ANAHEIM, Calif. — Anaheim Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf fielded the volleys of reporters today with the confidence you’d expect from the Western Conference’s top team.
The Ducks meet the Winnipeg Jets in the Stanley Cup playoffs’ first round, starting here Thursday night.
"Once you’ve learned it in the past, there is no underdog," Getzlaf said after today’s morning practice at Honda Center. "Everybody’s just here playing. We all made the playoffs. There is no best team in this conference. We’re taking them the same way we would anybody."
Asked again about the Jets’ claiming underdog status, Getzlaf came right back with this: "There’s value in whatever you want to put on it.