Player Discussion Eric Staal

[SakuKoivu11]

Ppl like Bergevin remembers Staal when he played with Erik Cole... Cole retired like 10 years ago lol.

 

[Lucky Luke]

Eric Staal needs to get his head out of his ***.

 

[Miller Time]

I wonder if he retires after this season... becoming one of many vets to make their last stop in montreal...

hard to imagine he'll get any kind of decent offer next year, so unless he's willing to take a Spezza/Perry league minimum 1-year deal to play somewhere he really wants to be, doubt he finds a home in the NHL.

 

[Schwang]

I honestly didn't think he'd be this bad. Ok, so you aren't scoring, but win a frickin face off once in a while! DD is more to blame because he keeps putting him out there. I just don't get that. The Habs organization has been so blind to doing the right thing for so long now. They have done it with lineups, development, drafting, hiring. It's truly amazing. No matter who joins the organization, good decision making goes out the window.

 

[Hacketts]

Ppl like Bergevin remembers Staal when he played with Erik Cole... Cole retired like 10 years ago lol.

Eric Staal put up 47 pts last season, his number were alright.

In saying that he should not be playing once we're healthy enough. I'm not mad he took a chance, but it's evident as day that it hasn't worked.

 

[azcanuck]

My hometown boy looks over the hill. Slow to react. Looks so done. One of the worst players I've seen in the league right now. I hope they sit him in the playoffs.

 

[Runner77]

And then take the pro scout who told MB that he still had game and stuff him into a cannon and blast him into outer space.

I’m afraid that may be more than one guy. Not that they have anything to worry about.

 

[Runner77]

Martin Madden jr.

Patrick Roy

Matthieu Darche (assistant GM in TB)

Mathieu Darche? What expertise does the guy have? The other two you named have a track record at least.

 

[salbutera]

Mathieu Darche? What expertise does the guy have? The other two you named have a track record at least.

He worked as an executive at a moving company? Maybe he can get a good deal to help a few players pack up & move?

 

[Runner77]

He worked as an executive at a moving company? Maybe he can get a good deal to help a few players pack up & move?

His speech is badly slurred — might get the wrong guy traded because of it.

Guy is highly educated but he was an AC seat filler before his current job. Not exactly a high level hockey executive — let him prove himself first.

 

[Andrei79]

Mathieu Darche? What expertise does the guy have? The other two you named have a track record at least.

I'd try to get him within the Habs org in some capacity. He's someone Julien Brisebois specifically wanted for Tampa's management group. His family is also still here, so I'm sure he'd come back.

 

[ECWHSWI]

His speech is badly slurred — might get the wrong guy traded because of it.

Guy is highly educated but he was an AC seat filler before his current job. Not exactly a high level hockey executive — let him prove himself first.

NHLPA

 

[Runner77]

I'd try to get him within the Habs org in some capacity. He's someone Julien Brisebois specifically wanted for Tampa's management group. His family is also still here, so I'm sure he'd come back.

There was a friendship at play, though. Brisebois is not immune to hiring people who are not best suited for a role, his friendship with Darche may have been a deciding factor.

Darche needs to show he’s suited for a role on his own merits hence my skepticism about him. Right now, he’s just a low level guy born in the right province — his hiring is not a priority.

 

[Runner77]

NHLPA

I know he played a role there, I think it was during the negotiations of a CBA. However, he went from that to a non-hockey job and then on AC, if I’m not mistaken. I’d let him prove himself in Tampa and then reassess.

 

[Tanknation]

"This guy playing great. Plays with intensity, speed, and hunger."

Meanwhile outside of Ducharmes mind........

 

[BLONG7]

DD seems to be giving this guy more TOI and he should be upstairs eating hot dogs, soon, real soon.

 

[Habs178]

anyone know if this is true?

 

[ArtPeur]

I honestly didn't think he'd be this bad. Ok, so you aren't scoring, but win a frickin face off once in a while! DD is more to blame because he keeps putting him out there. I just don't get that. The Habs organization has been so blind to doing the right thing for so long now. They have done it with lineups, development, drafting, hiring. It's truly amazing. No matter who joins the organization, good decision making goes out the window.

Would you believe me if I told you he was at 54% faceoff wins a few days ago? He's now at 51.6%.. 2nd un Habs centers

 

[Schwang]

Would you believe me if I told you he was at 54% faceoff wins a few days ago? He's now at 51.6%.. 2nd un Habs centers

That is hard to believe. He was pathetic vs Toronto. And yet, no in game adjustments. He was allowed to go out there and consistently lose draws.

 

[ClasslessGuy]

I think it was worth a shot, just not working. It could change in the playoff but I doubt it

 

[boompuffboom]

always like Stall, but SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT he is DONE

skating forward like he was swimming in the ice, turning like an 18wheeler... cant win a face-off to save his life.

why is he in the lineup? ONE reason, just ONE.

 

[angusyoung]

Once upon a time there was a great hockey player named Eric Stall, and as he has evolved so has his name to what we have today, Eric Stole a centers job and has morphed into Eric Stroll.

 

[ChesterNimitz]

I’m afraid that may be more than one guy. Not that they have anything to worry about.

Finding enough canons isn't the problem, hiring competent replacements is.

 

[tazsub3]

Ppl like Bergevin remembers Staal when he played with Erik Cole... Cole retired like 10 years ago lol.

to be fair live scouting this year aint what it normally is.

 

[CheldishGamibno]

Who would you rather have: Eric Staal or Dwight King?