Dallas Stars Daily Links: Digging Deep

Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn ImagesThe Dallas Stars’ regular season’s top scorer finally tallies one.

The narratives continue, as they always do this time of year. First it was “can the Stars contain Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar without Miro Heiskanen?” Then Game 7 happened. Next, the narrative was “which U.S. goalkeeper will rise to the top?,” and we all saw how that went.

Now, it’s “Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl show against the Stars depth.” And for 41 minutes last night, it looked like the two best players in the world were just going to take over the series. I’ll admit, I was feeling pretty glum after two periods last night.

Listen…it’s not supposed to get easier. And all signs point…