Welcome to Tobacco Road, Parker

If Parker Lucas Staal was growing up in Thunder Bay, Ontario, like his dad and uncles, it would be a done deal. He would play hockey. No question. But ...  "He's a North Carolinian now," Eric Staal says of his new-born son. "May be basketball. "My wife is tall. I'm tall. Who knows?" Parker may be a center like his pop, but it may be for the Tar Heels or Wolfpack or Blue Devils on the hardwood. Born Tuesday, he weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces and was the first child for Eric and wife Tanya. Eric said both are doing very well. So let's say Parker does play hockey (a safe play, by the way) despite the Tobacco Road home address. Will he be a forward like his dad and uncles Jordan and Jared or a defenseman like his uncle Marc?  "He won't be a goalie," Eric says. "He's too smart for that."