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PREGAME: Head Coach Lane Lambert speaks with Everett Fitzhugh before the Kraken & Maple Leafs face off (1/29) · Seattle Kraken Audio Network

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  Speaker 1: Thanks Mike Klayne. A big five to one win against
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  Speaker 1: your former club in the Washington Capitals a couple of
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  Speaker 1: nights ago. Everything that seemingly could go right did go
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  Speaker 1: right for Seattle. Just take us through that sixty minute
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  Speaker 1: performance for your team.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I thought we started well. It's been a focus
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  Speaker 2: of ours. You know, we had a couple of breaks too.
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  Speaker 2: You know, they made a pretty nice play to chicker
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  Speaker 2: in there off the rush in the first period that
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  Speaker 2: he shot through the grease. I can't believe he missed it,
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  Speaker 2: to be honest with you, But I thought for the
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  Speaker 2: most part we were on our toes. We were, you know,
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  Speaker 2: playing fast as fast as we could. Scored a couple
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  Speaker 2: of goals by playing fast, you know, the last goal
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  Speaker 2: by Veneers and certainly the ever Legal were really key
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  Speaker 2: components to that. And you know, overall, I thought we'd
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  Speaker 2: played a pretty solid game with a lot of commitment.
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  Speaker 1: It was a four point night for Jared mccannon, probably
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  Speaker 1: should have had the hat trick. I know there was
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  Speaker 1: a few things in there that went along with calling
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  Speaker 1: that goal back, but I mean, for a guy that's
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  Speaker 1: had a lot of time missed due to injury this year,
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  Speaker 1: what are you seeing and game and his ability to
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  Speaker 1: seemingly not miss a beat now, I mean he's got
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  Speaker 1: points in nineteen of his twenty seven games played this year.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, he's an elite and in my mind, he's
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  Speaker 2: an elite scorer. He sees the ice well, which I've
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  Speaker 2: documented quite a lot in terms of his poise in
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  Speaker 2: his halfy sense. And you know, we we clearly missed
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  Speaker 2: him when he was a little line up.
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  Speaker 3: We love having him back.
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  Speaker 2: I feel like now he's even starting to gain his
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  Speaker 2: stride a little bit more. You know, for a while
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  Speaker 2: there he was trying to catch the moving train, which
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  Speaker 2: wasn't easy. And even though he was trying to catch
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  Speaker 2: that train, he was still contributing. So I feel like
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  Speaker 2: his game has come along. And you know, I think
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  Speaker 2: that line, we need that line. And you know, they
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  Speaker 2: stepped up to the plate the other night. With everyone
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  Speaker 2: coming back to healthy.
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  Speaker 1: Now in the last week and a half, you're finally
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  Speaker 1: seeing some of that chemistry that you felt wasn't there.
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  Speaker 1: What is it about the top three lines that now
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  Speaker 1: have been able to be together for some time, they're
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  Speaker 1: finding success.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think that you know, when they came back,
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  Speaker 2: I guess you were trying to fit those pieces into
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  Speaker 2: the puzzle and sometimes it's not just that easy. Guys
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  Speaker 2: are at different levels in terms of their rehab and
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  Speaker 2: now they're coming back.
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  Speaker 3: Are they at eighty percent? Are they at ninety percent?
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  Speaker 2: I think now that we've got everybody back, so to speak, touchwood,
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  Speaker 2: you know.
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  Speaker 3: We have a pretty good grasp on who should.
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  Speaker 2: Be where and what gives us the best opportunity as
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  Speaker 2: a team to have success, not necessarily what gives the
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  Speaker 2: individual the best opportunity to have success.
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  Speaker 3: And we're all about the team here. Looking at the
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  Speaker 3: Maple Leafs.
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  Speaker 1: They're a team like Washington last the game, not maybe
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  Speaker 1: at their best at the moment, but you know this
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  Speaker 1: team can score Defensively, they don't give up a lot either.
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  Speaker 1: You're very familiar with this team. What do they bring
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  Speaker 1: to the table here tonight that can prove to be
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  Speaker 1: a challenge for Seattle.
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  Speaker 3: Well, they're, like you say, they're a veteran team. You
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  Speaker 3: know that at the moment they've had a little bit
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  Speaker 3: of a run there.
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  Speaker 2: Not great in terms of you know, being at home,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, I've been with the Toronto make Leafs
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  Speaker 2: for a season. I'm pretty sure that they're looking forward
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  Speaker 2: to getting away from the home fans and get on
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  Speaker 2: the road where they have quite a few fans in
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  Speaker 2: the building that are excited to be at the game.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, I think with them they are seven
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  Speaker 2: points out of a playoff spot right now or eight.
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  Speaker 2: I believe it's desperate times for them so they can
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  Speaker 2: score goals. They're second in the league and goals for
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  Speaker 2: their power plays six in the league since Christmas at
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  Speaker 2: over twenty eight percent. They're a dangerous and for formidable
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  Speaker 2: opponent with some key players Matthews, you know, Mean and
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  Speaker 2: or Damaris.
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  Speaker 3: These guys are good hockey players.
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  Speaker 1: So we have a real big test for us to
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  Speaker 1: nat a home game before the break. I know you
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  Speaker 1: want to put on a good show for the home
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  Speaker 1: fans before going away for three weeks over a month almost.
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  Speaker 3: Before you're back here.
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  Speaker 1: What's going to be the big X factor for Seattle
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  Speaker 1: here tonight.
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  Speaker 3: Well, we just have to play our game.
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  Speaker 2: We have to be ready to go right from the start,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, we're gonna have to do what we do,
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  Speaker 2: play to our identity, you know, which is we're gonna
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  Speaker 2: have to defend long against this hockey team. If we
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  Speaker 2: can defend well, we'll end up getting some opportunities.
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  Speaker 3: So you know, it is a huge hockey game for us.
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  Speaker 2: We're in a dog fight as well, and we know
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  Speaker 2: that we need we need to get a win here
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  Speaker 2: before we came the road here for three games before
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  Speaker 2: the break.