The storm forecast for the city tracked considerably south, it turns out.
And just like that, in a four-game sweep as ruthlessly efficient for the Ducks as it was humbling for the Jets, it's over.
A playoff run that never got out of the gate.
A franchise now zero-for-eight in the post-season, at least if you count its days in Atlanta, which I've never been particularly fond of doing.
No, those ties have been cut.
Still, you're left to wonder why a team so able to overcome everything thrown its way during the season couldn't better handle the chase for Lord Stanley's mug.