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Found this in a SB Nation story

there something in the water when it comes to Dallas sports? The Cowboys are in a constant state of existential crisis, the Mavericks traded Luka Doncic in exchange for irrelevancy, and now the city’s only playoff bright spot, the Stars, are struggling to work out what’s wrong with their ace player Mikko Rantanen.

Rantanen has been worse than a non-factor in the first two games of the playoffs against the Avalanche, he’s actively hurt them. The wing has yet to register a point, he’s attempted six shots on goal without result, and is a -3 on ice this series. Rantanen also rivals the worst young players on the Stars with an abysmal 39.1% Corsi (which measures 5v5 puck control), and his lacking defense was already a known quantity, but has showed up this series.

What makes this so bad is that Rantanen was supposed to be the missing piece. The star (forgive the pun) who was going to turn Dallas into a potential Stanley Cup champion. Instead it’s feeling a lot more like the clock struck midnight and the Stars got a pumpkin at the worst possible time. Rantanen’s poor play has raised so many questions that the team is trying to justify it in the most labored fashion, saying he’s not used to playing with the team, and “has a lot of distractions” since being traded.

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