The one game, mid-week trip to Minnesota that the Dallas Stars just finished was a disaster on several levels. The 7-2 drubbing that they took at the hands of the Wild was certainly part of it. It was also a slap in the face of anyone who thought that a two game, regulation win streak against road weary clubs from Philadelphia and Detroit indicated a definitive improvement on the ice.
Dallas looked slow, chased Wild players and the puck for long stretches of the game, and on those occasions where scoring chances appeared, they mainly pounded the puck off the glass or put it into the logo on Cam Talbot’s chest.