Bakersfield Condors GM Keith Gretzky (1/6/26)

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Bob Stauffer 0:00

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Bob Stauffer 0:59

And Keith, you're a big fan of Wilhock Beef Jerky, aren't you?

Keith Gretzky 1:02

Big time, big time. And Trent, too. Don't forget Trent. He's the man.

Bob Stauffer 1:05

He's the man. Trent's smart enough to get out of Edmonton at this time of the year. Anyhow, let's do it. It is time for our Farm Report, which is brought to you weekly here. Oh, let's see. We got these new computers and changed. Where's that? There we go. The Farm Report is brought to you by Equus, Alberta's largest power co-op. Choose community. Choose Equus at equus.ca. And we have Keith Kretzky, the... Assistant General Manager of the Edmonton Otters and the GM of the Bakersfield Condors actually in person in studio. We should explain, you're here because your farm team is playing tonight and tomorrow out in Abbotsford, but you guys have your pro meetings over the next couple of days, so you participate in that, obviously, as an AGM.

Keith Gretzky 1:54

Yeah, it's good. It's good to get a little break from my team because they probably get tired of me, and I get tired of them, so we all get a break.

Bob Stauffer 2:03

I'm going to tell you something right now. I got tired of watching you at times last year, but your team this year is a fun team to watch this season.

Keith Gretzky 2:13

We're a real good team to watch. It doesn't matter if it's 3-0 for the other team. We have four minutes left in the game. We still have a chance because we have – such scoring power that we've never had before. And you look at our power play and we think all offense, which is great. That's what we want. And it doesn't matter. I was telling Stan this morning, we're kind of laughing about it. It doesn't matter, you know, 30 seconds left in the game, our D are pinching and we're up by one. We're gung-ho. We don't change our style. And, you know, do we have to tighten up defensively? Probably. That's just normal when you want to come up to the NHL, but we're letting them play and you don't get benched for making a mistake and turning the puck over because that's what creative players do.

Keith Gretzky 2:54

And, you know, we're really lucky because we still have a couple players that grind away and need those guys that, you know, bring some energy and, you know, a good shift down in the offensive zone and, you know, the odd good fight. So it's a good mixture.

Bob Stauffer 3:08

All right, well, let's talk. I mean, what's happened here is you've got basically a whole new group of forwards. Now, we should mention, like, one of the guys that took a step in the NHL this year, he's no longer in the organization. He's in Carolina, but he twice scored 19 goals for your team. And he took a year off in between the two years that he played. But Noah Phelps, claimed by Carolina, played. Rod Brindamore saying he actually knew nothing about Noah Phelps when they picked him up. But that was a guy that you watched that you guys – I think saw in the final quarter of each year played pretty well. You mentioned James Hamlin, or you said, hey, we've got a couple of veterans here. James Hamlin's one of those guys that grinds down the middle for you.

Bob Stauffer 3:46

But you've got a very different looking team. Tonight Isaac Howard's going to play. He's been up and down. We've seen Quinn Hudson for – he didn't get much playing time the other night. I was a little disappointed by that, but he's got – Like, what is it, 17 goals those last 16 games? Like, these are, you have, how much of this is personnel and how much of this is just mindset and approach?