Kevin Bieksa is an educated man. The Ducks defenseman has a degree in finance from Bowling Green, having graduated with a 3.42 grade-point average.
"So you're saying I should be smarter?" he asked.
Well, yeah.
Bieksa laughed.
"It's a calculated risk," he said.
If the stitched-up wound on Bieksa's chin symbolized a complete disregard for self-preservation, it also represented how the Ducks might be crazy enough to win the Stanley Cup.
"I've been doing this for a long time and these are the little things it takes to win, in the playoffs especially," he said.