10. Paul Stastny
Whether or not someone thinks Paul Stastny was worth the money paid to him is their own matter. That’s not what we are here to discuss.
What cannot be denied is that Stastny was a good center. We all expected very good to great, but Stastny was still quite good.
Stastny averaged 43 points per season while in St. Louis, which is a number brought down by injury and trade. The one time Stastny managed to play a full season, he scored 53 points. Unfortunately for Blues fans, that was the year he was traded and played 19 regular season games with Winnipeg.
Stastny never lived up to the hype of coming home to St. Louis or the contract he signed. He also had too much pressure put on him to be a number one center when the team lacked depth down the middle and his partnership with Vladimir Tarasenko never took off.
Despite his detractions, he was a solid representative of St. Louis and played hard for the Blues.