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Preds Win in Dallas! Juuse Saros' Commercial Encore · Predators Official Podcast

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Arsenal left side to the middle. What a move by Philip Forsberg.
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One of the best from Scoresberg. It's the podcast that loves the
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hockey team you love Sorrow stops him with the blocker.
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This is the Predators official podcast with Cara Hammer and Max
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hers for the empty net and hits it on about on 102.5 and 106.3.
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The game at nashvillepredators.com.
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Welcome into the Predators official podcast.
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I'm Karen Hammer along with Max Hers here in the lovely state of
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Colorado. And Max, the boys are coming off
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a big two point win against the Dallas Stars.
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It feels good to have a podcast where we're talking about a win
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after an 8 game losing streak. Yeah, Kara, I just got off the
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phone. I had to wait a while to get
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through, but I called the word back department and I was able
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to successfully file a claim after the Predators snapped
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their franchise record tying 8 game losing streak with A41 win
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against the Stars Thursday night.
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So the claim has been filed everybody.
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No need to fill up the phone lines at the word back
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department. I got it covered.
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All right, all right, I know everybody was kind of
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questioning this team then, you know, it felt like what could go
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wrong did go wrong. It was like the good, the bad
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and the ugly and there was a lot of ugly, especially going into
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that Dallas game. Obviously in the the night
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before you lose, Roman Yossi exits the game.
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He's listed out the lower body injury.
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They're already without Jeremy was gone already without
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Alexander Carrier. You're you're starting to
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question what's happening with this D team.
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Obviously Gus Nyquist was out that night.
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Ryan O'Reilly was out that night.
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I so going against Dallas Max, I felt like I had a good feeling
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going into that one. When it was announced that
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Nyquist and The Factor would be back, you felt like all right,
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things could be good and things were good.
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What a crazy way to snap the streak, right?
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You only have two of your 6 Opening night defenseman Roman
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Yossi missing his first game in two seasons.
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He'd played 117 in a row. Similar streaks ended in the
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past week for Nyquist and O'Reilly.
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When they had to miss time, both of them got back.
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So the Preds did have their full forward group, which was good.
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But yeah, talk about a different looking blue line from what it
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was supposed to look like for the Preds this year.
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And Eustace Onanan was in that giving Eustis Soros a night off.
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So all those things combined to create one of the Predators
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best, if not their absolute best all around game of the season I
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thought. Yeah, 35 saves for little juice.
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Are we sticking with that? Do we have a nickname yet?
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Well, we were told that Eustace Onanan is big juice because he
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is physically larger than you see Soros.
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I like Juice and Juice Junior. I haven't really had a chance to
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run it by either of them yet, but we're going to keep working
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on it. You know, I'm OK, I'm all right
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with big juice. I kind of like it, right?
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What is E6 for? Every bit of 6 for.
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Every bit of 6 for So that was a great night for the nutminders.
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Blue liners, obviously Nick Blinkenberg's in the lineup,
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Adam Willsby comes in and Max, how do you take away a first NHL
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goal? I saw, I saw John Buchi gross
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tweet about it. He said this should be banned in
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the NHL. You should not be able to
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challenge this. You should not be able to wave
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this off ever, at any given point.
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All cool plays should count. That should be the rule.
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I agree, all cool plays, especially when it's your first
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NHL goal. It needs to be banned.
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Yeah, so Adam Willsby was offside on what became his first
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NHL goal and what was not his first NHL goal.
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It was an absolute RIP over Jake Ottinger, one of the best
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goalies in the NHL. It was a beautiful goal that
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will not be for Willsby. He did pick up an assist in the
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second period. A hard earned assist, playing
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four on four on the Predators first goal of the game by Ryan
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O'Reilly on another near scoring chance for Willsby.
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Nearly got his first goal for real on that shift.
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Ended up with an assist. Willsby gets his first point in
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the NHL in his eighth NHL game. You mentioned Blankenberg, Kara,
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I thought he was exceptional. Blankenberg and Brady Shay were
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the Predators top D pair in this game.
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I think there's a pretty easy argument that Blankenberg was
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the Predators best defenseman in this win.
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Yeah, I know, uh, Brooks Bratton tweeted about it, that, you
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know, talking with them postgame, they said the D line
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was pretty banged up going into the game, but they felt they had
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a strong performance. So I think for the D Core as a
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whole, they felt pretty positive about that win.
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And obviously I think some of these young guys have it, have
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looked up to the veterans. They've been looking for a
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little bit of an answer. And how much did that start Max
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with Ryan O'Reilly giving a pregame speech going into the
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game? Yeah, let's hear it on Preds TV
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because Ryan O'Reilly missed the last three games and I got a
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chance to see how hard he was working to get back as soon as
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possible, even in the midst of a massively disappointing season.
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O'Reilly on Tuesday during the morning skate time period.
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The Predators did not hold a morning skate on Tuesday before
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their home game against the Flames.
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The only two guys who were out there were two injured players
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who were working their way back, Ryan O'Reilly and Jeremy Lauzon.
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They were out there with Prince coach Sebastian Bordello doing
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the Herb Brooks bag skate. They were going back and forth
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and back and forth testing their injuries.
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Both of them have lower body injuries, trying to get their
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skating back close to 100%, as close as they can to come back
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into a game. They both pushed it hard for a
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better part of an hour out there alone.
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And even after Lausanne went back to the locker room,
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O'Reilly was still out there testing his injury with bursts
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and pivots, starting at center ice, skating around each zone.
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And he did it for so long Kara, that the Zambonis were circling
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him at Bridstone Arena to start clearing off the ice for the
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Flames to have their morning skate after a full hour.
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O'Reilly wanted to play Tuesday. He wanted to play Tuesday so
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badly and he didn't quite get there.
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But he got there Thursday and ended up with the first 3 point
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game by a Predators player all season, which is hard to believe
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in game #30 but that's how it's gone this year for the Preds.
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O'Reilly had two goals and an assist and as you said, we found
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out on Preds TV from assistant coach Derek Mackenzie with a
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good interview by Lindsay Rowley.
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What O'Reilly did before his big game and return.
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We. Did nothing and now I'm joined
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by assistant coach Derek Mackenzie.
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Coach Ryan O'Reilly returns to the lineup.
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Two goals in the second period. What did you think of not only
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the shot on the first one, but the impressive tip on the second
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one? Yeah, I mean, those are things
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that he works on all the time and, and just having his
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presence back in the lineup and actually, you know, even before
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the game, you know, he addressed the guys and said some really
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good things that I thought got us off to a good start.
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So I mean, there's so many valuable things about having him
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around and you know, to kind of back it up on the ice, it's just
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fun to watch. Carol, we saw Ryan O'reilly's
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speech in the Amazon NHL Inside Access series before the
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playoffs started last year in Vancouver.
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So I think we got a little taste of what factor speech sounds
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like getting the boys going. Yeah, plus also we have to
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mention that that was career game #1100 for for the fact
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daddy. So he's probably had a little
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time to practice a few of those speeches.
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Yeah, and he said in a postgame interview on Fred's TV with
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Lindsay Rowley that sitting those three games gave him some
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added perspective about how special it is to be able to go
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out there with this group. And he doesn't just say that
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stuff is fluff. O'reilly's an emotional guy.
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He wears it on his sleeve. And you could tell that he took
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this whole thing really, really personally.
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His two goals were really pretty too.
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A four on four goal going top shelf right in front, getting
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himself open. Jonathan Marshiso set that one
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up. And then the Preds third goal
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was set up by Kevin Gravel in his first game as a Predator in
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two seasons. Gravel is in his second year as
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the captain of the Milwaukee Admirals.
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The 32 year old 11th year pro got back to the NHL and picked
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up a primary assist with a nice little slap pass for an O'Reilly
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redirect in the slot. And we got to ask Ravel about
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that set up after the game on Fred's radio call.
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O'Reilly, his brother is your assistant captain in Milwaukee.
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You think you got a text waiting from Cal tonight?
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Yeah, maybe. He's probably asking me why I
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haven't found him in front like that.
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You know, it's I got the blinders on sometimes out there
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and sometimes you just get a lucky bounce.
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But no, it was a big goal by him and then you know, good win
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tonight. That's Kevin Gravel after his
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first game as a Pred this season and second ever point as a Pred
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in 24 games. Both of those points are
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assists. That was a good setup from
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Gravel who as we heard in the preseason when we interviewed
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Gravel on the POP, he he is a shameless defensive defenseman.
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He said he was 4 generations behind on his stick because he
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never breaks sticks because all he uses them for is defense.
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Well, he made a play. Yeah, he did make a play, but I
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think of all the plays that stood out to me, Max and and
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we're going to play this in in the next segment.
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But when Ryan O'Reilly tipped in his goal, there was an NHL
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commercial that came out solely about tipping.
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And I thought, how timely could this be?
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Does this, does the league have this plan?
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So good, so good. You will hear that full
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commercial starring UC Soros and four other NHL stars coming up
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in the second segment. We may have a new goalie catch
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phrase building as well from the creative minds of Chris Mason
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and Hal GAIL. We have a new catch phrase for
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new Preds goalie Eustis Anandan and Hal GAIL used it a couple of
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times during the game. Back pass to Lundquist, loose
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down low. Robertson backhand safe with the
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right pad. They got the rebound away from
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Johnston, too. What do you think, Hammer?
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Oh my gosh, I don't put anything past Chris and Hal, but I like
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that. It's like it's like on repeat.
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And also, he came out with a fresh new mask last night,
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right? Do you have any details on that?
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Because we didn't get a full breakdown on Fred's TVI.
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Do yeah, it was looking sharp at morning skate.
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So even though he was starting and you're not really supposed
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to bother the starting goalie on his start day, I had to nose in.
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I owe it to our listeners. Think of all the things I do for
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you guys. So on it.
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And yeah, he got it. He got his new mask done.
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He said it was expedited because he was getting ready to get some
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new masks painted in ABS colors. So his artist whose name is Dave
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Gunterson, who does a large portion of the NHL goalies
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masks, including all the Preds goalies, you can follow him on
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Instagram at Dave Art DAVEART. Dave Gunterson, lots of cool
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goalie mask pictures. He's the one who paints all of
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them and it's obviously a very detailed and incredible thing
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and accomplishment of artistry that most people could never do.
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So Anand and got his mask in. I mean, he was traded 12 days
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ago. This is a quick turn around.
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So he didn't really give Gutterson any specifics.
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He said just kind of wanted a generic preds mask.
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And it does have a lot of similarities to UC Soros's in
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terms of the design, the colors, the style he did get.
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And I tweeted this picture on Thursday at Max Hurst talks on
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Twitter. The Saber toothed tiger on the
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side is like legitimately scary looking, like it has massive
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fangs you can kind of see down its gullet through its gums.
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It's like a big scary Nashville Predator and I love it.
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It's intimidating. So.
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So wait, the artist just had like a week and a half to
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redesign the helmet? Is that what you're telling me?
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Yeah, this is this is this guy's job.
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It's incredible. And we should try to get him on
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the podcast. I think that we would be able to
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get in touch with him. But yeah, it's it's incredible.
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Yeah. If you go to his Instagram
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account, Dave Art, you'll see that he does masks for almost
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every goalie on almost every team and is refreshing them
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throughout the season. Guys are asking for different
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things for teams that are in outdoor games, they'll get masks
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that match their special uniform.
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Some guys will get a mask that matches their third jersey,
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things like that. It's interesting.
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Yeah. We have to talk to this guy
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because I'm curious, you know, if you had already started it
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for the Avalanche and you and you had to go in in their team
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colors like the maroon, the blue, didn't you just set that
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aside and save it and hope like the next goalie coming up wants
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some similar design? Like is it is it does this what
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does it go on sale now? Like is this on clearance I
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have? An extra well, I think if
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there's another goalie with the same size noggin as Eustis
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Anand, and then maybe. But I think the fit is more
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important than the paint job. And we actually saw it in
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Anand's Fred's debut in Montreal last week.
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He had like a generic mask, which presumably was sent to him
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by his apparel company. Then they slapped some Fred's
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stickers on it and it actually looked good.
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But it's like, it's almost like the type of mask you would see
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on a youth goalie. Like, yeah, we slapped some
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stickers on there. We're not going to get an
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expensive paint job. We got to get it going with our
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logos. Yeah, it's, it's like a solid
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water bottle. You know you get the Stanley.
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On it. But yeah, Ottoman looking good.
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I don't think he will start again in the next game against
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his very recent former employer, the Colorado Avalanche.
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I was kind of hoping for Onnoman versus Wedgwood double revenge
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game two weeks later. We will see if either of them
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goes. I actually think we might not
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see either goalie, but we don't know that for sure yet.
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So we'll figure that out over the weekend.
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But the Preds are in Denver on Saturday night to face the
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Avalanche in their next game. Anandan's former team Anandan a
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big win. He has allowed three goals in
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two starts as a Pred and none of those three were his fault.
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A short handed breakaway A5 on three goal and then a laser beam
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open shot on the rush for the only goal for the Stars last
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night. Can I give you a little history
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lesson, Kara? Do we have time?
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I would love it. I would love it.
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So the 8 losses in a row, the streak that just ended on
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Thursday night, that tied the worst losing streak in Predators
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franchise history. And it had only happened once
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before. It happened in April 2013, which
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was the shortened lockout season.
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And they snapped that losing streak with the final win of the
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year against the Calgary Flames in April of 2013.
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The biggest thing that happened in that game?
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Philip Forsberg scored his first NHL point with an assist.
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Oh my gosh, that is some history.
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And Hal Gill was roaming the blue line and Chris Mason was
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backing up Pecorina. I love it.
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I think that would that started a good point streak for Phil
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Forsberg, right? I mean 10-11 years later.
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Yeah, he's had a few more, that's for sure.
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But we wanted to give Phil an opportunity to introduce his
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young self as his old self. He was in a video for the NHL
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with players masquerading as public address announcers
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introducing themselves, and Phil was by far the best at it,
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starting at left wing. Lexan, Sweden #9 on the back,
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but #1 in your heart. Philip Forsberg Don't make me do
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that again. How good was that?
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I love it so much. And when I worked in minor
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League Baseball, this is how we announced the mascot to come
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out. We would say he wears number 00,
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but he's #1 in your heart. So I like, I was like rooting
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for Phil that this is the line he chose to introduce himself.
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I know some of the other guys did it and it just, it didn't
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have the same like pizzazz that Phil was bringing.
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Yeah, we've gotten some very ridiculous NHL videos recently
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and one of them at the top of the list is this goalie
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commercial with UC Soros. That will play for you in the
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next segment here on the podcast.
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But did you see this clip that's been going around of some of the
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Canadian Four Nations players introducing themselves and all
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of them having the most different tones of voice
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possible? No, I've missed this one.
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They're no president, but but some of them are like very
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standard excitement level. Nathan McKinnon does not want to
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be there as he never does. He goes, this is Nathan
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McKinnon, Team Canada, Colorado Avalanche.
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And then Quinn Hughes goes, hey, guys, it's me, Quinn Hughes.
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And then Austin Matthews hits him with the jazz hands and
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goes, hey, it's Austin. And it's just absolutely
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ridiculous. Oh my gosh, I love all the
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content that they've been putting out recently.
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Yeah, they've turned it up. These players actually do have
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personalities. Guys, we promise those of you
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who listen to The POP know it because we show them to you.
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But everybody's got one. We swear.
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One other thing we always do on The POP that we've been slacking
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on a little bit recently, but I'm proud to bring you Fight
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Confidential. Every time a Predators player
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gets in a fist fight in a game because it's fun to watch.
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We've got to fight confidential. From Cole Smith's fight in
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Ottawa last Saturday, going up against a young buck after a hit
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on Alex Carrier and defending his teammate.
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Here's Cole Smith talking about a fight.
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Good scrap for you. Last game in Ottawa against
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rookie Zacko. Stop, Chuck.
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How'd you think you did? Yeah, did all right.
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Could have been better. I think I stepped on, stepped on
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a stick there and kind of lost my balance a bit.
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But, you know, anytime I'm able to be able to do something in a
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game like that, credit to him for standing up to it's, it's
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part of the game. And you know, it's I think at
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that time is something that we kind of needed.
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It was pretty recent when you were the young guy fighting the
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more established NHL Lers. Now you're the established guy
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fighting the rookie. What's it like having kind of
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all that turn for you so fast here in the NHL?
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I think when I was a young guy, I fought a guys that were a lot
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tougher than I am now. So it's, it's definitely cool
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the other way around. You know, obviously any time
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some of that young guy steps in to fight, that's a that's a good
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thing for them. It's a big milestone.
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I know when I was trying to break into the league a little
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bit, that's something that I had to do.
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And you know, it's not easy for sure be able to stand in and
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fight like that. And so, you know, it's it's cool
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and do it both ways. And you know, they're the hard
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way from the start. I thought that was a cool
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opportunity and moment of reflection for Cole Smith as his
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NHL career gets toward veteran status pretty quick.
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His third full season. But he's 29, so he's the old
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guy. Drop in the midst now.
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He is I've always wondered this too.
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Do you think they they, he takes tips, you know, like like are
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him and Lucian, are they discussing tactics?
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Like, you know, you've seen videos kind of come out on
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social media of other teams and other players working on a maybe
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like a right hook or how to hold hold something like how much do
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you think that they're having these conversations?
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If I were wanting to be an NHL fighter, I would ask Luke Shan
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every freaking question in the book because his form is so
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good. He has fought everybody.
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And. He seems to always land his
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punches. Well, I mean, he's Luke Shin.
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He's a big bodied guy. We we talked about this when
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like the pulp Biss and that stuff was coming out about his
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little scrap of what? What if that was Luke Shin in
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the restaurant at the time? Like, who's standing a chance
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here? Hockey people are forces for
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good. They're vigilantes out there and
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we've lived it. We're going to take a break,
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come back, We're going to play the great new NHL commercial.
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If you're mad about having a tip at a restaurant where you order
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at the counter, UC Soros is on your side.
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We'll hear about that next. She's Garrett Hammer from Fred's
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TV. I'm Max Herz from Fred's radio.
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You are listening to the Predators official podcast here
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on your exclusive radio home for Nashville Predators hockey, it
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is ESPN 1025 and 1063. The game.
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Promise that you hold me clothes.
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Don't let me go. Welcome back to the Predators
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official Podcast here on ESPN 1025 and 1063.
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The game. My name is Max, Hers from Fred's
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radio along with Kara Hammer from Fred's TV.
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You're on this Friday the 13th, December the 13th.
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Hammer Are you a believer in Friday the 13th?
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You know, not really, are you? Oh no, not at all.
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But I thought you would be. Really.
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I come across as a Friday the 13th.
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No, I don't think I am. I mean, you've worked in hockey
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a long time, so you got to be at least a little stitious.
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I have said that, I've said this before, that my superstition is
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I drive to the rink the same way every day.
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And if I take a different route, I feel like things are not going
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to go well. And I'm not talking about on the
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ice. I feel like this is like a
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personal I'm not going to have a great broadcast.
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I'm going to stumble over my words, you know, But, but other
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than that, I don't know if I'm not superstitious.
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Interesting. I think it's more of like being
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like a creature of habit. That's what they say about these
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guys, right? They're creatures of habit.
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Yeah, well, I do have some big news.
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I don't think I told you this yet, but as we record here in
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the late morning on Friday, December 13th, the Preds are in
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Denver and there is no practice today before the game against
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the Avalanche on Saturday night. So I think we're in line for a
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little bit of Preds broadcaster pickleball going down somewhere
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out here in the Denver area. Oh yeah, we I've taken part in
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this over in the Cherry Creek area.
22:44
I've have had a good a good match going against Gilsey and
22:47
Mace. So I don't know if my luck will
22:51
be good on Friday the 13th the way the pickleball bounces or
22:55
bad the way the pickleball bounces.
22:57
But I love playing pickleball because I can play against our
23:00
crew. Obviously.
23:02
Mason Howell are former very high level professional
23:05
athletes. Willie Donnick and Lindsay
23:07
Rowley were both college athletes.
23:10
Our 6th man Nick Barnowski from Fred's PR is not athletic at
23:14
all, but at least has some size that I don't.
23:16
And the best part about pickleball is it's the great
23:19
equalizer. Anyone can be average at it no
23:22
matter how athletic you are. And I can drop shots in between
23:25
two former professional athletes no problem.
23:28
Have you had a chance yet to play pickleball against
23:30
Sebastian Bordelo? If people don't know, obviously
23:34
an assistant coach with the Predators and he is a pickleball
23:39
player. We wanted to loop the coaches in
23:42
today. I don't think Bordy is on this
23:45
trip, and if he is, he's joining us in Denver.
23:48
I don't think I saw him in Dallas.
23:49
But sometimes when players are injured, he will stay back and
23:53
not travel on the trip. And there's at least one injured
23:56
player who is not here on the trip.
23:57
So Bordelo may be home with him. So we may we may have lost our
24:01
ace there, but I would love to. Now, now I'm curious if we if we
24:06
loop in the coaches. I mean, my money would have to
24:08
be on on Derek McKenzie. I feel like he still looks like
24:11
he could go out there and, and, and do some work on the court.
24:16
You know, all the, all the coaches are still pretty fit.
24:18
Darby Hendrickson, you know, Derek Mackenzie.
24:23
What do you think here? Max, do you have a chance?
24:25
I feel like pretty fit is underselling it.
24:28
I think they are very fit. It's like they never stopped
24:32
playing the game. Yeah, they love the game, and
24:36
the game is pickleball sometimes, but they love all
24:38
games. So yeah, we'll report back.
24:40
Remind me next week on the podcast, we'll do some amateur
24:43
stat keeping and I'll let you know how we all did all.
24:46
Right, all right, well, I love the pickleball, but what I don't
24:49
love is I'm here with the NHL in the tipping commercial.
24:52
I think they hit it right on the head.
24:54
I am over tipping at the counter on a take out order.
24:58
Yeah, this has become a scourge on society.
25:01
Larry David S complaint from everybody.
25:04
And now the NH LS goalies are in the mix on a new NHL commercial
25:08
that debuted this week on the NH LS Instagram, TikTok, and
25:13
YouTube. It's all over the place.
25:14
You'll see it on TV during games and during the Four Nations Face
25:18
off This year. It features 4 goalies who will
25:21
be part of the Four Nations face off representing their
25:23
countries. The first voice you'll hear is
25:25
Jeremy Swayman from the Boston Bruins.
25:27
Second up, our man, our favorite commercial actor reprising his
25:31
role from last year, Mass Mutual.
25:34
UC Soros advertising for the NHL and then third up Jake Markstrom
25:39
from the New Jersey Devils and 4th up Jake Ottinger who the
25:43
Predators just beat last night for the Dallas Stars.
25:46
And then a guest appearance by a non goalie who loves tipping.
25:51
Brad Marchand. Enjoy the NH LS newest
25:54
commercial masterpiece starring juice.
25:59
Tipping is out of control these days, but a tough one for a
26:03
goaltender. Everywhere you look, tape, tape,
26:06
tip and goal under the arm of sorrows.
26:09
Sometimes all they did was stand it.
26:11
This goes off the left leg. That's pretty much how you're
26:13
going to beat Marx from. It's always when you're trying
26:15
to say no chance for what? I love tipping.
26:28
The ending gets me every time. Brad Marchand leaving a 63% tip
26:33
and then shoving it in all the goalies faces.
26:36
Yeah, that's a great commercial. I love it.
26:39
I love Juice's part. Everywhere you look.
26:42
But it looks it's exactly what I was talking about in Ryan
26:45
O'reilly's goal against Dallas last night, Max.
26:48
I mean, he stood right in front of the net and tipped it in.
26:51
I actually think, I mean you UC kills it with the everywhere you
26:55
look, tip, tip, tip. I actually think my favorite
26:58
line is Jake Markstrom with the double meaning sometimes all
27:03
they do is just stand there and it shows the puck gracing off of
27:08
a Senators player and then going past Markstrom for a goal.
27:12
And it's like, why would you tip someone at a counter who just
27:17
stood there? But sometimes you get a tip when
27:20
you just stand there in the NHL. And I could never have come up
27:24
with this. You know, my brain is always
27:26
working to stupid jokes like this.
27:27
And I don't think it could have ever gotten to any of these
27:30
lines. So major props to everyone at
27:32
the league who came up with this.
27:33
It was actually filmed very recently.
27:36
UC Soros filmed his portion right before Thanksgiving when
27:40
the Predators were in New Jersey to take on the Devils.
27:43
And I will add that while the cameras were there, there may
27:46
have been another Preds player who also is prepping for another
27:49
commercial coming up later this year that was filmed.
27:52
Oh, you have a little inside scoop, do ya?
27:55
Yeah, I can't tell you who it is, but it will be coming soon.
27:59
All right, I'll be looking forward to it.
28:01
Obviously, I was a big fan of Sorrows commercial last season
28:05
with Ryan talking about the the no goals, no goals.
28:09
I know that's still one of your favorite lines.
28:11
You love it every time Sorrows makes the saves.
28:13
That's what you're thinking about.
28:15
Yeah, and now I got to retrain my brain every time he makes a
28:17
save on a tip shot. I got a hit with him everywhere
28:20
you look. Tip, tip, tip.
28:23
It's the best I think Max, we were we were talking about this
28:27
dirt during the break between segments, but going into this
28:30
Colorado game, this is a chance. I we've talked about how many
28:35
games are meaningful. The you know, the guys really
28:37
have have nothing to lose at this point in the season, but
28:40
this is an opportunity for them to come out and have a
28:44
statement. When you know you beat the
28:46
Dallas Stars, a Central Division opponent, It's a big two points.
28:50
They need to be able to carry some of this momentum over and
28:53
find a way to win against the Avalanche.
28:56
Yeah, one win was not enough and even though it was really the
28:59
Predators best start to finish win of the season here in game
29:02
#30 to add an 8 game losing streak, they got to follow it
29:06
up. And it's been a problem all
29:08
year. But the offense has been there
29:09
this week. Seven goals in two games.
29:12
That is tied for the most goals that the Preds have scored in
29:16
two consecutive games all season.
29:19
Some of the offensive numbers are just staggering how low
29:22
they've been for the Preds. And they got to start doing it
29:25
game after game after game. But the formula is there.
29:28
The Stars and the ABS are tied for third place in the Central
29:31
Division. Fred's just beat the Stars in
29:33
Dallas, where they had only lost one home game all season.
29:37
They were 11 and one. And Jay Gottinger had not lost a
29:40
single home game all season. And the Fred's made him look
29:43
pretty human throughout that game.
29:45
So they're going to have to do it again against an Avalanche
29:47
team that has completely flipped their entire goalie depth chart
29:51
over the last couple weeks. But they have all their big
29:54
guns. They've gotten found at Shushkin
29:55
back since the Preds were last year last month.
29:58
And he's scoring a goal every other game.
30:00
So the ABS have the offense going.
30:03
We'll see if anyone can return from injury for the Preds.
30:06
I think if anyone were to on the back end, it would be Jeremy
30:09
Lozan, who did participate in morning skate on Thursday.
30:13
He's already missed eight games and those were all during the
30:16
losing streak before that win. So it'd be great to get Luzon
30:19
back. Roman Yossi is on the trip.
30:23
I'm not sure if there's a chance that he will play, but the Preds
30:27
would be hoping for some reinforcements going into, as
30:29
you said, Kara, a massive game against the Avalanche, who lost
30:33
on home ice on Thursday night against the utes 41 against the
30:38
Utah Hockey Club. Can we highlight a player who
30:41
has seemed to kind of come into his game a little bit?
30:44
Tommy Novak? He's had goals and, and
30:47
back-to-back games. It it feels like the first goal
30:52
came for him. Max was a sigh of relief.
30:55
And I love so much that when we shot to the bench, he's sitting
30:58
next to Luke Evangelisa, who's literally like slapping his leg,
31:03
has a smile on his face. It was something that we were
31:06
questioning. Are the guys having fun?
31:08
You know, like they're they're in such a spiral downfall of
31:11
what's really happening down there in that locker room.
31:13
So to see that moment of the players really picking each
31:16
other up, it felt like, OK, this is it, it can start to carry
31:20
over. Jonathan Marshall was able to
31:21
find the back of the net. And, you know, putting Steven
31:25
Sam close at center was really showing a lot of his speed.
31:27
He was able to open the game up a little bit more in the
31:30
offensive zone, find some good passing.
31:32
I think now, Max, maybe it's time to turn the corner.
31:36
Yeah, things are happening. You just got to do it again and
31:40
again and again. Novak's goal in Dallas on
31:43
Thursday skate to stick. That's the play making wizardry
31:47
that Tommy Novak needs to be doing more frequently.
31:49
So seeing a lot of what we need to see from the Preds.
31:52
And they may have found a second line too with Philip Forsberg,
31:56
Steven Stamkos and Jonathan Marshiso together on the top
31:58
line. And as you said, Stamkos playing
32:00
center and looking good there this week at even strength, Ryan
32:04
O'Reilly and Gus Nyquist are going to need a third on the
32:06
second line. And Zach LaRue emerged as that
32:09
guy as the game went on on Thursday.
32:10
So I would expect that to be the second line to start things on
32:14
Saturday night. And the Predators next game in
32:16
Denver, which will be at 8:00 central time.
32:20
That's 7:00 Mountain time in Denver where the game is being
32:24
played. And the game also, in addition
32:27
to being televised on FanDuel Sports Network and broadcast on
32:30
102.5 the game as usual, that game Saturday will be on News
32:33
Channel 5. That's Nashville's CBS
32:35
affiliate, one of three games here in this month, all on the
32:38
road, airing on CBS in Nashville, in addition to their
32:42
usual methods. So those of you who do not get
32:45
FanDuel Sports Network, make sure you DVR this game, you
32:48
watch this game. We want to know that you guys
32:50
want more games over the year in Nashville available on streaming
32:54
services. Watch the game if you are
32:56
interested in more of that Saturday night.
32:58
And there will also be a special pregame show before the Preds
33:02
pregame show, which as always, will start half an hour before
33:05
the game. On TV, there'll be a Channel
33:07
News Channel 5 special with Steve Lehman and John Burton
33:11
from Channel 5 talking Preds with some exclusive interviews,
33:14
including a Shea Weber Hall of Fame interview at 7:00 on
33:18
Saturday night for the Preds and the ABS on Channel 5.
33:21
So that'll be a lot of fun. Really great to have their
33:24
partnership. And Kara, did you see these
33:26
videos of Nash over in The Newsroom at Channel 5, just
33:29
causing havoc as usual? I was, I was just going to ask
33:33
if you've had a chance to catch some of these promo commercials.
33:35
I mean, they they're pulling out like the ESPN stocks here.
33:38
They have they have a Nash coming in and running the
33:41
reception counter. But obviously he's got pause
33:44
Max. He can't press the right buttons
33:46
to answer the phone. He put people on hold and you
33:50
know, Lindsay and Mace were there, they were doing a promo
33:52
and obviously Mace with with the high kick.
33:55
So I'm excited about this. And obviously Steve Lehman and
33:58
John Barton, two of my very favorite people in Nashville.
34:01
It's going to be a great night and a great opportunity for fans
34:04
in Middle Tennessee to watch the game for free.
34:06
Yeah, that's Saturday night, December 14th.
34:09
Many of you are hearing this on 1025 The Game on that day.
34:12
So watch the game on news Channel 5 tonight.
34:15
Preds and ABS at 8:00. Coverage begins at 7:00 with a
34:18
Pred special on Channel 5 before the pregame show takes over from
34:22
Denver at 7:30. As always, we will be on Preds
34:26
Radio there for you, available for anybody to stream around the
34:29
world at thegamenashville.com. We'll take a break, come back,
34:32
tell you about tons of holiday happenings in Smashville over
34:35
the next couple weeks as the Preds get ready to begin A4 game
34:39
homestand leading into Christmas coming up starting on Tuesday
34:42
night. She's Kara Hammer from Preds TV.
34:45
I'm Max serves from Preds Radio. You're listening to the
34:47
Predators official podcast on ESPN 102.5 The game, Little Mama
34:58
and Avril Lavigne. Little Mama.
35:01
And. Avril Lavigne, welcome back to
35:06
the Predators official podcast here on ESPN 102.5 and 106
35:10
through the games. Cara, you're not going to
35:13
believe this, but I've been bumping a lot of Avril Lavigne
35:15
recently and I had to go with Girlfriend Remix for this
35:19
second. His little Mama.
35:21
Kind of a classic. Isn't she Canadian?
35:24
I think she is, yeah. There you go.
35:27
She's touring this year. I don't know if she's coming to
35:29
Bridgestone, but she's making a heck of a comeback.
35:32
I'm surprised you're in the in the Avril Lavigne stage right
35:36
now, Max. I thought you'd be more into
35:37
like a little bit of the Mariah Carey holiday holiday Christmas
35:41
special that's been going around.
35:42
Yeah, if you haven't noticed, I'm really off trend chronically
35:48
so. You just do random stuff all the
35:54
time. Yeah, it's just bounces around
35:56
in my brain until something comes out.
35:58
But usually interesting stuff comes out.
36:00
Now we got a lot of interesting stuff going on in Smashville
36:02
this holiday week. The Predators will be home for
36:06
four straight games in seven days, starting on Tuesday night
36:10
against the New York Rangers, Thursday night against the
36:13
Pittsburgh Penguins, Saturday afternoon against the LA Kings,
36:17
and then Monday night, December 23rd against the Carolina
36:21
Hurricanes. A4 game home stand leading into
36:24
Christmas. 4 big games, 4 cool teams.
36:29
I think it's going to be a whole lot of fun at Bridgestone Arena
36:31
all week long. All week long and of all the
36:34
games, I'm definitely looking forward to Saturday.
36:36
I love a day game. I always have to go back to
36:39
Lindsay and I's favorite Peter Laviolette line of wake up, eat
36:43
your eggs and punch somebody. So this is our motto.
36:46
Every early game, Lindsay and I go into this, we look at each
36:49
other, we say this line, we have the best broadcast.
36:53
And I know for a fact some of these guys love these early
36:56
games, especially Cole Smith. He's a player.
36:57
He told me he's like, I love it. I love to just wake up, put on
37:00
the skates, get out, play hockey.
37:02
It it beats kind of like waiting around all day.
37:05
So the earlier start also, this is a great opportunity to bring
37:09
the kids out, bring your families out, come out early,
37:12
watch some Pretz hockey and I don't know, maybe we'll see
37:15
somebody punch somebody. Yeah, I make sure to get there
37:19
early because that's the first of our 4 Music City Bobblehead
37:23
Series games on Saturday, December 21st.
37:26
The 1st 10,000 fans in attendance.
37:30
So get there early. Gates will open an hour and a
37:32
half before the game at 11:00 AM before the game at 12:30 next
37:36
Saturday, the 1st 10,000 fans in attendance will get a Tim McGraw
37:40
Bobblehead, first of four in the Music City Bobblehead Series.
37:45
Hammer. Those are going to be hot items.
37:47
They are going to be a hot item. I, I am always a big fan of our
37:50
Preds giveaways. I, I probably have all of them
37:53
and I am, I'm a little bit of a hoarder here.
37:55
I did see that the Kraken we're giving out like Cousin Eddie
37:59
Beanies, and I might have to text Sean Henry and see how we
38:04
make this happen in Nashville. Wow, yeah, the the Kraken have
38:08
had some good stuff when I've been up there for games.
38:11
I got a John Forslan bobblehead there play by play announcer
38:14
that talks when the Preds played the crack at last season.
38:18
Nobody needs a bobble head of you talking Max.
38:21
No, but I think they need one of Pete Weber talking.
38:23
Yes, yes, definitely AP Weber or or even I would even take a
38:29
crispy bobble head talking. Keep your head on his.
38:31
Wibble Yeah, that'd be awesome. And while your kids are at that
38:36
game, make sure you're in the Nashville Predators Kids Club
38:40
because it is time to get your Kids Club Holiday packs at any
38:44
of those four games. If you're already in the kids
38:46
club, go to the new Nashville Fun Zone, which I know has
38:49
become a favorite spot for all the kids in Smashville new this
38:52
season. Down the fan information
38:54
hallway, under the escalator, past the Catfish tank, by the
38:58
main entrance to Bridgestone Arena.
39:00
The new Nashville Fun Zone has tons of games, a little hockey
39:03
rink, bubble hockey and that is where you can pick up your Kids
39:06
Club Holiday Pack. If you're not in the kids club,
39:09
you could still join and get your holiday pack by going to
39:12
nashvillepredators.com/kids Club.
39:16
So that is all on Saturday. You can pick up your Kids club
39:19
bag any game this week. The first game is Tuesday and
39:22
before the game on Tuesday if you can come down early, 4:00 PM
39:26
on the Plaza at the corner of 5th and Broadway.
39:29
Jack Daniels will be partnering with the Preds to host Carols by
39:33
the Barrels with music from country singer Brett Young.
39:37
And you can buy a barrel to support Operation Ride Home,
39:41
supporting U.S. military men and their families and also the
39:44
Nashville Predators Foundation. Get your picture with the barrel
39:47
tree, which was lit this past week, and follow Jack Daniels on
39:51
Instagram to learn more. So that is Tuesday Carols by the
39:55
Barrels at Bridgestone Arena. Is this is the barrel full?
40:01
I don't know, you might have to roll it home to find out.
40:05
This is a great question because if you've taken the Jack Daniels
40:09
tour, you know Don and Lynchburg, they talk about the
40:11
barrels and how people repurpose them all the time.
40:14
But if this is a full barrel, the broadcast team would gladly
40:18
accept it as a donation. Shocking.
40:23
Shocking to support a great cause.
40:27
And all week, so that's on Tuesday before the game against
40:30
the Rangers. The event is free and open to
40:32
the public outside of the arena. You don't need a ticket to come
40:35
to Carol's by the Barrels on Tuesday at 4.
40:37
We've already got going Wayne DS 12 days of hockey holidays
40:41
leading up to Christmas. As we talk here on Friday the
40:45
13th, that is day two. Saturday the 14th is day three.
40:49
It's presented by Wayne D's primary employer, 97.9 the Big
40:53
98, the station where he hosts his nationally syndicated
40:56
country music radio show. That is quite good, but we like
40:59
Wayne D even better in Smashville, so we've stolen him
41:01
for Christmas. And at 9:00 AM every day this
41:04
week, the Preds will post the daily offer on Facebook,
41:08
Twitter, Instagram and on nashvillepredators.com slash 12
41:13
days. There's a surprise prize every
41:16
day. Pred's tickets, Pred's jerseys,
41:18
Bridgestone Arena concert tickets, autograph, Pred's gear.
41:22
And apparently, they're going to be some big surprises.
41:24
And when Wayne D tells me something's good, I tend to
41:27
believe him. I believe him.
41:29
I believe I'm excited for this. I can't wait to see what some of
41:31
these surprises are. So stay tuned to Preds Twitter,
41:35
Facebook, Instagram 9:00 AM every day this week.
41:38
Go to nashvillepredators.com slash 12 days the number 1212
41:43
days for more info from Wayne D Few more holiday things going
41:47
on. If you're slacking on your
41:48
Christmas gift, we got you covered guys.
41:50
You can get the Hockey Holidays Pack presented by Loveless Cafe.
41:54
You get 2 tickets to a trio of Preds games after New Year's, so
41:58
6 tickets in total total for three different games, plus a
42:01
Loveless Cafe gift card, including a Skip the Wait Cafe
42:05
pass so you don't have to wait in line at Loveless.
42:07
That's a big deal. Plus you'll get Nash cash to
42:10
spend on concessions at the game.
42:12
It's $200 for all of that. Nashville predators.com/holiday
42:17
is how you can get those. That is a pretty good deal.
42:20
Hammer if you want to go to three games over the next three
42:22
months and also get the best breakfast in Smashville at
42:26
Loveless. I mean, the biscuits, I'm
42:28
thinking about them, I'm dreaming about them.
42:31
I've definitely been the person to like, sit and wait a Loveless
42:34
for well over an hour. You put your name on the list,
42:36
you have to wait. You're smelling the biscuits.
42:39
So to just pass that, I mean that that's a steel in itself.
42:43
Do you know the legitimate Predators radio connection to
42:47
Loveless Cafe? I do not.
42:50
So Chase McCabe, host and program director on 1025 The
42:53
Game. His late father ran Loveless
42:57
Cafe for a long time. I did not know this history.
43:01
Yeah, Chase's dad, who we lost a few years ago and miss very
43:05
much, was a restaurant tour and ran a ton of restaurants in
43:09
Nashville and would kind of run a place for a few years and then
43:13
move on to the next place. And it is all the Primo places
43:17
in the city. It's all the classic spots, and
43:19
Loveless was one of them. Oh my gosh, that's super cool.
43:22
Yeah, shout out to Loveless Cafe.
43:24
Yeah, yeah. And Chase McCabe.
43:27
We'll take a break and come back with our interview of the week
43:30
here on THE POP. She's Kara Hammer from Fred's
43:32
TV. I'm Max Hearst from Fred's
43:33
Radio. This is the Predators official
43:35
podcast. Welcome back to the Predators
44:00
official Podcast final segment here on Friday, December 13th.
44:04
Many of you are hearing this on the radio on Saturday, December
44:07
14th for the Fred's take on the Avalanche tonight in Denver at
44:11
8:00. That game is watchable on news
44:14
Channel 5 CBS in the Nashville market so make sure you tune in
44:18
on Channel 5 FanDuel Sports Network One O 25 The Game as
44:22
Fred's look for two wins in a row after ending their losing
44:25
streak on Thursday night in Dallas as they take on the ABS.
44:29
We played for you back in the first segment.
44:30
A clip from Kevin Gravel's postgame interview after that
44:34
win with Hal and I on Fred's radio.
44:38
And as I listen back to the interview for a second time,
44:41
Kara, I heard something in the background.
44:45
Listen and see if you hear what I hear, right?
44:47
So This is why you work so hard down in the American League
44:50
there and, you know, just wait and hopefully you get a call and
44:53
get a chance and you got to do what you can to take advantage
44:55
of the opportunity. So, you know, a great group of
44:58
guys here, happy to happy to come in here, help him get a win
45:01
and you know, feels good to get a win.
45:03
Did you hear what I heard in the background there, Kara?
45:06
I didn't quite catch it. All right, can we hear it one
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more time, please? Nick Frazier, you know, a great
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group of guys here happy to happy to come in here, help him
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get a win and, you know, feels good to get a win.
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I believe. I believe that.
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At around 10:00 on Thursday night, Philip Forsberg was
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standing next to the microphone where Kevin Gravel was
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conducting his interview, watching the Thursday Night
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Football game and complaining that his best friend George
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Kittle was not getting the ball thrown to him enough.
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Well, Kittle's kind of been on fire lately, right?
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Yeah, and apparently I did not get to watch any of this game
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because Fred's were playing at the same time.
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There were no touchdowns in this game, Rams and Niners.
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It was all field goals. Interesting.
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You know, I'm a Broncos fan, so I don't always, don't always
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watch what else is going on? I know the week previously
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though Kettle had he had broken up a record, right?
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Yeah, yeah, he's having a great season, but I just love it,
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Phil. Phil finishes off a win and
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immediately wanting his boy to get the ball more.
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Hey, can't complain, let's get off the ball.
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Philip Forsberg, Good guy, good friend.
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Get his friends the Dang ball. Come on, Brock Purdy, you're
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letting us down. One more story before we end the
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show here. We've talked about a couple of
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giveaways on the program today. We got a great giveaway in
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Ottawa when the presents were there last Saturday.
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It was Senators Gravy Boat Day and I was a little confused
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about the occasion because it was past American Thanksgiving.
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Canadian Thanksgiving is a month and a half before American
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Thanksgiving in October. So I went to the Sense
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announcers, my guys Dean and Gord up there in Ottawa, and
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asked them what the occasion was for Gravy Boat Night.
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And they said it was supposed to be back in October, in the last
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game before Canadian Thanksgiving, at a game early in
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the season. And because there was a
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longshoremen strike at Halifax Port on Canada's East Coast, the
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boat that brought the giveaway item over was not unloaded for
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multiple weeks while the longshoremen were striking.
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And we're happy to report that the longshoremen did get their
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strike settled. They got what they wanted.
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And according to Dean and Gord, you do not want to be on the
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longshoremen's bad side. So we support them here on The
47:28
POP. So so did they.
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They didn't get the gravy boats, then held a special giveaway
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night to give out the gravy boats once they arrived.
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Yep. That's great.
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Did you get a gravy boat to take home?
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Oh, I absolutely did. Will you be using it?
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That's Hanukkah. I don't know if gravy is is
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quite a Hanukkah treat, but maybe.
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It could be like your table decoration.
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Yeah, one final thank you as we sign off here.
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Thanks for bringing it up. Cara Jewish Community Night was
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awesome this week. Everyone make sure you ask Terry
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Crisp about lighting the menorah because he really wanted to.
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The I don't know if he left the manure, but he did like the the
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barrel, the barrels right for the Christmas tree barrels
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outside of the outside of Pete and Terry's.
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He had it all covered. He had every religions lighting
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covered on Tuesday night in Smashville.
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And that's why we love the crisps.
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That's why we love you guys. Fred's back in the win column.
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Easy to celebrate. Talk to you guys.
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Coming up early next week, we'll be back with another episode of
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the Preds Begin a homestand on Tuesday.
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Thanks so much for listening to the POP Thank you to Nick
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Frazier, Doctor Crane for producing this episode back in
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Nashville with the POP on the road for Kara Hammer from Fred's
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TV. I'm Max Hearst from Fred's
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