Fire Lindy Ruff NOW Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 how bout that drew stafford guy? hatrick yesterday and overall is having a decent year. think he can keep it up? if he gets 25 goals and about 60 points this year i would call that a successfull year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfreeman Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 how bout that drew stafford guy? hatrick yesterday and overall is having a decent year. think he can keep it up? if he gets 25 goals and about 60 points this year i would call that a successfull year. I think anyone would call that a successful year. His career high is 20-25-45, and he's already missed 16 games this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two or less Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Who would have thought moving from RW to LW would have made so much difference for him... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallawaySabres Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 I don't trust the heart in this guy one bit....I don't care if he has 40 goals this year. He needs to move on with Connolly and Rivet when this season is done. People want a new team next year, don't fall for the contract year trap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RazielSabre Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 I think anyone would call that a successful year. His career high is 20-25-45, and he's already missed 16 games this year. Based on that I think if he matches his career high, or gets close to it with a high +/- most of us would be happy. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 I don't trust the heart in this guy one bit....I don't care if he has 40 goals this year. He needs to move on with Connolly and Rivet when this season is done. People want a new team next year, don't fall for the contract year trap! Amen Brutha. Preach it from the mountain top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spndnchz Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Connolly made the trade bait list: http://espn.go.com/blog/nhl/post/_/id/2644/trade-bait-10-players-who-could-move-before-feb-28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormin Norman Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 Okay, so Stafford returns for a game and actually hits the net... prompting all of us to wax poetic about his "potential." I am expecting that we won't hear from him for another 17 games. He has a history of popping out of nowhere and banging in two or three goals, only to disappear for a quarter of the season. Without being too negative, I do like the way he scored all three last night. He was on the doorstep, waiting to drive home a garbage goal. Right now, I don't need, nor do I want, "pretty" from this team. I want people going to the net and banging home cheap rebounds. For that matter, I just want guys who can hit the freakin' net with the puck when they have good chances. My concern for this team is they have no finishers... no one who puts it in the net when the quality scoring chance materializes. So it was good to see Drew bang home these kinds of goals. He finished, he wasn't fancy about it, he drove to the net. It's all good. I just want him to KEEP DOING IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deluca67 Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 It's funny, yet sad, to see so many fall into the trappings by this roster year after year. A player in a contract year putting up numbers beyond what he has in the past. I doubt status quo has learned from past mistakes. Hopefully, a new regime will know better and trade Stafford in the off-season to a team that will be all starry-eyed about his production this season, if he keeps it up. Which I think he will. After all he is playing for a new contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunomatic Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 Connolly made the trade bait list: http://espn.go.com/blog/nhl/post/_/id/2644/trade-bait-10-players-who-could-move-before-feb-28 Quick, somebody tell Darcy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deluca67 Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 Quick, somebody tell Darcy. He's too busy watching the ink dry on the contract extension. I'm sure the locker-room will stand and applaud as they allegedly did the last time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan213 Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 He has so much talent. It would be interesting to see what kind of numbers he could put up if he played an entire year at the level he is capable of... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deluca67 Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 He has so much talent. It would be interesting to see what kind of numbers he could put up if he played an entire year at the level he is capable of... You just described every player on the Sabres roster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan213 Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 You just described every player on the Sabres roster. lol....pretty much. But I never thought Roy or Hecht were going to be all-stars. When Stafford 1st come up he had that kind of potential but never put it all together. It would be nice if this was the start of something nice for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 F*ck Drew Stafford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsrcursed Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 lol....pretty much. But I never thought Roy or Hecht were going to be all-stars. When Stafford 1st come up he had that kind of potential but never put it all together. It would be nice if this was the start of something nice for him. Like someone else mentioned, no heart. He'd rather lead a grunge band, hockey is just something for him to pass the time with...Nice hat trick, but he could repeat that showing with 10 more this season and I'd still want him elsewhere next year. Contrary to what Deluca may think, I'm sure I'm in the majority, at least here... :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RazielSabre Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 You just described every player on the Sabres roster. Miller? Roy? Myers? Leopold? Even Vanek to a certain extent hasn't had a bad year (while not at his potential still on pace for 30+ goals) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 redemption of the mouse potatoes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvelo Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 Wait three years, he'll get another hat trick. <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spndnchz Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 Wait three years, he'll get another hat trick. <_< He scored his first hat rick in 2008, another in 2009, and this one, 2010. Not three years. Hope we don't have to wait one more though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan213 Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 Like someone else mentioned, no heart. He'd rather lead a grunge band, hockey is just something for him to pass the time with...Nice hat trick, but he could repeat that showing with 10 more this season and I'd still want him elsewhere next year. Contrary to what Deluca may think, I'm sure I'm in the majority, at least here... :unsure: Agreed. He does seem to show a lack of effort and seems to have issues keeping his head in the game every shift but maybe this is the start of something good for him. We could really use a guy with his skill level playing to his full potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Lindy Ruff NOW Posted December 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 make or break year for him it seems like. maybe this year will be a wake up call for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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