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Speaker 1: We are here with crackenhead coach Lane Lambert Lane, you've

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Speaker 1: made it through your first training camp. What did you

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Speaker 1: learn about this team from day one to where we

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Speaker 1: are now going into the official day one of the season.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think, uh, you know, there was a there

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Speaker 2: was and is a thirst to get better by each

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Speaker 2: and every player and by the entire group as a whole.

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Speaker 2: They're a good group, good people, which is which is

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Speaker 2: step one. And I thought training camp was successful in

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Speaker 2: the sense that we we really embraced what we're trying

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Speaker 2: to do as best we possibly can. Again, I continue

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Speaker 2: to say it's you know, it's a game of mistakes,

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Speaker 2: so we will make some mistakes. But as long as we,

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Speaker 2: you know, continue to build on that foundation, and they've

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Speaker 2: done a good job of doing that, you know we'll

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Speaker 2: be We'll be fine. And so I guess just an

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Speaker 2: overall commitment from the group, starting with their summer training

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Speaker 2: and everything too.

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Speaker 1: Right now, a lot of coaches will say that it's

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Speaker 1: still going to be a work in progress. Your training camp,

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Speaker 1: your preseason, then your first ten games of the year.

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Speaker 1: What are you still looking for out of this group

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Speaker 1: as they embark on tonight and against Anaheim. Where do

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Speaker 1: you feel this team stands in terms of what they

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Speaker 1: do really well and maybe some areas that you'd like

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Speaker 1: to see short up as we move through the first

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Speaker 1: few weeks of the season.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a good question. Again, I'm no different than

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Speaker 2: anyone else that you said, say it's a work in progress.

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Speaker 2: It clearly has to be training camp short but certainly,

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Speaker 2: you know, there's things that I like about our game.

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Speaker 2: There's things that we have to continue to improve on

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Speaker 2: our game. I'd like to see us, you know, our

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Speaker 2: gaps be better. You know, we attack more. I thought

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Speaker 2: in the preseason we sort of got on our heels

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Speaker 2: a little bit at times through the neutral zone, So

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Speaker 2: that's got to be better. But certainly, I think with

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Speaker 2: our transition mentality from defense to offense, I think we've

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Speaker 2: done a pretty good.

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Speaker 1: Job of that.

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Speaker 2: We have to continue to build on that.

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Speaker 1: What's the message to this group going into Game one?

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Speaker 2: Have fun? You know, because you're everybody's like uptight, nervous,

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Speaker 2: whatever it might be. Just go play, don't overthink it,

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Speaker 2: go play and then just enjoy it.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes that's easier said than the beginning of the season.

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Speaker 1: Everyone's in the first place, everyone's goal is the Stanley

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Speaker 1: Cup and to get to the playoffs, and I would

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Speaker 1: imagine the cracking are no different. But for you, what

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Speaker 1: do you feel would make this a successful season? Are

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Speaker 1: you a long term vision type of person or is

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Speaker 1: this is this genuinely a one day at a time,

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Speaker 1: one game at a time mindset that you'd like to

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Speaker 1: try to instill in this group.

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Speaker 2: I think you just have to take it one day

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Speaker 2: at a time. You know, at the end of the day,

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Speaker 2: you're right, everybody has these these thoughts and hopes and

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Speaker 2: takes you all the way into April or whatever. But

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Speaker 2: you just have to focus on the daily the daily

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Speaker 2: grind I guess, so to speak, or the daily process

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Speaker 2: and then eventually, you know, the aprils or whatever, the

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Speaker 2: maze take care of themselves, right, So just looking to

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Speaker 2: get just looking to get better every day and continue

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Speaker 2: to improve. I think success will be measured by a

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Speaker 2: number of different scales, and you know, we'll see as

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Speaker 2: we go forward. But that's right off the bat, that's

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Speaker 2: what we're looking for.

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Speaker 1: For you as a coach. What does the first day

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Speaker 1: of a season mean to you? I mean, you've been

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Speaker 1: doing this for a long time at various levels, but

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Speaker 1: it still has to have that first day of school feeling.

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Speaker 1: You know, you're you got your first day of school

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Speaker 1: suit already to go and and all of that. What

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Speaker 1: is the first day of the season genuinely truly mean

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Speaker 1: for you?

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Speaker 2: Well, it's it's again. It just reminds you of the

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Speaker 2: privilege of being able to be a part of this

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Speaker 2: league and be a part of a team you know,

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Speaker 2: and certainly to be head coaching one of those hockey

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Speaker 2: teams is a real honor and a privilege. So, you know,

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Speaker 2: the first day of the season, it it reminds you

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Speaker 2: the training camp is finally over and let's start playing

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Speaker 2: hockey for real here and see where we go. But

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Speaker 2: certainly everybody's exciting.

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Speaker 1: You mentioned you're playing it for real. You're going up

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Speaker 1: against the Anaheim Ducks, a team that started to make

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Speaker 1: a little bit of noise second half of last season.

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Speaker 1: You know, they're on the up and up. Their core,

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Speaker 1: as you mentioned earlier today, is getting older, their kids

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Speaker 1: are growing up. What can the crack and expect out

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Speaker 1: of Anaheim A team who was hungry, they're trying to

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Speaker 1: get back to the playoffs. The crack that are trying

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Speaker 1: to get back to the playoffs. So at least on paper,

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Speaker 1: a pretty evenly matched two teams to start this season.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, what can we expect that them. They're

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Speaker 2: a fast hockey team. You know, they've got some skill

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Speaker 2: and some talent. Their defense are very mobile and very

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Speaker 2: good at joining. So you know, from from our standpoint,

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Speaker 2: where we're going to have to check and I think

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Speaker 2: our offensive piggyback off our checking game and you know

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Speaker 2: we'll go from there. But certainly a talented group that

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Speaker 2: has you know, now been together really some of the

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Speaker 2: some of their younger players and what I have now

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Speaker 2: been together for a few years here, and uh, you know,

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Speaker 2: with the addition of Crider, who's a you know, tremendous

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Speaker 2: player in his own right. Uh, you know, they've got

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Speaker 2: some obviously, they've got some bullets Grandlin they picked up

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Speaker 2: as well, So they picked up a couple of veteran

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Speaker 2: guys that have you know, really had success. So it's

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Speaker 2: going to be about a