Everett Fitzhugh's conversation with Kraken head coach Lane Lambert ahead of the January 6th matchup between the Seattle Kraken and Boston Bruins at Climate Pledge Arena.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Thanks, Mike Lane. We talk a lot about the vets
on this team, the Schwartzes and the McCanns and the Everlas,
but a lot lately it has been centered around the
younger players. Not only that four flyne, but Berkeley Catton's
been getting a number of great A scoring chances. It
seems like it's a matter of time before he gets
his first goal. Cale Fleury has come in and I say,
he's a young guy's got over two hundred games in
(00:20):
the league, but he's been playing well. What have you
liked about the younger players, these draft picks that are
now starting to come up and make their presence known
in the NHL.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Well, I think it's important, certainly for any organization, and
in particular organization, to have our young guys come up
and contribute. What I've liked about them as they've added spark,
with added energy and all the while we're developing on
the fly to a certain degree, you know, and they're
(00:54):
getting better and better. You know, each segment, I guess,
if you want to call it that, each game of understanding.
You know what it takes to play in this league,
what it takes to win in this league. It's a
different league than anyone's ever been to and ever seen.
And you know they're doing a good job of sort
(01:16):
of developing into that and their energy has been much
needed for our hockey team.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
I guess. Sticking with that, do you put any added
pressure or responsibility on those veteran players, the Everlys and
the Duns and the Larcens, the Schwartzes to help bring
those guys along to mentor or do you just see
that as a natural way with those guys.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Well, that's a joy of having what I would call
good leadership and good people and good character people. Is
they are really doing it organically, you know, certainly we
talk about that, but you know they're good bettering guys
(02:01):
that I think, and you always remember how you came up,
and I'm pretty sure that you know, Jordan Eberley when
he was a youngster, had somebody mentor him, you know
when he remembers that. So I think they're doing a
really good job of bringing those guys along into the
group and certainly into the league and having them understand
(02:22):
what it takes.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Big win last night in Calgary five to one, four
goals in the third period. It was a milestone night
for Everly and for Jacob Malonson, Shane Wright gets a
goal on his birthday, So happiness all around. Just take
us through that full team performance from your side.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Well, I think it started with our goaltender. I didn't
hate our game in the first two periods, but I
didn't like it either. I thought that Grooby played very
very well and gave us an opportunity to have a
good third period. And I thought in the third period,
we as a hockey team played very well. We were
sound solid, and our offense was piggybacked off our defense
(03:04):
and our good structural play.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
On this eight game point streak that you guys are
currently on, you've got four, three or four goals in
seven of those eight games, and you've allowed one or
two goals in seven of those eight games. What have
you liked about your systems, about the gameplay, the buy
in over the stretch.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
I think we've been more playing a little bit more
on our toes. And when I say that, I mean,
you know, pushing forward or you know, if we are
coming back towards our zone, we're angling better. We're not
backing up. One of the things that we sure don't
like to see is forward skating backwards through the neutral zone.
(03:47):
It just pushes our defense back, takes away our gaps
and then you know, you give up the lines too easily.
So I think we've done a much better job of that.
I have to really credit our goalies as well. They've
done a great job. They've made saves when we've needed
them to make saves. And I think our penalty killing,
our power play has you know, stepped up at the
(04:09):
right times, and certainly our penalty kills a lot better
than it was in the first you know, twenty five
games or whatever.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
You got Boston here tonight a little bit more of
a difficult test against a team you only see twice
a year, so there's not really a whole lot of
recent seed to go off of. But when you look
at Boston, big team, good power play, David Pashuak, you
always have to rely and look out for him. Where
do you see the potential pitfalls tonight for Seattle and
how can you overcome those challenges?
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Well, we have to be solid in understanding what we
need to do. You know, they're a team that plays
a little bit patient. I guess I would say they
play a lot like La. Their coach came from LA's
organization's a lot of similarities to the way the LA
Kings play right now, and so there's not a lot
(04:56):
of ice out there. There's not a lot of free
space defensively for the most part, and then they can
transition and you know, I eighty eight's in the top
handful of players in the league. You know, he just
finds a way year after year to get it done.
Their special teams are good, their power plays fourth in
the league. So we have to stay out of the box,
(05:17):
you know, for middle of an opponent for sure, and
one that I know very well having been over in
Eastern Conference for so long and played them in the
playoffs a couple of times and all that. You know,
that's a very familiar hockey team for me.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
How can you use that experience your experience here tonight.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
Well, that's just a little bit of individual stuff. Again,
the coaching has changed, the systems have changed a little
bit for them, So there's differences there. But you know,
just some individual tendencies from guys like macavoy who or
you know, guys like Pasternak, you know those guys Zaka
as well. Chris Taylor coached him in New Jersey, so
(05:55):
there's some individual tendencies that you can look into and
maybe give guys a little bit of a heads up,
But you know, the team has changed a little bit
in terms of, you know, how they play.
Thanks, Mike Lane. We talk a lot about the vets
on this team, the Schwartzes and the McCanns and the Everlas,
but a lot lately it has been centered around the
younger players. Not only that four flyne, but Berkeley Catton's
been getting a number of great A scoring chances. It
seems like it's a matter of time before he gets
his first goal. Cale Fleury has come in and I say,
he's a young guy's got over two hundred games in
(00:20):
the league, but he's been playing well. What have you
liked about the younger players, these draft picks that are
now starting to come up and make their presence known
in the NHL.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Well, I think it's important, certainly for any organization, and
in particular organization, to have our young guys come up
and contribute. What I've liked about them as they've added spark,
with added energy and all the while we're developing on
the fly to a certain degree, you know, and they're
(00:54):
getting better and better. You know, each segment, I guess,
if you want to call it that, each game of understanding.
You know what it takes to play in this league,
what it takes to win in this league. It's a
different league than anyone's ever been to and ever seen.
And you know they're doing a good job of sort
(01:16):
of developing into that and their energy has been much
needed for our hockey team.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
I guess. Sticking with that, do you put any added
pressure or responsibility on those veteran players, the Everlys and
the Duns and the Larcens, the Schwartzes to help bring
those guys along to mentor or do you just see
that as a natural way with those guys.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Well, that's a joy of having what I would call
good leadership and good people and good character people. Is
they are really doing it organically, you know, certainly we
talk about that, but you know they're good bettering guys
(02:01):
that I think, and you always remember how you came up,
and I'm pretty sure that you know, Jordan Eberley when
he was a youngster, had somebody mentor him, you know
when he remembers that. So I think they're doing a
really good job of bringing those guys along into the
group and certainly into the league and having them understand
(02:22):
what it takes.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Big win last night in Calgary five to one, four
goals in the third period. It was a milestone night
for Everly and for Jacob Malonson, Shane Wright gets a
goal on his birthday, So happiness all around. Just take
us through that full team performance from your side.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Well, I think it started with our goaltender. I didn't
hate our game in the first two periods, but I
didn't like it either. I thought that Grooby played very
very well and gave us an opportunity to have a
good third period. And I thought in the third period,
we as a hockey team played very well. We were
sound solid, and our offense was piggybacked off our defense
(03:04):
and our good structural play.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
On this eight game point streak that you guys are
currently on, you've got four, three or four goals in
seven of those eight games, and you've allowed one or
two goals in seven of those eight games. What have
you liked about your systems, about the gameplay, the buy
in over the stretch.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
I think we've been more playing a little bit more
on our toes. And when I say that, I mean,
you know, pushing forward or you know, if we are
coming back towards our zone, we're angling better. We're not
backing up. One of the things that we sure don't
like to see is forward skating backwards through the neutral zone.
(03:47):
It just pushes our defense back, takes away our gaps
and then you know, you give up the lines too easily.
So I think we've done a much better job of that.
I have to really credit our goalies as well. They've
done a great job. They've made saves when we've needed
them to make saves. And I think our penalty killing,
our power play has you know, stepped up at the
(04:09):
right times, and certainly our penalty kills a lot better
than it was in the first you know, twenty five
games or whatever.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
You got Boston here tonight a little bit more of
a difficult test against a team you only see twice
a year, so there's not really a whole lot of
recent seed to go off of. But when you look
at Boston, big team, good power play, David Pashuak, you
always have to rely and look out for him. Where
do you see the potential pitfalls tonight for Seattle and
how can you overcome those challenges?
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Well, we have to be solid in understanding what we
need to do. You know, they're a team that plays
a little bit patient. I guess I would say they
play a lot like La. Their coach came from LA's
organization's a lot of similarities to the way the LA
Kings play right now, and so there's not a lot
(04:56):
of ice out there. There's not a lot of free
space defensively for the most part, and then they can
transition and you know, I eighty eight's in the top
handful of players in the league. You know, he just
finds a way year after year to get it done.
Their special teams are good, their power plays fourth in
the league. So we have to stay out of the box,
(05:17):
you know, for middle of an opponent for sure, and
one that I know very well having been over in
Eastern Conference for so long and played them in the
playoffs a couple of times and all that. You know,
that's a very familiar hockey team for me.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
How can you use that experience your experience here tonight.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
Well, that's just a little bit of individual stuff. Again,
the coaching has changed, the systems have changed a little
bit for them, So there's differences there. But you know,
just some individual tendencies from guys like macavoy who or
you know, guys like Pasternak, you know those guys Zaka
as well. Chris Taylor coached him in New Jersey, so
(05:55):
there's some individual tendencies that you can look into and
maybe give guys a little bit of a heads up,
But you know, the team has changed a little bit
in terms of, you know, how they play.
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