At this point, you know what you’re going to get from Jordan Staal, and that’s exactly what the Hurricanes got from him through 68 games of the 2019-20 season - but with a twist.
That twist was Staal being named (full-time) captain of the team upon Justin Williams’ break from hockey entering the season. If you think back to training camp, once it was known that Williams wouldn’t be suiting up with the team at the outset of the season, Staal was the very obvious choice to wear the C. He had always been the face of the team with the media, both through the sporadic good times and, mostly, bad times.