The Blues endured a rough start to Voss's second year at the helm and looked out of contention with a 4-1-8 record halfway through the bye rounds.
A fierce blowtorch was turned on the coach and his players, who were jeered off the ground by long-suffering fans after several poor performances.
But a stunning nine-match winning streak, which was ended by GWS in round 24 when Voss rested some key players, propelled the Blues into September.
They are warm favourites to win Friday night's elimination final against Sydney, expecting the bulk of support from a crowd tipped to reach 90,000 at the MCG.
"The journey we've been on has been spoken about a fair bit and those moments have been pulled apart and put back together," Voss told reporters on Thursday.
"It's part of your evolution as a team, how you overcome and adapt and learn from the experiences that you've had.
"Some of those have been quite harsh moments where those losses have hurt a lot.
"You learn as much from those as the moments at the back end of this year where we've been able to turn that around and provide a consistency and a really high level in the way that we play.
"We'll tap into both of those but it won't necessarily help us when we walk out there."
Despite forecast rain, physical big man Marc Pittonet will return to partner Tom De Koning in a two-pronged ruck division against Swans pair Tom Hickey and Hayden McLean.
The important selection call comes after Voss experimented with key forward Harry McKay as a back-up to De Koning in round 24.
McKay will spend more time in attack alongside back-to-back Coleman medallist Charlie Curnow, with Pittonet set to add a physical presence around the ball in predicted tough conditions.
"We feel like that's been a real strength of ours throughout this year," Voss said of his ruck pairing.
"They bounce off each other really well and they're obviously pretty good at their own individual roles, but we feel like we lean into our strengths there."
Carlton captain Patrick Cripps and Sam Docherty will return after a week off for the elimination final, while wingman Blake Acres is available to play despite hurting a shoulder in round 24.
Friday night will be Carlton's first finals appearance since 2013 and Voss declared the event partly a celebration for the Blues and their supporters.
"We want all that noise, we want that real positive energy and we want to put smiles on faces," Voss said.
"To do that, we've got to get out and get our jobs done."
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