1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 1: Thank you, Mike Lane. A very rare one nothing shootout 2 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:08,200 Speaker 1: loss for the Crack and on Sunday to wrap up 3 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:10,920 Speaker 1: that road trip. Overall, you get five of eight points, 4 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 1: you have a couple of come from behind victories, a 5 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:16,760 Speaker 1: lot of positives on that four game. 6 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:17,239 Speaker 2: Trek out east. 7 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: Just take us through your thoughts on the last eight 8 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 1: days for Seattle and your your breakdown and assessment of 9 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:23,600 Speaker 1: that road trip. 10 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, it didn't start off the way we 11 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 3: wanted to in Detroit, you know, and and I thought 12 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 3: from there we did a good job of regrouping, you know, 13 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:38,280 Speaker 3: coming back with a couple of comeback wins in the 14 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:42,159 Speaker 3: third period, and you know, both Chicago and Pittsburgh, and 15 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:45,159 Speaker 3: then like you said, you know, the the Islander game was. 16 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 2: It was that back to back. It was a short 17 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 2: turnaround for us. 18 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 3: I thought our goaltender played it excellent, deserved the shutout, 19 00:00:56,600 --> 00:01:00,320 Speaker 3: got the shout out. You know, they don't take away 20 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:02,279 Speaker 3: a shutout if you get scored on in a shootout. 21 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 3: But certainly I thought, you know, for the most part, 22 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 3: I thought we played pretty good. There's certainly some areas 23 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 3: we can clean up. I thought the Islanders had too 24 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 3: many rush chances. 25 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 2: Honest. 26 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 1: The other night, at the quarter pole of the season, 27 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:19,680 Speaker 1: where Seattle is now tied for second in the division, 28 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:22,839 Speaker 1: what would you make of this team? What's your assessment 29 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:26,480 Speaker 1: of where you guys are based on your expectations coming 30 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 1: into the year and where you see this team moving forward? 31 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:34,319 Speaker 3: Well, for me anyway, personally, expectations are always high. 32 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:37,039 Speaker 2: If you set the bar low, you will go low. 33 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 2: And you know our bar said high right from the 34 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:40,680 Speaker 2: get go. 35 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:44,400 Speaker 3: I've always said there's a way to win every game, 36 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 3: and there is, you know, I think our guys have 37 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:50,440 Speaker 3: done a real good job of being. 38 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 2: Dialed in for the most part. 39 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 3: We've had a couple of I guess what you could 40 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 3: call stinker games, but those happen. You know, you don't 41 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 3: want them to happen, but it's just sometimes there's just 42 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 3: no getting around it. You know, you can probably take 43 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 3: a handful of games over the course of the year 44 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 3: before the season starts and going, man, we're not going 45 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 3: to be very good in about five of them, just 46 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 3: because you know, and it's just the way it is. 47 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:14,639 Speaker 3: It's a long season. So I think we've done a 48 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:18,079 Speaker 3: pretty good job of embracing you know what. 49 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 2: Kind of an end do we want. 50 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 3: And you know, we've done a pretty good job of 51 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 3: being in every game and battling through every game and 52 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 3: understanding the importance of each each second of a game. 53 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 3: And I think that's valuable moving forward for not only 54 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:34,959 Speaker 3: for our team, but also for you know, the young 55 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 3: players and the development of them. You know a lot 56 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 3: of times that's a mentality development as well, and having 57 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,359 Speaker 3: to understand and realize how difficult every game and every 58 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 3: second of every game is super important for me from 59 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:51,079 Speaker 3: their standpoint of development. So I think we've made some 60 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 3: decent progress. Again, it's only a quarter point, and you 61 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 3: know the next next month is going to be critical, 62 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 3: and really, you know, December January is going to be 63 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 3: I just think it's going to be. 64 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 2: Tied all the way through. 65 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 1: Defense continues to be one of this team's calling cards. 66 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:08,679 Speaker 1: You look at your last ten games, you've allowed two 67 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 1: or fewer goals, and six you've allowed three or fewer goals, 68 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 1: and eight. We talk a lot about how we can 69 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 1: get more offense going, but do you take any solace 70 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 1: in the fact is it comforting to know that, even 71 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: if the offense isn't coming as much as we would like, 72 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:25,080 Speaker 1: we're still second ranked in goals against, and we still 73 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 1: are able to limit a lot of what teams are doing. 74 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 1: Does it give you any any solace in that fact? 75 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 3: Well, this is why we have the record we have, 76 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 3: because we've committed to that area, you know, and eventually, 77 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 3: you know, once once the offense sort of piggybacks off 78 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 3: it a little bit more. I'm not saying it hasn't. 79 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 3: We're our record's pretty good right now. You know, you 80 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 3: can win games to one. We're proving that they'll still 81 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:55,240 Speaker 3: go up in the W column. And you know, again, 82 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 3: there's a lot of benefits to playing those types of 83 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 3: games too, playoff type games. So you know, I think 84 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 3: that we take a lot of solace in the fact 85 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 3: that where we are defensively in the league. 86 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 1: Dallas last night a big eight three win in Edmonton. 87 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: They're on the second half of the back to back. 88 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 1: I'm assuming starting on time and getting off to a 89 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 1: good start going to be big for your group here tonight. 90 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 1: But also, what else do you feel Seattle needs to 91 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:21,839 Speaker 1: do here tonight? It was a heartbreaking two to one 92 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 1: loss in their building two weeks ago, whatever it was. 93 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 1: How can the Kraken get some revenge from that and 94 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 1: capitalize on the fact that maybe the Stars team might 95 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 1: be a little bit tired coming off that back to back. 96 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 3: Well, you know what if you look at the minutes 97 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:38,039 Speaker 3: that they played last night, and that's one of the 98 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 3: bonuses I guess of you know, being up five to 99 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 3: nothing or six nothing or whatever it was, and you know, 100 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 3: ending eight three. None of their players got taxed last night. 101 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:53,160 Speaker 3: The minutes were very low for everybody. You know, this 102 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:56,160 Speaker 3: isn't I guess, in my opinion, it is a back 103 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:57,960 Speaker 3: to back for them because they came in and they 104 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 3: got in late, but they weren't taxed by the Edmonton 105 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 3: Oilers last night, you know, in terms of their minutes. 106 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 3: So you know, it's maybe not your quote unquote true 107 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:09,839 Speaker 3: back to back for them. You know, our game plan 108 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 3: doesn't change anyway. We do have to have a good start. 109 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 3: I think we have to have a better start that 110 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:17,719 Speaker 3: we had on you know, on the road, and I 111 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 3: think that, you know, we have to continue with our theme. 112 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 3: They've got some players that can hurt you. They've got 113 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 3: a power play that's number two in the league. It 114 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 3: was three for four last night in Edmonton. Rant in 115 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 3: his back. You know, ice can in you know, they've 116 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 3: got Sagan, They've just got a ton of weapons there. Offensively, 117 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:38,159 Speaker 3: we've got to make sure that we do our best 118 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 3: to shut those guys down and you know, attack offensively 119 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 3: for us. Let's let's play in their zone and you know, 120 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 3: be hard to play against in their zone as well 121 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:50,480 Speaker 3: as being hard to play against in our own zone.