"Obviously, when I look back at my career, am I happy with it? No, I'm not," said Stefan. "Being a No. 1 draft pick certainly doesn't happen to everybody. And as a No. 1 overall pick, you should show that you are one of the best and you try to become one of the best players in the NHL. I was trying to do that, but some things happened. I had a couple of injuries. I didn't live up to the potential of where I wanted to be. But that's life.
"I can look back and wonder about all the bad things, but for me, it happened and I have to move on. I'm 28 years old and I'm still young. I don't want to look back every day and think about how bad a career it was or whether I should have done this or done that. It's over. I wish I could change what happened, but I can't. I just have to move on and live my life."
"I can care less about what other people say about my career," said Stefan. "The worst thing for me was that my son wanted to see me play and he couldn't. So now, at least, I'm still involved with hockey. I take him with me when I meet some of my clients, I take him to games, so a lot of what I'm doing now in my new career is also for my kids because they love the sport."