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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I like Stempniak myself but given his statement of open for business I assumed that there was going to be some house cleaning which may have involved any veteran players that had value to teams. Even Stajan has somewhat proven his worth so I have no problems with him returning as well.
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That's the key - did they have value, or enough value. I think a lot of the guys probably didn't based on contract reasons. And a guy like Stempniak wouldn't fetch enough to warrant trading him when you can keep him and maybe get more next deadline.