There is still value in 40 goals, no matter how you get them.Very well said.
"Taking emotional connection out of business.decisions, which this is, is what a good GM has to do at times for the overall betterment of the team." this is exactly what many Bolts fans seem to forget.
I'm honestly proud to have a GM that has the balls of doing a move that is emotionally unpopular, but that objectively is the right choice in order to have a team as competitiveas possible.
Stamkos even strenght game became awful in the last couple of seasons, and so his decisions with the puck on the stick when on the PP. Still a deadly shot when dished the puck, but not much to like anymore outside of that sadly.
If Stamkos was asking for 7 or 8, obviously we weren't in a position to do it. But if it was 6 or less, I think we could have found a way to get it done.