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Originally Posted by Monahammer
It is pretty damn interesting, and definitely bucks historical league trends, than TB didn't move mountains to keep their double cup winning, first overall pick captain.
Has that ever really happened before that?
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Stamkos turns 35 in 2 months. Tampa likely saw how teams like Chicago and LA went from cup champs to full rebuild by rewarding all these players. They decided to go get Jake Guentzel who was 29 at the time of signing to be their big money scoring winger as opposed to Stamkos.
Tampa also allegedly offered Stamkos 8x$3M which he declined.
What smart team moves mountains to keep a 35 year old?