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Originally Posted by flamesfan55
Why do the Lighting have such a tough time keeping player. Stamkos may leave, St Louis asked for a trade, now Drouin?? Whats gives.
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all very different situations though. With St. Louis, there were a lot of rumours surrounding him being upset because Yzerman originally didn't pick him for Sotchi, but I'm not sure how true those rumours were. With Stamkos, I believe a lot of it is about money (they don't have a lot of cap space, Kucherov is due for a big raise and others are RFA too) ... I remember that when he signed his current contract, negotiations weren't really smooth either. I firmly believe that he's looking for a Kane/Toews type of deal and I'm pretty sure he won't get that in Tampa. And finally, Drouin is unhappy with his playing time and doesn't seem to be Coopers biggest fan.
So ... three very different scenarios. Don't think there's a problem in general in Tampa, Yzerman has been able to lock up every other core player with relative ease.