Have you actually checked out their roster, and compared it to other teams?
The Ducks roster sucks. It SUCKS.
When a wayyy-over-the-hill Getzlaf is your best forward, you are bound to be in trouble. Rakell isn't even close to his peak form.
There is not a single 1st line forward on the Ducks roster. Getzlaf is the only one who is even on the border between good 2nd liners and the worst of the worst 1st liners (he is #90 in points among forwards, and if you factor in his goal production, he has not been a 1st line NHL forward this season)
They have only 4 2nd liners: Getzlaf, Silfverberg, Rakell, Henrique. When you have zero 1st liners, and only 4 top6 calibre forwards, you're bound to be in trouble.
Josh Manson is nice, but come on, 6 points on the season? Not really screaming "top3" defenseman. With that kind of production you are maybe a bottom-pairing guy, 4th at best. He is #181 among D-men in scoring.
All in all, they are really just not that good. The roster sucks, actually. Gibson is the best player, by a country mile. Fowler is probably next. None of the forwards can be called "stars" by any stretch of the imagination.
The Ducks are doing pretty much
exactly as predicted. Before the season I predicted that they would have
74 points (based solely on their roster), and currently they are on a
76,4-point-pace