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.

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.

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,