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It was good jobs Devine, Jim
Hayney, and you're checking in on the

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it's Real ninety two three, LA's
new home for hip hop Jeff Garcia

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along with the legend Luke Robotie.
How are you Sartin doing great? You

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good? Happy holidays too, Yeah, happy holidays, see you too.

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And before we start with all the
hockey talk, I want to commend you

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and your wife first of all for
all the charity work that you guys do.

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I think, like I'm we do
Cruise carriacs. You can see all

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these toys in the studio right now. We do with the Boys and Girls

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clubs. So that's something that's very
near and dear to my heart into the

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show's heart. So thank you for
you know, doing that in what you

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and your wife does, y'are welcome. I think it's great when we have

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a chance, you know, some
of us do we do entertainment or thing

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and we have a chance that we
can make a difference and help kids.

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And you know, for us,
we've helped those kids that live in foster

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home or at risk youth and it's
been amazing to see them graduate and get

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jobs and make a difference in their
well. I have a I always think

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that's the greatest thing. Where can
people find out more information and help?

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Oh, it's easy. Our website
is called it's Echoes of Hope dot org,

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so you can get there and just
take a look at all the stuff

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we do. And you know,
from year to year we help about ten

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thousand kids. We got an amazing
computer. Some of them like we see

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them all the way through college.
Let's see idea, we see them through

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college. That's good, that's amazing. And you know, it's always tough

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when you have teens and they get
into the foster care system and stuff.

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It's very difficult sometimes for them to
get out of that. So the fact

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that they have guidance from people like
you to see them all the way through

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the college is really amazing. Well, yeah, because we know a lot

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of those kids they get out of
the system, they end up homeless.

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It's really hard, and so if
they want to go to school, there'll

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be people that'll support them. There's
a few other programs that we all work

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together, and it's awesome to see
them thrive and see them get through school.

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And like I said, they get
jobbed and then they help other kids.

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Yeah. No, and the that's
like giving keeps continuing. Kings are

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playing well, yeah, third in
the Pacific. I like to see that

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as we're talking right now, right
the road record. It just blows me

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away. Still. I was bump
because we had a little bump in the

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on the road, I know,
and damn it. Yeah. But at

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the same time, I mean,
what do you attribute that to? You

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played a lot of years. There's
got to be a mentality or something going

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on. It's a it's definitely a
mentality thing. It's kind of funny.

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We started in Australia this year and
then the way our schedule is today,

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it's a little bit different than twenty
thirty years ago. There's no time for

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the players to get together because they
fly into a city, they go eat,

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they have the game, and they're
together on the plane. But everybody

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that's their same season. When we
were in Australia for the first time in

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about ten years, they had six
days together to bond, to bond,

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and the players kept telling me we
never have time to do that, you

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know, And we let them free
in Australia. I'm glad. Nothing bad

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happened. Yea, anywhere that's dangerous. But then you know, they got

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to play God. They went to
dinner as a group the whole week,

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and all of them kept coming back
going, you know what, Look,

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we've never had chance to do it, and I forgot about it. So

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I think that really helped our team
bond to start the season, and I

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think that's why when they go on
the road they feel together. It's been

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it's been a lot of fun to
see him play that way. For you,

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personally, what was sweeter winning the
Cup as a player or winning it

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as an organization? You know,
I think winning as a player made me

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understand what it takes to really win, and so you understand it takes everyone

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behind the scene. You know,
it takes the guy that might only play

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one shift in the playoffs to win
it all. And but then winning in

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LA you know, when I was
working like for the with the organization,

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and and to see like the difference
in making people's lives that've been like our

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fans for years, it had been
forty five years, that was truly incredible

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and amazing. So I'm glad I
did both because I know, you know,

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as a player, what it what
it took, but I'm glad I

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got to see him be part of
when we want it, and I hope

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to be part of many more me
too. Hope there's more to the city

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we could I know we have too, but we could use some more,

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yeah, you know, And I
never get tired of that when yeah,

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I mean, I remember every single
thing about that first one. I mean,

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man, like I shed it tears. It's you know, when you

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go through it and you're a fan, I mean, you know, you

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put your heart into it and you
vest into it. And to see that

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was just such an amazing moment.
And then to do it relatively quickly again

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was pretty nice. Right. It
was amazing we could have done in thirteen

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to two and to do it in
four, And it was two different ways.

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I remember in the first year in
twelve, we were up through nothing

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every series, and I remember like
we'd be like celebrating after a Game three,

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like, oh my god, we
gotta get ready for the next round,

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like the odds are we're going to
win. And it was truly an

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incredible run. Then the next series
we're always down, you know, like,

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and then we kept coming and winning
in game seven. So it was

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two different different ways to win it, which was incredible. I want to

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talk to you about Quentin, you
know, and his impact like on on

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the team and his impact at large, you know, for diversity in the

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league and I think for the city
too. It's a really great thing.

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How are you feeling about that and
any insight on how he is as a

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person and a player and how he's
taking that on. You know, well,

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he's a great kid. He's a
very special kid. I mean,

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you know, it's kind of funny. He had some pressure in the last

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couple of years, and we knew
he's really young. He's only twenty one.

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He's a big kid, super strong, and we knew he's coming.

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We understand what he could bring for
our franchise. I think the sky's the

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limit for him. He's going to
be very impactful the next four or five

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years for us, and we're really
excited about him. What makes him very

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special, He's just like a kid, you know, he wants to be

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a kid. He likes to play
a video game. He understands that he

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can make a difference, he really
does. He's very serious about that.

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But he understands too. He always
says, well, let me play my

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game, Let me be the best
I could be. And then whenever we

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ask him to help us or to
do something, he's always there. But

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I think he's so aware that if
he becomes the player he believes he could

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be, the difference he'll be able
to make, and whether it's this city

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or this in North America and so
forthies. So it takes a certain maturity,

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even though we say he's just a
kid, to understand that at that

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age. Yeah, And it's not
easy to take on at that age either,

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you know, the expectations and the
pressures and different things. But I

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hope, yeah, I mean I
love watching him and I think he's going

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to be you know. I hope
he continues to have a great career,

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and I hope it's in the King's
uniform. He will, he will as

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long as possible. How about Camon
Gold. This season, it's been amazing.

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He leads a lot of stats.
Mean, yeah, he's been very

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special for us. We're real happy. I mean last year when we got

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him, we thought if he could
just play a certain way that fits our

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team, we'd be okay. But
he's gone above the expectation. He's done

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really well. Injury for him,
the last couple of years has been the

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thing that hurt him. And he
was healthy this summer and we knew that

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and that's why it made sense for
us to go get him. Yeah.

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No, it was great play on
that end, man, Like we need

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that and stability is importance. Hopefully
you can stay healthy. Next statue outside

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of Crypto, which Kings player is
going to get it? Well? I

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the way I feel is I like
to have hockey statues out there so too.

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Fighting for the kids. Yes,
so if you would ask me,

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I mean, we've had some very
special players. I thought Dustin Brown holding

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a cup first captain was very important. Yet four Kinks fans our organization.

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Yes, I think you know you
asked me today. Anse Copeitar, Jonathan

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Quick and Drew Dowdy are very very
special for this franchise. They brought the

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first Stanley Cup and they've been around. So, like I said, I

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let's just say that I like to
have as many hockey statues as possible out

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there. Yeah, no, for
sure. And all those names that you

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said, they're all perfectly fit to
have a statue out there because of what

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they did for those two cups.
Anyone, No, no, no,

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I was gonna say I said Kobe
Dowdy and then quick of course, and

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then so I mean that that's the
same people I would have said. And

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like the Dustin I didn't think of
the Dustin Brown moment where he's holding the

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cup, but that what an epic
statue though, That's what the statue is

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about. Like, you know,
he meant a lot to our franchise at

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the time. He was the most
game played and the captain most hits.

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But he's the first captain to hold
the Stanley Cup. And I think that's

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that's the memory our fans remember the
most, especially after all those years.

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How does Kopatar keep doing it over
and over and over. He's a special

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athlete. He you know, is
life, you know, off off the

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ice is like he takes care of
himself. He does everything right, and

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he's a very special player. And
you know, like there's very few of

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those guys that could keep doing it
a year after year and so forth.

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But it's incredible what he's doing.
And you know, I give him all

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the credit and we're certainly glad that
he keeps doing it for us. Yeah,

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no, thank goodness. Yeah,
I'm so glad he stayed in the

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King's uniform. It means everything.
I want to thank you for taking ten

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minutes to talk to me. Man, this is very cool. I mean

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I love you, love what you've
done for the organization, and I just

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uh am thankful to have you be
a part of it and uh anything that

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the Kings fans need to know that
are listening right now? Yeah, well

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we we what what Amanda was wear
here? What's what's our big days that

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we got? We got done?
Yeah, that's right. January four,

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we got Dodgers Night. So yeah, you gonna be there, Luke,

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you got it, you got it. We gotta ask him to come over.

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I hope he's in town at that
time. We're gonna try him.

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So Dodgers Night. What else?
Oh yeah, January twenty is always a

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fun one. That's a good one. That's right, that's good. Okay,

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So those are a couple of nights. Get all your tickets all the

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Kings dot com, right, and
I guess we're gonna give them away right

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now? Yeah, all right,
cool, we'll do a caller number ninety

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two eight six six two four six
eight ninety two three. These are Luke's

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personal tickets. Yeah right, all
right, there's good tickets. They're good,

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they're good. They're all my personal
tickets. I was gonna say,

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when you're the boss, I mean, they're all your tickets, right,

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So eight six six two four six
eight ninetywo three collar number ninety two,

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gonna go see the La Kings.
Luke, thank you, man. I

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appreciate everything so much. You're talking
about any dude,