That’s Sports Podcast - 'Raw Takes' | A Kraken Good Team?

'Raw Takes' | A Kraken Good Team?

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07/22/21 • 18 min

That’s Sports Podcast

Alex and Josh bring you a teaspoon of nonsense as they watch and react to the Seattle Kraken's expansion draft. Alex explains how he suffered heart palpitations over the last 24 hours at the thought of his Habs losing Carey Price to the Kraken (1:07), and Josh expounds on his love affair with the Florida Panthers (3:11). The boys try to make sense of Seattle selecting Mark Giordano from Calgary (4:36), and highlight the theme of youthful talent that runs throughout GM Ron Francis' selections (5:20). Josh laments how the past two expansion teams have pouched good young defensemen from his LA Kings, Brayden McNabb to the Knights and now Kurtis MacDermid to the Kraken (6:28). The duo assess the Kraken's chances next season (13:59), and jest about Brandon Tanev's viral headshot (14:43).

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