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PREGAME: Head Coach Lane Lambert with Everett Fitzhugh before the Kraken/Canucks Game (1/2) · Seattle Kraken Audio Network

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  Speaker 1: Thanks Mike klaan big win last night for one at
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  Speaker 1: home against Nashville. You pushed that point street to six games.
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  Speaker 1: What went right in your opinion for your group.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, we had a good start, which was nice to see.
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  Speaker 2: You know. We came out of the gates and got
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  Speaker 2: a lead, played pretty well with the lead for the
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  Speaker 2: most part. You know, you find that in this league
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  Speaker 2: when you're up two or three, the team that's behind,
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  Speaker 2: as as a rule of thumb, doesn't really have anything
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  Speaker 2: to lose at that point, so they're pretty loose, you know.
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  Speaker 2: So I thought we were very committed in you know,
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  Speaker 2: taking care of our own zone and blocking shots and
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  Speaker 2: things like that when we were up to protect the lead.
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  Speaker 1: Nashville on this backen of a back to back, they
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  Speaker 1: had some spurts and when they got their first goal,
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  Speaker 1: it seemed like their only goal that next shift or
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  Speaker 1: two for them. They had a bit of momentum going.
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  Speaker 1: What was the mindset on the bench about quelling a
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  Speaker 1: potential upstart from them, especially for a team that was
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  Speaker 1: desperate like they weren't.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, we knew that we had to manage the pocket,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and just play smart. And I thought that
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  Speaker 2: there was a period of time where they started to
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  Speaker 2: win more battles than us and which put us under duress.
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  Speaker 2: We rectified that a little bit, but certainly, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I think we can be better with that lead, and
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  Speaker 2: we haven't had one of those leads for a while,
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  Speaker 2: so it was a good learning experience for us.
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  Speaker 1: I know you haven't been asked about the fourth line
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  Speaker 1: in probably about twelve hours, So let me ask you
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  Speaker 1: about the fourth line once again. Someone I heard the
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  Speaker 1: other day called them the identity line for this team.
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  Speaker 1: And when you when you want a team to play well,
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  Speaker 1: that those are the three guys that you're looking at.
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  Speaker 1: What did you like about their performance two points in
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  Speaker 1: that first period and again continually leading the charge and
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  Speaker 1: seemingly leading the way in terms of playing the game
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  Speaker 1: the way that you want to see it played.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's uh. You see that a lot of a
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  Speaker 2: fourth lines. That's, in my opinion, is the way to
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  Speaker 2: build a hockey team. You have to have an identity line,
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  Speaker 2: a fourth line that can go out there and do
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  Speaker 2: the dirty things for you, and you're also trusting them
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  Speaker 2: in the defensive zone for defensive zone face us, which
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  Speaker 2: is very important tonight. You know, in order for us
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  Speaker 2: to be able to put out Benier's line or rights
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  Speaker 2: line or Stevenson's line in the offensive zone all the time,
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  Speaker 2: we have to curb some of those minutes when they
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  Speaker 2: face office down in our zone. So that's why it's
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  Speaker 2: very important to have a responsible fourth line. Certainly, you know,
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  Speaker 2: these guys have energy, they're banging bodies and they're just
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  Speaker 2: playing the game the right way.
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  Speaker 1: Found out earlier today that Coppolo, Coaco and Ellie Tolvenin
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  Speaker 1: will be joining Philip Grubauer representing their respective countries, Finland
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  Speaker 1: and Germany in the upcoming Olympics. What's it like for
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  Speaker 1: you to have three Olympians now on your team? A
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  Speaker 1: little bit of a feather in your cap to be
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  Speaker 1: able to say that, Hey, I help coached up a
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  Speaker 1: couple of Olympians and what do they mean to this
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  Speaker 1: team moving forward?
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  Speaker 2: Well, those guys have been coached up well before me.
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  Speaker 1: You're a part of it, though you play a big
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  Speaker 1: part of it.
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  Speaker 2: I will tell you that. You know, from an organizational standpoint,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it's a really nice thing to have. You know,
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  Speaker 2: starts right at the top with management, so you know,
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  Speaker 2: and these guys, uh, you know, to your point, it's
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  Speaker 2: a feather in their cap. They're obviously super excited about it,
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  Speaker 2: and it's an opportunity for them to go compete against
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  Speaker 2: the best in uh, you know, the best tournament. Uh
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  Speaker 2: we have right now, best on best kind of thing.
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  Speaker 1: Then you get another kick at the Vancouver can after
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  Speaker 1: a three to shootout loss back on Monday, in a
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  Speaker 1: game in which you said it yourself, you felt the
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  Speaker 1: team played very well. You were happy with that performance
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  Speaker 1: for you, Is it a simple manner of rinse and
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  Speaker 1: repeat with with the effort here tonight?
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  Speaker 2: We'd like to do that. Yeah, I thought we played
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  Speaker 2: well enough to win the hockey game, and we didn't.
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  Speaker 2: I thought their goaltender was really good. You know, but we, uh,
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  Speaker 2: we have to make sure that we take that formula,
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  Speaker 2: continue to attack, continue to stay on our toes, and
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  Speaker 2: continue to push the push the envelope north, be smart.
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  Speaker 2: It's a back to back for us. Uh. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we're gonna need Joey to play well and have him
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  Speaker 2: you know, move box for us as well. So you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's a good challenge for us.