December 3, 2025 • 34 mins
We "glorify the good" in the NFL with Patriots vox Bob Socci to open the hour, then an extended chat with Wild coach John Hynes ends the show!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Human in British feels the snap left, puts the punt
left to right.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Marcus jokes he's pubbing to a half launch at the six.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
He runs it left to the fifteen, twenty, accelerates thirty
thirty five, forty sting, get it off the hip, call
on your side, forty to the three. Jones gotting into
the twenty to the tad to the.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
House, touchdown, Patriots.
Speaker 4 (00:38):
Let it this?
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Plus can you tell me that I'm ready to play
off football? So let's stay in this pot.
Speaker 5 (00:50):
Perhaps the best punt returner in the National Football League
Marcus Jones to the house.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
There and uh.
Speaker 5 (00:56):
On the play by play portion of that equation, Bob
Soci Scott Zolac is the analyst there with the grunts,
and Bob Soci has been the play by play voice
for the Red, White and Blue of football immortality for
quite some time. And we officially unfurl our glorify the
good segment.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
We begin with the New England Patriots.
Speaker 5 (01:18):
Zolac with a Gillette up there, Foxborough away.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
I mean, look at them.
Speaker 5 (01:23):
They're definitely ready for playoff football, aren't they, Bobby? But
they seriously are ready for playoff football, right.
Speaker 4 (01:32):
Hey, Paul, good to be with you and absolutely and
when we last saw one another back in August for
the joint practices in the preseason game. I think there
were expectations, certainly that Mike Rabel would turn things around
for New England and that Drake May would improve dramatically
over his rookie season. But I think those expectations were
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that those things would happen, they would unfold over a
couple of seasons, and it's been really remarkable the rapid
growth and the poise that may have shown a quarterback,
and the way that Vrabel has been able to push
all the right buttons in terms of his dealings with players,
the relationship building process and as well in game. A
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lot of things have turned out well for them. It's
been a favorable schedule, for sure. They've played down this
most recent stretch, winning ten in a row now ten
straight wins for the first time since twenty fifteen, with
a lot of building confidence, but also of late, withstanding
some adversity, including really the first rash of injuries they
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faced for a team that's not too deep so so
far they'rewithstanding the tests and it's really remarkable to think
not only about the postseason, but about potential for postseason.
Speaker 5 (02:49):
By right now, Bob, permit me to be the ten
thousandth to ask you this question.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
What's it like working with Scott Zolac?
Speaker 4 (02:58):
And I will say, Paul for the ten thousandth time,
exactly as you imagined it would be. You know, the broadcast.
It features two guys, often talking over one another, sometimes
screaming over one another. But we have a blast. Scott
is for the most part, wasn't too much fun the
last couple of years, going through a pair of four
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and thirteen seasons. But Scott has animated in terms of
how he sounds, how he works, how he looks, and
how he is you know, off the air. That's that's
what it's like with Zie. It's quite an experience.
Speaker 5 (03:33):
You ever, and you both are extremely gifted and a wonderful,
wonderful duo. Do you, Bob soci do you do you
ever find yourself waking up in the morning and wanting
to say, why are you looking at Beetle? I mean,
there are three people who understand what I just said, me,
you and the producer, mad producer over there. Why are
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you looking at beetle? But that's it can definitely more
into that for mister Bob. So see ten consecutive, ten
consecutive for the Pats, and I caught this via Bob's
x feed where they're the only team in National Football
National Football League history to score twenty three or more
points ten consecutive times and allow twenty three or fewer
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points ten consecutive times. I mean, what are we onto here?
You mentioned the injury piece and the depth or lack thereof,
But I watch Monday Night and I've I've seen you
guys play a few times this year, and yesterday I
went on the radio talking about your team a little bit,
and I'm like, hey, Drake May is going to be
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a National Football League MVP one day. I don't know
what day that's going to be, but I honestly believe that.
Do you think he can soar to that height?
Speaker 4 (04:48):
I do, Paul, and I think he's certainly in the
conversation right now for this season, which I never imagined
being able to say. Let alone think back in the
preseason when we last saw on another and he was
just beginning to grasp Josh McDaniel's system. But he has
this great combination obviously, the physical talent, and the attitude.
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But what he's shown us this season two is that
he has the aptitude, his growing understanding of the offense,
the way he's able to quickly process things. It's reflected
in the stats when you look at, for example, the
distribution from game to game. Now, they didn't have a
one hundred yard receiver against the Giants, but if you
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look at the box score, you'll see everybody involved. Everybody
who's out there is an eligible pass catcher is getting
the ball. And in the previous four games, they had
a one hundred yard receiver in each of those contests,
and it was a different guy every week. It was
Pop Douglas, it was Hunter Henry, it was maccollins. And
that's been the case with May all season long. And
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the poise, the little things in a quarterback that really
make a significant difference. Two hands on the ball as
he's moving up, fliding in the pocket, the eyes downfield
as he's rolling out. He's starting to learn how to slide.
He did that the other night and avoided any kind
of a hit like Jackson Dartuk by Christian Ellis. So
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we're just seeing continual growth week to week. And what's
funny His career high in passing yards was the previous
game against Cincinnati. Twittered in ninety four yards and he
came out of that game with a lot of people saying, boy,
that was a down game for Drake May. And I
think that's a sign of just, you know, how good
he's become right now in a very short period of time.
Speaker 5 (06:35):
Hey, Bob, with Drake, let's go back to this time
last year, because clearly we have some McCarthy related terrorism here.
He's either not playing or he's struggling, then he's out again.
Then he's winning games in dramatic fashion and forest quarters.
So hey, kids are going to be kids managed twenty
two years of age. He's trying to find his feet.
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But with Drake May, this time last year, like say
out No. Six seven starts into it. How much better
is he now than he was last year?
Speaker 4 (07:06):
Oh well, it's night and day and it's not just
how much better is Drake May? How much better is
the offensive line? The Patriots drafted two players, one in
the first round, one on the third round, though they're
both injured right now, they have started in all but
one game for them. In the case of Will Campbell
and all the two games. In the case of third
round pick Jared Wilson, they added a veteran right tackle,
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reliable guy in Morgan Moses. They brought in a free
agent center. Your former guy, Garrett Bradbury has been a
really good presence in that locker room and a really
stabilizing force, I think on the offensive line to help
Drake May with protections and such. So you start right there,
and then you look at the balance in the wide
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receiver room and the tight end position. Hunter Henry is
a very underappreciated tight end in New England, I think
based on the body of his work since he and
the Patriots in twenty twenty one, and really over across
the league. He's not maybe in the same tier as
the elite tight ends, but he's a guy who shows
up consistently and it is really a strong security blanket
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for Drake May. Diggs has helped tremendously. I think he's
been far better than we could have anticipated coming off
the injury, and he's fit in as a leader right now.
He's been a great leader by example and by word
on the silent, particularly with the young receivers. So it
is Drake May and how much he's improved, but it's
all those other things that going into being a good quarterback.
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And last year is a rookie, you know, from what
I understand, like with McCarthy, Drake May was exposed, you know,
to a lot of situations where you know, the line
didn't hold up. You know, the team was struggling more so,
I think than you know, we expected going into last year.
We thought that there would be a bounce because they
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had a great first week showing against Cincinnati and it
just never held up.
Speaker 5 (09:01):
Bob Time for two more for Bob Socy. He's the box,
the long time radio play by play voice for the
New England Patriots, and this is glorifying the good talking
about other teams around the NFL, but specifically the really
really good ones, and the Patriots are really really good.
What do you think of the Bills? I know the
Pats got the money earlier against the Buffalo Bills, but
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that was quite some time ago.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
What do you think of the Buffalo Bills?
Speaker 1 (09:28):
Well, I think the.
Speaker 4 (09:29):
Bills are a team that you know, still there are
two games behind the Patriots at eight and four, but
they are the team that I think is still as
feared as any in the conference with good reason, because,
as you mentioned, the Patriots have a potential MVP. The
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Bills have an MVP in Josh Allen, and he's right
there again this season. What he's done in some games,
the way he's been able to carry that team at
times as a runner and a passer, you know, I
don't think you can ever count him out. And that's cliched.
And the Patriots are going to play them a week
from Sunday. The Bills coming off of performance where they
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ran it so well against Pittsburgh and their defense has
shown signs of improvement. They had a rough first half
against Houston, both offensively and defensively, but they might have
found their identity in that Pittsburgh game, and their defense
has done a great job really since the second half
of the Houston game through the Pittsburgh contest. There's a
lot of experience over there. There's a lot of winning
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experience over there. I don't think that the receivers necessarily
are as talented as dangerous as some of the groups
we've seen in the past. I don't necessarily think that
the defense has been as good as some of the
units that we've seen in the past. But I think
given the landscape of the AFC, you know, and the
fact that it's Josh Allen that you have to deal
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with in Buffalo if you end up playing there. In
the Patriots right now are in position where they could
host the Bills if they ever meet them a third
time this year, but that's gonna be a very very
difficult task to see Buffalo, whether it's home or away,
but especially I think, you know up in Orchard Park,
the albatross for them has been Kansas City, and right now,
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obviously the Chiefs are on the outside looking in.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
My brother, thanks very much for the chat.
Speaker 5 (11:19):
Wonderful, wonderful perch chat too during the joint practices, and
you know, in those joint practices what we saw with
the Vikings in New England Patriots on that second day.
I mean, I'm like, hey, geez, holy cow, we might
be really good and they might have some troubles. But
that's why we don't base opinions of joint practices, because
your squad is on fire, man, and I wish nothing
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but the best for you, your family and this football team.
Speaker 2 (11:43):
Okay, thanks Bob.
Speaker 4 (11:45):
Hey, Paul really appreciate it. Same with same to you, Bob.
Speaker 5 (11:49):
Socy I, played by play voice the box for the
New England Patriots. John Hines, coach of the Minnesota Wild,
joins right around fifteen seventeen minutes from now you're listening
to nine to now, Well, off that off that glorifying
the good conversation.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
You know it.
Speaker 5 (12:10):
In really non snarky fashion. Uh it is perhaps this this?
iHeart software Windows update? Am I looking to restart or snooze?
Speaker 2 (12:23):
Do you have a snooze option?
Speaker 6 (12:24):
I got a snooze option, yeah, past pass that onto
the program, are you sure?
Speaker 2 (12:28):
Yeah? Okay it and then he'll.
Speaker 6 (12:30):
Have to deal with it in two hours and then
he'll snooze it. He'll pass it on to bumper to bumper,
he'll snooze it, okay, and then the power trip and
the cycle repeats.
Speaker 5 (12:38):
But shouldn't shouldn't the snooze option be available?
Speaker 2 (12:41):
Noon to three? I always love that one? All right? Yeah,
I'll just hit so why didn't you laugh of that one?
Speaker 6 (12:46):
You know?
Speaker 2 (12:46):
It was funny? Love, I am laughing, you know it's funny.
How come you didn't audibly laugh at that one?
Speaker 5 (12:54):
Ac acadac take that snooze shot and give it a whack.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
The the Pats the Pats.
Speaker 5 (13:02):
You see this really is in non snooze or snarky
like fashion because but it's fact. The Minnesota Vikings are
going to finish the twenty twenty five regular season with
the worst record in the NFC North. They are going
to be fourth in the North. They are going to
finish in last place. Does that mean we don't have
to do the NFC debate? Then that's a state fair.
(13:23):
Oh like we just we set it up. This is
potentially the greatest news I've ever professionally received in my life.
Speaker 6 (13:30):
Let's get Hatch involved and we just let Lavelle, sinny
And and Jason Hatch represent the other three teams in
the North.
Speaker 2 (13:37):
You and I go grab them, go grab a fronto.
Speaker 5 (13:39):
Poff and you know what. The pregame show for that
is tomorrow at eleven fifteen. I always love that's right
when Sinnecon and Lavell are in studio and I'm going
to introduce them and and have you figure out some
form of game or trivia game or something like that
that involves five questions.
Speaker 2 (13:57):
I'm on it.
Speaker 5 (13:58):
It's one marathon segment. Yeah, And the Sultan of Smug
and Wobble Wobble, Wobble, Wobble, Toil and Wobble. They're going
to go back and forth on just a Life Changer
this weekend at three twenty five.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
The Bears.
Speaker 6 (14:16):
See, so you're starting to piss me off a little
bit because it's cool to have games that matter. It's
cool to have games that matter, right, It's cool to
be in the mix.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
I know, I like it when my team's in the mix.
Speaker 6 (14:27):
I'm not the one that should be frustrating you. I'm
not the one that's true. It's not your fault. No,
I have nothing to do with it.
Speaker 2 (14:36):
No, you don't.
Speaker 5 (14:36):
I'm just trying to figure out who Ernest Jones the
fourth is. For seventy yards and four seconds of real
time life, you found it, though, That's my lot in life,
and you know, hey, we all, you know, we all
leave a little to be desired at times, and then
sometimes there's a lot to be desired.
Speaker 6 (14:52):
Anatomy of a play call for a four win team.
Your ability to buy yourself time by saying awful decision
by Max helped you for an extra twenty yards as
you scrambled down the depth chart to find mister Jones.
Speaker 2 (15:05):
You know where all the bones are buried.
Speaker 5 (15:07):
There's no doubt when it comes to me executing my
play by play toil and you are dead right. So
the New England Patriots, as we glorify the good, and
we do so for about ninety more seconds, they absolutely
part of their success winning ten consecutive only team in
NFL history to score twenty three or more points and
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not allow twenty three points or more ten consecutive games.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
Now, that's fantastic.
Speaker 6 (15:34):
But they definitely are to a certain extent feasting on
a last play schedule. Now that there is a fly
in this proverbial oointment, it's kind of like the wild
being acid tested for class against teams like Edmonton and
Calgary and Seattle and things like that coming up. Well, yeah,
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that's what happens when you play in the best division
in the National ocy Lague. And that's what happens when
you play in the division in the National Football League.
That's true the NFC North. So yes, last place schedule
for the Pats, but it doesn't change. They still play
the Jets twice, right, they still play the Dolphins twice yep.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
Well, oh yeah, and then you got.
Speaker 6 (16:15):
They got the Bills and they beat in primetime earlier
this year at Buffalo, Right, yeah, wow. So think about
this though, can a team beat the I mean, if
if the road goes through Gillette, last place schedule be damned.
That's where there's a frustrating aspect to the when we
talk about last place schedules in that vein is if
the Patriots feast on it. They're the number one seed
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in the AFC in a weird year with wonky, inconsistent,
top heavy teams as they are. Yeah, can you win
at Gillette and bounce? Can you bounce frable? Wait at
home in January? If they get the one seed.
Speaker 3 (16:49):
Wait.
Speaker 5 (16:50):
When I came into the genesis of this bit a
day and a half ago, I was really excited to
look at last place teams from last year and see
what they were doing. Yeah, because I'm like, hey, well
we got the band yep, oh now okay, little Bears nine,
Well we got the Pats. It gets a little crickety
after that, it does. San Francisco. San Francisco ran last
last year, and it also is in what has turned
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out to be a pretty tough division. Arizona makes life
difficult on everybody. I think the Rams still have an
excellent chance to go to the Super Bowl.
Speaker 6 (17:22):
Browns, Titans, and Raiders doing what last place teams do. Yeah,
you can't make the schedule easy enough. Before we almost
killed the bit Saints are still the Saints.
Speaker 2 (17:31):
Yep, well they didn't. They tire for last with the Panthers. Saints,
they were tied for last year.
Speaker 5 (17:36):
The Panther save will turned it all around last place schedule.
So just in case anybody's interested, it's New England worse
to first then its last can't be passed. Last place
schedule with the Vikings finishing last in the NFC North
sneak peek at twenty twenty six meet. As of now,
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our home games and road games will be Detroit, Green
Bay in Chicago, and they're all good. But at home
we're going to get with this last place piece Atlanta, Carolina,
the Giants, Tennessee, Buffalo, and Miami on the road, Detroit
Green Bay in Chicago. On the road, we will get
Tampa Bay, Nollans at Drake May the Jets in Arizona.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
But we have nine at home. Yeah, and we got
nine at home. And winning on the road.
Speaker 5 (18:28):
Against the Jets in New Orleans is not supposed to
be difficult, so.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
Hashtag Faith Radio. We're back.
Speaker 5 (18:39):
Don't call it a comeback? Why never been gone? Here
comes Heinze. Now I can't we can't wait until tomorrow
because it's another opportunity to root for the Minnesota Wild
taking on the Calgary Flames. Having won they're ten oh
and two of the last twelve and put a shutout
on the Oilers last night, first time Edmonton has been
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blanked all year. Valstatt gets the shutout was terrific as usual,
but that's smart controlled defense and so on. Is where
we begin with John Hines, coach of the Minnesota While
coach Hines, it's Paul Allen. How are you, my friend?
I'm great, you good morning, How are you good? Congratulations
on last night and the way things have gone of
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late and with with the shutout, you know they're they're yes,
first obviously done things incredibly well of late. But like
I was saying, the smart controlled, sacrificing defense in front
of him really paved the way for the win. In
my estimation, what what were some of the keys?
Speaker 7 (19:43):
Yeah, I would agree. I thought, you know, it seems
really committed to playing playing strong defense, and you know,
I think it's a combination of excellent goaltending and a
group of guys that's committed to play play the game
the right way and defend hard. And usually when when
you get solid goaltender, you know there's going to be
greatdowns in the game where the other team's going to
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have really good players that make good plays throughout the
game that sometimes you can't do anything about. And right
now when those are occurring, we're getting great saves by
both guys. Wal He's been really solid, Guss and solid, right.
But I think you know, they're confident as two goaltenders, uh,
and our team's confident in them. And when you have
that combination of two, he's at the recipe.
Speaker 5 (20:23):
Yeah, the uh, the man you call Wally leads the
league in shutouts with four, all of in the last
six games.
Speaker 7 (20:30):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (20:30):
With him particularly, is he as confident and seeing it
as clearly right now as maybe almost you know any
time you've been around period.
Speaker 7 (20:42):
Yeah, I think he's I mean he's obviously seen the
puck well, and I mean the thing that sticks out
is that he's you know, he looks, he looks confident.
He's a big, big goalie. You know he blocks well,
he's not you know, swimming around in the crease. He's
just really positionally sound. He makes he makes the routine
saves easy. He makes hard saves look easy because his positioning.
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And you know, the thing I like about him too
is there's a little bit of I like how he
competes too, you know, like he fights through traffic. He's
got second effort on plays. It's hard to it's hard
to put the puck by him, you know, when they
get into all those scrums or you know, he's got
to fight for second effort opportunities in the net. That's
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a that's a big part of being a goaltender too,
not only for himself, but I think it bleeds into
the team too as well.
Speaker 5 (21:29):
When when when you see that you have it in
you to stop McKennon and macarr and to shootout like
last Friday and win a game. I mean, that just
has to send the confidence staring right.
Speaker 7 (21:41):
Yeah, it certainly does. I think. You know, when you
get into the three on three, it's you know, there's
usually going to be a couple of chances either way.
But I think as a group, if we get into
those shootouts, we feel like we got two goalies that
are that you know, can get it done in the shootout,
and we also have guys that are good, good shootouts shooters,
So when we those situations, I think the group feels confident.
Speaker 5 (22:02):
The second period save on Hymen was one of many
fantastic moments that was a doozy right there though Rodein
for those who missed it, Rodein dives misses it. Hyman
gets to the backhand in tight quarters which was smooth
and is stopped by Yesper with favor laid on the
scene to poke it away. I mean that one for
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a second had to have you shaken in your loafers.
Speaker 7 (22:26):
Right, Yeah, yeah, for sure, And that's what I mean.
I think you get in some of those situations where
there's a good play made and right now, whether it's
the goaltending or the guys in front of them, there's
either a big save or a shot block or a
second effort stick. You know, that's allowing those those plays
to be nullified, and that's usually a good recipe for
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giving yourself a chance to win.
Speaker 5 (22:50):
Every night with John Hines, coach of the Minnesota Wild,
at the Calgary tomorrow evening four game Pacific Northwest Western.
Speaker 2 (22:57):
Canada Swing and so far.
Speaker 5 (23:00):
I want to know, having beaten McDavid and Edmonton last night,
shut them out or shut out this year Edmonston's taken
well done with with with both your goalies, with a
Wally and Gus, with both your goalies, is it fair
to say when you guys like when mistakes are made,
that those two are playing so well that they're able
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to cover up said mistakes.
Speaker 7 (23:24):
Yeah, And that's that's when I what I talked about
earlier with the trust. You know, I think when your
goaltenders are playing well, that when there are breakdowns or
they are mistakes, that doesn't wind up in the back
of your net. So your team can play. Your team
plays confident and with some you know, with some swagger
that they're not concerned that every time there's a mistake
or a breakdown or a misread or a great play
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by the other team, the puck's going to wind up
in the back of the net. But in turn, you know,
the way that the team plays in front of the
goaltenders gives them confidence too to so when you have
that combination, it's usually it's usually the best because the
goaltenders give the team confidence and the team gives the
goaltenders confidence, and that's when you can you can keep
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it rolling.
Speaker 5 (24:07):
And in the business, we call that iron sharpening iron,
don't we coach Eines?
Speaker 7 (24:12):
Oh I like that. I like that. I'm gonna use
that one.
Speaker 2 (24:14):
How about how about Brodean on McDavid.
Speaker 5 (24:17):
It's it's a team game here, man, So I'm not,
you know, making it sound like it's, you know, Sauce
Gardner opposite Tyreek Hill just shutting him down the entire game.
But Brodean on McDavid, what what are some things he
did to keep one of the game's very best off kilter,
and and and and just overall? What made Brodean so
hard to play against last night?
Speaker 7 (24:40):
Yeah? I mean Jonas Is He's he's a guy that's
you know, as a coaching staff, we have a lot
of confidence to to play him against top players. You know,
he's got a wealth of experience. He's a really smart player.
He's got he's got a great feat skating, so he
can skate with the top players. And he's got great
stick position, good good defensive instincts, and he competes and
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you know, when he's at the top of his game,
he's one of the best that that I've been around
that can play against that caliber player, the mckinnons, the McDavis,
the dry titles. Even though he may not be the
biggest guy, he's smart, competitive, great skater, good instincts, and
an excellent stick.
Speaker 5 (25:18):
That's a big statement. You've been around quite some time
head coach in multiple places. Uh, the the one of
the best that plays against big timers like McKinnon and
McDavid and and players like that, Right, I mean that
that that's what Jonas is compensated to do.
Speaker 2 (25:34):
And it sounds like he's coming through more than he's not.
Speaker 7 (25:37):
Right, Yeah, I would agree with that. He's you know,
I would say on the other side of it as well.
You know, when, for example, let's say when Protein's out
of our lineup, if he's injured.
Speaker 2 (25:48):
Or whatever it might be.
Speaker 7 (25:49):
You know, you you you missed that component of his
game is his ability to match up against top players.
But he's also a really good puck moving defenseman. You know,
he's one. He's a guy that can get you out
of your own whether it's by himself as skating or
he can just move the pocket, makes simple plays and
he advances to puck to our forwards and so that's
also a big part of being able to be effective
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against top players, because if you can do that, you
don't have to defend as much.
Speaker 2 (26:14):
All go times.
Speaker 5 (26:16):
Why why was it now you win one zero and
you win a regulation, so you get to and give zero,
which rocks. But why was it so difficult to get
great a chances five on five really for both teams?
Speaker 7 (26:31):
Well, I think from our you know, from our perspective,
I think we're playing with strong, you know, pretty strong
defensive structure. I think we're taking taking away the middle
of the ice. We have a real commitment to getting
shot lanes and block shots. You know, that doesn't allow
the pucks to get into those areas as often. And
although I think Edmonton's obviously had their struggle, I would
say that, you know, last night, I thought they defended
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pretty hard as well. It was tough to get shots
through to the net. I thought their their goaltender made
some good saves and we had looks. Our guy made
saves when when they had looks. But I say that
they did a good job as well. I think of
defensive commitment, you know, particularly in their own end or
off the rush of taking away in the middle of the.
Speaker 5 (27:08):
Ice when you come into a game and you scheme
it up with our practices and morning skates and stuff
to keep teams on the perimeter, to keep them on
the outside. Is is that kind of an every game
thing or is a team specific?
Speaker 7 (27:25):
No, I would you know what it's a it's an
every It's an every day thing for us. Really is
you know, you have to be strong structure, and you
have to be you have to be committed to play
when you when you don't have the puck. You have
to be able to be committed to have certain habits
and play to the structure that we tried to provide
for the players and they bought in and they're committed
to that. I would say, game to game, there's there's
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different things that teams do, so as a coaching staff
will go through you know, for example, last night, we
knew we had to be good in our defensive zone
because they do certain things offensively. But also say, for
example with McDavid and dry on guys like that, it's
also your line rush against defense. It's your for checking structure.
It's not giving up otoman rushes and giving them easy offense.
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So some of that stuff is team specific. As well.
Speaker 5 (28:11):
Faber played the final two and a half minutes during
the game ceiling kill.
Speaker 2 (28:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (28:16):
Wow, holy cow, I mean that that's I mean, I know,
I know it's a penalty kill. But that's iron man
stuff right there in hockey, isn't it.
Speaker 7 (28:24):
Yeah, Fabe, you know we rely on him as well,
you know, similar to a Brodein. And you know that
last two and a half minutes, you know, we're in
some we're in some heat, right, they're going to pull
the goalie and at penalty and you know, but he's
a guy that's in fantastic shape. He's a tremendous competitor.
And you know, one of the things as the coaching
staff we talked about earlier in the year was it's
almost like the more minutes he plays, the more effective
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he can be. And you know, it's nice that we
have some guys like a very like a favor Berdein,
eck Boldie to pre Stoft. These guys, you know, you
count on them in a lot of key situations. But
they're fitness level and their competitiveness and and and you know,
they they're guys that can handle those types of loads
because of the way they they take care of themselves
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and the competitive nature that they have.
Speaker 5 (29:11):
Last one coach, thanks for the time from UH from
Western Canada at at Calgary tomorrow night. Wally Walstad shut
them out a few weeks ago. Do you come back
with him or is this a gust game.
Speaker 7 (29:25):
That's something we're going to meet here in a little
bit as coaches and and discussed. As I said before,
I think that both you know, both goaltenders have played well,
and you know, we've had a pretty good rotation here
and you know, one of the things I think, you
know we've talked about is that when you have two
guys playing well, it's it's nice because they're both fresh.
And I think when one guy plays, he's fresh and
he's ready, and he's competing for the team and he's
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competing against the other guy in a healthy way. But
I also think when the guy that doesn't play, he
has opportunities to stay you know, fresh, and also gives
an opportunity to work on certain things with Freddie where
you know, they can stay sharpen their details, and I
think that's helped both guys. So we'll make the determination
on who's going to play tomorrow.
Speaker 5 (30:08):
Probably later today, John and and knowing head coaches as
well as I've gotten to know them and work with
them over you know, two and a half plus decades.
Is I would imagine at ten oh and two, you know,
beating Colorado the way you did getting those two points
on Friday. Just as a head coach more so, thinking
about your players and social media and stuff. Two of
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the last things you want to deal with right now
are constantly hearing you're one of the best teams in
the NHL, which you are, but you're one of the
best teams in the NHL. And and yes, yesper valstat
is just a stone hen just can't be beat.
Speaker 2 (30:44):
I mean, you know what I'm saying there.
Speaker 5 (30:46):
It's not that it would change everything, but you guys
like to minimize distractions, right.
Speaker 7 (30:54):
Yeah, you certainly do. And I think you know, one
of the things for us is, you know, it's a
it's a it's a daily process in this league, and
you know you've got to be prepared every day. You've
got to be ready every day. There's different challenges. So
for us, it's not so much about where our record
is and and being being a top team or whatever
that may be, because it's a slippery slope you know,
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seven weeks ago, we weren't. And you know, for us,
I think moving forward, particularly tomorrow's we didn't handle a
situation a couple of days ago where we beat Colorado,
when we came back and we played Buffalo and we
didn't bring our best, And I think if you want
to be an elite team in this league, it's about
getting ready for the next one. And that's a challenge
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is to Yes, we had a good win and it
was it was a shutout against you know, a good team,
but now, what's our preparation going to be tomorrow? So
for us, it's that's how we focus as coaches, and
that's what we're going to try to get our players
to be able to do as well for tomorrow.
Speaker 5 (31:51):
Yeah, I mean those are high end expectations of near perfection.
Speaker 2 (31:54):
It's fantastic.
Speaker 5 (31:55):
But I mean, like, you know, watching that Colorado game
and the emotional wherewith all the came out of it
and stuff, and having Buffalo the next day. No, granted
I was traveling to Seattle, so I didn't see it,
so maybe maybe they didn't play well, but I mean,
I mean, you you know that they're just not going
to take down to every single game. And one thing
that I think is cool in situations like that, when
you're able to get the one when you look back
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at at like the totality of the season, moments like
that are key.
Speaker 7 (32:24):
Yeah, they are key. Ands It's it's all about, you know,
it's about consistency. It's it's such a hard lead to
win in every night that it I mean, it truly
does require, you know, a certain mindset and and toughness
about you and the team to make sure that you know,
sometimes you may not have your A game every night,
but it's you have to find ways to win and
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try to be at your best. And you know, if
you don't have your A game, you got to have
a B game. But you know, I think it to
re really consistent, it can't drop past that. So you know,
for us, it's about you know, the guys have a
recovery day today and then we get back to work tomorrow.
And I'm excited to see our response to see if.
Speaker 5 (32:59):
We can meet that child right on, my man, fantastic
chap call you next week.
Speaker 2 (33:03):
Continued success. Okay, all right, thanks man, Yeah for sure.
Speaker 5 (33:08):
See great work by those guys, truly, I mean, seriously,
very very well done Coach Eines and the Minnesota Wild.
Speaker 1 (33:15):
Let's play Huggay.
Speaker 5 (33:19):
Can't wait to chat tomorrow when we rise and shine.
At nine, here comes Big Daddy Khn with that wrap
on the show.
Speaker 2 (33:26):
Big Boys back time for two more good stuff. The
game is over.
Speaker 6 (33:35):
All right this season, it's gotten to a point where
it cannot be fixed with a well rolled joint and
there's no urges to chill and no spelling.
Speaker 2 (33:43):
Relax, and it's just what we have in our young quarterbacks.
Is it over?
Speaker 6 (33:47):
That question is rhetorical as some bad trends start looking historical.
Speaker 2 (33:51):
You cannot win at home.
Speaker 6 (33:52):
The defense never takes, and the offense every week mistake
after mistake, so all of us in need of a respite.
Speaker 2 (33:59):
This time it's driving all of us bats.
Speaker 6 (34:02):
So we have SUSI on to going and five the
good and then we skate on over well to the hardwood.
The Wolves double feature. They're winning at the Pels and
it's aunt every night. He's firing bombshells, yes sir, yesper
on an absolute heater as the hockey team moving the meter.
Speaker 2 (34:19):
Like that like that
Speaker 7 (34:23):
Podcast Today's Paul Allen Show, we're listening back to previous
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Human in British feels the snap left, puts the punt
left to right.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Marcus jokes he's pubbing to a half launch at the six.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
He runs it left to the fifteen, twenty, accelerates thirty
thirty five, forty sting, get it off the hip, call
on your side, forty to the three. Jones gotting into
the twenty to the tad to the.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
House, touchdown, Patriots.
Speaker 4 (00:38):
Let it this?
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Plus can you tell me that I'm ready to play
off football? So let's stay in this pot.
Speaker 5 (00:50):
Perhaps the best punt returner in the National Football League
Marcus Jones to the house.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
There and uh.
Speaker 5 (00:56):
On the play by play portion of that equation, Bob
Soci Scott Zolac is the analyst there with the grunts,
and Bob Soci has been the play by play voice
for the Red, White and Blue of football immortality for
quite some time. And we officially unfurl our glorify the
good segment.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
We begin with the New England Patriots.
Speaker 5 (01:18):
Zolac with a Gillette up there, Foxborough away.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
I mean, look at them.
Speaker 5 (01:23):
They're definitely ready for playoff football, aren't they, Bobby? But
they seriously are ready for playoff football, right.
Speaker 4 (01:32):
Hey, Paul, good to be with you and absolutely and
when we last saw one another back in August for
the joint practices in the preseason game. I think there
were expectations, certainly that Mike Rabel would turn things around
for New England and that Drake May would improve dramatically
over his rookie season. But I think those expectations were
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that those things would happen, they would unfold over a
couple of seasons, and it's been really remarkable the rapid
growth and the poise that may have shown a quarterback,
and the way that Vrabel has been able to push
all the right buttons in terms of his dealings with players,
the relationship building process and as well in game. A
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lot of things have turned out well for them. It's
been a favorable schedule, for sure. They've played down this
most recent stretch, winning ten in a row now ten
straight wins for the first time since twenty fifteen, with
a lot of building confidence, but also of late, withstanding
some adversity, including really the first rash of injuries they
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faced for a team that's not too deep so so
far they'rewithstanding the tests and it's really remarkable to think
not only about the postseason, but about potential for postseason.
Speaker 5 (02:49):
By right now, Bob, permit me to be the ten
thousandth to ask you this question.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
What's it like working with Scott Zolac?
Speaker 4 (02:58):
And I will say, Paul for the ten thousandth time,
exactly as you imagined it would be. You know, the broadcast.
It features two guys, often talking over one another, sometimes
screaming over one another. But we have a blast. Scott
is for the most part, wasn't too much fun the
last couple of years, going through a pair of four
(03:19):
and thirteen seasons. But Scott has animated in terms of
how he sounds, how he works, how he looks, and
how he is you know, off the air. That's that's
what it's like with Zie. It's quite an experience.
Speaker 5 (03:33):
You ever, and you both are extremely gifted and a wonderful,
wonderful duo. Do you, Bob soci do you do you
ever find yourself waking up in the morning and wanting
to say, why are you looking at Beetle? I mean,
there are three people who understand what I just said, me,
you and the producer, mad producer over there. Why are
(03:55):
you looking at beetle? But that's it can definitely more
into that for mister Bob. So see ten consecutive, ten
consecutive for the Pats, and I caught this via Bob's
x feed where they're the only team in National Football
National Football League history to score twenty three or more
points ten consecutive times and allow twenty three or fewer
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points ten consecutive times. I mean, what are we onto here?
You mentioned the injury piece and the depth or lack thereof,
But I watch Monday Night and I've I've seen you
guys play a few times this year, and yesterday I
went on the radio talking about your team a little bit,
and I'm like, hey, Drake May is going to be
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a National Football League MVP one day. I don't know
what day that's going to be, but I honestly believe that.
Do you think he can soar to that height?
Speaker 4 (04:48):
I do, Paul, and I think he's certainly in the
conversation right now for this season, which I never imagined
being able to say. Let alone think back in the
preseason when we last saw on another and he was
just beginning to grasp Josh McDaniel's system. But he has
this great combination obviously, the physical talent, and the attitude.
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But what he's shown us this season two is that
he has the aptitude, his growing understanding of the offense,
the way he's able to quickly process things. It's reflected
in the stats when you look at, for example, the
distribution from game to game. Now, they didn't have a
one hundred yard receiver against the Giants, but if you
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look at the box score, you'll see everybody involved. Everybody
who's out there is an eligible pass catcher is getting
the ball. And in the previous four games, they had
a one hundred yard receiver in each of those contests,
and it was a different guy every week. It was
Pop Douglas, it was Hunter Henry, it was maccollins. And
that's been the case with May all season long. And
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the poise, the little things in a quarterback that really
make a significant difference. Two hands on the ball as
he's moving up, fliding in the pocket, the eyes downfield
as he's rolling out. He's starting to learn how to slide.
He did that the other night and avoided any kind
of a hit like Jackson Dartuk by Christian Ellis. So
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we're just seeing continual growth week to week. And what's
funny His career high in passing yards was the previous
game against Cincinnati. Twittered in ninety four yards and he
came out of that game with a lot of people saying, boy,
that was a down game for Drake May. And I
think that's a sign of just, you know, how good
he's become right now in a very short period of time.
Speaker 5 (06:35):
Hey, Bob, with Drake, let's go back to this time
last year, because clearly we have some McCarthy related terrorism here.
He's either not playing or he's struggling, then he's out again.
Then he's winning games in dramatic fashion and forest quarters.
So hey, kids are going to be kids managed twenty
two years of age. He's trying to find his feet.
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But with Drake May, this time last year, like say
out No. Six seven starts into it. How much better
is he now than he was last year?
Speaker 4 (07:06):
Oh well, it's night and day and it's not just
how much better is Drake May? How much better is
the offensive line? The Patriots drafted two players, one in
the first round, one on the third round, though they're
both injured right now, they have started in all but
one game for them. In the case of Will Campbell
and all the two games. In the case of third
round pick Jared Wilson, they added a veteran right tackle,
(07:29):
reliable guy in Morgan Moses. They brought in a free
agent center. Your former guy, Garrett Bradbury has been a
really good presence in that locker room and a really
stabilizing force, I think on the offensive line to help
Drake May with protections and such. So you start right there,
and then you look at the balance in the wide
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receiver room and the tight end position. Hunter Henry is
a very underappreciated tight end in New England, I think
based on the body of his work since he and
the Patriots in twenty twenty one, and really over across
the league. He's not maybe in the same tier as
the elite tight ends, but he's a guy who shows
up consistently and it is really a strong security blanket
(08:14):
for Drake May. Diggs has helped tremendously. I think he's
been far better than we could have anticipated coming off
the injury, and he's fit in as a leader right now.
He's been a great leader by example and by word
on the silent, particularly with the young receivers. So it
is Drake May and how much he's improved, but it's
all those other things that going into being a good quarterback.
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And last year is a rookie, you know, from what
I understand, like with McCarthy, Drake May was exposed, you know,
to a lot of situations where you know, the line
didn't hold up. You know, the team was struggling more so,
I think than you know, we expected going into last year.
We thought that there would be a bounce because they
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had a great first week showing against Cincinnati and it
just never held up.
Speaker 5 (09:01):
Bob Time for two more for Bob Socy. He's the box,
the long time radio play by play voice for the
New England Patriots, and this is glorifying the good talking
about other teams around the NFL, but specifically the really
really good ones, and the Patriots are really really good.
What do you think of the Bills? I know the
Pats got the money earlier against the Buffalo Bills, but
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that was quite some time ago.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
What do you think of the Buffalo Bills?
Speaker 1 (09:28):
Well, I think the.
Speaker 4 (09:29):
Bills are a team that you know, still there are
two games behind the Patriots at eight and four, but
they are the team that I think is still as
feared as any in the conference with good reason, because,
as you mentioned, the Patriots have a potential MVP. The
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Bills have an MVP in Josh Allen, and he's right
there again this season. What he's done in some games,
the way he's been able to carry that team at
times as a runner and a passer, you know, I
don't think you can ever count him out. And that's cliched.
And the Patriots are going to play them a week
from Sunday. The Bills coming off of performance where they
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ran it so well against Pittsburgh and their defense has
shown signs of improvement. They had a rough first half
against Houston, both offensively and defensively, but they might have
found their identity in that Pittsburgh game, and their defense
has done a great job really since the second half
of the Houston game through the Pittsburgh contest. There's a
lot of experience over there. There's a lot of winning
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experience over there. I don't think that the receivers necessarily
are as talented as dangerous as some of the groups
we've seen in the past. I don't necessarily think that
the defense has been as good as some of the
units that we've seen in the past. But I think
given the landscape of the AFC, you know, and the
fact that it's Josh Allen that you have to deal
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with in Buffalo if you end up playing there. In
the Patriots right now are in position where they could
host the Bills if they ever meet them a third
time this year, but that's gonna be a very very
difficult task to see Buffalo, whether it's home or away,
but especially I think, you know up in Orchard Park,
the albatross for them has been Kansas City, and right now,
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obviously the Chiefs are on the outside looking in.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
My brother, thanks very much for the chat.
Speaker 5 (11:19):
Wonderful, wonderful perch chat too during the joint practices, and
you know, in those joint practices what we saw with
the Vikings in New England Patriots on that second day.
I mean, I'm like, hey, geez, holy cow, we might
be really good and they might have some troubles. But
that's why we don't base opinions of joint practices, because
your squad is on fire, man, and I wish nothing
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but the best for you, your family and this football team.
Speaker 2 (11:43):
Okay, thanks Bob.
Speaker 4 (11:45):
Hey, Paul really appreciate it. Same with same to you, Bob.
Speaker 5 (11:49):
Socy I, played by play voice the box for the
New England Patriots. John Hines, coach of the Minnesota Wild,
joins right around fifteen seventeen minutes from now you're listening
to nine to now, Well, off that off that glorifying
the good conversation.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
You know it.
Speaker 5 (12:10):
In really non snarky fashion. Uh it is perhaps this this?
iHeart software Windows update? Am I looking to restart or snooze?
Speaker 2 (12:23):
Do you have a snooze option?
Speaker 6 (12:24):
I got a snooze option, yeah, past pass that onto
the program, are you sure?
Speaker 2 (12:28):
Yeah? Okay it and then he'll.
Speaker 6 (12:30):
Have to deal with it in two hours and then
he'll snooze it. He'll pass it on to bumper to bumper,
he'll snooze it, okay, and then the power trip and
the cycle repeats.
Speaker 5 (12:38):
But shouldn't shouldn't the snooze option be available?
Speaker 2 (12:41):
Noon to three? I always love that one? All right? Yeah,
I'll just hit so why didn't you laugh of that one?
Speaker 6 (12:46):
You know?
Speaker 2 (12:46):
It was funny? Love, I am laughing, you know it's funny.
How come you didn't audibly laugh at that one?
Speaker 5 (12:54):
Ac acadac take that snooze shot and give it a whack.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
The the Pats the Pats.
Speaker 5 (13:02):
You see this really is in non snooze or snarky
like fashion because but it's fact. The Minnesota Vikings are
going to finish the twenty twenty five regular season with
the worst record in the NFC North. They are going
to be fourth in the North. They are going to
finish in last place. Does that mean we don't have
to do the NFC debate? Then that's a state fair.
(13:23):
Oh like we just we set it up. This is
potentially the greatest news I've ever professionally received in my life.
Speaker 6 (13:30):
Let's get Hatch involved and we just let Lavelle, sinny
And and Jason Hatch represent the other three teams in
the North.
Speaker 2 (13:37):
You and I go grab them, go grab a fronto.
Speaker 5 (13:39):
Poff and you know what. The pregame show for that
is tomorrow at eleven fifteen. I always love that's right
when Sinnecon and Lavell are in studio and I'm going
to introduce them and and have you figure out some
form of game or trivia game or something like that
that involves five questions.
Speaker 2 (13:57):
I'm on it.
Speaker 5 (13:58):
It's one marathon segment. Yeah, And the Sultan of Smug
and Wobble Wobble, Wobble, Wobble, Toil and Wobble. They're going
to go back and forth on just a Life Changer
this weekend at three twenty five.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
The Bears.
Speaker 6 (14:16):
See, so you're starting to piss me off a little
bit because it's cool to have games that matter. It's
cool to have games that matter, right, It's cool to
be in the mix.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
I know, I like it when my team's in the mix.
Speaker 6 (14:27):
I'm not the one that should be frustrating you. I'm
not the one that's true. It's not your fault. No,
I have nothing to do with it.
Speaker 2 (14:36):
No, you don't.
Speaker 5 (14:36):
I'm just trying to figure out who Ernest Jones the
fourth is. For seventy yards and four seconds of real
time life, you found it, though, That's my lot in life,
and you know, hey, we all, you know, we all
leave a little to be desired at times, and then
sometimes there's a lot to be desired.
Speaker 6 (14:52):
Anatomy of a play call for a four win team.
Your ability to buy yourself time by saying awful decision
by Max helped you for an extra twenty yards as
you scrambled down the depth chart to find mister Jones.
Speaker 2 (15:05):
You know where all the bones are buried.
Speaker 5 (15:07):
There's no doubt when it comes to me executing my
play by play toil and you are dead right. So
the New England Patriots, as we glorify the good, and
we do so for about ninety more seconds, they absolutely
part of their success winning ten consecutive only team in
NFL history to score twenty three or more points and
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not allow twenty three points or more ten consecutive games.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
Now, that's fantastic.
Speaker 6 (15:34):
But they definitely are to a certain extent feasting on
a last play schedule. Now that there is a fly
in this proverbial oointment, it's kind of like the wild
being acid tested for class against teams like Edmonton and
Calgary and Seattle and things like that coming up. Well, yeah,
(15:54):
that's what happens when you play in the best division
in the National ocy Lague. And that's what happens when
you play in the division in the National Football League.
That's true the NFC North. So yes, last place schedule
for the Pats, but it doesn't change. They still play
the Jets twice, right, they still play the Dolphins twice yep.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
Well, oh yeah, and then you got.
Speaker 6 (16:15):
They got the Bills and they beat in primetime earlier
this year at Buffalo, Right, yeah, wow. So think about
this though, can a team beat the I mean, if
if the road goes through Gillette, last place schedule be damned.
That's where there's a frustrating aspect to the when we
talk about last place schedules in that vein is if
the Patriots feast on it. They're the number one seed
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in the AFC in a weird year with wonky, inconsistent,
top heavy teams as they are. Yeah, can you win
at Gillette and bounce? Can you bounce frable? Wait at
home in January? If they get the one seed.
Speaker 3 (16:49):
Wait.
Speaker 5 (16:50):
When I came into the genesis of this bit a
day and a half ago, I was really excited to
look at last place teams from last year and see
what they were doing. Yeah, because I'm like, hey, well
we got the band yep, oh now okay, little Bears nine,
Well we got the Pats. It gets a little crickety
after that, it does. San Francisco. San Francisco ran last
last year, and it also is in what has turned
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out to be a pretty tough division. Arizona makes life
difficult on everybody. I think the Rams still have an
excellent chance to go to the Super Bowl.
Speaker 6 (17:22):
Browns, Titans, and Raiders doing what last place teams do. Yeah,
you can't make the schedule easy enough. Before we almost
killed the bit Saints are still the Saints.
Speaker 2 (17:31):
Yep, well they didn't. They tire for last with the Panthers. Saints,
they were tied for last year.
Speaker 5 (17:36):
The Panther save will turned it all around last place schedule.
So just in case anybody's interested, it's New England worse
to first then its last can't be passed. Last place
schedule with the Vikings finishing last in the NFC North
sneak peek at twenty twenty six meet. As of now,
(17:58):
our home games and road games will be Detroit, Green
Bay in Chicago, and they're all good. But at home
we're going to get with this last place piece Atlanta, Carolina,
the Giants, Tennessee, Buffalo, and Miami on the road, Detroit
Green Bay in Chicago. On the road, we will get
Tampa Bay, Nollans at Drake May the Jets in Arizona.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
But we have nine at home. Yeah, and we got
nine at home. And winning on the road.
Speaker 5 (18:28):
Against the Jets in New Orleans is not supposed to
be difficult, so.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
Hashtag Faith Radio. We're back.
Speaker 5 (18:39):
Don't call it a comeback? Why never been gone? Here
comes Heinze. Now I can't we can't wait until tomorrow
because it's another opportunity to root for the Minnesota Wild
taking on the Calgary Flames. Having won they're ten oh
and two of the last twelve and put a shutout
on the Oilers last night, first time Edmonton has been
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blanked all year. Valstatt gets the shutout was terrific as usual,
but that's smart controlled defense and so on. Is where
we begin with John Hines, coach of the Minnesota While
coach Hines, it's Paul Allen. How are you, my friend?
I'm great, you good morning, How are you good? Congratulations
on last night and the way things have gone of
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late and with with the shutout, you know they're they're yes,
first obviously done things incredibly well of late. But like
I was saying, the smart controlled, sacrificing defense in front
of him really paved the way for the win. In
my estimation, what what were some of the keys?
Speaker 7 (19:43):
Yeah, I would agree. I thought, you know, it seems
really committed to playing playing strong defense, and you know,
I think it's a combination of excellent goaltending and a
group of guys that's committed to play play the game
the right way and defend hard. And usually when when
you get solid goaltender, you know there's going to be
greatdowns in the game where the other team's going to
(20:05):
have really good players that make good plays throughout the
game that sometimes you can't do anything about. And right
now when those are occurring, we're getting great saves by
both guys. Wal He's been really solid, Guss and solid, right.
But I think you know, they're confident as two goaltenders, uh,
and our team's confident in them. And when you have
that combination of two, he's at the recipe.
Speaker 5 (20:23):
Yeah, the uh, the man you call Wally leads the
league in shutouts with four, all of in the last
six games.
Speaker 7 (20:30):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (20:30):
With him particularly, is he as confident and seeing it
as clearly right now as maybe almost you know any
time you've been around period.
Speaker 7 (20:42):
Yeah, I think he's I mean he's obviously seen the
puck well, and I mean the thing that sticks out
is that he's you know, he looks, he looks confident.
He's a big, big goalie. You know he blocks well,
he's not you know, swimming around in the crease. He's
just really positionally sound. He makes he makes the routine
saves easy. He makes hard saves look easy because his positioning.
(21:02):
And you know, the thing I like about him too
is there's a little bit of I like how he
competes too, you know, like he fights through traffic. He's
got second effort on plays. It's hard to it's hard
to put the puck by him, you know, when they
get into all those scrums or you know, he's got
to fight for second effort opportunities in the net. That's
(21:22):
a that's a big part of being a goaltender too,
not only for himself, but I think it bleeds into
the team too as well.
Speaker 5 (21:29):
When when when you see that you have it in
you to stop McKennon and macarr and to shootout like
last Friday and win a game. I mean, that just
has to send the confidence staring right.
Speaker 7 (21:41):
Yeah, it certainly does. I think. You know, when you
get into the three on three, it's you know, there's
usually going to be a couple of chances either way.
But I think as a group, if we get into
those shootouts, we feel like we got two goalies that
are that you know, can get it done in the shootout,
and we also have guys that are good, good shootouts shooters,
So when we those situations, I think the group feels confident.
Speaker 5 (22:02):
The second period save on Hymen was one of many
fantastic moments that was a doozy right there though Rodein
for those who missed it, Rodein dives misses it. Hyman
gets to the backhand in tight quarters which was smooth
and is stopped by Yesper with favor laid on the
scene to poke it away. I mean that one for
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a second had to have you shaken in your loafers.
Speaker 7 (22:26):
Right, Yeah, yeah, for sure, And that's what I mean.
I think you get in some of those situations where
there's a good play made and right now, whether it's
the goaltending or the guys in front of them, there's
either a big save or a shot block or a
second effort stick. You know, that's allowing those those plays
to be nullified, and that's usually a good recipe for
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giving yourself a chance to win.
Speaker 5 (22:50):
Every night with John Hines, coach of the Minnesota Wild,
at the Calgary tomorrow evening four game Pacific Northwest Western.
Speaker 2 (22:57):
Canada Swing and so far.
Speaker 5 (23:00):
I want to know, having beaten McDavid and Edmonton last night,
shut them out or shut out this year Edmonston's taken
well done with with with both your goalies, with a
Wally and Gus, with both your goalies, is it fair
to say when you guys like when mistakes are made,
that those two are playing so well that they're able
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to cover up said mistakes.
Speaker 7 (23:24):
Yeah, And that's that's when I what I talked about
earlier with the trust. You know, I think when your
goaltenders are playing well, that when there are breakdowns or
they are mistakes, that doesn't wind up in the back
of your net. So your team can play. Your team
plays confident and with some you know, with some swagger
that they're not concerned that every time there's a mistake
or a breakdown or a misread or a great play
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by the other team, the puck's going to wind up
in the back of the net. But in turn, you know,
the way that the team plays in front of the
goaltenders gives them confidence too to so when you have
that combination, it's usually it's usually the best because the
goaltenders give the team confidence and the team gives the
goaltenders confidence, and that's when you can you can keep
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it rolling.
Speaker 5 (24:07):
And in the business, we call that iron sharpening iron,
don't we coach Eines?
Speaker 7 (24:12):
Oh I like that. I like that. I'm gonna use
that one.
Speaker 2 (24:14):
How about how about Brodean on McDavid.
Speaker 5 (24:17):
It's it's a team game here, man, So I'm not,
you know, making it sound like it's, you know, Sauce
Gardner opposite Tyreek Hill just shutting him down the entire game.
But Brodean on McDavid, what what are some things he
did to keep one of the game's very best off kilter,
and and and and just overall? What made Brodean so
hard to play against last night?
Speaker 7 (24:40):
Yeah? I mean Jonas Is He's he's a guy that's
you know, as a coaching staff, we have a lot
of confidence to to play him against top players. You know,
he's got a wealth of experience. He's a really smart player.
He's got he's got a great feat skating, so he
can skate with the top players. And he's got great
stick position, good good defensive instincts, and he competes and
(25:01):
you know, when he's at the top of his game,
he's one of the best that that I've been around
that can play against that caliber player, the mckinnons, the McDavis,
the dry titles. Even though he may not be the
biggest guy, he's smart, competitive, great skater, good instincts, and
an excellent stick.
Speaker 5 (25:18):
That's a big statement. You've been around quite some time
head coach in multiple places. Uh, the the one of
the best that plays against big timers like McKinnon and
McDavid and and players like that, Right, I mean that
that that's what Jonas is compensated to do.
Speaker 2 (25:34):
And it sounds like he's coming through more than he's not.
Speaker 7 (25:37):
Right, Yeah, I would agree with that. He's you know,
I would say on the other side of it as well.
You know, when, for example, let's say when Protein's out
of our lineup, if he's injured.
Speaker 2 (25:48):
Or whatever it might be.
Speaker 7 (25:49):
You know, you you you missed that component of his
game is his ability to match up against top players.
But he's also a really good puck moving defenseman. You know,
he's one. He's a guy that can get you out
of your own whether it's by himself as skating or
he can just move the pocket, makes simple plays and
he advances to puck to our forwards and so that's
also a big part of being able to be effective
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against top players, because if you can do that, you
don't have to defend as much.
Speaker 2 (26:14):
All go times.
Speaker 5 (26:16):
Why why was it now you win one zero and
you win a regulation, so you get to and give zero,
which rocks. But why was it so difficult to get
great a chances five on five really for both teams?
Speaker 7 (26:31):
Well, I think from our you know, from our perspective,
I think we're playing with strong, you know, pretty strong
defensive structure. I think we're taking taking away the middle
of the ice. We have a real commitment to getting
shot lanes and block shots. You know, that doesn't allow
the pucks to get into those areas as often. And
although I think Edmonton's obviously had their struggle, I would
say that, you know, last night, I thought they defended
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pretty hard as well. It was tough to get shots
through to the net. I thought their their goaltender made
some good saves and we had looks. Our guy made
saves when when they had looks. But I say that
they did a good job as well. I think of
defensive commitment, you know, particularly in their own end or
off the rush of taking away in the middle of the.
Speaker 5 (27:08):
Ice when you come into a game and you scheme
it up with our practices and morning skates and stuff
to keep teams on the perimeter, to keep them on
the outside. Is is that kind of an every game
thing or is a team specific?
Speaker 7 (27:25):
No, I would you know what it's a it's an
every It's an every day thing for us. Really is
you know, you have to be strong structure, and you
have to be you have to be committed to play
when you when you don't have the puck. You have
to be able to be committed to have certain habits
and play to the structure that we tried to provide
for the players and they bought in and they're committed
to that. I would say, game to game, there's there's
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different things that teams do, so as a coaching staff
will go through you know, for example, last night, we
knew we had to be good in our defensive zone
because they do certain things offensively. But also say, for
example with McDavid and dry on guys like that, it's
also your line rush against defense. It's your for checking structure.
It's not giving up otoman rushes and giving them easy offense.
(28:08):
So some of that stuff is team specific. As well.
Speaker 5 (28:11):
Faber played the final two and a half minutes during
the game ceiling kill.
Speaker 2 (28:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (28:16):
Wow, holy cow, I mean that that's I mean, I know,
I know it's a penalty kill. But that's iron man
stuff right there in hockey, isn't it.
Speaker 7 (28:24):
Yeah, Fabe, you know we rely on him as well,
you know, similar to a Brodein. And you know that
last two and a half minutes, you know, we're in
some we're in some heat, right, they're going to pull
the goalie and at penalty and you know, but he's
a guy that's in fantastic shape. He's a tremendous competitor.
And you know, one of the things as the coaching
staff we talked about earlier in the year was it's
almost like the more minutes he plays, the more effective
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he can be. And you know, it's nice that we
have some guys like a very like a favor Berdein,
eck Boldie to pre Stoft. These guys, you know, you
count on them in a lot of key situations. But
they're fitness level and their competitiveness and and and you know,
they they're guys that can handle those types of loads
because of the way they they take care of themselves
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and the competitive nature that they have.
Speaker 5 (29:11):
Last one coach, thanks for the time from UH from
Western Canada at at Calgary tomorrow night. Wally Walstad shut
them out a few weeks ago. Do you come back
with him or is this a gust game.
Speaker 7 (29:25):
That's something we're going to meet here in a little
bit as coaches and and discussed. As I said before,
I think that both you know, both goaltenders have played well,
and you know, we've had a pretty good rotation here
and you know, one of the things I think, you
know we've talked about is that when you have two
guys playing well, it's it's nice because they're both fresh.
And I think when one guy plays, he's fresh and
he's ready, and he's competing for the team and he's
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competing against the other guy in a healthy way. But
I also think when the guy that doesn't play, he
has opportunities to stay you know, fresh, and also gives
an opportunity to work on certain things with Freddie where
you know, they can stay sharpen their details, and I
think that's helped both guys. So we'll make the determination
on who's going to play tomorrow.
Speaker 5 (30:08):
Probably later today, John and and knowing head coaches as
well as I've gotten to know them and work with
them over you know, two and a half plus decades.
Is I would imagine at ten oh and two, you know,
beating Colorado the way you did getting those two points
on Friday. Just as a head coach more so, thinking
about your players and social media and stuff. Two of
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the last things you want to deal with right now
are constantly hearing you're one of the best teams in
the NHL, which you are, but you're one of the
best teams in the NHL. And and yes, yesper valstat
is just a stone hen just can't be beat.
Speaker 2 (30:44):
I mean, you know what I'm saying there.
Speaker 5 (30:46):
It's not that it would change everything, but you guys
like to minimize distractions, right.
Speaker 7 (30:54):
Yeah, you certainly do. And I think you know, one
of the things for us is, you know, it's a
it's a it's a daily process in this league, and
you know you've got to be prepared every day. You've
got to be ready every day. There's different challenges. So
for us, it's not so much about where our record
is and and being being a top team or whatever
that may be, because it's a slippery slope you know,
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seven weeks ago, we weren't. And you know, for us,
I think moving forward, particularly tomorrow's we didn't handle a
situation a couple of days ago where we beat Colorado,
when we came back and we played Buffalo and we
didn't bring our best, And I think if you want
to be an elite team in this league, it's about
getting ready for the next one. And that's a challenge
(31:36):
is to Yes, we had a good win and it
was it was a shutout against you know, a good team,
but now, what's our preparation going to be tomorrow? So
for us, it's that's how we focus as coaches, and
that's what we're going to try to get our players
to be able to do as well for tomorrow.
Speaker 5 (31:51):
Yeah, I mean those are high end expectations of near perfection.
Speaker 2 (31:54):
It's fantastic.
Speaker 5 (31:55):
But I mean, like, you know, watching that Colorado game
and the emotional wherewith all the came out of it
and stuff, and having Buffalo the next day. No, granted
I was traveling to Seattle, so I didn't see it,
so maybe maybe they didn't play well, but I mean,
I mean, you you know that they're just not going
to take down to every single game. And one thing
that I think is cool in situations like that, when
you're able to get the one when you look back
(32:18):
at at like the totality of the season, moments like
that are key.
Speaker 7 (32:24):
Yeah, they are key. Ands It's it's all about, you know,
it's about consistency. It's it's such a hard lead to
win in every night that it I mean, it truly
does require, you know, a certain mindset and and toughness
about you and the team to make sure that you know,
sometimes you may not have your A game every night,
but it's you have to find ways to win and
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try to be at your best. And you know, if
you don't have your A game, you got to have
a B game. But you know, I think it to
re really consistent, it can't drop past that. So you know,
for us, it's about you know, the guys have a
recovery day today and then we get back to work tomorrow.
And I'm excited to see our response to see if.
Speaker 5 (32:59):
We can meet that child right on, my man, fantastic
chap call you next week.
Speaker 2 (33:03):
Continued success. Okay, all right, thanks man, Yeah for sure.
Speaker 5 (33:08):
See great work by those guys, truly, I mean, seriously,
very very well done Coach Eines and the Minnesota Wild.
Speaker 1 (33:15):
Let's play Huggay.
Speaker 5 (33:19):
Can't wait to chat tomorrow when we rise and shine.
At nine, here comes Big Daddy Khn with that wrap
on the show.
Speaker 2 (33:26):
Big Boys back time for two more good stuff. The
game is over.
Speaker 6 (33:35):
All right this season, it's gotten to a point where
it cannot be fixed with a well rolled joint and
there's no urges to chill and no spelling.
Speaker 2 (33:43):
Relax, and it's just what we have in our young quarterbacks.
Is it over?
Speaker 6 (33:47):
That question is rhetorical as some bad trends start looking historical.
Speaker 2 (33:51):
You cannot win at home.
Speaker 6 (33:52):
The defense never takes, and the offense every week mistake
after mistake, so all of us in need of a respite.
Speaker 2 (33:59):
This time it's driving all of us bats.
Speaker 6 (34:02):
So we have SUSI on to going and five the
good and then we skate on over well to the hardwood.
The Wolves double feature. They're winning at the Pels and
it's aunt every night. He's firing bombshells, yes sir, yesper
on an absolute heater as the hockey team moving the meter.
Speaker 2 (34:19):
Like that like that
Speaker 7 (34:23):
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