It was going to be a grumpy plane ride to Nashville, considering the way Andrew Cogliano set the mood Monday.
It was the morning after the Ducks put the "dumb" in dumbfounding in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series against the Nashville Predators. They took six minor penalties, some of them needless, during their second consecutive home loss Sunday to open the playoffs.
A long flight to Nashville for Games 3 and 4 of the best-of-seven series — Tuesday and Thursday — probably didn't help.
"Guys are [ticked] off," Cogliano said.