Even if Riley Tufte played last night, the Dallas Stars would have still lost.
Maybe it wouldn’t have been 7-2, but hockey is a team effort — it’s hard enough for a single player to make much of a difference, especially a fourth line rookie with two NHL games under his belt posting an average ice time of 6:08.
And yet, all the more reason to leave Tufte in the lineup for last night’s game against the Minnesota Wild. After all, the Stars had won those past two games, their first regulation wins after beginning the season 4-6-2.