Regarding Stajan: from next season (16/17) his cap hit is a higher value than his actual salary. This could benefit some cash-strapped teams (*cough* Arizona *cough*) who may need to save a bit of money but also make it to the cap floor.
Season Age Salary Cap Hit
2015-16 31 $3,375,000 - $3,125,000
2016-17 32 $3,000,000 - $3,125,000
2017-18 33 $2,000,000 - $3,125,000
There could be some teams looking to blow it up and rebuild between now and next season. Stajan could be a pretty attractive piece for teams like that: veteran C, good with rookies, pretty reasonable salary for what he brings.
Beyond this year I feel the team will have outgrown Stajan. Bennett, Granlund, Shore, Arnold and Jooris aren't that far away from surpassing him. Also, talking of maximising assets, well Matty ain't gettin any younger.
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