Alec Martinez

And, and I always had good examples of that in Vegas.

I had Petro, I had Theo, Alec Martinez, who I'm all still really close with, and getting to watch those guys do it year after year, game after game, 82 after 82, uh, and understanding what, you know, a good model of that looks like, right? And, and even still getting to pick Petro's brain on, you know, if you're playing 26 a night, do you have to change your game in certain areas, and what you do away from the rink, and all those sorts of things.

So I have a lot of good, uh, people to bounce things off of that way and, and that's what I've always wanted, you know, the past three or four years.

Obviously, you know, having the, um ...

They won in seven games, and then knocked off the defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks in seven games.

Alec Martinez scoring the game seven overtime winner.

The Kings 3-0 in game sevens, winning all of them on the road against the top three seeds in the West to make it back to the Stanley Cup final.

In the finals, they would take on the New Jersey, excuse me, the New York Rangers, winning that series in five games.

Alec Martinez, game five double overtime winner to seal the Kings' second Stanley Cup victory in three years.

Justin Williams was named the Conn Smythe Trophy winner as playoff MVP, with his nine goals and 16 assists for 25 points.

Many of them, uh, were goals and points that were key goals and points, which is why he was named the Conn Smythe Trophy winner.

Like, three of them went into overtime.

And, uh, To- Toffoli, Alec Martinez, game winner, double overtime, Kings win the Cup.

Henrik Lundqvist was incredible.

It's difficult to imagine Carey Price could have played even better than Lundqvist.

So in, in the NHL, it's a little bit different than that because your connection is never, uh, as hands-on or, or micromanaged like it would be, uh, in junior, but it's still really gratifying and really, uh, enjoyable to watch, uh, people around their families.

And, you know, I watch, uh, you know, you know, Alec Martinez and, uh, and his wife who-

Mm-hmm

... took, took a long time to have family and, and, uh, you know, how happy I would be for them when, uh, when that happened.

And that's, uh, that's a real priority, so those messages are always, uh, communicated if needed.

But, you know, when you've got, when you've got the right people in your room, and man, we've been blessed.

And uh, you know, I mentioned two guys that aren't here anymore, Pet- Petro and, uh, Alec Martinez, but-

Mm-hmm

Well, that's the practical answer, and that's the first one I was gonna make, is, uh, all right, I think that teams like a Rangers, a Ranger, let me say it like a New Yorker, a Ranger fan might say, "Hey, look, we had Lundqvist, uh, we had the King all these years, and we never won.

Got to the final, got trounced by the Kings, um, the King got beat by the Kings, um, Alec Martinez in overtime to win the Cup." So if you think that you can't get there and you've had this great goalie, a franchise goalie, who's considered one of the all-time greats, or at least of his generation, and yet, and yet you didn't get over the top, um, that's usually where it's such a...

Well, I'm sure there's a, a segment of Ranger nation that's thinking, "Well, maybe we should have just gone with a guy who is serviceable and make sure that, uh, that he's playing well when we get there, and we have goaltending depth.

And, uh, and then we'll, we have a better chance of winning because we couldn't do it this way." I don't think there's one way.

Right now you can't see him, but he's here.

Alec.

Zach Dooley.

Zach Dooley and his wife.

crazy they just went to slovenia i want to know what that flight what what what is that flight are you going straight into utah where's the layover like i have so many questions that's amazing

so many questions they came in for it everyone was there i mean who did we see marty drew

Alec Martinez, like you said, Matt Green, Tyler Toffoli was there.

Jared, Tyler, Kat.

Andersen and Hannan do have a lot of history from their games in Calgary.

And I think the biggest thing that made the Golden Knights work when they won the Stanley Cup was Pietrangelo and Alec Martinez as your top line, as your top pairing, pardon me.

And then you have Shea Theodore and Brayden McNabb as your second pairing.

Gives Shea Theodore more creativity to score goals instead of being a stout, you know, number one defenseman.