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Over the course of ​his remarkable 26-year ​career, Mark ​Messier won ​six ​Stanley ​Cups ​and remains the ​only player in ​NHL history to captain ​two ​different ​franchises to a championship. Few ​elite athletes ​have been ​asked ​to reinvent ​themselves as often or as successfully.

In ​Edmonton, he ​spent ​a decade ​alongside Wayne ​Gretzky as the ​team’s indispensable second ​star. When ​Gretzky was traded ​in 1988, Messier stepped ​into the ​captaincy and led the Oilers to another Stanley ​Cup two ​years later. ​Then ​he ​arrived ​in New York, where he ​joined a ​franchise that ​hadn’t won ​a ​championship in 54 ​years ​and helped end that ​drought in ​his ​third ​season.

In ​this ​episode of Grey ​Matter, ​Mark joins ​Consello ​Founder, Chairman and CEO Declan Kelly to reflect on a career ​shaped by constant adaptation. ​They discuss how ​he learned to meet ​the ​demands ​of ​different teams, different moments, ​and ​different stages ​of ​his ​career, and why that ​same mindset matters just ​as much in business as ​it ​does ​in ​sport.