LOS ANGELES — The Ducks reached the end of their two-week training camp and their six-game exhibition schedule Saturday with their preseason finale against the Kings at Staples Center. Their season-opening game against the San Jose Sharks could be measured in days and hours rather than weeks and months.

The Ducks have three days to prepare to meet the Sharks, the team that ended their 2017-18 season with a four-game sweep in the first round of the playoffs last spring. Then they’ll have 82 games to prove they’re still an elite-level team, albeit a restructured, remodeled club with fresh faces.

“I think it’s a little bit of an unknown at this point, but I don’t necessarily look at that as a bad thing,” left wing Andrew Cogliano said in a state-of-the-team discussion. “We’ve had a ton of expectations coming into the last couple of seasons and, ultimately, we’ve been successful.

“But we haven’t reached where we needed to be (as Stanley Cup champions). There are some unknowns. Who’s going to play with who? Who’s going to be in the lineup? We have a lot injuries and we’ve a guys out of the lineup. … (and) we still need to see what our team’s going to look like.”

The Ducks have advanced to the playoffs six consecutive times. They have been to the Western Conference finals twice in four seasons. But their run of consecutive Pacific Division titles ended at five last season, when they finished second behind the expansion Vegas Golden Knights.

It’s a new day for the Ducks, with new faces and new challenges.

For openers, the Ducks’ lineup has been revamped to meet the demands of the new NHL. The Ducks want to play a faster game, keeping up with a league that’s trended faster, younger and more skillful than when they dominated the division with a slower, more physical style.

What’s more, the Ducks will be without several injured veterans to start the season, opening new roles for new players. Corey Perry is out five months after undergoing right knee surgery Wednesday. Patrick Eaves (shoulder) and Ryan Kesler (hip) are working their way back into the lineup.

Young players like Max Comtois, Sam Steel and Troy Terry might assume their positions.

Discount the Ducks at your own peril, though.

“Personally, I always have high expectations for our team,” Cogliano said. “I came here seven years ago, and it seemed when I stepped in, you had no choice but to have high expectations for yourself and your team. I think that’s how our organization has been built.

“I think this year is a little bit of an unknown, but a good unknown for us. I think it’s going to push a lot of players who have been here for a little while to get their games at another level because it seems like there’s much more competition. You’ve got to continue to improve and get better as an individual because the league is getting younger and there’s much more competition.”

Injuries to veterans such as Perry, Eaves and Kesler have hastened the Ducks’ youth movement.

“There’s good and bad,” Cogliano said.“At the end of the day, you’re losing points that you know you were going to have and plays that were going to be made that not only help your team but sometimes helped you win games. So, I think that’s a reality we’re going to have to live with.

“There’s also a sense that everyone’s going to have to contribute. The last couple of years, you always looked (Ryan) Getzlaf’s way and you always looked the big guys’ way. I think we’re starting to instill the idea where you’re always looking at yourself and you’re looking at the line you’re with.

“I think it’s going to create more of a pace to our game. I think it’s going to create another element where we’re going to be attacking more and we’re not going to be trying to match another team or trying to go off what they’re doing.”