Stamkos Situation Continues to Be Puzzling. There is an amazing amount of nothingness right now being talked about when it comes to Steven Stamkos. So much so that the Montreal and Toronto rumors have to be considered much more seriously than they have been until now. At the end of the day Toronto would have to move Mitch Marner to make this happen I'm told. That really doesn't make any sense to me...but it's out there

Stamkos is staying put. Tampa is always tight-lipped with negotiations. No leaks or credible rumors means there is work going on behind the scenes. Expect a couple of moves to make cap space and then an announcement that Stamkos is going to resign.

Stamkos is staying put. Tampa is always tight-lipped with negotiations. No leaks or credible rumors means there is work going on behind the scenes. Expect a couple of moves to make cap space and then an announcement that Stamkos is going to resign.
- GalacticStone

Maybe. But those will need to be major moves to afford Stamkos.

Stamkos is staying put. Tampa is always tight-lipped with negotiations. No leaks or credible rumors means there is work going on behind the scenes. Expect a couple of moves to make cap space and then an announcement that Stamkos is going to resign.
- GalacticStone

Yeah, I don't buy those rumors either.

I don't see him being traded to Montreal at all ... we are a team in reconstruction, his age doesn't fit with what we're building. By the time we're competitive again, he'll be ready to retire.

Also he would likely want to go to a contender.

Rumour is that Brisebois and Zitto have been sending each other messages whilst intensively eye balling each other during games 4-7 of the SCF. Brisebois promises to teach Zitto how to pull a Kucherov while defending your title. Bob and Tkachuk about to announce serious injuries. In exchange Zitto will trade take back a bad contract allowing JB to resign Stamkos at just above market value

Maybe. But those will need to be major moves to afford Stamkos.
- jfkst1

Wrong...you just don't get it do you.

Vancouver is searching for scoring to play with Pettersson and willing to put up 9 mil a season. A 3 year deal of 9 mil a season?

i do not understand why its puzzling, either you sign him or let him walk; to me its very straightforward!!!

Let's just appreciate this one.

Ek makes up rumors about Toronto and Montreal, then waits and makes up no new rumors, and then tells us because he didn't make any rumors up for a while that we now have to take the original rumors seriously?

That's so good. I love this site.