THE WEEK AHEAD

Thursday, at San Jose, 7:30 p.m., Fox Sports Net 2 -- You could have won some big money in Las Vegas betting the Sharks wouldn’t be in a playoff spot by Christmas and the Ducks would.

Saturday, at Vancouver, 7 p.m., Fox Sports Net 2 -- The Canucks are the type of team the Ducks expect to be ... say, in about two years. Ducks’ Mike Brown goes home to see team that waived him in October.

Sunday, at Calgary, 5 p.m. -- The Ducks pop by for a visit to where they used to live ... the bottom of the Western Conference. Anyone remember the rumble in the Saddledome when Ducks and Flames duked it out last season?

-- Chris Foster