All We Need Is Just A Little Patience...

I know that reporters have stories to write and column-inches to fill, but they also have incredibly short-term memories.

This story about Drury in the Post--by way of Kukla's Korner is all over Drury's sluggish start to this season.

Mark Hale offers up this analysis:
He’s also at minus-five through nine games. That’s the worst mark on the Rangers.
Heading into tomorrow’s game in Columbus, the 32-year-old captain is very much struggling. Drury’s managed a not-so-grand total of one point this year, thanks to paltry stats of no goals and one assist.

“I’m getting there. Nothing’s really clicking too good right now,” Drury said after practice on Tuesday. “But obviously importantly our record is pretty darn good and that’s what this is all about.

Well there's very little that's not true in the piece. He is struggling. The only problem is that there's no mention the start Drury had last year. He was a touch more productive early on, but was only 3-10-13 and a -3 through the first quarter or so of the season.

Writers were then--as they are now--on him like no other. In the next 60 games, however, Drury put up 45 points and five game-winning goals.

He's gotten more chances the last few games and his play has stood out much more. If Markus Naslund gets his act together, and starts consistently getting chances of his own--and there's hope for that considering the last game--points will start to rack up for Chris.

It just might be a bit early to make a judgment call on the guy, though. Don't you think?

We'll see plenty more of this before all is said and done. We just need a little patience.

Axl Rose knows what I'm talking about: