I'll accept my plate full of crow as well, I was pretty hard on Gulutzan early on and thought the Flames made a mistake with hiring him. Glad I was wrong. However I always had high expectations of this team, I never thought this was a bad roster that needed way more development time, which was what made the early parts of the season so frustrating to me. I also didn't find the hockey very entertaining during those periods, even when the Flames strung together a few wins. Thankfully everything seems to have clicked in the last couple of months, the team looks completely different. Great job by GG and the players to get it going in the right direction.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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