Apparently the above picture of Marc Staal getting a hockey puck in the eye has fwightened the wittle Staal boys, who have since run to their trainers to to bolt on little plastic shields like Europeans or something. Fittingly, this comes after their Mom said they should.
Chad Larose in yellow non-contact jersey at practice. Eric, Jordan Staal are wearing visors.
— Chip Alexander (@ice_chip) March 22, 2013
This is just the latest way The Game Has Changed for the worse, as the trio of 6’4″ monsters (Eric, Jordan and Marc) have set the precedent for other fraidy-cats who want to protect themselves from potential career ending injuries and prolong their careers by putting on something that won’t affect their actual games in the slightest.
Pff. Soft, you guys. I’ve written about this before.
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Update:
Staals say no problems today with visors. And that was at RCI, where the visors get a lot of sweat and fog up easily.
— Chip Alexander (@ice_chip) March 22, 2013
Eric Staals says it was no experiment. He plans on wearing the visor. Jordan, too.
— Chip Alexander (@ice_chip) March 22, 2013
Jordan Staal decision to wear visors basically came down to he and Eric looking at each other and agreeing, “Let’s do it.”
— Chip Alexander (@ice_chip) March 22, 2013
