THEY'RE WINNERS IN MY EYES

Say what you want, assume as you will but I'm pretty sure the Stars won the game last night. They might not have scored more goals than the Predators, but they won that game.

Sadly, many financially strapped and painfully misinformed ticket holders immediately bombarded my text in-box demanding their free tickets following what equated to a tie game with the Stars taking it to the Predators for the majority of opening night at ACC.

What's that? It was not a Stars win as I had guaranteed. Really? Wasn't it?

Let's review.

The Stars outshot the Preds 40-26...win.
The Stars won the 3rd period 1-0...win.
The Stars hit two posts to the Preds one...win.
The Stars won the "knock a player out of the game" 1-0 because Modano came back for the shootout...win

And so on.

You get the picture.

And before you try to attach "welcher" to my name please give your head a shake and realize that simply by being in the building for a season opening game, as part of a sellout crowd, on a night that saw the Stars rally to tie and send it to overtime - then OT again in the shootout, with all the thrills and twists and turns, amd all of it augmented by the swanky new high-resolution video boards, you in fact won - we all won - we're all winners - just like I promised.

That's what I'm talking about.

Now as far as whether my strong to very strong, empassioned, and broad- viewed opinion of the decision goes - I will be conclaving with my legal team of Didnott, Sea, Dat and Cumming to get a better handle on whether my argument holds zamboni water.

Also, I've started a Dan Ellis I Hate You page on the interweb thingamajiggy.

Ticket holders, I thank you for your investment, your understanding and your patience. I'll be in touch.