Justin Williams

And, you know, whether or not, whether he has one more year, two more years, three more years, five more years, I have no idea how many years he has left, but yeah,

he knows that this is probably the best chance he's going to get.

I mean, there's 31 other teams who leave disappointed at the end of the year.

So, you know, he is doing what he can for sure.

He is putting the guys on his shoulders saying, follow me, boys.

I'm going to do everything I can.

And he's done that for umpteenth years.

But now...

I mean, it really just shows that his willingness, I mean, it looks like a darn Viking out there when he scores a goal.

He's just so pumped up.

And I mean, the guys are following along right behind him.

And he's been an awesome leader for us, not only for this year in this playoff run, but, you know, through the bad days that we're here in Carolina.

And, you know, now he sees a chance at another Stanley Cup, you know.

I find the home ice to be an advantage really early in hockey games.

You can tell.

I mean, I'd like to actually see the numbers on this.

When the home team scores the opening goal, and they get so excited, and then the game kind of tapers off to being, okay, this is what it is.

And the first five, seven minutes, they're running on adrenaline.

You know, I think, you know, you've been in dressing rooms, I'm sure, Kip, where you're like, just manage the first five minutes.

Let's get through the first five minutes, the first 10 minutes of this game, then we can settle into the game.