Bakersfield Condors GM Keith Gretzky (04/14/26)
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What insights does Keith Gretzky share about player development?
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Alrighty, Aiden Ganim and Cam Moon in studio with you. Royal Pizza, pick up the new spicy vegetarian pizza only for a limited time. For menu and locations, visit royalpizza.ca. We are getting Keith Gretzky on the phone right now. We're just waiting for that call to go through. Well, we're going to have one player we can talk to him about, and that's going to be Ike Howard. He came up and had his third stint in the NHL this season, I believe so. He started the year off, went down, came back, went down again, and then came back up. But he's had a pretty solid run.
Yeah, he has, and it's all part of the development. right out of college expecting him to make that jump to the nhl it's a pretty large it's a large jump so some time in the american hockey league goes a long way so you look what it did for matt savoy coming out of junior and playing his 20 year old season in the ahl and getting a little taste of the nhl too and now where he is a year later is you know it's leaps and bounds different and i would think in ike howard's case you know having a you know pretty much a close to a full season in the american hockey league he did spend a fair bit of time in the nhl but getting that opportunity to play on the power play in the last minute of the game whether you're up by one or down by one all these key situations you just can't you can't replicate that so it's it's important as far as the development goes
Yeah, for sure. The Bakersfield Condors getting ready to go for the playoffs. They've got three games left in their regular season. And you think about the talent that they've got on their roster. Without iCoward, it's a little bit of a hit. But you know what? Quinn Hudson is having an absolutely unbelievable season. He's on the line. Let's get to him. Keith Gretzky, the GM of the Bakersfield Condors. This Condors report brought to you by Equus, Alberta's largest power co-op. Choose community. Choose Equus at EQUS.ca. Keith, how you doing? I'm good. How are you? I am fantastic. Did you watch the Oilers game last night? Did you get a chance to watch Ike?
Yeah, we watched a little bit. We were traveling to Henderson, so it was a little tough. But we watched a little bit.
What did you think of his overall performance?
You know what, I think it's one of those things where you get a chance and you're always nervous when you get called back up to the NHL. For him, he's just got to make sure that he gets involved and he's on the right side of the puck defensively because in the NHL, it's hard. You can't make a mistake. And if you do, it's usually the puck goes down to the other end and you get scoring chances. So that was one thing that we really worked on with him when he was here.
Obviously not in the lineup with you guys right now, but how are you guys sort of filling that role on the first line while he's up in Edmonton?
Well, you know, it's been tough because we've lost, you know, him and then, you know, a couple weeks ago with Szymanski and Jones. And that's a whole line for us. And when you lose those guys and they're A players, it's hard to replace. But, you know what, Marial has been good. You've got Hamblin down the middle. You've got Poulin. You've got Hudson and Griffith. You know those type of guys. The guy who's really stood up and, yes, who's going to take a spot is Gervente. He's been really good. I think it's a good chance for Gervente to claim that one left-wing spot and play well.
cam moon here keith uh great to have you on the show uh looking at uh players that you finish their junior year they come to the american hockey league and i'm thinking about tommy lafreniere william nickel uh and they get a taste of it and i know that's a big jump coming from major junior to the ahl what have you seen from those two guys
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