Darryl Belfry has quietly been one of hockey’s biggest innovators over the past several years. He’s a player development consultant for the Toronto Maple Leafs and also works closely with some of the biggest stars in the game, including Patrick Kane, Auston Matthews and Claude Giroux. He joined The Full 60 podcast to talk about what he’s learned from the greatest players in the world and the conversation was so fascinating, we’re sharing a portion of it here, edited for length and clarity. The complete audio is below.



If I’m a player and I’m coming to you for help in skills development, what’s the first order of business?



We don’t even have a conversation. I go and do my own research independently. I’ll research anywhere between five to 10 performances or games that you’ve had. We will end up with a list of priorities that’s based on frequency. Frequency and success rate, that’s really the two...