Quote Originally Posted by White Raven View Post
Yep, isn't looking that good for your team. Maybe it's all a desperate plot by the NHL to make hockey popular in Detroit again.
Oh, I'm not sad. This month by the Stars has done more for this Metroplex than you could probably imagine.

Since the Dallas Mavericks "lost" the 2006 NBA Finals after leading 2-0 (losing four straight, the third in most controversial fashion), here's what we've witnessed as Dallas sports fans:

2006 Rangers - make a trade deadline deal, miss playoffs
2007 Cowboys - make playoffs, lose on a botched snap from a field goal with a minute left that would have given them the lead in their first playoff game
2007 Mavericks - finish 67-15, best record in the NBA, before losing in the first round of the playoffs to the 8th seed
2007 Stars - lose in first round of the playoffs
2007 Desperados (Arena Football) - finish 15-1, best record in AFL history, lose in their first playoff game on freak play after freak play
2007 Rangers - finish 75-87
2008 Cowboys - finish 13-3, best record in NFC, lose in their first playoff game to a team they'd already beaten twice
2008 Mavericks - make a huge deadline deal, fade down the stretch, lose in 5 games in the first round of the playoffs

We really, really, really needed a run like this from one of our teams after the above torture of the last two years. They showed plenty of heart, plenty of grit, and we're very, very proud of our Stars. Detroit was just better, and we knew that before the series started.

I'm happy.