Justin Faulk has been waiting for this.
Waiting for nearly 550 games. Waiting for eight seasons, since he broke into the NHL as a 19-year-old defenseman out of South St. Paul, Minnesota. Waiting as he watched players from his draft class in 2010 and the U.S. national teams on which he competed all get their moment in the Stanley Cup playoffs, while his Carolina Hurricanes finished outside the postseason every season of his career.
Finally, the wait could be over for Faulk. The Hurricanes are in the first wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference, and Money Puck has them at 92.