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Originally Posted by Bingo
Actually at 3.15M flat for the next few years and a salary cap of around 70M his salary is essentially at the NHL average, and soon to be below.
I think if you add up the tinkle trunk of things that Stajan brings to the table and I'd say he's at least an average NHL player, and maybe even a hint above.
If he was making 5M I'd likely be on the other side of the argument.
Take a veteran like Tanguay who was making what 5M? He had more production, but was rumoured to be brutal in the room, not physical, and brutal in his own zone. Not sure I'd ever want Tanguay over a Stajan at the same dollar total (realize the timing of this with his strong season in Colorado is ill advised, but then production was never his problem)
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Fair enough. Admittedly, I've never been a fan of Stajan since his Maple Leaf days, and personally I'd like to see him off the team (not because of his veteran presence / locker room contributions though)... but I can respect and understand a well-stated argument like yours.