The 2021 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs are underway, and the Dallas Stars are sadly watching from home like the rest of us. However, given the team’s struggles this season and their depleted roster, they might not have lasted long even if they had made the postseason:
The Stars could have made the playoffs this season, and to come up short is certainly a failure. But there’s a decent chance that playoff appearance would have been more of a cameo than a sustained run... Save for an absolute miracle, the only difference in the Stars sneaking into the playoffs as opposed to just missing them is the timing of stamping the season as a failure.