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PREGAME: Head Coach Lane Lambert talks with Everett Fitzhugh before the Kraken host the Lightning (3/17) · Seattle Kraken Audio Network

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  Speaker 1: Thanks Mike Clayne. Back to back wins Vancouver and Florida
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  Speaker 1: on the weekend and really have put that four game
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  Speaker 1: slide behind you. Just what have you thought it's been
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  Speaker 1: the biggest difference is these last two games compared to
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  Speaker 1: the previous four.
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  Speaker 2: I just thought we played a little bit more, not urgency,
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  Speaker 2: but just a little less with hesitation, you know. I
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  Speaker 2: think there was a couple of times during a couple
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  Speaker 2: of those games, and certainly in the Colorado game, where
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  Speaker 2: we were a little bit hesitant, you know, trying to
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  Speaker 2: protect and not get scored on as you know, as
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  Speaker 2: opposed to you know, just closing ending plays and going
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  Speaker 2: on the offense. So I thought we did a much
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  Speaker 2: better job of that. Our mindset was better.
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  Speaker 1: Eleven goals your last two games. Bobby McMahon has factored
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  Speaker 1: in into five of those goals. Have you noticed anything
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  Speaker 1: different offensively or is it simply that Bobby McMahon brings
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  Speaker 1: something to your lineup that you've been missing for the
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  Speaker 1: first three quarters of the season.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, No, there's not a whole bunch of difference with Bobby.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he obviously you know, it's really good to
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  Speaker 2: see him, you know, get on this little bit of
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  Speaker 2: a run. We need him to continue doing that for us.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I knew last week when he was stuck
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  Speaker 2: in immigration that we needed him. Certainly could have made
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  Speaker 2: a difference in a couple of those games. But you
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  Speaker 2: know he's for me. Comes as advertised. You know, is
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  Speaker 2: he going to get you know, five points in every
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  Speaker 2: two games? No, but he certainly provides us with speed
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  Speaker 2: and some offensive instincts.
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  Speaker 1: I said last night when I talked to you last game,
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  Speaker 1: that the two points minimums got to be the standard,
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  Speaker 1: because he had three in his first game. Now two
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  Speaker 1: last games, so hopefully for two here tonight. Looking at
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  Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Landing, another top team in the NHL.
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  Speaker 1: When you look at the last two games that you've
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  Speaker 1: played Colorado and Carolina against top teams, two different results,
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  Speaker 1: can you take some lessons from those games and apply
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  Speaker 1: them here to Tampa.
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  Speaker 2: I think you take more lessons, hopefully from the Colorado game,
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  Speaker 2: than you do from the Carolina game. Tampa is a
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  Speaker 2: very similar team to Colorado in terms of offensive abilities,
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  Speaker 2: extremely dangerous, high level, high end talent, a bunch of
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  Speaker 2: guys that played in the Olympics. So that tells you something.
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  Speaker 2: You know, They're a good hockey team. So I think
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  Speaker 2: we can take a little bit more out of the
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  Speaker 2: Colorado game the Carolina game, not because we won the
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  Speaker 2: Carolina game and lost the Colorado game, but just because,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we have to make sure that we're not
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  Speaker 2: hesitant out there tonight and we've got to we've got
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  Speaker 2: to get on our toes and go for it.
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  Speaker 1: I think you, more so than most coaches in the league,
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  Speaker 1: know what this Tampa Bay Lightning team can do. Having
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  Speaker 1: coached against them, coached against them so much couple of
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  Speaker 1: conference finals. Why are they so dangerous? What issues do
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  Speaker 1: they present teams that seemingly they've not been able to
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  Speaker 1: overcome in the last handful of years that Tampa has
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  Speaker 1: been this dominant force out of the East.
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  Speaker 2: Talent, They got a lot of talent, and they work.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you talk about the Tampa Bay Lightning and
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  Speaker 2: all the talent they have. They go to the net very,
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  Speaker 2: very hard. They play a championship playoff type of hockey game,
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  Speaker 2: and they can play any game you want, and you
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  Speaker 2: know it starts with number eighty six and number twenty one,
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  Speaker 2: So you know, I mean, that's what they are. That's
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  Speaker 2: why they're so good and you know they've had a
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  Speaker 2: lot of success over the years.
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  Speaker 1: You've gotten off some good starts. Last two games against
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  Speaker 1: Vancouver along with Florida. Defensively you've played well. I have
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  Speaker 1: to imagine those have to be your top two keys
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  Speaker 1: tonight for victory.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we got to come out and play the first
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  Speaker 2: five minutes, you know, and make sure that we're on
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  Speaker 2: our toes and going, and then we'll take it from there.
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  Speaker 2: Just taking increments of five minutes. Don't get ahead of ourselves,
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  Speaker 2: but we need a good start.