With Chicago recently shipping off former Carolina Hurricanes prospect Aleksi Saarela just as quickly as they acquired him to Florida, key pieces from the Eric Staal trade are still on the move many years later. Let us take a look at the trade tree in its entirety, paying close attention to all of the interconnected moving parts.
February 28th, 2016 then General Manager Ron Francis finally bit the bullet and traded long time Hurricanes forward and captain Eric Staal to the New York Rangers in exchange for Finnish forward prospect Aleksi Saarela and two second round picks, one in 2016 and another in 2017.