ANAHEIM — The Ducks will take flight for the first time this season Thursday in Seattle, kicking off on the road yet again (they’ve had just eight openers at home in 32 seasons).

While that situation may be commonplace for the Ducks, elevated goals accompanied the arrival of Coach Joel Quenneville, who stewarded the Chicago Blackhawks to three Stanley Cups, amid the ongoing development of one of the NHL’s top 25-and-under contingents.

Jackson LaCombe, D

Once a timid figure among a robust group of defensive prospects, LaCombe had perhaps the biggest campaign-to-campaign catapulting of any player in the NHL last year and certainly among the Ducks. A more chiseled and much more confident LaCombe sprang from 17 points to 43, including 14 goals, and took his rating from -17 to even. His unde

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