Jamie McLennan

Lavi, you put a lot of emphasis just from your practices and the way you coach.

Special teams is very important.

The last time we spoke to you, I mentioned how

The penalty kill is one of your signature things that you have a high level of importance for.

But it just seems like come playoff time, it's like you've got to have that power play cooking.

How important is it to have both of those facets of the game, the power play and the penalty kill and cooking?

Because it seems like it's so important in these series.

I guess goals five on five are tough to come by.

Lavi, the numbers you just mentioned, like through my time in the National Hockey League, there always seemed like an 80-20 split, you know, 80 on the PK, 20, but you just said 90 and 33.

Are those just your own expectations, or is that like just over time?

Lavi, when you're meeting with somebody like the situation here in Toronto, do you basically know what the intentions of that person in management are?

Do you know their intentions as soon as they walk out the door?

It's probably pretty obvious, or it was the Chiefs.

Like, you know, I'm going to meet with the guy, sit down.

Like, I'm sure, what do you think, do you think Chief knew as soon as him and Chayka's meeting ended that he knew what his fate was or what?

Lavi, I just got to tell you that the year you took over in Carolina, I'm sure you know this, but Jake Daniels was my roommate and then turned into my assistant coach in two days.

He was my roommate.

He was my roommate for years.

It was like me and Jake were roommates.

So he calls me and he goes, oh, dog, I just want to let you know that –