In 1994, when the chips were down and everybody in that locker room hated Mike Keenan, the New York Rangers desperately needed a leader.
They found it in Mark Messier.
When they woke up and took one glance at the back pages, that word of “guarantee” lit up the room. The captain made his mark and it worked like a charm. The Blueshirts won six of the next nine postseason games and took home the Stanley Cup.