Cooper: Attention you get with Stanley Cup 'like walking in with Mick Jagger'

Jon Cooper is living his best life as a Stanley Cup champion.

The Tampa Bay Lightning head coach likened his experience with the prestigious trophy to walking around with a famous rockstar.

"Honestly, I can't explain the feeling," Cooper said earlier this week on the "Two-Man Advantage" podcast.

"People say, 'Well, what's it like?' I was like, 'You know what? Nobody really wants to see Jon Cooper or really cares, but as soon as you're with the Stanley Cup, it's like walking in with Mick Jagger.' It is such a remarkable trophy."

The 53-year-old coached the Lightning to the franchise's second Stanley Cup victory in September. The club spent over two months in the NHL's playoff bubble before knocking off the Dallas Stars in six games.

Cooper says he never gets tired of looking at what he and his club accomplished, as the trophy has remained in Tampa throughout most of the pandemic.

"At times I've had it in my house where it was just me or maybe my son, or my wife and it's the girls. You just look at it with that sense of accomplishment, but understanding it just exudes history," Cooper said.

"And you look at it and look at the names on it and the people that have won it and you know the sweat and tears and everything that went into winning it, and to think 100 years before that's happened."

Despite spending their offseason navigating an extremely tight salary cap, the Lightning have the majority of their core intact next season and are in a strong position to make another title run.

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