Defending Big D · May 4, 2025
Afterwords: Rantanen’s Revenge
On some level, the outcome of Game 7 between the Dallas Stars and the Colorado Avalanche might as well have been predetermined.
After all, this is Stars head coach Pete DeBoer we’re talking about, who entered the game with an absurd 8-0 record in Game 7s. The same DeBoer who had already thrice ended Colorado’s season, once each with three different teams. A Colorado team who, each time, was coached by Jared Bednar, who entered the game with his own perfect record for Game 7s… a 0-3 winless streak, that is. Which sounds bad enough until you recall that Colorado had also dropped three straight Game 7s before that, with their last Game 7 win being their Stanley Cup winner in 2001.