Personally I don't think Stamkos wants to be there.
I think he tests the free agent market unless they are going to make him the highest paid player in the league.
If you are Tampa Bay are you better with Stamkos at $10+ million cap hit, or with that cap money to spend elsewhere + the King's Ransom you would get in return for him at the trade deadline.
In this cap era they may be better suited to try to reinvest that money.
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