Rod Brind'Amour on winning the Stanley Cup as a coach compared to as a player:
"I've been asked that a lot here now. It's still awesome. It's just as awesome. But as a player, it was a little different because I'd worked and dreamt about winning the Cup my whole life. And so that was like a piano came off my back. This time around, I wanted it for the group. I wanted them to feel what it's like, and I wanted it so bad for them. So to watch them finally get it, and then when I'm grabbing it, just to see the look on their faces, it's priceless. Because you know how happy they were for me, and it was the other way around for me, you know? And I'll never forget that." #CarolinaCulture #SoundTheSiren #StanleyCup
Rod sneakily built in a 35 pound cinderblock lift into the Canes offseason workouts, called it “Blue Collar Presses”, and the boys never thought anything of it…
Turns out he was having them practice lifting the Cup all season long 🤯🔥
(via @Canes)