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

[Brock Radunske]

I bet Sportsnet and TSN are losing their minds right now...UFA kick off is going to be brutal

 

[LeafsNation149]

Lol Tampa fans saying they wanted him gone probably love this deal

 

[The Thin White Duke]

Glad he isn't coming to Toronto at 10+. Good to see HF hasn't already flip-flopped from "enjoy your boat anchor contract for a 60 point player" to "hahaha see no one wants to go to Toronto" though, keep up the consistency guys! Certainly paying 8.5*8 for "maybe Tampas 5th most important player" isn't wise?

 

[CatsforReinhart]

8.5M is a steal imo Leafs could have just gave him 9.1

Leafs can only give 7 years. Leafs would have to give 12m to equal 8.5

 

[Mugzy97]

How many times do Toronto have to be rejected before they realize nobody wants to go there?

I wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't even on the leafs radar

 

[AuraSphere]

Disappointed he didn't hit UFA, not really looking forward to July 1st

 

[uncleben]

What a STEAL if this is true.





This ruins all of the free agent fun!

 

[Horse McHindu]

Stamkos sure is leaving a lot of money on the table. But he's where he should be I suppose.

When you factor in living costs, head, and taxes, he really isn't. Very marginal. On top of that, Stamkos has been rumored to not want such a gargantuous offer from *insert team near Windsor Ontario here* due to the fact that such a large cap hit would make it difficult for said team to build a winner.

 

[Phion Keneuf]

sign and trade

lol fair deal, good on TBL

 

[crashnburnluder]

Sign and trade??? Lol is there still hope in Detorit hahaha

 

[Esq]

Just when you think more can't occur within 60 minutes...

 

[cyris]

wait...wasn't he in Toronto?

Well his off season home is in Toronto and so is his agents office so yea he probably is.

Thank god the Stamkos saga is over. Now I will have to listen to my fellow Leaf fans move on to pinning all their hopes on Tavares. I almost feel bad for Islander fans. They will have to put up with it for at least a year before they re-sign him. Sorry guys lol.

 

[ArGarBarGar]

Lol Tampa fans saying they wanted him gone probably love this deal

Well the original speculation was he was getting paid 10+ mil.

8.5 in comparison feels like peanuts.

 

[Flyotes]

He must really like it in Tampa.

 

[TheLeastOfTheBunch]

Would've loved him at that price

 

[AINEC*]

I wonder if Tampa fans still think he's trash?

Great deal for Stevie Y. Not sure why it took so long. Good weather, no fan/media pressure, and no taxes sure help.

 

[Cootsfanclub]

Tampa is gonna win a cup as soon as Drouin goes super saiyan.

 

[sabresfan129103]

Awesome deal. Very happy for Tampa.

 

[Danko]

ho hum...

 

[thekernel]

In 5 years, salary inflation will make this one of the best contracts in the league.

 

[Swervin81]

Honestly, I'm bummed that he went for this little... I was totally fine with $9M and below. This is a great deal for Tampa.

Well, he put winning as priority number 1, can't hate on the guy for that.

 

[Filatov2Kovalev2Bonk]

So Stamkos for Bozak+ on Friday then?

 

[sabresEH]

Can he do a sign and trade?

Just wondering as I was under the impression he couldn't but my co-worker says it would be allowed. What is the actual rule?

 

[Hockeyfan6781]

Coming from a Sabres fan, any Sabres, Leafs, Red Wings, etc fan saying they didn't want him anyhow at $8.5m is lying to himself. That's a fair deal that any team could work with.

8.5per is a no brainer 11-12 per ehhh

 

[Ari91]

That's a great cap hit for Tampa. It would seem that Stamkos left money on the table because he knows the open window the team has to get to a Cup (possibly more than once).

As a Leafs fan, it would have been cool but I'm totally cool with the outcome. I was looking forward to the new season and watching the young kids in Toronto regardless. Congrats Tampa. Great deal - now go on and get that Cup next year.