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Eric Staal’s number 12 retired in Carolina

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Prior to today’s game, the Canes retired #12 in honor of the former captain and author of the Carolina record books.



Records in Hurricanes* history:

Career
#1 games played - 909
#1 consecutive games - 349
#1 goals - 322
#1 assists - 453
#1 points - 775
#1 power play goals - 105
#2 short handed goals - 16

Season
#1 goals - 45
#2 assists - 55
#1 points - 100
#1 power play goals - 19
#2 short handed goals - 4
#1 most 20 goal seasons - 9
#1 most 30 goal seasons - 5
#1 most 40 goal seasons - 2
#1 most 100 point seasons - 1
#1 most hat tricks - 13

Game
#1 goals (total game) - 4
#1 goals (single period) - 3
#1 assists (total game) - 4
#1 assists (single period) - 3
#1 points (total game) - 6
#1 points (single period) - 4
#1 2+ goal games - 49
#1 3+ goal games - 13
#1 4+ goal games - 1
#1 2+ assist games - 79
#1 3+ assist games - 11
#1 4+ assist games - 3
#1 2+ point games - 186
#1 3+ point games - 64
#1 4+ point games - 12
#1 5+ point games - 4

*Not including the Whalers era

- U-18 Gold Medal, 2001
- #2 overall draft pick, 2003
- Stanley Cup champion + playoff leading scorer, 2006
- 2nd NHL All Star Team, 2006
- World Championship Gold Medal, 2007
- NHL 2008 cover athlete
- All Star Game MVP, 2008
- Olympic Gold Medal, 2010
- Hurricanes captain, 2010-2016


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Al Lagoon said:
He was excellent as a member of the Wild in his latter years. Can only imagine what he was like in his prime.
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Physically he’s PLD sized, so imagine PLD figuring it out and becoming the 50/100 threat he was supposed to be. Big tall rangy guy with a long reach, really difficult to stop when he gets some speed in open ice, and a good enough shot that he’ll burn you if you sit back and let him skate too much.

He was particularly difficult in the playoffs because he had the size to fight through interference and roll off hits, but also the skill to hurt teams that gave him space on the perimeter. Just an all around difficult matchup for the opposing center on any given night.
 
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Terry Yake said:
who's next to get their # retired in carolina? jeff skinner?
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Right now?

Probably nobody on the list. But if the current core wins the Cup, Jordan Staal could be a very good candidate.

Of the current team, Aho is probably the most likely, but there's still a very long time to go. He's rapidly approaching all of Eric Staal's records and should pass them on his current contract
 
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Svechhammer said:
Right now?

Probably nobody on the list. But if the current core wins the Cup, Jordan Staal could be a very good candidate.

Of the current team, Aho is probably the most likely, but there's still a very long time to go. He's rapidly approaching all of Eric Staal's records and should pass them on his current contract
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That would be laughable if they retired Jordan Staals jersey. His career high is 48 pts with the Canes and he has largely been a career 3rd liner.
 
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Svechhammer said:
Right now?

Probably nobody on the list. But if the current core wins the Cup, Jordan Staal could be a very good candidate.

Of the current team, Aho is probably the most likely, but there's still a very long time to go. He's rapidly approaching all of Eric Staal's records and should pass them on his current contract
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Add Slavin to the list too.
 
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Darren McCord said:
That would be laughable if they retired Jordan Staals jersey. His career high is 48 pts with the Canes and he has largely been a career 3rd liner.
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Sometimes retiring a jersey isn't about the raw numbers they put up but how much of a leader and culture driver the player was to the organization. At this point, he's been with the team for 13 years, captain for 6, been the leader of the team during its most consistently good play in franchise history, and has been an absolute rock of a defensive center, being the personification of everything Brind'Amour wants our of a player on his team. For the franchise, his greatness goes well beyond his numbers.
 
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Svechhammer said:
Sometimes retiring a jersey isn't about the raw numbers they put up but how much of a leader and culture driver the player was to the organization. At this point, he's been with the team for 13 years, captain for 6, been the leader of the team during its most consistently good play in franchise history, and has been an absolute rock of a defensive center, being the personification of everything Brind'Amour wants our of a player on his team. For the franchise, his greatness goes well beyond his numbers.
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A lot of teams have the minimum requirement of a HHOF spot to get put up into the rafters.

Heck, The Wings have several HHOF not retired.
 
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Perfect_Drug said:
A lot of teams have the minimum requirement of a HHOF spot to get put up into the rafters.

Heck, The Wings have several HHOF not retired.
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I mean a lot of those teams have the vast majority of their existence in a 6 team NHL where the best players on each team mostly ended up in the Hall, so that's not exactly the flex you think it is
 
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Darren McCord said:
That would be laughable if they retired Jordan Staals jersey. His career high is 48 pts with the Canes and he has largely been a career 3rd liner.
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It’s not the Hall of Fame, it’s a jersey retirement. A team can retire a number for any reason they want.

In the case of Jordan Staal, at the start of next season he’ll pass Eric for #1 in GP with the Hurricanes. It’s realistic that he’ll hit 1000 games with the organization before he retires — something only 49 other players have done, the great majority of whom (will) have had their numbers retired by those organizations. That list of players includes guys like Trevor Linden, Chris Neil, Ken Daneyko, Mikko Koivu, Milan Hejduk, and Shane Doan… guys who will never sniff the Hockey Hall of Fame, but who their organization recognizes as a key figure in their history. Which is what number retirement is really about: telling the story of the team and honoring the guys who are seen as the embodiment of what it means to wear a ______ jersey.
 
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