The Ducks have come to view their playoff journey as a roller-coaster ride that’s testing their ability to keep emotions in check while they navigate steep climbs and deep dips, sometimes careening from one extreme to the other in dramatic and quick succession.
“I think our season has been a little bit of a roller coaster too,” right wing Jakob Silfverberg said, recalling their slow start, surges both upward and downward, and an 11-0-3 close that carried them to their fifth straight Pacific Division title. “It's as tough mentally as it is physically, but I definitely think we have the tools and the experience to handle it, and so far we've been doing a really good job at it.