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Staal signs with Rangers

Marc Staal will remain with the New York Rangers for the next through the 2014-15 season.
Marc Staal will remain with the New York Rangers for the next through the 2014-15 season.

The Thunder Bay blueliner inked a five-year deal on the eve of training camp, ending a summer-long bout with restricted free agency that had threatened to get nasty.

The 23-year-old will earn $3.975 million a year, a hefty increase from the $830,000 a year he made in his first year with the NHL club.

Staal set career highs last season with eight goals and 19 assists.



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A proud Nova Scotian who has called Thunder Bay home since 2002, Leith is Dougall Media's director of news, but still likes to tell your stories too. Wants his Expos back and to see Neil Young at least one more time. Twitter: @LeithDunick
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