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PREGAME: Head Coach Lane Lambert joins Everett Fitzhugh before the Kraken/Sharks game (12/20) · Seattle Kraken Audio Network

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  Speaker 1: Thanks Mike Lane after that for two loss in Calgary today,
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  Speaker 1: So go saying that you weren't too happy with the performance.
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  Speaker 1: Just take us back through that game and were you
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  Speaker 1: thought the differences were between the loss against Colorado at
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  Speaker 1: home and then against Calgary two days later.
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  Speaker 2: I thought we played much faster and much more direct
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  Speaker 2: against Colorado than we did against Calgary. You know, we
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  Speaker 2: were too slow to move pucks at times, stud for zone.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't establish the same for check pressure that we
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  Speaker 2: had against Colorado. So, you know, it's getting back to
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  Speaker 2: a consistent mindset that we have to attack him beyond
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  Speaker 2: our toes and force teams into you know, making mistakes,
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  Speaker 2: which we did against Colorado.
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  Speaker 1: Is there something you can point to, particularly about the
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  Speaker 1: style of both opponents that caused the Kraken to play
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  Speaker 1: a little differently between Colorado and Calgary.
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  Speaker 2: No, I don't think so. I think it was just
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  Speaker 2: more on us than anything. You know, we have to
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  Speaker 2: be uh prepared to do the same things over and
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  Speaker 2: over again on a consistent basis, and that's where we're
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  Speaker 2: you know, having trouble right now. And that's what happens
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  Speaker 2: when you get into a situation where you haven't won
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  Speaker 2: many games. Is Uh, there's a reason for it. Inconsistency
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  Speaker 2: is one of them.
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  Speaker 1: Seattle trading Mason Marshmoth to Columbus yesterday ahead of the
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  Speaker 1: holiday Uh freeze. When you lose a player from the
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  Speaker 1: locker room, what type of effect if any, do you
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  Speaker 1: feel that can have on on the guys in the room.
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  Speaker 1: And then also what about that makes that next man
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  Speaker 1: up mentality so important? Like you guys have been had
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  Speaker 1: to embrace all season long.
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  Speaker 2: Well, yeah, no, it's just a matter of you know,
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  Speaker 2: we've we've had to do that all year long. We've
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  Speaker 2: had to, you know, go through guys getting injured. We
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  Speaker 2: still have guys getting injured. You know. We made this
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  Speaker 2: decision for you know, for our hockey team, for you know,
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  Speaker 2: for future and and we'll see where it goes from here.
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  Speaker 2: But certainly every player on this team has a up
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  Speaker 2: to do tonight when they come to the building. They're
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  Speaker 2: all professionals, so there shouldn't really be any.
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  Speaker 1: Effect looking at that next man mentality. At least based
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  Speaker 1: off Land Rushes this morning, it looks like Coppolcaco will
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  Speaker 1: have an opportunity up on that top line spot. He
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  Speaker 1: had a goal last time out against Calgary. How have
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  Speaker 1: you liked his game in recent games and what are
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  Speaker 1: you looking for from him tonight?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think it's coming around again. I've talked about
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  Speaker 2: the fact that he's been injured, you know, training camp
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  Speaker 2: and then came back and got injured right away again.
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  Speaker 2: So he's kind of, you know, he's trying to catch
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  Speaker 2: the moving train, so to speak. I think he's catching
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  Speaker 2: it a little better now. This is a good opportunity.
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  Speaker 2: He's had some success in the past playing with Maddie Beneers,
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  Speaker 2: so I think, you know, I'm looking forward to seeing
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  Speaker 2: him playing up there.
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  Speaker 1: Seven game point streak for Chandler Stevenson. He's a leader
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  Speaker 1: on this team, both on the ice and in the
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  Speaker 1: locker room. What have you liked about his game the
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  Speaker 1: last week and a half.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think he's been fairly direct with his game,
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  Speaker 2: which we need Chandler to be. You know, he's got
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  Speaker 2: tremendous speed and power. He's so smooth that sometimes you
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  Speaker 2: don't really realize he's moving at that speed. But certainly
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  Speaker 2: I think he's been using that speed to his advantage
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  Speaker 2: and to our advantage. And you know, he continues to
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  Speaker 2: play against other team's top lines. He continues to get
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  Speaker 2: the toughest matchups, you know, so good on him for
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  Speaker 2: having a seven game point street.
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  Speaker 1: You've seen San Jose twice this season. You know they're fast,
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  Speaker 1: and they're skilled, and they have a lot of star power,
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  Speaker 1: a lot of firepower on that roster. What are you
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  Speaker 1: expecting out of them here tonight in this season finale
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  Speaker 1: and what do you want to see from your group
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  Speaker 1: to help Negate? A lot of what they can offer.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we've got to play our game and so we've
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  Speaker 2: got to be solid defensively. But we can help Negate,
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  Speaker 2: you know, their offensive power by playing in the offensives
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  Speaker 2: on ourselves, you know, putting pressure on them to defend.
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  Speaker 2: That's one way to do it. So we're looking to
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  Speaker 2: plan our toes and attack. But I will say this,
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  Speaker 2: this team is on puck's San Jose. You don't have
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  Speaker 2: a lot of time and space. Our team has to
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  Speaker 2: be prepared to do things quickly with the puck when
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  Speaker 2: we get the puck, not only in our zone, but
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  Speaker 2: in the neutral zone and in the offensive zone. They're
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  Speaker 2: a fast team, that's what uh uh and they and
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  Speaker 2: they do things quickly and that's what makes them, dangerous,