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Head Coach Lane Lambert Pregame conversation ahead of matchup at Montreal (10/14) · Seattle Kraken Audio Network

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  Speaker 1: Thanks Mike, We are back with the head coach of
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  Speaker 1: the undefeated Seattle crack in Lane Lambert Lane a perfect
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  Speaker 1: two and I went home to begin the year two
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  Speaker 1: to one thrilling overtime win against Vegas. What in your
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  Speaker 1: mind was the catalyst to that victory for Seattle against
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  Speaker 1: the Golden Knights.
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  Speaker 2: I thought, we you know, I just thought we competed.
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  Speaker 2: We had a game plan going in, we stuck to
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  Speaker 2: the game plan, and you know, I thought we turned
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  Speaker 2: the game into a low event game, which you know,
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  Speaker 2: in my mind worked to our advantage and we took
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  Speaker 2: advantage of our opportunities. So you know, there's there's a formula,
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  Speaker 2: and I thought the guys did a really good job
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  Speaker 2: of sticking to that formula. We had some greatest saves
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  Speaker 2: when we needed them, and of course so did they.
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  Speaker 2: So it was a very close hockey game.
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  Speaker 1: After a slow start against Anaheim, you guys bounce back
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  Speaker 1: in the second and third periods wasting little time against
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  Speaker 1: the Vegas Golden Night it's getting off to that good start.
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  Speaker 1: What was the message to the group going into that game?
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  Speaker 1: And where do you find the biggest differences between game
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  Speaker 1: one and game two?
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  Speaker 2: Live for Seattle, I just think that, you know, the
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  Speaker 2: starts for both games were different because the first one
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  Speaker 2: was the first game. The first one was a bit
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  Speaker 2: of nerves home opener, all that stuff, and then the
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  Speaker 2: second one, I think we settled more in and you know,
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  Speaker 2: not everything was quote unquote new, whether it be you know,
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  Speaker 2: coming to the rank, what are the meetings look like
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  Speaker 2: this that you know, everything was just a little bit
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  Speaker 2: more you know, I guess familiar, and it led to
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  Speaker 2: us getting to a better start.
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  Speaker 1: Looking at some individual performances from the first two games,
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  Speaker 1: Matty Beneers, Jared McCann, Joey Decord, all three of those
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  Speaker 1: players have made big contributions for this team. What have
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  Speaker 1: you liked about the leaders, the vets on this team
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  Speaker 1: being your best players to kick off this campaign.
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  Speaker 2: Well, Joey's been outstanding. Obviously, he's made you know, he
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  Speaker 2: made some huge saves in the Anaheim game and we
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  Speaker 2: needed him. He made some big saves in the Vegas
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  Speaker 2: game as well. Certainly they had some opportunities in the
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  Speaker 2: first period again, but so did we, you know. And McCann,
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  Speaker 2: you know, he's obviously the overtime goal, but certainly the
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  Speaker 2: goal against Anaheim to give us a little breathing room,
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  Speaker 2: and the start of the third period, he's he's a
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  Speaker 2: high skilled guy and he's a goal scorer, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's nice to see him get off to a good start.
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  Speaker 2: Mattie Beniers has played very well. You know, he's played
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  Speaker 2: a two hundred foot game and he's done a lot
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  Speaker 2: of good things in both ends of the rink.
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  Speaker 1: The preseason's over, You've gotten two games under your belt
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  Speaker 1: with your group. Where do you find this team has
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  Speaker 1: improved the most? And a lot of coaches will say
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  Speaker 1: it continues to be a work in progress. But how
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  Speaker 1: have you liked that progress these first two games compared
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  Speaker 1: to where they were against the final few preseason games.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, you know, we've got our team together.
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  Speaker 2: You know, that's the other thing about the first game,
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  Speaker 2: maybe the first periods, we hadn't had a team together
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  Speaker 2: really necessarily throughout exhibition. We've got our team together and
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  Speaker 2: we're you know, again I will say it's a work
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  Speaker 2: in progress. You know, we've we're coming together. We're starting
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  Speaker 2: to do more things than not about what we've talked
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  Speaker 2: about throughout training camp, and you know, we just got
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  Speaker 2: to continue to grow and get better where you have
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  Speaker 2: an extreme challenge here tonight against Montreal. You know, they're
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  Speaker 2: a fast team, extremely fast, fast team at home, and
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  Speaker 2: we're going to need a good start to this hockey game.
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  Speaker 1: You mentioned the start. It's their home opener. They made
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  Speaker 1: the playoffs last year for the first time in quite
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  Speaker 1: some time, so their fans are ready, the organization is
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  Speaker 1: ready to take that next leap in their progression. They've
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  Speaker 1: got their young core signed through at least twenty thirty.
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  Speaker 1: When you look at the Montreal Canadians, where do you
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  Speaker 1: see this team in terms of their future but also
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  Speaker 1: the types of problems you mentioned the speed that they
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  Speaker 1: can present the Seattle this year.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, they've done a really good job of building
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  Speaker 2: the team, and they've built it with a plan and
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  Speaker 2: the plant is you know, they've got young, young talent,
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  Speaker 2: and they've got some fast players and they played the
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  Speaker 2: game quickly, and you know, obviously the future bodes well
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  Speaker 2: for them. Making the playoffs last year was a big
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  Speaker 2: confidence booster for them, I'm sure, and you know, and
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  Speaker 2: they've got this city excited. And anytime the city of
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  Speaker 2: Montreal is excited about the Canadians, it's a pretty good thing.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, there's certainly is an area around here
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  Speaker 2: that you don't see in many other cities.