Busted
It looks like the inevitable finally happened. The Minnesota fashion police caught up with Eric Staal and arrested him for having bad taste! Remember that GQ photo shoot with the weird hat and cake? Seriously, Eric and his brother Jordan got into a bit of trouble at his bachelor’s party the other night. Luke DeCock got wind of it and posted the news on his blog as well as ran a feature story about it on the News and Observer. That ought to sell a few more papers tomorrow! I’m going to take the “Jim Rutherford approach” and not make any judgements or official statements until after more information comes out, (if any). I’ve been to a few bachelor parties myself and while we never mouthed off to cops, there was a bit of drinking going on and a bit of rowdiness. It’s a minor miracle a couple of my friends ever got married. Hopefully, the boys said their apologies and will head back to the weight room to prepare for the coming season. By the way, I already received the first email blaming ME for the incident because I previously said how quiet and squeaky clean hockey news was compared to football, basketball, and baseball headlines. But it’s not my fault, it’s the curse of being on the cover of EA Sports NHL 2008!
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HANRAHANFAN1 | Jul 26, 2007 | Reply
This is hardly damaging news. I’ve seen some wild stuff man. Right up until my daughter was born. If all they got was arrested for noise and mouthing off they will be fine. If thats it. After the money and attorneys get involved, it probably won’t even be on their records.
John | Jul 27, 2007 | Reply
I can hear the calls from opposing agitators now. “Hey, Staal, whaddya say after the game we go yell at some cars? Jackass.”
“Hey, Staalsy, too busy yelling at cars to work out this summer, I see!”
heh. I kid Mr. Staal.
This story was the only Hurricanes coverage I’ve seen since they won the Stanley Cup that wasn’t just a game recap. They showed a bunch of clips of Staal scoring by cleaning up Erik Cole’s rebounds.
This thing isn’t a big deal at all, but if this happened to say, anyone on the Florida Panthers, I’d be calling for a lifetime ban from the NHL for such unseemly conduct.
GoCanesGo | Jul 27, 2007 | Reply
Eric wasn’t involved in dog fighting, betting on his own sport, or trying to pay off a ref. As long as no one was hurt, and no one was driving while impaired, I say leave him alone.
Bubba | Jul 27, 2007 | Reply
Don Cherry was a bit miffed at the Toronto Sun for plastering the boys mugshots on page 1. Nice article here