Kucherov focused on winning Cup: 'I don't care about the personal stuff'

Nikita Kucherov is hungrier for the Stanley Cup than ever before.

The Tampa Bay Lightning star may have taken home the Hart Trophy and Ted Lindsay Award last year, but those individual accomplishments alone didn't satisfy him.

"I don't care about the personal stuff, I mean you do care because you want to play well," Kucherov said, according to The Athletic's Pierre LeBrun. "But at the end of the day, you want to remember the fun part and winning the Cup and having your name on it."

The Lightning were swept at the hands of the Columbus Blue Jackets in the first round of the 2018-19 playoffs despite putting together one of the most dominant regular seasons in NHL history.

Kucherov only managed two assists in three games during the first-round series after recording 41 goals and 128 points in the regular season.