The son of Hockey Hall of Famer player Peter Stastny, Paul Stastny had a damned good career in his own right.
Paul was born in Quebec City but spent most of his childhood in the United States, where he led the University of Denver to an NCAA Championship. Stastny was fortunate to stay in the city, as the Colorado Avalanche used a Second-Round Pick to take the Center. Over the first four seasons, it looked like he could be one of the greats.
Blessed with great ice vision, Statsny scored 78 Points as a rookie and finished second to Pittsburgh’s Evgeni Malkin for the Calder. It was followed by a 71-point year, and two years later after he missed a lot of time in 2008-09 from an arm injury, he had his best season in 2009-10, with 79 Points while finishing 23rd in Hart Trophy voting. Stastny played in the 2011 All-Star Game, his only, but he never broke 60 Points again.
Stastny was still a good player and a solid playmaker, but he was not going to be a megastar. He signed with St. Louis in 2014 and later played for Winnipeg (twice), Vegas and Carolina. Over 1,145 Games, Stastny accumulated 822 Points, a number that showed that the apple did not fall too far from the tree.
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