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Originally Posted by New Era
The one thing that made this year bearable was knowing that dead weight like Stajan and Butler would soon be gone. Now Stajan is staying? This is just another kick in the nuts to Calgary hockey fans. Shows Burke is all talk when it comes to building that team of his. Is Matt Stajan big? Nope. Plays smaller than his stature actually. Is Matt Stajan a high skill player? Nope. Below average skill set across the board? Is Matt Stajan truculent? Nope. Butlery soft. I have no idea why Burke would want to resign this guy. He doesn't have any check marks next to any of the qualities Burke said he was intent on collecting for this team. Brutal decision.
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Oh no, we signed a player! He doesn't exactly fit the description the manager gave of what he's looking for on whole, so let's all panic and say he's lying.
We all knew we were going to have to bring I some vets next year one way or another. One, we need to hit the floor, two we don't have that many NhL caliber prospects and we need to ice a team, and three we need to create competition for roster spots for our young guys to succeed.
This move actually ups my confidence in Burke because it shows he is properly identifying areas where we should bring in vets. All our good NHL prospects at center are already n the NHL. All of our other forward prospects knocking at the door are playing wing on the farm. Much rather see Stajan eating ice time next year than have journeyman Street being a full time player, and I'm much happier Burke had the sense to see some the vets that should not be brought back are on the wing so we can make some room for the likes of Knight.