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Lane Lambert pregame interview in Buffalo with Everett Fitzhugh (3/28) · Seattle Kraken Audio Network

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  Speaker 1: Thanks Mike Lane. Very wild game in Tampa. You guys
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  Speaker 1: get your second all time win over the Lightning. Berkeley
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  Speaker 1: Catton dropped the gloves. You had a big game from
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  Speaker 1: the likes of Copple, Coco and Brandon Montor. So much
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  Speaker 1: to unpack from that overtime win. Take us through it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, we know it was a It was a
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  Speaker 2: high compete game. Obviously it needs to be at this
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  Speaker 2: time of the year. I thought our guys stepped up
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  Speaker 2: to the plate. We had some bumps and bruises throughout
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  Speaker 2: the game where a couple of guys were out with
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  Speaker 2: concussion protocols and things like that for a period of time,
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  Speaker 2: and I thought that everybody stepped up and you know,
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  Speaker 2: did their job and we worked our way through it. Certainly,
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  Speaker 2: I thought Berkeley Caton sparked our hockey team, you know,
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  Speaker 2: And that's kind of the way he's been. It's been
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  Speaker 2: a great year for him, a great learning year form,
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  Speaker 2: a great experience for him, and he just keeps getting better.
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  Speaker 1: Probably not ideal to see your nineteen year old eighth
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  Speaker 1: overall draft pick dropping the gloves, but what did you
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  Speaker 1: would you like about that willingness and that battle level
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  Speaker 1: from him, Well, it.
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  Speaker 2: Just shows you that he cares about his team and
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  Speaker 2: his teammates, you know, And you know that's like I said,
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  Speaker 2: that's I thought it was great from that standpoint because
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  Speaker 2: that shows you what kind of leadership you're going to
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  Speaker 2: get out of this kid. And so from my perspective,
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  Speaker 2: it's a great pick.
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  Speaker 1: Copple. Cockle's been having a really good set of games
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  Speaker 1: after the Olympics. What did you say something to him
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  Speaker 1: coming back from Italy? Where do you like about his
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  Speaker 1: game right now?
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know what he's I think, in my opinion,
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  Speaker 2: everybody thought the break was going to be so good
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  Speaker 2: for guys that were getting the break. I think the
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  Speaker 2: break has been a lot better for guys that went
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  Speaker 2: and played. And you know, he kept his rhythm going,
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  Speaker 2: he kept his momentum going, and you know he's just continuing.
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  Speaker 2: He's getting to the net more than he was. You know,
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  Speaker 2: he's playing good hockey for us. He's battling, he's proving
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  Speaker 2: it the time of the year that he has an
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  Speaker 2: idea of what it takes.
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  Speaker 1: You talked about the injuries that you had in that
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  Speaker 1: Tampa game. You call up Logan Morrison on an emergency
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  Speaker 1: basis can you share some updates from the Tampa game
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  Speaker 1: and a peak in your lineup tonight?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think everybody's pretty much status quo tonight. Rgan
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  Speaker 2: was called up on, you know, a precautionary basis, but
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  Speaker 2: as it stands right now, we should be status quo.
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  Speaker 1: Buffalo on track to break a fourteen year playoff drought
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  Speaker 1: this season probably one of the best stories in the NHL.
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  Speaker 1: You haven't seen this team since back in December and
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  Speaker 1: they continue to win. What do you like about their
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  Speaker 1: team and what type of challenges do they present to
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  Speaker 1: Seattle tonight.
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  Speaker 2: There's a lot to like about their team. You know,
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  Speaker 2: they're big, they're skilled, they're fast, their d can all skate,
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  Speaker 2: they're long, heavy. They've done a nice job of building
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  Speaker 2: that team over the course of time, and they're starting
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  Speaker 2: to reap the rewards of you know, that building process.
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  Speaker 2: So the city is excited, the building will be electric.
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  Speaker 2: It's going to be a hard hockey game tonight. They're
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  Speaker 2: a great hockey team right now.
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  Speaker 1: It seems like they've added a lot of physicality into
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  Speaker 1: their game in recent weeks. How important is that side
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  Speaker 1: of it going to be here tonight for Seattle?
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  Speaker 2: Well, you saw what happened in Tampa too. You know,
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  Speaker 2: playoff games or about physicality, and they're ramped up. Like
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  Speaker 2: I said after the game, probably even forty percent more
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  Speaker 2: than it was in Tampa. If we thought that game
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  Speaker 2: was physical. Playoffs is another level. And you know, these
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  Speaker 2: teams that are in that situation and in that moment,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and then I've added those veteran players at
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  Speaker 2: these this time are fully understanding that that is sort
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  Speaker 2: of an element that has to be turned up at
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  Speaker 2: this time of the year. So it's going to be
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  Speaker 2: a challenge for us again, and it's a great experience
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  Speaker 2: for us.
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  Speaker 1: You took a really strong third period in Florida overtime
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  Speaker 1: into Tampa, you got the win there. What do you
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  Speaker 1: need to do to continue building especially all these last
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  Speaker 1: four periods.
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  Speaker 2: Got to have a good start tonight. I've got to
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  Speaker 2: continue building that momentum. You know, we can't we can't
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  Speaker 2: go down you know, two or three goals, clearly, you
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  Speaker 2: know we've got to come out of the first period
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  Speaker 2: either even or up. And that's going to be the
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  Speaker 2: focus here to start the game. They obviously have I
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  Speaker 2: don't consider three losses in a row because they lost
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  Speaker 2: in overtime twice. But you know they're going to be
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  Speaker 2: a hungry team tonight. They haven't won here at home
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  Speaker 2: in three games