D.J. Smith

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330 appearances 5 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 1 Sep

D.J. Smith’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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We're going to have to earn that confidence, and we're going to have to teach it quick, but you're not going to see a pass with penalty kill.

You would.

If a guy is as good as him or better.

But I think you've got to win the hockey game.

And if Evan Bouchard, you know, do you want what you think is your best defenseman, you know, say you take back-to-back-to-back penalties.

That's six minutes he doesn't get to play.

And I think what happens is his hockey sense is very good.

He can clear the puck to under feet.

His reads are really good.

So, you know, I envision a scenario.

It's not realistic to say all six guys are going to kill because that just hasn't happened in the NHL in a long time.

Not that they can't, but typically you'll have a four-man rotation or a five-man rotation.

Um, and then you find out who can really do it and you go from there.

So, um, but certainly he will have opportunities to kill and we're not going to hide him from anyone.

That's for sure.

Well, here's the thing.

You know, when Mike came over from Detroit, I was a rookie coach.

There was a lot of rookie people.

There was a lot of pressure in Toronto, obviously, on myself being a rookie coach.

And, you know, Mike wants it a certain way.

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