At a time of year when information is shared with the utmost reluctance, Derick Brassard delivered a wonderful look behind the scenes when he told the world his coach Alain Vigneault had challenged him and fellow center Derek Stepan before Game 6 of the Eastern Conference final.
Brassard went out and hung a hat trick on the Lightning in a 7-3 win, while Stepan was terrific at both ends of the ice in forcing a decisive Game 7 back at the Garden on Friday night.
Yet Vigneault wasn’t all too pleased to find out Brassard had shared that little tidbit.