answering a question by Tennessee and reporter Alex
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Doherty. You see a guy like Forsberg make
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that play on that second goal. What does that do for you at the
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other end of the ice, seeing them, that kind of effort, that
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kind of skill? Yeah, yeah, obviously that's
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that's pretty cool. I think that obviously brings
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energy, kind of reminded me of like Anthony Edwards or
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something like that, like just attacking the rim.
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But yeah, that was that was impressive.
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Juice pulling out the basketball comparison.
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We know Juice is a basketball guy, his dad is a basketball
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referee in Finland, which is the coolest job of all time.
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What do you think? Hammer, Ant Man going to the
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rim? Phil taking it to the hole.
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I think I like it. And you know, what's interesting
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about this, Max, is Willie Donnick also had a had a
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basketball reference that he was so proud to tell me about last
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night. There was a move in the game and
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he said he came up the ice and he goes he he was shifty, a
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little like Jamal Murray. Oh, Nuggets for you.
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I know Willie was so proud he couldn't wait to come and tell
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me. So I I think when you have the
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basketball knowledge and you grow up in that world, you, you
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see a little bit of it translate over to hockey.
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Well, the ABS Arena is also one of the places where we walk past
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the NBA locker room to get to the hockey area in the press
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box. And I'm always hoping, like
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Nicola Yokich is just going to poke his head out as I'm walking
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by and say hey. Same, same.
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I mean, I would just love to meet the Serbian at some point.
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Yeah. I think everybody has that, that
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athlete that you would love to just, hey, that to me, that'd be
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like Nicole Yokich. Yeah, I think he'd vibe with the
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podcast. So we got we got the basketball
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comp on the goal. I wanted to take this even
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deeper, so I asked Andrew Brunette what he thought of the
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comparison. Philip Forsberg had two goals in
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that game. His even strength hole was a
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thing of beauty. UC Sorrow said after the game
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that he looked like Anthony Edwards attacking the rim.
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Do you like that description? Oh wow, yeah, I never heard that
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one. I just said maybe, you know, I
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know there's soccer guys. I was thinking maybe Pele or
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Messi going through the whole team.
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But yeah, no, it was a it was a Bobby Orr's for the people who
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don't remember Bobby Orr, those that kind of goal.
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So we got it switched to soccer now Pele, Messi, it kind of did
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have that feel getting on your hopes on the dribble.
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Yeah, we'll have to ask. We'll have to ask Bill what?
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How he would describe it. Well, here you go, Kara.
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Your wish is my command. UC said after the game that the
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goal looked like Anthony Edwards attacking the rim.
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Did you hear that? Do you like that?
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He told me that. Before.
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And yeah, I mean, I'm not. Super familiar with basketball
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but I know him and he's obviously one.
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Heck. Of a player, so I'll take that
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anyway. Well, I asked Bruno what he
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thought about it. He went right to soccer, so he
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said you looked like Messy or Pele.
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Is that better? That's in.
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Yeah, that's now again a. Little bit out of control, but I
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yeah, certainly, certainly. We'll take that.
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And we know Phil is such like a soccer guy, loves football as
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they refer to it. It's cool.
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I love everybody pumping his tires a little bit.
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Yeah, he gave a little let's slow the deal here, but also
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I'll take being called the messy of hockey.
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That will work well for me, says Philip Forsberg.
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So fun stuff. I think the Preds do have a
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little bit more of the fun aspect back in their game.
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Big tests on the road coming up this week.
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Oilers on Thursday night at 8, Flames on Friday night at 8.
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Canucks on Sunday night at 9:00. We'll talk to you late night on
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Preds Radio how Gill and I will have the call for all those
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games and then the finale of the road trip next Wednesday night
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at 9 in Seattle. And then we will finally be back
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home 2 Saturdays from now to start Thanksgiving week on
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Saturday night the 23rd of November at 6:00 against the
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Winnipeg Jets. That's a 6:00 start your
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Saturday night in Smashville because of Hockey Night in
48:34
Canada with Winnipeg in town. Good stuff Hammer, the road
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Hammer brought it. We'll get some points for you up
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in Canada hopefully and talk to you later this week or early
48:43
next week on our next show All. Right.
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Have fun and have fun. He's Kara Hammer from Freds TV.
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I'm Max Hurst from Freds Radio. Thanks to Connor Newt for
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producing today's episode back in Nashville.
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And thank you for listening to the Predators official podcast.