SAN JOSE — This trail of advice can be traced to some of the Calgary Flames’ franchise greats, although Matt Stajan was in Toronto when it was passed along to him.
As a rookie centre with the 2003-04 Maple Leafs, Stajan was playoff-bound.
First of many, right?
“We had a very veteran team and I was a young guy, and I remember Gary Roberts saying: ‘Guys, we have a chance to do something special here. Let’s really enjoy this and take advantage of it, because you don’t know when you’re going to be back in this position,’ ” Stajan recalled.