Ducks Team Report (Yahoo! Sports) If the Ducks aren't done, they might as well be.
Winners of 14 of 20 games before last month's Olympic break, the Ducks had climbed within three points of the eighth and final Stanley Cup playoff position in the NHL's Western Conference.
Talk about ancient history.
Tuesday's mostly uninspired 5-2 loss to the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets, a team that had dropped 6-0 decision the night before at Los Angeles, left the Ducks with a four-game losing streak since the Olympic break and in 13th place in the West, seven points behind the eighth-place Calgary Flames.
"You can't come out of a break looking for a playoff run and then drop four straight—it's unacceptable," Ducks wing Bobby Ryan said. Garon, Blue Jackets beat Ducks 5-2 (AP) 
The Columbus Blue Jackets have known for quite some time that they likely won't return to the playoffs. The Anaheim Ducks are starting to realize a similar predicament. Jakub Voracek scored the first of Columbus' three power-play goals and had two assists, leading the Blue Jackets to a 5-2 victory over the fading Ducks on Tuesday night.
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