GDT: 12/14/13 - 7:00PM EDT - Tampa Bay @ New Jersey

[DFC]

So what happens if we get Stamkos back and still go .500 or under because of the lack of secondary scoring? You guys are also assuming Stamkos comes back and plays exactly how he did before he was injured, might wanna lower your expectations from a guy who will have missed 3 months of hockey.

Losing your best player is always going to hurt the team, especially when it's a top-3 player in the game. But I'd like to at least see some resilience, getting shut-out 3 times in 10 games is a flat-out joke. At least if they're scoring they can help back up Stamkos when he comes back, but at the looks of things, all the pressure is going to be on him right when he steps on the ice because this team can't score for ****.

What if the sky falls?

Having a guy like Stamkos takes a lot of pressure off the secondary scoring. We're also banking on our young guys continuing to develop. Maybe that doesn't happen, but the signs are positive. Right now Tyler Johnson is facing opposing team's #1 defenses.

 

[IdealisticSniper]

So what happens if we get Stamkos back and still go .500 or under because of the lack of secondary scoring? You guys are also assuming Stamkos comes back and plays exactly how he did before he was injured, might wanna lower your expectations from a guy who will have missed 3 months of hockey.

Losing your best player is always going to hurt the team, especially when it's a top-3 player in the game. But I'd like to at least see some resilience, getting shut-out 3 times in 10 games is a flat-out joke. At least if they're scoring they can help back up Stamkos when he comes back, but at the looks of things, all the pressure is going to be on him right when he steps on the ice because this team can't score for ****.

It's a domino effect. Stamkos comes back and he draws the toughest coverage and still produces. Then everyone else slides down to lesser coverages and are able to produce more. The same as before Stamkos went down and we had one of the better offenses in the league.

It's not a certainty but it's completely feasible.