Latest / Seattle Kraken Audio Network / PREGAME: Head Coach Lane Lambert speaks to Everett Fitzhugh before the Kraken face the Predators (1/1)

Transcript

PREGAME: Head Coach Lane Lambert speaks to Everett Fitzhugh before the Kraken face the Predators (1/1) · Seattle Kraken Audio Network

• 0:01
  Speaker 1: Thanks Mike. Happy New Year to you, Bud Lane. You
• 0:04
  Speaker 1: have a five game point street going right now. Following
• 0:06
  Speaker 1: a three two shootout loss to Vancouver. How did you
• 0:09
  Speaker 1: feel about the crack end the way they played it
• 0:11
  Speaker 1: close at the of the year.
• 0:13
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I thought we I thought we played very well,
• 0:16
  Speaker 2: you know, in the last few games, and certainly the
• 0:18
  Speaker 2: Vancouver game. You know, it's funny how it goes, the
• 0:22
  Speaker 2: games you maybe should win you don't, and the games
• 0:25
  Speaker 2: you shouldn't you do, you know, I thought that was definitely.
• 0:29
  Speaker 3: A game we should have won.
• 0:30
  Speaker 1: We know you've said this multiple times the last couple
• 0:33
  Speaker 1: of weeks that the team has played better in some
• 0:35
  Speaker 1: of their losses as opposed to maybe some of their wins.
• 0:38
  Speaker 1: When you look at a game like Vancouver, did you
• 0:40
  Speaker 1: feel that there was some meat left on the bone
• 0:42
  Speaker 1: or were you overall satisfied with how the team played?
• 0:45
  Speaker 2: Very satisfied with how the team played, you know. I mean,
• 0:50
  Speaker 2: you can look back on two or three different situations,
• 0:53
  Speaker 2: but we we had.
• 0:55
  Speaker 3: The majority of the scoring chances.
• 0:57
  Speaker 2: You know, we certainly had opportunity in overtime on the
• 1:01
  Speaker 2: power play, which.
• 1:03
  Speaker 3: We you know, didn't capitalize on.
• 1:05
  Speaker 2: So maybe from that standpoint, a little meat left on
• 1:07
  Speaker 2: the bone, But I do honestly believe that it shouldn't
• 1:12
  Speaker 2: even have gott into overtime, and you know it did,
• 1:16
  Speaker 2: and or a shootout record is not good enough. We've
• 1:20
  Speaker 2: got to be better in that situation, you know. So
• 1:24
  Speaker 2: we're definitely going to have more shootouts here by the
• 1:27
  Speaker 2: end of the year. So we've got to make some
• 1:29
  Speaker 2: adjustments and some changes there.
• 1:31
  Speaker 1: You've worked on the shootout and practice a few times
• 1:34
  Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks. Is that something that you
• 1:36
  Speaker 1: can practice? I mean, each guy's got their individual moves.
• 1:40
  Speaker 1: You can't practice against other goalies other than your own.
• 1:43
  Speaker 1: How do you prepare and plan for a shootout?
• 1:46
  Speaker 2: Well, there's a there's a goalie scout put out for
• 1:49
  Speaker 2: our guys to understand what exactly, you know, maybe the
• 1:53
  Speaker 2: weakness of the opposition goal tabor is. You know, if
• 1:57
  Speaker 2: you get into that shootout situation and you can to
• 2:00
  Speaker 2: sit and we do practice it.
• 2:03
  Speaker 3: But I use this analogy.
• 2:06
  Speaker 2: I can stand there and make fifteen three foot putts
• 2:08
  Speaker 2: in a row on the practice grade and then I've
• 2:11
  Speaker 2: got a three foot or to you know, take twenty
• 2:14
  Speaker 2: bucks off my buddy, and it's a little bit different
• 2:16
  Speaker 2: than that, So, you know, finding guys that relish that
• 2:22
  Speaker 2: situation and are in that situation. And you know, we've
• 2:25
  Speaker 2: used our guys who have career numbers in those situations,
• 2:29
  Speaker 2: you know, And you know, we just haven't had any
• 2:31
  Speaker 2: success thus far this year.
• 2:34
  Speaker 3: But there's a lot of a lot of hockey left.
• 2:37
  Speaker 1: I'm sure you're going to get tired of the schedule question,
• 2:39
  Speaker 1: so forgive me, But seventeen games in the month of
• 2:42
  Speaker 1: January tied for a league record in a calendar month.
• 2:46
  Speaker 1: What does the preparation look like going into a month
• 2:49
  Speaker 1: like this? You're now tonight starting your third of four
• 2:52
  Speaker 1: consecutive back to back series. How do you plan, how
• 2:56
  Speaker 1: do you rest? What goes into making sure that this
• 3:00
  Speaker 1: team is prepared every day?
• 3:01
  Speaker 3: Well, I just think it's a mental thing for me.
• 3:04
  Speaker 2: You know, you don't use the schedule as an excuse,
• 3:08
  Speaker 2: and as a coaching staff, we give our players enough
• 3:11
  Speaker 2: rest so that when they come to the rink they
• 3:13
  Speaker 2: can give it everything they have. Now over the course
• 3:16
  Speaker 2: of this month, you know, are we going to be
• 3:19
  Speaker 2: at our best on a given night?
• 3:21
  Speaker 3: There's there's almost guaranteed.
• 3:24
  Speaker 2: To be a game where we're going to be tired
• 3:26
  Speaker 2: or maybe two games where we're going to be tired.
• 3:27
  Speaker 2: But at the end of the day, that's where your
• 3:30
  Speaker 2: structure becomes your safety blanket.
• 3:33
  Speaker 3: And you know you need We're going to need good goldending.
• 3:35
  Speaker 2: It's that simple, so you know, no excuses, get proper
• 3:39
  Speaker 2: rest and come ready to play.
• 3:42
  Speaker 1: Nashville did not have the start to the year that
• 3:44
  Speaker 1: they wanted, but like Seattle, they're knocking on the door
• 3:47
  Speaker 1: of a playoff spot here January one, seven and three
• 3:50
  Speaker 1: in their last ten games. What have you seen from
• 3:52
  Speaker 1: them on film and what type of challenges do they
• 3:55
  Speaker 1: present to this club tonight.
• 3:57
  Speaker 2: Well, they're a big hockey team, you know, and they
• 4:00
  Speaker 2: of the net really as good as any team I've
• 4:03
  Speaker 2: seen in the league. You know, I would say, you know,
• 4:07
  Speaker 2: Minnesota is a team like that we've played in the
• 4:09
  Speaker 2: past here that I talked about that, But no, Nashville
• 4:13
  Speaker 2: is big, and they pound pucks and they get people
• 4:18
  Speaker 2: to the net and they're having success doing it. Obviously,
• 4:21
  Speaker 2: they've got an elite NHL defenseman in Romaniosi who drives
• 4:24
  Speaker 2: the offense from the back end Forstburg, who's an elite
• 4:28
  Speaker 2: goal scorer, Steven Stamkos, who is ultra elite. They've got
• 4:34
  Speaker 2: some weapons there, you know, and they're playing well. Like
• 4:38
  Speaker 2: you say seven and three, they're actually eight and three
• 4:39
  Speaker 2: in the last eleven games. They're play fast and they're
• 4:43
  Speaker 2: playing well. It's going to be a great challenge. They're
• 4:47
  Speaker 2: a point ahead of us in the standings, and you know,
• 4:50
  Speaker 2: it's a big hockey game.
• 4:51
  Speaker 1: You mentioned the Minnesota while and I want to ask
• 4:52
  Speaker 1: you this real fast. When you have a team that
• 4:55
  Speaker 1: is similar to teams you've seen, can you go back
• 4:57
  Speaker 1: and watch that wild game and see what worked against them,
• 5:01
  Speaker 1: maybe it'll work against Nashville. Or when you do your scouting,
• 5:03
  Speaker 1: when your coaches are scouting, do you just focus on
• 5:07
  Speaker 1: Nashville tonight Vancouver tomorrow or can you go back and
• 5:10
  Speaker 1: look at similar teams and what worked against them?
• 5:13
  Speaker 2: Yeah, you can go back a little bit on similar teams,
• 5:17
  Speaker 2: but for the most part, you're focused on that team.
• 5:20
  Speaker 2: You can reference back to it, you know, and just
• 5:24
  Speaker 2: you know, we've got to do this like we did
• 5:25
  Speaker 2: against Minnesota. But you know, every team sort of has
• 5:29
  Speaker 2: its own little challenges, even if some of them have similarities,
• 5:36
  Speaker 2: and you prepare for that team individually