"It almost seems unattainable when you're on the eve of the first day of training camp, getting back (to the Cup)... that's just so far away," [Doug Brown] admitted. "There's so many things that have to go right, not only for you individually, but collectively as a team. There's so much stuff you're going to have to go through, you can't even fathom it.

"We were coming down the elevator to a meeting this morning and I was like, 'Wow, this is the first time I've been on a team where we've had this many vets come back together that really contribute,'" said [Kevin Glenn].

"It has nothing to do with 'so close this' or 'unfinished business'. No. We're talking about right-now business.