Preseason Opens and Interviews with Vrana, Holtby, and Hagelin
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🗓️ 18 September 2019
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Rob, J.J, and Brian recap the Preseason Opener vs. Chicago before continuing our series of player interviews. First, Jakub Vrana, where he definitively tells us the proper pronunciation of his first name (10:29). Then, Braden Holtby (20:11) , where of course the first question is regarding contract talks. Finally, Carl Hagelin (25:57), who signed a 4 year deal with Washington in the off-season.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, the first preseason game is in the books. |
| 0:02.4 | J.J. Regan, Tom Wilson finally decided I'm the best player on the ice by far. |
| 0:07.3 | Let's end this and all go home. |
| 0:08.8 | Thank you, Tom Wilson, for getting us out of there and avoiding the only thing worse than preseason overtime, which is preseason shootout. |
| 0:16.0 | So we all owe Tom Wilson a debt of gratitude tonight. |
| 0:19.2 | Absolutely. Brian McNally, though, Tom Wilson, not the big story of preseason game one. |
| 0:23.8 | The kids were, as the Viper comes through with a goal, Lexi Protois, Connor McMichael gets |
| 0:30.7 | some points here tonight. Damien Reatt gets a goal as well, some kids producing. |
| 0:35.5 | Kids did all right. They looked good. They said they were nervous early, but settled down and produced, made some plays. These aren't guys who are going to be in the A.H.L. or the NHL this year, but they're going to take this experience back to junior, I think, and the organization's high on them. They think both of those guys, their high draft picks this year, can contribute in the future. |
| 0:54.6 | And we haven't even mentioned Beck Malenstein, who Todd Reardon loves. |
| 0:59.2 | I'm Rob Carlin, the Capitals Talk podcast starts now. |
| 1:04.4 | Chicago and white, Washington in red, Wilson, streaking through center. |
| 1:10.3 | Tom Wilson, full blast. |
| 1:12.1 | Going to the front. |
| 1:13.0 | He scores. |
| 1:15.6 | Wilson coast to coast. |
| 1:17.8 | Washington wins. |
| 1:20.0 | What's up, Kaps fans? |
| 1:21.1 | It is time for another edition of the Capitals Talk podcast. |
| 1:24.1 | And today, we've actually got interviews that we want to play from Capp's Media Day. |
| 1:29.2 | We've got three big names. |
| 1:31.7 | It's Jacob Vrana. |
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