Vegas won not because they had the best players (Adan Hill probably won't even be a starter next year either), they won because they all got on the same page and went to the rink with a chip on their shoulders because they were all outcasts that had former teams give up on them or deem them expendable and they banded together to prove them wrong under a strong coach.
Attitude & motivation are pretty underrated factors. If talent trumped all then mcdrai would have ring collections.
I think it's hugely important to have a group of guys that want to be here and want to don the C. You need guys that will go through walls for Huska, and I fear that his ideas/vision may fall on deaf ears over time all the same because the players in that room don't share his passion for being here and playing here.
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