Saturday’s shootout win in Colorado closed the book on the 2016/2017 regular season. Unfortunately for Stars fans expecting more, early injuries and never-quite-solved consistency issues doomed Dallas to an April without playoff hockey. This is all we’re going to get, in other words. It sucks, especially after last year’s run convinced many a corner had been turned.
So today, let’s salve the wound by casting an avaricious glance at the Western Conference’s top eight, and marking what the Stars would need to keep up with the Joneses (proverbial, not Keith). Know your enemy or whatever.
Goals, in a word.