The Dallas Stars were just two wins away from winning the Stanley Cup this past postseason before falling to the Tampa Bay Lightning. In theory, that means that Dallas is on the cusp of another deep playoff run, with the potential to reverse their fortunes and win it all this next season.
In reality, however, the Stanley Cup runner-ups don’t tend to follow-up with much postseason success:
That’s 17 of the previous 20 runners up that failed to win two playoff series in the season after losing the Cup.