It was minus-36 Celsius Saturday morning on the ranch in Viking, Alta., where Darryl Sutter picked up the phone and took a break from feeding the cows. Idle hands don’t exist in the life of the longtime NHL coach and former player. He turns 60 in August but he’s got the vigour of a 35-year-old.



“We feed cattle every morning now, there’s enough to do around here,’’ Sutter said.



He hasn’t said a whole lot since being let go as Los Angeles Kings head coach last April. But the two-time Stanley Cup champion head coach was kind enough to allow us to catch up with him:



LEBRUN: Darryl, thanks for taking a few minutes. It’s been a while since we’ve talked. I think the most obvious question to start is whether the fire still burns within you to come back to the NHL if the offer was right and the fit was right?



SUTTER: Yeah I think those are both the most important things. A Stanley Cup team or what you...