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🗓️ 31 July 2020
⏱️ 24 minutes
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0:00.0 | There's been safety protocols, and there's been some anxious moments, but they've been waiting for this opportunity that they're built for to finally compete against another team. |
0:11.6 | The National Hockey League has returned. Sit back and enjoy this one. |
0:19.7 | Lace up. |
0:26.9 | Live hockey returns this weekend with a non-stop round-robin tournament leading into the playoffs. |
0:38.3 | Ahead of the NHL's return, our Greg Wyshinsky joins the show to explain why our neighbors to the North agreed to play host and which teams are ready to face off, and what promises to be a truly memorable battle for Lord Stanley's Cup. |
0:43.3 | I mean it comes, it's Friday, July 31st. |
0:47.3 | This is ESPN Daily. |
0:52.3 | Greg, what is the best name of a hockey team in the history of the sport? |
0:57.4 | And why is it the Seattle Cracken? |
1:00.5 | I was also partial to the Vancouver Millionaires back in the 1910s. |
1:05.4 | That's a pretty stout name. |
1:07.0 | That's got some swagger. |
1:08.5 | Although, you know, again, adjusted for inflation, millionaires back in the 1910s. |
1:12.1 | I mean, what are we talking? |
1:12.9 | But Cracken is an amazing name. |
1:15.4 | Greg Wischenski covers the NHL for ESPN |
1:17.4 | and his co-host of the hockey podcast, ESPN on ice. |
1:22.0 | Well, as a lifelong Cracken fan, |
1:24.7 | I'm disappointed that they're not launching time for this incredible tournament. |
1:30.9 | But I'll be scouting the competition and I'll be glued to my sofa because hockey is back |
1:36.6 | this weekend. How do you feel about it? Conflicted but hopeful. |
1:41.5 | NHL teams return to the ice today for the first time since March |
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