from Ereic Stephens of the OC Register,

More free form jazz than symphonic classical, the Ducks create, improvise and seemingly thrive amid the chaos.

Sure, they talk about following the plan and operating within the structure. But what if the plan goes awry and the structure breaks down in a matter of minutes? What do you do when what’s being engineered is dissonant and out of tune?

Adapt to the changing movements and believe in the finished product. Maybe the process to get there is messy. Just get there. And these are your Ducks, sitting even in the Western Conference finals with the Nashville Predators as the two prepare for Game 3 Tuesday night at Bridgestone Arena.

“That’s just it,” Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf said. “The group that we’ve come together here, we’ve tried to put that out of our mind. And I keep going back to it, but I think we’ve built it to where we are. We have that confidence in our room that we’re just going to keep the same mentality.

“We talk about it all the time. If we keep doing the same things, we’re going to get rewarded. Yes, at times it’s easier said than done. But our group — we have a belief that when we’ve done it in past. So you look back on those moments and it helps keep the group calm.”

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