Jordan Staal Has Made The Long Game Look Easy In Carolina

Jordan Staal has spent 14 years turning patience into a career plan, and the Hurricanes have reaped the benefit of a player who never seems to age out of usefulness. He came to Carolina in the Penguins trade that changed the shape of both franchises, and the years since have only sharpened the sense that his value was never going to show up in a flashy stat line.