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.

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 was one of the first people I thought of when I originally became general manager,

NHL great Eric Staal is returning to the Buffalo Sabres, this time off the ice. The 40-year-old Thunder Bay native has been named special assistant to general manager Kevyn Adams, the club announced Wednesday.