1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,000 Speaker 1: Thanks Mike Lane. Entering game five with this five game trip, 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,880 Speaker 1: yere one two and one so far on the trip, 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:07,840 Speaker 1: what have you made of these first four games? What 4 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:09,760 Speaker 1: have you liked about your team's performance, and where do 5 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: you feel the krack and have left something on the table? 6 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:16,440 Speaker 2: Ah, I think you know, overall, if you look at 7 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 2: the four game stretch, you know, I've liked a lot 8 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:23,480 Speaker 2: about our game. I didn't like the New Jersey game 9 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:26,439 Speaker 2: much at all. I thought that we left something on 10 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 2: the table there. We could have been better, and if 11 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 2: we were better, we would have, you know, won that 12 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:35,160 Speaker 2: game in regulation. Certainly giving up the lead in Carolina, 13 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 2: you know that hurts, so I mean would have, could have? 14 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:43,879 Speaker 2: Should have? You know, we've actually had opportunities to win 15 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:46,199 Speaker 2: every game on this trip, and you know we got 16 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:47,880 Speaker 2: to find a way here to to get it done. 17 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 1: In Utah today, you've talked a lot about starts and 18 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:53,160 Speaker 1: needing to get off to better starts. You do over 19 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:56,920 Speaker 1: You've overcome a couple of deficits to nothing. In Boston, 20 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:00,319 Speaker 1: you battle the entire night. What do you feel has 21 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 1: been the biggest reason why the Kraken haven't been able 22 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 1: to start on time? So to speak in this on 23 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 1: this road trip. 24 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, I just think that, you know, there's situation where 25 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 2: maybe we need a timely save. I haven't liked two 26 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 2: of the goals that they've scored, the first Ranger goal 27 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:21,760 Speaker 2: in the first Boston goals, So you know, if those 28 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 2: if those don't go in the net, we're talking about 29 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:27,039 Speaker 2: a different story on the starts. So you know, at 30 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:29,960 Speaker 2: the end of the day, our goaltenders have played extremely 31 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,479 Speaker 2: well for us. We need to help them out right office, 32 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 2: right off the start of the game and not put 33 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 2: them in a situation where they have to make a sicky. 34 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 1: You were asked earlier today about the schedule, and I 35 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 1: know you've talked so much about it, but now going 36 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:43,559 Speaker 1: home for the next five games, even though you're playing 37 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 1: every other day, you're still going to get some time 38 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 1: in your own bed, around your families, what have you. 39 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 1: What do you feel that's going to do for the 40 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 1: Cracking as they try to continue to maintain that third 41 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: spot in the Pacific Division. 42 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, we're going to find out, aren't we. You know, 43 00:01:56,320 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 2: we are road records good this year. Home record is 44 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 2: pretty good this year as well. You know, we had 45 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 2: that stretch in December where we faltered, but we're certainly 46 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 2: going to need some home cooking here and we're going 47 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 2: to need to, you know, make some hay at home, 48 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 2: so to speak. Got some important hockey games coming up 49 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:16,239 Speaker 2: and we need to win them. 50 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: Your power plays jumping into the top ten in the NHL. 51 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 1: What's been going right for this group? 52 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 2: I would say that certainly it starts with, you know, 53 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:28,799 Speaker 2: the message to the guys, and they're executing that message. 54 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:33,919 Speaker 2: You know, they're moving the puck quickly, and I think 55 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 2: we're scoring. You know, our percentage of shots and our 56 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 2: sort of sniping ability has been pretty good. Certainly, Jared mccannback. 57 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 2: We've talked about this guy when he wasn't on our team. 58 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 2: I've really watched him play a lot here lately in 59 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:55,800 Speaker 2: terms of not knowing his game because he was injured. 60 00:02:57,160 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 2: Full respect for this guy. He's an elite player, He's 61 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:02,399 Speaker 2: an elite thinker. There's little things that he does out 62 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 2: there on the power play that you know, people that 63 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:10,240 Speaker 2: don't know the game quite as well and don't understand, 64 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 2: but the littlest of things and they're making a big difference. 65 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 1: Boston was the first time all season the crack and 66 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:20,079 Speaker 1: have had a healthy compliment of skaters. What does that 67 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 1: mean for this team moving forward? When you look at 68 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 1: the potential and the possibilities of your lineup, matchups, jumbling 69 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 1: up the lines, things that you can do. I mean, 70 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 1: this is an obvious question, but how does it feel, 71 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 1: finally forty five games into the season to finally have 72 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 1: all your skaters healthy? 73 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 2: Well, you know again, it's interesting when you say it's 74 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 2: forty five games of a season and you finally get 75 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 2: all your skaters healthy. Now there's a little bit of 76 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 2: a situation where none of these guys have played together. Yeah, 77 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 2: and so you're back to a little bit of finding 78 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 2: some chemistry again. Even though you've got everybody. It sounds 79 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 2: like it's a great thing. It can be a great thing. 80 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 2: But we need to gel here really quickly. 81 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 1: Utah has been playing well here as of late, sitting 82 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 1: one point ahead of Seattle. Didn't get the win last 83 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 1: time here in December when you played this group. What 84 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 1: do you feel is going to be the most important 85 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 1: factor for the krack in here tonight. 86 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 2: We've got to make them defend. We've got to put 87 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 2: them into a position where they have to spend some 88 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,160 Speaker 2: time in their own zone as opposed to spending time 89 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 2: in our zone. That's the first and foremost, and the 90 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 2: second thing is we've got to manage to puck. Their 91 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:23,839 Speaker 2: transition game is off the charts.