“That kind of stuff will play itself out when we get there. “I’ve been focused on what I have to do at the rink to help this team. “As every day goes by, it gets closer to certain decisions being made,” said Staal. It will be up to him to decide whether he stays in Carolina, a team on the rebuild, or decides it’s time to move on. It would relieve a financial burden as well as bring a healthy return of prospects from a team looking to bolster its run to the playoffs. The strapped-for-cash Hurricanes would probably welcome a trade. He’ll be an unrestricted free agent this summer. Staal earns a lot of money - $9.5 million (U.S) this year, the final year of a seven-year, $57.75-million deal.
Staal is 31, the captain of the Hurricanes, the team that drafted him second overall in 2003 and where he won the Stanley Cup in 2006.īut hockey is a business and there’s little room for sentimentality.
RALEIGH, N.C.-Eric Staal would be perfectly happy to finish his career with the Carolina Hurricanes, the only NHL team he’s ever played for.
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