After the Dallas Stars’ 4-1 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets last night, there was a running theme with the postgame conference: a lack of passion and fight from the Stars.
“You could tell the passion and the competitiveness just wasn’t there,” [head coach Rick] Bowness said. “It just wasn’t.”
“It just shouldn’t happen,” Stars captain Jamie Benn said. “You can be as talented and whatever in this league, but it doesn’t take much to work hard, and work hard as a group. For some reason, we didn’t do that tonight.