The Ducks are already leading 2-0 so you'll just have to excuse my tardiness.
I'm picking the Ducks in 6.
I don't think Jacques Lemair can will his players back to another come-from-behind series victory. Truth be told I would have picked the Wild from the beginning because, as many have said, I just don't think the Ducks have the offensive juice. Sykora and Karia sure... but then who? The Wild beat Colorado and then Vancouver. Those two teams are almost identical offensively. The Ducks beat an offensively impotent Redwing team. I say it was a fluke that both teams were playing that well and that poorly at the same time. I'm surprised by the Dallas series... I chalk it up to JSG and a hobbled Dallas team.
What am I saying in all this rambling? I think that the Ducks aren't the real deal, that the Wild is a better coached team with more talent. I just don't think they can pull it out from being down 2 games, but they'll make it close.
Ottawa or New Jersey will kill the Ducks in the final.
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