December 10, 2025 • 28 mins
The Dec. 10 episode of Kraken This Morning, hosted by Mike Benton and joined by Ian Furness before the Kraken host the Los Angeles Kings, 7pm PT at Climate Pledge Arena.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Welcome to Kraken this morning a presentation of the Kraken
Audio Network Ken Sports Radio ninety three POMS.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Training wraps up, where the CM Kraken can certainly expect
a challenge on their hands once again defensively to end
a windless skid. Welcome to Kraken this morning. On a Wednesday,
December tenth, and for the first time this season, the
Kraken take on a new Pacific Division rival in the
Los Angeles Kings, first of two matchups those square off
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against each other this month in the first of four
meetings overall. Opening face off seven o'clock Pacific time. It'll
pass that to be precise because National TV's got coverage
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I'll be with you once again. Back to the course,
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after the game with Talking Kraken as well. On top
of postgame coverage live from Tom's watch bar right across
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from Climate Pledge Arena, we're gonna hear from Ian Furness
and just a bit of course TV host on the
KRACK and Hockey Network. Additionally, dive deeper into the Kraken
and their loss two nights ago against Minnesota, which features
some pretty pointed comments from the Kraken side, and we'll
dive into the meaning and much more with the Inverness
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coming up in just a bit. The Krack of making
one move ahead of the game, Ben Myers was recalled
from AHL Coachella Valley, a five foot eleven center with
plenty of tenacity. Currently in his second year within the
Kraken organization, He's got three assists so far in nine
games thirteen points in just eleven games with Coachella Valley.
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That move made necessary after Berkeley Catton was placed on IR.
He is week to week with an upper body injury
after blocking a shot last Saturday against Detroit. Well, the Kraken,
dropping a lost in Minnesota four won the final, but
don't let that full you as far as the goaltending
picture in that game. Philip Grubauer was absolutely phenomenal, turning
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in several high danger saves in the first nineteen shots
he saw through two periods of play, but the krack
And only able to manage just one goal, coming in
the power play courtesy Jordan Everley back in period two
and Grubauer falling to Philip Gustavsen down the other side
after Minnesota blew open a two to one lead late
in the game on a pair of back to back
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empty ned goals by Carill Caprisov and Vladimir tara Senko.
We're gonna get to some comments after the game with
Igan Fornessen just a bit, but before that, the Krakend
catching back up at practice on Tuesday at Krackend Community
ice Plex, and here are more updates from krack and
head coach Lane Lambert.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
Today's an end mean day. Today's a practice day. You know,
Tomorrow morning we'll probably give some guys some some rest.
They've got, you know, thirty six hours or so here
to prepare for tomorrow night. So you know, it's just
like I say, it's a balancing act of what what
the work ratio is, what we need to work on
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and how much rest we need so, you know, I
mean obviously through the next two months till the end
of January, you know, till the Olympic break. It's a
challenge and it's a challenge for every team in the league.
Speaker 4 (03:29):
Uh notice mechanicals out there once a status.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
Yeah, he's maintenance day, he should be. Okay, it's a
kind of conversation here for a little while.
Speaker 5 (03:36):
Now.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
If the defenseman impressed you adopted practice and shootout drugs,
would you from out there?
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Oh? Yeah, yeah, there's no question. You know, we're you know,
I mean, at the end of the day shootouts. We've
been in three, you know, and we have guys that
have gone that have good overall career numbers, you know,
and sometimes you know, sometimes they score, sometimes they don't.
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But certainly, you know, we've seen a couple of defensemen
here that have done pretty well when we practice shootouts.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
It's one of them Adam Wars that managing.
Speaker 4 (04:14):
They're all.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
Let's put it this way, anyone's in option. Anyone's in option.
I was involved in a twenty round shootout when I
was coaching in Washington back and I think it was
probably two thousand and seventeen, maybe longest shootout in NHL history.
So everybody's got to be on alert good enough when
the team's going through a skid like this. From your
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experience as a player, also as a coach, what does
it kind of take from the guys in that room
to be able to turn the page?
Speaker 2 (04:43):
What kind of mass they happen?
Speaker 3 (04:45):
They got to get together, you know, stick together, you know,
and determination. You know, the league is a difficult league.
It's a ruthless league. As I said last night, nobody cares.
Everybody's coming into to beat you, you know. But at
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the same time, you know, if you look at it
two weeks ago, you know, we were one point out
of first place heading into a home game against Dallas,
which we played very well in and probably could have won.
And you know, now where we're sitting that's changed fast.
But as fast as it changes in one direction, it
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can change in the other direction. And that's got to
be our focus right now.
Speaker 5 (05:32):
Mentioning that determination and making even positive last night as well,
how do you go about that as a coach?
Speaker 3 (05:38):
And is it all verbal or you know how you well,
there's there's verbal stuff, there's you know, film stuff. You know,
there's drills in practice, to continue to try and emphasize,
you know, what we need to work on, what we
need to develop. We're you know, we're a young team
that needs to develop our players on the fly here
as well. So, uh, you know, it's very important that
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we keep a positive mind set.
Speaker 5 (06:00):
And you said you didn't mind how you know Shameewright's
line played last night out for Yanni in particular, what
do you kind of note from him, you know, the opportunities.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
That he's gotten. Yeah, I thought I thought their line
played well. I thought their line played well in Edmonton.
You know, analytically, you know, they're they were pretty good.
They were on the certainly on the positive side of
the shot chart. So you know, looking forward to seeing
those guys, you know, continue that. You know, with Yanni,
Johanni continues to grow. There's systematical things in the game
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and positioning that he has to be in that he's
still learning and we have to continue working with him
and coaching them and teaching them. You know, what he
has that you know, what he has that you can't
teach is he's got size, he's got determination, he's strong.
You know, he's making some good plays with the pucket.
He's getting shots on goals. So you know those are
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good positive attributes for him.
Speaker 4 (06:54):
Is that growth that you're looking for for me more
on the defensive.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
End or both sides.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
I'd say both sides. Yeah. You know, for a young player,
it's not easy to create in this league. It's not
easy to score in this league. The best goaltenders in
the world, and you know, it's it's a situation where
that side of it and his understanding where he needs
to be and how that needs to happen. You know,
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you continue to learn and grow and develop that and
and you know the defensive side of the game and
where he needs to be for that is something we
really have to work on as well.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
Kind of Spook too through hours season.
Speaker 3 (07:31):
Trajectory so far, he's played well, he's had a good
season so far. You know, he's every time he's come in,
he's given us a chance to win, and he's got
a good record. And uh, you know, he played out
standing last night. You know, we obviously didn't start the
game very well, there's no excuse for that, but he
did and so you know, he kept us steady and
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kept us in the game early on and gave us
a chance to win that hockey game last night. So
you know he's come into the season, he's worked, he
had a great offseason. Our goalie coach has done a
great job with all our goalies, and you know he's
played well.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
Homestand finale coming up the Los Angeles Kings await and
when you can factor just the challenges that have come
the Cracking way, especially in Minnesota, this one may not
get much easier from a defensive standpoint in the Crack
and trying to answer that getting out of a six
game winless skid. The mayor of Maple Valley Ian Finnesh,
joining us now on Cracking this morning. Mayor, good talking
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with you, and I think a burning question. Are two
days enough to get what was Monday night flush out
of the system and get ready for a team that
can be just as stingy in Los Angeles?
Speaker 4 (08:44):
What do you think?
Speaker 1 (08:45):
Well? I hope so. I mean, at some point you
got to win a hockey game. And they're scuffling, man,
they are really scuffling right now. And it's it's a
bummer because they started so well the early part of
the season with soap vomiting, but the last what game?
What have you or? Are a little bit frustrating to watch.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
It's no doubt I'm going to go back and replay
comments here from two nights ago. I know that you
covered this a bit in the Daily power Play and
Al and I just broke it right down to the
studs on talking kracking. But we're gonna line this up.
Jordan Everly asked about the game from two nights ago,
and then Lane Lambert went asked about Beverly's comments right
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after this.
Speaker 5 (09:30):
I don't care how you play. I think it just
comes down to, you know, we For me, it's just
we need to find a little bit better from everybody.
You know. You can say we're working hard, competing, but
I just think that, you know, we need to find
a little bit more from every single guy. The efforts, Sarah,
I know the guys are working hard and competing. I
just think that we need to find you know, whether
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it's you gotta make an offensive play, whether you're gonna
win a battle, whether you gotta you know, make a
wall play, whether you got a bog shot.
Speaker 4 (09:55):
We just need more.
Speaker 5 (09:57):
We need more, will we need more, you know, more
passion to win hockey games.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
This is a good team.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
I know we are.
Speaker 5 (10:04):
I've been you know, been on a lot of teams
and I know we're a good team. We just have
to find a way to get back to you know
the process of being detailed, being hard to play against,
and you know, the more you do that each night
more consistently in to win games.
Speaker 3 (10:21):
I would agree with his assessment that we need more
from everybody. Uh, you know, we we have to have
everybody playing well and we just can't afford to have
any passengers. And I didn't think I didn't think everyone
brought their best tonight.
Speaker 4 (10:37):
Ian. How do we get here?
Speaker 2 (10:38):
When you hear those comments from the captain Jordan Everly
and the head coach in lane Lambert, Well.
Speaker 1 (10:45):
I guess you'd have to ask that inside the room.
I thought they were really strong comments post game on Monday.
I liked what I heard. You know, I think, first
of all, one of the most underrated terms, and this
passenger you can use that in everyday life. Like he
looked around and the guy next to you at work,
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are you just a passenger? Are you pulling your weight? Right?
I think these guys are. You know, there are definite
passengers and really all you have to do is look
not always does the stack columns and the stat sheet
show everything you need to know.
Speaker 4 (11:22):
Like matt E.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Vaneer is a great example that Mattypineer's having a really
good season, not scoring a lot from the goals, has
some use of numbers in his fists, but Matty Vaneer's
game is anything but a passenger. He's been a fantastic
But there are other guys. If you look and you
see in the goal column won two or three goals
for guys that aren't contributing to bole fans and aren't
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pointing everything. Maybe there were a mids or two on
either contract extensions or trades. I think we all agreed
what they did in the off season was was pretty good,
I guess step in the right direction. But over the
last few weeks and really the course of the season,
for some of these guys, it hasn't been good. That
how did they get there? That's an internal question, that's
something they got to ask themselves. But it's frustrating because
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you know, Mike, the goaltending has been you know, Joey's
been Joey hasn't been good in the last two games,
but Joey overall has been really good. And Grubauer's been
like phenomenal issue. Like Ruby's been really good all season long.
So with that goldtenning, with what he's got in the
back end, offensive productions in the back end, it's been
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above average upper third of the league. You got to
get more from upfront. And I don't know if that's
Deffard execution or a combination of.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
Well, I want to get to goltending here ian because
Grubauer statistically is on pace for his best season since
the COVID shortened year of twenty twenty and twenty twenty one.
He's in a nine to zeroero say percentage. And this
is even inclusive of that throwout the window game they
had at Edmonton where Grubauer came in relief of Joey
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to court as well. I mean, I think you've already
answered the question as far as what we make out
of Grubauer here for the season. But here's an interesting
part of this and a new wrinkle. We're going through
a busy part of the schedule, seeing this team play
eleven games in twenty days. I mean, how much more
are you convincing this is going to open up more
potential starts for Philip Grubauer.
Speaker 1 (13:20):
Well, I think you have to give him more opportunity
until Joey gets better, right, I'd be I'd be hesitant
to say, I think I think about giving given Grubauer
to start to getting the Kings. But you'll see what
happens later on that. I think the great thing is
it's a nice thing to have. Like when you signed
Philip Grubauer, you sign him, you know, as the number
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one guy, and in the last couple of years, it's
been anything but that. So for him to bounce back,
it's really good. I mean, that's a that's a big
time positive. Like I said, I'm not I'm not too
worried about Joey yet. I think we've seen enough body
of work, even a little bit of a slump stuff
in a little bit. I think he's the last two games,
for example, they're at least one, if not multiple goals.
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He got back that. You know, Jilly McCord is the
least year problem. Philip gru Bowery is a solution to
some problems. Kept you in the game against Minnesota's I mean,
Michae he had three breakaways and that gave me stopped
two or all three of them.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
Right, I mean, it's easy here to think Ian that
if they were facing Colorado or Dallas or Edmonton, that
score could have gotten away from them very quickly in
period one.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
It could have. Although I mean, I'm trying to think
who had the breakaways? Didn't the Boldie had one? Boldie
had one.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
Ryan Hartman also had a great look too, and you
also had Yeah, you also had Yakov Trenyon.
Speaker 1 (14:37):
Yeah, I know they the sense he really kind of
kept you in that game. I just think to me
he made a positive too, Mikeys that they had a
great job. They did a great job and had their
best game killing Kettledys and forever they're perfect killing Kennledy.
And that's the team that in the tracking and giving
up seven power play goals in the previous game attempts
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over the previous three games into the opposition, that doesn't
hurt us. I mean, stopping seven of eight's one thing.
Giving up seven of eight is that's crazy. And then
they are they're perfect in the PK. Last night they
get the power play goal, which is the beauty thing
of beauty. They really tapping from Stevenson. They just have
to get five on five score and they've got to
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get more from their offense. They're more from their forwards.
I think Person Caton being out is not hurting them people.
They always only got five assists and the goal you
watch person Canton play, meaning we think we believe he
got to hurt blocking a shot, paying the price. And
as far as just setting guys up, he's been great,
only getting better every game. But there's other guys that
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can have to start to finish with the buck in
the net and that's just not happening right now.
Speaker 4 (15:45):
What stands out to you as far as what they
miss the most with Jayden Schwartz.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
Well, the time, he's your leadings point producer, so that's
the obvious one. He paid the price get front presence,
even though he's not a big guy, plays the game
the right way. Here to say that all the time,
but it's true. I think he's really one of the
most underrated players in the league. There's a lot of
skill there. There's a lot of grit hockey fensis through
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the roof, makes all the right plays at bull fends
the ice. I mean, just a really good hockey player,
you know, yeah, I mean he's he's not McKennon, McDavid,
what have you, But he's a really good hockey player
and arguably one of their two or three best skaters,
at least in terms of the forward group. I mean,
your best skaters right now are Matty Veneers and Done
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and Montour. Yeah, right, those are your best players. And
it's not close. But Schwartz, if he's on the ice,
he's right there too.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
I want to get to the Vince Done hit, and
we had a lengthy conversation about this al Kaniski myself
even during gameplay, Everett and now as well. And I think,
first off, my thought on this scene is that you
really feel bad for Matt Zugarello for the way he
had to exit that game. But in today's NHL, in
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the modern NHL, it is extremely, extremely difficult to lay
in a thundering hit like Vince Dunn did and do
it the clean way. And it was absolutely positively one
hund a clean hit. And it didn't take long for
even that off a clean hit to stir the hornet's
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nest with Minnesota, and then you had Ryan Hartman trying
to chase him all over the ice to try to
get him to fight Vince Done.
Speaker 4 (17:31):
By the end of the first period. What were your
thoughts on the hit, we'll.
Speaker 1 (17:34):
Start to hit itself great hit hockey play. One of
the reasons we love the game, many of us love
the game is the speed, the skill, but also the
physicality of it. Some of that's been taken away over
the years, and a lot of the physicality that's been
taken away to take it away in the right way,
you know, like it's from behind, blindside hit, gets in
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the hand, things like that that don't exist anymore. We
don't have much fighting off. Yes, uh so you know
those are all fine as far I mean, but that was,
like you said, Mikey, that was just hey, you first, like,
do you want to cut back to the center of
the ice? You want to go open ice? And you
got twenty nine bearing down on you. Who who plays
the game in a you know, basically a perpetually pissed
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off state of mind. That's that's that's a youth problem.
That's the Zucarella problem. That's not anybody else's problem.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
If you don't want to get hit by a freight train,
don't go walking on the tracks.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
And and honestly, like I don't know what else people
expected to happen. There is is bence supposed to just
pull out the you know, the Matador cape and say
oh hey and away you go like, no, that's not
how it works. And and like I said, Vince, Vince
Dunn plays the game the right way, played hard, like
I like, I think he's you know, when we when
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we have him on the TV shows on the on
the television side, any time Piper some of the interviews
of you know, he's really thoughtful, he thinks the game through,
he's the game well, but plays it hard. That was
a hard, great hockey play, great hockey hit. And and
then you know he knew what was coming. They're gonna
all challenge him. Duke Corella is a popular guy as
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a veteran, he's coming off an injury, you know all
those things. I think we all get it and we
all understand it. But at the same time, it was
the hit was fine, Like it was a good hit,
and you know, they challenge him, or they go in
the corner to scrum, we break it up, booms gets
color play. Thanks for coming all good end of the period.
I get it. I mean I think how many times
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we said you and I even on this to some
of this podcast. We need a better response from the
crack and we need this response.
Speaker 4 (19:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
I can hear Edzo echoing in my head right now, Johnny,
where's the response. Who's going to respond to that? Where's
the response? Well, like they want Brian Hartman wanted to respond,
I saw I won't name the website, but I saw
an insinuation from a local website blogger, podcas cas what
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have you? Whatever you want to call it, kind of
insinuating it. Done back down from a challenge by Hartman,
and listen, if you really believe that you haven't watched
twenty nine play the game ever, he he You can't
afford to lose Vince Done for five, ten or fifteen minutes.
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You can't.
Speaker 4 (20:21):
He's one of players.
Speaker 1 (20:24):
He's one of your best players, period. And the story now,
if a fight happens, you know, and he goes after
guys a lot, we've seen it, uh whenever you know,
when's Calgary coming up pretty quick? Right at some point,
like we all know how that's gonna go. He's gonna
chase the guy around all night. That's not gonna want
to answer the bell. I get it, we all get it.
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But if Vince Done gets the strap and the heat
of the moment, you live with it if Vin's done,
it's challenged by a guy well after the fact in
a game that at that point was was it one one?
I think I believe right doesn't matter. If one game?
Why what do you what do you get out of that? Like,
when do you get out of that? You the guy
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challenge you after a clean hit? No, you know what,
I'll do it on my time part man, Like I'll no,
you can go away. That was silly. But yeah, for
people to insinuate that he backed down or something, and
that's that's moronic to be honest with you, Like what
are you doing? Like why would you like Vince's done that?
Like nope, Like I wasn't even worried when they went
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in the corner and the scrum was happening and all
the wrestling match was taking place, Like, well, the Kraken
can ill afford to lose him here. Now if he
wants to grab somebody, uh, you know, Trendon or whoever
else is in the corner, you want to grab somebody
and throttle him, fine, but you know, Vince done's too important.
I didn't have any problem with that. The problem is
they don't have anybody anst thebellion Pagoshin was gonna run
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around and be a fool the rest of the night,
and he was. I get it, and I understand that's
that's you know, that's that's gonna be his thing. Seattle
doesn't have any many Seattle doesn't have the guy that's
gonna go Toto fell with him anyway. So you know,
that's just part of the game. It happens. You know,
I think there's certain guys in this team that do respond,
and I like it. I mean, Freddy Goodrow got his
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first career fight.
Speaker 4 (22:11):
You know, get that, Freddie Goodrow Ty Cartier as well.
Speaker 1 (22:15):
Yeah, and Ty Cartier he'll respond. Yeah, you know, you
know that does pretty good. GROW's first fight ever, like
and like he shouldn't have to he shouldn't have to
do that. Now, if you want to ask about passengers,
there was a guy on the ice that hasn't done
the ice for a while for a couple of games.
Now it was standing there watching you Drow have to
answer the bell there and not answer the bell, just
you know, stick up for his teammates. So you know,
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I think they got they you know, there's some guys
out there that they give you all they got and
they do the play the game the right way. But
for Vince then to have to fight a guy would
be you know, at the end of a period, it's ridiculous.
Get away, go to the locker room. You're too important
to that team, and I'm glad he didn't.
Speaker 2 (22:50):
Finally, the King's coming up here in the krack and
we'll see them twice this month, and we'll see you
gets the nod and net because Philip Grubauer's got great
numbers against the Kings for his career, Joey d Kord's
got great numbers against the Kings for his career. But
still they're gonna be facing a team that still has
a defensive heavy approach among one of the top teams
as far as fewest goals allowed, one of the top
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teams fewest shots allowed. But they are still very much
a flawed offensive team. Despite ripping Chicago a parts six
two games ago and then beating Utah, who's been pretty
good lately but sluggishly coming back down a little bit
for two as the final score in that one. So
I think we know that we're gonna get out of this,
and I'd be surprised if it's nine to eight. Once
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again in overtime like three years ago, two to one
or three two when you face the Kings seems to
be on the menu now. But I think when you
consider how Jordan Everly spoke of his teammates and trying
to get them fired up, what Lane Lambert said in
trying to possibly get his team as well fired up
is the biggest key here for the Crack. And you
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think energy in period one, energy toward the front of
the net or something else.
Speaker 1 (24:00):
Well, first period, coming out strong in the first period,
it would be a good start. I think that's I'm
sure that's what Lane will be preaching. I'm sure that's
what he'll be pushing. I mean, at some point, there's
only so much the coach can do or say. They
have some net front presence as a game went on
laugh Monday, I guess, but I that part I'm not
as worried about. I think just a good start, getting
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on top of somebody early, and not just by a goal,
but getting on top of somebody early and taking advantage.
I think trailing after one period. I think they only
have one one win this season of Cracking, So just
a good start comparative, especially coming off the comments by
Everly and and Lane Lambert and also maybe stop worrying
about the opponent. If you're the Crack is like, okay,
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there'll be a defensive team. Whatever. How about just go
out and play your game, get up and down, play
with some speed, balance in the both ends, the keep
your defensive structure, and maybe some of these guys that
are sitting on one or two goals can can break through.
You know, there's there's a couple of guys that are
twenty plus goal scores, you know, on back of the
hockey card, that are on pace for eight or nine
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on the season. But those guys need to get going,
and no better time than against the Kings.
Speaker 4 (25:10):
National TV's got the game. Ian. I know that you
had the night off, but hey, in case you get bored, Seed,
It's always open, buddy, you know that. Appreciate you.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
I appreciate the invite.
Speaker 4 (25:20):
Mike, Thanks, I appreciate it. Mayor all right, Mayor appreciate you.
Speaker 3 (25:25):
That.
Speaker 2 (25:25):
Sean Forness, once again, TV host for the KRACK and
Hockey Network, also heard on these airwaves one to three
weekdays on ninety three to three KJRFM, Cracking getting set
for the Los Angeles Kings in As we hinted earlier,
the Kracking could be in store for another defensive fistfight.
The Kings yes opening up their offense recently two games ago,
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blowing out Chicago's six to nothing, but for the most
part they have still been very much a defensive aligned
team under head coach Jim Hiller, where the Kings currently
holding third place in the Pacific Division at fourteen eight
and seven, with the Kraken are facing that typically can't
score much but also doesn't give up much goals scored
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per game just two point seven twenty seventh in the NHL,
goals allowed though per game two point four third best
in the NHL, shots against twenty six per game, sixth
ranked in the NHL, and the Kraken trying to get
back to their own fundamentals seven points back of the
Kings with a record of eleven ten and six. To note,
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Jordan Eberley carrying a three point scoring streak into the
contest and with Jaden Schwartz out, Eberley has taken the
mantle now as a Kraken scoring leader with seventeen points
in twenty seven games, but his nine goals now on
the season, setting him on pace for a twenty seven
goal campaign, which would mark the most he's had in
his NHL career since a twenty eight goal output with
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Edmonton eleven years ago. Adrian Kempei just comes off the
massive extension for LA right now faces them with twenty
six points in twenty nine games, and the Kings now
down to just two regulars from their Stanley Cup championship
squads under Darryl Setter last decade.
Speaker 4 (27:10):
That would be Drew.
Speaker 2 (27:11):
Dowdy with ten points in twenty two games at age
thirty six, and thirty eight year old center on Jay
Coppetar in his retirement tour season, Carrying fifteen points in
twenty five games, he is seven points away from thirteen
hundred in his NHL career. We have all the action
for you covered beginning at six thirty with your pregame
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face off, Little Pass seven o'clock Pacific time. Once again,
Local TV's got the game, so we certainly hope that
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and The Emerald Queen Casino Kraken Audio Network. Hey, thank
you to Ian Ferness for joining us and for cracking
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this morning. I'm Mike Benton. Have a happy Wednesday and
enjoy the game.
Speaker 4 (27:59):
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
Training wraps up, where the CM Kraken can certainly expect
a challenge on their hands once again defensively to end
a windless skid. Welcome to Kraken this morning. On a Wednesday,
December tenth, and for the first time this season, the
Kraken take on a new Pacific Division rival in the
Los Angeles Kings, first of two matchups those square off
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against each other this month in the first of four
meetings overall. Opening face off seven o'clock Pacific time. It'll
pass that to be precise because National TV's got coverage
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I'll be with you once again. Back to the course,
Light landing in section twenty and up to an hour
after the game with Talking Kraken as well. On top
of postgame coverage live from Tom's watch bar right across
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from Climate Pledge Arena, we're gonna hear from Ian Furness
and just a bit of course TV host on the
KRACK and Hockey Network. Additionally, dive deeper into the Kraken
and their loss two nights ago against Minnesota, which features
some pretty pointed comments from the Kraken side, and we'll
dive into the meaning and much more with the Inverness
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coming up in just a bit. The Krack of making
one move ahead of the game, Ben Myers was recalled
from AHL Coachella Valley, a five foot eleven center with
plenty of tenacity. Currently in his second year within the
Kraken organization, He's got three assists so far in nine
games thirteen points in just eleven games with Coachella Valley.
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That move made necessary after Berkeley Catton was placed on IR.
He is week to week with an upper body injury
after blocking a shot last Saturday against Detroit. Well, the Kraken,
dropping a lost in Minnesota four won the final, but
don't let that full you as far as the goaltending
picture in that game. Philip Grubauer was absolutely phenomenal, turning
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in several high danger saves in the first nineteen shots
he saw through two periods of play, but the krack
And only able to manage just one goal, coming in
the power play courtesy Jordan Everley back in period two
and Grubauer falling to Philip Gustavsen down the other side
after Minnesota blew open a two to one lead late
in the game on a pair of back to back
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empty ned goals by Carill Caprisov and Vladimir tara Senko.
We're gonna get to some comments after the game with
Igan Fornessen just a bit, but before that, the Krakend
catching back up at practice on Tuesday at Krackend Community
ice Plex, and here are more updates from krack and
head coach Lane Lambert.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
Today's an end mean day. Today's a practice day. You know,
Tomorrow morning we'll probably give some guys some some rest.
They've got, you know, thirty six hours or so here
to prepare for tomorrow night. So you know, it's just
like I say, it's a balancing act of what what
the work ratio is, what we need to work on
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and how much rest we need so, you know, I
mean obviously through the next two months till the end
of January, you know, till the Olympic break. It's a
challenge and it's a challenge for every team in the league.
Speaker 4 (03:29):
Uh notice mechanicals out there once a status.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
Yeah, he's maintenance day, he should be. Okay, it's a
kind of conversation here for a little while.
Speaker 5 (03:36):
Now.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
If the defenseman impressed you adopted practice and shootout drugs,
would you from out there?
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Oh? Yeah, yeah, there's no question. You know, we're you know,
I mean, at the end of the day shootouts. We've
been in three, you know, and we have guys that
have gone that have good overall career numbers, you know,
and sometimes you know, sometimes they score, sometimes they don't.
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But certainly, you know, we've seen a couple of defensemen
here that have done pretty well when we practice shootouts.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
It's one of them Adam Wars that managing.
Speaker 4 (04:14):
They're all.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
Let's put it this way, anyone's in option. Anyone's in option.
I was involved in a twenty round shootout when I
was coaching in Washington back and I think it was
probably two thousand and seventeen, maybe longest shootout in NHL history.
So everybody's got to be on alert good enough when
the team's going through a skid like this. From your
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experience as a player, also as a coach, what does
it kind of take from the guys in that room
to be able to turn the page?
Speaker 2 (04:43):
What kind of mass they happen?
Speaker 3 (04:45):
They got to get together, you know, stick together, you know,
and determination. You know, the league is a difficult league.
It's a ruthless league. As I said last night, nobody cares.
Everybody's coming into to beat you, you know. But at
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the same time, you know, if you look at it
two weeks ago, you know, we were one point out
of first place heading into a home game against Dallas,
which we played very well in and probably could have won.
And you know, now where we're sitting that's changed fast.
But as fast as it changes in one direction, it
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can change in the other direction. And that's got to
be our focus right now.
Speaker 5 (05:32):
Mentioning that determination and making even positive last night as well,
how do you go about that as a coach?
Speaker 3 (05:38):
And is it all verbal or you know how you well,
there's there's verbal stuff, there's you know, film stuff. You know,
there's drills in practice, to continue to try and emphasize,
you know, what we need to work on, what we
need to develop. We're you know, we're a young team
that needs to develop our players on the fly here
as well. So, uh, you know, it's very important that
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we keep a positive mind set.
Speaker 5 (06:00):
And you said you didn't mind how you know Shameewright's
line played last night out for Yanni in particular, what
do you kind of note from him, you know, the opportunities.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
That he's gotten. Yeah, I thought I thought their line
played well. I thought their line played well in Edmonton.
You know, analytically, you know, they're they were pretty good.
They were on the certainly on the positive side of
the shot chart. So you know, looking forward to seeing
those guys, you know, continue that. You know, with Yanni,
Johanni continues to grow. There's systematical things in the game
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and positioning that he has to be in that he's
still learning and we have to continue working with him
and coaching them and teaching them. You know, what he
has that you know, what he has that you can't
teach is he's got size, he's got determination, he's strong.
You know, he's making some good plays with the pucket.
He's getting shots on goals. So you know those are
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good positive attributes for him.
Speaker 4 (06:54):
Is that growth that you're looking for for me more
on the defensive.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
End or both sides.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
I'd say both sides. Yeah. You know, for a young player,
it's not easy to create in this league. It's not
easy to score in this league. The best goaltenders in
the world, and you know, it's it's a situation where
that side of it and his understanding where he needs
to be and how that needs to happen. You know,
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you continue to learn and grow and develop that and
and you know the defensive side of the game and
where he needs to be for that is something we
really have to work on as well.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
Kind of Spook too through hours season.
Speaker 3 (07:31):
Trajectory so far, he's played well, he's had a good
season so far. You know, he's every time he's come in,
he's given us a chance to win, and he's got
a good record. And uh, you know, he played out
standing last night. You know, we obviously didn't start the
game very well, there's no excuse for that, but he
did and so you know, he kept us steady and
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kept us in the game early on and gave us
a chance to win that hockey game last night. So
you know he's come into the season, he's worked, he
had a great offseason. Our goalie coach has done a
great job with all our goalies, and you know he's
played well.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
Homestand finale coming up the Los Angeles Kings await and
when you can factor just the challenges that have come
the Cracking way, especially in Minnesota, this one may not
get much easier from a defensive standpoint in the Crack
and trying to answer that getting out of a six
game winless skid. The mayor of Maple Valley Ian Finnesh,
joining us now on Cracking this morning. Mayor, good talking
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with you, and I think a burning question. Are two
days enough to get what was Monday night flush out
of the system and get ready for a team that
can be just as stingy in Los Angeles?
Speaker 4 (08:44):
What do you think?
Speaker 1 (08:45):
Well? I hope so. I mean, at some point you
got to win a hockey game. And they're scuffling, man,
they are really scuffling right now. And it's it's a
bummer because they started so well the early part of
the season with soap vomiting, but the last what game?
What have you or? Are a little bit frustrating to watch.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
It's no doubt I'm going to go back and replay
comments here from two nights ago. I know that you
covered this a bit in the Daily power Play and
Al and I just broke it right down to the
studs on talking kracking. But we're gonna line this up.
Jordan Everly asked about the game from two nights ago,
and then Lane Lambert went asked about Beverly's comments right
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after this.
Speaker 5 (09:30):
I don't care how you play. I think it just
comes down to, you know, we For me, it's just
we need to find a little bit better from everybody.
You know. You can say we're working hard, competing, but
I just think that, you know, we need to find
a little bit more from every single guy. The efforts, Sarah,
I know the guys are working hard and competing. I
just think that we need to find you know, whether
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it's you gotta make an offensive play, whether you're gonna
win a battle, whether you gotta you know, make a
wall play, whether you got a bog shot.
Speaker 4 (09:55):
We just need more.
Speaker 5 (09:57):
We need more, will we need more, you know, more
passion to win hockey games.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
This is a good team.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
I know we are.
Speaker 5 (10:04):
I've been you know, been on a lot of teams
and I know we're a good team. We just have
to find a way to get back to you know
the process of being detailed, being hard to play against,
and you know, the more you do that each night
more consistently in to win games.
Speaker 3 (10:21):
I would agree with his assessment that we need more
from everybody. Uh, you know, we we have to have
everybody playing well and we just can't afford to have
any passengers. And I didn't think I didn't think everyone
brought their best tonight.
Speaker 4 (10:37):
Ian. How do we get here?
Speaker 2 (10:38):
When you hear those comments from the captain Jordan Everly
and the head coach in lane Lambert, Well.
Speaker 1 (10:45):
I guess you'd have to ask that inside the room.
I thought they were really strong comments post game on Monday.
I liked what I heard. You know, I think, first
of all, one of the most underrated terms, and this
passenger you can use that in everyday life. Like he
looked around and the guy next to you at work,
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are you just a passenger? Are you pulling your weight? Right?
I think these guys are. You know, there are definite
passengers and really all you have to do is look
not always does the stack columns and the stat sheet
show everything you need to know.
Speaker 4 (11:22):
Like matt E.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Vaneer is a great example that Mattypineer's having a really
good season, not scoring a lot from the goals, has
some use of numbers in his fists, but Matty Vaneer's
game is anything but a passenger. He's been a fantastic
But there are other guys. If you look and you
see in the goal column won two or three goals
for guys that aren't contributing to bole fans and aren't
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pointing everything. Maybe there were a mids or two on
either contract extensions or trades. I think we all agreed
what they did in the off season was was pretty good,
I guess step in the right direction. But over the
last few weeks and really the course of the season,
for some of these guys, it hasn't been good. That
how did they get there? That's an internal question, that's
something they got to ask themselves. But it's frustrating because
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you know, Mike, the goaltending has been you know, Joey's
been Joey hasn't been good in the last two games,
but Joey overall has been really good. And Grubauer's been
like phenomenal issue. Like Ruby's been really good all season long.
So with that goldtenning, with what he's got in the
back end, offensive productions in the back end, it's been
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above average upper third of the league. You got to
get more from upfront. And I don't know if that's
Deffard execution or a combination of.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
Well, I want to get to goltending here ian because
Grubauer statistically is on pace for his best season since
the COVID shortened year of twenty twenty and twenty twenty one.
He's in a nine to zeroero say percentage. And this
is even inclusive of that throwout the window game they
had at Edmonton where Grubauer came in relief of Joey
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to court as well. I mean, I think you've already
answered the question as far as what we make out
of Grubauer here for the season. But here's an interesting
part of this and a new wrinkle. We're going through
a busy part of the schedule, seeing this team play
eleven games in twenty days. I mean, how much more
are you convincing this is going to open up more
potential starts for Philip Grubauer.
Speaker 1 (13:20):
Well, I think you have to give him more opportunity
until Joey gets better, right, I'd be I'd be hesitant
to say, I think I think about giving given Grubauer
to start to getting the Kings. But you'll see what
happens later on that. I think the great thing is
it's a nice thing to have. Like when you signed
Philip Grubauer, you sign him, you know, as the number
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one guy, and in the last couple of years, it's
been anything but that. So for him to bounce back,
it's really good. I mean, that's a that's a big
time positive. Like I said, I'm not I'm not too
worried about Joey yet. I think we've seen enough body
of work, even a little bit of a slump stuff
in a little bit. I think he's the last two games,
for example, they're at least one, if not multiple goals.
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He got back that. You know, Jilly McCord is the
least year problem. Philip gru Bowery is a solution to
some problems. Kept you in the game against Minnesota's I mean,
Michae he had three breakaways and that gave me stopped
two or all three of them.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
Right, I mean, it's easy here to think Ian that
if they were facing Colorado or Dallas or Edmonton, that
score could have gotten away from them very quickly in
period one.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
It could have. Although I mean, I'm trying to think
who had the breakaways? Didn't the Boldie had one? Boldie
had one.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
Ryan Hartman also had a great look too, and you
also had Yeah, you also had Yakov Trenyon.
Speaker 1 (14:37):
Yeah, I know they the sense he really kind of
kept you in that game. I just think to me
he made a positive too, Mikeys that they had a
great job. They did a great job and had their
best game killing Kettledys and forever they're perfect killing Kennledy.
And that's the team that in the tracking and giving
up seven power play goals in the previous game attempts
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over the previous three games into the opposition, that doesn't
hurt us. I mean, stopping seven of eight's one thing.
Giving up seven of eight is that's crazy. And then
they are they're perfect in the PK. Last night they
get the power play goal, which is the beauty thing
of beauty. They really tapping from Stevenson. They just have
to get five on five score and they've got to
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get more from their offense. They're more from their forwards.
I think Person Caton being out is not hurting them people.
They always only got five assists and the goal you
watch person Canton play, meaning we think we believe he
got to hurt blocking a shot, paying the price. And
as far as just setting guys up, he's been great,
only getting better every game. But there's other guys that
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can have to start to finish with the buck in
the net and that's just not happening right now.
Speaker 4 (15:45):
What stands out to you as far as what they
miss the most with Jayden Schwartz.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
Well, the time, he's your leadings point producer, so that's
the obvious one. He paid the price get front presence,
even though he's not a big guy, plays the game
the right way. Here to say that all the time,
but it's true. I think he's really one of the
most underrated players in the league. There's a lot of
skill there. There's a lot of grit hockey fensis through
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the roof, makes all the right plays at bull fends
the ice. I mean, just a really good hockey player,
you know, yeah, I mean he's he's not McKennon, McDavid,
what have you, But he's a really good hockey player
and arguably one of their two or three best skaters,
at least in terms of the forward group. I mean,
your best skaters right now are Matty Veneers and Done
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and Montour. Yeah, right, those are your best players. And
it's not close. But Schwartz, if he's on the ice,
he's right there too.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
I want to get to the Vince Done hit, and
we had a lengthy conversation about this al Kaniski myself
even during gameplay, Everett and now as well. And I think,
first off, my thought on this scene is that you
really feel bad for Matt Zugarello for the way he
had to exit that game. But in today's NHL, in
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the modern NHL, it is extremely, extremely difficult to lay
in a thundering hit like Vince Dunn did and do
it the clean way. And it was absolutely positively one
hund a clean hit. And it didn't take long for
even that off a clean hit to stir the hornet's
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nest with Minnesota, and then you had Ryan Hartman trying
to chase him all over the ice to try to
get him to fight Vince Done.
Speaker 4 (17:31):
By the end of the first period. What were your
thoughts on the hit, we'll.
Speaker 1 (17:34):
Start to hit itself great hit hockey play. One of
the reasons we love the game, many of us love
the game is the speed, the skill, but also the
physicality of it. Some of that's been taken away over
the years, and a lot of the physicality that's been
taken away to take it away in the right way,
you know, like it's from behind, blindside hit, gets in
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the hand, things like that that don't exist anymore. We
don't have much fighting off. Yes, uh so you know
those are all fine as far I mean, but that was,
like you said, Mikey, that was just hey, you first, like,
do you want to cut back to the center of
the ice? You want to go open ice? And you
got twenty nine bearing down on you. Who who plays
the game in a you know, basically a perpetually pissed
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off state of mind. That's that's that's a youth problem.
That's the Zucarella problem. That's not anybody else's problem.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
If you don't want to get hit by a freight train,
don't go walking on the tracks.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
And and honestly, like I don't know what else people
expected to happen. There is is bence supposed to just
pull out the you know, the Matador cape and say
oh hey and away you go like, no, that's not
how it works. And and like I said, Vince, Vince
Dunn plays the game the right way, played hard, like
I like, I think he's you know, when we when
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we have him on the TV shows on the on
the television side, any time Piper some of the interviews
of you know, he's really thoughtful, he thinks the game through,
he's the game well, but plays it hard. That was
a hard, great hockey play, great hockey hit. And and
then you know he knew what was coming. They're gonna
all challenge him. Duke Corella is a popular guy as
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a veteran, he's coming off an injury, you know all
those things. I think we all get it and we
all understand it. But at the same time, it was
the hit was fine, Like it was a good hit,
and you know, they challenge him, or they go in
the corner to scrum, we break it up, booms gets
color play. Thanks for coming all good end of the period.
I get it. I mean I think how many times
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we said you and I even on this to some
of this podcast. We need a better response from the
crack and we need this response.
Speaker 4 (19:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
I can hear Edzo echoing in my head right now, Johnny,
where's the response. Who's going to respond to that? Where's
the response? Well, like they want Brian Hartman wanted to respond,
I saw I won't name the website, but I saw
an insinuation from a local website blogger, podcas cas what
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have you? Whatever you want to call it, kind of
insinuating it. Done back down from a challenge by Hartman,
and listen, if you really believe that you haven't watched
twenty nine play the game ever, he he You can't
afford to lose Vince Done for five, ten or fifteen minutes.
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You can't.
Speaker 4 (20:21):
He's one of players.
Speaker 1 (20:24):
He's one of your best players, period. And the story now,
if a fight happens, you know, and he goes after
guys a lot, we've seen it, uh whenever you know,
when's Calgary coming up pretty quick? Right at some point,
like we all know how that's gonna go. He's gonna
chase the guy around all night. That's not gonna want
to answer the bell. I get it, we all get it.
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But if Vince Done gets the strap and the heat
of the moment, you live with it if Vin's done,
it's challenged by a guy well after the fact in
a game that at that point was was it one one?
I think I believe right doesn't matter. If one game?
Why what do you what do you get out of that? Like,
when do you get out of that? You the guy
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challenge you after a clean hit? No, you know what,
I'll do it on my time part man, Like I'll no,
you can go away. That was silly. But yeah, for
people to insinuate that he backed down or something, and
that's that's moronic to be honest with you, Like what
are you doing? Like why would you like Vince's done that?
Like nope, Like I wasn't even worried when they went
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in the corner and the scrum was happening and all
the wrestling match was taking place, Like, well, the Kraken
can ill afford to lose him here. Now if he
wants to grab somebody, uh, you know, Trendon or whoever
else is in the corner, you want to grab somebody
and throttle him, fine, but you know, Vince done's too important.
I didn't have any problem with that. The problem is
they don't have anybody anst thebellion Pagoshin was gonna run
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around and be a fool the rest of the night,
and he was. I get it, and I understand that's
that's you know, that's that's gonna be his thing. Seattle
doesn't have any many Seattle doesn't have the guy that's
gonna go Toto fell with him anyway. So you know,
that's just part of the game. It happens. You know,
I think there's certain guys in this team that do respond,
and I like it. I mean, Freddy Goodrow got his
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first career fight.
Speaker 4 (22:11):
You know, get that, Freddie Goodrow Ty Cartier as well.
Speaker 1 (22:15):
Yeah, and Ty Cartier he'll respond. Yeah, you know, you
know that does pretty good. GROW's first fight ever, like
and like he shouldn't have to he shouldn't have to
do that. Now, if you want to ask about passengers,
there was a guy on the ice that hasn't done
the ice for a while for a couple of games.
Now it was standing there watching you Drow have to
answer the bell there and not answer the bell, just
you know, stick up for his teammates. So you know,
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I think they got they you know, there's some guys
out there that they give you all they got and
they do the play the game the right way. But
for Vince then to have to fight a guy would
be you know, at the end of a period, it's ridiculous.
Get away, go to the locker room. You're too important
to that team, and I'm glad he didn't.
Speaker 2 (22:50):
Finally, the King's coming up here in the krack and
we'll see them twice this month, and we'll see you
gets the nod and net because Philip Grubauer's got great
numbers against the Kings for his career, Joey d Kord's
got great numbers against the Kings for his career. But
still they're gonna be facing a team that still has
a defensive heavy approach among one of the top teams
as far as fewest goals allowed, one of the top
(23:13):
teams fewest shots allowed. But they are still very much
a flawed offensive team. Despite ripping Chicago a parts six
two games ago and then beating Utah, who's been pretty
good lately but sluggishly coming back down a little bit
for two as the final score in that one. So
I think we know that we're gonna get out of this,
and I'd be surprised if it's nine to eight. Once
(23:34):
again in overtime like three years ago, two to one
or three two when you face the Kings seems to
be on the menu now. But I think when you
consider how Jordan Everly spoke of his teammates and trying
to get them fired up, what Lane Lambert said in
trying to possibly get his team as well fired up
is the biggest key here for the Crack. And you
(23:54):
think energy in period one, energy toward the front of
the net or something else.
Speaker 1 (24:00):
Well, first period, coming out strong in the first period,
it would be a good start. I think that's I'm
sure that's what Lane will be preaching. I'm sure that's
what he'll be pushing. I mean, at some point, there's
only so much the coach can do or say. They
have some net front presence as a game went on
laugh Monday, I guess, but I that part I'm not
as worried about. I think just a good start, getting
(24:22):
on top of somebody early, and not just by a goal,
but getting on top of somebody early and taking advantage.
I think trailing after one period. I think they only
have one one win this season of Cracking, So just
a good start comparative, especially coming off the comments by
Everly and and Lane Lambert and also maybe stop worrying
about the opponent. If you're the Crack is like, okay,
(24:44):
there'll be a defensive team. Whatever. How about just go
out and play your game, get up and down, play
with some speed, balance in the both ends, the keep
your defensive structure, and maybe some of these guys that
are sitting on one or two goals can can break through.
You know, there's there's a couple of guys that are
twenty plus goal scores, you know, on back of the
hockey card, that are on pace for eight or nine
(25:06):
on the season. But those guys need to get going,
and no better time than against the Kings.
Speaker 4 (25:10):
National TV's got the game. Ian. I know that you
had the night off, but hey, in case you get bored, Seed,
It's always open, buddy, you know that. Appreciate you.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
I appreciate the invite.
Speaker 4 (25:20):
Mike, Thanks, I appreciate it. Mayor all right, Mayor appreciate you.
Speaker 3 (25:25):
That.
Speaker 2 (25:25):
Sean Forness, once again, TV host for the KRACK and
Hockey Network, also heard on these airwaves one to three
weekdays on ninety three to three KJRFM, Cracking getting set
for the Los Angeles Kings in As we hinted earlier,
the Kracking could be in store for another defensive fistfight.
The Kings yes opening up their offense recently two games ago,
(25:46):
blowing out Chicago's six to nothing, but for the most
part they have still been very much a defensive aligned
team under head coach Jim Hiller, where the Kings currently
holding third place in the Pacific Division at fourteen eight
and seven, with the Kraken are facing that typically can't
score much but also doesn't give up much goals scored
(26:07):
per game just two point seven twenty seventh in the NHL,
goals allowed though per game two point four third best
in the NHL, shots against twenty six per game, sixth
ranked in the NHL, and the Kraken trying to get
back to their own fundamentals seven points back of the
Kings with a record of eleven ten and six. To note,
(26:30):
Jordan Eberley carrying a three point scoring streak into the
contest and with Jaden Schwartz out, Eberley has taken the
mantle now as a Kraken scoring leader with seventeen points
in twenty seven games, but his nine goals now on
the season, setting him on pace for a twenty seven
goal campaign, which would mark the most he's had in
his NHL career since a twenty eight goal output with
(26:53):
Edmonton eleven years ago. Adrian Kempei just comes off the
massive extension for LA right now faces them with twenty
six points in twenty nine games, and the Kings now
down to just two regulars from their Stanley Cup championship
squads under Darryl Setter last decade.
Speaker 4 (27:10):
That would be Drew.
Speaker 2 (27:11):
Dowdy with ten points in twenty two games at age
thirty six, and thirty eight year old center on Jay
Coppetar in his retirement tour season, Carrying fifteen points in
twenty five games, he is seven points away from thirteen
hundred in his NHL career. We have all the action
for you covered beginning at six thirty with your pregame
(27:32):
show served up by Frostbrewed Course Light Choose Chill, opening
face off, Little Pass seven o'clock Pacific time. Once again,
Local TV's got the game, so we certainly hope that
you can dial us in as your only local broadcast
source for the evening on ninety three to three KJARFM
and The Emerald Queen Casino Kraken Audio Network. Hey, thank
you to Ian Ferness for joining us and for cracking
(27:54):
this morning. I'm Mike Benton. Have a happy Wednesday and
enjoy the game.
Speaker 4 (27:59):
You're home for the Kraken Sports Radio ninety three point
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