Stars center Mike Modano will take his time to decide on his playing future. "It's really hard, I'm really kind of on the fence right now," Modano said Sunday. "It's tough. And then you watch some of the playoffs, watch some of those games and it's like those are the things that you miss." Dallas missed the playoffs for the second season in a row. "That's the hard part. You leave on a real bad taste in your mouth about how we played," Modano said. "That too is a real motivating factor because you hate to end on that type of note. You like to go in the playoffs, make a good run and have some excitement. ... But then you have a type of run like that and you're like, 'Hey, let's do it again next year.' "