After what felt like an eternal cycle of shuffling in the standings, the Anaheim Ducks finally have a confirmed playoff opponent: the Calgary Flames.
A contentious regular season series makes way for what should be an entertaining first round matchup. With that in mind, here’s the top three narratives to keep an eye on in round one:
The Giordano Thing
Mark Giordano is bit of a marked man thanks to a knee-on-knee collision that knocked Cam Fowler out of Anaheim’s lineup for the foreseeable future.
Naturally, Giordano refuted the notion that the hit was intentional.