The Anaheim Ducks are an interesting team this year. The team, on paper, seems prepared to take a step back this year based on both who’s behind the bench (Randy Carlyle) and who sits on it (Jared Boll).
Anaheim learned the wrong lesson from its game seven defeat last postseason and seems poised to pay for it. Don’t get it twisted, though: there is far too much talent on this roster for the Ducks to be a team that is overlooked. In the long run the Sharks are almost certainly a better team, but on any given night Anaheim can give San Jose fits.