Be Stunning If Steven Stamkos Doesn’t Stay With the Tampa Bay Lightning
Dave Pagnotta of The Fourth Interval joined TSN Radio in Montreal, and when requested about Steven Stamkos’s future in Tampa, he acknowledged he could be stunned if he ended up someplace apart from with the Lightning.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
NHL Rumors: Steven Stamkos on Monitor To Stay with the Lightning
Host: “Chatting with Dave Pagnotta Hockey Heaven at 11 Campbell versus Gallo. You already know, the Canadiens are trying to find offense, however another crew is trying to find offense within the offseason. David, a reputation that we already introduced up on this present, and I’m very inquisitive about what his offseason goes to seem like, is Steven Stamkos. How do you see this enjoying out in terms of July 1?”
Dave Pagnotta: “I might be fairly stunned if he’s not carrying a Tampa Bay Lightning uniform initially of subsequent season. Now, to what extent his new deal will finally be? $9.5 million, which is the max cap to hit that Kucherov, Level, and Vasilevskiy have.
So that you’ve acquired to assume that most likely going to be not more than that. Now, it’s a tax-free state. So there’s the advantage of the decrease general cap hit due to that, and so they’re certainly one of six groups that may profit from it, however actually, I’d be fairly stunned if Stammer is some other place.
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Now, may they extend it? Might he hit July 1 and at the least discover choices once more? Definitely, that wouldn’t shock me. That wouldn’t shock me both. However on the similar time, I believe that he’ll finally keep in Tampa. And it’s not simply him they’ve to fret about.
It’s additionally Victor Hedman. Victor has yet one more 12 months on his contract. He’s eligible, similar to all people else who will enter their last 12 months, to signal an extension in July. He’s one other man that’s going to need to be addressed, and with the way in which he’s carried out this season, I imply, that’s virtually as excessive on the precedence checklist as Stamkos’s future is for that group.”