Jiri Hudler is hurting.
Either hurting physically or hurting the Calgary Flames during their showdown with the Vancouver Canucks.
Probably even both.
The club’s top-line right winger, one of the two skaters on the team with a Stanley Cup ring, could very well be still smarting from the game in which his team claimed a playoff spot by beating the Los Angeles Kings on April 9.
Lord knows, he was treated like a human pinata that night, with both Robyn Regehr and Drew Doughty getting away with some prison-rules antics, cross checks and slashes that sent him to the bench at least a couple of times in obvious pain.