New York Rangers Analysis: Updating Marc Staal's Treatment And The Paul Mara Situation
by Joe Fortunato on Oct 6, 2011 8:48 AM EDT
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PrintAccording to Larry Brooks, Marc Staal is undergoing treatment at the University of Buffalo Sports Medicine Institute.
The Post has learned that Staal, who will start the season on injured reserve, has received essentially the same treatment from the physicians at the University of Buffalo Sports Medicine Institute who successfully treated post-concussion headaches that had afflicted the Sabres' Tim Connolly and Patrick Kaleta.
Staal received a cortisone injection in the neck on Sept. 26, the day the Rangers left North America for their preseason European tour. Connolly, who missed nearly all of the 2006-07 season with post-concussion symptoms after missing the entire 2003-04 season for the same reason, has credited his treatment at the Sports Medicine Institute for his recovery.
In addition, Staal next week will undergo more frequent acupuncture treatments. He has not been on the ice since he experienced headaches after skating with the AHL Whale last weekend.
The treatment is obviously for the headaches he has been experiencing since he has increased his workouts to get back into game shape.
Join me after the jump for more.
And while most of what Brooks is reporting isn't news, the information that Staal experienced headaches after skating with the Connecticut Whale is a pretty significant step back in his road to recovery. The Rangers have shut down Staal for the immediate future by placing him on injured reserve, which was expected, but a timetable for his return can't even begin to be created.
Essentially, the Rangers need to wait until Staal stops having headaches, and not even Staal has any idea when that will happen.
The inability to place a finger on his return, however, has opened the door for the plethora of Paul Mara rumors circulating the web. The former Ranger has garnered interest from Sather as a potential replacement to soak up some third-pairing minutes while the Rangers try to navigate the ship without their defensive captain.
The expectations — if Mara is going to sign with the Rangers — is that a contract will be worked out when the Rangers return from Europe. As of right now, rookie-defenseman Tim Erixon, who was recalled from Connecticut yesterday, will be Staal's replacement.
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with brich and gabby and the presumed improvement of the pack line offensively, we are going to have to be a fun and gun team whose offense will be the best defense—might as well use DZ’s strengths while he needs to play top minutes.
Lets ride Hanky into the playoffs!
might as well use DZ’s strengths
If we could find a way to make turnovers into an advantage, we’d be the best team in the league every year.
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hey it isn't an ideal situation
but he was a first round draft pick and every projection has him on the second pair—do we really have a choice?
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Don’t mean to ruffle any feathers, but why was that photo of the Tibetan monk taken down? It’s a pretty iconic photo—there has been worse things posted on here.
Yeah, I took it down
Honestly, a photo like that doesn’t have any place here. Especially since it was used in a semi-joking manner.
Nothing against Gabby, but I didn’t feel that was the place for the photo.
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by Joe Fortunato on Oct 6, 2011 9:57 AM EDT up reply actions
I love my School
UB will take very good care of Staal.
by nhl_legendz on Oct 6, 2011 10:48 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
For all the staal haters out there let’s see how we do without him. Also, should Erixon or mdz win the 2nd pairing job? If MDZ does win we are going to have a very good year.
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by RichieToGabbySCORE on Oct 6, 2011 11:04 AM EDT reply actions
There aren't very many Staal haters out there ...
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by Joe Fortunato on Oct 6, 2011 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions
The only Staal haters are the
old school fans like my dad who haven’t realized that the game has changed and criticize his crease clearing ability and unwillingness to drop the gloves.
He is an ELITE ELITE ELITE defenseman who we need if we want to win the cup. That being said his unwillingness to drop the gloves has led to MY only criticism, which isn’t even his fault—it’s that I don’t think he deserves an “A” but whatever—totally insiginifcant in the grander scheme.
everybody has a different view of how the captains should act… i personally prefer a fiery more active captain like dubinsky… ( i love callahan)… but thats all preference on captains has nothing to do with knowing the players skill… Leetch was an amazing player but in my opinion a shitty captain
@clalicata17
yeah Leetch was kind of a default captain
I think there is no better captain than Cally and I understand that Richards kind of needs to get an A given the circumstances—agree with it or not—but the other one should go to Dubi rather than Staal for the reasons you mentioned.
Eh, I don’t think it’s the worst thing to have someone on the defense get a letter. The defense and goaltending has carried this team the last few seasons, might as well recognize the importance of the team’s best defenseman.
by MyFavBaseballSquadron on Oct 6, 2011 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions
yeah you make a good point
Like I said, I’d rather it go to Dubi, but the fact that a homegrown player who we really lean on to eat up big minutes and shut down the other team’s top line shows our commitment to building within the system and like you said, appreciation for his body of work.
It could definitely be worse—if Richards and Gabby were the Alternates, it would be a major sell-out.
Needs to be Dubi or Girardi for the new alternate
alhough a case could be made that Girardi is too soft spoken for the role. Dubi doesnt seem to have a problem making himself heard and talking with the refs.
by truebluesince75 on Oct 6, 2011 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I think there are those, like myself, who feel staal’s value may be over estimated by some others, but admit he is a very good player, just not elite.
There is also going to be a lack of chemistry between girardi and whoever, which made the girardi staal combo more effective than the sum of the parts.
Let’s hope the offense clicks and hank gets off to a good start, not a poor start like in some years past. Poor being not up to the usual lundqvist standard.
by GAThingy on Oct 6, 2011 1:57 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Well not exactly haters just people that under rate him compared to other players.
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by RichieToGabbySCORE on Oct 6, 2011 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I am a bit confused here
First, I thought Staal was suffering from headaches after intense workouts. How can they shelf him until his symptoms disappear when they are workout related? Makes little sense in gauging his recovery and seems very counter intuitive.
Second, I am still not convinced his symptoms are due to a concussion. Most news outlets say he is suffering from “concussion-like symptoms”. This may just be the vernacular in this realm or maybe its because they dont know and he suffered the majority of his symptoms long after the supposed event (Feb). But they rarely say he is suffering from a “concussion”.
I still have a gut feeling he has migraines associated with intense exercise. Even Sather doubted the cause of his symptoms (see: http://espn.go.com/new-york/nhl/story/_/id/7023433/new-york-rangers-gm-questions-cause-marc-staal-headaches). I experience similar events after running; I run 6 miles 3x/week. My neurologist said it was a vasodilation and dehydration issue. I never had a concussion, never had migraines not associated with exercise and didnt experience these episodes until after I was 30. I was prescribed medication for prevention. I’d be curious to know if he has visual aura preceding his migraines.
I am sure he has seen every expert under the son and I am not a neurologist by any stretch of the imagination, but this clarification has never been addressed. And it may be that it is impossible to tell.
by truebluesince75 on Oct 6, 2011 12:05 PM EDT reply actions
Well thought out. This sounds the most acurate
by -19-AgainstAll on Oct 6, 2011 12:22 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Thing is, I am sure Marc is seeing all the best DR.’s money can by. If the problem is intermittent, it will be much harder to diagnose. I am sure they are going down a checklist, and ruling out certain diagnoses as they go along. The diagnosis may take as long as the treatment. There are many other problems besides headaches that are caused by concussions. With Crosby, he has a problem with his balance. We are probably not being told everything, and rightfully so.
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by nathansfamous on Oct 6, 2011 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Rangers claim D Jeff Woywitka off waivers
The answer to our prayers!
Who?
I just saw this. Who is this guy? Any one have some info. I like the name though; hopefully its Polish and the Ws sounds like Vs.
by truebluesince75 on Oct 6, 2011 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions
54% offensive zone starts, terrible Corsi even before adjusting, against weak competition, and got tremendous goaltending while he was on the ice to keep his +/- up.
I’m not sure he’s an upgrade to Bell, let alone Eminger and Del Zotto.
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by George E. Ays on Oct 6, 2011 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions
what team(s) did he play for? NHL? AHL? other?
by truebluesince75 on Oct 6, 2011 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions
DAL the last two seasons.
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by George E. Ays on Oct 6, 2011 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions
well at least its at the NHL level. Still, sounds like Ranger’s are grasping at straws here. If they want, I can suit up. Played D up until highschool.
by truebluesince75 on Oct 6, 2011 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I am sure someone asked BR if he was serviceable, and a team player.He may have influenced it.
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by nathansfamous on Oct 6, 2011 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Did he play for the Mystery Alaska team?
by It may HAVE to Last a Lifetime on Oct 6, 2011 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions
No that was Russel Crowe. Speaking of which, maybe we should sign him for defense. At least we know he has a mean streak and can use his cell phone to clear out the crease.
by truebluesince75 on Oct 6, 2011 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions
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