When you feel like you’re watching deja vu:
FIRST PERIOD
When you realize that the fast-paced first period from Tuesday’s game versus the Tampa Bay Lightning was a mirage, a trick, a low-down, dirty bait-and-switch, compared to the effort given versus the Los Angeles Kings tonight:
When the Kings score three seconds into their only power play chance of the night off the initial face-off:
When you’ve just seen this team play another period of hockey in which a) they don’t take the obvious shooting option, looking to pass first EVERY SINGLE TIME seemingly, b) they don’t score for what feels like the 100th consecutive period of hockey, and c) you wonder why you’re continuing to care about this team anymore:
SECOND PERIOD
When you start to wonder what the definition of insanity is and whether anyone in the Stars organization has heard the same thing.