On the Other Side with J.T. Brown

Broadcasting, the 2017 protest, and the movie Miracle

Welcome to another edition of On The Other Side! For this week’s edition, we interviewed the very fabulous J.T. Brown!  

J.T. Brown is a former NHL player who played for the NHL and in Sweden (HockeyAllsvenskan). After retiring in August 2021, he became a color analyst for the Seattle Kraken, working with a formidable team including John Forlund and Eddie Olzyck. As part of our intros, we usually include a zodiac sign prediction, but lol, he has a whole Wiki page, so let’s jump straight into it!

N.B.: Some questions and answers have been edited for length and clarity.

You retired in 2021 and hopped into broadcasting. How did you decide to hop into broadcasting? How did you prepare for that transition?

It was twofold when thinking about whether or not I wanted to retire. The opportunity had to be there, and thankfully the Seattle Kraken reached out and asked if this would interest me. I was still in Sweden playing at the time, and it wasn't easy to get the timezones all lined up with John …