Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Dallas may not know their French history very well, but they certainly understand Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr’s famous epigram better than most.
When Dallas got ousted in the playoffs, I watched the Stanley Cup Finals more or less on autopilot, did some prospect homework, and then worked on my half baked science fiction novel. For me summer was a combination of stillness, contemplation, and the occasional Lone Star to pay my weekend Rust Cohle tribute.
In other words, my world was nothing like it was when the Dallas Stars are part of it.