Matt Stajan article

[dash]

Okay, you can argue that the Flames have overpaid for Stajan with a 4 year, $14 million contract, but the following paragraph is nonsense...

Sure, Stajan is a decent player with good hockey sense but he's never scored more than 57 points in an NHL season. Making $3.5 million a year, he will be expected to produce at a point-per-game pace to fulfill the lofty contract, anything less and he could fall out of favor rather quickly, making his huge contract an albatross. Expecting Stajan, who will turn 27 next year, to all of a sudden put up consecutive 80-point seasons is asking too much. At his age, he is what he is.

If Sutter and even Flames fans were expecting 80+ points from Stajan, he'd be making over $6 million a season. Looks like another Toronto based hockey writer with his head up his you-know-what (what a surprise).

CANOE -- SLAM! Sports - Hockey NHL - Calgary- Stajan a tough fit with Flames

 

[TOX1]

Ah yes....the good ol hometown bias is alive and well, eh Dash?

 

[puckhead]

yeah, you see a lot of 80 point players at $3.5 mill.
all up and down the Leafs roster, for example. oh wait.....

look to the Darkstone formula: y = 5.3293x
(where x is the ppg and y is the player's salary in millions of dollars.)
He should get decent ice time, I'd reckon about 50 points ? (correct me if I'm, off base Dash)
50 / 82 * 5.3293 = $3.25m. whaddya know, seems about right.

 

[dash]

I think you're pretty much bang on puck, if Stajan put us 55-60 points, I'd be quite happy. Anything more than that is a bonus, in my opinion.