Went to the game tonight and then Damon's after and he was there with a Canada Scout. Do any of you think he will be on the Team Canada Olympic Team??

10/27/2005 12:36:47 AM

no clue, the NBA starts next week so its time to resume ignoring hockey

10/27/2005 12:41:06 AM

It's possible if he keeps up the good play. But there are so many great hockey players from Canada. They had like 87 or so people on their prospective team list. So, it's possible, but I think Team Canada will be made up of more veteran players. However, I would love it if Staal made the Olympic team!

10/27/2005 12:41:56 AM

^^ I'm a Knicks fan. I haven't been given a reason since '99 to think that I should abandon hockey for that crap. Maybe if fucking Jim Dolan had a heart attack but I don't see that happening...

10/27/2005 12:46:20 AM

i dont know about everyone else but I got my memo


MEMO: HOCKEY IS FOR TOOTHLESS CANADIANS!!

10/27/2005 12:53:16 AM

If you're gonna stereotype in one direction, then I'll go the other.

People who don't like hockey are ignorant rednecks.

10/27/2005 12:57:22 AM

i saw two scouts in the scouting box up top. Each night, Staal makes it harder and harder for Gretzky & Co. to cut him

10/27/2005 1:22:00 AM

The scout had Corona and Staal had a Coke. Yes I was watching. He is only 20, right?

10/27/2005 1:23:19 AM

21 on the 29th

10/27/2005 1:26:20 AM

He see's the ice SO well and he is a horse with good hands... pretty nasty combination. This is looking to be his coming out season.

10/27/2005 10:43:07 AM

It is a good thing for the Canes that this is an option. There are a handful of players that are using the 1st half of the season as an open audition for national teams. I know Erik Cole is on the USA's list and Staal and Cam Ward are on Canadas.

I'm sure Cam Ward is a long shot and a few years away but Staal may make it.

10/27/2005 10:55:56 AM

i got a question


how do you people know a scout is a scout when you see them

10/27/2005 11:45:09 AM

maybe they had id tags on?

10/27/2005 12:03:39 PM

If Staal stays in the top five in the league in scoring, Gretzky will be hard pressed not to take him.

Similarly, Cole and Cullen are doing so well, they've got to be high up on Laviolette's list.

10/27/2005 12:17:30 PM

Quote :

"no clue, the NBA starts next week so its time to resume ignoring hockey"

people still watch this? looks more like a prison one hour break time to me.

10/27/2005 12:18:36 PM

^this opinion is what caused the dress code policy. those suits will change your opinion

10/27/2005 12:23:58 PM

no
the suits only affect how they look getting on off the bus

the gangster style of ball they play shows they're KEEPIN IT REAL

10/27/2005 1:03:31 PM

I think he SHOULD be on that team, because he is worthy of it

10/27/2005 1:12:28 PM

^^yea i was gonna use the [/sarcasm] tag rather than the wink, but the first part of what i was saying was truthful

10/27/2005 1:14:54 PM

if he keeps it up theres no way the great one wont take him

10/27/2005 10:21:27 PM

Buccigross said he could be this generations Jean Beliveau

10/27/2005 11:44:48 PM

NHL.com and ESPN are reporting an Eric Staal Hat Trick

10/28/2005 10:15:54 PM

^I believe it should be. My folks were watching the game on tv and they said that Staal was the last to touch that first goal credited to Stillman. It was hard to tell in the arena - we were just happy to see the puck in net

10/28/2005 10:29:00 PM

Quote :

"NHL.com and ESPN are reporting an Eric Staal Hat Trick"

Chuck Kaiton said that they misannounced the First goal, it should have gone to Staal

10/28/2005 10:32:21 PM

Canadians, and therefore Eric Staal, are better people than we are.

Also, I suck at hockey.

10/28/2005 10:46:59 PM

yeah at first they said the puck went off of a flyer's player so they gave the goal to stillman(i think)...they changed it after the game was over

10/28/2005 10:48:51 PM

What a kick ass game tonight...well worth my $30.

10/28/2005 11:17:03 PM

For at least one day, Eric Staal will have sole possession of the NHL scoring lead.

[Edited on October 28, 2005 at 11:45 PM. Reason : d]

10/28/2005 11:45:04 PM

he is pretty good but i always want to call him Gunner

10/29/2005 3:39:43 PM

^from mighty ducks?

10/29/2005 4:04:13 PM

Well, once all his brothers are in the show, you'll have to use their real names.

10/29/2005 4:07:15 PM

yep that was a great movie

10/29/2005 7:03:38 PM

^ WTF, oddest response ever.

10/29/2005 7:56:22 PM

4 A's Tonight

10/29/2005 10:16:07 PM

leading scorer in the NHL

10/29/2005 11:12:56 PM

i'll be fuckin pissed if he doesnt get offensive player of the week

10/30/2005 12:00:36 AM

^4 taking about the mighty ducks movie as talked about in ^7. thats what the oddest reply ever was about.

10/30/2005 11:57:30 AM

Durrr, I got that, but why continue with said line of comments when I was talking about Marc, Jordan, and Jared Staal?

10/30/2005 12:02:13 PM

A couple people gave me shit for drafting him in the 4th round of my fantasy draft.

The steal of that draft was someone got Heatley in the 14th!!

10/30/2005 11:46:35 PM

Offensive player of the week

10/31/2005 5:18:17 PM

Also offensive player of the MONTH

11/1/2005 2:37:53 PM

Also, offensive player of the...um, O'Brien*.



*O'Briens actually measure length, not time.

11/6/2005 8:52:53 PM

Someone find this kid a hot local woman so he will be more inclined to stay in town come end of contract.

11/6/2005 11:42:31 PM