The Ducks are done!

[chrisdetroit 189]

The Ducks are now down 2-0 to Dallas after losing the first two on home ice. They are not losing on unlucky bounces but are getting whipped. 4-0 and 5-2.

The bugaboo is lack of scoring as it has been all year. 1.5 GFA in the first 2 games.

Can they come back. Yes, but it is not likely. They would have to win 4 of the next 5 with 3 of those in Dallas. And they are not playing well so this would have to be a complete reversal.

For all of the people that have been saying "the Ducks are built for the playoffs" and ignoring the gaping hole that is their lack of scoring, I just have to say. I told you so.

Man that felt good. Sorry.....hehehehehe

[Creasemonkey 30]

Detroit went down 2-0 to Vancouver in a series once not so long ago, and a lucky goal changed everything.

Relax. Don't jinx it.

[Sebastian 0]

I say its a sweep

[Greatness=PavelDatsyuk 65]

Come on sweep, that would be awsome

[Reds4Life 51]

Ducks are far from done. They can still win the series.

[NeverForgetMac25 483]

Not to nitpick, but Anaheim has a 1.0 GFA over the first two games.

0 Goals in Game 1, 2 Goals in Game 2. 2 Goals/2 Games = 1.0 GFA.

[maltbymaniac 13]

:hockeysmile: go dallas.

Edited April 13, 2008 by maltbymaniac

[Tane 17]

Can't jinx it....Anaheim is Playing Like Bird Poo....

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPPP!

[Real1 2]

I hope that Dallas wins the series, but I doubt they will. Sorry for being so pesimistic......

[hallelujahlogic 1]

i heard they got booed off the ice by their own fans after the last game.

haa-ha!

[Gordie Howe hat trick 110]

Sooner the Ducks are out the better, I hate the fact they are even in the playoffs.

[IceMunkee 15]

Detroit went down 2-0 to Vancouver in a series once not so long ago, and a lucky goal changed everything.

Relax. Don't jinx it.

True, but Detroit is the only team to do that in history. (I think) If not entirely then for 20 years or more. Also another fun fact, since 2000 there has not been a Stanley Cup Champ that made it past the first round. Just a fun tid bit of nonsense that bears no real logical reason on the Ducks drowning.

Anyhow my concern is if this series does not go 6-7, imagine the confidence Dallas will have. Yikes!

[Kass 7]

True, but Detroit is the only team to do that in history. (I think) If not entirely then for 20 years or more. Also another fun fact, since 2000 there has not been a Stanley Cup Champ that made it past the first round. Just a fun tid bit of nonsense that bears no real logical reason on the Ducks drowning.

Anyhow my concern is if this series does not go 6-7, imagine the confidence Dallas will have. Yikes!

Coming back from 2-0 isn't that rare, it usually happens once or twice every few years. I still doubt that the Ducks will win four straight against the Stars though.

[clayjoh 3]

All the hockey brains and Vegas Oddsmakers forget a few critical points about these chumps

They played the longest of anyone last spring and had a whirlwind off season

They started the season in London and all that time zone difference and hype

They lost critical players from lkast years run

They picked up Bertuzzi who I believe can poison almost any dressing room he's in

Gigure played a ton of games this year Goalies get tired too especially with the extra padding he wears

Their scoring is not that deep after line one

Pronger is playing a bit looking over his shoulder expexcting another suspension if he "errors in judgement" shall we say

Burke must be going berserk I Love it they never deserved it last year and they're not going to win it this year

[irishtemper14+25 11]

haha the only reason they can win is if they run into a team with a terrible powerplay when they play (hence wings-schneid and krons)...so they play a good dallas team and cant stop taking the penalties they always take so they lose

[thedisappearer 291]

No sweep! We may get the winner of that series, and I don't want them to be well rested at all. Go 7, go Dallas!

[stevie for president 42]

in the nhl, 20 teams took the 1st 2 games on the road in round 1. 8 of them won game 3 and 13 won the round.

for any round when the road team goes up 2-0, 33 of 65 won game 3 and 49 of 65 won the series.

going up 2-0 in the first round regardless of home ice advantage happened 78 times. 35 times the team up 2-0 won the third game and 65 times they won the series.

and of course in any round when either team goes up 2-0, 149/280 (53.2%) went up 3-0 and 243 (86.8%) won the series.

source: http://www.whowins.com/tables/up20.html

[eva unit zero 271]

Coming back from 2-0 isn't that rare, it usually happens once or twice every few years. I still doubt that the Ducks will win four straight against the Stars though.

I think he meant Detroit was the only team to come back from losing their first two games in Round 1 on the road to win the Cup. Only six other times has a team lost both 1 and 2 at home in Round one and still won the ROUND, let alone the Cup.

EDIT: One of those six occurences was 1992, when Detroit went down 2-0 and 3-1 vs Minnesota before securing the series in seven games. Perhaps the closest a team has ever come to being swept and still winning the series, as Detroit's game 3 victory was almost a defeat as well.

Edited April 13, 2008 by eva unit zero

[Guest nutz2u]

No sweep! We may get the winner of that series, and I don't want them to be well rested at all. Go 7, go Dallas!

Absolutely, full 7 and only the walking wounded survive.

[thedisappearer 291]

I wonder if we'll see Duck Guy around here any time soon. Maybe for round two...

[VladyIBELIEVE16 257]

i heard they got booed off the ice by their own fans after the last game.

haa-ha!

Yup they did. EastLansingNative and I scored free tickets 2 hours before the game last night. We both went wearing wings hats/ me with a wings hoodie and him in his east lansing - coral gables green shirt.

It was GREAT to watch them lose. They may have the capability to win...but they aren't using it. They can't really put much together and they look SLOPPY. They are getting penalties left and right and if you think they are going to step it up and win in Dallas -you're mistaken.

Classless fans screaming "REFS YOU SUCK" and Booing their Stanley Cup Champ team makes me really angry.

Here's to the ducks going out! GO DALLAS!!!!

[MacK_Attack 108]

It ain't over til it's over. I'm likin' what I see, but half the battle still remains, and those are the hardest ones to win.

[Guest ForeChecK]

I hope that the Ducks make a comeback and extend the series i dont want Dallas to have an easy way out. Heck maybe Anaheim will goon it up. hell or even win.

I would rather play the Ducks than the Stars. And if we do have to play the Stars i pray that the Ducks goon it up and make it so the stars are more then just bruised and batterd.

[Barrie 900]

2002 we went down 0-2 to Vancouver, and we all know what happened after that.

However, Dallas is an excellent team. I doubt Anaheim comes back, but you never know.

[shorthanded 5]

All the hockey brains and Vegas Oddsmakers forget a few critical points about these chumps

They played the longest of anyone last spring and had a whirlwind off season

They started the season in London and all that time zone difference and hype

They lost critical players from lkast years run

They picked up Bertuzzi who I believe can poison almost any dressing room he's in

Gigure played a ton of games this year Goalies get tired too especially with the extra padding he wears

Their scoring is not that deep after line one

Pronger is playing a bit looking over his shoulder expexcting another suspension if he "errors in judgement" shall we say

Burke must be going berserk I Love it they never deserved it last year and they're not going to win it this year

It was my impression watching some of last night's game that the Ducks were more concerned with hitting people than with skating and playing hockey. Now down 2 games I think they'll try to hit even more and it'll be their direct route to being swept - I hope.

Edited April 13, 2008 by shorthanded