There wasn’t much to be said about the Dallas Stars between their morning skate on Thursday and their game later that night in Nashville.
Following the three-day NHL Holiday Break, the Stars returned to the ice and prepared for the Predators. They were 2-6-0 in their previous eight contests, had fallen out of the playoff picture, and had entered the break on a stale 3-1 loss to the New York Islanders.
The bad turned to worse when the team showed very little effort or interest in Thursday morning’s skate.