Win validates interest in Stars
For those of you who had to get up and go to work today, I am sorry. You missed a dandy of a game last night.
Brenden Morrow’s power play goal in the fourth overtime of Game 6 against San Jose capped one of the best games in Stars playoff history and finally vaulted embattled goalie Marty Turco into the NHL’s final four.
More importantly, though, the win validates the interest of casual hockey fans that have jumped on the Stars’ bandwagon. Dallas avoided blowing a 3-0 lead on the Sharks, which would have been crippling to the team for years.
Can you imagine what would have happened to this franchise had it blown a 3-0 lead in the series? It may have never recovered.
Like in the glory days of the late 1990s, Dallas has earned the spotlight in a town where playoff success has been hard to find. The Stars lost those fans after three straight first round exits.
Like many have said before me, sometimes coming close and not delivering is worse than not coming close. It rips the heart out of fans, and those fans that have no real emotional attachment to hockey or this team would peace out faster than Ray Lewis at a shooting involving his posse.
Fortunately, that didn’t happen, and we have Morrow and Turco to thank for that.
In other news, Scarlett Johansson is engaged. That is terrible news for all us males.