The Dallas Stars are facing their share of shadows right now: a grueling final push made up mostly of road games, and the lingering shade of their poor 2017-18 start among them.
Lately, as The Dallas Morning News’ Mike Heika points out, those shadows have taken the form of former teammates who have come back to haunt them in new jerseys (hello, Jamie Oleksiak). Last night’s 4-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens brought another brutal irony:
Antti Niemi was the specter Tuesday in a 4-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens.