He maintains that defensemen should prioritize making offensive players uncomfortable through physical play and grit.

“I enjoyed like making people have a bad day like I wanted offensive players to have a bad day even when I retired from hockey I played men's league I just see I watch him warm up like who's the best player oh I'm torture him”

Florida Panther player Niko Mikkola is an excellent, physically imposing defenseman who contributes positively to his team.

“I'm like Mich card carrying super fan club of Mikola lunatic yelling on the bench. No one. Look at this guy. Look at Is he crosseyed? He might be. And I love that about him. I love everything about this guy. He's huge. He's long. He's reckless. He could skate like a deer.”

Pat McAfee praises the Colorado Avalanche for their physical and dominant style of play in the playoffs.

“It's just like uh this Avalanche team is rude. This avalanche team is strong and this avalanche team will uh ACTUALLY GO AHEAD AND BANG BUNCH A REF RIGHT IN THE HEAD as well.”

He believes playing a physical style is what makes hockey fun for him.

“it's kind of just like what made the game fun for me”

He expresses disapproval of the modern NHL trend regarding the lack of physical accountability between players.

“I despise the general lack of accountability on a player-to-player basis and the fact that you can just do stuff to a Conor McDavid or a Sydney Crosby or whomever on your team and the other guys are just like hey what's up”

He believes the Dallas Stars are a very well-coached and disciplined team that plays effectively within their system.

“they're well coached um you know Pete dor Steve spot who's the assistant coach I actually had him in Toronto when I got sent down from the Leafs to the Marley's and he's an unbelievable coach so detail oriented but he gets the most out of his guys”

Philadelphia Flyers players need to focus on holding onto the puck and making plays under pressure to improve the team's possession metrics.

“I think the Flyers were one of the better rush teams, but one of the worst possession teams. Okay. So, that's going to be a point of emphasis in training camp is I want guys to hold on to pucks. Don't get rid of pucks. Make plays under pressure.”

He suggests that goalies in the NHL perform best when they have a structured system to rely on rather than just reacting.

“I had like no system mine was just compete and try to stop the puck however I would stop it and then you know I I've worked with some great goalie coaches that have you know taught me a lot to kind of when you're not feeling at your best you still need to have you still need to have you know a found”

Edmonton Oilers are struggling defensively because they play high-risk hockey and make consistent mental mistakes.

“They make high-risk plays all the time. Go back to game one, it's 55. They are humming and Bard just kind of lazily puck gets by him. He just kind of nah. And and all of a sudden, yes. Was it an egregious terrible goal? Yes. But it didn't have to get that far.”