General manager Ray Shero announced the decision on Monday to keep Jordan Staal with the Penguins. Keeping Staal, 18, means that that the first season of his three-year entry-level contract will be activated when he appears in his next NHL game. Staal learned he was staying during a meeting before practice this morning. "They told me that I earned it, that I kept improving; that I've ben getting better and they hope I can continue doing that,'' Staal said.