Eric Staal Injured

NHL.com wrote:According to a report in the Raleigh News and Observer, Carolina Hurricanes center Eric Staal will miss some games because of an upper-body injury suffered Sunday against the San Jose Sharks.

Staal left after the second period of the 5-1 loss to San Jose as the Canes dropped their ninth-straight game to fall to 2-8-3.

"When things go wrong, they go wrong," Rutherford said. "All teams have to deal with injuries. We have enough players to step up but we'll have to do it with confidence at an all-time low."

Cap'n Clutch wrote:At this point the Canes are just about burried already. Why waste energy and effort making a big trade that will likely not even be close to enough to get the team in the playoffs anyway?

marakh wrote:They're exhausted, I'm telling you ^^.

SensGirl11 wrote:Staal has been brutal so far this season, maybe they'll start winning a bit with him out of the lineup.

Seriously though, I thought they were going to be kick Donkey awesome this year, what happened? Was their fantastical play in the playoffs last year a complete fluke? I don't understand.

I'd like Ruutu please!! Maybe we can get him for Cheechoo and a prospect. Lee?

hemlock wrote:
Ugh. Can we hold off on the Cheechoo trade talk until at least the quarter pole please? I'm worried about the fever pitch the trade Cheechoo talk will hit if he doesn't start scoring some goals.

SpezDispenser wrote:

hemlock wrote:
Ugh. Can we hold off on the Cheechoo trade talk until at least the quarter pole please? I'm worried about the fever pitch the trade Cheechoo talk will hit if he doesn't start scoring some goals.

Clouston backed him up today saying that he's worked as hard as possible and done everything except find twine. He told him to keep his head up and continue to try his best and thinks that results will follow.

So that's definitely a positive. I would love him to score one to get him going though.