Some teams take success and run with it. Other teams take success and let it get in their own way. The former kind of team has consistency and get the results to back up their success and hype. The other kind are inconsistent, bordering-on-mediocre teams with inconsistent results.
You don’t have to do more than watch one 60-minute game by the Dallas Stars to know which kind they are.
“Our troubles come from when we have success,” Dallas Stars head coach Jim Montgomery said after tonight’s inconsistent effort versus the Washington Capitals as he looks to another week-long road trip away from home ice.