The future of a local general manager will effectively be decided this week, and as much as people like Jim Nill of the Dallas Stars he put himself in this spot.
If the Stars complete yet another late-season collapse and miss the playoffs again, expect Nill to be fired and for team owner Tom Gaglardi to start over.
With seven games remaining, the Stars are currently in the playoffs, but are again showing the heart, spunk and fire of a loser as they are repeating their proud history of gagging late.
The team has lost four of their last five and begin a four-game road trip on Monday night in Winnipeg.