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PREGAME: Head Coach Lane Lambert speaks with Everett Fitzhugh before Kraken/Avalanche (3/12) · Seattle Kraken Audio Network

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  Speaker 1: Thanks Mike Klaye. Three to two Cracking fall in Nashville
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  Speaker 1: in a game that the Cracking got off to a
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  Speaker 1: really good start in that one, but it was a
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  Speaker 1: three goal second for the Preds that spelled the end
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  Speaker 1: for Seattle. Just take us through those sixty minutes and
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  Speaker 1: how you felt that performance was compared to the previous
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  Speaker 1: two games you played.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I thought we played well. You know, certainly the
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  Speaker 2: starter was one of our better starts of the season.
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  Speaker 2: Those period one of better periods of the season, most
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  Speaker 2: chances in any period you know that we've had this year.
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  Speaker 2: Came out well. I was, you know, we could have
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  Speaker 2: got to three and four, but we didn't. You know,
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  Speaker 2: in the second period we came out I thought we
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  Speaker 2: I thought we didn't quite have the same energy. You know,
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  Speaker 2: they ended up breaking us down a couple of times.
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  Speaker 2: We played a little bit too much in our own zone,
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  Speaker 2: we gave them some goals, and then I thought we
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  Speaker 2: picked it up after that.
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  Speaker 3: We had some really good chances to the second period.
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  Speaker 3: Really the turning point.
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  Speaker 2: Was, you know, maybe the disallowed goal to make it
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  Speaker 2: through one for us by Shane right where the goalie
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  Speaker 2: interference is called on Evans but you know, we we
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  Speaker 2: have to find a way to be better for a
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  Speaker 2: consistent sixty minutes.
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  Speaker 1: You were talking earlier today about the fatigue and some
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  Speaker 1: guys just standing around the defensive zone. What can you do,
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  Speaker 1: especially here tonight's and limit that is against a Colorado
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  Speaker 1: team that is so active and is so talented up front.
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  Speaker 2: Well, it's going to be difficult, but you you know,
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  Speaker 2: you've got to You've got to eliminate people and win
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  Speaker 2: more battles.
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  Speaker 3: That's just it in a nutshell.
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  Speaker 2: You know, there's got to be a level of urgency
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  Speaker 2: going into a battle that says I'm not losing this
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  Speaker 2: battle to you, you know, and we've got a somehow
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  Speaker 2: funny way to increase that level.
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  Speaker 1: Before the last game, you talked about how your top
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  Speaker 1: nine to four group you needed to see more out
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  Speaker 1: of them. Coppocco had a really good game man, even years,
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  Speaker 1: getting in his first NHL fight adding a goal for
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  Speaker 1: the second consecutive game. Who stood out to you in
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  Speaker 1: that national game and who were you happy to take
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  Speaker 1: those words to heart following that loss the other night
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  Speaker 1: to Otawa.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I thought that for the most part, you know,
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  Speaker 2: everybody you know took took the words to heart.
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  Speaker 3: I thought we had a great start, you.
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  Speaker 2: Know, and you know, there's certain guys I guess you
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  Speaker 2: could say that standout a little bit more than other
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  Speaker 2: guys maybe, but I wasn't unhappy with the team.
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  Speaker 1: When you see a guy like Maddy ben Air standing
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  Speaker 1: up for his teams, obviously you don't want to see
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  Speaker 1: your top line center getting into a fight. But what
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  Speaker 1: does that say about the kind of player that he's
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  Speaker 1: becoming and his maturation that you've seen from day one
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  Speaker 1: now here to game sixty three, that he's stepping up
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  Speaker 1: for his own teammates and also providing that offense as well.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, he's he's a guy who as I've
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  Speaker 2: come in here in government to him, he's continued to
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  Speaker 2: evolve into more of a leader. You know, He's definitely
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  Speaker 2: has a leadership quality. He showed that the other night
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  Speaker 2: and stepping in for his teammates something that you know
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  Speaker 2: everyone should do, but not always easy for a guy
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  Speaker 2: like that to do. So, you know, I just think
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  Speaker 2: that overall, as he grows here and gains experience, he's
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  Speaker 2: growing into more of a leadership role and certainly more
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  Speaker 2: of a leader on the hockey team.
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  Speaker 3: So it's nice to see.
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  Speaker 1: Whenever you play a team like Colorado, who's been one
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  Speaker 1: of the juggernauts in the NHL for quite some time,
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  Speaker 1: they got better at the deadline, seemingly no weaknesses for them.
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  Speaker 1: What types of challenges does that prevents in terms of
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  Speaker 1: your preparation, who to key in, what areas to key in?
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  Speaker 1: What does that look like here tonight for Seattle?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, our preparation doesn't change a whole lot.
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  Speaker 2: We're going to make a couple of small adjustments that
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  Speaker 2: we feel are necessary, you know, one off of face
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  Speaker 2: offs against the McKinnon line. But at the end of
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  Speaker 2: the day, you know, our game doesn't really change. You
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  Speaker 2: have to be aware of mccar, You have to be
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  Speaker 2: aware of NHS. You know, obviously McKinnon's dynamic the guys
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  Speaker 2: plus fifty five or something like that, you know, this year,
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  Speaker 2: So it's outrageous, but you know, we just have to
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  Speaker 2: make sure that we're ready to play a solid team game.
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  Speaker 3: Five man units are going to be key tonight.
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  Speaker 1: From the last few games. Is there one area that
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  Speaker 1: you can key on that's that you're saying this has
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  Speaker 1: to be better from the last three games going into tonight.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, closing in and dizol and getting the puck back