“We’re done losing.”
With three words on media day in September of 2017, Justin Williams neatly encapsulated his statement of purpose for his return to the Carolina Hurricanes. He had come back for a reason, and he was determined to see it through.
Gone was the wide-eyed youngster of a decade earlier who memorably jumped up and down like he had just won $10,000 playing Plinko on The Price is Right as he jumped into the arms of Eric Staal on the night of June 19, 2006, just after depositing the puck in an empty Edmonton Oilers net.