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Speaker 1 (00:11):
Hey, good Wednesday morning, nine o'clock hour here on the
eve of Seahawks RAMS. We'll certainly be talking about it
more before the show comes to a close. And tomorrow
we're all about it right here on Chucking back in
the morning, Ashley, Bucky Chuck with you here on this Wednesday.
But we have another major sporting event that gets started
on Friday. The College Football Playoff is nearly here. Second
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ever season for a true playoff tournament for college football.
I love it, and it'll start with Oklahoma and Alabama
on Friday night at five o'clock. And so today we
will muster up the strength to preview for you the
entire tournament field. It's our bracket jacket, which we started
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just a year ago. We're going to get to that
in a moment, but we also have some hardware to
hand out. It's been a long time since we've done this.
We haven't green jacketed in a while. It's been a minute. Yeah,
no kidding, I mean no, we don't even we don't
even keep in touch anymore.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
I've missed it so much.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Well, yeah, you and I aren't performing so well these days.
But we do have to hand the green jacket to
our own Christopher Kid. Thanks Bud for the winter.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Huh oh, TH's gonna happen?
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Maybe you certainly earned it. I'll say this, I mean,
I think in our college Big ten college football fantasy
league this year, I think you caught a lot of breaks.
You had the healthiest team, but you also drafted the best.
I mean, there's no getting around it. Your first round
pick was the only bad pick you made, Nick Singleton
from Pennstanva. He wasn't a bad pick. But then you
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had Makay Lemon in the second round who was fantastic
this year, Denzel Boston in the third round who was fantastic.
And then the pick they won it for you, the
pick from Heaven at the fourth round, Christopher Kidd picks
the Heisman Trophy winner Fernandoza and had him all season long.
That's some good picking right there. I'll give it to you.
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
Yeah. I didn't even know who he was.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
Well, I did. He had a solid season last year.
I didn't think he would become a Heisman winner. I
just thought he would have a decent season, and boy
did he.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Blow that out the water. Yeah, yeah, he really did.
So you had nine hundred and ninety there's nine and
eighty points. It ended up being very close. This is
the closest from the top to bottom that we've ever
had in our Big Ten Fantasy league. Bucky ended up
finishing second with ninety nine. I finished third with nine
to twenty two, and then Ashley with nine to nineteen.
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So all very close. This year was a it was
a fun season.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
Now.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
We had a lot of injury aggravations.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Thank you, John Coleman.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Yeah, exactly, thank you. Darius Taylor. I hope you fail at.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
Life Seahawks with the third round pick select.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
I hope, I hope you don't make it to the
National Football League. You get a desk job and get
fired within two weeks. Wow, that's what I hope. He
was not to any sports radio.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Little draft.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
I hope you get injured by a stapler incident sitting
at your desk at your job at the heat.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
He didn't say paper cut because that would be just
straight violence.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Well, I wouldn't wish that on anyone. Yeah, not my
worst enemy. So Chris Kid, Yes, we'll see if you
can wear that all winter long. Actually, you might want
to take that off your shoulder. Yeah, it really will.
Our college Football Preview draft was where we picked the
Heisman Trophy winner and the national champion, the Big Ten champion,
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and then how many wins that you Dubb would get. Now,
I would say three of us were terrible, Yeah, terrible
at this Bucky was okay, but okay compared to how
terrible we were. He ran away with it. So Buckey
won the Green Jacket. He nailed you Dub's win total
with eight and he took in the first round, so
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you got to give him credit for that. It's not
like he just backed his way into it. He was like,
I want that number eight, and I'm going to take
it with my first pick. So he did that. He
also has Ohio State actually pretty good, Ohio State winning
the national championship and right now they're the favorite. He
had Oregon winning the Big Ten. They came close, and
he had arch Manning winning the Heisman Trophy and that
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didn't come close. But then again, he was the favorite
at the time we were drafting. So Bucky ran away
with this one. So Bucky, congratulations, thank you.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
It feels good. It feels good.
Speaker 5 (04:30):
You didn't take Fernando Mendoza in the in the Heisman.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
Yeah, son of a gun. You you got jokes. You're funny.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
I should have.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Oh yeah, I'm sure he was like plus ten thousand.
I don't know.
Speaker 6 (04:41):
Congratulations, Bucky. I am very happy for you.
Speaker 5 (04:45):
Sound about as happy as you are about the NBA
Mid Season Cup.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
I am glad that came across correctly.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
Yeah, Ashley and I got to pick it up. Because
Bucky's now got five Green jackets for the new season.
He's leading Kid with his third. It moves out of
a tie for last place with me. But Ashley started
this season like gang bust. I think he won like
the first three.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
And so you you're in a you're in a drought.
At least you're not at the last place, which is
where I'm at. So it's the outstanding Green Jacket drafts
that we've had the Hockey Crack and Fantasy League. I'm
leading that right now with seventy one points. Ashley has
sixty eight, Kid was sixty two, and Bucky with forty eight.
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And I've got Jayden Schwartz out. So Ashley, there's your
chance to get here. I come yeah to overtake me
midway through the season. Guess who's winning our NBA one
round the Horn Ashley, guess who's winning me?
Speaker 3 (05:44):
Bucky? Probably me?
Speaker 1 (05:45):
Kid? Who do you think, Chuck? I'll go ahead, Chuck Fashley.
Ashley I predicted with the Nuggets, the Rockets, Hawks, and
Lakers is at sixty eight and thirty two, six games
better than Kid right now, nine and a hal half
games better than Bucky right now, and twelve and a
half better than me because I took the Mavericks and
not the Pistons like an idiot. That's eleven and a
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half points. That's unfortunate. Oh, that's horrible. And then our
NFL over unders that we did at the beginning of
the year, it's all but salted away. Bucky's all but
won this thing. He took Seahawks over eight and a half,
Broncos over nine and a half, and even though he
put took the Falcons over seven and a half, He's
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still probably gonna run away. You're almost cinched it. I mean,
I think I'm gonna punch three tickets. But the margin
is just not going to be significant where you already
have margins with the Broncos and Seahawks of two and
a half games each.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
How are my Jets doing not good?
Speaker 1 (06:45):
You did not have a good draft, and kid, you
got a chance to punch some tickets, but you got
to have some things happen. Yeah, Miami wins some games here, Bud,
help me out or lose or lose. I would like
for them to lose. So all right, that gets you
up to speed with what we've been doing. It's our
Green Jacket Draft. Do We do this every once in
a while to preview a major sporting event and then
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we have a little bit of fun with it. And
so today we preview the college football Playoff. There won't
be a draft today. Last year we introduced the green
Jacket bracket and so we did this with the college
basketball and then last year the first ever college football tournament.
And so today we just reveal our green Jacket brackets. Uh,
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and so we've got them all filled out and we're
ready to reveal. So this is no draft, just a
discussion and we'll start with Bucky. Bucky, let's talk about
your bracket. What do you got going over there?
Speaker 3 (07:39):
Well, I do have Oregon squeaking by jam You Settler.
Speaker 5 (07:44):
Yep, that's what I don't feel super confident in that one,
but I'm gonna go ahead and go with the Ducks.
Speaker 3 (07:52):
I don't have to lay points on this, just.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
Straight up, straight up yeah.
Speaker 5 (07:57):
And then I actually have Alabama beating no Oklahoma.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
That might be a different one. I don't know.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
If you guys it's eight nine, I think you can
go that's a coin toss right now. Oklahoma beat them earlier. Yeah,
but the Alabama out kind of outplayed them.
Speaker 5 (08:11):
I mean they as far as total yards, I think
it was like four six to two twelve. There was
a Oklahoma picked six in that game, and it still
was tight at the end. I think Alabama writes the
ship and beats them. I'm taking Old Miss against Tulane.
I think that they will have a little bit of
a galvanizing thing from the Lane Kiffin experience, at least
in round one. And then I don't really know about
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the Miami, Texas A and M. I don't I really
haven't watched either of those teams, but I'm cheering hard
for Texas A and M for one reason and one
reason only. You're a huge aggis Yep, No, No, because
I just don't like Miami now at all. Going back
on that one, I think Ohio State beats whoever comes
out of that matchup. With Texas A and M and Miami.
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I think Ohio State is the favorite and understandably so,
whether or not they hold up. I think their defense
better than it was last year. I think the offense
they have crazy weapons which show up usually in big moments,
so I have them advancing to the semifinals. I think
Georgia beats Old Miss They beat them just not too
long ago, right towards the end of the regular season.
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I think they kind of hold serve in that one.
I think Indiana beats Alabama, and then I'm taking Oregon
beating Texas Town because I can't yep, that's straight home.
Well wait to hear the rest of it, because then
I have Oregon beating Indiana in the semifinals. Yeah, yep,
because this is the year. I think the Ducks are
getting healthy at the right time. They basically the second
half of the season, definitely the last two months have
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been without their top two or three wide receivers and
still figured out a way.
Speaker 3 (09:40):
They got tons of running backs.
Speaker 5 (09:42):
Dante Moore has to play the way that he can,
not the way that he has at times. I think
that they can get past Indiana. They deserve to lose.
Come on, India, you're not that good. And then I
have Ohio State beating Georgia in their side of the bracket.
So it's Ducks versus Ohio State. And at this point
I'm not going back on it. Give me the Ducks
in the National championship.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
Man, I'm so glad I don't have to worry about
Bucky winning this. Yeah, well we'll see.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
That's we'll see about that, quack.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
That is, I guess you team? Yeah, your team? I guess, well, yes,
you don't bail on your team.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
Something cheer for.
Speaker 3 (10:19):
It's just nice to have my team in it, you know.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (10:22):
In the argument there you go, Joe Coo, I'm talking about.
You know what I'm talking about.
Speaker 2 (10:26):
As I don't know because Washington has not been in
the Jim used.
Speaker 3 (10:30):
Purple and gold. You could take them all the way.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
I mean, if they win all cheer hard.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
All right, Ashley, Where do you differ on your board
from Bucky?
Speaker 2 (10:39):
A lot of difference. None In the first round.
Speaker 6 (10:41):
I've got Oregon, Bama, Ole, Miss, and Texas A and
M in the first round. Okay, second round, I got
Ohio State, Georgia, Indiana.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
And Oregon.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
All right, so you're identical to this point.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
Yeah, okay, And then I picked Indiana.
Speaker 3 (10:57):
Of course you did.
Speaker 5 (10:58):
Yeah, chalk chalking beat him once already, I am chalking
twice in.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
The same season hockey. That's what it's carved on the
tree outside their house. Five iron, five iron loves chalking.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
Straight chalk.
Speaker 6 (11:10):
And then I got yeah, I got Indiana and Ohio
State meeting up in the semi finals and Indiana getting
them again.
Speaker 1 (11:15):
Oh look at that. Okay, that's straight chalk. Yep. Did
you take one upset? The entire time I did not know,
well you ever heard chalking?
Speaker 6 (11:28):
Yeah I did, because technically Alabama is an upset over Oklahoma,
Organs an upset over Texas tech ranking wise.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Okay, all right, all right, all right, I take that back.
You're just chalk, like, yeah, you're not chalky or I'm
very in my five iron loves chalk like, yeah, who doesn't. Yep?
All right, all right, kid, lay it out for me,
lay it out before us. What do you got?
Speaker 4 (11:53):
I have one upset, and that would be Miami over
Texas and and m oh boy, sorry, you'll be okay though, Bucky,
do everything else though, Oregon, Oklahoma, Ole miss and then
the you.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
Do have Oklahoma that's different than theirs.
Speaker 4 (12:06):
Actually, you're right, it is different than theirs, but it's
the favorite. So I go with the azy at least Oklahoma.
And then I got Texas Tech beating Oregan.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
Sorry Buck new heisily fake Mahomes is going to do
something special or I should maybe the one of bet Mahomes.
How do you want to phrase it?
Speaker 4 (12:22):
I'll probably play okay, hopefully doesn't get hurt though, right,
my goodness, Well, the fake Mahomes isn't there yet.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
He'll be there next year, that's true.
Speaker 4 (12:31):
Give me, this was tough, but I'm going with Indiana. Okay,
I actually think that is going to be a tough game.
I think Oklahoma place, if.
Speaker 1 (12:38):
Oklahoma gets there, even if Alabama gets there, I think
Indiana all three. If they're gonna win the national championship,
they're gonna earn it. They don't have an easy game.
Speaker 4 (12:47):
True that I did pick Georgia and Ohio State to
meet up in the semi which Ohio State will win,
and I got Indiana, and then I got Ohio.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
State saying we want revenge, and they get the revenge.
You got them going back to back, so you got
the Ohio State budd guys. All right, it's a little different.
It's not like the sixty eighteen field in college basketball.
I mean, there's a danger that you know, two of
us were going to pick the exact same jocket when
you only have twelve teams and you've got such clear
cut favorites in a few of those games. But I'm
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glad there's at least some variants, so we will have
a green jacket winner. All right. I do have a
couple of upsets, if you want to call them that,
in the first round, I do have. I'm taking Miami
over Texas A and m Nick Saban has been hot
on Miami all season long, just a couple of weeks ago,
says if they get in the tournament, they're as dangerous
as anybody. Those are the words of Nick Saban. They
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got incredible speed on defense, best pass rusher in college football,
best left tackle in college football. If Beck doesn't turn
the ball over, which has been an issue in their
losses but not in their wins, if he doesn't turn
the ball over, I think Miami is very dangerous. So
that I have them winning, I do have all misadvancing,
and I'm kind of rooting a little it for ole Miss.
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I'd like to see them win the national championship. Frankly,
okay can show.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
I would like that too, Although doesn't he get a
bonus or something from you?
Speaker 3 (14:08):
I don't care.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
I just want to see them celebrate without him.
Speaker 2 (14:11):
I like it.
Speaker 5 (14:11):
That's what I want to see. Yeah, I wouldn't mind that,
but I don't want it.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
I'm taking Oklahoma over Alabama. I'm not sure Alabama is
playing great football right now. And Kaylin de Bor's calling
up plays for Bryce Underwood already, oh, drawing those on
the plane, Like, hey, what are you doing there? Coach? Nothing?
Nothing my work?
Speaker 2 (14:32):
Yeah, coach? Why is everything in blue and yellow?
Speaker 1 (14:34):
Why do you have I love Jordan Marshall on your notebook?
Speaker 3 (14:37):
Coach?
Speaker 2 (14:37):
Why did you tattoo Ann Arbor on your butt?
Speaker 6 (14:40):
So?
Speaker 1 (14:41):
I think the distracted Crimson Tide loves to Oklahoma, who's
a very physical defensive team. I do have Oregon over
James Madison, but I do have Oregon losing to Texas Tech.
I liked Rick new Iiil saying that yesterday because I
was already leaning that way. I think text Tech's.
Speaker 3 (14:58):
The real deal.
Speaker 1 (14:59):
They might be the best defensive.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
Team in the country.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
I mean, they're outstanding on that side of the ball. Indiana,
I have winning a squeaker over Oklahoma, Georgia taking care
of Ole Miss and Ohio State moving past Miami, and
I got Ohio State and Texas Tech in the National
championship game with the Buckeyes winning at all for the
second year, I'll see you. Yeah, it's all said and
done then, Chuck. I mean, they're just the narrow differences
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except for Bucky's. Bucky's got Oregon going all the way.
That's noticeably different than the rest of us. But it's
going to come down to, you know, one or two games.
That's basically what's going to come down to. So there
you are. Those are our predictions for the college football Playoff.
May the best team win. Somebody needs to steal that
green jacket off of Bucky shoulders.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
That good luck with that.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
Yeah, it's missing my shoulders already. Who would have thought.
And as long as Oregon doesn't win the National Championship,
it will be done yep on Earth, as it is
in Heaven.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
Give us this day our daily bread.
Speaker 3 (15:55):
God doesn't like any of you, oh hey.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
Right, he loves us.
Speaker 2 (15:59):
Yeah, he doesn't.
Speaker 6 (16:00):
Yeah, he doesn't care for he Hatesson Stadium, that's for sure.
Speaker 1 (16:07):
Remember we were having drinks and he just wouldn't stop
talking about it.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
I do remember.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
It was almost the God. Yeah, we were like.
Speaker 6 (16:13):
I just had to take the drink away from him
because I thought he was just spouting off.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
A little too much about his Dislike. I'm like, you're
supposed to love everybody even more.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
God, we don't even like organ but this is making
us uncomfortable.
Speaker 6 (16:23):
Yeah, you're making us look good, and you're making it
look like we love Orgon.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
Yeah. I realized that Dan Landing is that. But you
don't have to call him that. Yeah, I mean, not
out loud.
Speaker 2 (16:32):
We can all think it with our eyes.
Speaker 1 (16:34):
I mean the sea really. Uh. Anyway, coming up on
the radio program here today, al Kanisky will join us
to talk some crack and ocky Sports Radio ninety three
point three kJ r.
Speaker 7 (16:47):
F M H Good morning, Chuck Buck Ashley with you
every week.
Speaker 1 (17:00):
Get this time we chat with cracking color analyst right
here on the flagship Sports Radio ninety three point three
kh A r f M. It is al Kiniski that
is with us. Good morning out, Good morning, No were
you how we're doing good. We're doing good. Happy holidays
to you, by the way. And yeah, and I would
imagine at this point there's not a Cracking fan that's
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not wishing for a win under the tree at this
point nine losses out of ten. Everett told us yesterday
we had the conversation. He doesn't think the team's playing poorly,
they're just not winning games. And I think that's exactly
what happened again last night. You face the best team
in the NHL on paper, you hang with them, and
yet you can't pull out a win. What's it going
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to take to get this thing over the top?
Speaker 8 (17:44):
Al Yeah, it's frustrating because because what you start doing
is you analyze, you know, what went wrong, whether it's
you know, whether it's a nine to nothing loss or
a five three loss, what went wrong? And the Cracking
going into that third period by a goal three to two,
you felt pretty good about that. If I had said, hey,
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you know, in the next game against Colorado, I'll spot
your three goals, it'll be three two going to the third,
you'd take that every single time. And when you look
at the the final score and you say what went wrong,
it just comes down to a couple of mistakes. And
that's the way it is with this team right now.
That's the way it is in playoffs. So the sooner
they figure it out, the sooner they'll get moving back
up the standings. And they're gonna have to play that
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way if they do make the playoffs. So how they
get it turned around. They've got to look at those
mistakes and they've got to clean them up. It's it's
a it's a bad clear there, it's a it's a
bad penalty here. It's it's you know, uh, not backchecking
correctly when you're trying to pick up the you know,
the right guy, you take the wrong guy. These things
all come out and film, and they happen every single
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time for both teams. But unfortunately the Kraken are are
getting punished by them a little more frequently than they're
able to punish the teams are playing.
Speaker 3 (18:55):
And let's let's face it.
Speaker 8 (18:56):
You know, last night it was Colorado, the best team
in the league, and they took advantage of those mistakes.
Speaker 5 (19:01):
Yeah, even though they hung with them, i mean towards
the end there there was that little scuffle where they
ended up handing out, but like four miners or double
miners or something, and they didn't show on TV. I
kind of saw on TV that Montour was kind of
slow to get up after he got involved in the
whole thing, and then he didn't return. Did you see
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anything that they didn't show on TV that would lead
us into any information at all on him?
Speaker 8 (19:27):
You know, in those skirmishes like that, obviously there's sticks
and there's you know, punches and guys falling to the ground,
and you just can't tell what happens to Montour and
the replays that I've seen other than maybe he went
down awkwardly and hit his head, which could be the
reason why he didn't return. Again, I'm speculating. We initially
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thought he went for stitches, which you know, for a
guy like Brandon Montour or any hockey player for that man,
that's not going to stop them from coming back to
the game. So I too, am a little bit curious
to what the longer term outlook is for Brandon Montour,
but I'm guessing it had something to do with, you know,
not necessarily a punch, because that usually ends up either
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in nothing or stitches at the worst, but maybe going
down to the ice, which is why he didn't return.
Speaker 1 (20:17):
Al Kinisky is with US color Analyst for your Seattle
Crack and Losers for the ninth time and ten games
last night, five to three, the final score against the
Colorado Avalanche, who have lost only two games all season
long to this point. Your reaction to Lane Lambert. I
know the team is scuffling right now, but he held
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a press conference in which he didn't allow the press
to ask him any questions that looked for members of
the media. I find that a bit unacceptable. I don't
think that we've got some hard hitting Seattle media corps
here that has worn, you know, Lane Lambert out after
every loss. I think that's pretty cheap to kind of
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back away from the questions that should be asked when
you've lost nine games out of ten. What was your
reaction to that?
Speaker 8 (21:07):
Yeah, I wasn't in the room for it, but I
did watch, start watching, listen to it, and from what
I can tell, there's a lot of frustration in his answers,
and it's not frustration at the Seattle media. It's frustration
on where the team is at right now. Like you said,
they're in all these games, they're just you know, they
can't get over the top and I think that frustration
probably came out in that postgame media vail and that's
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what you saw and heard there. I don't think that'll
happen again.
Speaker 5 (21:34):
Yeah, I am concerned just a little bit about how
long it's taken them to kind of reverse the trend here.
Yesterday was a moral victory as far as how well
they played, taking you know, ended up having the lead
against the team that's, you know, arguably the best team
in the NHL right now. But moral victories don't pay
the bills. Moral victories are not going to be enough.
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And so I mean, is there is there something besides
just they're just not finding that little thing at the
end that the other team does. Is there something in
general where it's like yesterday, I know, I was listening
to you and Fitz and you guys are talking about
how many block shots there was, and that to me
is just a toughness thing. I would imagine where you
just got to sit there and be like, yeah, go ahead,
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slap shot, I'll put my body in front of it.
Speaker 3 (22:18):
That doesn't sound all that fun.
Speaker 5 (22:20):
And yet it was working and it kept them in
the game, even had the lead into the third period.
And so is there a toughness thing that you're seeing
that they did yesterday, even though it didn't turn into
a victory.
Speaker 8 (22:32):
Oh absolutely, I mean, Bucky, the block shots were two
to one, I think at the end of the second
period twenty to ten for the cracking. And you know,
on the one hand, you might say, well, you wouldn't
have to block so many shots if you didn't give
this team so many shots on goal. But they knew
they were facing this high octane Colorado Avalanche team and
you knew that guys like Dathan McKinnon and Kill mccar
we're gonna be firing the puck. So your choice is,
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you know, accept the fact that they're going to put
tucks on it, let those tucks get through, or sacrifice
your boy to get in front of them as often
as possible. And that's what they were doing. So absolutely
there's a toughness factor there. They knew they had to
sign up for that to be in the game, and
that's a big reason for the for why they were
in the game. I think, you know, as far as
moral victories go, I would put it more as a
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forward looking victory, meaning that the last four games here
before Christmas, they're going to face Calgary, San Jose, Anaheim,
and LA and they're going to face those teams are
all in the Pacific Division, All but Calgary are above
them in the standings. You have to go out and
win those games. And I think that if you play
the way you did last night, not only will you
put yourself in a position to win, but you could
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have some statement wins in there.
Speaker 3 (23:42):
Now.
Speaker 8 (23:43):
Playing that way every single night, eighty two games a
year is not easy, but that I think they showed
themselves last night that they could play with this Colorado
Colorado Avalanche team. If they can play with them, they
can play with anybody.
Speaker 1 (23:54):
Al Canski with us a segment that brought to you
every week by the Queen and Beer Hall. What a
fun place that is. I got to ask you about
Shane Wright. He going into last night, he had not
had a point since the fourth of December. He had
not had a goal since November twentieth, and I think
even what's most alarming, seventeenth on the team in ice time.
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This was supposed to be I thought, potentially our best
offensive player this year. He did finally score a goal
last night. So what has been the problem that Lane
Lambert has had with giving Shane Wright more ice time,
and do you think that last night's goal may unlock
him for the year.
Speaker 8 (24:37):
Well, I think it's gonna help for sure. And I
think that each game that goes by where the Kraken
don't end up on the winning side, Lane Lambert says, Okay, well,
who were my best players from last game, Let's reward
them for some more ice time. I think that's what
you saw with Freddie Gudreau, who has moved up the
lineup from the fourth line. He was in the top
line wing last night. So Maddy Veneer's, Mason marshmurt and
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Jordan Eberley, that line that was kind of riding the
number one spot for at least half a dozen games,
if not most of the season, dropped into that second
line position. And so I think, you know, Lane Lambert
will continue to reward the guys that are are playing
hard having success. And that line of right, Newman and
Coco last night was one of your best, if not
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your best line out there. I think the Stevenson line
played very well also, but Jannie Newman was was was
was close on a couple of opportunities. He was involved
in that Shane Wright goal, he was. He had the
last touch before Right put the puck in the net.
I think Coppo Coco is another guy that you know,
Lane Lambert is trying to unlock him as well. I
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don't think he's having as productive of a season as
he had last season, and he knows it, and so
he's trying to figure that out as well. So you
get those three guys going and gosh, by the end
of the season, they could be your second.
Speaker 3 (25:52):
Or first line.
Speaker 8 (25:53):
And so I think it's small steps. I think that
that that you know, we're all waiting for a breakout,
you know, six twelve games for Shane right, but it
hasn't come yet. And I think that last night getting
that goal gives him a little more confidence going into
this last four game set before Christmas, and that could
be a difference maker.
Speaker 3 (26:13):
All Right.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
So finally at Calgary, I call it Kyle Gary tomorrow
night as they take on the Flames. Not a very
good team. I mean, the way we're going. I know
that there's a lot of season left, but are we
getting into must win territory against a sub five hundred
team here tomorrow night.
Speaker 8 (26:31):
Well, for a long time there we were looking at
Calgary going well, this is probably the team that's having
the hardest start to the season in the Western Conference
and certainly the Pacific Division. It's now Vancouver at twenty
nine points, and meanwhile Calgary at thirty is tied with
Seattle at thirty points. So Seattle has to look at
themselves now and say, we don't want to drop below Calgary.
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We want to be the better team and we want
to start chasing these teams above as San Jose, La Evanton, etc.
So to do that, you've got to be the teams
that are sitting below you in the standings, and that
starts tomorrow night with this Calgary team.
Speaker 1 (27:05):
Didn't Vancouver win the division last year?
Speaker 8 (27:08):
Yeah, Vancouvers a tough run as of late. They just
traded away with Quinn Hughes and you know, lots of
talk about that trade. They got three first round our
three first round players that were chosen in the first round,
plus a first round pick for next year's draft that
could pay off depending on where that pick lands. But
you know, a couple of years ago they were in
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the Stanley Cup contention hunt. So they've taken a big
step backwards. They're definitely in a retooling position right now.
Speaker 1 (27:37):
All right, I was wrong about that, but yeah, they
certainly have. It was the year before. It was two
years ago that they won the division. All right, all
awesome stuff. Hopefully we get it going here starting tomorrow night.
We'll be listening.
Speaker 8 (27:51):
Yeah, I appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (27:52):
Boys.
Speaker 8 (27:53):
You have a good holiday and I'll talk to you soon.
Speaker 1 (27:55):
All right, sounds great. Happy holidays. Al Koniski has segment
brought to you by Queen Anne beer Hall, home of
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show next on Sports Radio ninety three point three KJRFM,
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my final segment of the radio program today. You know
how we do it. It is one last thing here
on this Wednesday. Buckey, what do you got?
Speaker 5 (28:25):
I got a fantasy football question for you guys. So
I had Patrick Mahomes in the one league that I'm
still in the playoffs. I didn't make ours, and then
I got knocked out of the one of my old homies,
and so I'm in the one that's It's that with
the stupid rules that you get a point per rush thing,
which is fine because I have like five running backs
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that get score like fifty points a week.
Speaker 3 (28:49):
So I'm fine with that.
Speaker 1 (28:50):
But my advice is to start Earl Campbell. She gots
like thirty five carries a game. Houston Oilers.
Speaker 3 (28:56):
Yeah, cool, good idea.
Speaker 5 (28:57):
Now it's actually the replacement I had Baker Mayfield on
my bench. He hadn't really played exactly the same ever
since he kind of had that little shoulder injury a
few weeks back.
Speaker 3 (29:08):
Bryce Young is out there on the waiver wire.
Speaker 5 (29:10):
Bryce Young's going against They're playing each other, Carolina and Tampay.
Speaker 3 (29:13):
They haven't played yet. They played this.
Speaker 5 (29:14):
Week, not the following week and then the final week
of the season, which is poor scheduling on their.
Speaker 3 (29:19):
Part, I think.
Speaker 5 (29:19):
But the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are like the thirty first
rinked team as far as.
Speaker 3 (29:25):
Giving up points.
Speaker 5 (29:26):
Would you go Baker Mayfield against Carolina or would you
go Bryce Young against Tampa Bay? Is more porous Secondary
Mayfield Baker Mayfield. That's what I have right now, But
part of me is debating it.
Speaker 6 (29:40):
I think you can assume a more consistent number from him.
Speaker 5 (29:45):
It's Kirk Cousins scored sixty how many was it fifty
six points against Tampa Bay last week.
Speaker 1 (29:51):
Yeah, Kirk Cousins. Yeah, Well, part of mayfield struggles have
been nobody's been healthy. He's got Evans back, he's got
Godwin back, he's got Bucky Irving back, He's got everybody
back finally, and last week they were back together for
the first time. So second time around, Tampa Bay's been here,
done that, Carolina has it, and Carolina couldn't move the
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ball against New Orleans last week, So I think that
I would go. I think Mayfield's not only the higher floor,
I think he's also the higher seiling.
Speaker 3 (30:20):
Correct.
Speaker 1 (30:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (30:21):
I just think the problem with Caroline is you don't
know what you're getting any given week.
Speaker 3 (30:24):
Yeah, yeah, like a wild card.
Speaker 1 (30:26):
I mean, I'm benching Ted McMillan, who I've started every
single week this week because he's got five catches in
his last five three games plus a bye week in there.
So I've gotten five catches in four weeks from a
guy that was killing it for me. And now Bryce
Young's favorite target for whatever reason is Jalen Coker. Yeah,
thanks a lot.
Speaker 3 (30:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (30:45):
Yeah, the injuries are throwing a loop, I'm sure in
a lot of people's because I have Travis Kelcey in
that league too. Now they him and Patrick Mahomes didn't
like kill it this year the two headed monster like
I had hoped. And yet he still is like the
fourth ranked tight end in this league format.
Speaker 3 (31:00):
And yet now I'm like, I.
Speaker 5 (31:01):
Picked up Dalton Schultz just because I'm like, if who's
if Gardner Minshew can't connect with with Travis kelce.
Speaker 3 (31:09):
I might have to make a switch in the championship round.
Speaker 1 (31:11):
Ashley what he got for one last thing?
Speaker 6 (31:12):
Well, you know, we were talking earlier about the Knicks
and their NBA Cup and what a big deal it
was because the NBA Cup is so great.
Speaker 2 (31:20):
I don't know if you guys saw this, but the
Knicks are not going to hang a banner for the
NBA Cup. They said they've got bigger goals.
Speaker 6 (31:28):
I guess they want to win something called an NBA Championship.
Speaker 2 (31:30):
I've not heard of this.
Speaker 3 (31:32):
I think that's the second one more respect than that.
Speaker 6 (31:34):
But I did find it very entertaining that on X
it says Nicks and fifty two year drought with NBA
Cup final win over Spurs, and I thought fifty two
year drought, oh, Because they're saying it's their first trophy
since nineteen seventy three.
Speaker 2 (31:48):
That's what we're call it this, so it's equivalent.
Speaker 1 (31:51):
Now, I want Willis Reid to limp back out onto
the court and slap whoever tweeted that.
Speaker 6 (31:56):
Yeah, I was like, okay, that's what I want to
see that, you know, the thing in the today's news.
So it puts it all. It's just the ai combination
of everything. But I'm like, their first trophy since nineteen
seventy three, not quite the same.
Speaker 2 (32:09):
That would be like if I made them a trophy.
Speaker 1 (32:11):
Yeah, exactly, that's.
Speaker 3 (32:12):
Not that cool.
Speaker 2 (32:13):
Well that's true.
Speaker 6 (32:14):
Mine might be actually more prestigious. Sorry, I'm silver not
that you're listening.
Speaker 1 (32:18):
All right, I'm going to close out with this. And
Andrews and I are getting ready to record the latest
episode of Stove, so I'll get a chance to expand
on this on that. Have that out for you a
little bit later on today. But these Brendan Donovan trade
rumors to the Mariners, you know how they say, where
there's smoke there's fire, there better not be any smoke.
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I don't want to see smoke. There's smoke there, They're
better not be any fire. I better not find out
there's any fire. I mean, I just had Matt Hobbs
from our sales staff called me over and he said,
I've even heard cold Emerson being dragged into rumors. I
want to tell you this right now. If we trade
cold Emerson for Brendan Donovan, I'm going to start rooting
for the Astros.
Speaker 2 (32:57):
Yeah, that would be bad.
Speaker 1 (32:58):
All right, this is out, Siriah, I am about this.
We're not trading cold Emerson for Brendan Donovan. We're not
trading Las Montes for Brendan Donovan. We're not trading Ryan
Sloan for Brendan Donovan. There's a handful of guys I'm
not trading. Why don't we just throw Cal into the trade?
Oh God, while we're at it. I mean, this is well,
this is this absurd. I mean, this guy is a
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fine player and that's it. And we are not gonna
trade anybody with the potential for greatness, not even one
of them, for a fine player for the next two years.
Just I mean, I unless unless they're is hair brained
as some of these. I just think it's Saint Louis
fans who started newsletters or whatever and are starting these
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rumors and then for whatever reason, John Paul Moros's of
the world are treating it like it's truth. I just
can't imagine. I just can't. I just can't even fathom.
If I see Las Montes for Brendan Donovan, I'm gonna
lose my ever loving mind.
Speaker 3 (33:59):
Yes, yeah, oh yeah, I would too. Yeah.
Speaker 5 (34:01):
There definitely is some people that have too high of
a possibility, too high of a ceiling I'd like to
trade for.
Speaker 1 (34:07):
Yeah, I'd like to have the player. I think it'd
be a good addition to the team, but for the
right trade.
Speaker 5 (34:11):
Value, right right, And I think that that's what they're
gonna do. I think I don't think they'd give I
don't think they give up last I think that's like
you said, somebody with a newsletter. It's like I think
emer I think, uh, you know, Las Montes would be
a great trade for him. I mean, he doesn't done
anything in the big league. Jets like, yeah, might hit
fifty bombs. Though your guy might hit fifty in the
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next three years.
Speaker 1 (34:34):
We can get Brian wu in a prospect, will trade
your brother Donovan? Shut up? Yeah, all right, we'll talk
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