Full transcript below.
Kyle Dubas: “The key is his ability to play at the top end of our defense, play in all situations, and play against the other team’s top players”
What is it about Jake’s game that you like and made you want to make this trade? Is Jake going to be playing on the right side or not? Have you talked things over with Mike Babcock?
Dubas: I think the key thing for us in acquiring a player like Jake is that he has obviously been a very good defenseman in the NHL for a long time and been a part of… When he joined Los Angeles coming out of junior, they were sort of at the same stage we are now, so he has that experience of seeing a team mature from being the team that wanted to contend to contending and then ultimately winning.