Philadelphia Phantoms, with Carter, Richards, Sharp and more, bested other strong teams during the NHL lockout.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres started adding to their hockey department and sports science department this week by hiring former Sabre Eric Staal and USA Hockey's Brian Galivan. Staal is a ...

More adults in that room, too. The club took a small but significant step in that area Wednesday with the announcement that longtime former NHL player Eric Staal has been hired as a special ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Former NHL forward Eric Staal is rejoining the Buffalo Sabres, this time in a front-office role as special assistant to general manager Kevyn Adams, the team announced Wednesday. Staal ...

The Buffalo Sabres hired Eric Staal as a special assistant to the general manager, the team announced Wednesday. Staal, 40, will report directly to general manager Kevyn Adams. The former will ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Former NHL forward Eric Staal is rejoining the Buffalo Sabres, this time in a front-office role as special assistant to general manager Kevyn Adams, the team announced ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Sabres have added NHL veteran Eric Staal to the front office as a special assistant to general manager Kevyn Adams, his former teammate with the Carolina Hurricanes.

Eric Staal got another call from Adams recently with an invitation to return to the Sabres, albeit in a different role that will give the retired center influence over a team that owns the longest ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres have hired 18-year NHL veteran Eric Staal as special assistant to the general manager. This is a new role for the organization and reports to General Manager ...

Staal is reunited with Adams, who were teammates on the 2006 Carolina Hurricanes Stanley Cup-winning team. And he played 32 games for the Sabres in 2021 before being traded to Montreal .

Staal never topped his performance in 2005-06, but he did continue to rival 30 or 40 goals and/or 70 or 80 points throughout the next 10 years in Carolina. That scoring stuttered when he left ...