Jarret Stoll: Recalls NYR speed in 2014, wants to help team win
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Jarret Stoll spoke to the media today and here is what he had to say:
“I realized how good of an opportunity it would be to play for #NYR, @TheGarden, playing in front of their great fans” – @jarretstoll
— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) August 10, 2015
“I can play anywhere in the lineup…I just want to help the team win.” – #NYR @jarretstoll
— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) August 10, 2015
Jarret Stoll says he’s been discussing this with the #Rangers for a couple weeks. Said he’s already had a conversation with Alain Vigneault.
— Seth Rothman (@RothmanHockey) August 10, 2015
#NYR forward Jarret Stoll said the Rangers contacted him “two or three weeks back.” Said Rangers’ interest kept “coming and coming.”
— Sean Hartnett (@HartnettHockey) August 10, 2015
#Rangers Jarret Stoll said the legal issues related to his drug arrest in April have been completed.
— Seth Rothman (@RothmanHockey) August 10, 2015
Of facing Rangers in 2014 Cup Final (Kings won in 5 games): “We had problems with their speed. I’ll never forget that.”
— Andrew Gross (@AGrossRecord) August 10, 2015
Stoll says he can help on faceoffs and with penalty killing (notes loss of Carl Hagelin on the PK). "I think I can help in a lot of ways."
— Andrew Gross (@AGrossRecord) August 10, 2015
Rangers GM Jeff Gorton notes how Jarret Stoll can play all three F positions and move up and down the lineup.
— Andrew Gross (@AGrossRecord) August 10, 2015
Jeff Gorton calls Jarret Stoll a "real character guy who made a mistake."
— Andrew Gross (@AGrossRecord) August 10, 2015
#Rangers Gorton: "We believe as an organization, it's important to have people who have won, who have been through it."
— Seth Rothman (@RothmanHockey) August 10, 2015
#Rangers GM Jeff Gorton: "It's going to be a good competition [in camp] for spots."
— Seth Rothman (@RothmanHockey) August 10, 2015
Gorton on offseason grade: "When we come back and play hockey again, that's when people can evaluate our moves."
— Seth Rothman (@RothmanHockey) August 10, 2015
Stoll on his past: "I know what kind of person I am. … For the outside world to think what they think, it really doesn't have an impact."
— Seth Rothman (@RothmanHockey) August 10, 2015
More Stoll: "That's not who I am, that's not the person I was brought up to be, and anybody important in my life knows that."
— Seth Rothman (@RothmanHockey) August 10, 2015
Jeff Gorton on grading his offseason: "I get graded at home. That's enough." Ha. #happywifehappylife #NYR
— Pat Leonard (@PLeonardNYDN) August 10, 2015