ST. LOUIS --The Stars on Friday got their first taste of preseason disappointment, and the first taste of coach Jim Montgomery's real criticism.
Dallas dropped a 3-1 game to the Blues, despite an outstanding performance from 23-year-ol goalie Landon Bow, and Montgomery said he felt the team lacked the necessary effort to compete from the drop of the puck.
"We talk about being good with effort and execution, and if you have no effort, it doesn't matter what you're trying to accomplish or what your game plan is, you're not going to be able to execute," Montgomery said. "That was our poorest performance of the preseason, and we just have to get better. We can't accept having that kind of effort."
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