from Martin Fennelly of the Tampa Tribune,
Uncertainty about Stamkos’ long-term status is a distraction to this team, this franchise and this player. Do the Lightning really need a distracted captain? Didn’t they try that with Marty St. Louis?
I’m not crazy concerned yet.
The Lightning need Stamkos. I think Stamkos needs the Lightning.
He’s a generational scorer. They’re a young contender.
Deal, please.
But there are a lot of moving parts. Maybe no villains — yet — but moving parts.
Clearly, Don Meehan, whose agency represents Stamkos, wants to break the bank, set the bar high. Jonathan Toews/Patrick Kane high. Those Cup winners’ contract extensions are eight years apiece, $84 million, a $10.5 million cap hit for each of them.
Wonder how the Blackhawks feel about Kane’s off-ice troubles right about now.
Where were we?
Then there’s the Lightning side, where Yzerman has to factor in looming costs.
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