December 10, 2025 • 8 mins
Seattle Kraken Head Coach Lane Lambert joins Dave Softy Mahler and Dick Fain to talk about the intermission shenanigans on Monday, the team’s loss on Monday, the six game losing streak and how to turn it around, and facing the Los Angeles Kings ahead.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to Crekin Game Day, brought to you by Blood Works.
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Speaker 2 (00:13):
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Blood Works NW dot org. Slash Music Now, it's Cracking
Game Day with Saftian.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Did all right?
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Cracking like Kings tonight? Boys look going to snap a
six game losing streak. Pregame six thirty face off seven
o'clock right here on KJR enjoining us on the radio
show the Head Coach. You're cracking, Lane Lambert with us
on the radio program Coach.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
How are you doing pretty good? Well?
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Before we talk about what's happening on the ice, Coach,
we got to talk to you about what happened on
the ice at CPA on Monday between the second and
third period. Did you happen to see the intermission entertainment
with me and my friend here with the bungee cord battle.
Speaker 4 (00:58):
Well, I was told that you guys had quite a
tug of.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
War going there, and.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
Uh, I, I you know, knowing you two guys, I would
have liked to have seen it, but uh we were
too busy.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
We were too busy with what we were trying to do.
Speaker 5 (01:12):
Well, we'll send you that, We'll send you the video
safe to say that you want neither Softy or me
on your hockey team, that is for damn sure, because
we are.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Not good, not good on the ice.
Speaker 5 (01:23):
Well, you know, let's let's start with I know you
never like to lose, but let's start with the positive
from last nine. You know, three for three on your
penalty kill. I know that's been an issue all season long.
So talk about what came together there a couple of
nights ago.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Well, we're working.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
Uh, you know, look at we we know, we know.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Our penalty killing hasn't been good.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
Obviously, it's it's you know, it's no surprise to anyone.
It's upsetting. And it starts right with you know, starts
right with me. Uh, you know, I've got to be better. Uh,
coaching staff's got to be better, and the players have
to be better. And at the end of the day,
you know, we made some adjustments. We're working through these
(02:07):
adjustments on the fly, and I thought our players, you know,
did a better job, and we got.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Some good saves.
Speaker 4 (02:14):
We've got some good saves on the penalty killing.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
You need that.
Speaker 4 (02:18):
I thought Gruber played well and so you know, I'm
looking forward to moving forward with I guess what we
would call a little bit of a new penalty kill system.
Nothing's ever perfect, that's for sure. They've got more guys
than you on the ice and the league, and the
talent at the National Hockey League level, and the power
(02:39):
plays is off the charts outrageous. So you know, you're
always going to give up something, but we're going to
try to eliminate some of the catastrophe or catastrophic.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Things that we've given.
Speaker 4 (02:52):
Up here over the course of the first twenty five games.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Yeah, the last six games have not gone the way
you wanted. Obviously, is coaches are a common theme with
the last six games. There has been something different, you think,
kind of an each game that has led to this
situation that you guys are in losing six in a row.
Speaker 4 (03:10):
Well, look at it's really interesting. I mean, obviously the
Edmonton game in Edmonton was a disaster.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
The common theme a little bit.
Speaker 4 (03:19):
You know, our penalty killing hasn't been good, so you know,
getting scored on and our penalty kill too frequently. I
think it's been seven times in the last six games
that puts you behind. The common theme is is we're
kind of chasing the game a little bit and instead
of playing with the lead.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
You know, you ask anybody in this league.
Speaker 4 (03:39):
It's a lot easier to play with the lead. But
at the end of the day, I've really liked some
of our games. I liked our Dallas game at home,
you know, I liked her Detroit game at home. And
I didn't mind our game last night at home or
the night before at home, you know, because you know we're.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
Right in it against you know, solid.
Speaker 4 (04:01):
Hockey teams, and uh, you know, we're just we're just
having trouble getting over the hump. And I guess the
common theme is that we just make the smallest of
error which turns into the biggest of uh, you know,
the biggest of opportunity for the other team. And and
(04:23):
you know we've had we've had opportunities to score ourselves.
We've hit crossbars, we've hit goalposts, and uh, you know,
it's just not coming easy right now. And you go
through stretches and you go through patches like that throughout
the course of the season, and it is what it is.
You've got to find your way out of it. You
got to stay determined, stay positive, stay focused. But we've
played good hockey for the most part, other than the
(04:44):
Edmonton game in Edmonton, in this entire stretch, and so
for me, that's a positive thing about it.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
All right, La, coming up tonight, I got to shake
it off, right, what's the message tonight? Going to this
game against a team that is captured at least a point,
right and seven of their last nine games.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
They're a good hockey team. They're a very big team.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
They're built for you know, playoffs, lasting, I guess you
could say, and the very experienced veteran hockey team. That's
what they are, and they play the game the right way.
It's going to be very, very difficult, you know for us.
I know we haven't scored a lot of goals lately.
We're playing against a team that is extremely hard to
(05:27):
score against. We have to find a way to work.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Through that, fight through that, put.
Speaker 4 (05:33):
A couple of bucks in the net, and we've got
to make sure that we take care of our own end.
Very good hockey team we're going to play here tonight.
It's gonna be a real challenge for our team and
really for us it's it's about getting getting out there
and going after it. Uh, you know, finding a way
to bring the energy and stay positive and get through this.
(05:54):
You know, things in this league change quick. Two weeks
ago we were you know, one point out of first place,
right and two weeks from now we could be right
back in that position. You can change things around pretty faster.
It goes from one to the other quickly.
Speaker 5 (06:10):
And finally, coach, I understand, this is the dads and
mentors trip. They'll you got some dads with the players
both this game and at Utah. Tell us what that's
all about in this league.
Speaker 4 (06:21):
Yeah, it's a really important and special thing that you
know that was started a number of years ago, and
there's there's always a little argument as to who started it,
but you know, I think, you know, overall, I think
probably it was the Nashville Predators way back when in
nineteen ninety nine, I think, and you know it it's
(06:42):
a it's a way to honor the people and the
fathers and now there's mothers trips, you know, and mentors trips,
people who have helped you, you know, through your lifetime
and your career, and especially for those that you know,
fathers are no.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Longer with them anymore.
Speaker 4 (07:00):
It's a really special event and a special situation to
share with your father, share with your mentor share with
your mother on mother's trips. You know, the experiences that
you go through on a daily basis. We're pretty lucky
as individuals here. It's a privilege to be in the
National Hockey League at any capacity where the it be coaching, playing, trainers, everybody,
(07:24):
and it's really special to be able to share that
with someone that you love and someone who's helped you
get to that point in your life and in your career.
So looking forward to it and looking forward to our
fathers and mentors giving us some giving us some energy.
Speaker 3 (07:42):
Lane Lambert, listen, great stuff, man, appreciate this. Go get
them tonight and we will talk in a week. My friend,
Good luck man, Thank you, thanks a lot, all right,
Lane Lambert with us, the head coach of the crack
in Winner Lose. He's here every Wednesday at three forty five.
We've got to break. Petros Papadakus is going to join
next on ninety three to three KJRFM
Welcome to Crekin Game Day, brought to you by Blood Works.
Give blood with Blood Works on Fridays in November and
get a cup of ivers clam chowder available at donation
locations between Everett and Tacoma.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Learn more at.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Blood Works NW dot org. Slash Music Now, it's Cracking
Game Day with Saftian.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Did all right?
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Cracking like Kings tonight? Boys look going to snap a
six game losing streak. Pregame six thirty face off seven
o'clock right here on KJR enjoining us on the radio
show the Head Coach. You're cracking, Lane Lambert with us
on the radio program Coach.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
How are you doing pretty good? Well?
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Before we talk about what's happening on the ice, Coach,
we got to talk to you about what happened on
the ice at CPA on Monday between the second and
third period. Did you happen to see the intermission entertainment
with me and my friend here with the bungee cord battle.
Speaker 4 (00:58):
Well, I was told that you guys had quite a
tug of.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
War going there, and.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
Uh, I, I you know, knowing you two guys, I would
have liked to have seen it, but uh we were
too busy.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
We were too busy with what we were trying to do.
Speaker 5 (01:12):
Well, we'll send you that, We'll send you the video
safe to say that you want neither Softy or me
on your hockey team, that is for damn sure, because
we are.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Not good, not good on the ice.
Speaker 5 (01:23):
Well, you know, let's let's start with I know you
never like to lose, but let's start with the positive
from last nine. You know, three for three on your
penalty kill. I know that's been an issue all season long.
So talk about what came together there a couple of
nights ago.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Well, we're working.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
Uh, you know, look at we we know, we know.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Our penalty killing hasn't been good.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
Obviously, it's it's you know, it's no surprise to anyone.
It's upsetting. And it starts right with you know, starts
right with me. Uh, you know, I've got to be better. Uh,
coaching staff's got to be better, and the players have
to be better. And at the end of the day,
you know, we made some adjustments. We're working through these
(02:07):
adjustments on the fly, and I thought our players, you know,
did a better job, and we got.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Some good saves.
Speaker 4 (02:14):
We've got some good saves on the penalty killing.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
You need that.
Speaker 4 (02:18):
I thought Gruber played well and so you know, I'm
looking forward to moving forward with I guess what we
would call a little bit of a new penalty kill system.
Nothing's ever perfect, that's for sure. They've got more guys
than you on the ice and the league, and the
talent at the National Hockey League level, and the power
(02:39):
plays is off the charts outrageous. So you know, you're
always going to give up something, but we're going to
try to eliminate some of the catastrophe or catastrophic.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Things that we've given.
Speaker 4 (02:52):
Up here over the course of the first twenty five games.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Yeah, the last six games have not gone the way
you wanted. Obviously, is coaches are a common theme with
the last six games. There has been something different, you think,
kind of an each game that has led to this
situation that you guys are in losing six in a row.
Speaker 4 (03:10):
Well, look at it's really interesting. I mean, obviously the
Edmonton game in Edmonton was a disaster.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
The common theme a little bit.
Speaker 4 (03:19):
You know, our penalty killing hasn't been good, so you know,
getting scored on and our penalty kill too frequently. I
think it's been seven times in the last six games
that puts you behind. The common theme is is we're
kind of chasing the game a little bit and instead
of playing with the lead.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
You know, you ask anybody in this league.
Speaker 4 (03:39):
It's a lot easier to play with the lead. But
at the end of the day, I've really liked some
of our games. I liked our Dallas game at home,
you know, I liked her Detroit game at home. And
I didn't mind our game last night at home or
the night before at home, you know, because you know we're.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
Right in it against you know, solid.
Speaker 4 (04:01):
Hockey teams, and uh, you know, we're just we're just
having trouble getting over the hump. And I guess the
common theme is that we just make the smallest of
error which turns into the biggest of uh, you know,
the biggest of opportunity for the other team. And and
(04:23):
you know we've had we've had opportunities to score ourselves.
We've hit crossbars, we've hit goalposts, and uh, you know,
it's just not coming easy right now. And you go
through stretches and you go through patches like that throughout
the course of the season, and it is what it is.
You've got to find your way out of it. You
got to stay determined, stay positive, stay focused. But we've
played good hockey for the most part, other than the
(04:44):
Edmonton game in Edmonton, in this entire stretch, and so
for me, that's a positive thing about it.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
All right, La, coming up tonight, I got to shake
it off, right, what's the message tonight? Going to this
game against a team that is captured at least a point,
right and seven of their last nine games.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
They're a good hockey team. They're a very big team.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
They're built for you know, playoffs, lasting, I guess you
could say, and the very experienced veteran hockey team. That's
what they are, and they play the game the right way.
It's going to be very, very difficult, you know for us.
I know we haven't scored a lot of goals lately.
We're playing against a team that is extremely hard to
(05:27):
score against. We have to find a way to work.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Through that, fight through that, put.
Speaker 4 (05:33):
A couple of bucks in the net, and we've got
to make sure that we take care of our own end.
Very good hockey team we're going to play here tonight.
It's gonna be a real challenge for our team and
really for us it's it's about getting getting out there
and going after it. Uh, you know, finding a way
to bring the energy and stay positive and get through this.
(05:54):
You know, things in this league change quick. Two weeks
ago we were you know, one point out of first place,
right and two weeks from now we could be right
back in that position. You can change things around pretty faster.
It goes from one to the other quickly.
Speaker 5 (06:10):
And finally, coach, I understand, this is the dads and
mentors trip. They'll you got some dads with the players
both this game and at Utah. Tell us what that's
all about in this league.
Speaker 4 (06:21):
Yeah, it's a really important and special thing that you
know that was started a number of years ago, and
there's there's always a little argument as to who started it,
but you know, I think, you know, overall, I think
probably it was the Nashville Predators way back when in
nineteen ninety nine, I think, and you know it it's
(06:42):
a it's a way to honor the people and the
fathers and now there's mothers trips, you know, and mentors trips,
people who have helped you, you know, through your lifetime
and your career, and especially for those that you know,
fathers are no.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Longer with them anymore.
Speaker 4 (07:00):
It's a really special event and a special situation to
share with your father, share with your mentor share with
your mother on mother's trips. You know, the experiences that
you go through on a daily basis. We're pretty lucky
as individuals here. It's a privilege to be in the
National Hockey League at any capacity where the it be coaching, playing, trainers, everybody,
(07:24):
and it's really special to be able to share that
with someone that you love and someone who's helped you
get to that point in your life and in your career.
So looking forward to it and looking forward to our
fathers and mentors giving us some giving us some energy.
Speaker 3 (07:42):
Lane Lambert, listen, great stuff, man, appreciate this. Go get
them tonight and we will talk in a week. My friend,
Good luck man, Thank you, thanks a lot, all right,
Lane Lambert with us, the head coach of the crack
in Winner Lose. He's here every Wednesday at three forty five.
We've got to break. Petros Papadakus is going to join
next on ninety three to three KJRFM
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