Pip
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Why aren't more people talking about Steve Stamkos on here?
One thing I don't fully understand, is why more people aren't talking about Steven Stamkos on here?
The Canucks HAVE the cap space (something that all/most elite teams do not), and a signing of Stamkos would have the still-elite Sedin twins move down to the 2nd line (an asset that our fellow bottom feeding teams do not have).
Add to that fact that Boeser and Dubois/Tkachuk will likely be top line forwards, and I think the Canucks could be a solid force in two seasons.
Dubois/Tkachuk-Stamkos-Boeser
Sedin-Sedin-Hansen
Baertschi-Horvat-Sutter
Virtanen-McCann-Dorsett
And again - with Burrows and Miller off the books after this coming season, you can use that cap space on other areas (i.e. a defenseman, re-signing our pending RFA's, whatever).
And then a few seasons after that, when the twins' contracts expire, you can either re-sign the twins for less money, or you can use that $15 million in cap space on whatever.
Stamkos gives the Canucks a legit heir apparent to Henrik. I also don't think it's overly farfetched to believe that Boeser Dubois/Tkachuk will be legit Top 6 forwards in two years.
Even if Stamkos isn't among the best centers in the league, the very fact that you'd have the twins anchoring a 2nd line and Horvat anchoring a 3rd line would give the canucks a very dangerous look up front. And again - that freed up cap space from Burrows and Miller would give us options of defense.
Given Tampa's current post-season success *without Stamkos* there's no way Tampa will offer Stammer the Toews deal. That's where we come in.
#SignStamkosToewsMoney7Years.
