Another Staal added to New York's stable

Eric Staal gets to play with another brother, and the New York Rangers are loading up for the playoffs.

The Rangers acquired Carolina's captain and the face of the Hurricanes franchise on Sunday in exchange for center Aleksi Saarela, who is currently playing in his native Finland, along with New York's second-round picks in each of the next two drafts.

Rangers GM Jeff Gorton said the Hurricanes retained a portion of Staal's $8.25 million cap hit, and New York has enough financial flexibility to add another "small-salary player if we wanted to".