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Originally Posted by Parallex
Why on earth would Toronto do that? They won't make the playoffs this year (with or without Stamkos) so why not just ride out the season and get Stamkos for free on July 1?
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Because why would Tampa let it get to that? I'd imagine if they can't get him to agree to a new contract before July 1st, they'll beg him to waive his NMC/NTC and get traded.
I mean, that has to be preferable from his point of view. Gets him out of an organisation that he clearly doesn't want to be with sooner and he has a good chance of having a deep play off run if he goes to a team like the Rangers, Habs etc. And the risk Toronto runs in not moving for him first is that he might get traded to another team and agree to sign a new deal with them. Would Toronto's long suffering fans take missing out on him?