NHL notebook: Rangers acquire C Staal from Hurricanes
By The Sports Xchange
The New York Rangers acquired veteran center Eric Staal from the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday.
Carolina received center Aleksi Saarela and two second-round draft picks in return. One of the choices will be in 2016 and the other in 2017.
Staal, 31, is in the final season of a seven-year, $55.75 million deal and is eligible to become an unrestricted free agent after the season. He has 322 goals and 453 assists for 775 career points, all with Carolina over parts of 12 seasons. He has scored 30 or more goals five times, topped by 45 in 2005-06 when he reached 100 points for the lone time in his career.
He has 10 goals and 23 assists in 63 games this season.
Saarela was selected in the third round (89th overall) of the 2015 draft.
--The Philadelphia Flyers signed forward Michael Raffl to a three-year contract extension.
The deal is reportedly worth $7.05 million.
Raffl would have been an unrestricted free agent this summer if he hadn't signed the deal.
Raffl has eight goals and nine assists in 61 games this season. In his career, he has 38 goals and 29 assists in 196 games.
--The Chicago Blackhawks agreed to terms with goaltender Mac Carruth on a one-year contract, which runs through the end of the 2015-16 NHL season.
Carruth, 23, has posted a 0-2-1 record with a 3.32 goals-against average and .882 save percentage in six games with the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League this season. He also had a 12-7-2 record with a 2.30 GAA, .923 save percentage and one shutout in 21 games with the Indy Fuel of the East Coast Hockey League.
Drafted by Chicago in the seventh round in 2010, Carruth has recorded a 4-5-1 record in 16 career AHL games and a 0-1-0 mark in one 2015 Calder Cup playoff game.
--The Los Angeles Kings placed forward Jordan Nolan on injured reserve.
The Kings made the move retroactive to Feb. 18. The club didn't disclose the nature of Nolan's injury.
Nolan, 26, had five points (all assists) in 52 games this season.
Nolan has played in 246 career NHL games over five season and has 16 goals and 18 assists.
By The Sports Xchange
The New York Rangers acquired veteran center Eric Staal from the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday.
Carolina received center Aleksi Saarela and two second-round draft picks in return. One of the choices will be in 2016 and the other in 2017.
Staal, 31, is in the final season of a seven-year, $55.75 million deal and is eligible to become an unrestricted free agent after the season. He has 322 goals and 453 assists for 775 career points, all with Carolina over parts of 12 seasons. He has scored 30 or more goals five times, topped by 45 in 2005-06 when he reached 100 points for the lone time in his career.
He has 10 goals and 23 assists in 63 games this season.
Saarela was selected in the third round (89th overall) of the 2015 draft.
--The Philadelphia Flyers signed forward Michael Raffl to a three-year contract extension.
The deal is reportedly worth $7.05 million.
Raffl would have been an unrestricted free agent this summer if he hadn't signed the deal.
Raffl has eight goals and nine assists in 61 games this season. In his career, he has 38 goals and 29 assists in 196 games.
--The Chicago Blackhawks agreed to terms with goaltender Mac Carruth on a one-year contract, which runs through the end of the 2015-16 NHL season.
Carruth, 23, has posted a 0-2-1 record with a 3.32 goals-against average and .882 save percentage in six games with the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League this season. He also had a 12-7-2 record with a 2.30 GAA, .923 save percentage and one shutout in 21 games with the Indy Fuel of the East Coast Hockey League.
Drafted by Chicago in the seventh round in 2010, Carruth has recorded a 4-5-1 record in 16 career AHL games and a 0-1-0 mark in one 2015 Calder Cup playoff game.
--The Los Angeles Kings placed forward Jordan Nolan on injured reserve.
The Kings made the move retroactive to Feb. 18. The club didn't disclose the nature of Nolan's injury.
Nolan, 26, had five points (all assists) in 52 games this season.
Nolan has played in 246 career NHL games over five season and has 16 goals and 18 assists.
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