The Conversation Line – Derek Lalonde

Daniella Bruce and Ken Daniels sit down with Red Wings head coach, Derek Lalonde to discuss his unconventional route to coaching in the NHL. Lalonde recounts his college goaltending days, his love for coaching at every level, and what it was like to bring the Stanley Cup back to his hometown in Brasher Falls, NY. What’s one thing that will get a typically even-keeled Newsy fired up? Also in this episode, we learn about Detroit’s approach to analytics, the team’s emerging leadership core, and which high school class was not Lalonde’s best.

Presented by: Figer Law

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  4. He's gotta go. He's lost the room and the players are in open revolt against him at this point. Do you know how bad you have to be coaching for Pat Kane to complain about it in postgame, AFTER A WIN where he scores the game winner? Pat's been in the league 18 years now, you won't find any other comments in postgame like the ones he just made about Lalonde's system this year.

    Let the players play offense or face a full blown locker room mutiny and maybe a quick firing.

  5. Also, for anyone saying "But they're winning! and Playing such great defense!" These are fluke goalie wins. It is unsustainable. The team is being dominated in the play and in the chances literally about every game.

  12. Hope everyone who says fire Lalonde watched this interview. I dont believe he is a bad coach. I think we have soft players who dont try hard more than anything. What coach could come in and take us to new heights with this team? The only thing i will say is this whole dump and chase thing to get posession in the o zone is kind of getting old. Just bring the puck in the zone keep control and score. We did that twice yesterday and had one goal. The rest were dumps. I think newsey knows we do not have the skill to carry the puck in.

  14. I feel like Daniella doesn’t get enough credit on how incredible she is at interviews. She keeps the conversations smooth and no one ever has a hard time understanding her questions she seems very easy to talk to. Loved this interview. (And I don’t even have to say Ken is a legend and is absolutely the best but we all know that lol ) 👍🏼

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