Someone needs to ask him why he thought it wasn’t a good move to add (keep) another top 6 winger for as cheap as you’re going to find one. In addition to the leadership, culture, direction, etc Stamkos brought his entire career that he’s now going to bring to a competitor. Grill his ass.
It’s not a one or the other thing between guentzel and Stamkos. It’s the fact we could have had both. And that we preach to be a world class organization, but treat the guy who bled the most blue out of anybody to ever play for us probably like the the shit he did for the organization never mattered. If the guy who has pretty much single-handedly done the most out of any player to play for this team asks for 1 mil more (still a MAJOR DISCOUNT compared to similar players) you give it to him. Not like we are absolutely dying for the space at this precise moment. Could have fit him. Instead, what will we fill that space with? Projects? Could-be’s? They won’t have the same impact, especially in the locker room. It has a profound effect on what we’ve built over the last 15-20 years, and not a good one.
Look at other teams fans reactions as well. They all say Stamkos deserved better.