John Stevens
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Sep 30, 2026
Ryan CraigSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And I think that's something.
Ryan CraigSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
John Stevens does a great job back there managing those guys and communicating with them.
Ryan CraigSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And we'll continue to use it that way.
Scott LaughlinHOST
Hawks lose the game, and they also lose forward Andrew Mangiapane.
Colby CohenHOST
And I know, you know, Bruce is always talking about stick position, and then obviously in the D-zone there's sort of that hybrid.
Colby CohenHOST
Now, John Stevens is still there, and Du- and Dominic, I, I'm gonna butcher-
Jonny LazarusHOST
Ducharme?
Colby CohenHOST
... that.
Gary LawlessGUEST
I'm still, uh, learning, uh, new questions [laughs] every day.
Gary LawlessGUEST
So I, yeah, I do think there'll be some things that, uh- Uh, that, that might catch them off, off, off guard.
Gary LawlessGUEST
But, you know, John Stevens was the head coach in the NHL.
Gary LawlessGUEST
Don Ducharme was the head coach in the NHL.
Gary LawlessGUEST
Uh, the players really like Ryan, um, on the day that he was announced as a new head coach, uh, Mark Stone showed up at the press conference, sat in the, sat in the room, uh, says a lot about Mark says a lot about Ryan, uh, but the players want Ryan to succeed.
Gary LawlessGUEST
And he's surrounded by, uh, a real veteran group of assistant coaches in John Stevens, Dom Ducharme, and Sean Burke.
Gary LawlessGUEST
And then they brought in Mark Letestu.
Gary LawlessGUEST
He's not from St. Paul, Alberta, but right around there.
Gary LawlessGUEST
Uh, the players really like Ryan, um, on the day that he was announced as a new head coach, uh, Mark Stone showed up at the press conference, sat in the, sat in the room, uh, says a lot about Mark says a lot about Ryan, uh, but the players want Ryan to succeed.
Gary LawlessGUEST
And he's surrounded by, uh, a real veteran group of assistant coaches in John Stevens, Don Ducharme, and Sean Burke.
Gary LawlessGUEST
And then they brought in Mark Letestu.
Gary LawlessGUEST
He's not from St. Paul, Alberta, but right around there.
Eddie RivkinHOST
For the last four or five years in his career, he's been 22 minutes a night.
Eddie RivkinHOST
Third pair D in the NHL is what, 15 on the high side? If John Stevens runs them, just straight rolls them, right? No fooling around, no matching up.
Eddie RivkinHOST
He's only going to get 15, 16 minutes, you know, tops.
Eddie RivkinHOST
He's not going to get any power play time.
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Eddie RivkinHOST
I have faith in them.
Eddie RivkinHOST
I believe in them.
Eddie RivkinHOST
I think they did an incredibly smart thing by keeping Dom Ducharme and John Stevens and Sean, right, keeping the grizzled warriors sort of to insulate him a little bit.
Eddie RivkinHOST
You have to.
Riley CoteHOST
And did he make the right exact play? Whether it's like feathering it on the tape or just putting it into space to live the fight another day.
Riley CoteHOST
Um, I know, for example, and John Stevens really brought this to light, was like coaches' confidence in you is based on your decision-making and just making the right proper plays and maybe simplifying the game because it's necessary.
Riley CoteHOST
And therefore, the coach has more confidence in you because he just knows you're going to make the right play.
Riley CoteHOST
Whether you're going to beat a guy one-on-one, that's besides the point.
John HovenGUEST
And then the other thing that probably isn't being discussed enough is bringing in a new coaching staff, getting Peter LaViolette.
John HovenGUEST
This is somebody who's a complete departure from what the Kings have done over the last 10 years, going back to when Daryl Sutter was here and And then you had John Stevens, who was a disciple of Daryl Sutter.
John HovenGUEST
And then there was the one year where they, we'll call it, I guess they were tanking for playoff positioning when they had Willie Desjardins behind the bench.
John HovenGUEST
And then after that, getting Todd McClellan and then his disciples after that.
Daren MillardGUEST
He's set.
Daren MillardGUEST
And he's worked for Gerard Glant, Pete DeBoer, Bruce Cassidy, Uh, he's working with now on, on the staff to national hockey league, uh, head coaches and John Stevens and Dominic to charm.
Daren MillardGUEST
So he, he's been exposed to and is surrounded by good people.
Daren MillardGUEST
And I'm, I'm excited for this next step in Ryan Craig.