Buzz: Is Marc Staal Close To Signing? (Updates)
Update: 3:44PM:
Steve Zipay tweets that the two sides are talking and that “where there is smoke, there is fire”
…That is the one thing to take away, even if it takes another week or so to get done. There is smoke between the two sides and certainly the Rangers want him in camp when that starts next Friday.
Hopefully he doesn’t sign when I am in Temple the next two days. And Shanah Tovah
Update: 3:38PM
Gross tweets that another source has told him that the two sides have made progress, but that nothing is ready to be signed yet.
…Am I the only one who was convinced that if Staal at least didn’t start training camp he would be there soon after? I get the feeling that people think he was gone from the Rangers just because they hit an early snag.
Update: 3:32PM:
Andrew Gross writes at Ranger Rants that an NHL source has told him that the two sides are getting closer on a contract.
…That is a nice to see, someone connected with the team reporting that they are getting close. They should be getting close, training camp starts in nine days.
Update: 3:28PM:
According to Cassie Campbell of CBC, a Calgary radio station doesn’t think that the Staal contract is likely but is still looking into it.
….And the refuting begins. Call me crazy but with all the nonsense that people put out on twitter and other stuff, is it wrong to want to see a report from Darren Dreger of Bob McKenzie. Again, I am not saying that this original Sportsnet report is wrong, just that I want to see more confirmation
Original Post:
According to Sportsnet in Canada, the Rangers and Marc Staal may be close to a new contract.
…I can’t in any way confirm if this is true or false right now. All it says is that “they are said to be close.” That doesn’t do much for me and while its Sportsnet, a TV Station in Canada, its not coming from Nick Kypreos or Darren Millard who have both broken news before.
I saw this about a half-hour ago or so and was sort of waiting on anyone else to confirm or give further information on it. That hasn’t happened yet and while I can’t refute the report right now, it doesn’t appear that anyone else is confirming this. At this point in the social media news game, you have to take everything with a grain of salt. The Bobby Ryan thing exploded yesterday that he signed and only minutes later it was refuted and shown that the Ducks and Ryan aren’t close to a deal.
At some point, either this report will go by the wayside or someone else will have more information on it. This could be the beginning of a bunch of Staal news though. Everything has to start somewhere and hopefully this is an indication that the two sides have at least bridged some of the chasm that has been between the two
