from Shawn P. Roarke of NHL.com,

Repeating as Stanley Cup champions has been done twice in the past 20 years. Have you thought about what it will take and the message you need to send to your team?

"For sure, I think we started that in the summertime. We were in contact with our players and things like that. They look prepared. I have seen most of them in St. Louis and they look good and they look fresh and pretty dialed in. Bottom line is you have to be mentally tough. You have to get in there and it is going to be hard. This is a good League. Just to make the playoffs is a challenge. It's very important that our guys are focused and ready to go at camp to put the work in. That's our job as coaches to make sure that happens."

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