What It Takes: Part 1


It’s often said there is no trophy in professional sports that demands more of an athlete physically, mentally and emotionally than the Stanley Cup. Nobody knows that better than the players themselves who have left their blood and sweat on the ice in pursuit of it. Leading up to the Stanley Cup Final, The Players’ Tribune, in association with Hulu, the NHL and the NHLPA, hosted a roundtable of current NHL players to discuss in detail what it takes. In episode one, the guys discuss the best ways to stop (or at the very least slow down) Washington and Vegas.



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