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Asked if his players ever lobby to be included in the shootout Glen Gulutzan smiled.

“Every time,” chuckled the Calgary Flames coach of a selection process that starts with regular post-practice shootout attempts.

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“(After they shoot), I can see guys looking back at me. That’s such a good thing — it’s like, ‘pick me, pick me.’ The guys you worry about are the guys that don’t look back, who don’t want to be picked.”

In the midst of the shootout that clinched Sunday’s 5-4 win over New Jersey, Micheal Ferland took yet another stab at it.

“Ferly had a great game, and I think he said, ‘Am I next?'” said Gulutzan, well aware the surging forward had earlier been rejected by Devils netminder Keith Kinkaid on a penalty shot.

“He wanted a re-do I think. He had him with his move – he just didn’t get it up high enough.”

Exactly how Gulutzan comes up with his shootout list is an interesting study that includes a number of factors, including statistics, coaches input and, most of all, a gut feeling.