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PREGAME: Flames vs Kraken (10/4) · Seattle Kraken Audio Network

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  Speaker 1: It's time for Talkin' Kraken on your worldwide broadcast home.
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  Speaker 2: Of the Kraken.
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  Speaker 1: Sports Radio 93.3, KJR FM.
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  Speaker 2: Now, here's your host, Mike Benton.
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  Speaker 3: Welcome to the day you have all been waiting for.
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  Speaker 3: Seattle hockey comes alive once again. As far as getting
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  Speaker 3: into the deep on home ice, it's NHL Hockey Live
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  Speaker 3: on Sports Radio. 93.3 KJRFM. We are counting down to
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  Speaker 3: the opening faceoff right now, which is one hour and
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  Speaker 3: 11 minutes away from Climate Pledge Arena for the home
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  Speaker 3: opener of the 2026 and 27 NHL hockey season. The
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  Speaker 3: Seattle Kraken taking on the Calgary Flames. Mike Benton with
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  Speaker 3: you for a special one-hour pregame leading up here to
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  Speaker 3: the opening puck drop. We are live across the street
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  Speaker 3: at Tom's Watch Bar, a great place to hang out. Friends, foods, screens, beverages, food,
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  Speaker 3: you name it, they have it all. We'll be here
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  Speaker 3: throughout the entire season for post-game shows at home as well.
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  Speaker 3: We'll look forward to seeing you once again throughout the
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  Speaker 3: entire year. But what a great place to hang out
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  Speaker 3: as It's a busy sports day across the Seattle landscape
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  Speaker 3: with the Seahawks going on right now, not too far
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  Speaker 3: south of us, and the Kraken and Flames, who will
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  Speaker 3: drop the puck in about roughly one hour and ten
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  Speaker 3: minutes from now. 49451 is where you can text us
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  Speaker 3: the Tacoma Dodge text line. We'll get to more of
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  Speaker 3: your reaction leading up here. into network coverage. We'll tap
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  Speaker 3: into what happened here for the first two games of
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  Speaker 3: the season. Plus also, Patrick Alvin joining us here in
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  Speaker 3: just a matter of moments. Before he joins us, a
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  Speaker 3: recap here from the last couple of days. The Kraken
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  Speaker 3: getting off to a hot start, 6-1 win over Calgary.
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  Speaker 3: Vince Dunn, Jared McCann, three-point games, and that may be
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  Speaker 3: a blueprint here as far as how wild and chaotic
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  Speaker 3: things can get for regular season play. Last night, a
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  Speaker 3: bit of a tougher ending. 3-1 losing to Edmonton, but
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  Speaker 3: the Kraken were in it from the get-go all the
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  Speaker 3: way to nearly the end of it. Leon Drysaddle scoring
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  Speaker 3: a go-ahead goal with 2.27 left in regulation before Connor
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  Speaker 3: McDavid sealed things up with an empty net goal. But
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  Speaker 3: the Kraken getting Bobby McMahon on the board. That was big.
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  Speaker 3: Perhaps high expectations for him. And McMahon showing up early
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  Speaker 3: on the score sheet is definitely a good sign as
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  Speaker 3: the Kraken, though, taking a 3-1 loss to Edmonton. And
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  Speaker 3: they come home now, trying to get back on the
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  Speaker 3: winning track in front of their own home crowd here
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  Speaker 3: in Seattle with a 1-1 record and facing a Flames
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  Speaker 3: team who they just saw back on Thursday. And in preseason,
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  Speaker 3: things got quite chaotic. What that could mean here for
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  Speaker 3: the lineup, we'll get some more of that coming up
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  Speaker 3: here later on in our coverage, but certainly a lot
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  Speaker 3: to get to as far as top story lines here
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  Speaker 3: for this team. and for this season as well. We
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  Speaker 3: turn our attention because this man is prompt. Joining us
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  Speaker 3: live now on set, he has had experience in front
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  Speaker 3: offices from Montreal, from Pittsburgh, from Vancouver, and now making
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  Speaker 3: Seattle his next stop. This is Patrick Alvin joining us,
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  Speaker 3: VP and Assistant GM here for the Seattle Kraken, and
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  Speaker 3: just a few months already on the job. Very well
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  Speaker 3: situated here into this scene, into this city as well. Patrick,
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  Speaker 3: first off, thank you very much for a few moments
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  Speaker 3: here with us. What are you enjoying so far about
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  Speaker 3: working in this town here and for the Saki team.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you very much.
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  Speaker 2: This is a great day.
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  Speaker 4: Home opener, fans here, the weather is awesome. The excitement
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  Speaker 4: around the team, seeing the fans showing up for training
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  Speaker 4: camp and meeting a lot of new staff members and players.
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  Speaker 4: It's been super exciting and refreshing for me.
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  Speaker 3: And we'll get into things here as far as how
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  Speaker 3: this team is building from the ground up. And Jason
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  Speaker 3: Botter will use that word today. build at the end
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  Speaker 3: of the regular season from this last year and it
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  Speaker 3: certainly applies for how the crack and want to you
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  Speaker 3: know stack their youth and help them develop here as
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  Speaker 3: time marches on with them but you just mentioned everything
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  Speaker 3: around the edges here from the weather to the building
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  Speaker 3: to the fans as this team wants to build itself
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  Speaker 3: more and more into a perennial contender how can all
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  Speaker 3: of this around the edges around the arena work to
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  Speaker 3: their advantage You know what?
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  Speaker 4: I think that the ownership and the fans of Seattle
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  Speaker 4: set this franchise up really well. As a visiting team
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  Speaker 4: coming in here for years, the building was always loud
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  Speaker 4: and the players always enjoyed coming in here and playing.
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  Speaker 4: The city is great. I mean, they have all the
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  Speaker 4: sports teams here. The support is unbelievable. I think that
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  Speaker 4: the Kraken has done a good job building down in
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  Speaker 4: Coachella and we're starting to see those players coming in here,
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  Speaker 4: which is really exciting for the fans that, you know,
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  Speaker 4: I've been tracking the players since the draft, and now
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  Speaker 4: they're going to see them in the big stage here.
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  Speaker 4: So we'll continue to push and excited to see some
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  Speaker 4: of the young players taking the next step.
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  Speaker 3: When did you realize that this job was the right
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  Speaker 3: kind of fit for you?
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  Speaker 4: You know what? I, you know, it feels like starting
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  Speaker 4: pre-COVID or during COVID, it's been a couple of years
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  Speaker 4: here in that I, you know, going in a high octane,
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  Speaker 4: I felt that I needed to take a little bit
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  Speaker 4: of a breather and reflect it and decompress it and
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  Speaker 4: Jason kept calling me. You know, and he wanted to
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  Speaker 4: give me space. He wanted me to take my time
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  Speaker 4: to be ready for it. But I felt the more
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  Speaker 4: I talked to Jason and what he laid it out
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  Speaker 4: for the mission and what he wanted to utilize me
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  Speaker 4: and the resources we have here and the excitement moving
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  Speaker 4: forward and where we want to be, that I thought
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  Speaker 4: that this was a great opportunity to join this organization.
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  Speaker 3: Well, you know you're a wanted man when you have
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  Speaker 3: the man upstairs calling you over and over and say, hey,
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  Speaker 3: are you interested? Are you interested? Here is Patrick Albine
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  Speaker 3: joins us live on set at Tom's Watch Bar as
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  Speaker 3: we get closer and closer to the opening face-off of
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  Speaker 3: the Kraken and the Calgary Flames. But dive back into
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  Speaker 3: more of things. You and Jason Botterill, how far back
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  Speaker 3: does this relationship go and how does he help make
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  Speaker 3: a difference in you?
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  Speaker 2: You know what?
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  Speaker 4: I first started to work with Jason, I believe, 2007, probably,
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  Speaker 4: almost 20 years ago, where he was coming in my
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  Speaker 4: second year in Pittsburgh. You know, Jason has always been
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  Speaker 4: a person that has been very detailed, forward thinker, always
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  Speaker 4: collaborated and gave me, right away, their opportunities to.
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  Speaker 4: To be around and learn from, from the office people.
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  Speaker 4: I had, uh, different, uh, titles, uh, my years in Pittsburgh,
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  Speaker 4: but I was always included in, in different, uh, uh,
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  Speaker 4: part of the building, the hockey ops and building the team. So, uh, we,
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  Speaker 4: we obviously stayed in touch over the years and see
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  Speaker 4: each other on the road. And whenever I had a, uh,
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  Speaker 4: you know, a question or thoughts as a general manager
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  Speaker 4: in the past, I always would, uh, reach out to
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  Speaker 4: Jason and, and just, uh, pick his brain, what he
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  Speaker 4: thought about it. It was regarding player acquisition, path for
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  Speaker 4: a player or building a staff or something. So we
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  Speaker 4: obviously connected really well, and I'm here to help and
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  Speaker 4: support him in any way here.
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  Speaker 3: Voices can go a long, long way with forming a vision,
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  Speaker 3: and this team certainly is in the middle of that.
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  Speaker 3: And they've said over and over the identity is to
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  Speaker 3: be a fast team, to be a relentless team, to
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  Speaker 3: use skating effectively, so to speak, as a weapon. I
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  Speaker 3: think to you, from looking back at this, how much
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  Speaker 3: is training camp? How much is preseason? And how much
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  Speaker 3: has the first couple of games told you about where
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  Speaker 3: this team is going and where they also want to go?
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  Speaker 4: I was really impressed with Coach Lane, how he was
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  Speaker 4: running training camp here. Short camp this year, so you
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  Speaker 4: have to adjust. I thought he had the players dialed in.
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  Speaker 4: I thought they had the system dialed in. And, uh,
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  Speaker 4: very good in delivering his message to the players to
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  Speaker 4: buy in. I thought practices were fast and when this
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  Speaker 4: team is playing fast, we play predictable, we play within
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  Speaker 4: the system and the structure and it makes it easier
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  Speaker 4: for the players. I think we have several players that
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  Speaker 4: can skate really well and And we have a lot
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  Speaker 4: of guys that think the game really well, too. So
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  Speaker 4: we have a good combination there.
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  Speaker 3: And I think to that point, two games, 1-0-1. It
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  Speaker 3: is early in the season, but impressive as it gets
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  Speaker 3: for the win at Calgary. And this team gets so
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  Speaker 3: close at Edmonton as well last night. Special teams look great.
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  Speaker 3: Bobby McMahon already producing, just like he picked up right
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  Speaker 3: where he left off last year. The goalies look great
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  Speaker 3: as well. What's your takeaway with how the personnel and
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  Speaker 3: coaching are moving this along here cohesively?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, two things. just what you said, I think in
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  Speaker 4: order to be successful in the league today, special teams
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  Speaker 4: need to be about average. So far, I've been impressed
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  Speaker 4: with how the coaches have been running the special teams.
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  Speaker 4: The players have been bought in. The players understand to
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  Speaker 4: execute it. I think our power play, it's going to be,
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  Speaker 4: it's going to take a little bit of time here
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  Speaker 4: with getting more touches as the training camp was a
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  Speaker 4: little bit shorter, but definitely intriguing players on the two
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  Speaker 4: units we have, and we're sipping the puck around pretty
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  Speaker 4: good here, so I think they definitely have taken the
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  Speaker 4: knowledge from last year and want to take a step forward,
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  Speaker 4: and both of us have played excellent in both games.
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  Speaker 3: Youth is also a big part of this conversation with
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  Speaker 3: this team's direction, and I think a lot walked away
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  Speaker 3: from watching and listening to Thursday night's game, just marveled
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  Speaker 3: at Just how much Ryan Winterton, Berkley Catton, even Shane
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  Speaker 3: Wright were creating. And then we go to the young
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  Speaker 3: kids as well in Coachella Valley, where you said that
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  Speaker 3: you'll have your eye on them. Jagger-Ferkus and Yanni Newman,
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  Speaker 3: not too shabby so far. Newman had a hat trick
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  Speaker 3: last night. They both have six points in two games.
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  Speaker 3: You mentioned before, as part of the core of this team,
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  Speaker 3: you have to build here through the draft. the strength
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  Speaker 3: and Coachella Valley. Apparently it's growing as far as how
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  Speaker 3: they can produce. Ultimately, what's the vision with how that
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  Speaker 3: team can also help prep these players to get ready
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  Speaker 3: here for this level?
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  Speaker 4: Well, first and foremost, I was really impressed with the
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  Speaker 4: players you mentioned and a couple other ones, uh, Molgaard, Nelson, Jugnut,
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  Speaker 4: Coco the goalie. I think they, what my experience coming
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  Speaker 4: from Pittsburgh and Vancouver, I think those guys grow together
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  Speaker 4: and they're kind of forming their next core and how
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  Speaker 4: much it means to be a Kraken. When you've been
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  Speaker 4: in the organization, you've been drafted, you've been developed down
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  Speaker 4: in Coachella and now you're coming up as a almost
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  Speaker 4: like a pack mentality and you feel comfortable. You understand
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  Speaker 4: what it takes and the Kraken logo means something for
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  Speaker 4: the players too. Those particular players you mentioned here, I
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  Speaker 4: think any one of them today can come up and
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  Speaker 4: play games for us. Our job is to set them
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  Speaker 4: up to be full-time NHL players. So it's a fine
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  Speaker 4: balance where you don't want to bring up a player
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  Speaker 4: too early. You want to make sure... in a perfect well,
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  Speaker 4: in a perfect way, you can almost overcook them down there.
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  Speaker 4: So they, you build them up with the confidence, strength,
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  Speaker 4: and also making sure they got enough puck, puck touches to,
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  Speaker 4: to really hit their ceilings. But, uh, I'm excited. I'm
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  Speaker 4: going to head down to Coachella here next weekend, and
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  Speaker 4: I'm excited to be with Troy Boldy and the staff
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  Speaker 4: and watch the young players there.
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  Speaker 3: I heard you're a big golf guy also.
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  Speaker 4: Is that right? I wouldn't say big one, but I'm
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  Speaker 4: a pretty good 17er.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, if you're picking the litter out there as far
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  Speaker 3: as golf courses are concerned, I'll tell you.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 3: One of my favorite phrases was from Harvey Peanut, the
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  Speaker 3: old golf instructor, if you play golf, you're my friend.
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  Speaker 3: So that's a big, big thing for me. You're going
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  Speaker 3: to have a lot of enjoyment out there hitting the
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  Speaker 3: links of it. I guess whenever you can. But Patrick
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  Speaker 3: Albin joining us here. I want to get back to
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  Speaker 3: the kids in Coachella Valley because you mentioned. You know,
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  Speaker 3: some teams can maybe have a tendency to kind of
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  Speaker 3: overcook these kids, and you have to give them the
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  Speaker 3: right kind of puck touches. Hockey players, from what we've learned,
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  Speaker 3: can be very goal-oriented creatures. No one likes getting cut.
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  Speaker 3: So when it comes to the conversation of maybe not
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  Speaker 3: now but soon, what's the biggest key to handling those
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  Speaker 3: conversations with them and giving them the roadmap that they
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  Speaker 3: need to succeed before coming back here?
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  Speaker 4: I believe in trust. I think when you can establish
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  Speaker 4: a trust from Corey Murphy, the director of player development
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  Speaker 4: and his staff to the young players, get to know
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  Speaker 4: the young players before we get them into CV really help.
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  Speaker 4: And I think the open line and direct communication, where
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  Speaker 4: we see them and where we want them to be,
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  Speaker 4: we don't want to bring them up to have short-term success.
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  Speaker 4: We don't want to put anybody in a position to fail.
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  Speaker 4: Our job as an organization is to put every single
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  Speaker 4: kid in a position to succeed. And we all know
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  Speaker 4: that National Hockey League is the best league in the
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  Speaker 4: world and it's hard. You've got to be mentally ready
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  Speaker 4: and prepared for it as long as with the physicality.
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  Speaker 4: So I think there is no rush to get there.
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  Speaker 4: Once you get there, we want to make sure you stay.
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  Speaker 3: When it comes to front office transactions and finding a
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  Speaker 3: way to help out the big club immediately, there's a
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  Speaker 3: lot that goes into it. Sometimes we hear, though, that
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  Speaker 3: you can have conversations with the coaching staff, and that
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  Speaker 3: might kind of be a big part of the equation.
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  Speaker 3: So as this team looks at the market, how much
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  Speaker 3: is communication so important that the coaches have to understand
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  Speaker 3: what their needs are and how player A or player
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  Speaker 3: B could fit down in the future?
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  Speaker 4: Well, as a former GM now, I can sit back
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  Speaker 4: and just support Jason and Lane, and I see their
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  Speaker 4: interaction daily, and I think that's the way you're setting
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  Speaker 4: yourself up for success. The interaction between the general manager
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  Speaker 4: and the coach, in my opinion, is very important for
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  Speaker 4: the vision of the franchise, and I see how close
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  Speaker 4: they work together and how they communicate and understand each other,
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  Speaker 4: and we're where we want this team to be. So
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  Speaker 4: the Kraken is in a really good position there with
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  Speaker 4: Jason Botterell and Coach Lambert working together.
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  Speaker 3: We're about one month out here from going to Finland.
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  Speaker 3: What's the part that you're looking forward to the most
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  Speaker 3: on that trip?
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  Speaker 2: You know what?
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  Speaker 4: It's always great to grow the brand of hockey. And
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  Speaker 4: for the Europeans to be able to watch NHL hockey,
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  Speaker 4: it's great. You know, for us going over there, um,
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  Speaker 4: as a team to have a chance to bond and, and, uh,
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  Speaker 4: be together. Uh, I guess we're going to try to
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  Speaker 4: finish sauna, uh, try to be, I've heard a lot
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  Speaker 4: about the sauna out there. I think we have a
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  Speaker 4: pretty good one here too, but, but it's different over there. And,
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  Speaker 4: and obviously you see a different culture and try some
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  Speaker 4: different foods. So, I'm sure the players are excited about
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  Speaker 4: it too.
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  Speaker 3: Well, let the countdown begin. In the meantime, a lot
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  Speaker 3: of folks are waiting here in anticipation for the countdown
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  Speaker 3: to opening face-off. We've almost made it. It's almost here,
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  Speaker 3: but appreciate the insight, Patrick.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you very much here.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you very much.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you for joining us. That's Patrick Alvin joining us
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  Speaker 3: once again here on Talkin' Kraken. We are live at
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  Speaker 3: Tom's Watch Park, countdown to opening face-off. Back in a
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  Speaker 3: bit with more on 93.3 KJRFM. All right, faceoff is
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  Speaker 3: coming up in about 54 minutes for the Seattle Kraken
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  Speaker 3: and the Calgary Flames as you have made it. The
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  Speaker 3: six-month wait here for home games once again in the
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  Speaker 3: the opening face-off. Big thanks once again to Patrick Alveen
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  Speaker 3: for joining us a few moments ago. That conversation, you can,
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  Speaker 3: certainly want your voice here to be heard. So again, 49451.
• 16:57
  Speaker 3: is the place here to get at us each and
• 16:59
  Speaker 3: every postgame. As far as pregame matters is concerned, I
• 17:03
  Speaker 3: asked you once again about a few moments ago, who's
• 17:06
  Speaker 3: the player that you want to see the biggest game
• 17:08
  Speaker 3: from today on the Kraken?
• 17:10
  Speaker 6: 49451.
• 17:10
  Speaker 3: Text us right now, 49451. From the 619, it's Berkley Catton,
• 17:16
  Speaker 3: and he says he needs to shoot the puck more.
• 17:18
  Speaker 3: He is the best shooter here on this entire line.
• 17:21
  Speaker 3: That from Berkley. the 619. I think to your point
• 17:24
  Speaker 3: on that, Berkley Catton's a guy who's going to have
• 17:26
  Speaker 3: to really rely on his line mates to be in
• 17:29
  Speaker 3: the right position. At center, he's more of a playmaker.
• 17:32
  Speaker 3: He can certainly shoot, but if he has an open look,
• 17:35
  Speaker 3: you cannot pass open shots, and that maybe at times
• 17:38
  Speaker 3: has played the crack in a little bit in the
• 17:40
  Speaker 3: recent years, passing up quality shot opportunities, but Catton in
• 17:44
  Speaker 3: his position, he is a distributor and certainly Assuming that
• 17:48
  Speaker 3: things are basically the same as the last two games,
• 17:51
  Speaker 3: it could be him with Ryan Winterton and Shane Wright
• 17:54
  Speaker 3: as well on the opposite wing. So part of Catton's game,
• 17:57
  Speaker 3: tracking back a full 200 feet defensively and being a
• 18:00
  Speaker 3: facilitator for those guys who can certainly make a big,
• 18:03
  Speaker 3: big difference, especially Wright and his shot as well. 49451
• 18:08
  Speaker 3: Texas here on the Tacoma Dodge text line. I did
• 18:10
  Speaker 3: get some reaction also last night via Twitter at Benton
• 18:13
  Speaker 3: underscore Mike, and despite the 3-1 loss the Kraken had
• 18:16
  Speaker 3: to the Edmonton Oilers, the question was put out, what
• 18:19
  Speaker 3: did you make out of the execution and also the effort?
• 18:24
  Speaker 3: And we had a lot of pan responses here across
• 18:27
  Speaker 3: the board because, you know, there is some recognition that
• 18:30
  Speaker 3: it is early in this regular season and you can't
• 18:32
  Speaker 3: expect perfection out of game two of 84. On top
• 18:37
  Speaker 3: of that, you're going into a lion's den in facing
• 18:39
  Speaker 3: Edmonton at Rogers Place. And that's a place where it
• 18:42
  Speaker 3: has been nearly darn impossible to win and except for
• 18:45
  Speaker 3: just one time in franchise history. That was back in 2022. 23,
• 18:50
  Speaker 3: but the way that the Oilers can dispatch McDavid, they
• 18:53
  Speaker 3: can dispatch Dreisaitl, it is a tough matchup over and
• 18:57
  Speaker 3: over and over, and the Kraken certainly had their handful,
• 18:59
  Speaker 3: so to get to a point where that game was 1-1,
• 19:02
  Speaker 3: you take it as a win, and the Kraken walked
• 19:05
  Speaker 3: away from That game last night, despite losing 3-1 on
• 19:09
  Speaker 3: a couple of late goals, they felt fine about their
• 19:12
  Speaker 3: play at 5-on-5, and the numbers certainly say so. Example,
• 19:16
  Speaker 3: he had only 14 shots allowed in the first two
• 19:18
  Speaker 3: periods of play. They only allowed eight shots to Edmonton
• 19:22
  Speaker 3: at 5-on-5 through two periods. So for a team in
• 19:26
  Speaker 3: the Oilers who can certainly fill the net with guys
• 19:29
  Speaker 3: like McDavid, guys like Drysaddle, who are global superstars, and
• 19:33
  Speaker 3: maybe they are top-heavy, but yet They found no problems
• 19:38
  Speaker 3: hanging five goals on the Canucks one night and nine
• 19:41
  Speaker 3: on the very next night as well. So maybe you
• 19:43
  Speaker 3: had their heads spinning a bit in the room thinking, hey,
• 19:46
  Speaker 3: what's going on a little bit right now? So to
• 19:48
  Speaker 3: hold them to 1-1 that late. not too shabby for
• 19:51
  Speaker 3: game two of 84. And that's kind of the mindset
• 19:53
  Speaker 3: the Kraken have to have heading into the back end
• 19:56
  Speaker 3: of back to back here for today in game three
• 19:59
  Speaker 3: of 84. A short memory, but yet a little bit
• 20:03
  Speaker 3: of a recognition that your game is right now coming
• 20:06
  Speaker 3: along as it should be. And so certainly that was
• 20:09
  Speaker 3: a big help. on the Kraken side. Steven on Twitter
• 20:12
  Speaker 3: saying it was hard fought, but clearly Edmonton had the
• 20:14
  Speaker 3: better legs near the end. A bit of bad luck
• 20:17
  Speaker 3: in that bounce that went to the right player at
• 20:19
  Speaker 3: the right time. That was certainly Leon Dreisaitl who did
• 20:22
  Speaker 3: just that. Jim on Twitter saying it was mildly encouraging,
• 20:26
  Speaker 3: just appreciated that they didn't really get blown out of
• 20:28
  Speaker 3: that game. Robbie as well checking in saying that the
• 20:32
  Speaker 3: Kraken effort and execution, it was excellent. They battled very,
• 20:35
  Speaker 3: very hard last night. We get one here from the
• 20:39
  Speaker 3: handle SundanceKid1701. It was pretty competitive and the Kraken could
• 20:44
  Speaker 3: have easily run that one or won that one as well.
• 20:48
  Speaker 3: SoCal Redlegs offers that. The third period was a bit
• 20:50
  Speaker 3: sloppy as far as the passing game. You were trying
• 20:53
  Speaker 3: to find covered guys when a lot of the time
• 20:55
  Speaker 3: they could have just held on to the puck. Overall though,
• 20:57
  Speaker 3: good game. Fought hard and very, very, very impressed as
• 21:01
  Speaker 3: well with Philip Grubauer. So this is what we do
• 21:05
  Speaker 3: all season long on Talkin' Kraken. We're here for your reaction.
• 21:08
  Speaker 3: 49451 Tacoma Dosh text line. We'll also take your reaction
• 21:11
  Speaker 3: here via Twitter. One more text I did want to
• 21:14
  Speaker 3: get to here from the 206. Just saying that he's
• 21:18
  Speaker 3: looking at seeing if Ryan Winterton can make a big
• 21:20
  Speaker 3: difference here on Berkeley Catton's line. Certainly we see the
• 21:24
  Speaker 3: benefits of that and how Catton can certainly dish the puck.
• 21:28
  Speaker 3: As far as the Kraken and Calgary, second matchup already
• 21:32
  Speaker 3: since Thursday. It's going to be a lot of fun
• 21:34
  Speaker 3: to see this game evolve because you're seeing two teams
• 21:37
  Speaker 3: who are very, very familiar with each other. And the
• 21:41
  Speaker 3: fact that you had a lot of bad blood maybe shed,
• 21:45
  Speaker 3: so to speak, back in preseason play, depending upon who
• 21:48
  Speaker 3: suits up. We'll confirm that coming up here a little
• 21:50
  Speaker 3: bit in our pregame show coverage as that rolls along.
• 21:54
  Speaker 3: There's a potential that fireworks could be brewing. The Kraken
• 21:57
  Speaker 3: are seeing a Calgary team that, again, is 0-2. They're
• 22:01
  Speaker 3: desperate for a win as well. They haven't done so,
• 22:04
  Speaker 3: and yet we hear over and over and over, hockey
• 22:07
  Speaker 3: players have very, very long memories as far as the opponents.
• 22:13
  Speaker 3: So it will be certainly interesting here in game three
• 22:16
  Speaker 3: of this series of the opening faceoff coming up in
• 22:18
  Speaker 3: about roughly two 47 minutes from now. We'll get you
• 22:21
  Speaker 3: caught up on everything, but again, a big thanks to
• 22:24
  Speaker 3: Patrick Alveen for joining us. We're back in a bit
• 22:26
  Speaker 3: with more right here on your home of the Kraken,
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  Speaker 7: The Seattle Kraken overcame a slow start last night in Edmonton,
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  Speaker 7: however fell victim to some unfortunate Oilers puck luck late
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  Speaker 7: in the third to split their.
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  Speaker 3: Season opening road trip.
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  Speaker 7: Bobby McMahon tied the game at one midway through the second,
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  Speaker 7: however late in the third Leon Dreisaitl found the puck
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  Speaker 7: against the Calgary Flames team that was doused by Seattle
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  Speaker 7: on Thursday 6-1 in their home opener and are coming
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  Speaker 7: off of a 4-1 loss not 24 hours ago up
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  Speaker 7: it was a 3-1 loss last night in Edmonton. The
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  Speaker 7: Kraken looked good in that game. They overcame a slow
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  Speaker 7: start in the first period, but unfortunately for Seattle, the
• 24:14
  Speaker 7: speed of McDavid and Dreisaitl may be a little bit
• 24:17
  Speaker 7: too much for the Kraken to handle.
• 24:19
  Speaker 9: Well, they had their hands full with them all night,
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  Speaker 9: and I thought they did a pretty good job holding
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  Speaker 9: them at bay. It wasn't until late in the game,
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  Speaker 9: a lucky bounce ended up on Dreisel's stick that he
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  Speaker 9: was able to really have an impact on the outcome
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  Speaker 9: of the game. But I thought defensively they played really
• 24:33
  Speaker 9: well last night.
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  Speaker 7: I was going to say normally those games have a
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  Speaker 7: tendency to get a little squirrely. You look at the
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  Speaker 7: first couple games, the Oilers and Canucks played against each other.
• 24:42
  Speaker 7: Edmonton losing 6-5 in overtime in the opener. Then they
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  Speaker 7: won on Thursday by a 9-7 score in a game
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  Speaker 7: in which they led 8-2 at one point. So Defense
• 24:53
  Speaker 7: was optional in their first two games before Seattle.
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  Speaker 2: It was a.
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  Speaker 7: Nice change of pace compared to the last handful of
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  Speaker 7: games with the Oilers to see the crack and really
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  Speaker 7: only limiting the Oilers to two goals, not including that
• 25:05
  Speaker 7: third empty netter.
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  Speaker 2: Well, if you look at the first two games, three
• 25:08
  Speaker 2: goals over the first two games.
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  Speaker 9: So clearly, not only the defensive Lane Lambert structure is working,
• 25:13
  Speaker 9: but also goaltending. We've seen both goaltenders now. They both
• 25:16
  Speaker 9: had save percentages above 900 in those games. And Joey
• 25:20
  Speaker 9: Decord's known for having really good games and back-to-back games
• 25:24
  Speaker 9: as well, so I'm.
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  Speaker 2: Looking forward to seeing what he does tonight.
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  Speaker 7: Across the red line, the Calgary Flames have not gotten
• 25:29
  Speaker 7: off to the start this season that they have won it.
• 25:31
  Speaker 7: They lost 6-1 Thursday at home to the Seattle Kraken.
• 25:34
  Speaker 7: Then last night, a 4-1 loss in Vancouver.
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  Speaker 8: They have now scored 10-2, partner, in their first two games.
• 25:41
  Speaker 7: We know it's a rebuilding year for them, but Ryan Hushka,
• 25:44
  Speaker 7: you and I popped into the Flames post-game press conference.
• 25:47
  Speaker 7: He was not happy about that on Thursday, and I
• 25:49
  Speaker 7: have to imagine more of the same here tonight. This
• 25:51
  Speaker 7: is a Flames team that is hungry here tonight, and
• 25:54
  Speaker 7: the Kraken can ill afford to take them lightly.
• 25:57
  Speaker 9: No, absolutely, and special teams will come into play tonight,
• 26:00
  Speaker 9: just like they have the first two games. I thought
• 26:02
  Speaker 9: those have been good for the Kraken as well, but
• 26:04
  Speaker 9: Calgary's penalty kills at 90% right now. Seattle's power play
• 26:08
  Speaker 9: is surging in the high 20s, 28.6%, so something's got
• 26:12
  Speaker 9: to give there, and it'll be a big test tonight
• 26:14
  Speaker 9: for the Kraken.
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  Speaker 7: Kraken played two in a row on the road. Now
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  Speaker 7: they're back for their first of two in a row
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  Speaker 3: as the Kraken right now entering this home opener, one
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  Speaker 3: and one looking for their second straight home opening win.
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  Speaker 3: They have won. carried a 1-4 record in that situation
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  Speaker 3: into this contest, and they are playing in their second
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  Speaker 3: game back-to-backs for the first time this season. Calgary's also
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  Speaker 3: doing likewise. They come in, though, with an 0-2 record,
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  Speaker 3: and already this matchup marking number two of the regular season.
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  Speaker 3: Last night in Edmonton for the Kraken, we go here
• 30:30
  Speaker 3: to a face who could be a major part of
• 30:32
  Speaker 3: their offense, and he found pay dirt at the right time.
• 30:39
  Speaker 7: Here's McCann, his shot off the stick of Ekholm almost
• 30:42
  Speaker 7: slid in as he caught Levi leaning.
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  Speaker 8: Now the Kraken get it.
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  Speaker 4: They score!
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  Speaker 7: Bobby McMahon under the crossbar, in and out, and the
• 30:52
  Speaker 7: Kraken tie the game on the power play.
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  Speaker 8: 10-54 left here in the second.
• 30:57
  Speaker 2: 1-1, we're even.
• 30:58
  Speaker 9: But once again, it's Jordan Eberle with some great work
• 31:01
  Speaker 9: below the goal line. Chandler Stephenson pokes the puck down over.
• 31:04
  Speaker 9: He finds Bobby McMahon. Bottom circles, right side. He puts
• 31:08
  Speaker 9: it in the same place Edmonton scored their first goal.
• 31:10
  Speaker 9: This game's tied at one.
• 31:12
  Speaker 3: The Kraken had to hang on at some points of
• 31:14
  Speaker 3: last night, and that goal came in timely fashion as
• 31:17
  Speaker 3: the Kraken also had Jordan Eberle earn his 450th career
• 31:21
  Speaker 3: NHL assist on that play. And for a game that
• 31:24
  Speaker 3: could have easily gotten out of hand after the first period,
• 31:27
  Speaker 3: they found a way to fight back and took it
• 31:29
  Speaker 3: all the way nearly down to the end. But Edmonton
• 31:31
  Speaker 3: got two late goals to pull away. Leon Dreistadl had
• 31:35
  Speaker 3: the go-ahead goal with 2.27 left in regulation. Connor McDavid
• 31:38
  Speaker 3: sealing things up.
• 31:39
  Speaker 2: Who else?
• 31:40
  Speaker 3: With an empty net goal, the Kraken fell 3-1 in
• 31:44
  Speaker 3: that contest. A spike getting out of a bumpy first
• 31:47
  Speaker 3: period where they were shorthanded three times for sticking fractions.
• 31:51
  Speaker 3: But nonetheless, a penalty kill was great. Philip Grubauer was great.
• 31:54
  Speaker 3: But it's all moral victories from that game. But the
• 31:56
  Speaker 3: Kraken now have to wait until November 27th to beat
• 32:01
  Speaker 3: Edmonton in Edmonton for the first time since then. 2023
• 32:05
  Speaker 3: so players have to have short memories as far as
• 32:07
  Speaker 3: results are concerned and that takes a cracking into this
• 32:09
  Speaker 3: evening here where part of the meaning of this game
• 32:12
  Speaker 3: is about making a great impression it is their first
• 32:15
  Speaker 3: official home game in six months and mostly you get
• 32:18
  Speaker 3: a lineup back here that returns except for Bobby McMahon
• 32:21
  Speaker 3: of course added late from last season and the question
• 32:24
  Speaker 3: bears can he elevate his production Mackie Samaskevich also a
• 32:27
  Speaker 3: big part of this. Can he make a first impression?
• 32:30
  Speaker 3: And presuming that Curtis Douglas does suit up, he could
• 32:33
  Speaker 3: be an impact as far as a physical element here
• 32:37
  Speaker 3: for this game because Calgary can certainly play physical. For
• 32:41
  Speaker 3: the Kraken, it's also about playing within their means for
• 32:43
  Speaker 3: a back-to-back situation. today marking the end of the first
• 32:47
  Speaker 3: of 13 back-to-backs for this entire season. Last year, they
• 32:51
  Speaker 3: weren't too bad, getting 12 of a possible 26 points
• 32:55
  Speaker 3: in 13 games, which was a big step up from
• 32:58
  Speaker 3: going 0-12 in back-to-backs. from the previous season. So the
• 33:02
  Speaker 3: eye could be here on Vince Dunn and Adam Larson.
• 33:04
  Speaker 3: That pairing, they both got over 23 minutes of ice
• 33:07
  Speaker 3: time last night. Brandon Montour also 23-21 of ice time.
• 33:11
  Speaker 3: And also the penalty kill could have an impact on
• 33:14
  Speaker 3: that because Montour played nearly three minutes shorthanded in that game.
• 33:18
  Speaker 3: Adam Larson. over four minutes as well. And finally, it's
• 33:21
  Speaker 3: about the awareness here of the opposition because the Flames
• 33:24
  Speaker 3: come in aching for their first win. The Kraken beat
• 33:27
  Speaker 3: them on the ice 6-1, but in these kinds of matchups,
• 33:30
  Speaker 3: you never know what's going to happen, and the Kraken
• 33:32
  Speaker 3: have found themselves pretty banged up recently coming out. these
• 33:37
  Speaker 3: kinds of games because you go back to preseason Mackie
• 33:40
  Speaker 3: Samaskevich knocked out of the game on a clean hit
• 33:42
  Speaker 3: but a high one toward the shoulder he was knocked
• 33:45
  Speaker 3: out for the remainder of the preseason finally debuted last
• 33:48
  Speaker 3: night but then also Jacob Melanson didn't survive the season
• 33:52
  Speaker 3: opener he is week to week as well so could
• 33:55
  Speaker 3: there be a powder keg that could be in tap
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  Speaker 3: here for this game waiting to erupt We'll have to
• 34:00
  Speaker 3: wait and see. First off, your Kraken storylines begin with
• 34:03
  Speaker 3: Chandler Stevenson and his impact. He is aiming for a
• 34:06
  Speaker 3: three-game point streak to begin the season. He had a
• 34:09
  Speaker 3: highlight reel goal in the first game against Calgary that
• 34:11
  Speaker 3: put the game away Thursday, and against the Flames, he
• 34:14
  Speaker 3: carries points in five consecutive games, and he could try
• 34:17
  Speaker 3: to make an impact here with Bobby McMahon and Jordan Eberle.
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  Speaker 3: as his line mates. Secondly, his special teams and for
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  Speaker 3: the power play, how many chances could they earn today?
• 34:27
  Speaker 3: Because they're facing a Flames team who have taken a
• 34:30
  Speaker 3: ton of penalties. And the Kraken right now, two of
• 34:33
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  Speaker 3: The penalty kill on the flip side, no issues so far.
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  Speaker 3: They are four for four. And in goal, it'll be
• 34:42
  Speaker 3: Joey Decord once again, who came within four minutes of
• 34:45
  Speaker 3: a shutout Thursday. And against Calgary, 4-2-2 record with a
• 34:50
  Speaker 3: 9-1-8 save percentage. This puck handling ability could come in
• 34:53
  Speaker 3: handy here for this game. Let's hear more on the
• 34:55
  Speaker 3: Kraken side. And Captain Jordan Eberle said one lesson to
• 34:58
  Speaker 3: take away was for the Kraken... Don't get too down
• 35:01
  Speaker 3: from the previous night.
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  Speaker 16: Second period, I thought we were, you know, good. Third period,
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  Speaker 16: we were good.
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  Speaker 17: Obviously, they get the bounce there, but we had our
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  Speaker 17: opportunities before that. I had one back door. I think
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  Speaker 17: Bobby had one on the power play. Yeah, I think,
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  Speaker 17: you know, you give teams respect and too much room,
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  Speaker 17: you know, they're going to create chances like they did
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  Speaker 17: in the first and then, you know, cause you to
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  Speaker 17: take some penalties and then we were kind of on
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  Speaker 17: our heels. But, you know, I liked our response after that.
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  Speaker 16: I think we got it.
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  Speaker 17: You know, continue to keep building. That's what, you know,
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  Speaker 17: it's not a sprint. So we just keep building here
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  Speaker 17: and get some confidence and keep rolling.
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  Speaker 3: And to that point, Eberle said you can't overreact here
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• 35:42
  Speaker 3: the Kraken right now are going the right way.
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  Speaker 16: We can play with anybody. We just got to believe
• 35:46
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  Speaker 17: You know, that's what this season is all about. Just
• 35:51
  Speaker 17: building growth and just everyone, you know, one step at
• 35:55
  Speaker 17: a time here. You know, you're not going to win
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  Speaker 17: every hockey game. The biggest thing is you want to
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  Speaker 17: leave games, you know, with an impression on other teams
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  Speaker 16: I thought we did that tonight. So it's a matter
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  Speaker 3: The way the lineup is shaken up right now, it
• 36:11
  Speaker 3: looks as if it could be Viliato Vinen in making
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• 36:34
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• 36:38
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  Speaker 3: to a turbulent start. No surprise at 0-2 with a
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  Speaker 3: very young squad. Goals against, 10 already allowed in two games.
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  Speaker 3: Goals for, just two scored as well in the first
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  Speaker 3: two games. Penalties have been a bit of an issue,
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  Speaker 3: needless to say. They have taken 12 minor penalty infractions
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  Speaker 3: in two games, so they've had issues of staying out
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  Speaker 3: out of their own net. Last evening... Madders reared an
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  Speaker 3: ugly head once again when the Flames lost 4-1 to Vancouver,
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  Speaker 3: yet they had a 1-0 lead through two periods of play,
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  Speaker 3: but the Canucks rallied for four goals in the final
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  Speaker 3: 20 minutes of play, which was not without some controversy.
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  Speaker 3: Liam Ogren had a goal which needed a video review
• 40:29
  Speaker 3: to confirm, and that had the game tied up at one,
• 40:33
  Speaker 3: and then the Canucks ran away with it after that.
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  Speaker 3: After the game, Flames head coach Ryan Hushka had his
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  Speaker 3: own thoughts here on the overturned goal.
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  Speaker 20: Obviously, they had a view of it. We didn't see
• 40:43
  Speaker 20: the view from what we saw. You couldn't tell if
• 40:45
  Speaker 20: it was over the line, but there must have been
• 40:47
  Speaker 20: one for them to see it. What I don't like is,
• 40:51
  Speaker 20: no problem, but you miss coverage on the four-on-four, and
• 40:54
  Speaker 20: that's the challenge because you're in a 1-1 game on
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  Speaker 20: the road. You want to end with a point, and
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  Speaker 20: that's a big thing. So you have to make sure
• 41:01
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  Speaker 20: that you're ready for that. We lost coverage on that goal, unfortunately,
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  Speaker 20: and it bit us.
• 41:08
  Speaker 3: So no excuses, just the search here for solutions. That's
• 41:12
  Speaker 3: on Ryan Hushka's mind. And you can bet the Flames
• 41:14
  Speaker 3: will bring a certain edge here to play today. They
• 41:17
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  Speaker 3: how it looked from last evening.
• 41:22
  Speaker 20: I thought there was a lot of good. Adam Klopka
• 41:24
  Speaker 20: getting involved the way he did. I thought we were edgy.
• 41:27
  Speaker 20: And that's the way our team has to play now.
• 41:31
  Speaker 20: Can't take five minor.
• 41:31
  Speaker 2: Penalties, right?
• 41:32
  Speaker 20: So again, it's two nights in a row we're in
• 41:35
  Speaker 20: the same situation. And The biggest part for me tonight
• 41:38
  Speaker 20: is I felt we lost rhythm with some of our
• 41:39
  Speaker 20: players again because of the penalties that were taken. So
• 41:42
  Speaker 20: we have to do a much better job.
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  Speaker 3: And as far as a team that can play on
• 41:48
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• 41:50
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• 41:53
  Speaker 3: for tonight, Martin Pospisil, and the big Adam Klapka. You
• 41:57
  Speaker 3: can certainly expect the Kraken to have to be ready
• 41:59
  Speaker 3: here for a very, very physical matchup for this evening.
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  Speaker 3: As far as Calgary is concerned, their storylines begin with
• 42:05
  Speaker 3: Dustin Wolfe, and which one shows up right here as
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  Speaker 3: far as the goaltender? It is his second start in
• 42:10
  Speaker 3: three games, the Kraken getting on him for six goals
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  Speaker 3: on 32 shots Thursday, and in his career, 2-2-1 record.
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  Speaker 3: in five games with an 8-7-0 save percentage. But he
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  Speaker 3: he led the Flames with 22 goals. That was a
• 42:32
  Speaker 3: career high. But his first two games, no points and
• 42:36
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• 42:39
  Speaker 3: holding him at just six points in 13 games. So
• 42:41
  Speaker 3: you can expect maybe Frost is pretty fired up here potentially.
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  Speaker 7: We're back inside of Climate Plage Arena. Everett Fitzhugh, Big
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  Speaker 7: Al Kaniski, Ryan Shotgun. Al, it is season six, the
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  Speaker 7: have got their first two games out of the way,
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  Speaker 2: 174 days ago, April 13th.
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  Speaker 2: Feels good to be back.
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  Speaker 9: Oh, it feels so good. And this place is filling up.
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  Speaker 7: Chill Kraken at home for the first of two Vegas
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  Speaker 7: in here on Tuesday. But first things first, partner, a
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  Speaker 7: 3-1 loss last night in Edmonton. The Kraken defensively had
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  Speaker 7: a strong performance. Their ticket on Calgary here tonight, who
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  Speaker 7: they put six up on the board in their home opener,
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  Speaker 7: the 44th and final home opener in the history of
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  Speaker 7: the Scotiabank Saddle Dome.
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  Speaker 8: Crackin' Brew and the party with a 6-1 win.
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  Speaker 7: They're going to need some more strong defensive play here tonight.
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  Speaker 7: How in the world are they going to get that done?
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  Speaker 9: One of the best ways to play defensive hockey is
• 46:13
  Speaker 9: to play physical. You're in your home opener in front
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  Speaker 9: of Kraken Nation. Now make the Flames wish they'd worn
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  Speaker 9: bubble wrap tonight. The Kraken need to finish checks and
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  Speaker 9: make every trip through the middle feel like getting tossed
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  Speaker 9: in the cement mixer. Don't go looking for trouble, but
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  Speaker 9: if trouble shows up wearing red, give it a Kraken-sized welcome. Secondly,
• 46:33
  Speaker 9: win your puck battles.
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  Speaker 2: Pucks are loose change tonight. Go and pick them up.
• 46:37
  Speaker 2: The Kraken have to win the wall battles.
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  Speaker 9: Get underneath Calgary sticks and come out of the scrum
• 46:41
  Speaker 9: with possession instead of empty pockets. Be first, be nasty,
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  Speaker 9: and make the Flames feel the pressure. Because if you're
• 46:48
  Speaker 9: going to lose puck battles, you're handing Calgary high octane
• 46:50
  Speaker 9: fuel to pour on their fire.
• 46:53
  Speaker 2: And then third, play with speed.
• 46:55
  Speaker 9: This is where the Kraken can make some waves. Get
• 46:58
  Speaker 9: the puck moving north with a good first pass into
• 47:00
  Speaker 9: the D zone. Attack with pace and put Calgary on
• 47:03
  Speaker 9: their heels. Speed needs to be the Kraken's fastball tonight.
• 47:07
  Speaker 9: Throw up by the flames before they can even set
• 47:09
  Speaker 9: their feet. Don't turn Climate Pledge Arena into a Sunday drive.
• 47:13
  Speaker 9: Make it a high-octane speed chase instead. In sum, the
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  Speaker 9: Kraken are home for their season opener. The barn is
• 47:21
  Speaker 9: packed and it's time to make Calgary feel like they
• 47:23
  Speaker 9: wandered into the wrong neighborhood. Get physical, win the dirty battles,
• 47:27
  Speaker 9: and then hit the gas before the flames can catch
• 47:29
  Speaker 9: their breath. In short, bring the thunder, own the puck,
• 47:33
  Speaker 9: and turn the deep into the Bermuda Triangle.
• 47:36
  Speaker 2: Oh, you don't want to get lost in there. Nothing
• 47:39
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  Speaker 7: Last night, we saw the Kraken in a strong defensive
• 47:47
  Speaker 7: game against the Edmonton Oilers.
• 47:49
  Speaker 8: There were a lot of good battle plays.
• 47:51
  Speaker 7: I go back to a Connor McDavid, Berkeley Cat and
• 47:54
  Speaker 7: Wall battle that was very exciting to watch. What did
• 47:58
  Speaker 7: you notice were the biggest differences between the game Thursday
• 48:02
  Speaker 7: in Calgary and.
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  Speaker 2: The one last night?
• 48:04
  Speaker 9: Well, the one last night, you know, you've got to
• 48:05
  Speaker 9: defend a lot more superstar talent, right? And that's not
• 48:09
  Speaker 9: to take anybody away from Calgary. They're coming in here
• 48:11
  Speaker 9: for some redemption. And so you've got to play them hard.
• 48:13
  Speaker 9: But that Edmonton team is stacked. And if you're not
• 48:16
  Speaker 9: aware of where guys like Connor McDavid and Leon Dreisaitl
• 48:19
  Speaker 9: and a handful of other guys are, when they're on
• 48:21
  Speaker 9: the ice, they're going to burn you. And I thought
• 48:23
  Speaker 9: the Kraken did a good job keeping gaps tight, playing
• 48:26
  Speaker 9: those guys tight, and then when there was an opportunity
• 48:29
  Speaker 9: to play physical doing that, we saw Brandon Montour put
• 48:32
  Speaker 9: Connor McDavid over the boards on one hit.
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  Speaker 2: He had his feet in the air. He went up
• 48:36
  Speaker 2: and over.
• 48:37
  Speaker 9: Yeah, so I think playing that same way physically, playing
• 48:40
  Speaker 9: that same tight defensive game.
• 48:42
  Speaker 2: Here against Calgary tonight is going to result in a win.
• 48:45
  Speaker 7: It's hard to beat a team twice, and especially a
• 48:47
  Speaker 7: team like the Calgary Flames who Yes, they're young.
• 48:49
  Speaker 2: They're struggling. They've only scored two goals all season long.
• 48:53
  Speaker 7: But you know that they're not going to be happy
• 48:57
  Speaker 7: about their last two games.
• 48:58
  Speaker 8: We saw the three-season fireworks between those two teams as
• 49:01
  Speaker 8: well for Seattle.
• 49:03
  Speaker 7: How important is it to not only play physical, but
• 49:07
  Speaker 7: not get caught maybe in a little bit of the
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  Speaker 7: extracurriculars that you're sure Calgary is going to try to
• 49:13
  Speaker 7: put up?
• 49:13
  Speaker 2: I mean, you've got to pick your spots.
• 49:15
  Speaker 9: Sometimes your spots are chosen for you because if somebody
• 49:17
  Speaker 9: takes out one of your players, you've got to do
• 49:19
  Speaker 9: something about it. But you're not going to go looking
• 49:21
  Speaker 9: for it. I think protecting the middle of the ice,
• 49:24
  Speaker 9: and lots of times when teams play physical, they're trying
• 49:26
  Speaker 9: to get to your net. So protecting the middle of
• 49:28
  Speaker 9: the ice is going to be a big part of that,
• 49:30
  Speaker 9: and not going looking for those extra curriculars.
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  Speaker 7: Lane Lambert putting the lines in a bit of a
• 49:34
  Speaker 7: blender here tonight. We're going to have the top line
• 49:37
  Speaker 7: of McCann, Beneers, and Mackie Samuskevich will move up top.
• 49:41
  Speaker 8: McMahon, Stevenson, and Eberle will stay together.
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  Speaker 9: Well, again, just like we've talked a lot about Bobby
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  Speaker 7: Happy home opener. Lane, happy home opener to you as well.
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  Speaker 7: You wrapped up a quick two-game season opening road trip
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  Speaker 7: last night. Quite a lot of fight in the game
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  Speaker 7: more than you got just take us through your thoughts
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  Speaker 21: Night yeah I thought you know the slow start a
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  Speaker 21: And I thought that, to your point, I thought there
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  Speaker 21: You know, those guys on that team, 97 and 29,
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  Speaker 14: And I thought we played them hard all night.
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  Speaker 21: I know that they... Probably walked out of there feeling
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  Speaker 21: think we were consistent enough in our execution in the
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  Speaker 21: third period as a whole. I thought there was some
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  Speaker 21: plays that were fairly simple tape-to-tape passes that we missed
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  Speaker 21: that ended up, instead of us going down and pressuring
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  Speaker 21: them on the offense, they transitioned and came back and
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  Speaker 21: pressured us. So it's a learning curve for us, you know,
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  Speaker 21: but at some point here, We've got to find a
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  Speaker 21: way to get points when.
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  Speaker 4: We get into those situations.
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  Speaker 7: I want to get your thoughts on the battle level
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  Speaker 7: last night for Seattle. There seemed to be a number
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  Speaker 7: of net front battles. I remember a wall battle with
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  Speaker 7: Berkley Catton and Connor McDavid. What did you make of
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  Speaker 7: the guys' willingness to go to the front of the net,
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  Speaker 7: fast team, you've got two of the best players in
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  Speaker 7: the world on the other side. What did you make
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  Speaker 7: of that part of the game for Seattle?
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  Speaker 21: Well, I made of it what I expected of it.
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  Speaker 21: We're a fast team too. We should battle every night.
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  Speaker 21: It doesn't matter who we're playing, whether it's Edmonton, Colorado, Calgary, Vegas, whoever.
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  Speaker 21: Our team, we believe in our team. They believe in
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  Speaker 21: each other. To me, that's just a given right there.
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  Speaker 21: That's the entry ticket to the game.
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  Speaker 7: What did you feel were the two biggest differences between
• 56:37
  Speaker 7: the win in Calgary and the loss last night? Obviously
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  Speaker 7: two different teams, but still, you did a lot of
• 56:43
  Speaker 7: the same things in both games very, very well. Where
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  Speaker 7: did you find the turning points in both of those
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  Speaker 7: games or between those two games?
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  Speaker 21: Well, I think that we managed to capitalize on our
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  Speaker 21: chances in Calgary, whereas we had.
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  Speaker 14: Some really good chances in Edmonton.
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  Speaker 21: You know, McCann on the second period on a great
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  Speaker 21: play from Kako across the crease. certainly Eberle in the
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  Speaker 21: third period. You know, those plays in Calgary went in
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  Speaker 21: the net. So that was a little bit of the difference.
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  Speaker 21: You know, and then I do believe that we were
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  Speaker 21: Calgary than we were in Edmonton. And we were a
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  Speaker 21: than we were last night. I thought Groovy had some
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  Speaker 21: traffic in front of him, which, you know, created some
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  Speaker 21: frustration on his part. So we have to do a
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  Speaker 21: better job of controlling the paint at both ends of
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  Speaker 21: the ice, and tonight's game is going to.
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  Speaker 2: Be a battle.
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  Speaker 14: You know, obviously they're coachless.
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