If we are completely honest with each other, maybe the thing we really learned in the first 50 games of this season is that the time for the Dallas Stars to win is now.
It was a message delivered from the top down, and despite any sort of pleasantries since, it is a message that is burning within the Victory Green fiber of the organization.
And it should be. Ben Bishop is 32. So is Alexander Radulov. Jamie Benn is 29. If you want that trio to be a big part of your run for the Stanley Cup, the time is nigh, to borrow a recent hockey colloquialism. So, yes, there is tension and pressure, and the rush to frustration when things don't go your way.
That's real.
Stars' win after break is big, but there's still room to grow
Despite not being perfect or pretty, Dallas' performance in a shutout victory over Buffalo was effective