Marc Staal Injury Update: No News Expected As Of Today
by Bryan Winters on Oct 19, 2011 5:13 PM EDT
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As per MSG last night, there was a possibility that we would receive an update on Marc Staal today. However, it appears that we will not being seeing that update anytime today. Andrew Gross confirmed via twitter, that the New York Rangers will not release anything today, on the status of Marc Staal.
Marc Staal has been shut down following, what is believed to be post-concussion like symptoms. Staal has been working with a variety of doctors, to try and ease the symptoms. About two weeks back, the Rangers officially shut down Staal, and announced that he could be out up to a month. Following that announcement, the Rangers placed Staal on the IR.
The Rangers seriously need Marc Staal back on their top pairing, the defense is depleted without him back there. While he is needed, it is also crucial that he is 100% before he returns. He is a vital part of this organization, and further injury that hinders him from playing will be devastating.
As soon as we hear anything on Marc Staal, you guys will be the first to know. For now, this is all we have.
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Are there any top 3 Dman that we can trade for? Whos available that we can trade for if it came down to a savard situation?
by Francis028 on Oct 19, 2011 7:37 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
We draft one or wait for one in free agency. If NYR knew it was a Savard situation a trade would have been done already, or in the works right now. So far Sather and the rest of the NYR staff has said less than Harpo Marx on the situation meaning Staal will be back eventually this year.
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by RichieToGabbySCORE on Oct 19, 2011 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions
following a worst case scenario… and i’m saying he never plays again worst case… then hello shea webber… because nsh cannot afford webber…
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Suter in NSH might be available, any one of that caliber that you’re trading for is going to cost a shit-ton at this time of year. You’d at very least be compromising your forward depth up front.
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by George E. Ays on Oct 19, 2011 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Suter is like girardi to staal… he’s an excellent defensemen but doesn’t get the attention that Weber gets…
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by Clalicata17 on Oct 20, 2011 12:35 AM EDT up reply actions
If McD keeps playing like he did last night i couldnt care less if staal ever returns
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by -19-AgainstAll on Oct 19, 2011 7:45 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Yea if mcd keeps playing good we won’t even notice our 3rd pair is sucks & sucks harder.
No, we need Staal and sauer.
by teknics on Oct 19, 2011 8:07 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Really?
Like, honestly?
Even if McD is the greatest defensemen ever, having Staal is better than having Erixon/MDZ/Eminger/Woywitka
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We haven’t played Washington, Pittsburgh, Philly, Boston yet…those are games we need Staal for
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by Kevin Power on Oct 20, 2011 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions
No news is good news except when it comes to injuries
Sounds like trouble to me……….
by The Richards-Gaborik Connection on Oct 19, 2011 7:51 PM EDT reply actions
chain reaction
hypothetical discussion on an off night: let’s say staal has a crosby-like situation and the announcement is they are shutting him down with an indefinite return?
Do we try to win as assembled, maybe trade for a trusty second liner like tyutin? or do we totally change directions and trade dubi/richards/gabby for a guy like Suter or a first and wait for kreider/hagelin/thomas to come up to fill in? hmmmm
I think u mark it as a lost season, add complimentary pieces to our current roster and wait for next years cap space.
It would suck to lose a year but no reason to blow up the roster and plan.
I still have plenty of hope in the season regardless of Staal coming back, especially if sauer returns soon. With sauer back if Staal gets canned for the season (which isn’t what I think will happen) then at the most you trade for a 2nd pair D who’s willing to fall back to 3rd when Staal returns or even better is on his last year of contract, then we can sell him at the deadline if Staal returns or let him walk after the season (which would suck depending on the trade)
Just a note, completely hypothetical and doesn’t match with my current thinking in regards to Staal or anything
by teknics on Oct 19, 2011 10:03 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
By lost season I mean trudge it through as is and see what happens, not saying without Staal we’re doomed to lose.
by teknics on Oct 19, 2011 10:04 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Seems reasonable, because while Sauer is not Staal by anymeans he can sure as hell defend well, and if either Erixon/MDZ were to take the steps that McD/Sauer did last year than our defense wouldn’t be in that bad of shape.
by Zuppa Di Pesce on Oct 19, 2011 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions
They’ll try to win as assembled.
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by George E. Ays on Oct 20, 2011 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions
This early in the season its hard to tell,
but if we were going to lose Staal for a huge chunk of the year, or the whole season; one way to think is this:
Del Zotto – who I had no faith in at all – is looking like he fits in. Tim Erixon has been holding his own. Will this last through a long season? Will he have anything left in February and March, let alone April and beyond?
If we get Sauer back and have a top four of:
McDonagh Girardi
Sauer Del Zotto
then we have Woywitka, Erixon, and Eminger to fill out the bottom three spots. IF Erixon holds up and gets better, this isn’t a terribly bad group of defensemen.
Would I mind making a trade for a 2nd pair defensemen who can eat up minutes and play special teams? No. I wouldn’t mortgage the future, however; I would simply bandage the problem with a guy in his final year, a rental, if one could be found.
Jesus why the hell couldn’t Wade Redden be trusted to play a simple game, skate hard, and f**king be what he should be, even now?
If you tell me Marc Staal has to forfeit his career over this, then in the offseason you have to part with some prospects and land either Shea Weber, Ryan Suter, or whatever prime aged top defender we can get; because Henrik Lundqvist isn’t getting any younger, and while he has plenty of years left, there might be a work stoppage next season, and that’s yet another year lost.
For anybody on this board to suggest that Marc Staal’s absence can just be shrugged off I declare: stay thy unrighteous tongue. Thou art a bigger fool than I.
redden would be a viable replacement
if he wasn’t making what he’s making
staal’s absence can’t be shrugged off—it looms over every game we play. BUT—if mcdonaugh continues to play how he’s playing, sauer comes back and continues where he left off and dz and erixon play a solid, dependable game, we can still achieve the goals we set forth before the season.
Redden would be a fine replacement player
Even at his current salary they’d have the cap space with Staal hurt. But there’s no way Redden is an option.
The reason: another team would claim him off of re-entry waivers at half price
no it doesn't
but the little thing called re-entry waivers does. Redden could fit under the cap with the Staal contract not counting
Dinner at the Staals must be a tad awkward.
“Marc how’s the hockey career going?” “I don’t know Mom, Eric care to chime in?”
by KingHenrik_theVIII on Oct 19, 2011 11:19 PM EDT reply actions
Actually there's a rule in the Staal household
Only brothers with cup rings get to speak
Take it to the net and keep jamming and jamming until somebody comes on you.
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by Scratch and Snif on Oct 19, 2011 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Has Eric been interviewed at all about his part in his brother’s concussion? I kinda, sorta remember him being interviewed after Mark was taken out of the game (though I haven’t been able to find it), but I’m not aware of anything being said since.
Yes, I did read an aricle about it. He says he did not mean to go as hard. I will try to find it.
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by nathansfamous on Oct 20, 2011 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Here you go......
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by nathansfamous on Oct 20, 2011 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm thinking Staal gets shut down and we dont see him until Feb, if at all.
Just speculating here, but i think the team makes one move here on the next 30 days for a 2nd pair type..preferably one in contract year. I don’ think the big names are an option (Suter, Coburn, Weber). More likely someone that can be picked up for a 2nd rounder and mid tier prospect (Yogan/Wilson).
by Gabby the Gutless Sniper on Oct 20, 2011 4:41 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
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