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PREGAME: Lane Lambert one on one with Everett Fitzhugh (1/31) · Seattle Kraken Audio Network

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  Speaker 1: Thanks Mike, We're back with cracking head coach Lane, Lambert Lane.
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  Speaker 1: You go four and two on that homestand wrap up
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  Speaker 1: that homestand for us, what do you feel went right
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  Speaker 1: for your group and getting those four wins?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I thought we start We didn't start it great.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we came off of a long road trip.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't love the start time of that Pittsburgh game,
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  Speaker 2: having come off of the road trip, and you can
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  Speaker 2: never use those things for excuses, but time changes and
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  Speaker 2: all that, and we just weren't sharp, you know, and
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  Speaker 2: then played a pretty good game against the Islanders. And
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  Speaker 2: then obviously I wasn't happy with our Anaheim game, And
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  Speaker 2: I give our guys credit. The last three games, I
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  Speaker 2: thought we were dialed in better, you know. I thought
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  Speaker 2: our goaltending was good, and I thought we took advantage
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  Speaker 2: of opportunities and we scored some goals.
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  Speaker 1: I was gonna say going into that, you know, you've
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  Speaker 1: won four of your last five games. What has gone
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  Speaker 1: right in this recent stretch of games that maybe you
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  Speaker 1: weren't seeing in the seven or eight games prior to that.
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  Speaker 3: I think, you know, we've done a better five on
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  Speaker 3: five of keeping the puck out of our net. We
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  Speaker 3: didn't give up a lot five on five, a lot
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  Speaker 3: of goals five on five, certainly in the last four games.
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  Speaker 3: You know, it's a very important piece of the puzzle
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  Speaker 3: for any team, you know, And I just think that,
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  Speaker 3: you know, from our commitment standpoint and the fact that
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  Speaker 3: we were in our structure, I thought we were better
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  Speaker 3: for the most part than we were on that road trip.
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  Speaker 3: Although you know, I wasn't unhappy with the Ranger game.
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  Speaker 3: I thought Boston when we lost, I thought we played
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  Speaker 3: maybe our best game of the year.
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  Speaker 2: I still think that. So, you know, you just never know,
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  Speaker 2: right like it's there's a goal here or a goal there,
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  Speaker 2: or a play here or play there that make the difference.
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  Speaker 2: And that's what was happening to us on the road trip,
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  Speaker 2: the Boston game and even the Utah game when we
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  Speaker 2: were tied with five minutes left.
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  Speaker 1: We found out this morning Berkeley cat and will not
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  Speaker 1: play on this road trip with an upper body injury.
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  Speaker 1: Just starting to find his stride and scoring more often.
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  Speaker 1: What are you going to miss these next three games
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  Speaker 1: without him in the lineup? And who are you looking
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  Speaker 1: at stepping up in that role?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think that he you know, he provided Chandler
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  Speaker 2: with some speed on the wing, and Chandler is a
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  Speaker 2: great skater. I think Berkeley almost forced Chandler to skate
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  Speaker 2: even more and that was nice to see, you know.
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  Speaker 2: So we'll miss that, will miss his playmaking ability obviously,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and we have to step up. We'll shuffle
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  Speaker 2: our lines around. Ty Krci I'll come back into a
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  Speaker 2: lineup provide us with his element, which is physicality, which
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  Speaker 2: isn't a bad thing here over the next three games
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  Speaker 2: against big hockey teams, they're all.
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  Speaker 1: Big and looking at Vegas, I mean, they've struggled in
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  Speaker 1: recent games, but at the end of the day, they're
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  Speaker 1: still Vegas. They still lead the division. What are the
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  Speaker 1: crack cand going to have to overcome here tonight? What
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  Speaker 1: do they present?
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  Speaker 2: Well, they're just a solid team from top to bottom.
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  Speaker 2: Good defensively, you know they're underlying numbers and expected and
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  Speaker 2: all that are good. You know, they can score clearly,
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  Speaker 2: the plays good at fifth in the league, or penalty
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  Speaker 2: kill is good at tenth in the league. And they've
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  Speaker 2: got you know, they've got world class players. When you
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  Speaker 2: look at Mitch Marner, I coached them. I watch them
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  Speaker 2: Toronto definitely misses them, and Vegas is reaping the rewards
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  Speaker 2: of him. And you add, you know, Keel to the mix,
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  Speaker 2: and Stone and Hurtle and big hockey team, big hockey
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  Speaker 2: team that goes to the Nethart, We're going to be
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  Speaker 2: in for a war tonight, especially around the paint.
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  Speaker 1: Every game in this league is important, But when you
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  Speaker 1: look at the schedule coming up, you've got three games
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  Speaker 1: in division, all four point swings, all against teams that
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  Speaker 1: either are above you or that are battling you for
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  Speaker 1: a playoff spot. Do you put any more significance on
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  Speaker 1: these next three games, especially going into a much needed break.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, obviously we know the magnitude of the games,
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  Speaker 2: but we prepare for each game the same way, whether
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  Speaker 2: it's like I say, the Toronto maple leafs or the
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  Speaker 2: Vegas goal the nights. So you know, at the end
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  Speaker 2: of the day, we prepare our utmost for every game.
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  Speaker 2: Nothing changes, you know, the magnitude of the outcome is
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  Speaker 2: the one thing that does change. So you know, we're
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  Speaker 2: looking to finish off this stretch here and this three
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  Speaker 2: dame road trip. We're looking to take it one period
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  Speaker 2: at a time, one shift at a time, and that's
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  Speaker 2: all we can do