I'm so disappointed in the Dallas Stars

It's bad enough being a Flyers fan. Flyers haven't made the playoffs in 3 seasons, and when they have in the past 20 years, they lose in the most disappointing way.

I always counted on the Dallas Stars as my backup team when the Flyers let me down.

Now the Stars are letting me down.

A home playoff game where everything's on the line, and they lost 6-0. Are you kidding me?

I'm not upset they lost. I'm upset that they lost 6-0. It's one thing to lose 3-2 when you put everything out there, but 6-0. Were you even trying to win? Or did you lose on purpose?

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graphite · 61-69, M

My Sharks, down 3 games to 1 to Vegas in 2019, came back and won the series, in dramatic fashion. Guess the Stars didn't have it in them.

ChristipherPaul · 31-35, M

@graphite Your sharks also were the most recent team to blow a 3-0 lead.

graphite · 61-69, M

@ChristipherPaul Nine years ago. They made the Finals 2 years later.

ChristipherPaul · 31-35, M

@graphite someone goes to the cup final every year. It's not every year that a team loses a series when they were ahead 3-0.

graphite · 61-69, M

@ChristipherPaul It's also not every year that a team loses 6-0 in a must-win playoff game at home, when it had all the momentum on its side. I wanted Dallas to win, but it was clear in the first period that wasn't going to happen.

ChristipherPaul · 31-35, M

@graphite When you're a Flyers fan, it happens every year. Not often a blowout, sometimes a choke, but still. You'd expect them to lose any other way considering that it's a must-win game.

On the record, as a Flyers fan, I have burnt 3 jerseys in my lifetime, in 2008, 2009 and 2018.

2000: Blew 3-1 lead
2001: 8-0
2002: Held to just one goal against #7 Ottawa
2006: 7-1
2008: 6-0
2009: Blew 3-0 lead Game 6
2010: Michael Leighton
2011: 5-1
2016: 1-0
2018: Blew 4-1 lead Game 6
2020: 4-0

graphite · 61-69, M

@ChristipherPaul Flyers won the Cup in '74 and '75 and have been back to the Finals a bunch of times since then, only to lose each time.

Canuckle · 51-55, M

@ChristipherPaul Wow! You burnt your jerseys. The only jersey of mine that was burnt was by my wife. You Phili fans are die hard. Next year will be a tough one - new GM, new direction and a non-players coach.