Career profile Last roster: 2023-24 SEA
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Eric Staal

C · ONT
+ 11 other teams
Status
Retired 2 yrs ago
Career
2004–2024 (20 yrs)
Age
41 (39 in 2024)
Vitals
6'4" · 206 lb
Drafted
Undrafted

Trophy Case

Selke Selke
as Outstanding Defensive Forward
2012-13 EDM

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2004-05 CAR 75 15 40 55 0.73 -1 94 3 5 0 171 8.8% 130
2005-06 CAR 77 24 53 77 1.00 +3 150 2 5 5 192 12.5% 120
2006-07 CAR 82 36 36 72 0.88 -5 84 4 9 2 232 15.5% 111
2007-08 EDM 81 37 40 77 0.95 -3 100 4 15 2 202 18.3% 111
2008-09 EDM 82 49 52 101 1.23 +29 48 4 21 3 292 16.8% 113
2009-10 EDM 82 45 52 97 1.18 -10 31 5 16 1 358 12.6% 25
2010-11 EDM 74 25 36 61 0.82 +12 59 5 9 2 225 11.1% 91
2011-12 EDM 81 31 57 88 1.09 +10 113 11 13 1 263 11.8% 167
2012-13 EDM 82 35 79 114 1.39 +40 18 5 9 0 286 12.2% 81
2013-14 EDM 82 32 57 89 1.09 +22 18 12 6 0 324 9.9% 96
2014-15 EDM 81 30 59 89 1.10 +4 45 8 8 1 235 12.8% 107
2015-16 PHL 81 23 33 56 0.69 +4 32 4 2 0 245 9.4% 104
2016-17 PHL 73 25 38 63 0.86 +5 68 5 7 0 204 12.3% 117
2017-18 VAN / WSH 79 22 47 69 0.87 +14 18 4 6 0 335 6.6% 67
2018-19 WSH / CGY / NYR / WPG 83 29 28 57 0.69 +13 12 4 11 0 306 9.5% 58
2019-20 WPG / BOS 83 21 36 57 0.69 +23 12 2 4 1 244 8.6% 57
2020-21 VGK 82 22 24 46 0.56 +5 10 3 1 0 191 11.5% 35
2021-22 TOR 75 9 8 17 0.23 -8 2 0 0 0 73 12.3% 12
2022-23 PHL / EDM 69 7 22 29 0.42 +1 4 0 1 0 89 7.9% 18
2023-24 SEA 69 6 9 15 0.22 -3 4 0 0 0 70 8.6% 1
CAREER 20 yrs 1573 523 806 1329 0.84 +155 922 85 148 18 -- 11.5% 1621
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2007-08 EDM 6 4 1 5 0.83 -6 6 0 1 0 17 23.5% 6
2008-09 EDM 11 3 9 12 1.09 0 12 0 1 0 40 7.5% 21
2009-10 EDM 11 6 8 14 1.27 +2 4 3 0 0 35 17.1% 3
2010-11 EDM 5 0 2 2 0.40 -3 2 0 0 0 15 0.0% 13
2011-12 EDM 6 0 4 4 0.67 0 25 0 0 0 21 0.0% 12
2012-13 EDM 6 1 3 4 0.67 +3 2 0 0 1 24 4.2% 3
2013-14 EDM 7 3 7 10 1.43 +4 2 1 0 0 21 14.3% 4
2014-15 EDM 16 7 8 15 0.94 +2 12 4 1 1 56 12.5% 32
2017-18 WSH 6 2 0 2 0.33 -1 0 0 0 0 24 8.3% 3
2019-20 BOS 7 3 4 7 1.00 +2 0 2 1 0 20 15.0% 1
2021-22 TOR 14 1 1 2 0.14 -1 0 0 0 0 8 12.5% 3
2023-24 SEA 7 0 0 0 0.00 -1 0 0 0 0 4 0.0% 0
CAREER 12 app. 102 30 47 77 0.75 +1 65 10 4 2 -- 10.5% 101
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2003-04 CAR 81 11 20 31 0.38 -6 40 3 2 7 6.7% 16:40
2005-06 CAR 82 45 55 100 1.22 -8 81 4 19 40 16.1% 19:39
2006-07 CAR 82 30 40 70 0.85 -6 68 1 12 26 10.4% 20:08
2007-08 CAR 82 38 44 82 1.00 -2 50 7 14 35 12.3% 21:38
2008-09 CAR 82 40 35 75 0.91 15 50 8 14 24 10.8% 21:03
2009-10 CAR 70 29 41 70 1.00 4 68 5 13 23 10.5% 20:43
2010-11 CAR 81 33 43 76 0.94 -10 72 8 12 29 11.1% 21:56
2011-12 CAR 82 24 46 70 0.85 -20 48 3 7 23 9.2% 21:33
2012-13 CAR 48 18 35 53 1.10 5 54 4 3 9 11.8% 21:00
2013-14 CAR 79 21 40 61 0.77 -13 74 0 1 12 9.1% 20:17
2014-15 CAR 77 23 31 54 0.70 -13 41 4 7 17 9.4% 18:51
2015-16 CAR 63 10 23 33 0.52 -3 32 0 1 7 6.3% 19:17
2015-16 NYR 20 3 3 6 0.30 1 2 0 0 0 7.5% 16:15
2016-17 MIN 82 28 37 65 0.79 17 34 8 4 16 13.3% 18:36
2017-18 MIN 82 42 34 76 0.93 8 42 4 11 17 17.4% 17:49
2018-19 MIN 81 22 30 52 0.64 -7 34 6 7 15 10.2% 18:08
2019-20 MIN 66 19 28 47 0.71 -9 28 5 5 14 16.8% 17:08
2020-21 BUF 32 3 7 10 0.31 -20 8 0 1 3 5.1% 15:34
2020-21 MTL 21 2 1 3 0.14 -10 2 1 0 0 8.7% 13:27
2022-23 FLA 72 14 15 29 0.40 -5 26 1 0 0 13.2% 14:14
Career NHL 1365 455 608 1063 0.78 -82 854 72 133 317 11.3% -

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Forwards, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2004-05 20 C CAR - - 75 71 67 76 81 - - 65 63 67 - 40 44 71
2005-06 21 C CAR - - 85 79 68 76 81 - - 80 74 67 - 44 48 77
2006-07 22 C CAR - - 70 79 70 88 82 - - 80 80 67 - 50 54 80
2007-08 23 C EDM - - 70 79 73 91 84 - - 78 76 64 - 60 62 78
2008-09 24 C EDM 74 50 82 85 77 - 93 91 81 82 89 70 - 67 79 -
2009-10 25 C EDM 60 40 82 90 77 - 95 88 73 83 89 67 - 69 81 76
2010-11 26 C EDM 71 40 73 90 77 - 92 85 73 86 84 67 - 71 83 77
2011-12 27 C EDM 70 40 71 84 77 92 95 84 79 84 83 70 72 73 84 78
2012-13 28 C EDM 54 36 74 80 81 98 98 82 77 84 76 72 78 68 80 76
2013-14 29 C EDM 56 37 67 82 81 96 98 88 79 90 80 73 75 70 84 78
2014-15 30 C EDM 57 37 65 77 81 92 94 82 80 84 76 65 83 72 84 74
2015-16 31 C PHL 56 38 74 77 81 85 91 80 79 77 77 60 77 74 84 72
2016-17 32 C PHL 85 46 87 84 78 72 97 81 98 75 70 64 48 84 87 73
2017-18 33 C WSH 65 43 87 83 78 79 99 76 87 82 85 79 99 86 89 77
2018-19 34 C WPG 65 43 85 83 78 78 99 79 91 80 94 73 48 88 91 77
2019-20 35 C BOS 65 43 87 78 78 78 99 84 91 78 78 59 53 90 93 73
2020-21 36 C VGK 63 42 87 78 78 75 91 78 88 81 80 62 53 92 95 73
2021-22 37 C TOR 63 42 93 78 75 68 89 70 80 62 59 61 53 94 97 66
2022-23 38 C EDM 63 42 93 78 75 68 89 70 80 62 59 61 53 94 97 66
2023-24 39 C SEA 63 42 88 72 78 67 58 58 77 66 71 82 48 96 99 68
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2004-05 20 C CAR - - 75 71 67 76 81 - - 65 63 67 - 40 44 71
2005-06 21 C CAR - - +10 +8 +1 · · - - +15 +11 · - +4 +4 +6
2006-07 22 C CAR - - −15 · +2 +12 +1 - - · +6 · - +6 +6 +3
2007-08 23 C EDM - - · · +3 +3 +2 - - −2 −4 −3 - +10 +8 −2
2008-09 24 C EDM 74 50 +12 +6 +4 - +9 91 81 +4 +13 +6 - +7 +17 -
2009-10 25 C EDM −14 −10 · +5 · - +2 −3 −8 +1 · −3 - +2 +2 76
2010-11 26 C EDM +11 · −9 · · - −3 −3 · +3 −5 · - +2 +2 +1
2011-12 27 C EDM −1 · −2 −6 · 92 +3 −1 +6 −2 −1 +3 72 +2 +1 +1
2012-13 28 C EDM −16 −4 +3 −4 +4 +6 +3 −2 −2 · −7 +2 +6 −5 −4 −2
2013-14 29 C EDM +2 +1 −7 +2 · −2 · +6 +2 +6 +4 +1 −3 +2 +4 +2
2014-15 30 C EDM +1 · −2 −5 · −4 −4 −6 +1 −6 −4 −8 +8 +2 · −4
2015-16 31 C PHL −1 +1 +9 · · −7 −3 −2 −1 −7 +1 −5 −6 +2 · −2
2016-17 32 C PHL +29 +8 +13 +7 −3 −13 +6 +1 +19 −2 −7 +4 −29 +10 +3 +1
2017-18 33 C WSH −20 −3 · −1 · +7 +2 −5 −11 +7 +15 +15 +51 +2 +2 +4
2018-19 34 C WPG · · −2 · · −1 · +3 +4 −2 +9 −6 −51 +2 +2 ·
2019-20 35 C BOS · · +2 −5 · · · +5 · −2 −16 −14 +5 +2 +2 −4
2020-21 36 C VGK −2 −1 · · · −3 −8 −6 −3 +3 +2 +3 · +2 +2 ·
2021-22 37 C TOR · · +6 · −3 −7 −2 −8 −8 −19 −21 −1 · +2 +2 −7
2022-23 38 C EDM · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
2023-24 39 C SEA · · −5 −6 +3 −1 −31 −12 −3 +4 +12 +21 −5 +2 +2 +2
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2004-05 CAR $1,240,000 2 yr 2.5% 20 RFA
2005-06 CAR $1,029,200 1 yr 2.1% 21 RFA
2006-07 CAR $3,220,000 3 yr 8.3% 22 RFA
2009-10 EDM $5,200,000 1 yr 9.2% 25 RFA
2010-11 EDM $7,000,000 5 yr 11.8% 26 RFA
2015-16 PHL $9,400,000 5 yr 13.2% 31 UFA
2020-21 VGK $6,000,000 2 yr 7.4% 36 UFA
2021-22 TOR $750,000 1 yr 0.9% 37 UFA
2022-23 PHL $1,100,000 1 yr 1.3% 38 UFA
2023-24 SEA $975,000 1 yr 1.2% 39 UFA
2007-08
Dec 30 2007
2007-08
to OILERS
2016-17
Jun 16 2016
2016-17
to CANADIENS
Aug 2 2016
2016-17
to FLYERS
2017-18
Jul 23 2017
2017-18
to CANUCKS
  • Eric Staal 77
Nov 21 2017
2017-18
to CAPITALS
  • Eric Staal 77
to CANUCKS
2018-19
Oct 18 2018
2018-19
to FLAMES
to CAPITALS
Dec 29 2018
2018-19
Feb 28 2019
2018-19
to JETS
to RANGERS
2019-20
Mar 4 2020
2019-20
to BRUINS
  • Eric Staal 73
to JETS
2020-21
Jul 11 2020
2020-21
to GOLDEN KNIGHTS
  • Eric Staal 73
to BRUINS
2022-23
May 3 2023
2022-23
to OILERS
  • Eric Staal 66
to FLYERS

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