Seth Lake

Head Coach, Nashville Flyers 16A1 Hockey and Hendersonville High School Hockey

[Seth Lake @SLakePreds]

@eastonfreeze Pat Coogan will likely be in the mix at center as well.

[Seth Lake @SLakePreds]

@HockeyThinkTank “It’s a great day for hockey!” Badger “Bob” Johnson

[Ryan Yessie @RyanYessie]

I don't want to do the standard "If you didn't get drafted keep working hard" thing that constantly goes out there. Let me give you a real life example of how this works. The average OHL staff has 7-8 people. Late in the draft everyone has a guy they think is a sleeper. (1/5) 🧵

[Seth Lake @SLakePreds]

@davidalter I believe they still do it at Yost (Michigan)

[Ryan S. Clark @ryan_s_clark]

Brandon Bussi, Jalen Chatfield, Dylan Coghlan & Cole Smith are among those NHL players who went undrafted.

But the thing is there are nearly as many undrafted players in the NHL as there are second-rounders.

And it’s only going to keep growing. https://t.co/y9PewAheT0

[Jon Laffoon @laffoon_jon]

Key Principles of Growth:
• Consistency Wins: Small, consistent improvements compound into results.
• Embrace Failure: Real growth happens outside the comfort zone— learn from failure.
• Mindset Matters: A growth mindset leads to resilience and achievement.
#JoyfulLeaders

[Seth Lake @SLakePreds]

New #Preds GM Chris MacFarland at the HALO Conference speaking about the use of analytics in April:

https://t.co/ralyWhrltz

[Seth Lake @SLakePreds]

Anyone surprised by this should know that MacFarland was one of the featured speakers at the HALO Conference in Colorado in April.

[Alex Daugherty @AlexDaugherty1]

NEW: Chris MacFarland isn’t done making changes to Predators’ hockey ops.

His next step? Bolstering the team’s data analytics department, which he feels is understaffed.

Exclusive here: https://t.co/PXLNmW3gAi

[Seth Lake @SLakePreds]

@codyroyle Iron Sharpens Iron. You don’t ever want to hope you get the easy draw. You want to enter knowing you can and believing you will beat whatever opponent lines up against you.

[Chelsea Nicole Kelley Hinck @CoachHinck]

The Puzzle Piece Philosophy: Every member of the team must recognize they are just a single, essential piece of a much larger picture, and their primary value lies in how they help the pieces around them fit better.

#FocusOnThePuzzle 🧩

@BallisPsych

[Topher Scott @HockeyThinkTank]

Working hard is easy. Consistency and intention in how you show up is not. But it’s one of the biggest separators of the good to the truly elite.

[Topher Scott @HockeyThinkTank]

I cannot even begin to say how incredible this is for our sport. Thank you to everyone in leadership at so many levels that fought to make this happen.

For those that haven’t been following this, it’s a BIG BIG deal for hockey. Today is a good day.

[Seth Lake @SLakePreds]

Love the Blake hire alongside McFarland. Will be interesting to see if they bring in Ryan Getzlaf who’s been rumored to want a front office job and lives in Nashville.

[Seth Lake @SLakePreds]

Fangtastic hire by the #Preds signaling a true move from the expansion era build and growth to long-term contender building!

[Nashville Predators @PredsNHL]

Welcome to Smashville, Chris! 👋

We're proud to announce that Chris MacFarland has been hired as our President of Hockey Operations and General Manager.

Full details » https://t.co/gYk9a8jGPS

[Seth Lake @SLakePreds]

@JDUlms @tjmanastersky Enjoyed your presentation and also your insights shared during the roundtable when discussing “Creating Offense off of Faceoffs”.

[Chelsea Nicole Kelley Hinck @CoachHinck]

If no one is watching, no coach is yelling, and there is no scoreboard, am I still executing every movement with 100% technical intent? 🧠

#TheEmptyGymTest

@BallisPsych

[Topher Scott @HockeyThinkTank]

KIDS: Imagine if you took just 15 minutes of your screen time in a day and shot pucks instead. 15 minutes.

That’s about 100 shots.

If you did that for a month, you will have shot 3,000 pucks.

From taking just 15 minutes out of your couple hours of screen time per day.

[Topher Scott @HockeyThinkTank]

KIDS: Nic Dowd is from Alabama. Went to Culver Military Academy. Played in the NAHL then USHL. Went to college as a 20 year old freshman. Played four years at St. Cloud. Spent a couple full years in the AHL before being an NHL regular as a depth player.

Now on the ice taking the faceoff in the Western Conference Finals up a goal in the Dzone with Jack Eichel and Mitch Marner on his wings.

Everyone has a different path. And if your path is the long way, be a great teammate and a versatile player. Dowd is widely known as an unreal locker room glue guy. And a great role player.

What an effort to score this goal beating everyone up the ice to seal it for Vegas. This is why I love watching the playoffs. Players who don't normally get the spotlight stepping up in big situations to help teams win.

Hockey rules.

[Seth Lake @SLakePreds]

@asgrimson Happy Birthday, Stu! Hope you have a great day today and wishing you a fantastic year ahead. Hope it is your best one yet!

[Bhrett McCabe, PhD @DrBhrettMcCabe]

One thing I love about the mental game is watching how professionals respond to mistakes. They still miss. They still get tested. But the best accept it, process it, and move forward without losing belief. That’s something every player should work toward.