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| 2nd January, 2008 - 9:37 am |  Los Angeles Times - Halfway home are the Ducks in this 2007-08 season, but what awaits them at the end is hardly known at the midpoint.
Are the playoffs and a chance to defend their Stanley Cup title the eventual destination? Or are earlier-than-planned tee times?
"I think we're getting to a point now where it's kind of put up or shut up," defenseman Mathieu Schneider said. "We've talked all year about the same things. The guys in this room now are going to be the guys that'll have to be responsible night in and night out."
What is clear is the Ducks have plenty of work to do over the final 41 games. Calgary needed 96 points to squeeze into the eighth spot in the playoffs last season, and over the last four NHL seasons the eighth-seeded teams have averaged 93.5 points. [READ] |
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