ERIC STAAL RUMORS & GOSSIP
Eric Staal 2011-12 Scoring Chances
In the past, I have talked about how I hold certain players to higher standards than others because of the situations they are used in or how much they are being paid. For the Hurricanes, the player that is held to the highest standard is their team captain, Eric Staal and there are plenty of reasons to expect a lot out of him. Staal has been the Canes best player for the last seven...
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8 days ago
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8 days ago
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Staal brothers together in Carolina?
The rumor mill is swirling that two Staal brothers could be playing NHL hockey together with the Carolina Hurricanes as soon as next season. Jordan Staal is expected to be traded this summer, and one of the possible destinations is to play with brother Eric Staal in Carolina. The Globe and Mail's Eric Duhatschek writes that this is more likely than Staal going to the...
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26 days ago
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26 days ago
Hurricanes 2, Canadiens 1, SO
Eric Staal scored in the shootout to lead the Carolina Hurricanes past the Montreal Canadiens, 2-1 on Thursday night.
Chad LaRose scored a power-play goal, and Cam Ward made 30 saves before stopping the Canadiens cold in the tiebreaker to give the Hurricanes their second straight victory and first win in a shootout this season.
Blake Geoffrion scored, and Peter Budaj stopped 28...
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April 05, 2012
Eric Staal: Keeping the Cardiac Canes Alive
While Eric Staal is currently on a nine game point the streak, the Hurricanes have rode the momentum as far as it possibly can take them, going 4-1-4 to close out the month of February.
Staal has 12 goals, 22 assists and 34 points in his last 25 games. The Hurricanes have received a red hot 31 points in the standings in those 25 games. They only receiving 30 points in the previous...
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March 01, 2012
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March 01, 2012
Staal finding old form in win over Sharks
RALEIGH, N.C. --- Eric Staal is back.
Actually, the Carolina Hurricanes' star never went anywhere, but the level of play that had become his norm took a three-month hiatus to begin this season. But finally, Staal is playing like the All-Star he has been for most of his eight-year NHL career.
That level continued Friday night in the Hurricanes' 3-2 victory over the San...
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February 17, 2012
First Time Eric Staal Skates with Son
The Staal family is just one sample of players who represent Bauer hockey gear. Bauer has a YouTube channel, BauerHockey1972, that features various videos of their representatives as well as their products.
Most recently, the channel featured video of a special moment for the Staal family that Bauer was there to capture – the first time that Eric’s son, Parker, got on...
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February 14, 2012
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February 14, 2012
Major Offensive Staal In Carolina
Eric Staal used to be one of the elite goal-scoring centers in the game. He has scored 38 or more goals three times in his career.Carolina still pays him like a star, with a contract running through 2015 with an annual salary cap hit of $8.25 million.He ranks among the biggest NHL disappointments of this season, with just 20 points scored in 38 games and a minus-22 rating. He has...
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December 29, 2011
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December 29, 2011
'Canes Insider: Muller patient with Staal
There are high expectations for captain Eric Staal, and that won't change just because of a coaching change.
The Hurricanes are intent on seeing more production out of the big center. That's where the coaching change comes in because an established former All-Star player such as Kirk Muller might be the remedy that Staal needs.
How demanding Muller becomes in regard to...
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December 20, 2011
Report: Staal’s frustration boils over during Intermission
During the second intermission Wednesday night in Montreal, frustration boiled over for Carolina Hurricanes forward Eric Staal who was seen “throwing a goalie stick” into the locker room area and also seen “storming out of the locker room” on two occasions until being chased down into a separate room and being cooled down by coach Paul Maurice, TSN reported...
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November 16, 2011
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November 16, 2011
Eric Staal off to a horrible start
Eric Staal has the 673rd best plus/minus rating in the NHL. In other words he's off to an awful start. Staal is a -14 and has been held to only 5 points so far after 13 games this season. The former 100 point player and the Hurricanes captain is in a huge slump. A week ago Friday, Staal took a stick to his face and suffered a chipped tooth and a cut on his nose. The stick came...
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November 05, 2011
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November 05, 2011
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