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PREGAME: Lane Lambert with Everett Fitzhugh before the Kraken face the Preds (3/19) · Seattle Kraken Audio Network

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  Speaker 1: Thanks Mike laying a six to two loss to Tampa
• 0:03
  Speaker 1: the other night. After that game, you talked a lot
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  Speaker 1: about the mistakes that were made and the turnovers for
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  Speaker 1: the Crack and outside of that, you didn't hate the
• 0:11
  Speaker 1: game the Crack and played just take us through that
• 0:14
  Speaker 1: defeat by the lightning.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I didn't like I said, I didn't hate the game.
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  Speaker 2: I thought we did a pretty good job, you know,
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  Speaker 2: through the neutral zone for the most part, you know,
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  Speaker 2: of taking care of some of their talent. But we
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  Speaker 2: did turn the puck over and then their talent came through.
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  Speaker 2: They just you know, if you make a mistake at
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  Speaker 2: the wrong time, you know, obviously they bury it. And
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  Speaker 2: we did a lot of things the other night that
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  Speaker 2: cost us. But yet at the same time, we did
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  Speaker 2: some positive things too, So we got to clean up
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  Speaker 2: those mistakes and you know, accentuate the positives.
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  Speaker 1: You talked about the talent from Tampa. They had a
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  Speaker 1: very aggressive for check as well. Did they rush Did
• 0:56
  Speaker 1: you feel they rushed your team into making a lot
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  Speaker 1: of those quick decisions behind the nets against the wall
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  Speaker 1: or where? Do you think a lot of those came from.
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  Speaker 2: Came from ust being too slow? We prepared for it
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  Speaker 2: in the morning. Apparently they didn't get the message. And
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  Speaker 2: if you hold on the pucking dust enough for a
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  Speaker 2: split second, top teams are going to be on you.
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  Speaker 2: The same thing with Colorado. So our guys gotta they've
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  Speaker 2: got to be more ready.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 2: It's it's it's a man's game right now, and we've
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  Speaker 2: got to play like men.
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  Speaker 1: You mentioned accentuating those positives. You've got power play goals
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  Speaker 1: now in the last couple of games. Bobby McMahon's got
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  Speaker 1: two power play goals his first three games. What if
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  Speaker 1: you liked about the units that you put together, especially
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  Speaker 1: his unit.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think that second unit's moving the puck pretty quickly.
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  Speaker 2: I'd like to see our first unit move it a
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  Speaker 2: little more. You know, we're passing around a little too much.
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  Speaker 2: We need to get more of a shop mentality with
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  Speaker 2: that unit. I think we got a little bit more
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  Speaker 2: of a shop mentality with the second unit. But you know,
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  Speaker 2: coming down the stretch here, we need our power play.
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  Speaker 1: We called up Yannie Newman, not an emerge and see
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  Speaker 1: basis and you're going to get that shot back in
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  Speaker 1: the lineup potentially. What do you like about his game
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  Speaker 1: and his development this season in Coachella.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I mean he's went down there and he's scored
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  Speaker 2: some goals. You know, there's a big jump from the
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  Speaker 2: American Hockey League in the National Hockey League, trust me.
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  Speaker 2: But you know he's got a shot, he can shoot,
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  Speaker 2: and you know we need him if he does come
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  Speaker 2: into the lineup, we need him to put pucks in
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  Speaker 2: the back of the net. But we needn be responsible defensively,
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  Speaker 2: just like the rest of our hockey team. Right now,
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  Speaker 2: you know, our defensive game five on five is nowhere
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  Speaker 2: near good enough. It's not even close to what it
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  Speaker 2: was before the break in the first fifty six games.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we're working on reasons for it, making adjustments
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  Speaker 2: to the best of our ability, but certainly we have
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  Speaker 2: to be better defensively. We're not gonna win hockey games
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  Speaker 2: giving up that many goals.
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  Speaker 1: Looking at this one here tonight, you just played Nashville
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  Speaker 1: back at your play so that result fresh in your mind.
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  Speaker 1: What lessons can you take from that game and apply
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  Speaker 1: them here to tonight against a team that likes Seattle,
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  Speaker 1: desperate for points right behind. They're cracking in the standings
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  Speaker 1: and trying to push the playoffs as well.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean big hockey game for us tonight in
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  Speaker 2: their building. You know, we have to play obviously solid.
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  Speaker 2: You know, they're a team that pushes out, they take off.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we have to make sure we're above them.
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  Speaker 2: We've got to play solid defense and translate that into offense.
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  Speaker 2: That's a bottom line.