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KRAKEN WEEKLY: Measuring a 2-0 start, and 6 games on the road (10/13) · Seattle Kraken Audio Network

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  Speaker 1: Hey, two games in find time to bring Cracking Weekly back.
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  Speaker 1: We're doing this all season long, a presentation of Sports Rating,
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  Speaker 1: We're doing this consistently all season long. Myself, Everett fits you,
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  Speaker 1: al Kiniski. We're gonna roundtable this thing, recap the week
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  Speaker 1: that was, the story lines that you got to know about,
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  Speaker 1: and special guests each and every week. By the way,
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  Speaker 1: the Crack and Audio Network. We got a pack show
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  Speaker 1: coming up with Everett Allen, myself, Nick Alberga. He runs
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  Speaker 1: Leaves Morning take in. He's got plenty to share on
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  Speaker 1: once ahead for the Kracking in a six game, ten
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  Speaker 1: day road trip opening up in Montreal by the end
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  Speaker 1: of this week in Toronto. That's where Nick's base. He's
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  Speaker 1: got plenty here on Austin Matthews, William Nilander and what
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  Speaker 1: the Leafs can bring for the Krack and only visit
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  Speaker 1: to Eric Canada Center. And we're gonna really into two
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  Speaker 1: wins for the Kraken to open up this season against
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  Speaker 1: Anaheim and Vegas. How do they compare and what does
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  Speaker 1: it tell us about the current state of the team.
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  Speaker 1: Before the highlights and Everett now to join us, you
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  Speaker 1: have an audio thrill ride coming your way from a
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  Speaker 1: win over Anaheim last Thursday to open the season and
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  Speaker 1: the Kraken following up in walk off fashion just like
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  Speaker 1: their baseball brethren. After a historic postseason victory for the Mariners,
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  Speaker 1: the Kraken ending it on the last blow against the
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  Speaker 1: Vegas Golden Knights.
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  Speaker 2: The right nig side at the near circle sims it
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  Speaker 2: up top Adam Larst now for doud shot.
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  Speaker 3: It's done.
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  Speaker 4: Picks off season five with this first goal of the season.
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  Speaker 5: Seventeen thirty nine to play in the first one nothing Seattle,
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  Speaker 5: Jamie Schwartz put a great zone entry in the offensive end.
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  Speaker 6: He comes across the blue line to buy himself some time.
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  Speaker 7: He finds Larsen up in the high slot area just
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  Speaker 7: into the blue line. Larson waits, He waits for an
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  Speaker 7: Anaheim player to attack him. That leaves Fin's done open
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  Speaker 7: to the side. Beats it off to the side.
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  Speaker 6: Done, Who's top shop?
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  Speaker 2: One w practice half wall Harry Holly up top hope,
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  Speaker 2: checked away by Montour. Brandon Montour find the step one Terry,
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  Speaker 2: They'll take it off to the corner.
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  Speaker 8: Sentry pass Mason Marshman stop. Welcome to Seattle. Mason Marshman
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  Speaker 8: his first goal in.
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  Speaker 9: Cracking colors, and Seattle regains the lead.
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  Speaker 6: Early in the second. It's a tu on.
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  Speaker 7: Cracking edge, but Brandon Montour up that right side, battles
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  Speaker 7: for a puck, pokes it off the duck stick.
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  Speaker 6: That says, no precident gates season games.
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  Speaker 7: No problem is he burns down that right side, finds
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  Speaker 7: Marchman in front.
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  Speaker 6: Marshman taps it home to one.
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  Speaker 2: Out of it once again, but on the pressure in front, yes.
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  Speaker 5: Can Sharon mckab the insurance gold more.
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  Speaker 4: Seattle HiT's a three to one cracking lead.
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  Speaker 6: Fifteen thirty five left in the third.
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  Speaker 7: Well, fantastic zon entry by Seattle's They got that puck
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  Speaker 7: cross ice every dumps it into the far corner, but
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  Speaker 7: Heres gets to win first, just a chuck of the.
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  Speaker 6: Puck out to the front of them.
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  Speaker 7: Then mckn gets that chuck close top shelf blucker.
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  Speaker 1: Side three to one dle in.
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  Speaker 7: Front door fam on the north step turn aside by
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  Speaker 7: Joey the Gord. That was a big save there, bottom
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  Speaker 7: of the left circle in the low slought area door.
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  Speaker 2: Fem turned away by Joey the gourd first probably difficult saved,
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  Speaker 2: high danger save of the night for Joey the Gore,
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  Speaker 2: left side down the wall into the corner.
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  Speaker 6: Everly, Oh, punch it back up top. Bit's done at front.
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  Speaker 10: Bears alone the face.
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  Speaker 4: Ben's done from the line, sends it down the left
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  Speaker 4: side wall to every who found veneers in front, toe drags,
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  Speaker 4: Aiden Hill and a Seattle cracket take a one nothing lead,
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  Speaker 4: a power play goal twelve oh two left and period
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  Speaker 4: number two.
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  Speaker 7: Well, Seattle catches Vegas leading a little bit too much
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  Speaker 7: towards the neutral zone.
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  Speaker 6: Has done. Does put that buck down deep. Beverly's the
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  Speaker 6: man in the core. He knows Pneer's the front.
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  Speaker 7: He wants to put it onto his forehead, which he does,
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  Speaker 7: but by the time Eaton Hill comes out, Vaneer steps around.
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  Speaker 6: Into the back end.
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  Speaker 2: It's one nothing cracking your side. Hutton knocked down Marner
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  Speaker 2: again that shot. It's a body that was Montour on
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  Speaker 2: the way through. It's Ben Hutton again. They'll send it
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  Speaker 2: down the wall. Marner over the hurdle. Back to Marner
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  Speaker 2: is they'll send it down the boards. Vegas setting it
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  Speaker 2: up is pabo door fIF the left wing side door
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  Speaker 2: FM back hands it up top to white Cloud, shot
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  Speaker 2: block all the way through again in Seattle airmail, this
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  Speaker 2: one down the ice Chandler Steven said, up to Montour
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  Speaker 2: who bowl rushes zack white Cloud and now Bonteur getting into.
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  Speaker 10: It on the far side.
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  Speaker 9: Glass a big punch to the side of the head
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  Speaker 9: a Ben Hutton. Bonteur's glove went flying into the stands,
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  Speaker 9: and now Monteur takes down hutting right in front of
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  Speaker 9: the Seattle cracking beds.
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  Speaker 2: Even ears watched by Tomash hurdle six.
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  Speaker 7: Seconds left, ten ears left circle shot.
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  Speaker 6: On wave out stood.
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  Speaker 5: Yes, hey McCain and over time Sharon mckenn wins it
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  Speaker 5: for Seattle, their first two and oh start in team history.
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  Speaker 7: Tu On over Vegas bills fits done, picking up the
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  Speaker 7: buck into the blue line. He knew the time of
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  Speaker 7: the clock. It's about seven seconds. He got a shot off.
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  Speaker 7: Mckenn was in front. He finds the rebound. He buries
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  Speaker 7: it to to one overtime win.
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  Speaker 6: Bring on the follow.
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  Speaker 1: Kay, and that's that the Crack and with their first
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  Speaker 1: two and oh start in franchise history, with Jereed mccannon
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  Speaker 1: factoring in the goal scoring category in both wins over
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  Speaker 1: Anaheim in Vegas, the Cracking already on the plane into Montreal.
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  Speaker 1: They opened up the six game road trip tomorrow at
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  Speaker 1: Bell Center. After practice today, Freddie Gudreau shared more on
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  Speaker 1: his progress the return to nearby his hometown. Rude said
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  Speaker 1: Moore as he spoke with the media in Montreal.
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  Speaker 11: Yeah, it's a great group. It's been my feelings since
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  Speaker 11: the first day I got here. Awesome group of guys.
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  Speaker 11: Everybody's worked extremely art at camp, getting on the same
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  Speaker 11: page and we're just having fun building together right now.
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  Speaker 12: What are kind of your early observations, I guess about
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  Speaker 12: the identity of this group and what it seems like
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  Speaker 12: you guys are wanting to build towards.
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  Speaker 11: I think an honest, honest type of game building from
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  Speaker 11: defense first and but not you know, not blocking the
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  Speaker 11: offensive attributes and qualities of everybody after that, but just
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  Speaker 11: having a defensive mindset first and doing the right things defensively.
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  Speaker 11: Like I said, just an honest game and connected I
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  Speaker 11: think is the most important part. When everybody's connected and
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  Speaker 11: knows where the other one is gonna be and read
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  Speaker 11: off of each other. I think we can be a
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  Speaker 11: good team for sure.
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  Speaker 12: You're playing with two young players on either of your
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  Speaker 12: wings there, who are you know, rightfully finding their own games,
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  Speaker 12: their own identities as players? How do you kind of
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  Speaker 12: approach being a veteran and a leader playing with those
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  Speaker 12: two guys?
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  Speaker 11: You know, it's it's it's easy playing with those guys there.
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  Speaker 11: Like I said, they are awesome, awesome players, awesome people.
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  Speaker 11: It's you know, so you can always talk on the bench,
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  Speaker 11: you know, just be honest with each other.
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  Speaker 3: But it's just fun.
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  Speaker 11: They work extremely hard, and guys that works extremely hard
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  Speaker 11: and create space.
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  Speaker 3: On the ice, it's always fun to play with.
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  Speaker 11: They see the game well too, so it's a it's
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  Speaker 11: been really fun.
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  Speaker 12: Anything that stands out about Yanni Newman's game in particular
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  Speaker 12: to you, yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I mean he's uh, he's such a big frame.
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  Speaker 11: But when you had a big frame, a good accy
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  Speaker 11: player on a big frame, it, you know, a good
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  Speaker 11: brain on a big frame, it it can be very dangerous.
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  Speaker 11: So he's got a terrific shot, Like I said, he's big,
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  Speaker 11: so he's hard to get the puck away from. And
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  Speaker 11: it's been really fun to play with him. I know
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  Speaker 11: you've played in the NHL a while and you've come
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  Speaker 11: back here before.
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  Speaker 13: But does it ever lose it's it's it's.
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  Speaker 11: Uh specialness when when you get to come back and
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  Speaker 11: play in almost almost your hometown. No, it never, it
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  Speaker 11: never does. It's a it's a special place. The building itself,
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  Speaker 11: you know, the energy, but it's more than that to me.
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  Speaker 11: It's what it all represents growing up here. I grew
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  Speaker 11: up maybe an hour away from here, and it's all
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  Speaker 11: the people that I grew up with, my family, you know,
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  Speaker 11: my my siblings, my parents. It represents the dream to
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  Speaker 11: it all. So it's it's a very very special place.
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  Speaker 11: It always feels yeah special. And just the way you
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  Speaker 11: came up, I mean you didn't really get anything handed
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  Speaker 11: to you.
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  Speaker 1: I mean does that make it more special?
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  Speaker 6: Just did did?
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  Speaker 3: Did you envision this when you were younger? Yeah? I
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  Speaker 3: mean all the games are special, for sure.
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  Speaker 10: I did.
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  Speaker 11: Weirdly, you know, even when the doors were all closed
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  Speaker 11: and locked many times, you know, I don't know that
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  Speaker 11: I found a way to open them, and I just
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  Speaker 11: had that idea in my head that that's what I
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  Speaker 11: wanted to do it.
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  Speaker 3: Many times, starting really young.
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  Speaker 11: You know, it was kind of impossible from what I
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  Speaker 11: would hear and but I don't know, something inside me
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  Speaker 11: was deeper and stronger than.
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  Speaker 3: That the outside voices.
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  Speaker 11: And so yeah, it means it means something's very very special,
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  Speaker 11: very uh yeah, deep, very close to my heart. When
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  Speaker 11: I play every NHL game, especially here, it's there's a
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  Speaker 11: little something more.
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  Speaker 10: You're gonna be tomorrow coming. You got family, siblings, parents, friends.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, always always a big group tomorrow.
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  Speaker 11: I don't think as much, but I've had some crazy
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  Speaker 11: crowds here, so it's always cool.
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  Speaker 3: Were you a Canadians fan?
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  Speaker 11: I you know, I think everybody in Quebec is, to
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  Speaker 11: be honest, you grow up, it's the one thing that
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  Speaker 11: you see, so just this kind of natural.
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  Speaker 3: Chip for them, and.
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  Speaker 11: Yeah, you know when there's wins and stuff and all
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  Speaker 11: that stuff. But yeah, I would say not not not
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  Speaker 11: like a crazy fan, you know, but I would watch
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  Speaker 11: them on TV and stuff.
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  Speaker 12: I got one more for you. I'm not sure if
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  Speaker 12: you have had the chance to connect with Ellie Tolven
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  Speaker 12: and yet about your dogs. Are you aware that he
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  Speaker 12: named his dog after your.
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  Speaker 11: Die, And I saw that the thing you guys did
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  Speaker 11: on I saw that, you know, during the game, there
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  Speaker 11: was something you guys did about It's so funny. But
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  Speaker 11: now he told him, so it's funny, but they.
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  Speaker 3: I don't think.
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  Speaker 11: I don't think they've met yet or I haven't met
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  Speaker 11: Islola yet, but yeah, that's really funny.
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  Speaker 12: Wait, so did you see it before we ran in
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  Speaker 12: on the broadcast? Did you guys talk about it before
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  Speaker 12: that or after about it?
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  Speaker 6: Yeah?
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  Speaker 11: I knew about it that long time ago, but I
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  Speaker 11: saw that little thing two you guys did, and that
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  Speaker 11: was funny.
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  Speaker 12: It's like one of the first things that he was
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  Speaker 12: like ready to tell us.
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  Speaker 1: He's like, I loved his dogs so much.
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  Speaker 11: Yeah, I mean tol me, uh, I love him. We
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  Speaker 11: got close, really close in Milwaukee, so I felt it
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  Speaker 11: was an honor. I know he said it's because he
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  Speaker 11: thought we were never going to see each other again.
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  Speaker 11: But I saw it as an honor. And now I'm
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  Speaker 11: happy you we got the boat Lolas together her.
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  Speaker 1: Well, doesn't the dog make you just feel all kind
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  Speaker 1: of nice and warm inside? What a story from Freddy
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  Speaker 1: Goodrow A credit piper shot bringing that up in Montreal.
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  Speaker 1: All right, Freddy Goodrow with good vibes heading into Montreal
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  Speaker 1: because the Kraken r two and zero for the first
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  Speaker 1: time in franchise history, the good vibes building off the
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  Speaker 1: two to one overtime win over Vegas in walk off fashion,
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  Speaker 1: just like their baseball brethren one night prior in that
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  Speaker 1: historic fifteen inning Alds Game five. It's walk off season
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  Speaker 1: without further ado ever fits you, Al Koniski now joining
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  Speaker 1: us on Cracking Weekly. They're in Montreal right now, fellas
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  Speaker 1: a two and zero start out of the gates. How
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  Speaker 1: do we summarize this? Did it meet the bar? Was
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  Speaker 1: it beyond our wildest dreams? Or dare we say show
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  Speaker 1: me more?
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  Speaker 14: Ah, I'm gonna say a little bit of column, a
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  Speaker 14: little bit of column Cee.
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  Speaker 10: I think it was. It was a really big two
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  Speaker 10: games for Seattle.
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  Speaker 14: And when you think about Anaheim, an up and coming
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  Speaker 14: team that you're gonna be battling with a lot for
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  Speaker 14: the next however many years, and then you've got Vegas,
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  Speaker 14: who is you know, two three years and move from
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  Speaker 14: a cup and they've they've never missed the playoffs except
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  Speaker 14: for the one year. They're constantly fired on all cylinders,
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  Speaker 14: and the style of play, the crack and one to
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  Speaker 14: be able to shut those two teams down was awesome.
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  Speaker 15: Yeah, I thought that obviously a fantastic couple of wins.
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  Speaker 15: What really stood up to me was the leadership on
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  Speaker 15: the team, the guy the leaders led Joey to court included,
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  Speaker 15: you know, that really stood out. I think the other
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  Speaker 15: thing that stood out was the style of play that
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  Speaker 15: we saw bits of last year, but we have not
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  Speaker 15: seen in a while, and certainly not two games in
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  Speaker 15: a row. And you know, Everett and I kept looking
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  Speaker 15: at each other going, is this the way it's going
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  Speaker 15: to go all season?
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  Speaker 6: Like?
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  Speaker 15: You know, it was one nothing there midway through the game,
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  Speaker 15: and I don't think neither one of us expected it
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  Speaker 15: to be that low scoring in either game. You got
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  Speaker 15: a high power team like Vegas on one side that
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  Speaker 15: has put up a lot of goals in their first
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  Speaker 15: two games, and in the case of Anaheim, you know,
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  Speaker 15: Seattle's played fairly well against them in the past year.
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  Speaker 15: So to get a couple of low scoring games, I
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  Speaker 15: think is a real cater of what we should expect
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  Speaker 15: on a go forward basis.
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  Speaker 10: And I like the style.
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  Speaker 14: I like the style like you talked about al Anie,
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  Speaker 14: I feel like both. Like both those games for Seattle,
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  Speaker 14: it was defensive, it was attentive to the details. Outside
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  Speaker 14: of that first period against Anaheim, the starts were great.
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  Speaker 14: The just everything that we've seen in camp and through
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  Speaker 14: preseason the Kraken wanted to execute, they did.
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  Speaker 10: It, I thought, at a very high level for those
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  Speaker 10: two games.
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  Speaker 1: We're gonna get to our three stars of the week,
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  Speaker 1: and this is going to be a routine thing for
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  Speaker 1: us each and every time at the very end here
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  Speaker 1: of the show, before we add on more and more
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  Speaker 1: and more. And this is what excites me about this
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  Speaker 1: show as a fact that we're going to open this
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  Speaker 1: up here to figures all across the world of hockey
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  Speaker 1: to get their input, their scope of things and kind
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  Speaker 1: of help us shape with what's ahead here for the
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  Speaker 1: Kraken as they get set for Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto.
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  Speaker 1: And you guys, we have a lot of names here
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  Speaker 1: to get to as far as who made this happen.
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  Speaker 1: And I think you know, you get an opening night
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  Speaker 1: win against Anaheim, it was important, I think just for
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  Speaker 1: the fact that you have a brand new head coach
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  Speaker 1: in a brand new way to play there's no tiptoeing
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  Speaker 1: into the water here about this, and you want to
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  Speaker 1: show your own home crowd what you're all about. The
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  Speaker 1: Cracket had never won an openy night game in franchise
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  Speaker 1: history until this last week Thursday against the Ducks, and
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  Speaker 1: then to do this again against Vegas. For me, team
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  Speaker 1: identity is one thing. When you can establish it, it's
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  Speaker 1: another win. Through just two games, you are done asking
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  Speaker 1: any kind of questions as far as what this team
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  Speaker 1: is all about. And I think maybe last year, several
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  Speaker 1: months even prior to that, there are still many asking
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  Speaker 1: the questions about this team. What are they? Who are they?
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  Speaker 1: What are they all about? I think through two games
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  Speaker 1: we're learning awfully fast what the Seattle Cracket are all about.
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  Speaker 15: Yeah, And I think that in addition that, Mike, you're
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  Speaker 15: you're also seeing a team that's on the same page
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  Speaker 15: right from the start, like they believe, they believe in
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  Speaker 15: what what coach coach l Lane Lambert is telling them,
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  Speaker 15: what he's installing right now. As far as the structure
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  Speaker 15: there there there there isn't any question about you know,
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  Speaker 15: I don't think this is the right way to go
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  Speaker 15: or I'm not sure where I'm supposed to be. You
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  Speaker 15: can see they're all pulling the same direction. I think
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  Speaker 15: when you get the guys doing that each and every shift,
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  Speaker 15: you start to see that structure really take shape and
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  Speaker 15: and and have the impact that you've seen over those
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  Speaker 15: first two games.
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  Speaker 14: I like, uh, you know, I I I agree with
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  Speaker 14: you there, Mike for a little bit in the sense of, like, yes,
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  Speaker 14: it's been two games. I like what I see from
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  Speaker 14: this team, but you know, I really want to see
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  Speaker 14: them do it consistently, right. I mean, this is going
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  Speaker 14: to be a very rough road trip, and you've got
• 16:51
  Speaker 14: what five out of the six games against playoff teams
• 16:54
  Speaker 14: from last year. You come back home with Edmonton and
• 16:58
  Speaker 14: the Rangers and Montreal, so you've got some opponents. I'm
• 17:03
  Speaker 14: gonna I'm gonna wait until Thanksgiving, maybe a little bit
• 17:07
  Speaker 14: before Thanksgiving, to say, man, this is guaranteed what we're
• 17:10
  Speaker 14: gonna get.
• 17:11
  Speaker 10: This is what we should get every night. I'll say that.
• 17:13
  Speaker 14: But I do think that these first two games they
• 17:16
  Speaker 14: offer a really good insight into how this team wants
• 17:22
  Speaker 14: to play. But I want to see them do it
• 17:24
  Speaker 14: for ten games, for fifteen games before we start saying, man,
• 17:28
  Speaker 14: this cracking team is guaranteed this style, right, And.
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: I think also what you want to get to analty
• 17:36
  Speaker 1: this up for you as well, is it's one thing
• 17:38
  Speaker 1: to establish your identity. And to your point, we know
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: what this team is gonna be all about. Now, it's
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: gonna be all about trying to put this into motion consistently,
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: over and over and over. And can you size your
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: game up against some of the big dogs in this league,
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: which we'll see plenty of here in the next two
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: to three weeks.
• 17:59
  Speaker 15: Yeah, I would say, you know, added on to whatever
• 18:02
  Speaker 15: just mentioned there in terms of you know, drawing a
• 18:04
  Speaker 15: line the sand and saying, hey, I can go with this,
• 18:07
  Speaker 15: has been consistent after this date. I think the other
• 18:10
  Speaker 15: thing is is that what Laanne Lambert mentioned if anybody
• 18:13
  Speaker 15: saw the postgame discussion in the scrum, he talked about
• 18:20
  Speaker 15: playing this way but not always winning, right. And so
• 18:24
  Speaker 15: to your point, Everett, you might get ten games in,
• 18:26
  Speaker 15: but if you're six and four or seven and three,
• 18:30
  Speaker 15: as long as they're playing the same way every single game,
• 18:34
  Speaker 15: then to me, that's what consistency is, isn't necessarily winning
• 18:37
  Speaker 15: all ten of those games.
• 18:39
  Speaker 14: And that's that's so true because I feel like with
• 18:42
  Speaker 14: a brand new coach with new faces, you're trying to
• 18:47
  Speaker 14: play a new style.
• 18:49
  Speaker 10: Winning obviously is the goal, but I want to see consistency.
• 18:53
  Speaker 14: I want to see this team playing the same way
• 18:57
  Speaker 14: four out of every five games, right, not out of
• 19:00
  Speaker 14: every ten games, you don't.
• 19:02
  Speaker 10: You know?
• 19:02
  Speaker 14: We saw them take the first period off against Anaheim
• 19:06
  Speaker 14: and they bounced back through the next five periods with
• 19:09
  Speaker 14: some of the best hockey we've seen in two years.
• 19:11
  Speaker 10: So I'm with you on that one.
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: Let's review first game against Anaheim. That was again a
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: three to one win, the debut of two coaches behind
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: their own bench, and plenty of turnover once again to
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: the NHL nine teams getting new coaches from this last offseason.
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: It was Lane Lambert against Joel Quinnville, and the first
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: period it was frightening because you're thinking, oh boy, how
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: long is this going to go on for? I mean,
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: Anaheim looks all greased up, ready to go. They've got
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: young players who are ready to pop this year in
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: this league, and it might be a long night if
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: we're seeing this kind of first period play out. But
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: you began to see I think a little bit of
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: the dial turn the other way toward the Kraken and
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: then by period three they got their game in motion
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: and they got a pretty big insurance goal for the
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: Matty Venier's life, which I think was going to be
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: an omen here for the Vegas game, but once it
• 20:03
  Speaker 1: got through tons of duck pressure, a one nothing lead
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: of vaporating into a one to one tie. You can
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: thank Joey to Cord here for this. I think the
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: third period was their best of the entire night, and
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: that was a hint from Lane Lambert where they got
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: puck possession, they got a big goal early, and they
• 20:21
  Speaker 1: also had limited looks on the cord.
• 20:24
  Speaker 15: Yeah, I think the biggest difference between Game one and
• 20:27
  Speaker 15: Game two is the more complete game, if you will.
• 20:31
  Speaker 15: You know, we talked about that first period with Anaheim.
• 20:34
  Speaker 15: We didn't see that as much with the Vegas. It
• 20:36
  Speaker 15: was the same shift in and shift out, where you know,
• 20:38
  Speaker 15: they were tracking pucks, they were tracking opposing players, they
• 20:43
  Speaker 15: were stealing pucks, playing physical. Again, they played physical in
• 20:47
  Speaker 15: the Anaheim game as well, but a lot of that
• 20:49
  Speaker 15: had to do with that first period not having the puck.
• 20:51
  Speaker 15: I think it was different with the Vegas game, where
• 20:53
  Speaker 15: it was sixty minutes of physical hockey. So if we
• 20:57
  Speaker 15: liked progression progression from game one to game two thumbs up.
• 21:01
  Speaker 15: What does game three hold We'll know in a few days.
• 21:04
  Speaker 10: Yeah, they got better as the games went on.
• 21:06
  Speaker 14: And I also one thing that I noticed that I
• 21:09
  Speaker 14: was watching for was defensively, they really pushed both Anaheim
• 21:15
  Speaker 14: and Vegas more to the outsides, like there were hardly
• 21:19
  Speaker 14: any opportunities, especially in that Vegas game when you think
• 21:22
  Speaker 14: of Hurdle and Icele and Marner and whatever, you didn't
• 21:29
  Speaker 14: see a lot of those big guns getting a ton
• 21:33
  Speaker 14: of great a's. I can probably recall three four plays
• 21:39
  Speaker 14: for those guys that Joey had to make a difficult
• 21:44
  Speaker 14: save on. So defensively, I thought was some of the
• 21:47
  Speaker 14: best hockey that we've seen because they really did a
• 21:50
  Speaker 14: nice job of clamping down on those stars.
• 21:53
  Speaker 15: Well not only that too, but the goal they got
• 21:55
  Speaker 15: was the power play and it was a great goal.
• 21:57
  Speaker 15: It was a great power play goal. Honestly, got it,
• 21:59
  Speaker 15: honest But that was the only way that the cracking
• 22:03
  Speaker 15: broke in that game was giving up a power play goal.
• 22:05
  Speaker 6: And I think that's that's to be said.
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: I think for Vegas. And we'll get to this now.
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: As far as the total review, of all of this here.
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: The first period we mentioned, space was at a complete
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: premium and you can kind of feel that maybe I
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: think in a sense from Saturday, there was one way
• 22:22
  Speaker 1: to play against Vegas and it had to be that way.
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: You had to be comfortable playing in tight spaces, a
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: lot of ship and chase. You can't force the issue
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: offensively and limit your looks on Joey to court. And
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: I mean, you guys mentioned the power play goal Vegas.
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: You're gonna give them chances, they're they're going to break
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: on through. But I said this during during the postgame show,
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: the you had plenty of opportunities here, but can you
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: limit your mistakes as well? And the mistakes were a few,
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: And to kind of tack on what you were saying
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: as well, I may be counted one shift maybe where
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: the crack and were hammed in their own zone. Yeah,
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: and when we get toward you know, the third period,
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: it's a tight game and who you put out matters
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: a ton. Can you trust them in a tight game?
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: I really thought they pitched a perfect game as far
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: as decision making and making sure that they weren't getting
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: himed in and Joey wasn't under siege. That was so
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: key for me because I look at the clock and
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: with about five minutes left in a tie game, it
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: might as well be overtime. And there there's one thing
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: to say about Maddy Beniers in his line, and Maddy
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: was a rock star on Saturday, but to see him
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: get trusted over and over with end zone face offs,
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: offensive zone, defensive zone, really I think is indicative of
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: the trust that he's learned, he's earned from from from
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: Wayne Lambert.
• 23:48
  Speaker 14: Yeah, and I think at the end of the game
• 23:50
  Speaker 14: you talk about withstanding that push. Vegas did turn it
• 23:54
  Speaker 14: up a little bit later in that game, but I
• 23:56
  Speaker 14: mean that trust in the Benier's line. I mean I
• 23:59
  Speaker 14: felt like every other shift that line was over the
• 24:02
  Speaker 14: boards and doing something well. So they withstood the pushy,
• 24:09
  Speaker 14: they were able to bend, they didn't break. I love
• 24:12
  Speaker 14: saying that, and ultimately you get two points.
• 24:16
  Speaker 15: Yeah, I agree with you, Mike. I think that there
• 24:19
  Speaker 15: were certainly spots in there where you know their their
• 24:22
  Speaker 15: will was tested and it got dicey a couple of times.
• 24:26
  Speaker 15: But that's when you got to lean on thirty five
• 24:28
  Speaker 15: a little bit. He came up with some big saves.
• 24:30
  Speaker 15: I would say bigger saves in the Vegas game than
• 24:32
  Speaker 15: he had to make in the Anaheim game.
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: How about that power play goal for Maddie. It's not
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: just a deek that he had, but as well the
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: everly pass. And then, as their old friend Eddie Oldchik says,
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: NetFront presence, presence.
• 24:46
  Speaker 10: Why do they always fly by? Just stop on the net,
• 24:49
  Speaker 10: Just go to the net.
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: How about over time as well. I went back and
• 24:56
  Speaker 1: took a look at and it really confirmed my suspicions.
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: I love the puck possession part of this, but also
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: the fact that you got all four centers ice time
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: in overtime and they all did their job for the
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: most part as far as controlling the pace, controlling tempo
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: as well.
• 25:14
  Speaker 15: Yeah, again, it seemed like they definitely had a plan
• 25:17
  Speaker 15: that they wanted to execute on, which was control the puck.
• 25:21
  Speaker 15: But when they didn't have the puck, obviously they gotta
• 25:24
  Speaker 15: they get they got to settle into some defense. But
• 25:26
  Speaker 15: again it's not that sit back and wait defense. It's
• 25:29
  Speaker 15: it's an attack defense, Like why not play defense at
• 25:32
  Speaker 15: they're end of the ice rather than your own end
• 25:33
  Speaker 15: of the ice. Maybe they make they give a turnover
• 25:36
  Speaker 15: and you get a scoring chance. So uh, but there
• 25:39
  Speaker 15: wasn't much of it in overtime. I haven't looked at
• 25:41
  Speaker 15: the exact numbers, but it feels like three plus minutes,
• 25:45
  Speaker 15: maybe close to four. Seattle have that puck.
• 25:48
  Speaker 14: Well, remember that's what La Lambert said in his introduct
• 25:51
  Speaker 14: to your press conference. He goes, in order to have
• 25:53
  Speaker 14: a good offense, you need to get the puck in
• 25:56
  Speaker 14: your defensive zone. It starts your offensive structure and your
• 26:00
  Speaker 14: offensive ability starts in your zone. And you saw a
• 26:04
  Speaker 14: lot of that, especially late in that game against Vegas.
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: We're gonna get to Nick alberga host of Leaf's Morning
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: take here in just a bit too preview the six
• 26:12
  Speaker 1: game road trip coming up again the crack and opening
• 26:15
  Speaker 1: up the trip. This is pretty much into the lions
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: Den opening night at Bell Center coming up tomorrow night
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: again four pm. Everett Now on the call. I'll be
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: with you from thirty two Bar and Grill. More info
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: coming up at the very end here of this drop.
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: But then Thursday in Ottawa a playoff team. Last year
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: October eighteenth, Saturday in Toronto, Hockey Night in Canada, another
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: playoff team, and yet they still look very good even
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: without Mitch Martyrs. So before we get to nick Alberga,
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: a few notes we'll cover here on this trip. First off,
• 26:49
  Speaker 1: there's twelve points on the table. How many for a
• 26:52
  Speaker 1: satisfactory road trip here at this point?
• 26:56
  Speaker 10: I think, I mean, if you can come home either.
• 26:59
  Speaker 14: With an overall record of five hundred or better, or
• 27:04
  Speaker 14: you finished this trip three two and one, you know,
• 27:10
  Speaker 14: four to one and one, or whatever.
• 27:12
  Speaker 10: The case may be.
• 27:12
  Speaker 14: If you can come back home at or above five
• 27:15
  Speaker 14: hundred against those teams, then I would consider this a success.
• 27:19
  Speaker 14: And even in those losses, if you can still play
• 27:24
  Speaker 14: that consistent game that we were just talking about, that
• 27:28
  Speaker 14: for me would be successful.
• 27:30
  Speaker 6: Yeah.
• 27:30
  Speaker 15: I think it's you know, win the games you should win,
• 27:34
  Speaker 15: and I think they should win the Philadelphia and Washington games.
• 27:36
  Speaker 15: But it is the first back to back test, and
• 27:38
  Speaker 15: so you know that's going to be interesting to see
• 27:40
  Speaker 15: how that goes. But you should win those games. But
• 27:43
  Speaker 15: then to Evers' point, you steal maybe some points or
• 27:46
  Speaker 15: a win out of the others. I think above five
• 27:51
  Speaker 15: hundred is a successful trip for sure.
• 27:53
  Speaker 1: I think what's also nice too is that you look
• 27:55
  Speaker 1: at this from from the scope and that there's going
• 27:57
  Speaker 1: to be so many back to backs because we have
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: the condensed schedule, the Olympic break thrown in as well,
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: there's only one set that you've got to play and
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: it's not that taxing, I should say, getting from point
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: A to point B, and that being Philadelphia this next
• 28:10
  Speaker 1: Monday and then Washington the very next night.
• 28:14
  Speaker 14: Yeah, I mean, oh sorry, I was gonna say, like,
• 28:17
  Speaker 14: you got fourteen, You got fourteen of them. I don't
• 28:20
  Speaker 14: need to tell you last year zero to eleven outscored
• 28:23
  Speaker 14: forty nine to nineteen in game twos of back to backs.
• 28:27
  Speaker 14: So I mean, this is gonna be your first test
• 28:30
  Speaker 14: of back to backs, and you.
• 28:33
  Speaker 10: Know, we're we're we're gonna.
• 28:34
  Speaker 14: Talk about who's gonna be in goalie for in goal
• 28:38
  Speaker 14: for that game. Are we going to see Grubauer or Murray?
• 28:43
  Speaker 14: How is that gonna work? So, I mean, I'm with you,
• 28:45
  Speaker 14: not looking too far ahead, but that's gonna be a
• 28:48
  Speaker 14: tough stretch of games. But also going back to this week,
• 28:52
  Speaker 14: I'm looking at the Ottawa series. Cracking are one and
• 28:55
  Speaker 14: four in their last five against Ottawa and they've not
• 28:58
  Speaker 14: scored a goal in this building in three years.
• 29:02
  Speaker 15: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, wait. You know, we talk
• 29:07
  Speaker 15: about Montreal's home opener. We talk about Hockey Night in Canada,
• 29:10
  Speaker 15: but you can't not talk about Ottawa for those very reasons.
• 29:14
  Speaker 15: That is that is going to be just as difficult
• 29:16
  Speaker 15: of a game for all the reasons you just said.
• 29:18
  Speaker 6: Efforts.
• 29:18
  Speaker 15: So you know, these these next three, like you know,
• 29:21
  Speaker 15: you obviously one game at a time and all that
• 29:23
  Speaker 15: cliche stuff, but these next three, they're going to be
• 29:26
  Speaker 15: a mountain to climb.
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: So it brings us here to the question every he
• 29:29
  Speaker 1: kind of teased this year as far as goaltending, and
• 29:31
  Speaker 1: they're going to go through the three goalie system right now.
• 29:34
  Speaker 1: That's the way things fell into place from training camp
• 29:37
  Speaker 1: with Joey to Cord, Philip Grubauer and Matt Murray, the
• 29:41
  Speaker 1: latter two getting split time as a backup behind a
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: Cord who's going to get a book of playing time.
• 29:46
  Speaker 1: Make no mistake here for this season, as long as
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: the Cord knock on Woodstay's healthy, he's been one of
• 29:51
  Speaker 1: the top goalies so far first couple of games in
• 29:55
  Speaker 1: this league already. But then when you get to Washington
• 29:58
  Speaker 1: and then Bears, the question houses all going to shake
• 30:01
  Speaker 1: out because Murray, Grubauer, for the most part how do
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: you judge preseason? How do you split the balance here?
• 30:09
  Speaker 1: And I think a lot of folks are curious what
• 30:13
  Speaker 1: to expect when you've got to find playing time for
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: these two goaltenders right and behind the cord.
• 30:21
  Speaker 15: Yeah, I mean, I think all we can do at
• 30:24
  Speaker 15: this point Mike is theorized and I think that you know,
• 30:28
  Speaker 15: like we talked about, fourteen back to backs is going
• 30:31
  Speaker 15: to play into this, the first one being next week
• 30:33
  Speaker 15: or the week after this week. That's got to be
• 30:36
  Speaker 15: a situation where Murray or Grubauer plays who I don't know,
• 30:42
  Speaker 15: and I don't know if we'll see either one of
• 30:44
  Speaker 15: them before then. So if I was guessing that's the
• 30:49
  Speaker 15: way I would expect to see it roll out, is
• 30:51
  Speaker 15: that Joey probably starts the next three and then probably
• 30:55
  Speaker 15: Philadelphia or Washington and you see one of the other
• 30:58
  Speaker 15: two play the other other game in that back to back.
• 31:02
  Speaker 14: I feel like there's going to have to be a
• 31:06
  Speaker 14: decision made at some point. And this is this is
• 31:09
  Speaker 14: not casting any type of shade or aspersions toward Grubauer
• 31:16
  Speaker 14: or Matt Murray. They're both NHL goalies. They're both here
• 31:19
  Speaker 14: for a reason. However, we've seen the three goalie system
• 31:24
  Speaker 14: in the past, right here in Montreal, right up the street.
• 31:27
  Speaker 14: We've seen it other places. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
• 31:33
  Speaker 14: And I feel like if you're the Kraken, and I
• 31:36
  Speaker 14: don't envy Jason or Lane or Ron or whoever is
• 31:43
  Speaker 14: is ultimately making those decisions. But I do think there
• 31:47
  Speaker 14: needs to be a decision made in the next month, right,
• 31:52
  Speaker 14: I mean, are we going into Thanksgiving? Are we going
• 31:58
  Speaker 14: into the Christmas break with three goalies on the roster?
• 32:00
  Speaker 10: Still? I don't know.
• 32:02
  Speaker 14: I do think that you're going to have to play
• 32:05
  Speaker 14: all three of them, and you're going to have to,
• 32:08
  Speaker 14: you know, maybe use this Actually these first few games
• 32:12
  Speaker 14: is like an extended training camp if you will, to
• 32:14
  Speaker 14: get one or two final looks at these goalies. But
• 32:18
  Speaker 14: I would have to imagine there's there's going to be
• 32:22
  Speaker 14: a decision made within the next four to six weeks,
• 32:26
  Speaker 14: I would think, if not sooner, about the goaltending situation
• 32:31
  Speaker 14: and only caring.
• 32:32
  Speaker 15: To Yeah, and part of it might be, you know,
• 32:36
  Speaker 15: those games that are played over that next month. Yeah,
• 32:39
  Speaker 15: maybe it's a bit of an audition as well. You know,
• 32:42
  Speaker 15: if other teams come calling, I, you know, I you
• 32:45
  Speaker 15: don't want to. You don't want to think about it
• 32:46
  Speaker 15: that way necessarily, but that could be part of it, and.
• 32:50
  Speaker 10: Said, all we can do is speculate.
• 32:52
  Speaker 14: All we can do is it's their eyes, right, So
• 32:54
  Speaker 14: we're just yea, we're three talking heads right.
• 32:56
  Speaker 15: Here, three talking heads imagining what what's possible.
• 33:01
  Speaker 1: Hey, we can put a microphone in front of the
• 33:02
  Speaker 1: powers that being asked, how's this going to play out?
• 33:04
  Speaker 1: And the answer we're gonna get.
• 33:05
  Speaker 10: I'm gonna let I'm.
• 33:09
  Speaker 15: Knock on wrong's door.
• 33:10
  Speaker 10: Yep, yep.
• 33:12
  Speaker 6: Here here.
• 33:13
  Speaker 1: So so our next burning question and we're gonna and
• 33:16
  Speaker 1: this is gonna become a conversation piece that that is
• 33:18
  Speaker 1: going to get louder and louder for as long as
• 33:21
  Speaker 1: this continues. With the lineup, you're two and zero, and
• 33:26
  Speaker 1: in theory, there is little reason to change a thing
• 33:29
  Speaker 1: because the way the Crackn played, starting realistically period three
• 33:34
  Speaker 1: against Anaheimen all the way through against Vegas, they were terrific.
• 33:38
  Speaker 1: But now you've got a nineteen year old prodigy sitting
• 33:42
  Speaker 1: on the sidelines in Berkeley Catton who made this roster,
• 33:45
  Speaker 1: and folks now are starting to get a little bit
• 33:47
  Speaker 1: louder of when does he play this is part of
• 33:50
  Speaker 1: the conversation. And Lane Lambert did say a few days ago,
• 33:55
  Speaker 1: he's got a way to turn. There is a patience
• 33:57
  Speaker 1: thing here with this Number one. You gotta find I
• 34:01
  Speaker 1: think the ideal spot for him to play. You don't
• 34:03
  Speaker 1: want to throw him to the Lions. Number two, it
• 34:06
  Speaker 1: matters who he plays with because can he be effective?
• 34:09
  Speaker 1: And I think number three, if you're if you're winning,
• 34:12
  Speaker 1: white change.
• 34:14
  Speaker 7: Yeah.
• 34:15
  Speaker 14: A lot of coaches will tell you if it ain't broke,
• 34:17
  Speaker 14: don't fix it. Right, I will say this, It's only
• 34:20
  Speaker 14: been two games, right, Berkeley Gatton. He's here for a reason.
• 34:25
  Speaker 14: The coaches, the management, they believe in him. They feel
• 34:28
  Speaker 14: that he's he's ready for this challenge. Now what this
• 34:33
  Speaker 14: challenge ultimately will be is yet to be decided. Is
• 34:37
  Speaker 14: it going to be the nine games? You know? You
• 34:39
  Speaker 14: remember Leo Carlson with the Anaheim Ducks a few years ago, right,
• 34:45
  Speaker 14: and they they I think they gave him a cap
• 34:47
  Speaker 14: of fifty five games or.
• 34:48
  Speaker 1: Ad management is no longer part of the NBA now.
• 34:51
  Speaker 14: And they said, listen, you're young player. I don't care
• 34:55
  Speaker 14: if you score fifty five hat tricks. You're playing fifty
• 34:58
  Speaker 14: five games and not a single game more so, I
• 35:01
  Speaker 14: don't know what that what that conversation has been with
• 35:04
  Speaker 14: Berkeley Catton.
• 35:05
  Speaker 10: But he's still getting practice time.
• 35:07
  Speaker 12: You know.
• 35:08
  Speaker 14: We saw him on the plane coming in here, and
• 35:10
  Speaker 14: he's still very much in high spirit. He's not pouting,
• 35:13
  Speaker 14: he's not low as me. I'm not playing. He still
• 35:16
  Speaker 14: wants to get better, and that is it's good to
• 35:20
  Speaker 14: see from a young kid. And his attitude, as we've
• 35:23
  Speaker 14: seen ever since we talked to him after the draft
• 35:26
  Speaker 14: last year, has just been incredible. Just a phenomenal kid.
• 35:31
  Speaker 14: But he will play. Will it be on the road trip,
• 35:34
  Speaker 14: will it be back home, We don't know. But he's
• 35:37
  Speaker 14: with this team for now and he's doing everything in
• 35:40
  Speaker 14: his power to make that impression to say, hey, I'm
• 35:44
  Speaker 14: ready put me in coach.
• 35:46
  Speaker 15: Yeah, I think that, you know, with I don't know
• 35:49
  Speaker 15: two months and about thirty games between now and World Juniors.
• 35:52
  Speaker 15: Obviously he's not going to play thirty games, but he'll
• 35:55
  Speaker 15: probably play. Is his minimum that he could play. But
• 35:57
  Speaker 15: before then, and like Everett says, he's gonna be around
• 36:00
  Speaker 15: the team. He's going to be practicing, he's going to
• 36:03
  Speaker 15: be in medians, he's going to be learning he's going
• 36:05
  Speaker 15: to be working with with with Nate getting stronger, you know,
• 36:09
  Speaker 15: all the things that are building blocks for getting you know,
• 36:13
  Speaker 15: him ready to be an NHL player. And I think
• 36:15
  Speaker 15: that's the goal of the Cracking right now, is to
• 36:18
  Speaker 15: get him ready to be a full time NHL player.
• 36:22
  Speaker 15: Will they go back to junior again? Three talking heads here, probably,
• 36:27
  Speaker 15: but probably not until after World Juniors.
• 36:29
  Speaker 1: All right, for more conversation on what the crack and
• 36:32
  Speaker 1: are facing. From the likes of Lane Hudson in Montreal
• 36:35
  Speaker 1: to Austin Matthews in Toronto, we go right now to
• 36:38
  Speaker 1: the Beacon Plumbing Hotline joining us as Nick alberga host
• 36:42
  Speaker 1: of Leif's Morning Take, and he does some fantastic work
• 36:46
  Speaker 1: across the Eastern Conference, has done so for many years.
• 36:49
  Speaker 1: Glad to have him here joining us on Cracking Weekly. Nick,
• 36:52
  Speaker 1: Thank you for doing this here with us. First off,
• 36:54
  Speaker 1: I have to ask you, are we gonna come back
• 36:56
  Speaker 1: here and lay a friendly wager down at Mariners and
• 36:59
  Speaker 1: Blue Jays in the ALCS.
• 37:02
  Speaker 13: I think we have to, boys. I'm fired up. It's
• 37:05
  Speaker 13: been a great, great run for the Toronto Blue Jays
• 37:07
  Speaker 13: and we'll see what's next here in the CS.
• 37:09
  Speaker 10: I just want to.
• 37:09
  Speaker 14: See Vlatti keep hitting home runs. Oh my goodness, like
• 37:12
  Speaker 14: he is, just how is it watching? I know here
• 37:16
  Speaker 14: in Seattle it's been crazy. This whole town is Mariners obsessed.
• 37:22
  Speaker 14: It's got to be the same way in Toronto.
• 37:24
  Speaker 1: Oh, for sure.
• 37:25
  Speaker 13: An ideal setup I think in the CS would just
• 37:27
  Speaker 13: be a home run fest between Julio the big dumper
• 37:30
  Speaker 13: Vladi like that, that's the ideal conversation for all of us.
• 37:34
  Speaker 13: But it's been remarkable. I think it's intriguing. All season long.
• 37:38
  Speaker 13: We've been talking about this massive contract that the Blue
• 37:41
  Speaker 13: Jays gave Vladimir Guerrero, but he's been worth every penny
• 37:44
  Speaker 13: and then some like we haven't seen this from Vlatti
• 37:47
  Speaker 13: in his career. Like I'm not kidding. He's playing the
• 37:50
  Speaker 13: best baseball of his career at the most important time
• 37:53
  Speaker 13: for this franchise. So it's been very, very exciting to see.
• 37:56
  Speaker 13: I think you look at the numbers in the Division series.
• 37:58
  Speaker 13: I think it's important to stress too, he has owned
• 38:00
  Speaker 13: the New York Yankees throughout his career. But yeah, there's
• 38:03
  Speaker 13: the level of excitement. We haven't felt this in a
• 38:05
  Speaker 13: long long time in this market.
• 38:07
  Speaker 6: Guys.
• 38:07
  Speaker 1: Well, hey, I think the conversation when it revolves owned
• 38:09
  Speaker 1: the New York Yankees. We have a lot in common
• 38:12
  Speaker 1: here for these two markets where we all walk happy campers.
• 38:15
  Speaker 1: Let's jump into it here, Nick, to begin things, the
• 38:18
  Speaker 1: six game road trip with the Kraken underway. Montreal is first.
• 38:22
  Speaker 1: That is no slouch of a challenge their home opener Ottawa, Toronto, Philadelphia, Washington, Winnipeg.
• 38:29
  Speaker 1: My goodness, it is quite a run. But for what's
• 38:32
  Speaker 1: ahead here, are any of these teams surprising to you
• 38:36
  Speaker 1: with maybe the kind of challenge that they present the season?
• 38:40
  Speaker 13: Yeah, I mean that's quite a gauntlet. I think you
• 38:42
  Speaker 13: look at a road trip that's pretty hefty, especially in
• 38:45
  Speaker 13: the Eastern Conference. I mean, we could start with those
• 38:47
  Speaker 13: three Atlantic Division teams that you just referenced, and certainly,
• 38:50
  Speaker 13: you know, you look at the upstart Outawa Senators. I
• 38:52
  Speaker 13: have high hopes, high praise for that team this season
• 38:55
  Speaker 13: off to fairly decent start as well. But I think
• 38:58
  Speaker 13: you look at those three teams typically have lofty expectations
• 39:02
  Speaker 13: not only to make the playoffs, but actually do something
• 39:04
  Speaker 13: substantial in the playoffs. Like I think Montreal is a
• 39:06
  Speaker 13: team that's starting to build off and trying to build
• 39:08
  Speaker 13: off what they put forth last season. Now going from
• 39:11
  Speaker 13: the hunter to the Hunted, it'll be intriguing that facet
• 39:15
  Speaker 13: Ottawa finally makes the playoffs for the first time in
• 39:18
  Speaker 13: a long period of time. Can they build off that?
• 39:20
  Speaker 13: And the team I cover on a daily basis, the
• 39:22
  Speaker 13: Toronto Maple Leafs lose Mitch Marner, but they think they're
• 39:25
  Speaker 13: going to be harder to play against in the Stanley
• 39:27
  Speaker 13: Cup playoffs. So I like it from the Seattle perspective,
• 39:31
  Speaker 13: it gives you an early gauge if you're Laye Lambert
• 39:33
  Speaker 13: in company of what you truly are, and I think
• 39:35
  Speaker 13: that team is up to the test. I do think
• 39:37
  Speaker 13: in general people will sleep on Seattle this season, and
• 39:40
  Speaker 13: that's a really good you know, I just talked about Montreal.
• 39:43
  Speaker 13: I think it's good to be that type of team
• 39:45
  Speaker 13: because people maybe don't give you your best their best
• 39:49
  Speaker 13: on a nightly basis.
• 39:50
  Speaker 14: You know, it's funny you were talking to you saying that,
• 39:52
  Speaker 14: because I feel like this, this cracking team is going
• 39:54
  Speaker 14: to be a lot better than people give them credit for.
• 39:57
  Speaker 14: But what are you hearing about out Seattle? Out East?
• 40:01
  Speaker 14: I mean, you've got Lane Lambert, who you're very familiar
• 40:04
  Speaker 14: with and when the Crack can go back to Canada,
• 40:07
  Speaker 14: he's gonna be They're gonna be facing three teams and
• 40:10
  Speaker 14: he played on a regular basis. What are they what
• 40:12
  Speaker 14: are they saying.
• 40:13
  Speaker 10: About this cracking team?
• 40:15
  Speaker 14: Uh in in the center of the hockey universe in Toronto.
• 40:18
  Speaker 13: Yeah, no, it's funny, Like you know, for me, I'm
• 40:21
  Speaker 13: not a regular hockey fan, as you guys know, I
• 40:23
  Speaker 13: watch a lot of hockey. I think people sleep on
• 40:26
  Speaker 13: the name Joey Decord. I think you start there when
• 40:29
  Speaker 13: when you can get saves. It is so uplifting for
• 40:32
  Speaker 13: a hockey club. And I'm sure Lane Lambert wakes up
• 40:34
  Speaker 13: on a daily basis and he's like, man, I have
• 40:37
  Speaker 13: Joey Decord as my number one. And you know, it's
• 40:40
  Speaker 13: been a turbulent stretch for this Cracket team in the
• 40:42
  Speaker 13: last couple of years, like the Grubauer contract. Let's be
• 40:44
  Speaker 13: Frank has not worked out for that team. But I
• 40:47
  Speaker 13: think seeing the progression of Joey Decord has been massive.
• 40:50
  Speaker 13: I think starting there, I think a lot of people
• 40:53
  Speaker 13: uh like, they're not sleeping on the sky anymore. And
• 40:55
  Speaker 13: I think he's shown it early on in this season.
• 40:58
  Speaker 13: The Blue line I think is way more more mobile
• 41:00
  Speaker 13: and way more stronger than people would suggest, even with
• 41:03
  Speaker 13: Brandon on tour. I know a bit banged up to
• 41:05
  Speaker 13: start the year, but I think he has a much
• 41:07
  Speaker 13: better second year than first year with the Krack and
• 41:09
  Speaker 13: can really move the puck, shoots right like He's a
• 41:11
  Speaker 13: huge asset. Vince Stun's another guy. I think any team
• 41:15
  Speaker 13: that can move the puck, I think is gonna be
• 41:16
  Speaker 13: a problem for opponents. And when you have d like
• 41:18
  Speaker 13: that that are mobile and steady and they have some
• 41:20
  Speaker 13: size as well, I think that's massive. I think the
• 41:24
  Speaker 13: big question for me is like the offense, where's it
• 41:27
  Speaker 13: gonna come from? Up front? I know they have some
• 41:30
  Speaker 13: really really strong players. I just think they need guys
• 41:32
  Speaker 13: like Benier's and Shane right to take that next step
• 41:35
  Speaker 13: in their careers. And if they do, I think Seattle's
• 41:37
  Speaker 13: gonna be a really good spot here.
• 41:39
  Speaker 6: Nick.
• 41:39
  Speaker 15: I hate to look too far ahead in the schedule,
• 41:41
  Speaker 15: but big Knight in Toronto coming up for the Crack,
• 41:45
  Speaker 15: and you know it's a hockey night in Canada. You
• 41:48
  Speaker 15: mentioned the Marner deal. Obviously that overshadows anything else Toronto
• 41:52
  Speaker 15: did in the offseason, but talk a little bit about
• 41:55
  Speaker 15: what else Toronto has done to make them a harder
• 41:58
  Speaker 15: team to play against, to make them a team that's
• 41:59
  Speaker 15: gonna go a little deeper this year.
• 42:01
  Speaker 13: Yeah, I can tell you first and foremost one guy
• 42:03
  Speaker 13: who probably has that game circled as the captain or
• 42:06
  Speaker 13: the head coach of year crack and Lane Lambert. Of course,
• 42:08
  Speaker 13: as we just talked about, returning to Toronto was one
• 42:11
  Speaker 13: short year, so we'll see if I can get him
• 42:12
  Speaker 13: on least warning take the tea that game up. But
• 42:14
  Speaker 13: I think from a Toronto perspective, it's like a whole
• 42:18
  Speaker 13: body approach. If you will, I think you look at
• 42:20
  Speaker 13: Craig Bruby and what he's put forth early on in
• 42:23
  Speaker 13: his tenure as the head coach, it's gonna be like
• 42:26
  Speaker 13: they play very direct, very linear, very north south with purpose.
• 42:30
  Speaker 13: I think it's a lot different than we've seen in
• 42:32
  Speaker 13: the Maple Leafs for the last ten years, we'll say,
• 42:35
  Speaker 13: especially under Sheldon Keith. Yeah, it's tough losing a guy
• 42:38
  Speaker 13: of the oak of Mitch Marner. You're never truly going
• 42:41
  Speaker 13: to replace that. But they have brought in some guys
• 42:43
  Speaker 13: who I think could add depth up front. They're a
• 42:46
  Speaker 13: bit banged up to start this season. Scott Lawden, who
• 42:49
  Speaker 13: they picked up from Philadelphia last year's trade deadline, is
• 42:51
  Speaker 13: hurt right now, so it's throwing the lines in a
• 42:53
  Speaker 13: bit of a blender. But they got a nice mix
• 42:55
  Speaker 13: of like skill players and grinder type guys like they
• 42:59
  Speaker 13: picked up Nickel Wise. You guys see a lot out
• 43:01
  Speaker 13: west with the you know, played a lot with the
• 43:03
  Speaker 13: Vegas gold Knights, won a Stanley Cup. Mattis Mitchelli, who
• 43:06
  Speaker 13: spent the last couple of years with the Arizona organization
• 43:09
  Speaker 13: now with Utah, was into the lineup last year, but
• 43:12
  Speaker 13: suddenly he finds himself in a garden seat role in
• 43:15
  Speaker 13: the top six. Has played a lot early on in
• 43:18
  Speaker 13: the preseason and the regular season with Austin Matthews and
• 43:21
  Speaker 13: Matthew Knyes. So you obviously take a big gun out
• 43:24
  Speaker 13: of that lineup with Mitch Marner. But I think their
• 43:27
  Speaker 13: hope is that they have more depth and we'll see
• 43:29
  Speaker 13: long term. I think the Maple Leafs are probably in
• 43:31
  Speaker 13: select company in this league, where it's more so what
• 43:34
  Speaker 13: they do in the Stanley Cup playoffs in the regular season.
• 43:37
  Speaker 1: Nick Alberga joining us here hosts of Leif's morning take
• 43:39
  Speaker 1: on Crack and Weekly Nick, we talk about Austin Matthews,
• 43:43
  Speaker 1: the headliner of this Leafs roster for years upon years,
• 43:46
  Speaker 1: but yet also William nieland are a big part of
• 43:48
  Speaker 1: this mix. Morgan Riley, many many are State had a
• 43:51
  Speaker 1: great first game as well out of the shoot. But
• 43:54
  Speaker 1: I'm curious about a guy like Matthew Nis given the
• 43:56
  Speaker 1: big contract, twenty nine goals last season, and I once
• 44:00
  Speaker 1: heard just about his stature. He might weigh about two
• 44:04
  Speaker 1: fifty and his neck might weigh about two ted. I mean,
• 44:06
  Speaker 1: he is hard to knock off the puck, But what
• 44:09
  Speaker 1: are expectations out there for a guy like Ni's this.
• 44:12
  Speaker 13: Season through the roof? I mean, this guy is such
• 44:16
  Speaker 13: a throwback guy, and I'm glad you brought up his
• 44:18
  Speaker 13: neck every time I look at him, like I in person,
• 44:20
  Speaker 13: Like I'm a big dude too, I'm six three, two fifteen,
• 44:23
  Speaker 13: Like he's just really hefty, and he looks a good
• 44:25
  Speaker 13: guy who's a bulldog. Like I think he's such a
• 44:28
  Speaker 13: throwback in the fact that he plays like that modern
• 44:31
  Speaker 13: style where he can score goals, but he can also
• 44:34
  Speaker 13: you know, I think he's your prototypical power forward. Maybe
• 44:36
  Speaker 13: when you look at him you don't suggest that, but
• 44:38
  Speaker 13: I think the physicality, I think the way he plays
• 44:41
  Speaker 13: in the Stanley Cup playoffs as well. He plays his
• 44:43
  Speaker 13: best hockey at the most important time, which I think
• 44:46
  Speaker 13: is really endearing to the mayple Leaf fan base, considering
• 44:49
  Speaker 13: what we've seen in the last ten to fifteen years
• 44:51
  Speaker 13: where it seems like the star players they play their
• 44:53
  Speaker 13: worst hockey at the most important time. But I think
• 44:56
  Speaker 13: this is guy. You know, it's it's massive for a
• 44:58
  Speaker 13: guy like Matthew Nyes when a guy like Mitch Marner
• 45:01
  Speaker 13: leaves and then you get that contract, Can you step
• 45:03
  Speaker 13: up to the plate? Can you you be a big
• 45:05
  Speaker 13: dog for this team? That that will be a question.
• 45:08
  Speaker 13: You know that top line in general, that's a pretty
• 45:10
  Speaker 13: significant hole now without Marner. So can Austin Matthews do
• 45:14
  Speaker 13: his thing? Matthew Nyes and short order in a couple
• 45:17
  Speaker 13: of years here in the NHL is elevated from like
• 45:19
  Speaker 13: a you know, a bottom six guy to a firm
• 45:22
  Speaker 13: piece on that top line. Can he take that next step?
• 45:25
  Speaker 13: Obviously you know he floats thirty goals last year, but
• 45:28
  Speaker 13: can you get to that forty goal Plato? I think
• 45:30
  Speaker 13: this Mayle team could need that. But there's a reason
• 45:33
  Speaker 13: why this guy is a fan favorite. He's just a
• 45:35
  Speaker 13: delight to watch. Guys.
• 45:37
  Speaker 14: You know, it's funny you talk about Matthew and I
• 45:38
  Speaker 14: is trying to get to forty here in Seattle, the
• 45:41
  Speaker 14: three of us, we genuinely seem to think that this
• 45:45
  Speaker 14: could be a thirty goal season for a Shane Right
• 45:48
  Speaker 14: or a Manny Veneer. So it's good to know all
• 45:49
  Speaker 14: those expectations are the same. Speaking of expectations, we all
• 45:54
  Speaker 14: know where Toronto is. We all know the hump the
• 45:56
  Speaker 14: Leafs are trying to get over getting out of the
• 45:59
  Speaker 14: second round, getting to a final, winning that first Cup
• 46:02
  Speaker 14: since the sixties. But when you look at Montreal and Ottawa,
• 46:07
  Speaker 14: two different teams in terms of makeup, they've got some superstars.
• 46:11
  Speaker 14: They're trying to get over their own respective humps. What
• 46:15
  Speaker 14: is the next step for both of those teams to
• 46:18
  Speaker 14: take in order for them to get to where they
• 46:22
  Speaker 14: need to go.
• 46:23
  Speaker 13: Well, I'll say, firstly, I think you're right to bring
• 46:25
  Speaker 13: up both of those squads, because I mean, it's one
• 46:28
  Speaker 13: thing to say we have this prospect and that prospect,
• 46:31
  Speaker 13: and we've signed this free agent, and we've made this trade,
• 46:34
  Speaker 13: but it's another thing to go out there and demonstrate
• 46:36
  Speaker 13: your ability to win. I think, honestly, to answer your question,
• 46:39
  Speaker 13: it's to play meaningful hockey in the springtime. I think
• 46:42
  Speaker 13: we saw with both teams last year. The Ottawa Senators.
• 46:45
  Speaker 13: I mean, I know a lot of people with that organization.
• 46:47
  Speaker 13: They'll tell you that series was closer than six games.
• 46:50
  Speaker 13: I would battle back at a bit on that, like
• 46:53
  Speaker 13: you can make that case with every series in professional
• 46:55
  Speaker 13: sports they lose in six games. They were down three
• 46:58
  Speaker 13: nothing to start that series. But I think it's playing
• 47:00
  Speaker 13: meaningful hockey at the most important time of the year.
• 47:02
  Speaker 13: Even Montreal, Like on paper, people are just like salivating
• 47:08
  Speaker 13: over that roster. But as I mentioned earlier on, it's
• 47:11
  Speaker 13: different when you go from the hunter to the hunted,
• 47:13
  Speaker 13: and that I mean, you're not going to sneak up
• 47:15
  Speaker 13: on people anymore. I think you look at that Montreal team,
• 47:18
  Speaker 13: it's been a pretty decent start to the campaign for
• 47:20
  Speaker 13: them as well. They got some young talent they know.
• 47:22
  Speaker 13: A Doobtson pick up was crucial. Nick Suzuki is a
• 47:25
  Speaker 13: guy that people sleep on. I think one of the
• 47:27
  Speaker 13: more underrated players in this league. But that's probably the
• 47:30
  Speaker 13: way I would answer it. Get to the playoffs first
• 47:32
  Speaker 13: and foremost. When you get there, play important games and
• 47:36
  Speaker 13: start to accrue experience. Because we've seen so many prime
• 47:39
  Speaker 13: examples guys getting to those key moments and times. It's
• 47:43
  Speaker 13: like some guys it takes some time to figure it out.
• 47:46
  Speaker 13: So I would say that's probably the way I would
• 47:48
  Speaker 13: answer that.
• 47:49
  Speaker 15: So, Nick, we've talked a little bit amongst the three
• 47:51
  Speaker 15: of us about this road trip coming up, six games
• 47:53
  Speaker 15: against some very difficult teams, and you know what would
• 47:56
  Speaker 15: be considered a success coming out of that road trip.
• 47:59
  Speaker 15: You got that three sixty five rip behind you on
• 48:01
  Speaker 15: the wall there, put your betting hat on, and and
• 48:04
  Speaker 15: and give us a sense for looking at that schedule,
• 48:07
  Speaker 15: you know, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and then back to back
• 48:09
  Speaker 15: with Philadelphia, Washington, finishing with Winnipeg. What games do you
• 48:13
  Speaker 15: think in that stretch do you think the krack and
• 48:17
  Speaker 15: have a good chance of winning? What games in that
• 48:19
  Speaker 15: stretch do you think that we might get surprised the
• 48:22
  Speaker 15: team across across from us. Give us a little sense
• 48:25
  Speaker 15: for you know, how you might lay that lay out
• 48:26
  Speaker 15: that parlay.
• 48:28
  Speaker 13: Look, it's it's funny to say this but this, this
• 48:30
  Speaker 13: could be the season for Seattle. Like I internally like this,
• 48:36
  Speaker 13: this is juice that I got to give you boys,
• 48:38
  Speaker 13: because you play six games.
• 48:39
  Speaker 1: From your lips to Seattle's ears.
• 48:42
  Speaker 13: Exactly like you have to you have to try to
• 48:45
  Speaker 13: find a way to split this. I think if you
• 48:48
  Speaker 13: were to ask Lane Lamber raid now, he's obviously gonna
• 48:51
  Speaker 13: be like, yeah, we want to win every game. But
• 48:52
  Speaker 13: if they can split this, I think they're going to
• 48:54
  Speaker 13: be in good standing moving forward here in the month
• 48:56
  Speaker 13: of October and in November, like, because you can fall
• 48:58
  Speaker 13: out of this thing really really quickly. I think Washington
• 49:02
  Speaker 13: is a beatable team this year. I think they're gonna
• 49:04
  Speaker 13: take a step back. I think they're prone to some
• 49:06
  Speaker 13: negative regression. I just a lot of stuff went right
• 49:09
  Speaker 13: for that team, even Philadelphia. I'm not crazy about that team.
• 49:12
  Speaker 13: They got some young players, they got Zegres in the mix.
• 49:15
  Speaker 13: They you know, matt Vey mitchkov year two in the league,
• 49:17
  Speaker 13: what is he going to do. I still have concerns,
• 49:19
  Speaker 13: major concerns about that team's crease, even though they have
• 49:23
  Speaker 13: Arison and and Dan Fadar now who's with Calgary the
• 49:26
  Speaker 13: last couple of years. So I think Philadelphia is a
• 49:28
  Speaker 13: winnable game. I think Washington's a winnable game. And then
• 49:32
  Speaker 13: it comes down to Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal and Winnipeg the Jets.
• 49:36
  Speaker 13: I mean, you're gonna be on fumes to finish off
• 49:39
  Speaker 13: that road trip, so i'd be I think it's difficult,
• 49:42
  Speaker 13: especially if Hellibuck goes in that game. So I think
• 49:44
  Speaker 13: they got to find a way to maybe get half
• 49:47
  Speaker 13: the points. We'll say in the first three games, grind
• 49:49
  Speaker 13: out at least a game that goes to ot I
• 49:52
  Speaker 13: think audi like they're all gettable. I think that's the
• 49:55
  Speaker 13: great thing about this league. And not to be cliche
• 49:57
  Speaker 13: with my answer, guys, it's like if you put forth
• 49:59
  Speaker 13: your best st effort on a nightly basis, you'll find
• 50:02
  Speaker 13: a way to scratch out points in this league. Like
• 50:04
  Speaker 13: parody is real in my opinion, I.
• 50:06
  Speaker 14: Got one more for you, Nick about Lane Lambert. You
• 50:08
  Speaker 14: know we've gotten to know him well here in Seattle.
• 50:11
  Speaker 14: You you covered him again, like you said, only for
• 50:14
  Speaker 14: a year, but with him being out along Island, you
• 50:17
  Speaker 14: know you've seen him more than than the crack and
• 50:19
  Speaker 14: have what is something that maybe we don't know about
• 50:24
  Speaker 14: Lane Lambert? What are we missing about Lane Lambert. We
• 50:27
  Speaker 14: know the intensity is there, the accountability. He is a defensive,
• 50:31
  Speaker 14: structured coach first, But what is something maybe that you
• 50:34
  Speaker 14: saw or that you found out while working with him,
• 50:38
  Speaker 14: that some Kraken fans might not know or.
• 50:41
  Speaker 10: Might be happy to know.
• 50:43
  Speaker 13: I love his passion and his energy. I thought you
• 50:46
  Speaker 13: got an unfair crack with the New York Islanders. Then
• 50:48
  Speaker 13: takes on one of the most you know, sought after jobs.
• 50:52
  Speaker 13: I think if you're an assistant being a right hand
• 50:54
  Speaker 13: man to a head coach in Toronto does that for
• 50:56
  Speaker 13: a year And I liked that the crack and gave
• 50:58
  Speaker 13: this guy another shot to be a head coach. But
• 51:00
  Speaker 13: that was like resoundingly when I watched the games, is
• 51:03
  Speaker 13: like the passion and the joy that he has in
• 51:06
  Speaker 13: his job. And I think they're in really good hands
• 51:08
  Speaker 13: with Seattle. I mean they're they're getting he's getting a
• 51:10
  Speaker 13: fresh canvas to work with this and I think, honestly,
• 51:13
  Speaker 13: the type of players he has is actually pretty good
• 51:16
  Speaker 13: for him. Like I think with the Outis he didn't
• 51:18
  Speaker 13: really have like a bona fide star player like he
• 51:20
  Speaker 13: had Matthew Barzao, who is a great player, but he's
• 51:23
  Speaker 13: not like a superstar. So I like the fact that
• 51:26
  Speaker 13: he's got that blue lion too. There's some guys who
• 51:28
  Speaker 13: have been there before, namely a Brandon on tour, but
• 51:32
  Speaker 13: like he's got some size there. I think it's more
• 51:34
  Speaker 13: prone to being that type of roster that brings success
• 51:37
  Speaker 13: for Leanne Lambert. But without question when you answered, you
• 51:39
  Speaker 13: asked me that question of like his passion, Like just
• 51:42
  Speaker 13: look at how animated he is on the bench, and
• 51:44
  Speaker 13: I just love that from a coach, and he's probably
• 51:46
  Speaker 13: a guy that guys love to play for as well.
• 51:49
  Speaker 1: Nick, if I can throw this your way, because we're
• 51:52
  Speaker 1: seeing a ton of teams out of the Eastern to
• 51:53
  Speaker 1: begin this trip, aside from the Florida Panthers, who's your
• 51:58
  Speaker 1: best bet for a pick to rise out of the
• 52:00
  Speaker 1: East this next spring.
• 52:03
  Speaker 13: I uh, I don't want to be biased, but like
• 52:06
  Speaker 13: the team I cover in the Maple Leafs, I think
• 52:08
  Speaker 13: they could take that next step, because yeah, I think
• 52:17
  Speaker 13: it's them, Like I think what's been in the way
• 52:18
  Speaker 13: of the Maple Leafs the last several years has been
• 52:20
  Speaker 13: the Florida Panthers, and I really wonder about that team.
• 52:23
  Speaker 13: But I'll give you a wildcard team that I really liked.
• 52:25
  Speaker 13: It's had a really good start to this year. Mike
• 52:27
  Speaker 13: Sullivan is one of the best coaches in hockey now
• 52:29
  Speaker 13: with the New York Rangers. They have one of the
• 52:31
  Speaker 13: best goals in the league. Ego shastererkan the New York Rangers.
• 52:34
  Speaker 13: I would not sleep on that team. I think it's
• 52:36
  Speaker 13: recency biased. People look at last year they missed the playoffs,
• 52:39
  Speaker 13: but they got a row. They're they're trying to win
• 52:41
  Speaker 13: a cup there, don't get don't get it twisted. I mean,
• 52:44
  Speaker 13: they're not trying to make the playoffs. I wouldn't sleep
• 52:46
  Speaker 13: on the Rangers, but my pick would be the Toronto
• 52:49
  Speaker 13: Maple Leafs.
• 52:50
  Speaker 14: Is this the year that Carolina does something past a
• 52:55
  Speaker 14: second round, past the conference finals?
• 52:57
  Speaker 13: No, I I get I got asked this question a lot,
• 53:01
  Speaker 13: and I love watching the Canes. You're not going anywhere
• 53:04
  Speaker 13: with that goaltending. I'm sorry. I saw Freddy Anderson first hand.
• 53:07
  Speaker 13: He's now thirty six. He can't stay healthy, he can't
• 53:10
  Speaker 13: make big saves. I mean, not to pack on him.
• 53:13
  Speaker 13: Then they have Kochekhov as their number two, Like I think,
• 53:15
  Speaker 13: if the Canes are serious and they've been linked to
• 53:17
  Speaker 13: every star player. They got Miko Ranton in last year.
• 53:20
  Speaker 13: It didn't work out. I think the next step they
• 53:22
  Speaker 13: need to make or take, And sadly, every team's looking
• 53:25
  Speaker 13: for a bona fide number one guy. I think until
• 53:28
  Speaker 13: that team can find a guy who can make saves
• 53:30
  Speaker 13: at important times, they're not going to go anywhere. And
• 53:32
  Speaker 13: they're much similar to the Leafs. Like Carolina's great and
• 53:36
  Speaker 13: then they get to a conference final and for the
• 53:38
  Speaker 13: most part every postseason their power play struggles, they can't
• 53:41
  Speaker 13: get a save. So no, I just don't see it
• 53:43
  Speaker 13: for that team. I think they're a really good regular
• 53:45
  Speaker 13: season team. They're a team that can win a couple
• 53:46
  Speaker 13: of rounds, but when it gets down to the nitty gritty,
• 53:49
  Speaker 13: they can't get the job done.
• 53:50
  Speaker 1: Referencing back here to the Crack and in New York
• 53:52
  Speaker 1: Rangers first time. They'll meet up November one here in
• 53:55
  Speaker 1: Seattle and then the Crack and make their only visit
• 53:58
  Speaker 1: to Madison Square Garden coming up in January. Hey, Nick,
• 54:01
  Speaker 1: appreciate this, certainly you do a fantastic word. Tell us
• 54:04
  Speaker 1: where everyone can find your work once again.
• 54:06
  Speaker 13: Yeah, at least morning take out the Leafs Nation for
• 54:08
  Speaker 13: one on YouTube. I also host the NHL Fantasy Na's
• 54:11
  Speaker 13: podcast with the NHL, so you can check that out
• 54:13
  Speaker 13: wherever you get your podcasts as well.
• 54:15
  Speaker 10: Nicky, thanks for your time, man.
• 54:16
  Speaker 13: This has been all my pleasure, my pleasure. Guys, thank
• 54:18
  Speaker 13: you so much for having me anytime you need me.
• 54:20
  Speaker 1: All Right, Nick Alberga joining us here at least morning take.
• 54:23
  Speaker 1: He is terrific at what he does. We'll make sure
• 54:25
  Speaker 1: we get back and did to get him back here
• 54:27
  Speaker 1: very very soon on this show Everett YouTube go way
• 54:30
  Speaker 1: back as well. He does a fantastic job and to
• 54:32
  Speaker 1: really appreciate what he can offer here as far as
• 54:35
  Speaker 1: we look from the Eastern Conference side of things. All right,
• 54:37
  Speaker 1: time for our three stars of the week before we
• 54:39
  Speaker 1: wrap all this up here. Two games, small sample size,
• 54:43
  Speaker 1: but I thought three key players going through this, we
• 54:47
  Speaker 1: all each have our own takes on this. Everett. I'll
• 54:51
  Speaker 1: begin with you your three stars of the week. Go ahead, Uh.
• 54:55
  Speaker 14: Give me give me Joey decord number one. I mean,
• 54:59
  Speaker 14: and I thought he kept the kracking in it on
• 55:03
  Speaker 14: on Thursday in that first period and allowed Seattle that
• 55:07
  Speaker 14: time to settle down and then you know, cool, call
• 55:10
  Speaker 14: him collected. Loved the Sellies I mean he was announced
• 55:13
  Speaker 14: as the stars of the game, just eating it up.
• 55:17
  Speaker 14: So I'm going Joey to Cordon By my first star.
• 55:20
  Speaker 14: My second star, I got Matty Beaneers. I thought that
• 55:22
  Speaker 14: Maddy Beaneers had a really two strong games, but two
• 55:27
  Speaker 14: hundred foot complete games. I mean he's scoring goals, obviously,
• 55:31
  Speaker 14: but defensively he's making good plays.
• 55:33
  Speaker 10: Al You and I were talking.
• 55:35
  Speaker 14: About his face off prowess and how he's maybe changed
• 55:38
  Speaker 14: a few things and he's winning draws.
• 55:40
  Speaker 10: So he's got my second Star of the week. And
• 55:44
  Speaker 10: I think my third star. This was tough.
• 55:46
  Speaker 14: I mean I probably had two or three guys that
• 55:50
  Speaker 14: I could have I could have put up there, but
• 55:52
  Speaker 14: I'm gonna go Jared mccannon. I think the goal obviously
• 55:55
  Speaker 14: the game winner in overtime, but once again in a
• 55:59
  Speaker 14: first period it on Thursday that was not their best.
• 56:03
  Speaker 14: I thought that some of the vets when they needed
• 56:06
  Speaker 14: to stand up and when they needed to get a
• 56:10
  Speaker 14: good rusher or to keep guys in it, I thought
• 56:12
  Speaker 14: he was right there in that mix as well.
• 56:15
  Speaker 10: So I'm going Joey D, Maddie b and Jared mccamnon.
• 56:19
  Speaker 15: So I'm going to do it properly from three to one.
• 56:24
  Speaker 7: That's okay, the broadcast absolutely, So third star for me
• 56:32
  Speaker 7: again some of the same names.
• 56:33
  Speaker 15: Matty Beneer is a goal to assist plus one over
• 56:35
  Speaker 15: the two games. Again, I love everything about the way
• 56:38
  Speaker 15: his game has developed from last season to this season.
• 56:42
  Speaker 15: I'm looking forward to see him seeing more takeaways from here,
• 56:45
  Speaker 15: more stick battles, more work along the boards, more moves
• 56:49
  Speaker 15: like he made in that game against Vegas and that goal.
• 56:52
  Speaker 15: So he's my third star. My second star is going
• 56:54
  Speaker 15: to Vince Dunn. One goal to assist plus two U.
• 56:58
  Speaker 15: He's averaging twenty two minutes a game over those first
• 57:00
  Speaker 15: two just a workhorse out there and often involved in
• 57:04
  Speaker 15: the offense as well. So I like Vince done in
• 57:07
  Speaker 15: that second star role. And then I got to go
• 57:09
  Speaker 15: with Joey for for the for the first star sitting
• 57:11
  Speaker 15: in I think second in the league with a save
• 57:13
  Speaker 15: percentage of And I don't know how this works because
• 57:15
  Speaker 15: he's been scored on twice in two games, two goals.
• 57:18
  Speaker 15: It says point nine point to nine to six for
• 57:21
  Speaker 15: a goals against average, So shaved a little bit off.
• 57:25
  Speaker 14: Yeah, okay, so it's it's per sixty. So the crack
• 57:28
  Speaker 14: in a per sixty one hundred and twenty four minutes
• 57:31
  Speaker 14: and fifty seven seconds or.
• 57:32
  Speaker 10: Something like that.
• 57:33
  Speaker 6: There you go, that's that's that's why.
• 57:35
  Speaker 15: So more than sixty minutes so uh point nine to
• 57:37
  Speaker 15: six goals goals against average save percentage second in the
• 57:40
  Speaker 15: league at nine six sixes. He's he's had a fantastic start.
• 57:43
  Speaker 15: He's gonna have to continue that forward on this road trip.
• 57:46
  Speaker 15: That's why he's my number one star. But honorable mentions
• 57:49
  Speaker 15: Jordan Everley, Mason Marchman getting his first goal as a
• 57:53
  Speaker 15: cracking and Jayden Schwartz and also Brandon Montour with a
• 57:57
  Speaker 15: big game as well.
• 57:58
  Speaker 1: Guys, I'll go with my third start to more of
• 58:00
  Speaker 1: a rugged approach right here, and that's Ryan lindgrend. I
• 58:03
  Speaker 1: loved his play. I loved his physicality. I loved how
• 58:06
  Speaker 1: he was able to immediately mesh and it was pretty
• 58:09
  Speaker 1: apparent with Brandon on tour and he delivered a virtuo.
• 58:12
  Speaker 1: So Ryan Lindgren game, I thought in the season opener
• 58:16
  Speaker 1: six block shots as well. He was physical all over
• 58:20
  Speaker 1: the place. And then go to the Vegas game, the
• 58:22
  Speaker 1: numbers on him nineteen minutes and two seconds of ice
• 58:26
  Speaker 1: time two block shots as well. He had a hit
• 58:29
  Speaker 1: the krack and a half thirty they out hit Vegas.
• 58:31
  Speaker 1: I thought he played a very very important role now,
• 58:33
  Speaker 1: and not just that, but also for the penalty kill
• 58:36
  Speaker 1: which was great against Vegas for the most part, and
• 58:39
  Speaker 1: then kept Anaheim off the board in game number one.
• 58:42
  Speaker 1: Plus also had that breakaway too when he was fed
• 58:44
  Speaker 1: by Jamie Alexiaki was fresh out of the box. I
• 58:47
  Speaker 1: thought lenn Gren looked great his first two games. Hey,
• 58:50
  Speaker 1: maybe you know another two way start in the making, Alexiak.
• 58:53
  Speaker 14: Sometimes when he really wants it, he's got a bit
• 58:56
  Speaker 14: of an offensive touch.
• 58:57
  Speaker 10: And I love len Gren's little right to left yell back.
• 59:01
  Speaker 6: It was it was like the red button, blue button,
• 59:08
  Speaker 6: red button, blue button.
• 59:09
  Speaker 1: We got to ask about that in the room this
• 59:11
  Speaker 1: next time about that. What was the talk like back
• 59:13
  Speaker 1: on the bench. My second star pretty obvious here. Matty
• 59:16
  Speaker 1: Beaneers phenomenal. You can't ask for much more from him.
• 59:20
  Speaker 1: Three points here for the first two games. But I
• 59:23
  Speaker 1: thought the Vegas game was on brand. Matty Beniers and
• 59:26
  Speaker 1: what you had to expect out of him, not just production,
• 59:29
  Speaker 1: but a two hundred foot game. He was reliable, He
• 59:32
  Speaker 1: was dependable. I love the way that he showed a
• 59:36
  Speaker 1: fearless approach when it came to fifty to fifty puck battles.
• 59:39
  Speaker 1: On top of that, and we've talked about this before.
• 59:43
  Speaker 1: Where this team goes, Maddy Beaniers will also go as well.
• 59:46
  Speaker 1: So that was a big step in the right direction
• 59:49
  Speaker 1: and a very optimistic outlook for the Kraken and for
• 59:52
  Speaker 1: Matty bean Eers has got to drive play from his line,
• 59:56
  Speaker 1: and the first star pretty obvious. Joey Decord take a bow.
• 1:00:01
  Speaker 1: He saved opening night from the first period and then
• 1:00:05
  Speaker 1: got this team comfortable. That's what a starting goaltender does.
• 1:00:09
  Speaker 1: He bailed him out early. This team then gained confidence
• 1:00:13
  Speaker 1: and they really took off after that. And I thought, again,
• 1:00:16
  Speaker 1: terrific as far as what he did against Vegas didn't
• 1:00:19
  Speaker 1: look uncomfortable at all and a big reason why again
• 1:00:22
  Speaker 1: to the cranking round to a two to zero start,
• 1:00:24
  Speaker 1: and also metrics wise, one of the top goaltenders in
• 1:00:28
  Speaker 1: this league as far as the first couple of games,
• 1:00:30
  Speaker 1: small sample size, but it shows how Greaty has been
• 1:00:33
  Speaker 1: certainly playing here for the first two games. That was
• 1:00:36
  Speaker 1: a big question mark. They had the structure in place,
• 1:00:39
  Speaker 1: they had details in place, they had a rugged approach
• 1:00:42
  Speaker 1: and they still wanted to play fast. But this wasn't
• 1:00:45
  Speaker 1: going to go anywhere unless their starting goaltender played up
• 1:00:49
  Speaker 1: to standards, and he was phenomenal. My three stars Lynn
• 1:00:52
  Speaker 1: Grin three, Beniers two, and Decord number one. So all
• 1:00:56
  Speaker 1: right into the six game trip we go. Walkoff are
• 1:01:00
  Speaker 1: becoming a thing. The Mariners are following you guys out
• 1:01:03
  Speaker 1: there not too far away toward the end of this week.
• 1:01:06
  Speaker 1: Fits you holding up here with the kiddies out of
• 1:01:09
  Speaker 1: the postseason, but yet them still hanging in there. Right now.
• 1:01:12
  Speaker 14: You know what I've said it before, I'll say it again.
• 1:01:15
  Speaker 14: You know I'm not upset, too upset about it. I
• 1:01:17
  Speaker 14: get to go from cheering on the baseball and the
• 1:01:20
  Speaker 14: Mews to the football Mews. The Murder City kiddies are
• 1:01:24
  Speaker 14: still very much alive in the National Football League. But hey,
• 1:01:29
  Speaker 14: Seattle deserves this as a market, as a city sports fans.
• 1:01:34
  Speaker 14: I'm I I love listening to Softy and he's like,
• 1:01:37
  Speaker 14: you know.
• 1:01:37
  Speaker 5: The marriage when when the World Series the whole town's
• 1:01:40
  Speaker 5: gonna burn down might work.
• 1:01:43
  Speaker 14: So I uh, I'm looking for I'm looking for to
• 1:01:49
  Speaker 14: that got that got what I needed to get.
• 1:01:50
  Speaker 1: Out out, no accomplished.
• 1:01:54
  Speaker 14: Yeah, I'm looking forward to a good uh good week.
• 1:01:57
  Speaker 14: I'm kind of bummed though. We're on the road for
• 1:01:58
  Speaker 14: the entire ALCS and we have an off day Friday,
• 1:02:03
  Speaker 14: which will be Game five. So I'm gonna throw on
• 1:02:06
  Speaker 14: my Mariners hoodie go to go to the Loose Moose
• 1:02:09
  Speaker 14: and watch a Mariners victory.
• 1:02:11
  Speaker 1: Josh Naylor, we got to see more more of the
• 1:02:14
  Speaker 1: crack and third jersey and every celebration.
• 1:02:16
  Speaker 6: That was, oh yeah, and if he was.
• 1:02:19
  Speaker 1: And he was also very outamant and how much he
• 1:02:22
  Speaker 1: saw the players Joey Dcord, Matty Beneirs, Ty car Jay,
• 1:02:25
  Speaker 1: Ryan Lindgren and more up in that suite and fired
• 1:02:27
  Speaker 1: the guys up and this team as well to crack
• 1:02:29
  Speaker 1: and know when the Mariners do well, when the Seahawks
• 1:02:32
  Speaker 1: do well, the Huskies do well. Cougar fans around here too, storm, rain,
• 1:02:37
  Speaker 1: you name it. They intersect with a lot of kracking
• 1:02:40
  Speaker 1: fans around here. So when one team is making a
• 1:02:43
  Speaker 1: deep postseason run, the vibes increase, they intensify here in
• 1:02:47
  Speaker 1: this sports town, and really it kind of it elevates
• 1:02:49
  Speaker 1: the mood and inspires other players on other teams to
• 1:02:53
  Speaker 1: follow suit as well. So congratulations here to the Mariners
• 1:02:56
  Speaker 1: as of this recording, up one game to nothing over
• 1:02:59
  Speaker 1: the Blue Jays. They come home for games three, four,
• 1:03:02
  Speaker 1: and possibly five this week at Teamabile Park, while the
• 1:03:06
  Speaker 1: Kraken are away and the Crack and hoping that they
• 1:03:08
  Speaker 1: can put pedal too Mettal, just like what the Mariners
• 1:03:11
  Speaker 1: are doing here for this postseason right now. All right, guys,
• 1:03:15
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• 1:03:18
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