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Speaker 1: Thanks Mike Lane. You picked up a big four to

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Speaker 1: one win over your former employer, the New York Islanders

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Speaker 1: a couple of nights ago. What did a win like

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Speaker 1: that for Seattle do in terms of not only snapping

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Speaker 1: that four game skid you were on, but also instilling

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Speaker 1: some confidence back in this team going into a pretty

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Speaker 1: tough touch of games this week.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's what it did. Is it? You know,

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Speaker 2: gave us a little bit more confidence, It gets a

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Speaker 2: little bit of you know, it takes a smidgeon of

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Speaker 2: the pressure off, you know, not you know, riding some

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Speaker 2: kind of a losing streak and you're you've got you know,

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Speaker 2: a win back in the win call them at the

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Speaker 2: end of the streak, I guess, so to speak. And

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Speaker 2: you know, we just continue to move forward from here

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Speaker 2: against a very dangerous Anaheim team which were two points behind,

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Speaker 2: and you know, it's a big hockey game for both teams.

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Speaker 1: In your mind, what did you feel went right for

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Speaker 1: Seattle against the Islanders. What are the biggest differences in

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Speaker 1: that game compared to the previous three or four games.

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Speaker 2: Well, I think, you know, for the most part, we

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Speaker 2: got we got some good say is when we needed him.

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Speaker 2: We played well. I thought our penalty kill was good.

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Speaker 2: I thought our power play got us a big goal,

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Speaker 2: and I thought we had more structured defensively and a

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Speaker 2: little more commitment defensively. You know, we started to leak

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Speaker 2: oil a little bit, and you know, you kind of wonder,

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Speaker 2: you know how much of it is. You know how

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Speaker 2: many miles we traveled, how many games we played, and

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Speaker 2: all that stuff, and you do have to take some

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Speaker 2: of that in consideration, I guess, But you know, we

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Speaker 2: we felt like we played a little bit more committed

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Speaker 2: in a little better structurally.

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Speaker 1: How big of a loss will Ben Myers be for

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Speaker 1: this group? But you get Jacob A. Lonson back and

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Speaker 1: Freddy Gadreau will be on that line back in the middle,

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Speaker 1: his natural center position. The loss of Ben Myers plus

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Speaker 1: now the new I guess, quote unquote new four flyne

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Speaker 1: how big of a loss would that be for Seattle?

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Speaker 1: And what are you expecting out of those three guys?

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Speaker 2: Well, you know it's a for me, it's a big

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Speaker 2: loss because you know, when we sent Benny down earlier

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Speaker 2: in the year, he didn't exactly win when we did that.

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Speaker 2: You know, we're going to find out here he's been

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Speaker 2: a good player for us in that role, and that

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Speaker 2: role is a very important role, as you well know

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Speaker 2: that I believe that that's extremely important role. There's an

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Speaker 2: identity there, there's a quickness there to him. But at

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Speaker 2: the same time, we you know, we've got an unbelievable

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Speaker 2: option and a guy who's you know, a veteran player

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Speaker 2: in this league that did a really good job going

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Speaker 2: up and playing on Chandler's line, and now Freddie comes

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Speaker 2: back down into that position. So don't I don't see

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Speaker 2: it being as big as maybe you might think. But certainly,

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Speaker 2: you know, Benny was playing well.

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Speaker 1: You mentioned this morning Jacob Allatson being sent down earlier

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Speaker 1: this month, a couple of weeks ago, now that it

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Speaker 1: was more of a numbers game in that regard. But

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Speaker 1: getting him back, what does he bring to this lineup

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Speaker 1: and where do you feel his ceiling as a player is.

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Speaker 2: Well, he brings energy and he brings an element of physicality.

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Speaker 2: So and it's an important element, especially in that role.

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Speaker 2: You know, I don't know what his ceiling is. You

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Speaker 2: know that'll time will tell time, will you know, sort

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Speaker 2: of establish that, But certainly, you know, a short term

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Speaker 2: here right now, we need them to be out there.

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Speaker 2: We need them to skate, We need them to give

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Speaker 2: us energy.

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Speaker 1: Looking at the Anaheim Ducks, a team very similar to Seattle.

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Speaker 1: They've been up, they've been down, now they're back up,

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Speaker 1: winning five in a row. They've had some key injuries

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Speaker 1: that are not going to play here this evening. What

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Speaker 1: challenges do they present to Seattle and what can you

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Speaker 1: draw on from previous games experience this year to help

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Speaker 1: you get two big points in division tonight.

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Speaker 2: Well, they are missing a couple of guys, there's no

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Speaker 2: question about it. But you know, we were missing a

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Speaker 2: couple of guys too and ended up going on a

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Speaker 2: you know, eight or two runs. So you can't you

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Speaker 2: can't look at a team's lineup and think that there's

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Speaker 2: going to be anything easy about it. You know, there's

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Speaker 2: no question that Carlson being out as a big hole

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Speaker 2: for them. But at the same time, you know they're

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Speaker 2: a dangerous hockey team. They've won five in a row

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Speaker 2: and their goaltenders playing fantastic, so you know they're feeling

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Speaker 2: it right now. They're riding a wave. I think everybody's

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Speaker 2: very committed on their hockey team, and you know, the

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Speaker 2: challenge is the challenge. We I don't think have played

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Speaker 2: great against them this year. They've exposed us a little

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Speaker 2: bit with their offensive talent and times, and I think

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Speaker 2: our goaltenders have been really good. So we're going to

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Speaker 2: have to be better to night