Throughout the years there's been countless jobbers here on HfBoards complaining about how awful Stamkos has been in the playoffs. Some of those have been Tampa Bay fans themselves. Stamkos has been seen as inferior to Martin St Louis, the Michael Jordan of Hockey, Kucherov, Hedman, Vasiljevski, Sergachev, Brayden Point and even Ondrej Palat, at least when it comes to the playoffs. Well now Stamkos has finally made it into the all time top 100 in playoff points with 50+51=101 points so far. So it's time to give Stamkos his due and admit that Stamkos is actually pretty good in the playoffs too.
On top of that Stamkos is also a fantastic captain that will go down as one of the greatest leaders of all time, with 2 Stanley cup wins. And not just any Stanley cup wins. It was during a time when most were hiding in their homes afraid of dying that Stamkos was busy leading his team to those cup wins. Brandon Hagel just said the following about Stamkos: “There’s a reason he’s going to go down as one of the best captains in the entire NHL, The guy brings it every single night, pushes his team to the max, and he’s been showing it with his performance on the ice, every single night, every single game so far this series.”
Can't say I'm all that surprised as Stamkos was one of the greatst leaders of all time in his previous life:
And on top of that Stamkos is also making hockey history as he joined the late greats Gordie Howe and Teemu Selanne as the only player to score a goal in the playoffs 4 games in a row after turning 34. Seems like Stamkos might just age like fine wine himself. And he could actually have a lot left in the tank still as Howe and Selanne scored 27 and 26 goals in the playoffs after turning 34. We could actually see Stamkos go down as the best playoff goal scorer of the modern era in that scenario.
On top of that Stamkos is also a fantastic captain that will go down as one of the greatest leaders of all time, with 2 Stanley cup wins. And not just any Stanley cup wins. It was during a time when most were hiding in their homes afraid of dying that Stamkos was busy leading his team to those cup wins. Brandon Hagel just said the following about Stamkos: “There’s a reason he’s going to go down as one of the best captains in the entire NHL, The guy brings it every single night, pushes his team to the max, and he’s been showing it with his performance on the ice, every single night, every single game so far this series.”
Can't say I'm all that surprised as Stamkos was one of the greatst leaders of all time in his previous life:
And on top of that Stamkos is also making hockey history as he joined the late greats Gordie Howe and Teemu Selanne as the only player to score a goal in the playoffs 4 games in a row after turning 34. Seems like Stamkos might just age like fine wine himself. And he could actually have a lot left in the tank still as Howe and Selanne scored 27 and 26 goals in the playoffs after turning 34. We could actually see Stamkos go down as the best playoff goal scorer of the modern era in that scenario.
