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KRAKEN THIS MORNING: Back on the tracks for Florida (3/15) · Seattle Kraken Audio Network

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Kraken this morning, a presentation of the krak
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  Speaker 1: and Audio network, Ken Sports Radio ninety three point three
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  Speaker 1: KJR FM. Here's Mike Betton, Well, how.
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  Speaker 2: Good did you feel after last night? The Krakens certainly
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  Speaker 2: did in a big night from their new Florida. Now
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  Speaker 2: it is all about turning the page as they get
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  Speaker 2: set for the Florida Panthers, opening up a two game
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  Speaker 2: homestand and the second game up back to back face
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  Speaker 2: off is F five from Climate Pledgerina. First of two
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  Speaker 2: matchups here against the Panthers. We'll talk more about it
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  Speaker 2: by the way. Airtime opening up at for a thirty
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  Speaker 2: four R pregame show served up by Frostbrewed cors Light
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  Speaker 2: Shoose Chill ever fits you. Alconiski in the booth, I'll
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  Speaker 2: join you again back by the course light landing and
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  Speaker 2: Section twenty postgame coverage live again from Tom's Watchbar. We
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  Speaker 2: will be there up to an hour after the final
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  Speaker 2: horn myself with al Kiniski be there.
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  Speaker 3: Don't be squid.
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  Speaker 2: Looking forward to more here on this drop coming up.
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  Speaker 2: Reaction from Lane Lambert after last night's win in Vancouver.
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  Speaker 2: Bobby McMahon also making a gigantic impression. Plus we will
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  Speaker 2: catch up with Doug Plagans of the Florida Panthers Radio
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  Speaker 2: Network and a preview of who is rolling in with
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  Speaker 2: the Panthers team right now in danger of missing the
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  Speaker 2: postseason right now. Eleven points out a star contrast from
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  Speaker 2: where they were after back to back Stanley Cup championships
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  Speaker 2: from this last season. Doug Plagans joining us in.
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  Speaker 3: Just a bit.
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  Speaker 2: Well, the Kraken pulled off a five to two victory
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  Speaker 2: over the Vancouver Canucks because this guy came storming right
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  Speaker 2: out of the gates.
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  Speaker 4: Now a three on two for Seattle back in, but
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  Speaker 4: here's near side heaverly tipped in front. Mcmah scors, Bobby
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  Speaker 4: McMahon scores again. He's got two and the Kraken go
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  Speaker 4: up four water with fifteen forty six to play the third.
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  Speaker 5: Well, it's Jordan Eberley down that right side and feeds
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  Speaker 5: Matty Veneers with a great pass Feberty back to Bobby
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  Speaker 5: McMahon and he puts it behind Tolopio and that is
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  Speaker 5: the fourth goal of the game for the Krack and
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  Speaker 5: they're up for to one from Bobby McMahon.
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  Speaker 3: That was a nice goal.
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  Speaker 2: Mark it down is a smashing success for a new
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  Speaker 2: top line and a new player as well. In the mix,
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  Speaker 2: Bobby McMahon, eight days after he was acquired via the
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  Speaker 2: trade deadline from Toronto, became the first player in crake
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  Speaker 2: in history to score multiple goals in his debut with
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  Speaker 2: the franchise. He Maddy Veneers and Jordan Everley combining to
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  Speaker 2: rack up a wopping nine points in a five to
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  Speaker 2: two victory over the Vancouver Canucks. The Kraken never trailed,
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  Speaker 2: and McMahon for good measure his first goal that turned
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  Speaker 2: out to be the eventual game winner, as the Kraken
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  Speaker 2: took three of four from Vancouver.
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  Speaker 3: In the head to head series.
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  Speaker 2: After the win, here's a reaction from McMahon back of
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  Speaker 2: the crack addressing room.
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  Speaker 6: But that was a fun one. It's it's always nice
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  Speaker 6: to get the win, and then when you contribute, it
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  Speaker 6: makes it that much better.
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  Speaker 7: Considering it's coming with a brand new team. That one's
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  Speaker 7: probably gonna stick with you for a while, isn't it
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  Speaker 7: when you when you look back on things years from now.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, Yeah, it almost resembles in a way like your
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  Speaker 6: first game. Like he got entirely new group, new organization,
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  Speaker 6: new fans. You want to make a great first impression.
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  Speaker 6: Sometimes things go your way a little bit more than
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  Speaker 6: the other nights, and luckily that was tonight for me.
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  Speaker 7: Was there some debate with Shane on whose goal that
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  Speaker 7: was on the first one?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I didn't know.
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  Speaker 6: I thought he tipped it maybe because then I didn't
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  Speaker 6: know if that one was going in with the shot
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  Speaker 6: that I had, so it was more of a pass
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  Speaker 6: to him. But I think it just fooled the coaliecause
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  Speaker 6: I think you just missed it kind of thing and
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  Speaker 6: trickled in.
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  Speaker 5: Well, a new team for you, new line mates, But
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  Speaker 5: how to Ebs and Maddie make that a little bit
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  Speaker 5: easier for you?
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, those two control the play so well when the
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  Speaker 6: pucks on their stick, They're just so dynamic and unpredictable
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  Speaker 6: for the other team. So I'm just trying to get
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  Speaker 6: open for those guys. Ebbs is so good at fining
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  Speaker 6: pockets around the ice, making those couple slip passes tonight
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  Speaker 6: through guys likes that's that's easy hockey when he's doing that.
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  Speaker 6: So he's he's a great player to play with him.
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  Speaker 6: Maddie was just a workhorse tonight.
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  Speaker 5: It's something like that.
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  Speaker 1: Do you look at film or do you watch how
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  Speaker 1: these guys played before tonight?
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean it's more more of a feel than anything.
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  Speaker 6: But I was able to watch a little bit while
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  Speaker 6: I was sitting out there for a few games, trying
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  Speaker 6: to get a feel a little bit. But it's just
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  Speaker 6: nice to get out there with them.
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  Speaker 7: I mean, I know you've been around the team here
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  Speaker 7: for the last week. Did you sense the mood starting
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  Speaker 7: to get a little bit heavy with the losses.
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  Speaker 3: Kind of piling up?
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  Speaker 7: And just how big of a release does a feel
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  Speaker 7: for the team tonight?
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  Speaker 6: I think the guys did a good job of kind
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  Speaker 6: of sticking with the course. Obviously, they with Lane and
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  Speaker 6: everybody kind of revisited what was happening and what was
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  Speaker 6: going on, But it wasn't changing anything. It was kind
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  Speaker 6: of trusting that process of how things have gone throughout
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  Speaker 6: the year and knowing that if we stick with it,
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  Speaker 6: it's gonna it'll come. And just get to to work
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  Speaker 6: and find our way and know what's happening at tonight.
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  Speaker 3: You guys down low low high stuff like that.
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  Speaker 5: Is that anything to do with the priestcote on him
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  Speaker 5: or them, or just how you guys select to attack.
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  Speaker 6: I think it works a little bit better against this
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  Speaker 6: team tonight. They pack it in pretty tight, so we
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  Speaker 6: were able to kind of work it on the outside.
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  Speaker 6: I think the hardest part is getting through the middle
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  Speaker 6: on these guys, and we're able to do that a
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  Speaker 6: few times, and when we did end up in the
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  Speaker 6: back of the net.
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  Speaker 2: So what appears. Any signs of RUSS were very short lived,
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  Speaker 2: as McMahon Vanier's and Everly got cooking very early and
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  Speaker 2: the Kraken getting a much crucial two points in a
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  Speaker 2: game where they had to get restored confidence quickly after
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  Speaker 2: falling five to one to Colorado back on Thursday, raising
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  Speaker 2: questions of could the Kraken keep their poise in these
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  Speaker 2: kind of games during the stretch drive. This time, they
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  Speaker 2: gathered themselves and now are ready for back to back
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  Speaker 2: games at home against Florida and Tampa Bay. Certainly it
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  Speaker 2: will not be an easy task, but the Kraken know
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  Speaker 2: that they're in a position to keep fighting for a
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  Speaker 2: playoff spot where anything could happen. Right now one point
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  Speaker 2: back of the final wildcard spot held by the San
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  Speaker 2: Jose Sharks, and still right now pointing total that's sixty
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  Speaker 2: nine points, them seven points back in the Vegas Golden
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  Speaker 2: Knights for first place in the Pacific Division as Vegas
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  Speaker 2: Beach Chicago, and still it is as tight as ever
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  Speaker 2: right now. In the Western Conference, there's more reaction from
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  Speaker 2: CRACKINGET coach Lane Lambert.
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  Speaker 8: I thought we were pretty committed in almost every area,
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  Speaker 8: right you know, we kept our foot on the gas,
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  Speaker 8: and I thought we made more places tonight. I thought,
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  Speaker 8: you know, we had a couple of moments in the
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  Speaker 8: defensive zone, certainly in the first period after they scored
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  Speaker 8: the first goal. We were fortunate they didn't score another
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  Speaker 8: one right away. Group became up big for us. But
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  Speaker 8: for the most part, our commitment level was good in
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  Speaker 8: the defensive zone, so you know, I thought was much
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  Speaker 8: better game for us. Obviously, Bobby McMahon making his debut tonight,
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  Speaker 8: just your thoughts on how he played, Yeah, I mean,
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  Speaker 8: you know, I thought you saw it right away for
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  Speaker 8: a shift when he's tracking the puck and he's got
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  Speaker 8: a ton of speed, and you know, that's 's a
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  Speaker 8: welcome edition for us from that standpoint. Obviously, the goals
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  Speaker 8: he scored, you know, he had a real good chance
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  Speaker 8: to make it three as well. I think it went
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  Speaker 8: off the knob of the goalie there. But uh, you know,
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  Speaker 8: he uh, he played well.
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  Speaker 7: We saw we saw both the risk and the reward
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  Speaker 7: of having a defenseman jump into the play. Tonight, there's
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  Speaker 7: a goal against that's kind of a result of that,
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  Speaker 7: a goal for where Alexiak scores. What is it is
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  Speaker 7: it always beneficial to have him jump up there? Is
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  Speaker 7: there something that could have gone to prevent that that
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  Speaker 7: goal against? The first goal against, well.
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  Speaker 8: It was you know, the play at the blue line
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  Speaker 8: was was the issue? Not what you want to have
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  Speaker 8: is you know, I mean at the end of the day,
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  Speaker 8: you you need your defenseman to jump. You know, you
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  Speaker 8: need to create out numbered rushes, but it has to
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  Speaker 8: be with some with some layers, and so if something
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  Speaker 8: happens in that puck does get turned over, you know
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  Speaker 8: we need uh, we need the opposite side defenseman, uh
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  Speaker 8: potentially to uh you know, protect the middle of the ice.
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  Speaker 8: And you know, we they got they got behind us
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  Speaker 8: a couple of times, and obviously right at the end
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  Speaker 8: there it's uh, you know, it's too bad. We you know,
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  Speaker 8: with four four and a half minutes left or whatever,
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  Speaker 8: we put two defensemen out, you know, in the second
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  Speaker 8: half the power play so that we could help Roopy
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  Speaker 8: out a little bit, and then we end up giving
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  Speaker 8: a breakaway, uh, you know, in the last minute. So
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  Speaker 8: you know, it's uh, just something that we got to
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  Speaker 8: make sure that we uh a little are a little
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  Speaker 8: better at Betty.
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  Speaker 5: You talked about the fact that you you would have
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  Speaker 5: been saying, keep your foot on the pedal. What does
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  Speaker 5: that look like besides simply playing two conservative and you
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  Speaker 5: want them to take a few more offensive chances?
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  Speaker 2: What what exactly is that that looked like?
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  Speaker 8: Well, like I said, I've I've talked about the fact
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  Speaker 8: that you know, we're uh at times, we're tentative. Uh
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  Speaker 8: when we get a lead, it's it's almost like we're
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  Speaker 8: playing you know lately anyways, not always. You know, we
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  Speaker 8: we had a good talk this morning, and you know
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  Speaker 8: it's almost like we're playing not to lose instead of
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  Speaker 8: playing to win. And I thought tonight we kept our
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  Speaker 8: foot on the gas and we kept having chances. So,
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  Speaker 8: you know, I thought we had some really good chances
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  Speaker 8: to score. Could have been more.
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  Speaker 5: What did you like about the mix of Bobby, Jordan
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  Speaker 5: and Maddie seeing them together tonight.
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  Speaker 3: For the first time.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean, I thought that I got Bobby's speed
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  Speaker 8: over there helped those two guys, you know. And let's
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  Speaker 8: be clear, Uh, you know, Kenner and and Maddie and
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  Speaker 8: and Ebbs had a heck of a January as well,
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  Speaker 8: so you know, we just had to we had to
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  Speaker 8: mix things up a little bit here, and you know,
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  Speaker 8: as it turns out, it worked out. I thought Chander's
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  Speaker 8: line had some really good opportunities as well, So you know,
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  Speaker 8: it's sometimes you make those changes and they work out.
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  Speaker 7: How critical is that the first McMahon goal right with
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  Speaker 7: time kind of winding down there in the first I mean,
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  Speaker 7: it kind of sets the game back on the right
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  Speaker 7: course for you guys. Would you agree with that?
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, I do agree with that. I think you know,
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  Speaker 8: I think you're you're bang on there.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 8: Like I say, we came out flying, scored and then
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  Speaker 8: you know, then when they got their goal, I thought
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  Speaker 8: they had the you know, a little majority of the play.
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  Speaker 8: To get that one late in the first period there
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  Speaker 8: was huge for us, and you know, just confidence booster.
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  Speaker 2: I guess you could say, all right, time to dive
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  Speaker 2: into matters here from the opposition. As the Kracken getting
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  Speaker 2: step for their first matchup of two against the Florida Panthers.
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  Speaker 2: It took this long, all the way into about the
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  Speaker 2: middle of March, but finally here we are, and finally
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  Speaker 2: here he is, our good friend, Doug Plagan's radio play
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  Speaker 2: by play voice for the Panthers on five sixty w
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  Speaker 2: q a M for their flagship Doug, Hello, how are
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  Speaker 2: you good to see you once again?
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  Speaker 9: Great to talk to you, great to preview and other
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  Speaker 9: Panthers Cracking matchup. I know whenever the Panthers and the
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  Speaker 9: Cracking are coming up on the schedule, it's gonna mean
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  Speaker 9: that I get to chat with my old buddy Mike Ben.
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  Speaker 2: Just from the EHL days. As you said before, in
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  Speaker 2: a conversation like this, it is a tradition like any
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  Speaker 2: other here. And I kind of record this like it's
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  Speaker 2: snow and from the backyard, which makes me think of
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  Speaker 2: when that line is utter, the masters camp be too
• 11:03
  Speaker 2: far away, which means armer weather. But hey, out of
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  Speaker 2: the hockey conversation of this, and I think, Doug, for
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  Speaker 2: how surprising the season has played out both Western and
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  Speaker 2: Eastern Conference. To you on the Panthers side, they are
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  Speaker 2: still very much well below the cut line. But I
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  Speaker 2: think more context is certainly needed here. So yet, at
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  Speaker 2: least in this case, what's the most surprising matter to
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  Speaker 2: you as far as how this Panther season has played out?
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  Speaker 9: Well, I think there are a lot of different layers
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  Speaker 9: to this. Obviously, the Panthers have won the Stanley Cup
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  Speaker 9: back to back years. They've been in the Cup final
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  Speaker 9: three consecutive years. They've played between that, between having eight
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  Speaker 9: players in the Four Nations face off last year, between
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  Speaker 9: having ten players playing.
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  Speaker 3: In the Olympics this year, they have.
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  Speaker 9: Played a lot of hockey, to say the least, a
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  Speaker 9: historic amount of hockey from a lot of these guys
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  Speaker 9: over the course of the last three years, So you
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  Speaker 9: certainly have that. That being said, it's a team that's
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  Speaker 9: right in the thick of its contending window regardless of
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  Speaker 9: how this season plays out. Anybody would tell you, with
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  Speaker 9: so much of the roster sign long term and so
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  Speaker 9: many key players signed long term, you'd expect that these
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  Speaker 9: guys are going to reconvene in training camp as a
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  Speaker 9: team on the short list of contenders.
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  Speaker 3: For the Stanley Cup next year.
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  Speaker 9: Out of the gate, they are still going to be
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  Speaker 9: that good again, regardless of how things play out this season.
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  Speaker 9: Going back to the last road trip the Panthers, they're
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  Speaker 9: well aware. Matthew Kachuck was honest and said that, you know,
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  Speaker 9: this is going to be a daunting task if the
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  Speaker 9: Panthers are going to go on the run that would
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  Speaker 9: be required here to get back into the playoffs. That
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  Speaker 9: being said, sometimes this Panthers team in recent years, the
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  Speaker 9: Panthers under Paul Maurice have turned in some of their
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  Speaker 9: best performances when their backs are against the wall. So
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  Speaker 9: I would never count this group out. I would absolutely
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  Speaker 9: tell you that. And they're going to play this thing
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  Speaker 9: out until until the final horn on the season. So again,
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  Speaker 9: it's been it's been an interesting season in that they
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  Speaker 9: have been To say bitten by the injury bug would
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  Speaker 9: be an understatement. They lost their captain, Alexander Barkov in
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  Speaker 9: training camp. Seth Jones was injured during the Winter Classic
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  Speaker 9: and had been arguably the Panther's best player at the
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  Speaker 9: time that that injury took place. He was named a
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  Speaker 9: Team USA. A lot of folks you shouldn't. You shouldn't
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  Speaker 9: forget that he was named a Team USA and it
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  Speaker 9: was totally merit base he earned that.
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  Speaker 3: He was that good.
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  Speaker 9: The first few months of the season to be named
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  Speaker 9: a Team USA just unfortunately wasn't able to play due
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  Speaker 9: to the injury you know, prior to the Olympics, and
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  Speaker 9: then injuries as the season has gone along. Matthew Kachuk
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  Speaker 9: of course, didn't start the season until well into.
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  Speaker 3: January, and you go down the list.
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  Speaker 9: Dmitry Koulikov was injured in game two of the season
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  Speaker 9: and just came back a.
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  Speaker 3: Handful of games ago.
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  Speaker 9: I believe tomash Nosek, who was the fourth line center
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  Speaker 9: on the Cup run last year, he's I believe five
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  Speaker 9: games back at this point after being injured to start
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  Speaker 9: the season. Joni Gadgovich has missed a good period of time.
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  Speaker 3: You go right down the list.
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  Speaker 9: Cole Schwint wasn't a regular when the season began, established
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  Speaker 9: himself as a regular for the Panthers and.
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  Speaker 3: Now he's injured.
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  Speaker 9: So there have been a lot of injuries up and
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  Speaker 9: down the lineup for the Panthers this season. Brad Marshand
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  Speaker 9: has missed games you know, here and there as the
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  Speaker 9: season's gone along and he's been dealing with something. So again,
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  Speaker 9: lots of different injuries. The Panthers have battled through it.
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  Speaker 9: They've kept themselves in the race well aware right now
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  Speaker 9: that's going to take a heck of a run to
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  Speaker 9: get back into a playoff spot. But you know, for
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  Speaker 9: a lot of teams, I might say that this could
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  Speaker 9: be too big a hill to climb for these guys
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  Speaker 9: until they're officially eliminated.
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  Speaker 3: I would never say never to anything with this team.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, nothing says a threat like a team with a
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  Speaker 2: championship run already in their blood. And they've got back
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  Speaker 2: to back here with Doug Plagans joins us right now
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  Speaker 2: on cra this morning. Doug sam reightanharts Well lot the
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  Speaker 2: nearest sixty goal pace that he put up back in
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  Speaker 2: a contract year, but still looks like he's not going
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  Speaker 2: to play here on this trip. But how much has
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  Speaker 2: he meant as far as pushing the pace Sam playing
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  Speaker 2: with his linemates.
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  Speaker 3: Sam's been outstanding all season long.
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  Speaker 9: And yeah, he had the fifty seven goal season a
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  Speaker 9: couple of years ago, that's the career high. He's creeping
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  Speaker 9: up on thirty right now. But he's in every situations guy.
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  Speaker 9: With the injuries to Barkov and ka Chuck and these
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  Speaker 9: different injuries that have happened throughout the year. Obviously, the
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  Speaker 9: Panthers have had to lean on him really heavily. He's
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  Speaker 9: played a lot of minutes, He's played every situation. Paul
• 15:37
  Speaker 9: Maurice has talked about it time and time again that
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  Speaker 9: he puts Sam right next to Ron Francis as far
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  Speaker 9: as the smartest players that he's ever coached, that he's
• 15:45
  Speaker 9: ever had the opportunity to coach. Just to praises his
• 15:48
  Speaker 9: hockey IQ all the time and his hockey sense.
• 15:51
  Speaker 3: And the overall ability of Sam Ryanhart.
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  Speaker 9: But this is a guy who has again just been
• 15:57
  Speaker 9: extremely valuable to the Panthers, to say the least in
• 16:00
  Speaker 9: recent years. And he again it would be an understatement
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  Speaker 9: to say that he's been important to what the Panthers
• 16:05
  Speaker 9: have done this season with so many key players out,
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  Speaker 9: he has been a real stabilizing force in this lineup
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  Speaker 9: and that's the biggest key. You just know what you're
• 16:13
  Speaker 9: getting out of Sam every single night and the two
• 16:15
  Speaker 9: way game that comes with it. There's really nothing that
• 16:18
  Speaker 9: he can't do. And you said it right there. He's
• 16:22
  Speaker 9: been right atop the Panthers scoring leader board all season long,
• 16:26
  Speaker 9: and he's he's a reason the Panthers are still in
• 16:30
  Speaker 9: a situation where they can pursue a playoff spot.
• 16:33
  Speaker 2: Sergei Bobrovsky, after a game seven hundred and ninety nine,
• 16:37
  Speaker 2: picked up a win. He did not move at the
• 16:39
  Speaker 2: deadline and is right now in the final year of
• 16:42
  Speaker 2: his contract. Reports say, of course he likes it there.
• 16:46
  Speaker 2: But Doug, how much does this last month of the
• 16:48
  Speaker 2: season matter you think to where this goes for him
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  Speaker 2: and the team for the summer.
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  Speaker 9: Well, I know that he's he's beloved here and you
• 16:57
  Speaker 9: heard his remarks clearly after the Panther there's win in
• 17:00
  Speaker 9: their last game against Columbus, his old team, and Sergey
• 17:04
  Speaker 9: was brilliant in that one. That game right there, it
• 17:07
  Speaker 9: just was emblematic of the fact that he's still an
• 17:10
  Speaker 9: elite goaltender. There's no question about it. Turned in an
• 17:13
  Speaker 9: unbelievable performance, especially early in the game. I believe the
• 17:18
  Speaker 9: line from Paul Maurice postgame was that Sergey kind of
• 17:21
  Speaker 9: got them to the third period, which was when the
• 17:23
  Speaker 9: Panthers ultimately took control of the game in the third
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  Speaker 9: and then into overtime when they ultimately beat Columbus back
• 17:29
  Speaker 9: on Thursday night, but serge Lebrowski held the four in
• 17:32
  Speaker 9: that one. His last two starts have been really good.
• 17:35
  Speaker 9: He shut down the Detroit Red Wings going back to
• 17:39
  Speaker 9: his previous start before that, so he's been outstanding. He
• 17:43
  Speaker 9: does as you said, he does love playing in Florida.
• 17:45
  Speaker 9: The team values him extremely. You heard, for example, Matthew
• 17:50
  Speaker 9: Kachuck spoke at length going back to that would have
• 17:53
  Speaker 9: been at the time we're doing this a little over
• 17:56
  Speaker 9: a week ago when.
• 17:57
  Speaker 3: The Panthers won in Detroit.
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  Speaker 9: Matthew had a hat trick in that game and Sergei
• 18:01
  Speaker 9: Bobrowski at times turned in highlight reel highlight reel saves
• 18:05
  Speaker 9: throughout that game.
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  Speaker 3: So the team values him a ton. And like I said,
• 18:10
  Speaker 3: he's he's.
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  Speaker 9: Going to be the last guy to wear number seventy
• 18:13
  Speaker 9: two for the plant for the Panthers, I would I
• 18:15
  Speaker 9: would guess. I think that number is going to be
• 18:17
  Speaker 9: hanging in the rafters someday, and he's a beloved player.
• 18:21
  Speaker 9: We'll see what the what the future holds for him,
• 18:23
  Speaker 9: but there's no question this guy can still play.
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: Cardifer Hagy Anton Lundell noticeably absent in Thursday Nights win
• 18:30
  Speaker 2: for the Panthers over the Blue Jackets that winning overtime,
• 18:34
  Speaker 2: but at this point of the season, Doug how has
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: a message of Paul Maurice shipped versus twelve months ago.
• 18:40
  Speaker 3: Well, the message.
• 18:41
  Speaker 9: I think that's one of the big things is the
• 18:43
  Speaker 9: message is always consistent, and that's part of why the
• 18:46
  Speaker 9: Panthers have been able to keep this thing moving along
• 18:48
  Speaker 9: even without so many key players in the lineup at
• 18:51
  Speaker 9: times due to injury this season. When you call up
• 18:53
  Speaker 9: a player from Charlotte, for example, and part of it
• 18:57
  Speaker 9: is their coach really well by Jordan kinere down American
• 19:00
  Speaker 9: Hockey League, and when a guy steps into the.
• 19:02
  Speaker 3: Panthers lineup, knows exactly what he needs to do and
• 19:04
  Speaker 3: what's expected of him.
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  Speaker 9: But I think that's the biggest thing is the consistency
• 19:09
  Speaker 9: in the approach. Everybody knows what they have to do
• 19:11
  Speaker 9: every single night for this.
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  Speaker 3: Team to be successful.
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  Speaker 9: They know the kind of game that they want to
• 19:16
  Speaker 9: play and the kind of game that leads to success.
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  Speaker 3: I think that's that's the biggest thing.
• 19:21
  Speaker 9: Is that that's helped this or one of the big
• 19:23
  Speaker 9: factors that's helped this team keep moving along in the
• 19:25
  Speaker 9: face of adversity at times this season is that the
• 19:28
  Speaker 9: approach is so consistent and the group knows exactly what's
• 19:31
  Speaker 9: expected of them and just goes back to June twenty second,
• 19:35
  Speaker 9: twenty twenty two, when Paul Maurice was named the head
• 19:38
  Speaker 9: coach and it's been the perfect fit for this group
• 19:41
  Speaker 9: ever since.
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  Speaker 3: Panther is the.
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  Speaker 2: Course going to be on this road trip which we'll
• 19:45
  Speaker 2: take them here, there, and everywhere here. So for a
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: Sunday game where the journey for the Panthers has only
• 19:51
  Speaker 2: just begun in Seattle? To you, what do you think
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: the key on here for this first road game out
• 19:55
  Speaker 2: of the gate?
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  Speaker 9: Well, for the Panthers, I think, first thing, obviously, I'm
• 19:59
  Speaker 9: not breaking any ground here. They'd love to they'd love
• 20:02
  Speaker 9: to get the first one. Their last couple of games
• 20:04
  Speaker 9: have involved they've won. They've beaten Columbus and then going
• 20:07
  Speaker 9: back Detroit before that, both games have involved having to
• 20:11
  Speaker 9: erase a deficit and a point during the game. So
• 20:13
  Speaker 9: I'm sure getting a lead would not hurt. Everybody always
• 20:16
  Speaker 9: loves playing with the lead. I think the start of
• 20:19
  Speaker 9: a game is always important anytime you embark on a
• 20:22
  Speaker 9: long road trip like this, and especially when the road
• 20:24
  Speaker 9: trip begins with having to fly from Fort Lauderdale all
• 20:27
  Speaker 9: the way to Seattle, even though you know you have
• 20:30
  Speaker 9: a chance to rest up and get a little bit
• 20:33
  Speaker 9: adjusted prior to the game. Anytime you have that kind
• 20:36
  Speaker 9: of travel involved, the start of the hockey game is
• 20:39
  Speaker 9: always going to be paramount. So I think those are
• 20:42
  Speaker 9: going to be the big factors in this one, and.
• 20:44
  Speaker 3: They kind of go hand in hand. It's going to
• 20:46
  Speaker 3: be an interesting one to watch because you're going to
• 20:48
  Speaker 3: have the.
• 20:49
  Speaker 9: One team that played last night, played the night prior
• 20:52
  Speaker 9: that is going to be dealing with.
• 20:54
  Speaker 3: Travel, short travel, but travel and a border crossing and
• 20:58
  Speaker 3: things like that.
• 20:58
  Speaker 9: And then you're gonna have one team that it's going
• 21:00
  Speaker 9: to be dealing with something in the neighborhood of I
• 21:02
  Speaker 9: would imagine a six hour and change flight the day before.
• 21:06
  Speaker 9: So we'll see what ends up being the more difficult
• 21:10
  Speaker 9: obstacle on the previous.
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: Day, kracking coming off that game last and against Vancouver
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: and the Panthers embarking on the first of four on
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: the road Canucks oilers and flames after that for them
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: when they will then get right back home two face
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: yues sou the kracking coming up on March twenty fourth.
• 21:29
  Speaker 2: Hockey World is a small world and a funny world sometimes, Doug,
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: appreciate this.
• 21:33
  Speaker 3: Hope you packed devy here for this trip.
• 21:35
  Speaker 2: Has been snowing here recently, but looking forward to seeing
• 21:38
  Speaker 2: it around, my friend. Appreciate you.
• 21:40
  Speaker 9: I will take all the necessary precautions weatherwise.
• 21:43
  Speaker 3: Don't worry about me.
• 21:44
  Speaker 9: This trip does go to Edmonton, so you have to
• 21:46
  Speaker 9: be prepared for a little bit of everything when that's involved.
• 21:49
  Speaker 3: Thank you so much for having me as always.
• 21:51
  Speaker 2: All right, Doug, thank you very much. You can find
• 21:53
  Speaker 2: them by the way at Twitter and next at Doug Plagans.
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: As the Kraken gets set for their first of two
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: matchups against the Panther, and Florida could be getting Seth
• 22:02
  Speaker 2: Jones back very soon, back on their blue line. He
• 22:05
  Speaker 2: was injured back in the Winter Classic, and yet a
• 22:08
  Speaker 2: little bit of relief here for household names right now
• 22:10
  Speaker 2: on the shelf, including Brad Marshand, Alexander Barkov and new
• 22:15
  Speaker 2: to the mix Sam Reinhart. He will not make this
• 22:18
  Speaker 2: trip with an undisclosed injury. The krack And have had
• 22:21
  Speaker 2: the upper hand of this head to head series, fine
• 22:24
  Speaker 2: two and one record against the Panthers, Aiming for their
• 22:27
  Speaker 2: third win in the last four tries against Florida with
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: today beginning a two game homestand and Tampa Bay is
• 22:34
  Speaker 2: up next here, so once again it does not get
• 22:37
  Speaker 2: any easier here for the Crack and trying to find
• 22:40
  Speaker 2: a way to fight their way back to the inside
• 22:42
  Speaker 2: of this Western Conference playoff picture with their mission here
• 22:46
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• 22:51
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• 22:53
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• 23:12
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• 23:15
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