Re-Sign or Resign: Marc Staal

Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports Welcome to Re-Sign or Resign, a new segment covering the pros and cons of Detroit’s pending UFAs. We’ll be taking a closer look at each UFA while going over two schools of thought: re-signing the player, or letting him run free into the sunset. So far, we’ve covered Luke Glendening, Darren Helm, and Valtteri Filppula. Today’s name of note is defenseman Marc Staal.

At this point, I think it’s safe to say that the Red Wings won the trade.

At the start of the 2020-21 season, Marc Staal was acquired from the New York Rangers along with a 2021 2nd round pick for future considerations. Staal played some of the best hockey he’s played in years alongside Troy Stecher. While…