Glen Gulutzan
Glen Gulutzan
Glen Gulutzanis a Canadian ice hockey coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of the Calgary Flames...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth12 August 1971
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Our thought process is to have him get back in game shape by the start of the playoffs. We wanted to bring in more of a veteran presence coming into the playoffs and a guy with the potential to score.
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We have to leave them with the impression, win or lose, that it's not easy to win here. We want to let Anchorage know that when they come here, they're going to have to work for it. That's the way the playoffs are going to be, and this is kind of like a mini-playoff series, and we just want to win that series.
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It's hard to maintain that playoff intensity for two more weeks. Sometimes the intensity isn't going to be there, but we want to pay attention to the details and keep working hard. If we do that, in most games we'll give ourselves a chance to win.
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It's a big deal, if you asked me six months ago. (Now), it's a formality. I think we all expected it, come Christmas time, that we should be a playoff team.
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He's arguably going to be one of the most talented players in the league. He's like a wild card. He's had great playoff success and he can be a huge piece of the puzzle coming down the stretch. We need him to come in here and provide us with that extra offensive spark.
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He's a guy who's got a lot of skill and is a great character guy for our locker room. He's a big part of our team. He's physical, he can skate and win battles, and that's what the playoffs are all about.
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All we want to do now is make sure we're playing with passion the last two games and make sure we have our switch turned on come playoff time.
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We couldn't win a puck battle. I thought our effort was fine, but we made some glaring mistakes and lost battles.
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Sometimes you just match up well with a team. Look at Utah. They've kind of got our number.
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Everyone wants to talk about that series two years ago. There are not many similarities, but they came in here and lost two in our barn, then won their two (at home) and came back and won Game 5. It's not out of the realm for us to beat that hockey club. But we need to win Game 3. We don't have to win the series in Game 3, we just have to try to win Game 3.
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Guys are accountable. They know what our identity is; they're hard-working and defense-minded. We want to be hard to play against.
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If we have home ice, that's great, but when you look at the history of the league, it doesn't mean anything. That's why it's not a concern for us. It's not going to determine what we do.
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I didn't like playing against him. He was a competitive, hard-nosed player. He brings a lot of grit and scoring to the table and that's why we got him.
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We're glad it's over. We came out of here healthy and we're ready to go to the playoffs.