A short interview ends with this four-word declaration from Calgary Flames forward Yegor Sharangovich: “I hate to lose.”

This is, of course, a topic of conversation because Hockey Night in Canada ’s Kevin Bieksa suggested the exact opposite last weekend.

Not that Sharangovich, his mood presumably soured by seven straight losses and a pair of sit-outs as a healthy scratch, has been itching to address Bieksa’s criticism.

In fact, the 27-year-old claimed that he was not even aware of that nationally televised rip-job, which accompanied a clip of Sharangovich tapping the brakes rather than finishing a hit in the late stages of a lopsided loss to the Vegas Golden Knights and prompted a social-media debate about the gauge on his give-a-hoot meter.

“I’m not reading news,” Sharangovich bri

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