Confirmed Trade: [MTL/BUF] Eric Staal (@50%) for 2021 3rd and 5th round picks

[Orange Fanta]

Would've rather kept marjo

 

[Obvious Fabertism]

Would've rather kept marjo

He’s been garbage all season too, though less bad than Staal. Some Wild fans are still upset about that trade for some reason, anyone who watched the games last year could see Staal was hitting the end of his playing days. Those topics were pretty entertaining though with so many people saying MN got ripped off.

 

[Gravity]

Buffalo won this trade decisively......

 

[Moose Head]

It was worth a try, but damn, end this experiment now and taxi squad him.

 

[Spearmint Rhino]

It was worth a try, but damn, end this experiment now and taxi squad him.

Needs to happen but doubt MB let’s Dom scratch him.

Carolina/Minnesota Staal Good
NYR, Buffalo, Habs Staal Trash

 

[L4br3cqu3]

Needs to happen but doubt MB let’s Dom scratch him.

Carolina/Minnesota Staal Good
NYR, Buffalo, Habs Staal Trash

That's what I've been suspecting for a while, Ducharme is only an interim, pretty sure BargainBin is the one pulling the strings behind. Wouldn't surprise me if we learn, when he's canned, that he was as much a control freak as Gauthier was.

But anyway, Staal is done, it's painful to watch.

 

[Spearmint Rhino]

That's what I've been suspecting for a while, Ducharme is only an interim, pretty sure BargainBin is the one pulling the strings behind. Wouldn't surprise me if we learn, when he's canned, that he was as much a control freak as Gauthier was.

But anyway, Staal is done, it's painful to watch.

Evans is 10x the player Staal is at the moment, 4th line has fell off a cliff

 

[thewookie1]

Needs to happen but doubt MB let’s Dom scratch him.

Carolina/Minnesota Staal Good
NYR, Buffalo, Habs Staal Trash

I’ll make it even more accurate. Staal does great on teams he signs with. Whomever trades for him gets the garbage version of Staal.

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

I’ll make it even more accurate. Staal does great on teams he signs with. Whomever trades for him gets the garbage version of Staal.

Happy Staal = Good
Sad Staal = Bad

 

[threeVo]

yes. What do you expect those picks to become?

Lottery tickets as opposed to a player who shouldnt be playing minutes on a team fighting to make the playoffs?

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

It was worth a try, but damn, end this experiment now and taxi squad him.

No it wasn't.

Sabres went from 0-13-1 to 5-3-3 since he left.

I told people he's done. Not recognizing the situation with him is incompetence at it's finest, wasting energy and assets, even if it's just mid-round picks, is asinine. I get if fans are clueless of players they don't see, but the fact that management gets paid money to do this job thinks this is a good idea is laughable. I might consider sending the Habs office a bag of dogshit, they probably think it turns into gold too.

 

[SirClintonPortis]

Staal is a check casher these days. He plays only when he wants to. Buffalo gave money but it a boring vacation spot. He's probably going tourist in Montreal but doesn't give a damn about hockey, although having a knucklehead GM like Bergevin would kill the will of many.

 

[Zman5778]

No it wasn't.

Sabres went from 0-13-1 to 5-3-3 since he left.

Staal is cooked, that much is true.

But the Sabres turnaround is directly tied to firing Ralph f***ing Krueger.

 

[Djp]

Buffalo won this trade decisively......

they had to get evrn after last year

sabres idiot gm sent Scandella to Montreal for a 4th then they flip him for a 2nd a few weeks later.

 

[Roboturner913]

Lemme guess: bad stick penalties at the worst possible times.....whiny raging at referees.....refusal to involve himself in any area of the ice in which a puck battle might conceivably take place.....a sullen hangdog look that could end up with him skating over his own lower lip someday

You know what I hate about stats? People in 10 years are going to look at them and say "Hey, Eric Staal was the best Staal brother" but the truth is, if I had to pick a Staal brother for my team, he'd be the third one I'd pick (sorry Jared). He peaked in like 2008 and has been a whiny entitled turd ever since.

 

[glenbuis]

Buffalo won this trade decisively......

What did they get ?

 

[glenbuis]

I hope when the Habs put the final nail in the coffin of the flames for the playoffs and surprise both Toronto and Winnipeg that yous don’t all change your story . Let’s see what happens tonite

 

[glenbuis]

I’m against the whole lot I suspose but I’m gonna say stall will help down the line . I’m backing bergevin . I’m backing Merrill . And I’m backing the future . Game time is early tonight .

 

[Yatzhee]

What did they get ?

If they got one, just one, heavily abused puck, it was a win.

 

[Whalers Fan]

What did they get ?

Rid of Staal.

 

[slybel]

Man, Perry is skating in circle around Staal.... SIGH!

 

[Maitz]

Honestly I thought he would be better than that, he is pretty bad now

 

[Holymakinaw]

I hope when the Habs put the final nail in the coffin of the flames for the playoffs and surprise both Toronto and Winnipeg that yous don’t all change your story . Let’s see what happens tonite

LOL. Oh geez. You don't seriously believe that, do you? I suppose anything can happen, but the way they've played all year long?........They are just not a very good team, Man.

 

[Stickpucker]

I’m against the whole lot I suspose but I’m gonna say stall will help down the line . I’m backing bergevin . I’m backing Merrill . And I’m backing the future . Game time is early tonight .

Stalls do help a lot.

You can't have your players needing to poop while on the ice.

 

[HogtownSabresfan]

Staal is cooked, that much is true.

But the Sabres turnaround is directly tied to firing Ralph f***ing Krueger.

Well Casey Mittelstadt is getting Staal's minutes. Maybe a bit of that too but ultimately that is a coaching decision. And a bad one. Krueger loved washed up vets.