Karine Hains: Where Does Staal Fit in 10 days after being acquired by Marc Bergevin, Eric Staal will make his debut with the Habs against the Oilers tonight.

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Hains: Where Does Staal Fit in
10 days after being acquired by Marc Bergevin, Eric Staal will make his debut with the Habs against the Oilers tonight.
- Karine Hains

My worse fears about the trade look to be coming true...

Staal not being a complimentary player, but a focal point in the offence shoving younger players down the charts or into the press box.

I don't even think Staal and Perry should be regulars in the line-up, so this is disappointing to see.

My worse fears about the trade look to be coming true...

Staal not being a complimentary player, but a focal point in the offence shoving younger players down the charts or into the press box.

I don't even think Staal and Perry should be regulars in the line-up, so this is disappointing to see.
- Mashadar

Staal had 47 pts in 66 games last year in MINN which is more than any Habs center.
what makes you think he is now a 4th liner?

Staal had 47 pts in 66 games last year in MINN which is more than any Habs center.
what makes you think he is now a 4th liner?
- fidopro

What makes you think he is a 2nd line center?

Staal had 47 pts in 66 games last year in MINN which is more than any Habs center.
what makes you think he is now a 4th liner?
- fidopro

He should not be a 4th line centre but I think he should be on the wing for 2nd or 3rd line not at centre to let the youngsters stay in their positions on that line

What makes you think he is a 2nd line center?
- Mashadar

Also Frolik keeps his mouth shut and stays on the taxi squad while Mete ask his agent to bark and plays

Love the lineup. Staal is big, bring a good % Of faceoff, plays with a talented winger and a scorer, this could be an interesting line. Suzuki having two big wingers with skills is nice.
Sad for KK but they played a pretty solid game against Oilers last time.

Just need Charriot to be back and Armia to replace Byron and we are set to go.
The Finns line was pretty good last year together.

Love the lineup. Staal is big, bring a good % Of faceoff, plays with a talented winger and a scorer, this could be an interesting line. Suzuki having two big wingers with skills is nice.
Sad for KK but they played a pretty solid game against Oilers last time.

Just need Charriot to be back and Armia to replace Byron and we are set to go.
The Finns line was pretty good last year together.
- MONSTERSofMETALZ

You have been on and off but nice to see you in here , hope we get a trade today

guys... Ducharme is coaching for a contract. our highest scoring center is barely scoring at a 50-point pace for an 82-game schedule, and the top 4 centers on this team, collectively, have scored 17 goals in 34 games.

i have a hard time arguing with his center deployment tonight.

guys... Ducharme is coaching for a contract. our highest scoring center is barely scoring at a 50-point pace for an 82-game schedule, and the top 4 centers on this team, collectively, have scored 17 goals in 34 games.

i have a hard time arguing with his center deployment tonight.
- DoubleDown

What you said make sense our strength is on RW hence complimenting the right centres is very important, I still think with Caufield coming up some of these questions will go away

guys... Ducharme is coaching for a contract. our highest scoring center is barely scoring at a 50-point pace for an 82-game schedule, and the top 4 centers on this team, collectively, have scored 17 goals in 34 games.

i have a hard time arguing with his center deployment tonight.
- DoubleDown

Excellent point

guys... Ducharme is coaching for a contract. our highest scoring center is barely scoring at a 50-point pace for an 82-game schedule, and the top 4 centers on this team, collectively, have scored 17 goals in 34 games.

i have a hard time arguing with his center deployment tonight.
- DoubleDown

True, but there’s a lot ridding on Staal being really effective, just not convinced he can still be but time will tell

Love the lineup. Staal is big, bring a good % Of faceoff, plays with a talented winger and a scorer, this could be an interesting line. Suzuki having two big wingers with skills is nice.
Sad for KK but they played a pretty solid game against Oilers last time.

Just need Charriot to be back and Armia to replace Byron and we are set to go.
The Finns line was pretty good last year together.
- MONSTERSofMETALZ

The Finns line missed heck of a lot of chances last year because no one had finish on it and that’s still true. They did play well against Edmonton yes, but Lehkonen getting a goal and an assist is a once in a blue moon opportunity...plus Toffoli was injured so they had no choice but to use that line...anyways, fingers crossed it works well for the Habs.

Maybe we should wait and see what he can do first.

Maybe we should wait and see what he can do first.
- pete26

Yup

Maybe we should wait and see what he can do first.
- pete26

no no

Montreal Is 16 and 28 so I was thinking that they should add another old and slow forward to get them over the hump. Wow! Lol.

Montreal Is 16 and 28 so I was thinking that they should add another old and slow forward to get them over the hump. Wow! Lol.
- Shady1962

i like this guy

so many blogs

Also Frolik keeps his mouth shut and stays on the taxi squad while Mete ask his agent to bark and plays
- habs88888

Frolik career is almost over, while Mete one is starting

please

Frolik career is almost over, while Mete one is starting

please
- deadpoulet

please...no need for the Habs to play Mete when the player is not worth a bag of pucks. You can make the same argument for Frolik to Perry or Staal as well

What makes you think he is a 2nd line center?
- Mashadar

He answered that already.... he had more points than any C on the Habs not even 12 months ago

He answered that already.... he had more points than any C on the Habs not even 12 months ago
- obie

Devil's advocate but he was also -9 last year, Minnesota got rid of him and got better

Devil's advocate but he was also -9 last year, Minnesota got rid of him and got better
- Takemedrunkimhome

Who was he playing with at Minny? I don’t watch them close enough