josh Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Staal was a serviceable defenseman last season, for any team. He was the only Rangers backliner that played like an NHLer on a consistent basis. Sure, there was a 7 car pileup, but 6 of those cars are totaled and 1 has a small dent on the passenger door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 It's not. I thought Adam did a pretty good job explaining how it could be the beginning of the end, though. He's positing a question, not making a declaration.Yeah but this article could have been written 2 years ago or in 2 years by that criteria haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 I would have picked the hit from his brother or the puck to the eye. Were those mentioned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 I like how this article uses a clip of Buch being a pansy on the puck to prove that Staal is bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted October 2, 2018 Author Share Posted October 2, 2018 I like how this article uses a clip of Buch being a pansy on the puck to prove that Staal is bad. It sure as hell doesn't absolve Staal. He got beat to a loose puck in the corner — his wheelhouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albatrosss Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 drafted at #12 overall? what a bust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 It sure as hell doesn't absolve Staal. He got beat to a loose puck in the corner — his wheelhouse. He didn't get beaten to a loose puck. Buch made a lazy ass play and hung Staal out to dry. Staal maybe mishandled it a bit, but that's a pretty difficult play for a defenseman to make, and he did fine to keep Hall to the outside. There are about 5 things Buch could have done differently to prevent that, what he did was about the worst play possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatfrancesa Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 He didn't get beaten to a loose puck. Buch made a lazy ass play and hung Staal out to dry. Staal maybe mishandled it a bit, but that's a pretty difficult play for a defenseman to make, and he did fine to keep Hall to the outside. There are about 5 things Buch could have done differently to prevent that, what he did was about the worst play possible. Said the same thing and got roasted for it. Inexcusable and stupid play by buchnevich with zero upside. Staal has a million examples of his own shit play, that one though is 10000% on buchnevich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 He didn't get beaten to a loose puck. Buch made a lazy ass play and hung Staal out to dry. Staal maybe mishandled it a bit, but that's a pretty difficult play for a defenseman to make, and he did fine to keep Hall to the outside. There are about 5 things Buch could have done differently to prevent that, what he did was about the worst play possible. Said the same thing and got roasted for it. Inexcusable and stupid play by buchnevich with zero upside. Staal has a million examples of his own shit play, that one though is 10000% on buchnevich Agreed. The only thing I blame Staal for is not realizing Buch will make the stupid play with the puck part of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted October 2, 2018 Author Share Posted October 2, 2018 He didn't get beaten to a loose puck. Buch made a lazy ass play and hung Staal out to dry. Staal maybe mishandled it a bit, but that's a pretty difficult play for a defenseman to make, and he did fine to keep Hall to the outside. There are about 5 things Buch could have done differently to prevent that, what he did was about the worst play possible. I'm talking about physically. He was physically overpowered for that puck while in his wheelhouse. I also don't disagree that Buch was almost solely to blame on the play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjweimar Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 https://www.nhl.com/rangers/roster Looks like zucc and Staal have the A on them they haven't announced anything yet Sent from my [device_name] using http://Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 I'm talking about physically. He was physically overpowered for that puck while in his wheelhouse. I also don't disagree that Buch was almost solely to blame on the play. He wasn't physically overpowered. Hall blindly swung his stick and got a piece of the puck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodka Drunkenski Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 That goal was far from Staal's fault. It was all on Buchnevich, that puck is suppose to go up the boards. Not handcuff your defenseman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted October 3, 2018 Author Share Posted October 3, 2018 He wasn't physically overpowered. Hall blindly swung his stick and got a piece of the puck. Fine, physically overmatched. Use whatever term you want. You can even chalk it up to sheer luck (given the swing of the stick). The point is that a loose puck along the boards found it's way to Hall's stick, not his. I've already agreed numerous times that Buchnevich caused the entire sequence in the first place. That doesn't absolve Staal's loss of the puck, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Fine, physically overmatched. Use whatever term you want. You can even chalk it up to sheer luck (given the swing of the stick). The point is that a loose puck along the boards found it's way to Hall's stick, not his. I've already agreed numerous times that Buchnevich caused the entire sequence in the first place. That doesn't absolve Staal's loss of the puck, however. Fine. But that happens to every defenseman in the league. It's not something that's indicative of whether or not Staal is good/bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LONG LONG LONG TIME FAN Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 !!SREGNAR OG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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