I will post my story later. In addition to this move today, the Rangers assigned Marek Hrivik to Hartford. Also, Rangers GM Jeff Gorton confirmed that the team will not trade Keith Yandle.
Staal was scratched from Sunday’s game in Carolina and was en route to New York, where he his expected to join the team for its morning skate Monday and play Monday night against Columbus at the Garden.
I also checked, and I believe Eric is related to Marc.
Here is the transcript of the Jeff Gorton conference call, as well as the official announcement from the Rangers:
Rangers GM Jeff Gorton:
On whether the Rangers are thinking about signing Staal beyond this season:
“I think we’ll take it as it goes here.