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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
To be fair to Stajan the guy has a pretty good shot of making it to 1000 NHL games.
He isn't a star by any means but that is a good career (32nd among active players in GP, 3rd in his draft year in GP, and 9th in his draft year in pts), let's not make like the guy is an AHL tweener that has been a journeyman his whole career.
Would be great if Jankowski turns into more of an impact player offensively, but if he gets to 880 career NHL games and ends up top 10 in his draft year in points (both places where Stajan sits right now) then it will be a successful career for him.
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I see this sort of argument all the time and man do I ever hate it. Maybe for the player, it's great to have a decade long career where you put up mediocre numbers but get a steady paycheck. But let's not kid ourselves, championship calibre teams aren't built with a bunch of guys that have simply had "great careers". Honestly, if Jankowsky ends up being a larger version of Matt Stajan, then I'd say he's a bust. Those are dime a dozen type players that can be had for peanuts.