The Ducks are limping their way into the playoffs, desperately in need of a mental reset

Maybe if the last three weeks had played out differently, the Anaheim Ducks’ return to the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in eight years would be filled with hope. After all, they talked before the season about how it was time, and they backed it up. Promise fulfilled.This is supposed to be the moment when a franchise that’s been through a lot of low points can celebrate jarring loose a championship window that had been slammed shut. When Troy Terry, now the Ducks’ longest tenured player, can finally feel what playoff hockey is like.Advertisement