Ryan Suter returned to Minnesota last night and it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows as the struggling Dallas Stars tried to keep a short hot streak going. Instead, a surging Minnesota Wild team exposed their every weakness, blowing them out 7-2 by the final horn. If the embarrassment wasn’t enough, there’s certainly discord brewing in the Stars’ locker room, as head coach Rick Bowness scratched rookie and Minnesota native Riley Tufte, who had reportedly spent all of the money he made in his call-up to the NHL getting his family members to the game.
The Stars also held a players-only meeting two weeks ago and Bowness didn’t seem interested in discussing it at the time.