Im listening to old podcast by a finnish broadcaster Mäkinen, and Kimmo Timonen, and i thought someone might be interested. Timonen said at the morning skate before the cup winning game, Toews pulled him over and told him "we will win the cup today, and i want you to be the one i hand it over for, because i respect u as a player and a human and you have fought for this."
Timonen said he was almost crying during the morning skate. "I have never cried on morning skate, but then i did." "I was just thinking, well we need to actually win this game too."