32 Potential Trade Options for the Toronto Maple Leafs
By James Tanner
Marc Staal
Unless the Hurricanes suddenly decide to tank the season and trade Jordan, the Toronto Maple Leafs should want nothing to do with anyone name Staal.
Jordan Staal is an elite defender, and his brothers seem to have reputations as being good at defense, but no one knows why.
Marc Staal might be one of the worst players in the NHL. The Leafs should have zero interest in this player. His game has no offense to speak of, and his defense is average at best, but that’s only if you look at this year’s stats which are extremely complimentary to him, most likely due to a small sample size.
Looking at three year’s worth of data on the good old JFresh cards, Staal is a negative impact player who may in fact be the least offensively inclined player in the NHL , while providing absolutely putrid defense.
He is terrible and I would rather the Leafs bring back Ron Hainsey, Roman Polak AND Nikita Zaitsev than give one minute of ice time to Marc Staal.
He is the kind of player that Mike Babcock would use on a first pairing, but shouldn’t’ even be in the NHL at this point. Thanks, but no.