Isn't Hayes supposed to be a "tough guy" though? Stafford has none of that in his game.He actually sounds a little bit like Hayes, maybe with a slightly better shot. That's scary, but still worth the flyer.
And comparing Stafford to Ryder is tremendously unfair to Ryder. Ryder was a pretty great goal scorer. Stafford comes no where near his production year by year, and is much less of a threat to create his own offense.