September 29, 2011
Stempniak Back into the Fire
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Talking to Lee Stempniak, you get the feeling the guy could fit in anywhere.
It's a trait that's served the affable Western New Yorker well during an itinerant NHL career that's taken him to four clubs in six years — from St. Louis to Toronto to Phoenix and now Calgary after the Flames acquired him in an August trade with the Coyotes.
The 28-year-old forward seems like the kind of person who, to paraphrase Sloan, sees the good in everything. Example: most folks outside Arizona regard Phoenix as a hockey wasteland, but Stempniak "really enjoyed my time there" as part of a team that averaged 93 points over the last two seasons.
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