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http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2008/09/ ... ouncement/

Great news for the Hurricanes, locking up a franchsie player for almost a decade. Hopefully he'll be able to keep it up and they can actually build around him

Well, to keep this Canes forum oh so lively I thought I'd give this a response

Glad to see Staal re-upping with the Canes, it'll make them a playoff team or close to a playoff team every year with him playing solidly. But if they want to be any better than a 7-8-9-10 spot they better hope some others step up on that team as well.