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PREGAME: Head Coach Lane Lambert speaks with Everett Fitzhugh before game against Penguins (11/22) · Seattle Kraken Audio Network

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  Speaker 1: Thanks Mike. With Lane Lambert, looking at tonight, the Pittsburgh
• 0:04
  Speaker 1: Penguins got off to a pretty hot start. They've cooled
• 0:06
  Speaker 1: down a little bit after a five nothing lost here
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  Speaker 1: at home last night. Anytime you have Crosby and malk
• 0:12
  Speaker 1: It on the ice and the tang on the ice,
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  Speaker 1: you know it's going to be a dangerous team. What
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  Speaker 1: do they present to this group that the crackit are
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  Speaker 1: gonna have to overcome this evening?
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  Speaker 2: Well, they you know, they've got speed. They play fast,
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  Speaker 2: they play north, they try and stretch out and at
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  Speaker 2: the end of the day, they don't need a lot
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  Speaker 2: of opportunities to hurt you.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I didn't look this.
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  Speaker 2: Morning, but you know there's well over two thousand points
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  Speaker 2: between two of them, and you know, it's just a
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  Speaker 2: situation where they're they're.
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  Speaker 3: Coming off of five nothing loss.
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  Speaker 2: You know, they came back from you know, from the
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  Speaker 2: Global series time change, all that first came back. I
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  Speaker 2: expect them to be a lot better than they were
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  Speaker 2: last night, and we're gonna have to be good. We're
• 1:00
  Speaker 2: gonna have to stay above them, keep them off the
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  Speaker 2: score sheet as best we possibly can, and stay out
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  Speaker 2: of the penalty box. Their power play is first in
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  Speaker 2: the league over thirty percent. There's just so many weapons
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  Speaker 2: there that it's hard. It's hard to pick which one
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  Speaker 2: to take away.
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  Speaker 1: The defensive structure never changes from team the team. But
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  Speaker 1: this team, the crackt I mean, have had an ability
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  Speaker 1: to shut down the badards, the McDavid's, the top players
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  Speaker 1: in this league. What is it about this group that
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  Speaker 1: sometimes can render these superstar players ineffective? And what do
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  Speaker 1: they have to do here tonight to do the same
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  Speaker 1: thing for a Crosby and.
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  Speaker 2: For a balcon Well, you know, you've got to give
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  Speaker 2: credit to the team for embracing the structure of what
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  Speaker 2: we're doing first and foremost.
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  Speaker 3: And then you know, when you're playing against.
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  Speaker 2: Those types of players, you've got to have the right
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  Speaker 2: people on the ice as best you possibly can. Give
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  Speaker 2: Chandler Stevenson a lot of credit, give Mattypineer's a lot
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  Speaker 2: of credit their lines, and give our deep you know,
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  Speaker 2: a lot of credit with you know, Dunn and Larson
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  Speaker 2: and play an etraordinary amount against those those guys. But
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  Speaker 2: we feel like we've got three solid D pairs and
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  Speaker 2: we actually have two guys that aren't playing in the game,
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  Speaker 2: you know, with Mahara and Flurry that we.
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  Speaker 3: Feel are really good as well.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, I think they've done a good job
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  Speaker 2: of recognizing that we do need to shut.
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  Speaker 3: Those guys down.
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  Speaker 1: I think, once again cracking on the other night, proving
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  Speaker 1: it's not how you start, but how you finish a
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  Speaker 1: three goal comeback to take down Chicago three, to just
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  Speaker 1: take us through an up and down game for your group.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, like I've said all year long, it's
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  Speaker 2: never as good as you think it is, and it's
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  Speaker 2: never as bad as you think it is. I thought
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  Speaker 2: the first period was a bit of a back and
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  Speaker 2: forth period. You know, they had some chances uncharacteristic that
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  Speaker 2: we gave up a couple of slot attempts, but we
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  Speaker 2: also had some chances on them. Right, So then the
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  Speaker 2: second period, you know, for whatever reason, and.
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  Speaker 3: We come out and.
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  Speaker 2: You know, our our team has to understand the importance
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  Speaker 2: of puck management, especially in second periods, the longer changes.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we just turned the puck over a few
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  Speaker 2: too many times and they end up coming back and
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  Speaker 2: you know, getting a couple of goals on us, and
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  Speaker 2: we've got to start periods better. You know, we've had
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  Speaker 2: too many times this year where we've been scored on
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  Speaker 2: and you know, the first shift or the first two
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  Speaker 2: minutes or three minutes of the period, and it's just,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it's something we've got to correct. Give our
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  Speaker 2: guys credit. I thought the third period.
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  Speaker 3: We came out and dominated them.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, started to shoot the puck, started to
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  Speaker 2: get traffic bodies to the net, and we gave ourselves
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  Speaker 2: an opportunity to come back and win the hockey game,
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  Speaker 2: which we did.
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  Speaker 3: But we can't keep doing this. This is not a
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  Speaker 3: formula for success.
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  Speaker 1: Well was that message in between period two and three.
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  Speaker 3: It was pretty short.
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  Speaker 2: It was just a matter of trying to have our
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  Speaker 2: guys understand that that's not good enough and we've got
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  Speaker 2: a lot more to give, and if you give it,
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  Speaker 2: you've got.
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  Speaker 3: An opportunity to win a hockey game.
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  Speaker 1: Oscar Fisker Mulgarn had an assist in his first NHL game.
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  Speaker 1: What did you make of his night?
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  Speaker 3: I thought he played well.
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  Speaker 2: You know, obviously, like you say, he got a point
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  Speaker 2: in his first game. That's a huge you know, I
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  Speaker 2: guess weight off your shoulders, but certainly I thought he
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  Speaker 2: managed the puck. I thought he used his speed and
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  Speaker 2: I thought he did some smart things defensively, so you know,
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  Speaker 2: as we go forward here, you know, we look to
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  Speaker 2: try and see if we can get him a little
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  Speaker 2: more ice time.