Fan Appreciation Night is a special little Stars vignette. There have been some doozies in the last decade, including Mike Modano’s farewell and Jamie Benn’s Art Ross Miracle, but most of them have been less Johnny Oduya T-Shirt Gun than one would hope.
This year was no exception, as the celebration was mixed, to put it lightly. The Mike Modano commemoration was a nice bit of comfort in the twilight of a tough season, and I’ll never get tired of seeing Modano get his due in Dallas. And to cap things off, Tyler Seguin hit 40 goals. Thankfully, Seguin’s empty-netter didn’t come on Brett Hull appreciation night, as I’m pretty sure Hull can still choose to void one empty-net goal per season as part of a legacy Ambassador of Fun contract termination clause.