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Preds Dads Trip & The Tennessee Summitt! · Predators Official Podcast

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This is the Predators official podcast here on ESPN 102.5 and
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106.3 The game. We are finally in February.
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The Predators are on the road for their dad's trip this
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weekend. We are back home in Smashville.
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My name is Max hers from Preds radio along with Kara Hammer
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from Predators TV. Hammer Hello.
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It has been 3 losses for the Preds since our last episode,
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but some good time with the Preds dads and some big news out
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of Smashville to talk about this week.
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Yeah, I'm surprised he didn't announce it as the first day of
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Phil Brewery because that's officially what it's known as in
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Smashville Max. But after winning five in a row,
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it's kind of been a little frustrating for the guys to lose
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three straight and all of them just feel like hasn't been a
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complete 60 minute game. I think when we break it down,
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that's what we'll find out has has kind of been the outcome
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these last three games. But you talk about the big news
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out of Smashville and anything related to Pat Summit Max, that
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just warms my heart and I'm here for it.
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We will be talking about the Tennessee Summit, the new
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Nashville WNBA bid coming out of Bridgestone Arena.
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That'll be in the second segment in about 10 minutes or so.
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We'll hear from Predators team president Michelle Kennedy and a
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whole lot to bring you up to speed on including potentially
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some new info about the bid. A lot of inside info coming your
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way about, we hope Nashville and Tennessee's new WNBA team, which
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would begin play in 2028. Let's lead off talking some
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hockey, Cara. It's been 3 losses for the Preds
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this week. Last Saturday the Preds lost 5,
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two in Anaheim against the Ducks.
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Then Wednesday night three. One loss at home against the
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Canucks and Friday night in Buffalo a four, three loss to
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the Sabres. All three losses in regulation.
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All three left something to be desired for the Preds, who as
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you said, had been hot. 1 Five in a row now lost three in a
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row. Yeah, I think, you know, you
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look at that Anaheim game and it kind of felt like the issues
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that the PEDs were able to succumb in their wins against
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San Jose. It that is just not what carried
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over in that Anaheim game against the the docks.
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I feel like they came out. And one thing I've noticed Max
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in in these three starts is they just haven't been great starts
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the game like they're just not coming out strong.
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I feel like they're falling behind and it's it's tough to
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get back in the win column. And that's how you're playing,
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yeah. The Preds did not lead at many
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points early on in these hockey games against the Ducks, Canucks
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and Sabers. This week came back home to for
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one game on Wednesday night at Bridgestone Arena against the
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Canucks. We thought this was going to be
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Kevin Lankinen's big return, but Rick Talkett started Thatcher
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Demko. I'm still kind of mad about it
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to be honest with you, but Demko played well So what do I know.
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Predators went down 1, nothing, tied it up 11 after one on a
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Tommy Novak goal, but went down early in the 2nd and despite a
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lot of chances in the third, we're not able to tie that game
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against the Canucks. I that third period was was
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great hockey for the team. I think they just couldn't get
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anything to go past Demco. I mean, they hit a few posts in
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that third period and it just felt like this is a moment where
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they needed a little bit of puck luck.
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They just needed the hockey gods on their side in this third
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period and Max, they just, they didn't seem to have it.
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What else is new this season, Right?
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And that way. All you, this is just how it's
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gone. I mean, even this was a night we
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put Chris Mason between the benches.
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We love the three man booth Mace between the benches.
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I think I believe it was Gus Nyquist comes.
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He, you know, he, he, he took a puck, got hurt, came to the
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bench, smacked the side of the bench, knocked down Mace's
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monitor. He's broadcasting without a
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monitor in front of him. It was just one of those nights.
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Things like that just happened in professional sports and live
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television. So the Preds lost that game in
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Vancouver three, one with an empty netter being the final
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marker and that one in the closing 20 seconds.
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Then they hit the road to go to Buffalo on Friday night where
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they went back and forth with the Sabres.
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Preds and Sabres came in tied in the NHL standings for 4th and
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3rd to last in the NHL. Preds played well enough to win
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this game to be sure. Had a 3-2 lead in the second
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period. End up giving up a game-winning
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goal by Yuri Kulik who had two goals for the Sabres. 20 year
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old check rookie facing the Preds for the first time.
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He had the game winner with two minutes left.
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Preds lost 4 three against the Sabres on Friday night despite 2
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points from Brady Shay and a goal from Luke Evangelista and
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his return to the lineup from injury.
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But Kara, the fun stuff this week despite the not so fun
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results has been the Preds dads trip.
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Many of the dads were in the house for the home game on
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Wednesday and then the dads trip to Buffalo for a nice dinner on
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Thursday night, a trip to Niagara Falls for the dads
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during the day on Friday and then on to Pittsburgh Saturday
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for the back end of the dads trip.
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And you got to meet some of the Preds Papas.
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Oh my gosh, it's always so great when the dads are in town.
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It's one of my my favorite weeks when they all come to Nashville
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first before they head out on the road trip.
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But I had a chance to actually catch up with Nick Blinkenberg,
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Dad, Carl Blinkenberg, and he was sitting in the stands next
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to Zach Larue's dad, who was on his first dad trips.
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And when I came down to, to, to, to meet the fathers, I think the
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whole first period of that game, Max, Zach Larue's dad, was
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turned around having a conversation with UC Sorrow's
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dad, Pekka. So I I was wondering, and not
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Peckerine, if you don't know this, UC Sorrow's dad's name is
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Pekka. They were having a whole
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conversation. You could tell the guys were
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already getting into it before they headed out on the trip.
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But it was really great to catch up with Carl, especially in
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game, watching it live. I'm in the stands currently with
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his dad, Carl, who is here in attendance.
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And you're getting set for your first dad's trip.
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What's the excitement surrounding that?
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Oh well, that's great. We get to see a few hockey games
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and then get to hang out with my son and the team and kind of get
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the behind the scenes view of what goes on on a road trip.
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Nick's had an incredible start to this season.
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It's storybook 2 game-winning goals.
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I mean, what has it been like for you watching him succeed?
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Very exciting. We just love watching it, Nick
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play hockey and yeah, we're just so happy for him.
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All right, well, enjoy. Enjoy the dad's trip.
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Yeah. Thank you, Max.
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The apple doesn't fall far from the tree on this one.
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Yeah, we, we were talking with Hal during the game last night
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on the radio. We got some dead ringers in this
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Preds dad's group this year. The Blankenberg's definitely one
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of them. Same smile, same everything.
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Yeah, just so, you know, just like very mellow, very low key,
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very sweet and humble. And that's exactly how Crawl
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was. And that, you know, on the other
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side, I'm going to have to say the same thing about Zach
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Larousse. Dad just a little bit more
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outgoing, the life of the party. And that's clearly evident when
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some of the videos we've seen being posted online of Zach
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Laroux's dad this week. Yeah, and how about Steven's,
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Stamkos's dad, who we saw on TV last night with Lindsay Rowley?
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Chris Stamkos, He looks like Steven Stamkos with the Snapchat
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filter that makes you look a little bit older on like exactly
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the same. It's so great.
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And if you missed it, if you haven't had a chance to see it,
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you need to go to the Pred social media account and check
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out the the photo that Luke Evangelista's dad took.
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It was the selfie with all the dads in the background.
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I mean, what a great time. And you know, Skillsy was
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talking about this on the broadcast that when the dads get
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to come on the dad trips, they're like this, this is the
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light. This is how you guys are eating.
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You get you get free meals like this all the time.
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So it's pretty exciting for them to to kind of live vicariously
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through their sons who they've supported through the entire
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journey in the NHL. Some other cool Preds dad
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stories of this week, Adam Willsby's dad, Johann Willsby.
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The first time Adam has had any of his family in the house to
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see him play in the NHL after he debuted earlier this season with
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his dad coming over from Sweden. Great to see a lot of new Preds
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dads this year and a lot of repeat dads as well.
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Colton Sisson's very hilariously told Brooks Bratton in an
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interview. Let's stop pumping my dad's
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tires. He's not the most famous dad,
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he's not the rock star dad. He's just Dougie Sissons.
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Yeah, he's Dougie. He's the dad.
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Apparently we pumped his tires too much in Pred's media, but
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I'll blame Brooks and you for that one.
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I just, I just feel like he's, I think The thing is, is you know,
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with Colin Sistens being from Vancouver, it's always a great
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storyline. Anytime he goes home.
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Doug Sistens is always at the game, so we'd love to get him on
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the broadcast there. They go on the dad trip.
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He's just, he's such a nice guy. He's always open to doing it.
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So I think that's why Dougie's got a little bit more screen
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time. Some other cool dad milestones.
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As I said, the Willsby's watching each other for the
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first time. How about this, Kara?
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Roman Yossi's dad Peter, a father's trip regular, will be
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in the house Saturday night in Pittsburgh when Roman ties David
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Legwand for the Predators franchise record for most games
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played as a Pred, his 956th regular season game.
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His dad will be in attendance as he takes that final step towards
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being the first player to ever play 1000 games for the Preds,
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which he can reach as soon as next season.
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Wow, that's cool. What like what a moment, right?
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To be there in person and and to be able to witness this and
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hopefully the guys can get a little bit more juiced up to
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knowing Yossi has this coming and having their dads in the
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building. Yeah, that'll be Saturday night
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in Pittsburgh against the Penguins.
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We released this podcast. Preds will be back home Monday
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night at 6:30. Early start for Canadian
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National TV. The only game in the NHL Monday
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night. The Senators and Predators
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coming your way in Nashville on Monday night for the final week
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before the Four Nations face off.
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Preds will host the Sends on Monday.
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Then Friday night they will be in Chicago facing the
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Blackhawks. Then Saturday night, February
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8th, next Saturday, the final game before the Four Nations
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International Tournament as the Preds host the Sabres who they
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just played in Buffalo. Time to take a break.
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We'll come back tell you about the exciting announcement of
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AWNBA bid to Smashville this week, introduce you to the
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Tennessee Summit who we hope will begin play at Bridgestone
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Arena in the summer of 2028. She's Cara Hammer from Preds TV.
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I'm Max hers from Preds radio. You were listening to the
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Predators official podcast. Welcome back to the Predators
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official podcast here on ESPN. One O 2 five and one O 6 three
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The game, your exclusive radio home for Nashville Predators
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hockey. My name is Max, hers from
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Predators Radio, joined as always by Cara Hammer from
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Predators TV. We had some big non hockey news
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come out in Smashville this week, Kara, that the Preds are a
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part of. It was announced on Thursday
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that Predators chairman and majority owner Bill Haslam,
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along with his wife Chrissy, and a star-studded group of big name
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Tennesseans are putting in a bid for a WNBA expansion franchise
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that would play at Bridgestone Arena beginning in 2028.
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The bid was submitted to the WNBA and Commissioner Kathy
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Engelbert this week and the team already has a name very aptly
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named the Tennessee Summit in honor of long time Lady Vols
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coach, the greatest coach in basketball history, Pat Summit.
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Oh my gosh, this is so cool. Being a girl growing up and and
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playing basketball. I mean, that was Pat Summit that
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that's synonymous with women's basketball.
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And I think that this is a great opportunity for people in
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Nashville. I think it's the perfect time.
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I think what Caitlin Clark, it has been able to do with the
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WNBA right now and help grow the game even more.
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Like everybody is talking about women's basketball right now,
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and that's kind of what Smashville is, right?
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We're a growing city. It's a place for opportunity.
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So how cool would it be Max, to have this team and expand and be
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here in Smashville? The ownership group headlined by
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Bill and Chrissy Haslam, WNBA and Lady Vol for life, Candace
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Parker. Another Vol for life, Peyton
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Manning and then the singer of the goal song, Tim McGraw and
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Faith Hill, the headliners. And they're apparently more big
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name owners coming soon as part of this bid.
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I don't know how they're going to turn this bid down, Kara.
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They've already got everything. They got the arena, they got the
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city, they got the name, they got the ownership.
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I I don't know how this bid can lose.
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Yeah, I, I don't know, Max. I'm really hoping for it, but do
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we have any more information on what like the fans need to do?
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Like how can how can we all get involved to make sure that this
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is a lock? Great question.
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And I asked that to Predators team President Michelle Kennedy,
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who represented the ownership group in a press conference
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announcing the bid this week. Hi, Michelle.
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Hi, Max. Congratulations, this has been
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an awesome day bringing a lot of people together out of nowhere
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here in Smashville. When and how did this all start
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with the WNBA, Nashville and the President involvement, and how
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does it get to today? Yeah, so sometime this summer,
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Bill Haslam caught wind of the an impending bid process for
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WNBA team, and he and Chrissy got really excited about it.
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So one of the first calls that that Bill made was to the mayor
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of Nashville called Mayor O'Connell.
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And Freddie was also really excited about it.
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And, and off we went. We began educating ourselves
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about what the league looks like, what are the economics?
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You know, we have a lot of expertise in professional
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sports, obviously, but every league is different.
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And so we've spent a number of months educating ourselves and
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putting together a bid that we think is going to be hard to
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beat. This is an incredible ownership
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group from all across the state that you guys have assembled
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here. What was it like watching it
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come together and getting to meet all these people and work
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with them? Yeah, it was, it's been really
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fun. I, I, I give the, the Haslam's
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so much credit. I think that they have the most
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magic contact list I've ever been a witness to.
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And anyone they, they call to ask about interest immediately
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engages in conversation and, and it's led to some really cool
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places. We, you know, Candace Parker.
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What better fit could there be for a woman's professional
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basketball team in Nashville named after Pat Summit than
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Candace Parker? She is legendary in her own
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right and we are so fortunate to have not only her knowledge of
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Pat and her ability to help guide us in in that way, but
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just her knowledge of basketball.
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You know, I mean, as we as we put together a, a team of higher
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coaching, higher coach, hire a general manager, her insight as
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a former player and as a very knowledgeable basketball person
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is going to be absolutely invaluable.
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And then Peyton Manning, I mean, are there, could you think of
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two people who are more fitting to be a part of this ownership
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group than Candace Parker and Peyton Manning?
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And then Tyler Summit is so excited about this.
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He's, he is over the moon and thinks, thinks it's an
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absolutely appropriate tribute to his mom.
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So, and then, oh, by the way, there's also this little detail
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of Kevin Faith. And that's, I mean, it's been,
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it's been incredible. But I think that just shows you
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#1 the, the unifying effect that this initiative has had on so
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many people who are hosts, so high profile and can be
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absolutely incredible ambassadors for this.
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You played at Vanderbilt. You played against Pat Summits
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teams. What was it like from that
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personal side for you? Speaking to her son, securing
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the team name, securing the colors, securing the support of
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her foundation for the Tennessee Summit.
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Yeah, You know, it's been great. Somebody, you know, a couple
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people ask me along the way. Well, I mean, you think the
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people at Vanderbilt are really going to like that his name
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Tennessee something there is so much respect and so much
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reverence for what she did in my years.
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And I think if you were to ask all my teammates and a lot of
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the folks who have who have played at Vanderbilt since we
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were one in seven against Tennessee in my four years.
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And so there is a tremendous respect.
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And I think it's just irrefutable that she, it was the
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the OG, you know, she was the first one who made women's
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basketball, who put it on the map.
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It was her teams who were selling out arenas.
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And, and don't get me wrong, I absolutely love it that Shay
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Ralph and The Commodores beat them last weekend.
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But I think that there could There's nothing more appropriate
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than the way that Bill and Chrissy have decided to engineer
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this team after after Pat's legacy.
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So you go to the WNBA with the expansion bid.
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You guys have the name, you have the history, you have the city,
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you have the arena, You have a lot of recent new buzz generated
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this week. You guys have to feel pretty
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good about this, right? Yeah.
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I mean, I think one of the things that we've talked a lot
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about in this working group that we've had for the last few
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months is the word readiness. I mean, we're ready.
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The, the city is ready, this facility is ready, this
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ownership group is ready. There's just nothing about this
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that we don't think is the perfect fit.
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So I, I, I look at the group that we have today, which is
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absolutely * studded and unbelievable.
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And I tell you that you're going to hear some more names in the
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days ahead, I believe. And how do you say no to that
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group? That's how I see it.
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And how do you say no to what we've built here in Bridgestone
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Arena and the community centered approach that the Preds have
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taken, which is which is the same vision that Chrissy and
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Bill have for for this team? For all our fans who are
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listening, is there a way fans can be involved in this, can
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help push Nashville to get the bid?
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And what are you hoping to see from fans?
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Both as we go through the bid process the next few months and
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hopefully once the bid is secured for Nashville over the
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three years between then and when the team starts playing.
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So I think the important thing for, for everyone to understand
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right now, this is the beginning.
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So we, the bid will be submitted today.
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I haven't seen my e-mail in a few minutes, so I don't know if
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it's been submitted yet, but it'll be submitted today.
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And there will be a whole host of things that we will ask
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people to do to engage and support the the first thing that
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you can do we've, we've established Twitter and
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Instagram and Facebook handles. Follow those like what we post.
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That's the beginning of it. And there'll be many, many more
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opportunities to express support for this.
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It's going to be a lot of fun. I'm excited.
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I hope you guys are enjoying it as much as the fan base is
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finding out about it. Thanks so much, Michelle.
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Absolutely. Thank you, Max.
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That is Madam President Michelle Kennedy, Predators team
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President and Chief Operating Officer, who speaks on behalf of
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the WNBA bid to Nashville, which would bring the team in 2028.
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And Karen, to answer your question, you heard it at the
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end. As of now, they need to build a
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social media following. So go follow the Tennessee
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Summit on all social media. They'll be tweeting, They'll be
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tweeting out this podcast as well.
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Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, wherever they're at, go find
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them the Tennessee Summit. I think this bid is too good to
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lose. And the WNBA says they're
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looking for one team and either 2027 or 2028.
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I think they're going to get enough good bids to bring in a
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few. And if that happens, I don't see
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how Nashville isn't one of them. Yeah, it would be hard.
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Do we? You know, I'm not as familiar
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what may be some of the other host cities that have put in a
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bid. But how do you turn down
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Nashville? This is where everybody wants to
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come. This is the spot to be.
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Yeah, I think it would be a lot of fun and other things that
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were outlined in different media sessions this week as well.
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The bid is fully private. There would be no public money
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from the city nor the state government going into the bid.
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The team would build a practice facility that would also be a
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basketball bastion in the community.
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Unity, in addition to playing their games at Bridgestone Arena
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beginning in 2028. I think there is a hope, this is
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not confirmed, but a hope that they could play some games in
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Knoxville as well. Of course, the Tennessee Summit
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could play games in Knoxville and other games in part of
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Tennessee, but they'll worry about that when they get there.
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There's so many cool things about this that we heard this
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week. Another one, we said that Peyton
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Manning is part of the ownership group.
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Manning's Omaha Productions video company would be creating
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Inside Access content for the team on a regular basis.
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I mean, I could go on and on, Michelle said.
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A lot of it. Some things I didn't want to
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have her repeat because we've already heard so many times.
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This just feels right. Yeah, wow.
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It it and like the support that they have and the people backing
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it, it it just feels too good to be true.
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Like I don't see a way that this doesn't doesn't happen.
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So I hope in 2028, Max, you and I were were in attendance.
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Yeah, I. Hope we're there.
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So the expansion process for the WNBA right now, they have 12
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teams. The 13th team begins this year,
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that's San Francisco. The next year.
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Portland and Toronto get going in 2026.
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The bids were submitted for either 2027 or 2000 and 28.
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The Tennessee bid is for 2028, the later of those two years
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because Bridgestone Arena will be undergoing some pretty big
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renovations that were announced this past summer.
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They want those to be done by the time the team comes in,
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which would be 2028. So stay tuned.
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It will be a month long bid process, Michelle said.
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Then we will hopefully know at some point this summer whether
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or not the Tennessee Summit will be coming into existence in the
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summer of 2028. Well, that was really cool to be
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a part of. You never know what's going to
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pop up here in Smashville. And the Predators, of course,
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have pledged their full support and partnership of Bridgestone
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Arena to their majority owner, Bill Haslam, the chairman of the
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Preds ownership group. Preds are very much involved in
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this one. So we don't know how this one
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loses, but we'll keep you guys up to speed as the WNBA is
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hopefully coming to Smashville over the next few years.
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She's Gary Hammer from Preds TV. I'm Max hers from Preds radio.
23:10
This is the Predators official podcast.
23:28
We're done talking about basketball, but I need to play
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this song because it's my favorite, the OG Curtis Blow
23:37
well basketball here on the Predators official podcast as
23:39
Nashville and Tennessee put in their WNBA bid.
23:42
My name is Max Hers along with Kara Hammer Hammer.
23:45
It's going to be a busy week here in Smashville as the Preds
23:48
return to home ice for a game on Monday against the Ottawa
23:52
Senators. Then we'll also be home on
23:54
Saturday night for the final game before the Four Nations
23:57
face off against the Sabres. We got a two week international
24:00
break in the middle of February for that tournament in Montreal
24:03
and Boston, which UC Soros, Phillip Forsberg and Gus Nyquist
24:08
will all be playing in presently, have eight games this
24:11
month, but six of them are at home.
24:16
And I, and I didn't, I know you, you noticed this too, because
24:19
you brought it to my attention. But Gus was wearing his Swedish
24:24
Pats at practice the other day. Do you think that, do you think
24:28
guys just get that to start breaking them in?
24:30
Yeah. Like getting ready for this.
24:32
They're breaking in the gear. I was talking to Philip Forsberg
24:35
about his Sweden stuff and I assumed that the pants were just
24:39
pants shells and that they'd go over the main pants that the
24:43
guys already there where they could take the Pred shell off
24:46
and put the Sweden shell on. That is not the case.
24:49
They are one piece hockey pants, so that's going to take some
24:52
breaking in, Philip Forsberg said.
24:54
But both the skaters have pants and gloves to break in and UC
24:57
Soros rocked his full setup, his full pillows, his catching
25:02
glove, his blocker, his stick and a new goalie mask for Team
25:06
Finland we saw at practice this week.
25:08
So it's really cool to see that stuff.
25:10
He he went with kind of a glitter silver look on the
25:13
Finland goalie mask and he has the Helsinki skyline on there,
25:17
the lion and lots of themes from the finished flag.
25:20
So it's a really good look and I think it'll go well with the
25:23
Finland look. They are in white sweaters for
25:26
the tournament. Everybody's only got one color
25:28
and they're the white team. So he kind of went with a white
25:31
base with a little bit of blue. I I hope that they put some of
25:35
this gear out for sale afterwards.
25:38
I I'm sure the guys all want to keep it but this would be sweet
25:41
memorabilia and I feel like I'm definitely getting some swag at
25:44
some point it this month. Yeah, the NH LS made it
25:48
available, so go check it out. We got a lot going on in
25:51
Nashville this week. Monday night, Preds and Senators
25:53
at 6:30. Tuesday night, Nash Vegas, the
25:57
annual casino night with the Predators.
25:58
Nash Vegas, presented by King Jewelers.
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It's at Bridgestone Arena on Tuesday night last we checked.
26:05
There's still a handful of spots available, so go to
26:08
nashvillepredators.com/nashvegas. That's GNASHVEGAS.
26:16
Like the one, the only Nash Nash Vegas with AG get in on it.
26:20
The entire Preds team will be there.
26:22
We will be there. There will be tons of giveaways
26:26
you get just for signing up and your fee to get in is a donation
26:30
to the Preds Foundation. It's all going to the Preds
26:32
Foundation. So it's a great 'cause plus you
26:34
get a free great dinner and an open bar all night long.
26:38
Club will be going up on a Tuesday.
26:40
Cara Hammer at the casino at Nash Vegas.
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I'll be there. I will be there, Max.
26:45
This is my jam. This is one of my favorite
26:47
events that the Preds Foundation puts on.
26:49
It's so much fun. And you know, if you're not
26:52
following Sean Henry on Twitter, the president, please do so
26:56
because I noticed the other day he put out a tweet for free
26:59
tickets to the game and he wanted somebody to post a smash
27:03
Bill memory. And the fan actually posted a
27:06
photo of them gambling last year at Nash Vegas with Sean Henry.
27:10
And hey, they ended up being so you never know.
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Keep. Waiting all season long.
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Yeah, your donation to the Pretz Foundation could be a pay it
27:18
forward down payment on free tickets down the road.
27:22
You never know. You never know what happens here
27:25
on the POP. So that's Tuesday night.
27:27
Then Wednesday night we've got a Smashville Live radio show. 6 O
27:30
clock Wednesday night at Brew House 100 in Bellevue.
27:34
Hammer. We're putting together a decor.
27:36
I'll have 3 defenseman with me. How GAIL Co hosting.
27:40
Plus, new Preds Nick Blankenberg and Justin Baron will make their
27:43
Smashville Live debuts on Wednesday night.
27:47
Perfect, you finally found some guys who have more goals than
27:49
how GAIL. Yeah, it wasn't hard.
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I love it. That sounds like a great night.
27:56
So that's we can ask Nick about having his dad on the dad's
27:59
trip. Yeah, and Justin Barron's dad,
28:01
Gerard, part of the dad's trip as well.
28:03
So yeah, maybe some of the dads will still be around and they
28:06
can't get him to leave having too.
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Much fun, you never know. So that's Wednesday night six to
28:12
seven at Brewhouse 100 in Bellevue near Ensworth for
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Smashville Live. And then Friday night the
28:19
Predators will be in Chicago facing the Blackhawks.
28:22
Those of you back here in Smashville, there is a Bud Light
28:25
official watch party at Brooklyn Bowl and Cara Hammers Hood of
28:28
Germantown with Wayne D Friday night February 7th as the Preds
28:32
take on the Blackhawks at 7:30. Show up anytime for dinner,
28:37
drinks, Preds goodies. Be a lot of fun as the Preds
28:40
visit the Blackhawks next Friday.
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That's when I'll be in Milwaukee.
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So if you're in the Wisconsin area, come out to the Admirals
28:48
game. I'll be there.
28:50
And if not, make your way over to my neighborhood in Nashville,
28:53
Germantown. Ads have been having some fun
28:55
recently. My boy Kyle Marino's been
28:57
chucking the knucks around so I hope he does it on the day
29:00
you're there. Luke Shen.
29:01
'S brother. I'm here for it.
29:02
I'm ready for it. I hope it's a very nice.
29:05
All right, big week coming up, final week of games before the
29:07
Four Nations face off. We will see you guys in
29:10
Smashville for two home games plus Nash, Vegas and Smashville
29:14
Live all this week. She's Gary Hammer from Fred's
29:17
TV. I'm Max hers from Fred's radio.
29:20
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29:23
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