All these tastes of victory make it difficult to accept anything else, Josh writes. Plus, the NHL Board of Governors weighs the real cost of expansion, and a WHL team sets a warm, fuzzy record.
The good news: The Dallas Stars just snagged six of a possible eight points and went unbeaten in regulation. The bad news: They lost every other game and managed to drop a decision even while outshooting an opponent 43-24.
The catch: They did all this during the same four-game road trip.
Josh Bogorad's latest column examines how the Stars' changes in performance this season have also changed our expectations of what they should and should not be accomplishing – even as we understand, rationally, that they literally cannot win them all:
The bottom line is this.