from Mark Whicker of the LA Daily News,

The NHL ignores all programming and entertainment needs and takes a three-day respite at the holidays. Bravo. But such a short break isn’t enough for the Ducks to forget 12 wins in 33 games. Or 61 goals, which comes out to an average of 1.84 per game.

Leicester City averages 2.05 goals in the English Premier League. That’s soccer. The Ducks, who play Philadelphia in Anaheim Sunday, might do better just using feet and helmets.

“We felt we could come in this year and pick up where we left off,” said Andrew Cogliano after Saturday’s practice. “Clearly we weren’t ready. The thought was that we’d be hungry. We had all the right intentions but we haven’t done it. We can talk all we want. We’re at a point where we’re way beyond thinking that we’re something we’re not.”

No statistic in the wide, wide world of sports is more baffling than Ryan Getzlaf’s total of one goal, and that was against air. He had 25 goals last season, 33 the season before.

But Patrick Maroon had nine last year, Cogliano 15, Ryan Kesler 20 and Jakob Silfverberg 12. Currently they have one, three, four and three.

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