News: Steven Stamkos to hit free agency on July 1st

[dirtydanglez]

how did the bolts f*** this up

 

[dj Mahoney]

I could see Red Wings

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

Really surprised he's heading to UFA. Given his tenure and the tax situation in Florida I thought for sure they'd be able to work out a deal. This seems like a tactic to me. I will be shocked if he leaves Tampa.

an extremely conservative estimate but Stammer has prob made at least 40 mil net of tax, escrow, fees, etc.

Tax for a few years is probably a factor, but low on the totem poll. Difference of a hundred grand / yr or so likely isn’t a big deal, just a sweetener.

Just my 2 cents but to me this is likely about TB desire (or lack of) to keep him and maybe Stammer miffed about not being a priority.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Welcome to Detroit.

 

[NoelVilla]

Interesting. Think he will stay. But Tampa needs to add more pieces so I can see why it's not an easy agreement.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Smart move, Tampa. Was really hoping they'd re-sign him so that they'd have to move younger guys, which I think would have bitten them.

idk I don't think Tampa has a young player that can fill the role he had on the PP last year. A long term contract for Stamkos probably hurts....but in the short term Tampa will hurt not having him putting those Kuch cross seam passes into the back of the net.

 

[Curufinwe]

how did the bolts f*** this up

They didn't. Stamkos wants too much term and they know it would be a bad move.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

They didn't. Stamkos wants too much term and they know it would be a bad move.

I am pretty sure Tampa has just a little over 5 million in cap space for him right now. That isn't a term issue.

 

[Flat Ronnie]

There's no other way to spin this other than JBB is lowballing Stamkos. The Lightning only have $5.3M in space, and he got himself in trouble when he said he thinks that's enough to re-sign him. Stamkos just scored 40G and was the Lightnings best player in the playoffs.

JBB is going to force Stamkos to leave because he's offering a disrespectful offer. This won't look good for JBB at all if this happens.

 

[Wallet Inspector]

Like I said in another thread, Boston should be all over this if Stamkos can still play centre effectively.

 

[Flat Ronnie]

They didn't. Stamkos wants too much term and they know it would be a bad move.

You don't know this at all. If anything, Stamkos wants to work with his team and keep his family in Tampa.

This is dumb.

 

[Beukeboom Fan]

how did the bolts f*** this up

Just IMO on the Bolts - over the last couple of sesaons and going into last off-season they made a lot of hard decisions on who is the "core", and they committed to those guys long term. They hoped that a d-core based around Hedman, Cernak, Sergachev with 3 filler guys would be do-able, and allocated the $'s accordingly. Now, Sergachev gets hurt, but even before that they were struggling. They realized they needed to add a 4th guy, so they went out and were able to get McDonough back.
The only way to get those $'s was Stamkos whose contract was expiring. There other option is trying to move one of the "core" guys they identified, but they committed massive terms to those guys and they'd likely to be tough to move. Add in that SS hasn't been driving play at ES for a long time, and given how results driving and "non-nostalgic" the GM is, that's how the Bolts got to where they are. Just IMO, but I don't think they're all that worried about SS leaving.

 

[Doug Prishpreed]

You don't know this at all. If anything, Stamkos wants to work with his team and keep his family in Tampa.

This is dumb.

Not knowing anything isn’t stopping a lot of people saying he’s being low balled. No one knows why a deal wasn’t made, but everyone is going to have their own suspicions when no one from either side is talking about it.

 

[lowol]

I feel like we've played in that movie already. And I expect the same ending.

Subban for Weber one-for-one? What a crazy half-hour that was.

Reminds me a bit of the Landeskog situation a couple years back that also ended with him re-signing long term.

 

[I am Bettman]

Bruins would be interested probably

 

[BHawk21]

Stamkos should offer a team friendly contract of 2-3 years at $3M to stay in Tampa, finish his career there and avoid moving his family. He's got enough money

But if I'm Montreal, I try to convince him to come play with his friend and mentor St-Louis for 2 years for big money. Habs have plenty of room for the next 2 years and could easily afford adding a $10M, even $12M salary and have space for a top 6 winger. Yeah the Habs are not winning the cup anytime soon, but we are at the point where our core needs some playoffs experience and even if Stamkos is not very useful in the playoffs anymore, he can still score and would definitely help getting in and providing leadership to this young team.

It's a pipe dream for sure...

Why should he take less? Why wouldnt the GM make room for him?

 

[RiverbottomChuck]

he would look so odd in black and gold but I’d take him on the B’s in a heartbeat.

 

[Cenzo_]

Why should he take less? Why wouldnt the GM make room for him?

He should take less in Tampa to allow cap room in order to get a competitive team in Tampa.

 

[Jag68Sid87]

While we may not KNOW for a fact that he is being low-balled, we all have access to the Bolts' cap situation. Some of us like myself are not good with math, but...


BriseBois is probably happy the Capitals bought Cap Friendly. He probably wants Vinik to buy Puck Pedia now too!

 

[LuGBuG]

He’s going to look great in the new Ducks jersey

 

[Canucks LB]

Come to vancouver

 

[BHawk21]

He should take less in Tampa to allow cap room in order to get a competitive team in Tampa.

Completely disagree

 

[Quinton Byfield]

You look at how proactive some teams are at moving out cap, to either retain their players or try to make their team better.

The fact that Tampa is uninterested in doing anything like that, has got to be a kick in the teeth to your captain that has given everything he has to your team.

 

[ViD]

Embarrassing for Tampa

That’s as bad as Pens almost letting Geno walk

 

[JKG33]

Nashville, Carolina, Vegas. But still think he stays in Tampa