Coyotes trade Jared Staal to Canes

[playmaker7]

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The Phoenix Coyotes have traded the rights to forward Jared Staal to the Carolina Hurricanes for a fifth-round pick in the upcoming NHL draft.

Staal had 12 goals and 37 assists in 59 games for Sudbury of the Ontario Hockey League this season. The 19-year-old has three brothers in the NHL, including Eric, who plays for Carolina. Staal was a second-round pick by the Coyotes in 2008.

Phoenix now has five picks in the draft, which will be June 25-26 in Los Angeles.

Jordan Staal plays for the Pittsburgh Penguins and Marc Staal for the New York Rangers.

[font="Verdana]Either they didn't see anything in him or they just didn't plan on signing him. Well damn, I was hoping Jared would play with Jordan, not Marc or Eric X_X[/font]

 

[snipezo]

Eric probably wanted him to play in Carolina lol. Don't see him being as Eric or Jordan though.

 

[playmaker7]

Eric probably wanted him to play in Carolina lol. Don't see him being as Eric or Jordan though.

Yeah apparently he's the least talented Staal brother...but I'm still curious about seeing him in AHL or even NHL action.

 

[LeafsFan4Life]

He never wasn't anything special with the Wolves. I doubt he will do much in the NHL.

 

[playmaker7]

He never wasn't anything special with the Wolves. I doubt he will do much in the NHL.

Meh, you never know what a player will pan out to be til they get a chance.

I was just hoping he'd have a little buzz around him and not turn into the "Staal that never was" status lol

 

[playmaker7]

RALEIGH, N.C. - Jared Staal didn't waste any time signing with his big brother's team.

The Carolina Hurricanes signed Staal to a three-year entry-level contract Friday, one day after they acquired Eric Staal's younger brother in a trade with the Phoenix Coyotes.

The 19-year-old forward signed a two-way deal that will pay him US$500,000 at the NHL level next season and $525,000 in 2011-12 and 2012-13. He will make $50,000 at the AHL level in all three seasons.

If the Hurricanes couldn't sign Staal by June 1, he would have re-entered the draft.

Carolina obtained Staal from the Coyotes for a fifth-round pick in next month's draft. All of his three older brothers play in the NHL, including Eric, a three-time all-star and the Hurricanes' captain.

[font="Verdana][size="3"]Well at least he's about to start his pro career.[/size][/font]

 

[Apotheosis]

He better start working his butt off. The NHL is a much better paying league than the AHL.