When you think about the Calgary Flames, or you're asked by anybody unfamiliar with the team about the core components of the team's rebuild, odds are a few names likely come to mind. The most obvious are the team's young scoring leaders like Johnny Gaudreau, Sam Bennett and Sean Monahan, as well as the players that are part of the leadership core of the team like captain Mark Giordano and alternates Kris Russell, Dennis Wideman, and more recently, also T.J. Brodie.
One player that has fallen into the background a bit, unduly so given his contributions to the club over the past six seasons, is Matt Stajan.