With a $69 million cap and $51 million floor, and a 23 man roster, the average NHL salary is ~$2.6M. Even if the cap stays flat for the remainder of Stajan's contract, it's hardly an exorbitant contract or an albatross. It's a good contract for this season and for the subsequent seasons. It comfortably slots him in as a #2 or #3 center on most teams, in terms of pay.
Whether we need him as a center for years 3 and 4 (or even year 2) of the contract is, to me, an entirely separate issue.
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