WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Not everything in hockey nor around the Dallas Stars is a mutually exclusive relationship.
Ben Bishop could be having a tremendous season (he is), and Anton Khudobin could still be playing better than him (he is recently). The Stars could be a mediocre or average team, and still be a playoff team in the Western Conference. One doesn't negate the other. Both can simultaneously be true.
Just as -- in the wake of Stars CEO Jim Lites' public thrashing of both Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn two Fridays ago -- it's okay to recognize that Seguin and Benn's production was behind career norms, but also acknowledge that they have carried the Dallas offense this season along with Alexander Radulov.