ANAHEIM — Calgary Flames bench boss Glen Gulutzan wasn’t planning to deliver a spine-tingling speech before Thursday’s Game 1.
He didn’t need one.
“There’s a difference between being scared, and being scared to let down someone,” said Flames winger Kris Versteeg, providing some insight into the effectiveness of a so-called players’ coach. “I think when you’re scared to let down someone, it’s a little extra motivation.”
True, the Flames enjoyed a couple of cold ones on their now-infamous train trip from Montreal to Ottawa in late January, but now you know the real reason for their turnaround after that blowout loss at Bell Center.