Never been a fan of Stajan, but he's starting to win me over. I still do not believe he should be typecast as a first line centre, but I do think he's starting to grow into an excellent third line centre (on a good team).
He actually reminds me of Dan Cleary a little bit. Cleary was a player that came into the NHL with top six expectations, floundered with those expectations, but flourished as a 3rd line player in Detroit.
Looking back on it, I'm starting to wonder if that's been the problem with Stajan all along. Maybe he's simply struggled with his identity on this team? It looks to me as though he is starting to find it...good on him.
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