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Helene Elliott: Unacceptable starts continue to plague Ducks, who were overrun by Winnipeg in first period

ANAHEIM, Calif._The Anaheim Ducks' fate was sealed before most of the post-Thanksgiving crowd had filed into the Honda Center on Friday. They yielded a goal 40 seconds into their game against the Winnipeg Jets, were down by two a tick before the five-minute mark and were lucky they weren't in a deeper hole. "I thought we were playing in our boots and they had their skates on," coach Randy Carlyle said of his team's unfocused, deer-in-the-headlights start.

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