So this is the big secret, the motivation for right wing Jakob Silfverberg to overcome a nightmarish start and score a career-high 20 goals as the Ducks rose from the bottom of the NHL barrel to win the Pacific Division title on the final day of the season.
"I told him it was about time he started putting the puck in the net or I was going to stop passing to him," said his center, Ryan Kesler, and no one wants to be threatened by the cantankerous Kesler.