Preseason 2025 | Jon Cooper

you have any update on Brandon Hegel? Yeah. Well, he again, it’s the preseason. We uh everything is about being ready for a week from tonight, not tonight. So, we just do everything to make sure we’re looking after that. Are you surprised this kind of game break out, especially the second period? What can we say? couple teams have played each other a ton that know each other better than anyone. So, um, but you know, I look at it too is, you know, guys sticking up for each other and and doing they feel they have to. But, you know, on the other side of things, you know, both power plays and penalty kills got a lot of time to, you know, go against each other. So, there was a lot of different things that came out of the game. And uh but I don’t know it’s I guess you get that with uh you know the rivalry that’s built up over these two teams in the past whatever six seven years. Your power play has a goal I think in all but one of your preseason games so far. Is there one thing you’re really liking about the way your power play is operating so far? Again it’s all about getting reps. you can only do so much against, you know, your own team and especially when everybody knows kind of what’s coming at times. And so, um, that’s why it’s, you know, it’s good to get, you know, reps like this and and, uh, and and so, yeah, do I have always liked our power play. Um, but, you know, it was, like I said, tonight was a good night to to get reps on that. You had mentioned last week about this particular camp. You could see guys cared so much and everybody got along. There’s a lot of cohesiveness. So when a game like this does break out, what does that tell you about everything that you have been observing about your team? Well, I guess I semi still have a good feel for the group. Um, but it was nice to see. You uh you bring in another goalie today on waiverss. Where do you see Phoenix maybe fitness? Listen, it’s all about um you know like building depth for your organization and um and you know nothing’s changed with with VS and we expect him to uh play some minutes on Saturday night and again everything’s in preparation to uh you know for us to be ready to go on on Thursday. So nothing’s changed in that regard. But like doesn’t matter if it’s the goalender, defenseman, forward. You find an opportunity to make yourself a little deeper. Why wouldn’t you do it?

Jon Cooper talks to media after the Lightning’s sixth preseason win.

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