Matt Stajan is a good guy, but he's exactly the type of player the Flames NEED to get rid of to get better. Way overpaid, his play this year has been significantly worse, and the need for his veteran presence is nearly diminished. Monahan will be entering his 4th year in the NHL and Gaudreau his 3rd. There's not too much more Stajan can teach them. It's time for guys like Stajan to go and for guys like Monahan and Gaudreau to step up and be the veteran leaders to the new younger guys like Bennett and whoever we draft this year. We still have a great veteran presence in Giordano, but Giordano is an elite defenseman in this league. Stajan isn't. I like the guy as a person, but I'd like to see him either bought out or traded this year. Thanks for your 5 years of service, but now it's time to move on. Our bottom six is terrible and he's part of the problem, not the solution. I can't believe that anyone would seriously want to keep him any longer.
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