RALEIGH, N.C. – Eric Tulsky, General Manager of the National Hockey League\u2019s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has signed forward Jordan Staal to a one-year contract extension for the 2027-28 season. The deal will pay Staal a base salary of $900,000, with a $4 million signing bonus and up to $5.1 million in additional performance bonuses.<\/p>\n
\u201cJordan is not only our captain, he\u2019s the bedrock of the culture we\u2019ve established in this organization,\u201d said\u00a0Tulsky. \u201cHis leadership and on-ice performance throughout last season and especially in the playoffs was a primary factor in bringing the Stanley Cup back to Raleigh.\u201d<\/p>\n
About Jordan\u00a0Staal:<\/p>\n
The 38-year-old registered 20 goals and 16 assists for 36 points in 75 regular-season games with the Hurricanes in 2025-26.
\nHe added 12 points (8g, 4a) in 19 playoff games, helping the Hurricanes win the 2026 Stanley Cup and winning the\u00a0Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
\nStaal ranked tied for second on the club in playoff goals, second in power-play goals (3) and tied for fifth in points.
\nThe Thunder Bay, Ontario native has registered 499 points (198g, 301a) in 972 career games with the Hurricanes, ranking second in franchise history in games played, fourth in assists and fifth in points.
\nThe 6\u20194\u201d, 220-pound forward has recorded 747 points (318g, 429a) in 1,403 career\u00a0NHL games with Carolina and Pittsburgh.
\nStaal was a finalist for the Masterton Trophy in 2017-18. \u00b7 He has served as the Hurricanes\u2019 captain since Sept. 29, 2019, following his previous stint as co-captain alongside Justin Faulk during the 2017-18 season.
\nStaal won the Stanley Cup with Pittsburgh in 2008-09, earning nine points (4g, 5a) in 24 games during their championship run.
\nHe has tallied 85 points (46g, 39a) in 181 career Stanley Cup Playoff games with the Hurricanes and Penguins.
\nStaal is tied with Sebastian Aho for the franchise lead in most playoff games played (108) and ranks fourth in points (49) and goals (23).
\nTaken second overall by Pittsburgh in the 2006 NHL Draft, Staal was acquired by the Hurricanes from the Penguins in exchange for Brandon Sutter, Brian Dumoulin and a first-round pick in the 2012 NHL Draft (Derrick Pouliot) on June 22, 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RALEIGH, N.C. – Eric Tulsky, General Manager of the National Hockey League\u2019s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":849468,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-849467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/849468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}