We should be celebrating an epic series. This should be a story about the Western Conference's top two teams. Instead, the narrative so far has a lucky-to-be-here Stars team set against the Goliath Blues. All of this despite the actual on-ice product. It's lazy and infuriating, and it's well past time to start respecting the Stars.
The Dallas Stars may or may not win their series against the St. Louis Blues. That's not what this article is about. It's not about how the Stars got superb goaltending and won a tense, low-scoring game 1.