West Division Preview: Will Ducks’ defense shake-up be enough?

Photo by Brandon Magnus/NHLI via Getty ImagesAnaheim Ducks general manager Bob Murray would like you to believe that the team hitting the ice in 2021 is drastically different than the team they were last March. So much so, that he believes the team can and will be in the postseason conversation.

“We’re a better team,” Murray told reporters back in October, following the signing of defender Kevin Shattenkirk, their biggest splash of free agency. “We’ve got a lot of good teams out West, so we got to get going here. I think it’s time and I think you’re going to see improvement with some of our young guys. And if we get improvement in some of the young guys, which it’s time for, and you get a…