The Ducks lost for the 12th time in 15 games with a heartbreaking 4-3 overtime defeat to the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday. The blueline is riddled with injuries and the team shows no signs of turning the season around at the moment. Here's what we learned:
The Ducks simply don't possess the kind of speed and firepower other offenses boast. Case in point: the Avs with their triumvirate of Gabriel Landeskog, Mikko Rantanen and Nathan MacKinnon. The top line was a scoring threat each time they were on the ice.
Ryan Kesler has been pretty invisible on the offensive side (6 points in 19 games) and if the Ducks are going to salvage their season, they'll have to find more offense (they average just 2.