Steven Stamkos now and in the future: net positive, net negative, or roughly somewhere in the middle?

[Viqsi]

I think he’s a net negative, not somewhere in the middle. That option is too hyperbolic, if you’re looking for a credible poll.

Credible? HF?

 

[sr edler]

Problem with Stamkos this season is that Nashville's played him as if he's Stamkos from 10 years ago. Sometimes, nostalgia and name-recognition is a helluva drug.

If a loaded team used him as a designated PP-sniper, I guess he could still be a fairly deadly weapon (?).

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

Problem with Stamkos this season is that Nashville's played him as if he's Stamkos from 10 years ago. Sometimes, nostalgia and name-recognition is a helluva drug.

If a loaded team used him as a designated PP-sniper, I guess he could still be a fairly deadly weapon (?).

Yeah, you need the "loaded team" caveat.... he's ok as a PP-sniper for Nashville, although his 25-28 goals aren't really going to be "deadly", since he has no Kucherov feeding him in order for him to get any more than that. But the first sentence is bang-on.

 

[gritdash60]

I like Stamkos, maybe too much but voted net positive and key contributor.

 

[Mirka the Turka]

He's been a negative for years propped by the Tampa Bay machine

 

[bov]

The cap rising should help. He may not be a superstar but he's a true pro and will do everything he can to play at a high level for the remainder of this deal. Bit of a rough first season in Nashville but that's such a massive change to deal with, I don't think it's a complete shock to see him struggle a bit. Too proud of a player to fall off the map imo, unless the body fails. He has bounced back from adversity so many times where it looked like he might be done. Not saying it's a good cap hit but he deserves at least a full season and maybe a portion of the next before calling him a net negative.