Stamkos is cooked

[Summer Rose]

Everyone here maybe. We’re not sitting on tens of millions of dollars already.

I think that’s kind of irrelevant personally. Especially if you frame it as Nashville offering a hell of a lot more in terms of a percentage. It’s not like the Bolts offered him $4m for 4 years and he took $4.25m for 4 years elsewhere.

 

[JPT]

Will fans show up if the club signals they are rebuilding?

It's not 2007 anymore

 

[Brookbank]

Older GMs and owners are unaware and in denial about how much time has passed them by. It is part of the aging process.

Stamkos was cooked. But the GM got caught up with the name. Stamkos. Same thing happened in Formula 1. Lewis hamilton is a 40 year old boat anchor

 

[Brookbank]

You really can't blame anyone but market conditions.
Almost anyone in Stammer's shoes would pick 8 x 4 with Nashville instead of 3 x 6 with Tampa or whatever they offered him.

Not Crosby and many others.

 

[shello]

Silly pro scouting by Nashville. Stamkos has always been a good player, but hardly a line driver himself. Went from Marty St.Louis to Kucherov and that’s okay. In fact, he’s always excelled as that type of player. But Stamkos chose this route, went for the money and bet on himself instead of being realistic

 

[hockfan1991]

He scored 40 last year and is still pacing for 25 this year, he can still be useful given the right situation. There are guys that have played 10+ years in the NHL that have never scored 25.

Exactly, they also dont make 8m so they don't come with the same expectation, totally different conversation.

To whom much is given much is expected.

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Silly pro scouting by Nashville. Stamkos has always been a good player, but hardly a line driver himself. Went from Marty St.Louis to Kucherov and that’s okay. In fact, he’s always excel as that type of player. But Stamkos chose this route, went for the money and bet on himself instead of being realistic

What benefit is there to not taking the contract?

 

[shello]

What benefit is there to not taking the contract?

Benefit for Stamkos you mean? No real benefit to not accepting Nashville's contract. His legacy won't be tarnished that much once he's retired. He'll still have his number retired in Tampa Bay and will always be remembered for his time as a bolt.

As a fan of the game I like to think he cares more about his legacy and winning with Tampa than chasing clout, but hey I'm sure the guy has expensive bills to pay and he's gotta capitalize on these contracts when he can.