The only thing I generally agree with here is the criticism regarding the coaching in *this* game. I do not understand why Kari played again and why Lindy did not use his time-out, when it's obvious that fatigue played a major role in this game.
Otherwise it was really close again. The PP was the killer. You do not score on the PP? It's like having a goalie-issue. And it's definitely mental right now. It's almost an advantage for the Stars' opponents to be a man down. It's a momentum swing.
Another thing that's very obvious is that this team needs to play smarter hockey one day. You cannot outwork or outskate the opponent every night. That's what I've been asking for the last decade. All this work-hard, pesky, skate-skate-skate, put-it-on-net, crash-the-net ethics ... sometimes you simply have to be smarter.
Playoffs? My brain says "next year" - my heart says "this year". Here we go, the classical dilemma.