During the pause, Getzlaf has remained at his house in Anaheim with Paige, sons Ryder, Gavin and Mac, daughter Willa, and their two dogs. With schools closed, Ryan and Paige have had their hands full keeping their children and the dogs occupied. That includes home-schooling the three eldest children.
"We're doing all kinds of stuff," Getzlaf said. "Basically, we just try to go outside whenever the sun's shining. Like I said, I was building a chicken coop, so I did that the last few days. We spend a lot of time hitting baseballs, and stuff like that. The kids are into ball right now."
At one point, Getzlaf appeared agitated when one of his dogs began to bark. Then he was distressed for another reason.
"Oh, boy, I just saw our 9-year-old [Ryder] driving our golf cart," Getzlaf said. "That's not ideal at the moment. It will be fine, right?"
Kopitar replied, "What's the worst that can happen?"
Getzlaf seemed to take it mostly in stride as part of life in a full house. And there will be more to do when the chickens arrive.
Getzlaf credited Paige with carrying the load.
"Mom's working harder than she's ever worked too," he said. "My wife is just grinding right now. She's got a full school set up upstairs. They're doing some of the stuff online now, but, yeah, she's got to run the whole thing."
