Eight.
That’s the number of games the Anaheim Ducks have lost in a row, which is actually the second time this season they have lost seven or more consecutive games. Even so, Anaheim remains in a playoff spot, albeit a very tenuous one with a cluster of teams hot on their heels.
Naturally, a prolonged losing streak is accompanied by (figurative) pitchforks and torches from fans. At least it did in the Ducks’ first slump. Calls for head coach Randy Carlyle’s job were rampant, but those ravenous protests from the fanbase never felt like they had much teeth thanks to a swath of injuries.