I couldn't imagine not being on this team. And the fact we got it done, he's the best coach I've ever had."
Brind'Amour reflected on the difference between winning as a captain in 2006 and as a coach. "It's still awesome, it's just as awesome," he said.
"But as a player it was a little different, because I had dreamt of winning the Cup my whole life so that was like a piano had come off my back.
This time around, I wanted it for the group. I wanted them to feel what it's like.
I wanted it so bad for them.
To watch them finally get it, and when I was grabbing (the Cup), just to see the look on their faces, it's priceless, because you knew how happy they were for me."
Seth Jarvis highlighted the respect the roster has for Brind'Amour.
"He's lived it as a player, he's been through it, he's lifted it, and now to lift it as a coach, we have the utmost respect for him," Jarvis said.
"Everything he says goes. He's a big reason why we won."
Captain Jordan Staal pointed to Brind'Amour's playing experience as motivation.
"He's played before, so he understands the feel of a team and looking across the room and looking in everyone's eyes and understanding that they need to bring it, and you need to bring it for them," Staal said.
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"He understands that. The motivation to run through a wall for him is there."
