May 26, 2019
Welcome to the Dreger Cafe!
TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger sits down with some of the game's prominent personalities discussing the hot topics of the day. Pull up a seat at the Dreger Cafe!
Even as we're spending time apart together, TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger is bringing lots of puck talk from some of hockey's great players and prominent personalities.
Welcome to the Dreger Café - virtual style!
Stay safe and enjoy Darren's one-on-ones below:
MacKinnon Joins the Cafe
Avs star hoping for closure in new format
Colorado Avalanche star Nathan MacKinnon says he "really" felt the Avs could win the Stanley Cup this season and is hoping to find that closure in the NHL's 24-team Return to Play format.
Wheeler Joins the Cafe
The Jets star talks fairness when it comes to possible playoff formats
Winnipeg Jets captain Blake Wheeler discusses how his family is keeping him busy during isolation and the fairness of a possible 24-team playoff format.
Crosby Weighs In
One the game's biggest names shares his thoughts on options to determine the Stanley Cup winner
Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby prefers the 24-team playoff format being discussed rather than an NCAA style tournament for the Stanley Cup if hockey were to resume in the near future.
Superstar in Edmonton
While the Oilers have an elite talent in Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl is right there as well
Catching up with Leon Draisaitl. who was enjoying a Hart Trophy-worthy season before the pause and is looking forward to building a perennial contender in Edmonton.
Incomparable and Inseparable
Darren closes up the Cafe with Gord and Ray
They call games, travel and spend holidays together. Their families are close. Their kids even babysit each other.
Welcome back to the NHL
Ralph Krueger talks return to coaching, Buffalo Sabres' playoff goals
Five years after leaving the NHL to be a chairman with Southampton Football Club, Ralph Krueger is back with the Buffalo Sabres, and chats with Darren Dreger about the team's young talent and their goals for next season.
Next stop: The NHL?
Swedish coach Rikard Gronborg talks worlds, building his coaching resume
Meet Rikard Gronborg, Sweden's head coach who’s guiding William Nylander & Elias Pettersson at the World Championship and could one day be behind an NHL bench.
Dubois revisits Blue Jackets' season, outlines personal goals
The young centre discusses Columbus' upset over Tampa and where the team goes from there
"I don't think anyone was thinking that we were going to win 4-0. We finished the year strong, strung a couple wins together to finish the year, and I think we were playing really well, too."
Excited for Hughes or Kakko
"Either way we’re getting a hell of a player"
Team United States general manager and New York Rangers assistant general manager Chris Drury talks to Darren Dreger about the Americans' chances at gold, New York's No. 2 pick and whether he would like to be a NHL GM one day.
Looking For Gold
Kane, JVR impressed by teammate Hughes as USA searches for first world title since 1933
Darren chats with Patrick Kane and James van Riemsdyk of Team United States.
Meet the new coach
Alain Vigneault talks to Darren Dreger about going to Philly
Team Canada and new Flyers head coach Alain Vigneault sits down with Darren Dreger to discuss his return to coaching, why he went to Philly and changing his coaching style over time.
Murray dishes on adversity, new training regime
The Penguins goalie sits down with Darren Dreger
Matt Murray talks about the Penguins’ season of adversity, dealing with off-ice speculation and off-season boxing (!) in the latest visit to the Dreger Cafe.
'I still miss those guys...like family'
Mark Stone at the Dreger Cafe
Vegas Golden Knights and Team Canada winger Mark Stone chats with Darren Dreger about the IIHF Worlds, Vegas' Game 7 heartbreak and his trade out of Ottawa.
Hockey's Next Prominent Siblings
Hughes brothers discuss WHC experience, NHL future
Brothers Quinn and Jack Hughes stop by the Dreger Café in Kosice, Slovakia to talk about what the experience has been like at the World Hockey Championship so far and their futures in the NHL.