A standout year for Matty Franchise saw him finally find his place, and receive praise for it.
When talking about Matt Stajan, it is really easy to go into his personal story: how he overcame the tragedy of losing a child to become a father again, and still perform on the ice.
Putting that aside, there's been a real change to his game this year. Bob Hartley made him the third - or fourth - line centre, focusing on his defensive strengths and playing to them. With that came a pretty good year for Stajan wearing the flaming C.