Imagine for a moment that you are Lindy Ruff. Okay, sorry, that was abrupt. Breathe, breathe! It’s okay. Just pretending. Anyway, try it again. You have watched almost four seasons now of the Dallas Stars from behind the bench, and this is, by far, your most challenging one. Even in 2014-15, the team improved around the sinkhole that was the crease, and so it was easy enough to point to one major flaw that coaching can’t really erase. Then came last year’s vindication, if you want to call it that, as even the inherited and enhanced goaltending mess wasn’t enough to hold back Jim Nill and Lindy Ruff’s plans, and the Stars careened to a tumultuous Western Conference Regular Season title.
Game 48 Afterwords: When Everything You Have Is Still Not Enough
