You never want a person who is given a lot of credit when you’re succeeding, but is never given blame when you’re failing around you. Not to say the Dallas Stars should scrap general manager Jim Nill, who is currently in his fourth year in the Stars’ front office, but sadly he fits the bill this year.
Now, the common narrative is to point fingers at the Stars’ flawed yet somewhat successful two-goalie tandem system, but both Kari Lehtonen and Finnish crease-mate Antti Niemi have shown flashes of brilliance over the 2016-17 campaign.