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PREGAME: Head Coach Lane Lambert's interview with Everett Fitzhugh before Kraken/Blue Jackets (3/21) · Seattle Kraken Audio Network

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  Speaker 1: Thanks Mike Lane. Cracking falling in that first game of
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  Speaker 1: the road trip three to one to Nashville a couple
• 0:05
  Speaker 1: of nights ago, and listening to your postgame comments, you
• 0:08
  Speaker 1: felt that although the chance the goals didn't go in,
• 0:11
  Speaker 1: the chances were still there for Seattle. What did you
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  Speaker 1: make of that performance in Nashville?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I thought we played pretty solid structurally. Defensively, we
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  Speaker 2: were you know, we were we were pretty good, you know,
• 0:23
  Speaker 2: and the chances in the game were even. What we
• 0:28
  Speaker 2: need to do a better job of with this hockey team,
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  Speaker 2: and we've harped on it all year long, is we've
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  Speaker 2: got to get to the net. We had some great
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  Speaker 2: scoring chances, but we need more net presence, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and we continue to harp on it, and we're gonna
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  Speaker 2: have to be better at it tonight.
• 0:46
  Speaker 1: You mentioned in the pre game that you wanted this
• 0:49
  Speaker 1: Cracking team to be better at the things that don't
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  Speaker 1: require talent, the hard work that go into those dirty areas.
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  Speaker 1: Did you see enough of that against the press?
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  Speaker 2: I saw a lot of good things spreads, But again,
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  Speaker 2: you know, when you're challenged to score goals, there's a
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  Speaker 2: reason for it, and I think we can get more
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  Speaker 2: net presence. So, you know, I wasn't happy with that
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  Speaker 2: area of the game.
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  Speaker 1: When you want to try to foster that better net presence,
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  Speaker 1: is that a personal thing? Is that a will? Is
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  Speaker 1: that something structurally that you can toy around with. What
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  Speaker 1: can you do to get guys going to the front
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  Speaker 1: of the net more?
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  Speaker 2: Well, we have a structure that's in place for that
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  Speaker 2: to happen, but it's got to be within the players DNA,
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  Speaker 2: and you know it's not always there that way. We
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  Speaker 2: have to, you know, we have to find people that
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  Speaker 2: will go to the net a little more.
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  Speaker 1: Here with the Columbus Blue Jackets to night, they're one
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  Speaker 1: of the top teams in the NHL. The last couple
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  Speaker 1: of weeks they've played themselves from going golfing to now
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  Speaker 1: third place in the Metro Division with some really strong play. Again,
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  Speaker 1: one of these teams you don't see that often. Crack
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  Speaker 1: and I haven't played them since November. What have you
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  Speaker 1: noticed about this Columbus team just from watching them and
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  Speaker 1: doing your scouting.
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  Speaker 2: Well, they're one of the best teams in the league
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  Speaker 2: right now. I think they're eighteen to two and whatever.
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  Speaker 2: Since you know, since their coaching change and they're big,
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  Speaker 2: they're talented, and you know they go to the Nethart.
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  Speaker 2: They've got a lot of veterans, They've got a real
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  Speaker 2: good dynamic to their team, and they're tough. Olivia is
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  Speaker 2: probably the toughest guy in the league. So you know,
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  Speaker 2: they certainly have a lot of elements in play for them.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to have to be at our best with
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  Speaker 1: teams like Columbus who do have a lot of firepower.
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  Speaker 1: You can throw Tampa in there. We'll see on this
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  Speaker 1: road trip Edmonton. Also, do you throw or do you
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  Speaker 1: try to be more physical? Do you put a physical
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  Speaker 1: element a part of the game plan, Not saying that
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  Speaker 1: you don't want to normally be physical, but against these
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  Speaker 1: type of teams, do you stress the physical nature of
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  Speaker 1: games a bit more to try and get teams off
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  Speaker 1: their guard.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think that, you know, for us, the strength
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  Speaker 2: to our game has to be, you know, using our feet. Certainly,
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  Speaker 2: we want to be physical in battles, be physical in
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  Speaker 2: the in the battle areas, the netfronts, you know, keeping
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  Speaker 2: them away from our net and getting to the net. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, those are the physical aspects for for our
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  Speaker 2: hockey team. You know, we've got to we've got to
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  Speaker 2: play with pace as well.