Dallas puts in the empty netter to make it 5-2, lose 5-6 in OT

Say what you will but I think this matters.

The 98% odds state that Minnesota runs roughshod over San Jose tomorrow and our season is done.

But there's something to making the Wild take the killshot instead of going out meekly.

Even more so when it's such an improbable 'we aren't dead yet' comeback.

It's percentage of percentage points, but this builds a teams' sense of who they are increntally.

For a team that had such a horrendously misfortunate, strange, and unpredictable season I do think that showing heart down the stretch (minus our two best centers and Myers btw) is meaningful.
 
This is what happens when you trade for a guy like Mikko Rantanen, who completely mails it in night after night now that he got his big money deal...

According to hockeystatcards he has been the best player on his team in 3/16 matches played so far and has about 1 ppg. Also has fourth highest TOI on the team since joining so how is that mailing it in? I don't think your assesment is accurate.
 
According to hockeystatcards he has been the best player on his team in 3/16 matches played so far and has about 1 ppg. Also has fourth highest TOI on the team since joining so how is that mailing it in? I don't think your assesment is accurate.
Should the highest paid player on the team be the best player only 19% of the time?
 
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Stars fell asleep after the empty netter made it 5-2. Canucks didn’t quit.
 
Should the highest paid player on the team be the best player only 19% of the time?

Point-wise, maybe not. But Rantanen is tied for second most points (15) on his team since his first game with Dallas. Considering most of this time frame has been an adjustment period for him it seems good. So definitely not doing bad on that front.

But in terms of the stat I referred to: it's not that big of a deal.

For example I looked up the stats of last 15 games for Colorado. Nathan Mackinnon who is the highest paid player on that team was the best player in 2/15 games. He was third only once and 13/15 he was outside of top three.

One example of a bad game for MacKinnon (and Makar too)

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So advanced stats matter, but they do not tell the whole picture.
 
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Point-wise, maybe not. But Rantanen is tied for second most points (15) on his team since his first game with Dallas. Considering most of this time frame has been an adjustment period for him it seems good. So definitely not doing bad on that front.

But in terms of the stat I referred to: it's not that big of a deal.

For example I looked up the stats of last 15 games for Colorado. Nathan Mackinnon who is the highest paid player on that team was the best player in 2/15 games. He was third only once and 13/15 he was outside of top three.

One example of a bad game for MacKinnon (and Makar too)

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So advanced stats matter, but they do not tell the whole picture.
Those stat cards are meh.
 
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Stars channeling Dallas Cowboys energy and choking a winnable game. Was Dak Prescott or Tony Romo at the game?
 
Pretty wild.

The fact that they scored an ENer too, oof.

To be fair, there have been times in the past where we've seen a team score three times in a minute.

Is it incredibly rare? Yep.

Has it happened earlier in the game, at 5 on 5? You bet.

Dallas essentially put up an all-time stinker of a 5 on 6 effort late, and got burned in the end.

I'm more upset at the wasted opportunities these past few games, basically handing the division to Winnipeg on a silver platter while also finally achieving a three game losing streak.

Took 'em 78 games to do it, and what a way to get it done.
 
Point-wise, maybe not. But Rantanen is tied for second most points (15) on his team since his first game with Dallas. Considering most of this time frame has been an adjustment period for him it seems good. So definitely not doing bad on that front.

But in terms of the stat I referred to: it's not that big of a deal.

For example I looked up the stats of last 15 games for Colorado. Nathan Mackinnon who is the highest paid player on that team was the best player in 2/15 games. He was third only once and 13/15 he was outside of top three.

One example of a bad game for MacKinnon (and Makar too)

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So advanced stats matter, but they do not tell the whole picture.
Yeah MacKinnon has played like shit (for his standards) for a few weeks now
 
Amazing for the Canucks and they were absolute dogs on the puck to make that happen in the last minute but good god that's embarrassing for Dallas. Like just incredibly weak on the puck, positioning and decision making.
 
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