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Originally Posted by Eric Vail
I never understood the love with Stajan on CP. In eight full seasons, he averaged 7 goals/year. He made more than $3 million most of those years.
When they talked about the lack of production from the Flames bottom 6, they were talking about Stajan.
However, he was/is absolutely beloved on CP.
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Yeah, of course.
So what? You're completely discounting the context of those years. We were rebuilding and through that process Stajan was a consummate professional that helped the team and its young players along while doing his job and and doing it well despite everything going on in his own life.
Was he overpaid? Sure. But its not as though we were desperate for cap space at the time. Engelland was overpaid too, but he, like Stajan, was absolutely perfect for what he brought, how he brought it and when.
If we had Stajan at $3M right now then the tune might be different, but he wasnt the hero we deserved, he was just the one we needed at the time.