For Dallas Stars fans, there wasn’t much for the glass half full crowd coming out of KeyBank Arena on Monday afternoon. After a promising stretch against the Calgary Flames last Thursday, that same lineup came out against the Washington Capitals flat on Saturday. One game later, that brought about wholesale lineup changes against the Buffalo Sabres, and a game that extracted the last bit of new season hope from the Stars faithful.
In sports, overthinking is a major bugaboo. It’s what gives you the prevent defense and turtling. In life, it’s what makes you stick with your original choice instead of going for what’s behind door number three.