The Stars’ tough loss to Nashville on Wednesday left a sour taste in everyone’s mouths, with a realization of several areas the Stars needed to improve but questions of how they could do it.
Not only was last night’s win over Vancouver an answer in terms of bouncing back with a win, but it also victoriously addressed many of the issues we had with the Stars’ pre-Thanksgiving play that had left much to be desired.
Defense, of course, was a big area of concern. Not only did some of us make negative comparisons between the Stars’ performance without versus with John Klingberg, but we also noted that Esa Lindell’s level of play did not seem quite on par with an NHL performance.