Despite winning the South Division and the home-ice advantage throughout the Conference, their last two home games sucked. Friday they were always behind by one goal because they keep letting the opposition score first, a problem they’ve had all season. Tonight they squandered a 3-0 lead to give the desperate Rockford Icehogs a chance at landing the eighth spot.
The playoffs allegedly kick off next Saturday but if the Stars keep playing this poorly, they may get dismissed in the first round. It would be disappointing after how well they did in the regular season. My Stars need to remember the games are 60-65 minutes long and to stop passing into the opposition’s traffic.
They were resting up a lot of players this weekend in prep for the playoffs, and rotating in rookies who hadn’t played (Faksa, Todd, McKenzie) to get them a little game experience. They weren’t going to catch the points championship, and Toronto had very unlikely scenarios to catch them for the #1 seed, so they kept Morin, Fortunus, and Nemeth in the press box last night, and started Nilstorp in net (I expect Campbell to be the 1A goalie for the playoffs).