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

[Hictor Vedman*]

No fun.

I still think New Jersey would've been better.

Tampa now has almost now money to sign all their players.

Wrong. Bishop is now trade bait. 5.9M as soon as he moves. Put Filppula (5M) in the deal to clear cap and get a few decent pieces back (Dallas I am looking at you once again). That's 10.9M saved. And then, obviously, buy out Carle. 5.5M saved.

So... we have potentially 16M that we can shed pretty easily. But, sure, we have no money.

I do agree with you still that NJ would have been better.

 

[tjs*]

A lot of Leaf fans didn't want him, and what about the Tampa fans that were calling Stamkos ****?

Nobody ever said that he was **** - only that he wasn't worth the money he was going to get. And I still feel that way and am not at all happy with this signing.

 

[ottawa]

The nicest part about Stamkos re-signing is all of the Leafs fans who insisted he wasn't re-signing in Tampa and was going to Toronto now get to eat crow.

I doubt they will, kind of like the people that make avatar bets and don't follow up.

 

[Kelly]

Reading through those Stammergeddon threads on the Tampa board suggested he was declining, inconsistent, liability defensively, one trick pony, tunnel vision, etc.

Now all of a sudden it's "wow" stammer is amazing omg

It's really funny to read.

This contract would be equivalent to what? 11 million in Toronto?

90% of Leaf fans didn't want Stamkos at anything above 10.

 

[luongo321]

Wonder if he settled for less or Yzerman woke up and ponied up the dough

Kinda makes you wonder how much yzerman must have been lowballing him for him to sign at this relatively low amount.

 

[tjs*]

Reading through those Stammergeddon threads on the Tampa board suggested he was declining, inconsistent, liability defensively, one trick pony, tunnel vision, etc.

Now all of a sudden it's "wow" stammer is amazing omg

That is all still true and I don't get the celebration at all. I think this is a horrible signing that will cost the Lightning for years to come.

 

[Deedog]

Lol to all the people thinking he would get more than Toews. Toews is a winner. Stamkos is a good player.

 

[Pyromaniac]

Trade Drouin to the Jets for Trouba.

Jets don't need more wingers.

 

[Puckstuff]

good thing Matthews will be better then a broken Stamkos

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Great contract. That's about right for Stamkos. More than that would have been worth it from a Tampa Bay point of view.

 

[LordKmus]

saved Benning from offering 14M a year

underrated/10

 

[RomanianLeafs]

Lol Leafs fans

we have a franchise center in matthews we are not that upset..but i thought rangers are making space for him hhahaah

 

[Samuel Culper III]

Really great value. 8.5M for Stamkos ends up being great value. It's still a lot of money but given it seemed inevitable he was getting 10-12M, this is a much more manageable cap hit for a guy who can still potentially win a couple of Richards, or at least put up a few 40+ seasons.

 

[Iceman]

Lol to all the people thinking he would get more than Toews. Toews is a winner. Stamkos is a good player.

He would as a free agent, but of course, Toews would get even more as well.

 

[OurlordAndSaviorKuch]

Reading through those Stammergeddon threads on the Tampa board suggested he was declining, inconsistent, liability defensively, one trick pony, tunnel vision, etc.

Now all of a sudden it's "wow" stammer is amazing omg

Like reading the Leafs board it went from sure fire stammer is coming to ohhhhhh nooooooooooo he didn't sign with us I am going to boo him every time he is here......

 

[sayheykid]

I guess Stammer's uncle is full of ****.

As a Lightning fan I'm conflicted. I honestly felt like moving on was the best course for all parties, but 8.5 is probably fair.

 

[FrozenJagrt]

As a Leafs fan, I would like to say to fans that are dumping on us that I'm sorry, but I cannot hear you over the sound of the Auston Matthews hype train.

...

Damn. I didn't think Stamkos would come to Toronto, but I had at least hoped he'd make it to Free Agency so I had something to look forward to on my day off this Friday. Quite disappointed.

 

[garyturner3]

Good contract for TB and the right decision for Stamkos IMO. No matter how much TO tried to justify it, it would have been a shortcut in the rebuild if they signed him which is exactly what they said they were going to avoid this time. The end game is all I'm concerned about as a Leaf fan and I honestly believe we're better off in the long by missing out on him here. Stay the course, be patient and we'll have a team of TB's caliber in no time.

 

[Menzinger]

Good for Stamkos good for the Bomts.

He gave them a discount for the team to stay competitive when he could have gotten more money elsewhere.

Though as a Leaf fan I applaud Bolts management from preventing the Leafs from doing something stupid. Stamkos wasn't a good ft in Toronto, especially not for 10-+ million.

 

[ZeHockeyFan]

So much for a lifetime of free tires from Canadian Tire

 

[Paxon]

good thing Matthews will be better then a broken Stamkos

Didn't realize you'd have had to dump Mathews if you'd signed Stamkos. Sounds like some sour grapes.

 

[puckluck33*]

good thing Matthews will be better then a broken Stamkos

Matthews will be lucky to get 50 points ....not even in the same league as stamkos.

 

[dire wolf]

This is great news. I was terrified that Buffalo would offer stupid money here.

 

[sayheykid]

Kinda makes you wonder how much yzerman must have been lowballing him for him to sign at this relatively low amount.

This was the offer reported months ago. Yzerman didn't budge.

 

[1865]

People saying sign and trade. When was the last time that actually happened?!