Confirmed Signing with Link: [NSH] F Steven Stamkos signs with the Predators (4 years, $8M AAV)

[Seanaconda]

So does this make kucherovs last season more impressive than Mackinnons in hindsight

 

[RogerRogerr]

So does this make kucherovs last season more impressive than Mackinnons in hindsight

Always was.

 

[SoundAndFury]

So does this make kucherovs last season more impressive than Mackinnons in hindsight

I don't think Stamkos's being there or not really made much of a difference. Stamkos did what every offensive forward would have done in that situation, being an option for Kucherov on the PP, that is.

 

[majormajor]

Kucherov was the stir in Tampa and management correctly identified stamkos as expendable.


Looks like they were right

I thought everyone with knowledge of the situation knew that. Stat nerds and Bolts fans were united in saying that Stamkos was a bad 5v5 player.

 

[tabness]

would still take him in Detroit for 4 million if Nashville wants to retain 50%

 

[Oilslick941611]

I thought everyone with knowledge of the situation knew that. Stat nerds and Bolts fans were united in saying that Stamkos was a bad 5v5 player.

To be fair. I don’t pay much attention to Tampa or much of the eastern conference. So no. I didn’t know most people you united on that opinion.

 

[ijuka]

Looks like this guy is cooked.

Well, I'll give him some time, but yeah. Not great. That's a lot of money.

 

[HawksDub89]

Of course he’s cooked lol. He’s 34 lol.

2 years would’ve been reasonable, 4 years was a disaster from the beginning.

 

[GaboriklessWild]

Year 3 and 4 are going to be rough.

The guy has one point and his team is second to last in the standings. I think it's already rough.

 

[BrindamoursNose]

Seen Stamkos?

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Always was.

100%

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

Looks like this guy is cooked.

Well, I'll give him some time, but yeah. Not great. That's a lot of money.

I don't think he looks fully "cooked" to me. He hasn't had great luck so far. He is also being over-used. The team around him isn't meshing. I have seen some "cooked" players recently (Turris, Johansen)... he's not in that category. He should be a solid 30/30 kind of player at this point in his career, with appropriate utilization. Whether that is worth 4x$8M is still debateable. But I don't think it equates to being "cooked".

 

[nturn06]

So does this make kucherovs last season more impressive than Mackinnons in hindsight

Yes, 5-6 games is a big enough sample

 

[LevelingSolo]

The Lightning franchise in the Vinik era has constantly made good decisions, though the choice to move on from Stamkos was controversial at the time it made sense given the age and term he was looking for

 

[Brookbank]

Of course he’s cooked lol. He’s 34 lol.

2 years would’ve been reasonable, 4 years was a disaster from the beginning.

And at 8 aav. One less year than Lecavlair's Philly deal i guess

 

[ijuka]

I don't think he looks fully "cooked" to me. He hasn't had great luck so far. He is also being over-used. The team around him isn't meshing. I have seen some "cooked" players recently (Turris, Johansen)... he's not in that category. He should be a solid 30/30 kind of player at this point in his career, with appropriate utilization. Whether that is worth 4x$8M is still debateable. But I don't think it equates to being "cooked".

A cooked Turris is very different from a cooked Stamkos, though.

 

[Rock Paper Sissons]

It’s been a very small handful of games into the season. Let’s give it some time. Guys get on cold streaks very often l, even when on a team they have been superstars on for years. Stammer is in a new environment for the first time in 16 years. Huge change. Give him a bit of time. Of course we all wanted results immediately but sometimes that’s not the case. Johansen scored his first game with us and turned out to be a waste of $8 million. Give the man some time before we write him off as a brutal contract. Let them all mesh.