The Kevin Karius Show - Mar. 25th, 2026 - Sean Brown

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1:02As we walk you in the former Euler and each other, Sean Brown to the show. Good morning, Brownie. Thanks for jumping on. The big program this morning really appreciated Big fellow. Good morning, Kev. Yeah, just sitting here on the couch having a coffee, watching the snow come down, and I got a snow shovel that's on its last leg. So I don't have too many shovel left in it. Hopefully this is over. Did you go out for your coffee this morning? Remember last time we talked and something was going on with your coffee maker? Yeah, I know. I've kind of switched up the routine a little bit here. I'm starting to have a coffee with my wife in the morning. She reads and I kind of scroll on my phone. Oh, it's late at the start of the day. The communication is right there. So let's talk, right? And then let's talk. You're on your phone and she's reading the paper or whatever. She doesn't mind it though. She's got a couple books. Of course she doesn't mind it. She doesn't have to talk to you. True, very true. Oh, man. Hey, what'd you think of the game last night, big guy? Yeah, it was, I mean, they need to get these wins.

2:06They need to start to put a few together. So I mean, in any win, there's always something that you can build off as a team and individually. So I thought it was good for Jerry. He hasn't always played in a while. And you know, that first goal, you're kind of like, oh, boy, this is going to be one of those nights. I'm sure it's not easy for him right now. And he paddled through it and I thought he looked good. He kind of settled down and made some big saves. And I think for the Oilers to have some success this year during the season and obviously into the playoffs. He's going to be a big part of it. So that was good to see. And it was nice to see Walden play. So he played well. He got a point early. You know, I think Walden's game and his ability to make some plays. And I think the one area that the Oilers need to work on is getting some cleaner exits and he can help with that. So hopefully there's some parts of everyone's game and a win that they can build some confidence off and kind of get things rolling.

3:08I wanted to say all the converse, all the controversy. Who didn't want to go into that game with everything that's been said. I was kind of excited to watch that game myself and to see the response. I wanted to save Jerry for you, Brown. I didn't touch on him too much in the opener. But I wanted to kind of discuss how you thought he played last night. And you know, his last best start really is in January of, you know, against, I guess it was Anaheim. It's almost two months when he's got a quality start. Maybe just touch on how difficult that is, you know, I'm not saying you can get into a goalie's head, but you're pretty damn close with all the games you played in front of goalies. So how difficult would that be for a guy that has been still still trying to find his way here? Yeah, it's hard. Especially when you're, you know, you get traded to a new team and you want to get to, you want to get off the good start, right? He's pretty much a local kid. Played his junior hockey year, losing the four, I think still.

4:09You know, so I've been traded before a few times, right? And you just, you want to play well just because it just, it's a new new team, new environment. You know, you want to get, you want to get those relationships and get comfortable with your game and just hasn't, hasn't quite worked out, you know, for him. The team hasn't been playing great in front of him. And it makes a heart, especially, you know, in a Canadian city where there was a lot of, there's a lot of expectations on the Minton Oilers. You don't to, you know, get to the Stanley Cup and, you know, goal tendings always kind of been a hotspot here when we made that trade. It just put it, put more of a bull's eye on it. So, it's not easy, this game is, you know, anyone that's played it, it's such a mental game. When you have confidence in your feeling good, I'm sure the beach, the puck feels like a beach ball, right?

5:09In that time, as a goalie, it probably feels like a BB to him at times. And you can see it in the game yesterday, like when, you know, like, he's, he's, he's a proven NHL goalie that, you know, had, you know, some success in the NHL. And, you know, he's, he's grinded through his career. And, you know, that was a perfect game. And, you know, for him, you could see that he was just, you know, he wasn't, he didn't break. He didn't crack. You know, you can hear in his media interviews now, he's, you know, he's, he's pretty calm. And, you know, it's, it's, this is part of being a pro and a veteran. It's amazing to me how, you know, things aren't exactly great for him. And, and maybe for some other guys, but with some confidence and a win that they got last night, things can change, right? And, you know, you get, you get a bunch of guys feeling good about their game. All of a sudden, you know, a team that looks fragile can really turn it around.

6:10And, you know, the Oilers have done that before. They kind of have a habit of not making things easy for themselves. So, you know, it's, it's, we've, we've seen them look not so great. And then we've seen them turn it around with a little bit of confidence. So, hopefully that's something they can build off of. Yeah. Sean Brown with us on sports 1440. As a player, Brownie. And you mentioned it, you know, that first goal off nurse off Murphy and in can't get a luck of your goal. So, as a player, what do you, like, what do you rely on? What do you go back? Is it your mental training? What do you go back to go? Okay, that's the luckiest goal that, that's possible. You can go past me. So, I got a reset, regroup here and make sure that the next one doesn't get past me. Yeah, I think it's just like you said, you're constantly resetting. I mean, these, these guys have played hockey so long that, you know, they've had, they've had a lot of experience to draw from, right? He's obviously had, you know, a lot of time here. He's what sat out five games.

7:10So, he's had a lot of time to kind of watch some video and sit with his goalie coach. And, you know, as a player, you know, when you're out in the press box or you're not playing, you know, you're working on your game. And I think, you know, for me and I think back of the times that I was struggling, it's just kind of you go back to the basics, right? You go back to the basics. Yeah, you don't overthink the game. You get back to your routine. I think your routine, your preparation is obviously very important. How you think between the years and the thoughts that you led in is obviously very important. You know, so that's, I mean, it's not easy. It's not easy. And I think it's something through your career as you're playing. You're always taking, you know, little bits of success and failure and adding it to your routine and your preparation. And then it becomes, you know, so important, you know, what you do off the ice and how you handle yourself. And, you know, what you're eating, what you're doing.

8:11And you look for small victories. You know, that was the one thing that I did was, you know, obviously I wasn't, you know, a huge point guy or anything like that. But you're just, you know, as a goalie, you're probably looking, you know, for small saves, you know, whether in your, in your practice or your, you know, in, in a warm up or, you know, your first save on the game or as a player, it's just, you know, your first pass, you know, anything that you can build off. And it's not, not something big. It's actually something really small. And then you just kind of get the snowball effect going. Sean Brown with us on the Kevin Curie Show in sports 1440. Hey, that first goal, what do you think of that Thai Emberson pass out of the corner to start the play? Oh, that was, yeah, I mean, that's those play. I can't remember if he was on his backhand or forehand. But, you know, anytime, I mean, that's the hardest play in hockey, right? He's coming up to the middle of the ice. So, yeah, I mean, it was, that takes a lot of confidence, you know, and I think, as I was watching the game, I think the play before that he made a play up the middle and he might have coughed it up and created a little bit of turnover.

9:17So, the fact that he kept the belief and kept his confidence and made that play, you know, that's how you get out of your zone and how you get it clean. It's the hardest play to make. You're really counting on guys to be predictable in the roots and so you can make those plays. And you can see the result that you get when the Oilers come out of their zone clean. You know, they're effective, right? They're effective in the neutral zone or they're effective off the rush. And, you know, that's, you know, lots of guys want to, you know, the easy ways to kind of go up the wall, but that doesn't put a lot of pressure, obviously, on your winters and stuff. So, yeah, good for him. I think he's, I like, I like Ember something, right? He, I think he's got good puck skills, he's physical. So, it's nice to see him make those plays and that's, you know, that the Oilers have some skill, a lot of skill forwards, right? And the less time they're playing in the defensive zone and the cleaner breakouts,

10:19obviously, them, you know, no, no, I'm burning the candle up. Both fans and they got more energy for a lot of times. Yeah, I think 14 blocks by the defense brownie last night. Maybe just your thoughts on that buy in and it's, you know, it's when you have that commitment. And it's been there for this team. We just haven't seen it for long stretches. You see it for a game and we might see it for a period, but we haven't seen it for a week. So, yeah, it's that buy and it's that commitment. And if you can keep it going, that's what it's all about here. Yeah, I mean, that's nice. I mean, I'll let's see, you know, as a player, you kind of know where everyone's at, you know, as individually in their game. And I'm sure guys, it's a big deal to get Jari back in that as a teammate. You want to do well for him. You know that he's kind of struggling, right? So, you definitely have that in the back of your mind that you want to play tight, solid defense of hockey and you're probably going to want to be in shooting lanes and eat pucks to help him out. And, you know, everyone's in it together and there's this.

11:21There's no better feeling when you're when you're mucking and grinding and they're not out of the weed by any mean. But, you know, when you get those ugly wins where, you know, you're blocking shots and you're, you know, you're in scrums and fighting for each other. I mean, you can do all the team bonding you want. But when you're doing stuff like that, it just, it goes a long way and it's very, it's appreciated. And everyone sees it and, you know, you can see Walman took one up high there and, you know, Jari gives him a little bit of a tap. Like, it truly is a team game, right? And, and you feed off of that at the team. So, that's what the good teams do, right? The teams that win, you know, block shots and do all those little things for each other. We've seen Florida, right? We've seen Tampa Bay. We've seen like the good teams that's, you know, in the oilers want to be that team. Those are the things you got to do. But, you know, I think you said it fast. Like, it's the consistency, right? It shipped after ship, period after period game after game. You know, we've seen glimpses of it and, you know, as a team and as a coach, like, you're, you know, you're always trying to find things that you can build off.

12:29You know, some building blocks and, and, and all those things that they did yesterday are, are things that they can build off of and they got to bring it forward to the next game or to waste, right? There's no, no waste and time coming down the stretch here. Work moves fast. Every email, report and proposal counts. That's where Grammarly comes in. It's your one place to think, right and finish. Grammarly's AI agents help you find natural phrasing, fine-tuned tone, and confidently write wherever you work. It's the premier writing tool that 93% of users trust to get more work done. In a world of generic AI, don't sound like everyone else. With Grammarly, you never will. Download Grammarly for free at Grammarly.com The Bleacher Report app is your destination for sports. Right now, the NBA's heating up, March Manus is here, and MLB is almost back. Every day, there's a new headline, a new highlight, a new moment you've got to see for yourself. That's why I stay locked in with the Bleacher Report app.

13:31For me, it's about staying connected to my sports. I could follow the teams I care about, get real-time scores, breaking news, and highlights all in one place. Download the Bleacher Report app today so you never miss a moment. Yeah, there's been so many, you know, a step forward, a step back, a step forward, a step back. We haven't had too many times where there's two steps forward, or even three steps forward. It just hasn't happened with this team so far this year. Sean Brown with us here on Sports 1440. What did you make a Jack Roslovic this year? So, I mean, he's got 19 goals, 22's his career high, he's got a chance to get there. You know, he sees virtually no power playtime, but it seems when he's on the IC complements, whoever he's playing with, if that makes some sense. Yeah, I mean, it's funny. He just quietly goes about his business, right? Yeah, you know, he's been a pleasant surprise. I mean, he always gets around the ice really well.

14:38You know, he's a smaller guy. He's not scared to go in any air of the ice. He's just got that natural ability to score and shoot the puck and seems to be able to find the back of that. He seems like a very low maintenance type of guy, right? He's not, you know, I don't I don't hear much or see too much of them in the media where he's, you know, ruffling any feathers either way, right? He just goes about his business. He's and and probably a coach's dream in that sense where, you know, hey, I can move them up and down the line. He can play on the power play, not play on the power play. This guy's just going to just seems to be able to perform and that's obviously what you want. You know, so yeah, he's definitely he's definitely a bright spot. I mean, that's that's what they need. They need guys like him and they need guys like happening and obviously, you know, some boys obviously, you know, found another level on this game. He's very fun to watch. He got a lot that lot that jump and tenacity and, you know, I think that was probably one of the nicer things to see.

15:42And yesterday's game two is like when guys are able to to play some of those minutes and take some of those minutes away from, you know, Connor McDavid, obviously, because Leon dry side will hurt. You know, they're going to lean on Mc David a lot naturally. But if some other guys can able, you know, can put up some numbers and spread that out a little bit. You know, Mc David played a lot of hockey. It's been an Olympic year. So it's just a lot of hockey in general, but just the last couple of years. So, you know, we got to, you know, make sure that, you know, they don't want to lean on anyone necessarily too much, right? John Brown with this in sports 1440. So, you know, it used to be almost a given that everyone thought that Utah was going to slide into this Pacific division bracket. Not so the case anymore because Nashville's come on here, Brownie. And Nashville with a win last night. There are three points back of Utah for wild card number one. And nobody wants to be wild card number two because you go in to the central division.

16:44When you look at the opponents that the orders could possibly play here in the first round, it could be anime, could be Vegas, could be Utah, could be Nashville. I mean, LA is not out of it yet either. And the oilers still, as you say, have worked to do. Is there a better matchup out of those teams that I mentioned for a first round opponent that you think that the others would face? Is there a better matchup over some of the other teams that I mentioned? I don't know. I think it just, to me, I don't know what the matchup necessarily matters as long as what matters as the oilers are finding their game, right? I think if, you know, the oiler, the eminence oilers find their game, obviously dry side will get healthy. I mean, they're going to be a handful for anyone, but if they don't find their game and they're trying to puttering in its two steps forward and once that back, it's a bit, I don't, doesn't matter who you play, right? You know, but I think anytime you can kind of get into the, if you get into the playoffs and maybe you're playing, you know, a team with a little less experience. I mean, we've seen that, you know, if the eminence oilers, it's important.

17:49You know, before you make these runs, you almost need to get some experience and they were that team at one point, right? So, you know, they've been battle tested. They know what it's like they know what it, it takes. So, you know, playing a team with a little less experience might help them, but at the end of the day, you know, I think the key for the eminence oilers is, is obviously getting their, their, one of their star players back, but just goalfending and as a team, defending, just finding their game right now is probably the most important thing. Ronny, as always, great stuff. Enjoy our conversations. Enjoy the alumni skates. Are you going to make it? What about, what about Doug Hitz? I turn him back to Cloth Aaron. Holy moly, hey, he looked great. Sure, he's in fantastic. He's like a, well, that's the thing and that's what all, that's all this, this diet is just wine. That's what it's about. What a turnout. I didn't even get into the big boy dress room. I was kind of showed up a little late there, but yeah, I think there's one, I think there's one skate left.

18:56Yeah, it's the last, last game of the regular season. It's that Vancouver. So, I believe 16th of April. Okay, yeah, I know I, I mean, you're, you're on like an NHL schedule, like you're, you're playing with the alumni. My wife says she sees you at our guy. You probably talked to my wife more than I do. I was just going to say the last time I talked to when she said, I can't believe that that John doesn't get his lazy ass off the coach and come down and skate with you guys on Mondays and Thursdays. No, I picked up a new hobby. I was kind of cross country skiing, so I'm trying not to. Well, that's how that's hard stuff, too, though. You got it. It, it, it, it, it's hard. It's a lot harder than it looks. Sure it is. Have you got a trail maker out there? No, no, I go to the Stratkohlen Wilderness Center. It's a great deal. It's like 25, 30 bucks for like three hours. Yeah, I'm probably the youngest person out there. You should, you should see if you can just pay 10 bucks for one hour.

19:57Usually, that's about all that they say anyway, but why waste the 20 bucks, Brody? I thought it was over if it keeps snowing here. I think the trails will be back on here. Well, maybe make Wendy some pancakes here or something this morning. Yeah, she just actually sees this kind of getting there and they go in here, too. See you in Brownie, take care, man. I would, I would get on. The longer you stay alive, the longer you can enjoy Boost Mobile's unlimited plan with a price that never goes up. So here are some tips. Do not parallel park on a cliff if you want to enjoy an unlimited plan with a price that never goes up. Do not mistake a wasp nest for a piñata if you want to enjoy an unlimited plan with a price that never goes up. Do not microwave a hard boiled egg if you want to enjoy an unlimited plan with a price that never goes up. Stay alive and enjoy unlimited wireless for $25 a month forever with Boost Mobile. After 30 gigs, customers may experience lower speeds. Customers will pay $25 a month as long as they remain active on the Boost Mobile Unlimited plan. Traffic may be locked, but savings isn't. Unlike the savings at Boost Mobile with unlimited wireless for just $25 a month forever, no contracts, no hikes, and you keep your phone.

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