Stars take on Canucks needing a Gift

Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY SportsThe Vancouver Canucks are good this year. That’s not good for a Dallas Stars team, that at least recently, couldn’t beat them when they were bad.

2019. That’s the last time Dallas defeated Vancouver on home ice. Jordie Benn was there for the visitors, but his younger brother stole the show. Ben Bishop got the win. Taylor Fedun and Justin Dowling potted goals. Some guy named Corey Perry – most famous for a walk of shame six weeks later at the Cotton Bowl – got on the scoresheet with a goal and an assist.

Since that game, its been nothing but disappointment for the guys in Victory Green. The victories have been rare and of the moral variety. The best result…