Player Discussion Marc Staal: Part II

[Fugazy]

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[nyr2k2]

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No.

LOL seriously, I don't know what else there is to say about him at this point.

 

[will1066]

No.

LOL seriously, I don't know what else there is to say about him at this point.

We've gone too long without a Nic Cage gif.

 

[Irishguy42]

Can we collectively YEET him off the team?

 

[Filthy Dangles]

sometimes you gotta remember the good times

 

[Thirty One]

Saw that Florida goal on Twitter the other day. Sometimes it's easy to forget that he could skate at one time.

 

[Blue Blooded]

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Saw that Florida goal on Twitter the other day. Sometimes it's easy to forget that he could skate at one time.

It’s hard to imagine that’s the same player.

 

[Riche16]

Can’t wait to see who these threads are about in like 3 years.

“Skjei is a dumpster of soiled diapers fire and Gorts should’ve seen that coming! No one with that many vowels and so few consonants in a 5 letter word can defend!”

 

[Thirty One]

Can’t wait to see who these threads are about in like 3 years.

“Skjei is a dumpster of soiled diapers fire and Gorts should’ve seen that coming! No one with that many vowels and so few consonants in a 5 letter word can defend!”

2 vowels and 3 consonants is probably average for a 5 letter name, no?

 

[Irishguy42]

Can’t wait to see who these threads are about in like 3 years.

“Skjei is a dumpster of soiled diapers fire and Gorts should’ve seen that coming! No one with that many vowels and so few consonants in a 5 letter word can defend!”

Don't need to wait. He's already there now.

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

Don't need to wait. He's already there now.

What do you want the poor guy to do, change his name?

 

[DanielBrassard]

Don't need to wait. He's already there now.

This is accurate

 

[Don Chytil]

Saw that Florida goal on Twitter the other day. Sometimes it's easy to forget that he could skate at one time.

My first Rangers game was in Boston and he scored a great breakaway goal. Came out of the box and flew down the ice and put one past Rask. He was my favorite player for awhile after that.

EDIT - found the video:

 

[Vitto79]

They are not buying anyone else out so let’s not bother beating a dead horse .... hopefully the kids steal his spot

 

[nyr2k2]

2 vowels and 3 consonants is probably average for a 5 letter name, no?

I feel like the arrangement is unusual, now that I think about it. Three consonants followed by two vowels. I feel like that's probably unusual. Or not. I could be completely wrong, as I often am.

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

Man, he was going to be really good. As phenomenal as McDonagh was for that brief stretch, Staal pre-concussion was trending even better, IMO. And he was just getting back to form when he took that puck to the eye.

So many health related tragedies over the last twenty years for the Rangers. Cherneski, Blackburn, Cherepanov, Staal, Sauer... and I'm certain I'm missing some.

 

[nyr2k2]

Yeah he was going to be a stud. I remember that final year in junior. Afterwards it was Slats I believe who said they shouldn't have sent him back. He was dominant defensively, and then in the playoffs he scored a point per game. Even though Sudbury lost in the final, he was still named the playoff MVP.

Injuries are a bitch.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Man, he was going to be really good. As phenomenal as McDonagh was for that brief stretch, Staal pre-concussion was trending even better, IMO. And he was just getting back to form when he took that puck to the eye.

So many health related tragedies over the last twenty years for the Rangers. Cherneski, Blackburn, Cherepanov, Staal, Sauer... and I'm certain I'm missing some.

I don't know about that.

McDonagh's 32 points his sophomore season are more than Staal has put up in any season (30 of the were ES points, which is also higher than Staal's best offensive output in all situations.) Staal was great at suppressing shots and had a bomb of a clapper, but his puck skills were always lacking.

I do agree that he was playing his best hockey right before taking the puck to the eye, that injury set his game with the puck, which wasn't great to begin with, back even further.

Then the legs went.

 

[Machinehead]

Two parts too many

 

[Thirty One]

I feel like the arrangement is unusual, now that I think about it. Three consonants followed by two vowels. I feel like that's probably unusual. Or not. I could be completely wrong, as I often am.

Yeah the order is definitely odd.

 

[Irishguy42]

"That's an S, a K, and a J together. So that's a nope."

 

[Ghost of jas]

Can’t wait to see who these threads are about in like 3 years.

“Skjei is a dumpster of soiled diapers fire and Gorts should’ve seen that coming! No one with that many vowels and so few consonants in a 5 letter word can defend!”

You don’t have to wait three years...I’ve been saying that first sentence for awhile now.

 

[Riche16]

2 vowels and 3 consonants is probably average for a 5 letter name, no?

It was just a joke... but yes

 

[Thirty One]

It was just a joke... but yes

It's not like he's Tuomo Ruutu over here.