Corsi stats are just as silly as +/-
Quite an asinine statement. If you want to discuss that there's other threads. But to completely shoot down a very clear difference between how terrible Staal has been this season and how effective the team is with Yandle, provide something semi relevant to at least back it up.
If Yandle was a home grown player people would be obsessed with him. If we had traded pieces for Staal/Girardi or signed them to the contracts they have now as FA's people would despise them as bad as Redden/Gomez/Drury.
Every stat and eye test backs up the fact that the team is more effective with Yandle on the ice than off it. McD is the only D-Man that we can discuss in the same sentence as him at this point.
I wish that Staal was what many believe him to be (or believe he can get back to) but unfortunately he has never shown that level of play since the eye injury. Girardi too. I wish from here on out they become elite level defenseman. I don't root against them. I want them to be amazing every single game. I want the Rangers to win. Fact is, for a significant sample size now, both have been trending downward and at their age with their wear, that's almost 100% not a mistake. These guys are on the downswing. Yandle isn't. McD isn't. McIlrath isn't.
Yandle is going to become a liability in the playoffs. Just like he has in zero (0) playoffs in the past.
I can't imagine what certain people would say about him if he had a playoff run as bad as Staal's was last year.
We both know people give homegrown players a pass around here. It's probably because we didn't produce many for a decade. I gave Staal and Girardi a pass for a while too. Girardi has been atrocious since the L.A. series. Staal has been for the majority of this season. How long can you go believe these guys nearing/past 30 will all of sudden turn it on? It's about as likely as their age beginning to regress.
He played game 7 last season with a broken foot, he'll be back sooner rather than later.
Which was moronic and potentially cost the team that game. He couldn't skate and we benched a forward for him to do nothing but be a severe hindrance on the ice. I appreciate the effort, but sometimes you have to know the difference between being a detriment to your team because of injury and playing through something where you can be helpful