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Originally Posted by ricardodw
I am surprised that Stempniak got another chance at the NHL at any price. Unlike Lombardi who has an upside if he doesn't take a head shot you know what you are getting with Stempniak.
The Rangers lost Dorsett, Brian Boyle, Poiliot, Brad Richards and replaced them with Lombardi, Stempniak and Tanner Glass. This Ranger team was 6 pts up on 9th place.
and someone figures Stempniak took a hometown discount (along with paying NY City income taxes and cost of living) to play for a contender!!???
Crosby- Malkin - Kunitz - Neal were not good enough to overcome the Stempniak influence. In typical Stempniak fashion he had 7 points in his first 8 games with the Pens then finished off the year with 4 pts in the last 13. He then was awful in the playoff with 3 pts in 13 games -4. That brings his career playoff record to 5 pts in 25 games -11.
The Flames management team would rather have Mason Raymond for 3 years at 3.1M/year than Stempniak for one more year @ <1M. I don't like the Raymond signing but agree with Burke and Trevling on this option.
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Winnipeg was interested in signing him, probably at a salary higher than what NYR signed him for. Andy Strickland has indicated more than one team was interested. You're not a fan, we get it, but there are teams out there that think more highly of stempniak than you do.