Confirmed Signing with Link: [TB] Tampa re-signs Stamkos 8 years, 8.5AAV

[TheGroceryStick]

But wait.......THERE'S MOOOOOOREEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Joe MacMillan]

What a letdown.

Hall for Larsson

Wow

Subban for Weber

Double wow

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TB resigns Stamkos

meh

 

[KingWantsCup]

This is the greatest day in HFboards history

I will never forget this day.

 

[Albi34]

Que "We didn't want him anyway" and "Lou and Shanny would get him if they truly wanted him".

Either way, I'm still cautious, glad it's not north of $10 at least. He needs to adapt better if he wants to win the Stanley Cup.

It seems pretty split on leafs fans who did/did not want him before this news. I think 99% would have been happy to have him with that cap hit though. thats an amazing deal for tampa.

 

[The Lewler]

Lol wut

 

[Crede777]

Looks like Stamkos is going home. And his home is Tampa Bay.

 

[Horse McHindu]

After the year Lightning fans had to go through over this ordeal, this is a nice happy ending. No more vulturing.

Time to get Kucherov done.

Will you guys be able to afford Kucherov?

 

[Hictor Vedman*]

This day...is just unbelievable. No one here can say that they didn't expect Stamkos to test free agency.

He did test it. He listened to the offers. And he decided to resign with the team that he was drafted with for almost the rest of his career.

I think it's pretty telling that one of your star players wants to test free agency but reups with you quickly.

 

[Pyromaniac]

Great contract, now hopefully we sign Kuch to 6.5 or so for 8 and unload some dead weight like Carle this offseason

Carle is staying I am going to guess. High cap hit with term as well. It's going to take significant piece to get rid of that.

 

[Brewsky]

He actually took the hometown discount!

Remember when people were saying there's no such thing?

 

[kp61c]

so kucherov walks out on them, nice

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

Happy about this, good deal for both sides, albeit still a bit high for Stamkos. They're my early pick for 2017 cup.

 

[oobga]

Stamkos left money on the table for sure. Although, maybe not that much after taxes.

 

[rick hawk]

Kane and Toews could afford to live on anything less than 10.5.

 

[wingsnut19]

Good for Stamkos, I hope that he can prove his critics wrong in Tampa.

 

[robertocarlos]

Stamkos signed for the right amount of dollars. He knows he isn't a 12 million dollar player. He was worth $10 plus before he broke his leg.

 

[The Macho King]

Carle is staying I am going to guess. High cap hit with term as well. It's going to take significant piece to get rid of that.

He's either traded or bought out. No way he's on the roster.

Buy out is only 1.8 against the cap.

 

[fsanford]

He actually took the hometown discount!

Remember when people were saying there's no such thing?

Actually 8.5 is probably the equivalent of 10 million in California, or Illinois, I have no idea of what 8.5 would be in Canada based on the tax rate..

 

[Man Bear Pig]

Que "We didn't want him anyway" and "Lou and Shanny would get him if they truly wanted him".

Either way, I'm still cautious, glad it's not north of $10 at least. He needs to adapt better if he wants to win the Stanley Cup.

Before spewing this ignorance, you should really look at polls with Leafs fans. Plenty of us didn't want him at the likely price tag it would have taken(10+ million/season). But nobody here cares about that or will bother looking it up. The fanbase was split.

 

[DFC]

I like the #, but this deal makes me nervous. The only good thing about it is all the tears in Toronto right now.

 

[gilfaizon]

He did test it. He listened to the offers. And he decided to resign with the team that he was drafted with for almost the rest of his career.

I think it's pretty telling that one of your star players wants to test free agency but reups with you quickly.

Would be much more telling to not let it get that far, like many of the stars in the league.

 

[Soundgarden]

But but but... Toronto. Lol, good for Tampa.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Excellent deal. TSN and Sportsnet are probably sad considering the ridiculous hype the Stamkos to Toronto fantasy was getting that they stirred up.

 

[mcleex]

With all the things going the Leafs way this off-season this was bound to happen. I feel betrayed

 

[JLarucci23]

Thought he could have got about 2 mil more.. Surprised he diddnt try.