from Mark Whicker of the OC Register at the Los Angeles Register,
“They’re getting the types of goals on us in this series that we got on them in the regular season,” Andrew Cogliano said. “Like on that goal, we had two chances to get it out, and it winds up in our net. And then they score on the first shift, which shouldn’t happen. But it seems like the roles have been reversed.”
“No matter how hard you’re trying to get it deep in the forecheck, they know how to close the door,” Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau said.
The Ducks are now left with two days between games, and perhaps they will use a water gun, like the ear doctor uses, to get Quick out of their heads. Cogliano picked a puck from Doughty and had a close-in chance and backhanded it against his skate, and then had another shot at it and couldn’t find the net.
It seemed as if Cogliano had built a theory for beating Quick, postgame. Whether he can breathe life into that blueprint is not that clear.
“He just comes out and challenges you,” Cogliano said. “Hopefully you can get it behind him, maybe give him a fake, but he’s so aggressive that if you don’t show some puck-savvy and some patience, you’re not going to score.
“He puts everything on you. If you make a good play you’ll beat him, but if you don’t, he’ll beat you every time.”
added 8:41am, from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN,
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