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Jacob Markstrom has seen the video in which his coach — the man who stresses the need to stay calm and composed in the net — appears to lose his mind.

There’s Dan Cloutier, then the Rangers’ rookie goalie,charging the length of the ice to join in a line brawl with the Islanders. There’s Cloutier going medieval on Isles goalie Tommy Salo. There’s Cloutier, now without his jersey, challenging the Islanders’ bench.

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“That was a Swedish goalie he beat up there,” Markstrom says.

The Canucks’ keeper is then asked if he’s getting a mixed message from Cloutier, the reformed wild man who now preaches a Zen approach to the game.

“I don’t know,” he answers. “He’s helped me with everything, but you’ve got to learn for yourself. It’s so easy for me to say, ‘Well, you’ve got to be calm,’ but when it’s in your nature, it’s hard. I don’t know if I’m more even-keel. I’m a passionate guy, I hate losing and I love winning.”

Which is something Cloutier knows about. The challenge with Markstrom, the Canucks’ goalie coach will tell you, is channelling that passion and competitiveness without changing the essence of the man. Cloutier never quite got there as a player. Now, with the Canucks’ season hanging in the balance, he hopes to pass that lesson on to the 27-year-old Swede.

Markstrom’s play, thus far at least, has been one of the main storylines in the Canucks’ encouraging start to this season. Tasked with the bulk of the starts — 11 in their 14 games — he’s provided NHL-calibre goaltending on a nightly basis, spearheading an effort that has the Canucks tied for fourth-fewest goals against in the entire league.

He stopped 29 of the 32 shots he faced in Tuesday’s 5-3 victory over the Flames, and his 2.36 GAA is seventh-best in the NHL among goalies with at least 10 games, along with a .917 save percentage that is 12th best overall.