RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jared Staal didn’t waste any time signing with his big brother’s team.
The Carolina Hurricanes signed Staal to a three-year entry-level contract Friday, one day after they acquired Eric Staal’s younger brother in a trade with the Phoenix Coyotes.
The 19-year-old forward signed a two-way deal that will pay him $500,000 at the NHL level next season and $525,000 in 2011-12 and 2012-13. He will make $50,000 at the AHL level in all three seasons.
If the Hurricanes couldn’t sign Staal by June 1, he would have re-entered the draft.
Carolina obtained Staal from the Coyotes for a fifth-round pick in next month’s draft. All of his three older brothers play in the NHL, including Eric, a three-time All-Star and the Hurricanes’ captain.
