D.J. Smith

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

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Oilers NOW with Bob Stauffer · Bob opens the July 28th show (7/28/26) · 28 Jul 2026 podcast

I think you just saw that with Carolina, and I think you've seen it the year before with Florida.

Their depth players become really important down the stretch.

That will not be the Oilers.

And I think your penalty kill and the way you play in the neutral zone and the way you play in D zone kind of all got to go together.

I don't see a scenario where you play real up-tempo, up-tempo, and then your penalty kill is just standing there eating, absorbing shots.

Again, if you go back to...

um the last three stanley cup champions they both play the exact same penalty kill and and and that will be the pressure penalty kill um there's times where you can't go for sure but it's going to take a little bit to get used to especially some of the d that have been used to maybe not pressuring and being as aggressive but i find you know when you pressure pressure pressure

A lot of times teams just bobble pucks on their own and hand them down.

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 passive penalty kill.

One thing about Mike is he's going to watch the game the same way.

He's going to see the game the same way.

every day, and he expects everyone to be on that exact same page, work ethic, what have you.

Now, the other side of Mike is that my wife, Christy, loves Babs, his wife, and his family, and his kids, probably as much or more than any coach that we've ever been with in the National Hockey League.

My son, Brock, was born with SVT, which is a...

A heart issue where it beats too fast.

It's missing a nodule.

Anyways, real tough time in Windsor.

We almost lost him.

And we had to rush him across the tunnel.

Mike lived in Brighton, Michigan.

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