Dustin Brown W FA Fri 5/31/13 6:44 PM
Dustin Brown
W FA
Dustin Brown talked about the Los Angeles Kings transitioning from a team that's learning how to win to one that's learning how to handle success.
When the Kings won the Stanley Cup in 2012, they were doing so in defiance of the majorities expectations. Now, they're far less of an unknown quantity. "It's just dealing with adversity, I think," Brown said when asked what it will take to win the Cup a second time. "Being down two-nothing in St. Louis, we responded well in that series. And then going into a Game 7, I thought we had a really good game - same thing against San Jose. It's just little things. I think at the end of the day, though, for this group, it's that we've been in the trench hole together for a long time. It's not like we were all thrown together last year and did something great. The majority of our guys have been together for four or five years, and that goes a long way in building the trust and the bonds that you need to have to deal with the really hard parts of the game."