The 2016-2017 Dallas Stars season was a bit of a bummer, especially the last couple months of it. As diehard fans, we still watched every game and followed the team, but the fire and excitement just wasn’t there.
It can be easy to forget that players might sometimes have these kind of feelings, too. That’s not to say that they ever give less than 100%, but I imagine it is a lot easier to get pumped up for a game when you’re fighting for the Presidents’ Trophy than it is when you are already eliminated from the playoffs.