What if.. Stamkos actually does have his best days behind him? Let's say his season continues on it's current projection and he finishes with a merely respectable twenty to thirty goals. What the hell happens then? Does a team still sacrifice everything on a bid for his star power?
He, on a surface value does seem to be declining rather sharply. I know he's only twenty five, but these stars fade fast once their toolboxes are damaged. Players like Stamkos have been scoring goals in the same fashion their entire hockey careers, and once they find that they physically are unable to complete the same moves that were once so effortless to them, they fall back to earth. Not only on a physical level, but a mental one as well.
I say the next team that takes on Stammer, has a project on their hands.
