Brian Elliott looking calm, confident in Calgary Flames' crease

It’s tucked in the top corner of Brian Elliott’s locker-stall at the Saddledome, a roll of white stick-tape marked neatly in black Sharpie with two simple words.

‘Calm. Swagger.’

It’s a reminder of a message from retired puck-stopping sensation Curtis Joseph, a text between the two twine-minders as Elliott led the St. Louis Blues to the third round of the Stanley Cup playoffs last spring.

“Not word for word,” Elliott said. “He’s helped me in the past, just chatting. I mean, a guy that has the fourth-most wins in the NHL as a goalie, you try to take as many tidbits from as possible.

“Whatever he texts, you kind of snapshot it and save it and when you need it, you can sometimes look back at it.…