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The Stars could probably use more help getting their feet off the ground.

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There are only so many ways to express disappointment. The five stages of grief are great and all, but how many times can you externalize a long emotional sigh before your friends start treating you the way the Stars treat first periods, which is to say with a very reluctant sort of association.

When you don’t shoot, you don’t score. When you can’t figure out the neutral zone, you allow teams to get in and wear you down on the cycle, and eventually get some lucky goals, as happened in this one.