A day after the latest inflection point the Stars-Blues second-round series, a matchup that has produced the drama and the hits and the jabs and the controversy desired from a Stanley Cup playoff series, Ben Bishop smiled and laughed and then he moved on.
It's who Bishop is, the easy-going and generally sunny goaltender of the Stars, the team's best player throughout the season who now enters the biggest game of the year suddenly dented. Bishop will be the focal point of Tuesday night's Game 7 against the Blues, a normal place for a starting goaltender, but an amplified one following the events of Sunday afternoon.