An achilles’ heel is defined as a critical weakness in spite of strength that can lead to a person or group’s overall downfall. And for the past few seasons, the Dallas Stars have had no shortage of achilles’ heels.
Terrible defensive units. Unbalanced and shaky goaltending. A historically bad penalty kill. Injuries galore. A constant trend of coming up just short in the playoff race. The list seems to go on and on.
But in different parts of the past six seasons, there’s been one primary achilles’ heel that has plagued the team: their play within the Central division.