he was playing injured and did the best he could...why give up on him? a healthy Eric Staal is better than any of our forwards right now
How'd he do in Carolina the next year?
Sounds like you made up your mind about something and are ignoring any evidence that disagrees with your conclusion. He sucked with us. he sucked the next year when he was healthy. He appeared to be on the decline. Anyone being reasonable would admit this. You have an agenda here so you are not being reasonable.
Bingo! Give this man a prize. The team was going nowhere that season with or without Staal. It was just pissing more draft picks down the toilet.
So we'd lose in the first round instead of miss the playoffs. Mediocrity doesn't interest me. This team is going to have to take some lumps and build through the draft like every other team that's won anything in recent years.
he was a free agent...no draft picks are involved.....he was playing hurt that year and was not 100%...he seems awfully good now with the Wild now that he is healthy...but no let's let McCleod, Desharnias and Carey play and take a roster spot instead of Staal that makes a lot sense ???
You forget that we gave up two second round picks and a pretty good prospect to get him in a season that we had no chance to win the cup. It was wasteful.
