Lightning find their motivation for 2021 season

What's the motivation for the Tampa Bay Lightning entering the 2021 National Hockey League season after finally getting over the hump and capturing a Stanley Cup last season?
How about being a two Cup guy?

Monday, the Lightning conducted their first on-ice session of training camp from the TGH Ice Plex. Bolts captain Steven Stamkos, feeling 100 percent again after a core muscle injury and subsequent compensatory injury robbed him of the final seven games of the 2019-20 regular season and 2:47 of the playoffs, was flying around unencumbered on the ice, playing the right-wing position typically occupied by Nikita Kucherov on a line alongside Ondrej Palat and Brayden Point.
Tyler Johnson came out and promptly ripped a shot bar down on his first run through of his group's opening drill, signaling the tumultuous offseason he experienced where he was the target of constant trade rumors and at one point was waived by the team - before he was given a reprieve of sorts when Nikita Kucherov's regular season-ending injury freed up the necessary cap space to keep him -- would have no effect on his play.

Alex Volkov, who made his Stanley Cup Playoffs debut in Game 6 of the Cup Final versus Dallas and drew a penalty that led to the game-winning goal, was the right wing on a line with Patrick Maroon and Mitchell Stephens, a position that would appear to be one of the few up for grabs among the Lightning starters.
But it was after the action on the ice had concluded and during the Zoom media availability that followed that produced the most poignant moment from the opening of camp.
Alex Killorn was asked where the Lightning would draw motivation to push them toward another Stanley Cup after already reaching the pinnacle a little over three months earlier.
Killorn offered a glimpse into the mindset that will have to carry the Lightning through what figures to be as unique a season the League has seen, even more so than last year's pause-interrupted campaign.
"It's difficult in the sense that you reached your ultimate goal," Killorn answered. "That's something you'd been working for your entire life, and when you kind of reach it, some guys may want to take a step back.

"The way I look at it is I know a lot of guys that have won the Cup, but I don't know many that have won two. Why not be one of those guys? We've got one in our dressing room [Pat Maroon]. When he walks around, everyone knows him as the two Cup guy. We're the one Cup guys…I think for us, we know we can do it now. We've been there. We're even more hungry to get another one."
The two Cup guy, who will try to be the three Cup guy once the 2021 season concludes, said everything's in place for the Lightning to repeat as champions.
"I'm very confident," Maroon said. "We've got all the pieces. We've got the goaltending. We've got the defensemen. We have the offensive power. We have ways to chip in at certain times. In certain situations, we can play a physical game. We can play a skill game. We can compete against anyone. I think guys are excited just to get going again. I think once you win one and you hoist it over your head, you want to win another one. I think that's in the back of guys' minds. I know it is for sure because you felt that feeling and what it's like and all the sweat and work and dedication you put in the game and you finally achieved your ultimate goal to win a Stanley Cup and I think guys want to do it again."
Monday, the Lightning began their quest to become two Cup guys.
And Maroon provides their motivation, dangling the carrot on a stick in front of them, his two championship rings a constant reminder he has one more Cup than they have.
Other quotes of interest following Monday's first on-ice training camp session
Jon Cooper on his impression of defenseman Cal Foote during the restart training camp and what he needs to see from him in the next few days to take the next step:
"He's taken steps. You watch when these kids are drafted and they're just young kids. They're a little wet behind the ears. They haven't developed into their bodies. Even from the bubble camp or whatever you want to call it, Footer looks like he's grown. He's filling out more and more as he matures. You want to see that in guys. You want to see them develop. He looks poised out there. Every time he takes a step on the ice with us, you can see he's feeling a little bit more comfortable. It is going to be different not seeing the (exhibition) games, and that's why as coaches we have to make sure the couple scrimmages we do have, we kind of give it as much of a game feel as we can. These players have to understand these are their exhibition games. I know we're all in the same organization, but you do what you have to do to make the team and players are well aware of that, including Footer."
Alex Killorn on the team's mentality and energy level at today's first day of camp compared to the first day in previous seasons under a normal time schedule:
"It's a little different in the sense that I know for the coaches they have to walk the line of how hard to push us, get us in shape and make sure no one gets hurt. The season starts so soon that you want to make sure, you can't just bag skate the guys every day because we're going to be exhausted. It's finding that fine balance. We did a lot of system stuff today. We ran through the PK. Instead of fitting system stuff and PK stuff over three days, we're kind of compressing it into one day, and I'm sure tomorrow it'll be similar with different things. The good part about it is a lot of the guys are familiar with the system here. It hasn't changed much. I guess that's a good a part. There's a lot to take in the first couple days."
Pat Maroon on the difference of camp this year compared to the first day of camp in previous seasons:
"It's a different world we're living in right now. Everything's kind of different from what we're doing right now. We're talking through a freakin' laptop. We want to see your guys' faces as much as we hate the media. Nah, just kidding guys. We want you guys in that room and laughing and seeing you guys. It is different, but as Coop said, it feels good to skate again. It feels good to be back with the guys. It feels good to have some normalcy again. We're not in the bubble. We have 40-plus skaters here, so it is like a training camp so you kind of feel that way. And that's good because sometimes you forget about COVID when you're out there just skating around, you're in the locker room, you're chatting with the boys. You're not under surveillance all the time. You get to go back home to your families, to your kids. So, there is some normalcy there. But it is a little bit weird just because of testing, everything we have to go through, the protocols to make sure everyone stays safe. And like I said before, talking through a laptop is kind of weird. Hopefully we can get back to normal here, but I am happy to be back on the ice and be grinding with the boys again because this should be a really fun year, an exciting year. We have a lot to look forward to on Jan. 13, and then after that it's try to go repeat. It's all business here. Everyone wants to win again. I can feel the energy, so we're all looking forward to it."