It was the type of glowing performance review we'd all love to receive. And it should have quickly put to rest any thoughts the Winnipeg Jets would look to move on from coach Paul Maurice.
"I'd go through a brick wall for the guy," captain Blake Wheeler said last month, just days after his team was quickly eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs in the opening round.
As painful as that sounds, Wheeler's public stamp of approval for Maurice was no small thing for a franchise left searching for answers after falling well short of lofty expectations this past season.