Drew Doughty sounds like he’s fired up again

Justin Williams, who is 5-0 in Game 7s and averages two points per game in them, doesn’t necessarily differentiate between the circumstances of a playoff series’ ultimate game.

“Every Game 7 brings about the same butterflies, anxiousness, excitement for me,” he said. “They’re all the same.”

Drew Doughty, who admitted to being unable to sleep in the leadup to Game 7 against San Jose, and told reporters on April 29 that “We want to beat this team. Especially this team, the San Jose Sharks,” was asked how the mindset for tonight’s game differed from that in the previous round.

He brought his game face to the media session.

“It might be a little different,” Doughty said. “We don’t like this team either, but we hate San Jose, in a way. We have to take the same approach. We have to do whatever it takes to make this team lose this game tonight. Whether it means you have to pretend you hate someone so much so you want to beat them, or just in any way, shape or form, just be completely ready for this Game 7 and be completely ready to beat them. They’re going to be hungry. We just have to be hungrier and more competitive. That’s how we’re going to win.”

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