Lalonde, now head coach of the Detroit Red Wings, broke down Tampa goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy’s weakness on live TV after...
A year ago, Derek Lalonde was wrapping up his fourth season as a Tampa Bay Lightning assistant coach, a highly successful tenure that brought two Stanley Cup rings plus an additional trip to the Final. He was one of the most sought-after coaching candidates on the job market last summer and ended up joining the Detroit Red Wings for his first NHL head coaching gig.
After the Toronto Maple Leafs’ shocking Game 4 comeback, in which they scored three third-period goals to even the score at 4-4 before winning in overtime,into how the Leafs were solving goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy in the series so far. Lalonde mentioned that “we had done a study back in the day” that revealed he was “one of the lower percentage goalies in finding pucks from the point. So we actually changed our entire D-zone and improved our pass rush.
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