“Slow and steady wins the race.” Whoever said this was obviously not a hockey player, but that hasn’t stopped the Dallas Stars from testing the theory out.
In fact, they have tested it out in various forms over three of the past four seasons. And in every case, it fails horribly.
Thursday night was the most recent example of this as the Stars dropped a 5-2 decision to the Winnipeg Jets. It may look like a blowout from the final score, but the truth is that it was a much closer game than you might think. So why didn’t Dallas come out with the win?