Sure, being a huge part of a team's mid-season turnaround and playing big minutes in the playoffs was probably there. But the part about going down with a broken ankle before the finals started and having to work through pain just to be out there to skate the Cup wasn't.
But it doesn't matter how the long-time Dallas Stars defensive stalwart got there. The 2002 second-round draft pick who would run through any wall the organization put in front of him, the kid who dealt with racism from his junior hockey organization, the man who channeled every Stars' fans feelings about Corey Perry in the 2014 playoffs has reached the top of the hockey ladder.