Eric Staal was the face of the Carolina Hurricanes for a long time. He was synonymous with the organization. However, as Geoffrey Chaucer said, all good things must come to an end.
On Thursday night’s Episode of the Sick Podcast Mailbag with Tony Marinaro and Brian Wilde, they received a question from @expos_habs on X/Twitter about what they think Arber Xhekaj’s trade value is.
The New York Rangers had a disappointing season and missed the playoffs after winning the Presidents’ Trophy in 2023-24, and they now hold the 12th-overall pick in the 2025 NHL Draft.
The New York Rangers have hired former defenseman and longtime alternate captain Marc Staal as a player development assistant, bringing a familiar face back to the organization in a critical new role.
The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.
There’s an alternative New York Rangers universe where Marc Staal doesn’t sustain a brutal concussion at the hands — or shoulder — of his brother Eric in 2011.
Minnesota Wild : Defenseman Alex Goligoski is retiring from the NHL after 17 seasons. NHL: Goligoski played in 1,078 games with the Penguins, Stars, Coyotes and Wild.
In his search of a new team, former Detroit Red Wings forward Dominik Kubalik is returning to an old haunt. Kubalik is joining Ambri-Piotta of the Swiss National League.
In some corners, the 2005 NHL Draft is seen as the time the New York Rangers didn’t get the chance to select Sidney Crosby. But that unique draft did land them one of the best defensemen in franchise history, Marc Staal, who retired Thursday to join the Rangers as a player development assistant.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
After 18 seasons, Eric Staal has officially retired from the NHL. Staal played his final game in the 2023 Stanley Cup Final with the Florida Panthers. On Tuesday, the Carolina Hurricanes announced they had signed their former captain to a one-day contract so he could retire with the team which originally drafted him No.
In this edition of our 2023-24 Philadelphia Flyers player grading series, we take a look at 37-year-old defenseman Marc Staal. Signed to a one-year contract by general manager (GM) Danny Briere, he seems to have served his purpose.
For the sake of the team and the sake of the future, the Philadelphia Flyers need to find a way to get Marc Staal into the lineup and onto the ice more often.