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Head Coach Lane Lambert with Everett Fitzhugh ahead of matchup vs Vegas · Seattle Kraken Audio Network

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  Speaker 1: We're back with Cracking head coach Lane Lambert. Congratulations on
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  Speaker 1: your first win as head coach of the Crack, and
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  Speaker 1: just take us through that sixty minute performance. You mentioned
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  Speaker 1: after the game the team got better, you liked it
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  Speaker 1: as it went on. What are your overall thoughts in
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  Speaker 1: that performance the other night.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I thought, again, we had a slow start,
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  Speaker 2: you know, for whatever reason, can maybe pinpoint two or
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  Speaker 2: three things whatever, but we just weren't executing. And so
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  Speaker 2: our goaltender played very well for us when he had
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  Speaker 2: to early on, and I thought as the game went on,
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  Speaker 2: we settled in a little bit better. We were more
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  Speaker 2: sound defensively, we were making some plays, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: the last half of the game, I thought, I thought
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  Speaker 2: we took over the game in the last half, and
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  Speaker 2: that was a nice sign, good, good thing to see.
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  Speaker 2: And the other thing that I enjoyed about the game
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  Speaker 2: was that when we did get the lead, you know, we.
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  Speaker 3: Didn't sit back. We kept on our toes and we
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  Speaker 3: kept pressing forward.
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  Speaker 2: So we had some pretty good opportunities to make it
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  Speaker 2: four and five.
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  Speaker 1: One of those situations going into the second period, those
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  Speaker 1: intermission adjustments. Is this a coach to player conversation. Do
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  Speaker 1: you let the guys kind of figure it out? How
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  Speaker 1: do you manage those situations when you're down a goal,
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  Speaker 1: down a couple of goals, you didn't play your best period?
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  Speaker 1: How do you manage that message from one period.
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  Speaker 3: To the next.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I mean, if you're talking about in between the
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  Speaker 2: first and second period, it was just clear we just weren't.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 2: It wasn't anything to do with you know, systematical stuff.
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  Speaker 2: It was execution which created opportunities for them. I think
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  Speaker 2: they did a pretty good job of talking amongst themselves.
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  Speaker 3: Obviously I tried.
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  Speaker 2: To calm them down, which you know, which I thought
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  Speaker 2: I felt was important. There was no point in going
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  Speaker 2: in there and you know, giving them more stress, you know.
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  Speaker 2: But then from there, I thought we made some pretty
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  Speaker 2: decent adjustments after the second period, two hundred breakouts which
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  Speaker 2: helped us for the third period.
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  Speaker 3: And those are coach player adjustments.
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  Speaker 1: You talked a lot of the preseas and you still
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  Speaker 1: continue to preach accountability and hard work and that work ethic.
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  Speaker 1: And we look at the second and third period when
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  Speaker 1: the game plan is being executed to its best ability.
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  Speaker 1: Is that the type of hockey that we expect to
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  Speaker 1: see from a Ley Lambert Coast team.
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  Speaker 2: Well, yeah, when it's when it's being executive, you know, again,
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  Speaker 2: things happen. It's a game of mistakes. You know, there's
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  Speaker 2: going to be situations where you know you're maybe not
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  Speaker 2: at your best. But as long as the effort is
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  Speaker 2: there for me and I think that you know, you're
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  Speaker 2: you're understanding what it is we want to do as
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  Speaker 2: a player. You know, I think you'll overall in the
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  Speaker 2: long haul. And it's a long journey. I mean, that
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  Speaker 2: was only one game. You know, you've got to eat
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  Speaker 2: one of the games left. So it was extremely nice
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  Speaker 2: to win the game, but that's over now we have
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  Speaker 2: to move on to tonight. And you know, when you're
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  Speaker 2: when you're seeing guys doing things that that you want
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  Speaker 2: to see done with with an effort level, that's really
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  Speaker 2: all you can ask for and then just you feel
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  Speaker 2: like if you do that, you'll, uh, you'll have more
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  Speaker 2: success than not.
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  Speaker 1: Looking at Vegas, they've taken three or four points so
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  Speaker 1: far this season. Uh, they're a team that the Kraken
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  Speaker 1: have always struggled a little bit against to find their
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  Speaker 1: stride and find their game. But what do you notice
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  Speaker 1: about them and watching their first couple of games and
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  Speaker 1: what they can present to this team tonight.
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  Speaker 3: Well, they're look at they're a talented hockey team.
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  Speaker 2: They're a deep hockey team in terms of a lineup,
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  Speaker 2: in their depth, and they're a big hockey team. And uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know that's gonna be the challenge tonight is really
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  Speaker 2: it's gonna be a lot about you know, winning balance,
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  Speaker 2: keeping them from getting to our net, us getting to that.
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  Speaker 3: He's their big decor. So this is, uh, this is
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  Speaker 3: really the focus is You've got to be prepared to
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  Speaker 3: play a man's game. Team.
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  Speaker 1: I think you more than probably anyone in this building
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  Speaker 1: tonight knows Mitch Marter uh well and best. What about
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  Speaker 1: him makes him such a special player, makes him so
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  Speaker 1: dangerous he comes over from Toronto and signs that long
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  Speaker 1: term deal here in Vegas. What about him just makes
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  Speaker 1: him such an incredible talent player?
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  Speaker 2: Well, he's just he's he's got he's got a he's
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  Speaker 2: got a lot of everything. He's you know, no disrespect
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  Speaker 2: to any other players that have coached.
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  Speaker 3: I've coached a lot of smart players, he is arguably
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  Speaker 3: the smartest.
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  Speaker 2: Uh sees the game, sees things happening before it happens. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: his anticipation anticipation level is extreme, and uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: he hunts and hounds. He's he's a dynamic hockey player
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  Speaker 2: that does a lot of things well.
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  Speaker 1: To catch any of the Mariners game last night, I
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  Speaker 1: know Josh Naylor at the end, he was in the
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  Speaker 1: locker room in the crack in Third Jersey. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: it's got to feel good to come to a city
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  Speaker 1: and have the fans buzzing early. Yeah, not only for
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  Speaker 1: Krack and hockey, but for the Marriagers as well.
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  Speaker 3: I think it's awesome.
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  Speaker 2: You know, the fact that he you know, he was
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  Speaker 2: here and the and the team, you know, a good
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  Speaker 2: portion of the team and the manager here for the
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  Speaker 2: one of our exhibition games. Uh, you know, they think
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  Speaker 2: they were down. They had a little tour of the
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  Speaker 2: room and and they were loving that. And and the
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  Speaker 2: fact that you know, they're as into our game as
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  Speaker 2: we are into their game and their run right now
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  Speaker 2: is a really cool thing. You know.
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  Speaker 3: It's great for the city, it's great for the fans of.
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  Speaker 2: Both teams, and uh, you know, and again I've I've
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  Speaker 2: talked about it before. The you know, it's a sports
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  Speaker 2: city like the Seahawks, Sounders, you know, Stone, everybody, great
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  Speaker 2: fans support.
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  Speaker 3: So I did watch the game.
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  Speaker 2: It went on a little long for me, you know,
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  Speaker 2: but I did stay invested right until the very end.
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  Speaker 2: And uh, you know, I mean, hats off to them,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, they're moving on and what a great thing.
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  Speaker 3: And it was really awesome to see him with the
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  Speaker 3: jersey on. That's awesome.