What we learned from the Ducks’ 5-2 loss to the Islanders on Monday at Brooklyn:
-- Yes, the Ducks are only five points out of third place in the Pacific division and an automatic playoff berth. But does anyone who has watched this team regularly this season truly believe they can make up even that small a deficit?
They’re disengaged. Not pushing back. Not scoring: their league-low total of 60 goals is exactly half the total of league-leading Dallas.
They’re a mess.
Which brings us to….
-- It doesn’t matter anymore whether General Manager Bob Murray has kept Bruce Boudreau as his coach because no one better was available, as Boudreau was on the market when Murray decided to fire Randy Carlyle in 2011.