The Ducks were underwhelming and very beatable in round one, no question about it. And they couldn't handle the Flames' speed when the Flames were skating. Plain and simple, the FLames win the series with good goaltending.
That leads one to think that the Oilers, if they get good goaltending, should be in good shape.
However, I don't think it's that's simple.
For one, the Ducks will be better this round - they have their playoff confidence now. And two, they will have a plan for McDavid - Kesler is pretty good with him.
There is no 'Oilers depth', what we saw in round 1 was a crappy Sharks team. And when the Sharks played well, they absolutely owned the Oilers for stretches. The Ducks are much deeper than the Sharks. And much, much deeper than the Oilers.
And the Ducks overall team defense is vastly superior to what we saw in the first round from SJ.
I think we'll see a better Ducks team than we saw in round 1 and they win the series.
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