The complete handcuffing of Texas by the rare winter invasion of the state is a frightening situation, and thousands who have no power or heat at sub-freezing temperatures are a real problem. You know that. I know that. But it seems that the Dallas Stars do not seem to know this and they asked the mayor of Dalas’ office to illustrate the idea.
You remember the Stars from such episodes trying to get up for America and defend / shoot the flag when no one asked last week. This time, up to an hour or two before the scheduled game with the Nashville Predators, they planned to play in the American Airlines Center, with all the frozen hell unleashing around them in the Metroplex. Powerful residents were asked to keep what they could, for fear of overwhelming the network.
Meanwhile, the stars were trying to shoot an entire arena for a game of hockey. This tweet from Stars beatwriter for The Athletic Saad Yousuf was less than two hours before the puck-drop was:
Then, this statement was released by the NHL less than an hour into the game:
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It looks like the Dallas mayor had to ask the Stars to do the sensitive thing and not use the power needed to keep an arena going for this game. AAC is on the same network as the hospitals in the area, so you’d think it would make sense with a little electricity that you might not want to risk this. But this is not the realm where the Stars live. After all, there is a hymn to play! That will look like snow!
Although you have to admit, there is something truly symbolic about the Stars running to defend the honor of an inert flag and a tradition that doesn’t really serve anyone, but that needs to be dragged and pushed over the line when it comes to helping. actually people in their time of need. Maybe the Stars are as American as they told us.
Meanwhile, in places where teams could get on the ice without endangering their community, the Maple Leafs endangered the mental well-being of their always stable and reasonable fans, blowing a four-goal lead 5-1 ahead. senators and losing in OT, 6-5. The Leafs won 8 of 10 before that to rocket to first place in the NHL’s RoughRider division. But their exit before that saw them throw a third period in the Canadiens, and now this loss will certainly make the TSN boys wonder if they need to light up Freddie Andersen to calm the hockey gods or something. like that.