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Originally Posted by mrdonkey
He came over in the Phaneuf deal in December 2009, making him a part of the 2009/10 roster.
Perhaps I misspoke when I said "most" of the 2009 season, but certainly he got the most consistent look there of any center we had that year. I can't remember Langkow's last few years outside of being a fixture on the Bourque/Langkow/Bertuzzi line, but I think he was still firmly the 2C that season. My recollection is that the #1 center and #1 LW spots leading up to the Phaneuf trade was a rotating cast of scrubs with Jokinen getting some games there by default, before being dealt to the Rags shortly after Stajan came in. After which point the #1 line became Hagman/Stajan/Iginla.
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I'm going to do an "um actually" here, please dont hate me.
Um actually, the trade was on january 31st 2010, with just 25 games remaining in the season due to the Olympic break. You're right that Stajan saw a lot of minutes for that year's futile playoff push, but the flames were out of it by game 70-75.