The Insider Show | Tony Granato
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What does Tony Granato think about the increased off‑season activity in the NHL?
You're listening to an LA Kings podcast. For more episodes of this and every other Kings program, visit LAKings.com slash podcast. Hey Kings fans, Jared Chafferin here with another episode of The Insider Show. And we are excited to be joined today by Tony Granado, the former Kings forward. Uh now very much in media. He's all over the place. We we see him everywhere. But Tony, uh appreciate your time today. It should be uh fun talking a little bit of Kings here in the offseason.
Yeah, thanks for having me. And we were just talking before we started. There's no off season anymore. There's just action all over the place. You can't put your phone down because you're afraid you're gonna miss a trade or a signing or Uh something's happening in our game. So I I I don't ever remember it, you know. I think in the last few years there's been a lot more activity in the summer. But when we played, it seemed like we left at the end of the season and not a whole lot happened over the summer. And then you go back to training camp and then you kinda find out, you know, what happened. But with social media and with the excitement of what are our games at right now, everybody wants to ha have hockey continue throughout the season and
And uh so I think it's a good thing. I think it's uh it's been a lot of fun just keeping up with uh what all these teams are doing, looking at the Kings and seeing uh the moves that they made. And I think uh, you know, everybody everybody over the summer gets so excited about the new players they add and it builds that anticipation. Okay, summer's great, baseball's great, but let's get to the hockey season.
Yeah, well, you last year got a chance to follow the Kings a little bit closer. We had you on a a couple games on television. So I'm sure you were paying maybe a little bit more attention than usual. And uh I know you follow the league as a whole anyway, but having that little bit of extra knowledge from being with around the team a little bit last year, now seeing some of the moves that they've made, what they've been doing, maybe any initial reactions to you know Peter Laviolette, his staff, and now a couple of Pretty nice free agent editions.
Yeah, I mean, a lot of changes. And the Panarin one kind of triggered everything to say, okay, maybe we gotta go a little bit different direction. The team had the identity of being such a solid defensive team that just grinded teams down, wore them out, you know, mentally and and were able to take advantage of that and have success. You know, that you know, I think everyone measures success thinking, oh, did you win a Stanley Cup? And and you gotta be more understanding of of the difficulty of that and you gotta kinda uh analyze it in a different way that's more appropriate, especially uh at this time of of of what professional hockey is. And and there were so many good things that they had. And I think now with the changes that have been made, I think it's a little shift on the on how the style is going to change a little bit.
You know, when you when you had a Panarian, you got to try to score goals. You have to think now you could get three or four and win instead of trying to win and think that you have to win two two to one most of the games. And so I I think, you know, uh Kempi obviously a fantastic player. La Ferriere, I loved his development last year. And I think the guy that we're all kind of, you know, uh holding to a high standard is is byfield. And and this is, you know, you s you saw enough of it last year and two years ago to say, okay, he's got it. Now it's time to take charge with Kobe gone. Uh this is his team. And uh with the additions of some of these veteran players that Kenny was able to add up front, guys that know how to score, uh know how to make plays, I think I think Ifield will learn a lot from them.
And I also think that they'll compliment him well uh from the offensive side of things.
Well, Peter Laviolette, fourth most games coached among active head coaches in the NHL. I mean, how much can that help Quentin Byfield, right?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What does Tony Granato think about the increased off‑season activity in the NHL?
0:00–4:17
2
How will Peter Laviolette’s coaching style change the Kings’ identity?
4:17–8:04
3
Which young Kings players (Byfield, Clark) could become the next offensive leaders?
8:04–12:12
4
What impact did the recent free‑agency signings (Zuccarello, Perry, Halla) have on the Kings’ roster?
12:12–16:43
5
How does the USHL’s west‑coast expansion affect the growth of hockey in the United States?
16:43–20:28
6
Why does Granato consider the 1993 Stanley Cup run a defining moment for the franchise?
20:28–24:44
7
What are the biggest challenges the Kings face in building a championship‑contending team?
24:44–28:53
8
What final thoughts does Granato share about the upcoming season and fan expectations?
28:53–32:32