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Originally Posted by CalgaryFan1988
Nope, free country, just find it odd because you seem like you don't think Stajan is a very good player, but yet you talk about him a lot. Guess I just wonder why that is?
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Not entirely true. I actually like Stajan and have been a big fan of him since he came into the NHL. I probably haven't been as ardent of a supporter of him here as dissentower has, but I actually have gotten some criticism here in the past because of defending him too much for a few people's likings.
With that said, I think the guy is an okay player, but not really good.
Because of the fact that until this year he has been rather unsuccessful as a Flame, I've been trying to take a more 'double-sided' view on the guy looking at him from both sides of the argument. I did believe he could have been used much better under Brent and I felt he was capable of doing as well as he's done here this year, BUT I couldn't deny that he wasn't living up to my expectations either as a Flame, until this year.
I think I have a very good read on how he is as a player given that I've seen him at his best and worst many times with the Leafs. And I must say, although I do think he's capable of continuing to play as well as he's played this year, I think this is almost as well as he's capable of playing, which is as a tweener 2nd-3rd line centre, and he's not really capable of playing that much better than he is now. This is close to as well as he's ever played at any point in his career, including his final two seasons as a Maple Leaf.
So, in conclusion, I think Stajan is a very okay player if you will and a solid middling NHLer, just not good enough to be much more than that.