It’s a team leader who has won pretty much everything there is to win, often courtesy of the magic that rests in his own stick blade.
It’s a rookie goalie who has already sipped champagne from hockey’s Holy Grail almost a full season before he ever received a Calder Trophy vote.
And it’s a coach who has yet to see his team lose a playoff series, going 6-0 in such post-season matchups since being appointed bench boss 18 months ago.
From Sidney Crosby to Matt Murray to Mike Sullivan, there are plenty of reasons for the defending champions to be quietly confident heading into the third Game 7 in their past five playoff matchups.