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by Paul on 12/24/08 at 09:54 AM ET
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from Dan Wood of Ducks Blog at the OC Register,
The now-completed pre-Christmas portion of the NHL schedule, usually a pretty good indicator of the league’s relative strength, reveals that the Ducks are far more pretenders than Stanley Cup contenders.
Tuesday night’s 4-3 loss to the Calgary Flames at the Pengrowth Saddledome supplied yet another damning piece of evidence that the Ducks, as currently constructed, are a middle-of-the-pack playoff team at best, one highly unlikely to make any significant noise come post-season play....
“Penalties (Monday) night and just some mistakes tonight,” Ducks right wing Rob Niedermayer said. “Everyone in here is playing real hard. It just seems to be that one mistake that’s killing us.
“We’re frustrated, especially losing the last two heading into the (Christmas) break — close games and against (conference) opponents. It’s tough. We have to find a way to make the other team make that mistake.”
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