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PREGAME: Head Coach Lane Lambert with Everett Fitzhugh before the Kraken/Senators (3/7) · Seattle Kraken Audio Network

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  Speaker 1: Thanks, Mike. Lame busy day yesterday. A couple of moves.
• 0:03
  Speaker 1: One Bobby McMahon traded to Seattle. You're very familiar with him,
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  Speaker 1: having coached him in Toronto. Also, your captain reups for
• 0:10
  Speaker 1: two more years. Maybe not the crazy day that a
• 0:13
  Speaker 1: lot of fans maybe were expecting for the cracking, but
• 0:16
  Speaker 1: just talk about yesterday and now you can finally just
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  Speaker 1: breathe and let all that go and now focus on
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  Speaker 1: the last sprint to the end of the season.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, you know, it was nice to sign ups.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I think he's done a really good job
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  Speaker 2: after you know, his his injury, coming back having a
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  Speaker 2: great year for us. He understands what it takes at
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  Speaker 2: his age to play the game, the commitment that it takes,
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  Speaker 2: and so that is of no concern to me from
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  Speaker 2: that standpoint. And he's having a half of a year
• 0:45
  Speaker 2: for us. He deserves it, you know. And as far
• 0:48
  Speaker 2: as Bobby McMahon is concerned, he'll had an element of
• 0:50
  Speaker 2: speed to our hockey team. You know, he's fast, He's
• 0:54
  Speaker 2: deceptively fast, and he's got some pretty good size and
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  Speaker 2: you know, he plays the game the right way. I
• 1:00
  Speaker 2: had him for a year. You know he was good
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  Speaker 2: for us in Toronto last year twenty goals. He has
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  Speaker 2: nineteen goals this year, so we're expecting him to come
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  Speaker 2: in and add some speed and.
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  Speaker 1: And some scoring touch. The trade deadline for a lot
• 1:13
  Speaker 1: of coaches can be a double edged sword. You want
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  Speaker 1: to bring someone in to make your team better, but
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  Speaker 1: you don't want to mess up that chemistry and the
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  Speaker 1: culture in the room. Having coached McMahon before, what type
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  Speaker 1: of player is he off the ice and what value
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  Speaker 1: will he bring to that locker room.
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  Speaker 2: Bobby McMahon's a low maintenance guy. You know, he's an
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  Speaker 2: Alberta kid who came up through the East Coast League
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  Speaker 2: and he's earned everything he's gotten. So he's not only
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  Speaker 2: probably appreciative and grateful for where he's at, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: and speaking to him yesterday, he's excited to come to Seattle,
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  Speaker 2: and we're looking for people that are excited to come
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  Speaker 2: to Seattle.
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  Speaker 1: Last time out for Seattle Cracking falling three to two.
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  Speaker 1: Just take us back to that game a couple of
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  Speaker 1: nights ago and where you felt the Cracking needed a
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  Speaker 1: little bit more in that game.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I thought our power play could have helped us
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  Speaker 2: out you know, certainly at the end of six on four,
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  Speaker 2: you know, that was a big moment that we needed.
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  Speaker 2: But certainly, you know, I thought the game could have
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  Speaker 2: went either way. Really, to be honest, you know, I
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  Speaker 2: thought it probably could have went our way as opposed
• 2:17
  Speaker 2: to their way. But it didn't, which is you know,
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  Speaker 2: the irony of the game of hockey Monday night against Carolina.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it probably could have been a different story
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  Speaker 2: the other way, but that's just the way it goes.
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  Speaker 2: You know, We've got to take advantage of our opportunities here.
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  Speaker 2: We've got twenty one games left. Just take it one
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  Speaker 2: game at a time and see where we're at. Just
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  Speaker 2: play our game.
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  Speaker 1: Looking at the night's game, there was a little bit
• 2:42
  Speaker 1: of illness going through the locker room. There were a
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  Speaker 1: few guys who weren't at practice this morning, with Adam
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  Speaker 1: Larson and Freddie gudrou out as well. Just any update
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  Speaker 1: on their status and how do you manage the guys going,
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  Speaker 1: you know, in and out of the room every single
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  Speaker 1: day with sickness going through that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well we try and keep them away. That's one
• 3:00
  Speaker 2: of the reasons why they weren't here. Ryan Linggren wasn't
• 3:02
  Speaker 2: here this morning as well either, So I don't have
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  Speaker 2: any updates other than their game time decisions, and we'll
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  Speaker 2: see how they feel when they get here tonight.
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  Speaker 1: Looking at Ottawa very much like Seattle. They're in the
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  Speaker 1: thick of a playoff race out east, and you know
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  Speaker 1: they're coming off a four to one win the other
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  Speaker 1: night in Calgary. What type of issues do they present
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  Speaker 1: here today for Seattle and what do you want to
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  Speaker 1: see the crack and do to combat that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they're a good hockey team. I know a lot
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  Speaker 2: about them. We played them last year in Toronto in
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  Speaker 2: the playoffs. They've got a combination of a lot of things.
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  Speaker 2: To be honest with you, I really like their team.
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  Speaker 2: They have grit, they have Greece, they have skill, and
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  Speaker 2: their defense can skate. Shabbat Sanderson, Brady kachuk at net
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  Speaker 2: front Ridley, Greg Bathurston Stutslow. The team is they are
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  Speaker 2: their ninth in the league and shooting percenters, so they
• 3:56
  Speaker 2: score more goals than most teams do, unexpected goals, so
• 4:01
  Speaker 2: they can snipe and they have speed coming through the
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  Speaker 2: middle of the ice. We've got to make sure that
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  Speaker 2: we manage that, take care of that, keep them to
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  Speaker 2: the outside as much as possible. We did a really
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  Speaker 2: good job of that in Ottawa way back. We have
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  Speaker 2: to do that again tonight, and you know, we have
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  Speaker 2: to attack. You know, they've got all this offensive stuff
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  Speaker 2: and they've been pretty good defensively as well. But for us,
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  Speaker 2: we need to attack. We need to get more at
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  Speaker 2: presence and more show volume tonight that we did the
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  Speaker 2: other night.