Justin Williams was hired by the Carolina Hurricanes as special advisor del manager general Don Waddell on Friday.
The 39-year-old won the Stanley Cup three times during a 19-season NHL career, including the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006. He also won the Cup with Los Angeles Kings in 2012 and 2014, the year in which he won the Trofeo Conn Smythe awarded to the MVP during the playoffs de la Stanley Cup.
The eaves retired as a player on October 8, 2020, after playing his last three seasons in the NHL with Carolina and was captain of the Hurricanes in 2018-19.
Learn to go from ice to carpet
“My ultimate goal is to learn everything I can“Williams said.” That’s basically what I’m doing now. Once you make that transition, and this part of the hockey world interests me, then you have to start diving in and start learning a little. “
“What does Don do every day? What do the assistants general manager do every day? How do we rate the players? How do we rate the players? All that day-to-day business that I don’t know anything about because I went to the track, did my thing and came home. There is a lot of work that these guys do and I, little by little, am going to try to learn it as best I can. Actually, my ultimate purpose is to bring a drink back to this city. I was able to help in 2006, but I know this team is very capable and is very close to doing it again. “
The respect earned on the track, his great weapon
Waddell dijo that in addition to “being close”, the Hurricanes envision Williams helping in a variety of areas.
“As a player who has just retired, he has a lot of knowledge and a lot of in-game contacts,” Waddell said. “Know players like him and be respected by players in the league, have that kind of advantage with your hockey club, I think it’s something we can certainly use.
“Your experience of being in the playoff how he has done it, the opportunities he has had during his great career, and playing with many different players, knowing all the players. Justin Williams picks up the phone and calls a player, that player is going to call him later, no question. There are many things you can do for us “.
Williams scored 797 points (320 goals, 477 assists) in 1,264 NHL games with the Philadelphia Flyers, Hurricanes, Kings and Washington Capitals, and 102 points (41 goals, 61 assists) in 162 games of playoff. He scored 316 points (128 goals, 188 assists) in 449 games with Carolina and is sixth in Hurricanes history in goals, seventh in assists and eighth in points.
Williams is one of nine NHL players to score 100 goals and win the Stanley Cup with two teams. Scored 15 points (seven goals, eight assists) in nine-seventh knockout series games, the most of any player in NHL history, and their teams were 8-1 in those games, which earned him the nickname “Mr. Game 7“.
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