What can one really say about Eric Staal and his 2016-17 NHL campaign? We entered the season with a lot of question marks surrounding his game, and Staal played his role to spoil all the doubters who said he was all but finished in the NHL. With dwindling point totals in the 2015-16 season, the evidence was there that the age of Eric Staal was finally starting to show.
Of course, it could have all been a very clever ruse on the part of Staal. An easy way out of Carolina which would lead him to the Minnesota Wild after a brief stop with the New York Rangers late in 2015-16.