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PREGAME: Head Coach Lane Lambert joins Mike Benton at Philadelphia (10/20) · Seattle Kraken Audio Network

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  Speaker 1: Back here with a crack and head coach Lane Lambert
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  Speaker 1: the Crack and getting set with the Philadelphia Flyers in
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  Speaker 1: their first of two matchups here for the season. So far,
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  Speaker 1: through five games, what have you seen from this team
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  Speaker 1: as far as their commitment and the application here to
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  Speaker 1: the principles that you want to see physically and also
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  Speaker 1: Bentley as well.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think they've done a great job up until
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  Speaker 2: this point for sure. You know, there's certain categories defensively
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  Speaker 2: in the league that you know we're either at the
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  Speaker 2: top of or near the top of. The commitment level
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  Speaker 2: has been outstanding, you know, commitment to play a certain way,
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  Speaker 2: commitment to you know, sacrifice block shots, whatever it might be.
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  Speaker 2: So they've done a really good job so far. And again,
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  Speaker 2: like you said, it's five games in, we've got a
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  Speaker 2: long way to go. But certainly give the guys credit.
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  Speaker 1: Toronto is no slash and even with no much marter,
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  Speaker 1: they still have plenty of weapons and Austin Matthews, William
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  Speaker 1: Niland or John Tavares so to be able to handle
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  Speaker 1: that kind of a challenge. What did it say about
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  Speaker 1: how those guys were able to fare physically for a
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  Speaker 1: game like that?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, you know, I mean, clearly, we've feel like
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  Speaker 2: as a group, we feel confident in our structure. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I've said it's not always going to be perfect, but
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  Speaker 2: certainly you know when it isn't, We've had some big
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  Speaker 2: efforts and big individual efforts to you know, eat some
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  Speaker 2: bucks and do whatever, and you know, and and our
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  Speaker 2: goaltending has been pretty good. So you know, it's it's
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  Speaker 2: it's a game where you you go into the game
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  Speaker 2: and as long as you play the way you want
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  Speaker 2: to play, you give yourself a chance to win.
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  Speaker 1: Where do you give these guys the most credit for
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  Speaker 1: being able to handle the stretch that they're going through
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  Speaker 1: with next man up mentality, bodies and bodies app are
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  Speaker 1: still finding a way to be effective shift after shift.
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  Speaker 2: Well that's the way we have to be. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we've had a rash of injuries and training camp for
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  Speaker 2: starters and now we're under the same same gamut here
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  Speaker 2: as we start the regular season with you know, five
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  Speaker 2: regulars out right now. But you know, it is what
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  Speaker 2: it is. It's a it's a next man up men
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  Speaker 2: and everybody within the organization, you know, starting day one
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  Speaker 2: a training camp has been on the same page and
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  Speaker 2: is understanding what it is we need to do, so
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  Speaker 2: you know, there's no surprises in terms of how we
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  Speaker 2: want to play. And you know, guys have come in
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  Speaker 2: and done a good job of of, you know, maintaining
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  Speaker 2: that so far.
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  Speaker 1: That next man app will be Berkeley Catton making his
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  Speaker 1: NHL debut here for this evening. And you mentioned before
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  Speaker 1: a big key for players is to play loose, enjoy
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  Speaker 1: the moment. But how do you balance the info they
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  Speaker 1: are trying to feed a guy but not making sure
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  Speaker 1: that he's on overload to get ready here for a
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  Speaker 1: game like this.
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  Speaker 2: Ah, you know what I mean. At the end of
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  Speaker 2: the day, it's up to him to balance that. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we have expectations, we have a standard that we play with.
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  Speaker 2: Everybody's you know, has to play by that standard. The
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  Speaker 2: more you understand that standard and those expectations, the better
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  Speaker 2: off you're going to be. So uh, he's doing a
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  Speaker 2: good job of you know, working, working, in practice, getting
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  Speaker 2: himself prepared. I think it's been fantastic that he has
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  Speaker 2: in practice been a penalty killer because it gives him
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  Speaker 2: a little bitter utter understanding of the defensive side of
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  Speaker 2: the game as well. We know he can create. We
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  Speaker 2: want him to create, and I'm looking forward to seeing him.
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  Speaker 1: Play based in the Philadelphia Flyers. Finally here a team
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  Speaker 1: that can certainly skate. How much more is this a
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  Speaker 1: legs game versus say, a brain's going to be able
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  Speaker 1: to handle what they bring.
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  Speaker 2: It's both, it's definitely both. Yeah, no, but it'll be
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  Speaker 2: a fast game. We feel like we're a fast team,
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  Speaker 2: so you know, we're looking forward to it. Thank you
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  Speaker 2: very much, Thank you.