This season has not been the brightest or most successful one for the Dallas Stars. But on the bright side, they will be able to use this season as motivation down the road.
The Dallas Stars are currently on a break from the game. They have taken a few days off to recharge and refuel for the last leg of the regular season and their positioning in the playoff race is not great.
With that said, though, it can be tough on fans to find peace when it comes to most likely missing the playoffs. Here are a few tips on how to deal with the final games of the 2016-17 season regardless of how the year ends up.
Step by Step
Becoming a championship team is a process. A very, very long process in most cases. The Stars will be heading into their 25th season in Dallas and have a single Stanley Cup to their name.
While that is certainly something to be proud of, it goes to show how difficult winning in the NHL truly is. Championships will not come overnight and the Stars are continuing to learn that season by season.
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This year brought about new changes that Dallas was unprepared for. They are still a rather young club with limited experience in the league and the injuries they sustained to kick off the year were hard to swallow.
Big players in the organization with either a lot of potential or games under their belt were left on the sidelines due to injuries and it messed up a lot. That was a bump in the road for the Stars and made them a better team in the end.
Despite this season having gone rogue for Dallas, it will make them a better team in the long run. They are not going to add another Stanley Cup banner to American Airlines Center with youth and talent alone and this year cemented that concept into their minds. This is just another step in their journey to victory and it should make the next one that much easier.
Breathe
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Losing is hard. It is not fun to go into a season with hope and end it feeling defeated. Dallas has had that kind of year in 2016-17 and it has been horribly unpleasant more often than not.
However, at the end of the day it is just a sport. Yes, these players want to bring the greatest trophy in all of sports back to Texas. And yes, they want to be proud of their on-ice performance. The Stars absolutely had high expectations of themselves and it is terribly frustrating to not fulfill those.
But there is only so much that they, and their fans, can do.
A lot of hockey is unpredictable. There are not set plays most of the time and it is a largely reaction-based sport. That makes it difficult to truly plan out an approach to a game with any sort of specificity and the Stars have fallen victim to their own bad habits this year.
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Fans, however, should realize that this season will lead to a better Dallas Stars club. They will come out bruised up with disappointment in their minds and it will fuel them in the future.
Until then, though, everyone should just breathe.