Following Darnell Nurse's controversial slash on Roope Hintz, Dallas Stars coach Pete DeBoer ignited further debate by suggesting Connor McDavid would

Rantanen hasn't scored a goal in five consecutive games — a problem mostly because the Stars' other forwards aren't stepping up enough.

In the world of heavy knee and shin pads, a slash normally doesn’t do enough damage to derail an NHL player; but the slash delivered by Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse in the third period to the lower left leg of Stars center Roope Hintz appeared to do the job of a mob hit. “We didn’t like it,” Stars center Jamie Benn said.