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KRAKEN THIS MORNING: Catching fire (10/23) · Seattle Kraken Audio Network

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Kraken This Morning, a presentation of the Kraken
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  Speaker 1: Audio Network and Sports Radio 93.3 KJR FM. Here's Mike Benton.
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  Speaker 2: Quick hitter edition of Kraken This Morning coming your way
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  Speaker 2: on a Saturday, October 24th. Mike Benton with you for
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  Speaker 2: Kraken This Morning, the first matchup of the season coming
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  Speaker 2: tonight at 7 o'clock from Climate Pledge Arena. the Kraken
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  Speaker 2: hosting the Minnesota Wild for the first matchup out of three.
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  Speaker 2: It's a pretty important stretch the Kraken are getting into
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  Speaker 2: of 10 games, which includes several teams over.
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  Speaker 3: 500.
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  Speaker 2: They pass one test on Thursday night, beating the Utah
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  Speaker 2: Mammoth 5-3, and now shift their attention To the Minnesota roster,
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  Speaker 2: that's got stars such as Kirill Kaprizov, Matt Boldy, and
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  Speaker 2: Quinn Hughes. Mackie Samuskevich helped the Kraken pass the Thursday
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  Speaker 2: test with the eventual game-winning goal, and ever since he
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  Speaker 2: switched lines between Matty Beneers to Chandler Stephenson, he's got
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  Speaker 2: goals now in back-to-back games. We'll learn more about Mackie's
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  Speaker 2: game and the progress of the Kraken from his own
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  Speaker 2: insights coming up in just a bit as the Kraken
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  Speaker 2: looking to go 3-0 on the four-game homestand and end
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  Speaker 2: a five-game winless skid against Minnesota. Before we get to Mackey,
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  Speaker 2: here's a little refresher as far as how Thursday night went.
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  Speaker 2: And just like Tuesday, topsy-turvy, plenty of twists and turns
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  Speaker 2: as the Kraken built a lead but found in the
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  Speaker 2: third period they needed a little bit more.
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  Speaker 4: Now they bring it back in onside.
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  Speaker 5: Jordan Eberle, a shot near wing. It bounces off the inboards,
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  Speaker 5: off the back of Mamelka, and they score. Eberle fires
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  Speaker 5: a shot wide of the goal. It takes a very
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  Speaker 5: lively hop off the wall and off the back of Vemelka.
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  Speaker 5: And in, the captain has given the Kraken a 1-0 lead.
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  Speaker 4: We talked a lot about these first passes under the
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  Speaker 4: D zone that have been missing over the first part
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  Speaker 4: of this first period. This one does not. gets right
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  Speaker 4: on the Eberle stick on the far blue line. He
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  Speaker 4: just puts a shot on net, hoping to get a rebound.
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  Speaker 4: That rebound comes off the backboards after a save from Malka.
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  Speaker 4: Comes over the back of the net, hits him in
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  Speaker 4: the numbers behind, and bounces in. 1-0 Seattle. Nice move
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  Speaker 4: on Kraus. Katton throws it down low.
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  Speaker 5: Backdoor tap-in!
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  Speaker 4: Scores!
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  Speaker 6: Matty Beneers draws the penalty! and finds the back of
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  Speaker 6: the net, 1.37 to go on the first, cracking back
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  Speaker 6: on top, 2-1.
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  Speaker 4: Well, the top of Utah's box blows a tire on
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  Speaker 4: Berkley Catt. Catt recognizes it and attacks the net. He
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  Speaker 4: drops the puck down low to Kapokaku, who does a
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  Speaker 4: nice spinning move, backhand pass over to Matty Beneers on
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  Speaker 4: the back post. He taps it home, cracking up, 2-1.
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  Speaker 1: On tour to the half wall, the captain.
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  Speaker 4: Back to Montour.
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  Speaker 7: Wides. Fires.
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  Speaker 2: Scores!
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  Speaker 5: Monty Mania on the power play.
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  Speaker 6: He's got goals in back-to-back games.
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  Speaker 3: The Kraken with a 3-1.
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  Speaker 4: Lead, 17-37 to go in the second. Well, after rigging
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  Speaker 4: the puck off the post the first time Montour put
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  Speaker 4: one on net, he gets another great feed from Jordan Eberle,
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  Speaker 4: set up for a one-timer. He puts everything into this
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  Speaker 4: bomb from the point, blows it past Wemelka.
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  Speaker 1: 3-1 Seattle.
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  Speaker 4: Mammoth will save it.
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  Speaker 1: Shemeshed behind.
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  Speaker 5: Kraus trying to wrap around.
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  Speaker 6: And Goodall another spectacular save.
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  Speaker 4: Eager.
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  Speaker 5: Now for Cooley.
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  Speaker 4: High slot shot.
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  Speaker 3: And they score. That one on side. And the Mammoth
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  Speaker 3: have tied the game 3-3. 12-17 to go in period
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  Speaker 3: number three. Now Seattle breaks it up the right side.
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  Speaker 3: McMahon shoots. That one through the pads of LaMelka. Goes
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  Speaker 3: off the side of the goal. McMahon again.
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  Speaker 8: Back door.
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  Speaker 2: Scores!
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  Speaker 6: Mackie Sanoskevich goes toward the goal. Crashing the net, he'll
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  Speaker 6: finish the play. And the Kraken regain their lead. It's
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  Speaker 6: a 4-3 edge with 5.25 left in regulation.
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  Speaker 4: Well, Bobby McMahon with tons of speed down that left side.
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  Speaker 4: He's got a 2-on-1, but he's got to step on
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  Speaker 4: the mammoth defense. But he opts for the shot. Like
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  Speaker 4: he said, Vemelka leaks that one out. He ends up
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  Speaker 4: picking the puck up again. Finding Samus Gibbons trailing down
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  Speaker 4: the slot. Puts it on his stick. And on the
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  Speaker 4: first shot of this third period, the Kraken.
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  Speaker 7: Score, 4-3.
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  Speaker 3: Mammoth can't hold the line. And Seattle will chase.
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  Speaker 4: Them back to the center circle. Now Gaudreau picks it
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  Speaker 4: off toward the empty net.
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  Speaker 7: Score!
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  Speaker 6: Puck pressure from Freddie Gaudreau.
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  Speaker 1: In the neutral zone.
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  Speaker 6: Takes it away and will send it down the ice.
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  Speaker 3: For his team-leading sixth of the season, and the Seattle
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  Speaker 3: Kraken with a two-goal lead, 5-3.
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  Speaker 4: Freddie Gaudreau getting rewarded out there with that puck pressure.
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  Speaker 4: We talked a lot about it last game. You force
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  Speaker 4: players to make mistakes when you put puck pressure on them.
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  Speaker 4: Freddie Gaudreau doing that, picking off that mammoth pass, getting
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  Speaker 4: across the red line, and putting that one home, cracking
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  Speaker 4: her up.
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  Speaker 7: 5-3. Yeah, I thought we were playing well. Goal or not,
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  Speaker 7: I thought we were on them, and um, getting chances
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  Speaker 7: there at the end. I thought we did a great
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  Speaker 7: job sticking with it. They were, you know, pretty solid
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  Speaker 7: the whole way, you know, through until the third period.
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  Speaker 7: I thought we, you know, as a line stepped up
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  Speaker 7: pretty good. And, um, when it's going that well, you know,
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  Speaker 7: something's good gonna happen.
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  Speaker 8: Uh, that's three games on the last, I don't know,
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  Speaker 8: 10 days where you guys have had a multi-goal lead
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  Speaker 8: going into the third and it ends up going away.
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  Speaker 7: How do you avoid having that happen? Um, I think
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  Speaker 7: just coming out of the period, um, you know, you know,
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  Speaker 7: getting ready. I think, uh, it's all mindset. I think, um,
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  Speaker 7: When they come on to us there, it's hard. We
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  Speaker 7: just got to stick with it, play simple. I think
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  Speaker 7: we kind of get away from it when they're playing well.
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  Speaker 7: I think just keeping it simple is the right thing.
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  Speaker 8: They're so offensively, they've got such offensive upside. You probably
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  Speaker 8: knew the push was coming at some point there. you
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  Speaker 8: guys were absorbing a lot of it on the defensive end,
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  Speaker 8: your group too. How'd you kind of weather that and
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  Speaker 8: to hold on against their push there?
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, they did a good job. I thought we, you know,
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  Speaker 7: we just stayed inside. Didn't give them, you know, good ice,
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  Speaker 7: you know, good scoring chances. I thought, you know, everything
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  Speaker 7: was kind of outside. So, you know, when you're doing that, it's,
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  Speaker 7: you know, hard to get the puck inside, hard to get,
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  Speaker 7: you know, good chances. So I thought we did a
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  Speaker 7: good job of that.
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  Speaker 8: Can you kind of walk us through your goal too,
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  Speaker 8: how you found it coming to you there off of
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  Speaker 8: Bobby's stick?
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  Speaker 7: It was a bit chaotic. Puck was bouncing everywhere and
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  Speaker 7: then came to Bobby and he kind of just made
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  Speaker 7: the perfect play to me. I didn't have to do
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  Speaker 7: much there, so credit to him. It looked like he
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  Speaker 7: was going to spin and shoot.
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  Speaker 8: Were you almost looking for a rebound there and all
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  Speaker 8: of a sudden it's on your stick?
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, pretty much. It was chaotic, like I said. He
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  Speaker 7: kind of saw me last second. I think he wanted
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  Speaker 7: to put it back, but smart play by him. He's
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  Speaker 7: a smart player. I've loved playing with him and Chan
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  Speaker 7: so far, so hopefully we can keep it going.
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  Speaker 6: How did it feel to have the team leading goal there,
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  Speaker 6: or tied for the team leading goal for about four minutes?
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  Speaker 2: Did Goudreau come by and say something after he scored
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  Speaker 2: the empty netter?
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  Speaker 7: No, it's all love. He's a great guy, a great
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  Speaker 7: player too, so he can have it. But I'm coming
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  Speaker 7: for him.
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  Speaker 8: Overall seven wins in 11 games pretty good start for
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  Speaker 8: you guys how do you kind of feel it's it's
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  Speaker 8: been both offensively for you but then as the team's
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  Speaker 8: kind of got rolling here out.
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  Speaker 7: Of the gates yeah i've loved our game um you
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  Speaker 7: know even that start of that road trip there uh
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  Speaker 7: we were playing really well the whole road trip i
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  Speaker 7: thought we were playing really well um you know i
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  Speaker 7: think it's it's great that we're playing well but you
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  Speaker 7: know there's a lot that we can get better at
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  Speaker 7: which is really exciting so Just got to keep going.
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  Speaker 2: That's Mackie Samuskevich who met with the media after Thursday
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  Speaker 2: night's game. And while it may be early, he's on
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  Speaker 2: a pretty good pace as of right now with five
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  Speaker 2: goals in 10 games.
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  Speaker 1: He gets one more.
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  Speaker 2: He's already halfway there to last year's total. That was 12,
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  Speaker 2: accomplishing that with the Florida Panthers. in 77 games. So far,
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  Speaker 2: via the early returns, the trade's looking pretty good on
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  Speaker 2: the Kraken side where Sam Miskevich is fitting into the
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  Speaker 2: scheme of the Seattle Kraken offense. No practice on Friday
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  Speaker 2: as the team opting to rest in between matchups here
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  Speaker 2: and getting ready with a relatively healthy lineup. No changes
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  Speaker 2: here on the horizon expected for the contest against Minnesota
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  Speaker 2: as the Kraken aim for their first win head-to-head against
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  Speaker 2: the Wilds since the Dan Bilesma era, and in its
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  Speaker 2: infancy back on October 12th of 2024. Again, the Kraken
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  Speaker 2: looking to end a five-game winless drought against Minnesota. Based
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  Speaker 2: on the recent couple of games, it has put the
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  Speaker 2: Kraken out to seven wins and 15 points, their best
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  Speaker 2: 11-game start in franchise history. The question bears, are the
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  Speaker 2: Kraken more about the solid start they've had in the
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  Speaker 2: first two periods, or is the concern of keeping a
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  Speaker 2: lead in period three. Regardless, here are the facts. Do
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  Speaker 2: you want offense? The Kraken are fourth right now in
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  Speaker 2: the NHL, 3.8 goals per game.
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  Speaker 1: Check.
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  Speaker 2: Do you want depth? Everyone on this roster has a
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  Speaker 2: point or more except for Curtis Douglas and two players
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  Speaker 2: who are injured still in Ryan Lindgren and Jacob Alonso.
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  Speaker 4: Check.
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  Speaker 2: Do you want to see young players continue to help
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  Speaker 2: lead the way? Well, we mentioned Sam Miskevich's five goals
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  Speaker 2: in 10 games. That one off the crack and lead.
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  Speaker 2: Berkley Catton in the meantime, eight points in 11 games.
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  Speaker 2: And while it's still maybe early, that's on pace for
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  Speaker 2: a 60-point season. And he's one off the crack and
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  Speaker 2: scoring lead shared. Jordan Eberle, Chandler Stevenson, and Kapo Kako.
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  Speaker 4: Check.
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  Speaker 2: And while Team State percentages may be taking a bit
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  Speaker 2: of a dip over the last week, the Kraken are
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  Speaker 2: still in the upper half of the NHL in Team
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  Speaker 2: State percentage at 896. Philip Grubauer has certainly helped carry
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  Speaker 2: plenty of that mail over the recent five games at 4-0-1,
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  Speaker 2: turning in a 9-0-7, say, percentage in that span. He
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  Speaker 2: has started the last two games, both victories, earning 54
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  Speaker 2: saves on 60 shots on net. also stopping four of
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  Speaker 2: five in a shootout win Tuesday over the Red Wings.
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  Speaker 2: And a guy who might be interested here in this
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  Speaker 2: matchup in the Kraken dressing room? Well, you can look
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  Speaker 2: at Freddie Gaudreau, the former Wild forward, who comes in
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  Speaker 2: right now as leading Kraken goal scorer with six on
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  Speaker 2: the campaign. and he owns seven points in his last
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  Speaker 2: seven games. Plenty of familiar faces still remain on the
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  Speaker 2: wild side who definitely pose a threat, beginning with Kirill
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  Speaker 2: Kaprizov owning eight points in the last five games. He's
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  Speaker 2: got five goals in that span, bumping his total to
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  Speaker 2: 11 on the season, ending Thursday as the league's leading
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  Speaker 2: goal scorer, one ahead of the Oilers' Leon Dreisaitl, who
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  Speaker 2: is playing like an offensive supernova with Connor McDavid, at
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  Speaker 2: this point. While the status of Quinn Hughes beyond this
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  Speaker 2: season is in question, his offensive game is a complete opposite.
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  Speaker 2: He is second right now on the wild and scoring
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  Speaker 2: with 13 points in 11 games on the back end.
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  Speaker 2: And while we're at it, the Kraken would be well
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  Speaker 2: served to find a way to contain Matt Boldy, who
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  Speaker 2: owns 17 points in 13 career games against the Kraken
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  Speaker 2: and a 10-game point streak head-to-head in this matchup. The
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  Speaker 2: only guy matching his scoring output head-to-head against the Kraken
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  Speaker 2: all time, that's the guy who we just talked about
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  Speaker 2: in Kaprizov with 17 points as well head-to-head in just
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  Speaker 2: six games. The Wild are in a bit of a
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  Speaker 2: tougher spot as far as their injuries compared to the Kraken.
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  Speaker 2: Among those on IR, goaltender Phillip Gustafson, left winger Marcus Foligno,
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  Speaker 2: his brother Nick Foligno, and defenseman Brock Faber suffering a
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  Speaker 2: fractured skull in a preseason game against Dallas. He is
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  Speaker 2: out right now indefinitely with no timetable set for a return.
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  Speaker 2: And as proof, there are no guaranteed two-point nights in
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  Speaker 2: the NHL. Well, the Wilds fell to the Calgary Flames
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  Speaker 2: on Thursday, who got just their third win in nine games.
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  Speaker 2: 2-1 was the final in Calgary. Devin Cooley made 36 saves.
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  Speaker 2: Michael McCarron had the only goal for Minnesota, while Jesper
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  Speaker 2: Volstead made 20 saves. in net for the Wild. Jared
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  Speaker 2: Spurgeon and Ole Mata made the returns to the lineup,
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  Speaker 2: while Kaprizov had a seven-game point streak and a four-game
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  Speaker 2: goal streak snapped on Thursday night. That sets the scene
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  Speaker 2: for this one. First of three matchups going down as
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  Speaker 2: the Kraken aiming for a 3-0 homestand and looking to
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  Speaker 2: snap a five-game winless skid against Minnesota. Puck drops a
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  Speaker 2: little past 7 o'clock Pacific time from Climate Pledge Arena.
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  Speaker 2: Everett Fitzhugh, Al Koniski on the call. I'll join you
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  Speaker 2: 6.30 back by the Coors Light landing and Section 20
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  Speaker 2: while we take you up to an hour after the
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  Speaker 2: final horn. We're talking Kraken live from Tom's Watch Bar.
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  Speaker 2: Anders Hurst will be joining me side by side for that.
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  Speaker 2: So we'll look forward to your reaction after the game.
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  Speaker 2: We'll talk to you then for Kraken this morning. I'm
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  Speaker 2: Mike Benson.
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