Stamkos is cooked

[hotpaws]

He should ask Tavares to borrow his wellness amulet

he should also ask to borrow Marner

 

[EpochLink]

Nashville did really poor pro scouting this offseason, all they say was ZOMG STAMKOSZZZ was available and gave him a retirement contract.

Did they just see highlights on ESPN thinking he was able to produce with the Preds like he did with the Bolts? Stamkos on the PP is brilliant but his 5 on 5 is basura at best.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

Everyone knew the guy was cooked, he was cherry picking points off Kucherov and Point last year. Those guys got Jake Guentzel and are destroying the league points wise while Stamkos is in the basement with Nashville on a bloated deal.

 

[DFC]

Were they ever? I thought the consensus was that it was a shame to see a deal not get done, but the price he wanted didn't make sense for the impact he had on games.

Rumor broke out that Stamkos was asking for 4m and TB was offering 2. There was some anger over that. It now seems like 4m was never a real offer from Stamkos.

We always figured it would make us better 5v5 to lose him. Honestly, I figured the PP wouldn't miss a beat, because it never did when Stamkos missed months at a time. It did struggle to begin this year, but I think we are 4th in the league now?

It's a sad end, because Stamkos meant so much to the franchise as a person. But most TB fans could see that a lot of his numbers were smoke and mirrors.