A Player Per Day: No. 21: Drew Stafford

[Eleven]

Early morning meetings tomorrow mean early posting of the poll tonight.

 

A fact from wikipedia: "He started playing hockey at an early age and played for the Waukesha Warhawks in Waukesha, Wisconsin, playing with local area legends Todd Rose and Damian Carrasco-Zanini."

 

Now, if Todd Rose and Damian whatshisname didn't insert that into the bio, who did?

 

Have fun, mouse potatoes.

[PASabreFan]

The mouse potatoes line really stuck, didn't it? Told a lot about the guy. I forget the exact context of the comment, but I think he had been in a slump and had that comment saved up for his critics.

[Tyrannustyrannus]

I would have voted 5 if we played Edmonton 6 times a season...

[deluca67]

I look at Drew Stafford as the poster child for this teams inability to develop it's own young talent. We are constantly told how important it is. Shouldn't they be better at it? I see Stafford, Butler and Sekera heading down that same road as Kalinin, Kotalik, Max, Pialle and MacArthur.

[will]

ortant it is. Shouldn't they be better at it? I see Stafford, Butler and Sekera heading down that same road as Kalinin, Kotalik, Max, Pialle and MacArthur.

 

until these stiffs do something outside of buffalo, i wouldn't be so quick to blame "the system."

[deluca67]

until these stiffs do something outside of buffalo, i wouldn't be so quick to blame "the system."

That makes no sense? They get ruined as players and they are supposed to go out and become instant all-stars?

[LabattBlue]

I'll say the same thing for Stafford that I said for Connolly...

 

Get the **** off my team!

[VansTheMans]

This is an undisputed "1" for me.

 

Get this kid off the team.

 

Seems like he'd rather be a rock star than a hockey player.

 

He's lazy, WILDLY inconsistent and typically has a negative impact on any line he plays on.

[Kristian]

Typical "core" player.

 

Lazy and thinks he's too talented to work hard.

 

Get off my team, Drew.

[Buffalo Wings]

Sad, because I thought he was the real deal during his rookie season. I'm not talking Crosby/Ovechkin, but a solid player that would actually make an impact during a game.

[LabattBlue]

The most frustrating thing about Stafford is that he has the size and skill to be a prototypical power forward at the NHL level who could easily score 30+ goals a year as evidenced by some of his highlight reel goals over the last few years. He also has the size to be physical and be great in the corner battling for the puck. This past season, he also showed that he can do all right in the fisticuffs department.

 

Alas...all for naught.

 

 

PS One thing concerns me about dumping him. Supposedly he is good friends with Miller and I wonder what impact trading him would have on Miller, who in the past has been known to have a fragile psyche.

[That Aud Smell]

"mouse potatoes" did stick, and for good reason: it revealed him to be a douche nozzle of the first order.

 

his high water mark came when he jumped in immediately with neil following the hit on drury.

[SwampD]

I thought "mouse potatoes" was funny and kind of clever. I like that he's in a band and actually has a personality. I just wish he would skate harder. It just makes me wonder what any of these players' motivation is lately. It certainly doesn't seem to be Lindy. Maybe we really do need that mythical 1st line center everyone is talking about these days for them to live up to their potential. I'm just tired of seeing another kid go down that same road of apathy that we've seen too many times before.

[Kristian]

The most frustrating thing about Stafford is that he has the size and skill to be a prototypical power forward at the NHL level who could easily score 30+ goals a year as evidenced by some of his highlight reel goals over the last few years. He also has the size to be physical and be great in the corner battling for the puck. This past season, he also showed that he can do all right in the fisticuffs department.

 

Alas...all for naught.

 

 

PS One thing concerns me about dumping him. Supposedly he is good friends with Miller and I wonder what impact trading him would have on Miller, who in the past has been known to have a fragile psyche.

 

The way Miller's been calling out teammates left and right the second half of the season, I can't imagine he wouldn't understand why/if Stafford was sent packing.

[That Aud Smell]

I thought "mouse potatoes" was funny and kind of clever.

really? dude didn't make that phrase up. he likely learned it while administering an atomic wedgy to some hapless computer lab geek in high school.

 

I like that he's in a band and actually has a personality.

oh, he's got a personality, all right.

 

[SwampD]

really? dude didn't make that phrase up. he likely learned it while administering an atomic wedgy to some hapless computer lab geek in high school.

 

 

oh, he's got a personality, all right.

 

If he was scoring 40 goals a year you wouldn't care.

[PASabreFan]

The way Miller's been calling out teammates left and right the second half of the season, I can't imagine he wouldn't understand why/if Stafford was sent packing.

 

He really backed off the criticism in the days after the season ended. His petulant postgame remarks make him look like the fragile little kid.

[That Aud Smell]

If he was scoring 40 goals a year you wouldn't care.

and if a frog had wings he wouldn't bump his a$s a-hoppin'.

[PASabreFan]

and if a frog had wings he wouldn't bump his a$s a-hoppin'.

 

:thumbsup:

 

If a dog had a square a ss he'd sh*t bricks.

[biodork]

He really backed off the criticism in the days after the season ended. His petulant postgame remarks make him look like the fragile little kid.

 

Miller's or Stafford's? Miller definitely backed off, but his quote in this article makes it clear he doesn't think he was at fault:

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=ap-sabreswrapup

[North Buffalo]

Get rid of him.... hmmm yep, get rid of him... to buys quaffing his hair and trying to get his girly friends through security. P.S. He is not 6'2", he is as tall as Pat Kaleta...

 

I am done with his no effort and what burns me is that he has some talent but must have taken lessons from TC on how to not be tough. Bye... Bye!

[rbochan]

GTFO.

 

If he worked as hard on the ice as he does with guitar hero I might feel different.

[PASabreFan]

Miller's or Stafford's? Miller definitely backed off, but his quote in this article makes it clear he doesn't think he was at fault:

 

http://sports.yahoo....ap-sabreswrapup

 

I meant Miller.

 

Interesting quote from Miller. I had missed that. He thinks he did everything he could in the series?

[Eleven]

The mouse potatoes have spoken. Average for Drew Stafford: 1.82.