CrazedArabMan
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NHL February 2016 |OT| Parlez-vous tankçais?
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Oh boy
This is what I would do in highschool when I knew I would be too hungover to come in the next day.
He really keeps drowning his reputation with garbage like this.
ZeroGravity
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Believe it or not, Stamkos leaving isn't the end of the world for the Lightning.
What a dummy dum dum
Loooooooool
CreeperBlocks
Banned
Hey there's a game on.
Probably not as high-scoring as yesterday, though.
you're about to lose a 25 year old 2 times Richard trophy winner for NOTHING, it kind of is
Article about how Lindros is handling retirement, and the effect he had on player safety in the NHL.
http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/t...appy-after-blazing-a-trail-for-player-safety/
http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/t...appy-after-blazing-a-trail-for-player-safety/
ZeroGravity
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If he was still the same kind of player who could actually win a Richard trophy, I might be a bit more concerned.
He's having an off season, would you really be that surprised to see him score 50 again next year?
I think you're kinda in denial right now
alexthekid
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You might say that it is pretty bad to end up in this situation to begin with, but if Stamkos was looking for free agency there wasnt much to do. Especially with the upcoming contracts extensions they got.
And I especially cant understand when people talk about then trading him soon. Why would he be worth more as a rental to anyone else than to the lightnings this playoff?
I don't disagree with you, if they really think they can make it this year they should keep him around for the playoffs. I just don't think they're winning the cup this year, so to me it's a huge waste.
Does anyone think they'll come out of the East? It obviously a lot harder for Yzerman to say, "We'll we won't win the East anyways, lets move him" to management who wants that playoff revenue, so I get he's not going to try and move him, but if he does walk at the end of the year I would be pissed as a Lightning fan.
ShadowSoldier89
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at the moment the only team that looks poised to do anything in the east is washington, but its hockey, anything can happen as long as you make the playoffs
rental is always a gamble, but in gambling odds are important and the odds are stacked against Tampa
they're alright, but this is not the year and losing Stamkos will sadly set them back
Other than the Caps who are the clear favourites (and they're always at risk to pull a Caps) I still think Tampa has a better shot than anyone else in the East. They've been playing some great hockey since they got healthy.
Besides, even if they only make it as far as the ECF that's as many as 12 home playoff dates. Pretty valuable to a small market team's finances.
Besides, even if they only make it as far as the ECF that's as many as 12 home playoff dates. Pretty valuable to a small market team's finances.
This is such a garbage cliche, and one that Bergevin always repeats that drives me crazy. Kings are the only team in a long time to win the cup in the last 15 years by just barely getting into the playoffs, it's such a dumb leap of logic to try and justify making a move / not making a move.
Kuro Madoushi
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I'm not sure I want Stamkos at what he thinks he's worth. I kinda like building through the draft and not handicapping our cap after we've done so much to fix it.
Oh yeah, Burrows will solve those goal scoring problems!
MultiJhonny
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Does he grind enough for Therrien though? That is the main question
Also how is his second guessing?
CreeperBlocks
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Can Stamkos Grind?
$10M is the limit of what I would call "fair value", and I'm pretty sure he's going to get more than that
Just saying the people who think he's no longer one of the best goal scorers in the league are probably wrong
ShadowSoldier89
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I do realize its mainly just the kings recently, but it does happen. From the point of view of tampa, itd be absolutely foolish to make a move because their team has a semblance of a chance and Stamkos would be a key if it works out. Any other team should be all over stamkos as a rental if they can afford
I want him too, just not at $12M, which he'll command and get. I'd pay him if he were in the $8-9M range, but fuck that noise at $12M. Fucking Brad Rat Face Marchand has more goals than Stamkos this year. Also, Stamkos' PPG has dropped from 1.18 the season pre-injury to 0.76 this season.
Lone_Prodigy
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I love how the Canucks and Sharks have not played a single game against each other this season. Their first matchup is Feb. 28. 5 games in just over a month.
A division rival. A short flight up from LA and Anaheim. Excellent scheduling by the NHL.
A division rival. A short flight up from LA and Anaheim. Excellent scheduling by the NHL.
alexthekid
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I don't "think" that they are coming out of the east either, I think that Caps will. But by that logic, what would the return be since the team trading for him "probably wont come out of their conference" either.
But seriously I think that they are a contender, and a much bigger one with Stammer still on the team. Being able to spread out goalscoring in the playoff is what makes you able to survive even when top players go through dry spells.
But most important of all. I don't think that trading him will give them a bigger chance on a cup in the coming years than they have this year. They have a lot of young talent so I wont say that there window is closing. But it sure isn't opening more when you have players leaving contracts like:
Stamkos: 7.5 m
Hedman: 4 m
Kucherov 0.6 m
In the coming years with players like Callahan and Carle signed to longer deals (than those above) for over 5 m.
MultiJhonny
Banned
We didn't play the Pens until a couple weeks ago.
It doesn't though really. Aside from the Kings, every other team that has won the cup in the last decade has been dominant in the regular season and almost always finished at the top of the league. Sure it can happen, but the odds of it happening are so low.
Like I already said, I get why Yzerman / Management wants to keep him. You can't tell your fan base you're moving him because the odds of you going all the way are slim.
Save all these to quote me when Stamkos is lifting the cup this spring.
i'll go to 10M for his cute butt, but i'm also aware he's getting 12...
Not to mention, even if we did get Stamkos, and even if he didn't decline further, he's a) going to be ruined under Michel Therrien and b) have no one to set him up.
We can't build the team around the fact that Therrien is still here. It's too cynical and it'll lead to nothing good
MultiJhonny
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MultiJhonny
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It is known
Lone_Prodigy
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NHL trying to promote some late-season rivalries in the race for a playoff spot, I bet.
CreeperBlocks
Banned
Yup
There's not going to be a good ending for this season. We will draft a bust and Therrien will still have a job by the end of this season and next.
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