First of all it’s no secret he wants to stay in TB. He’ll compromise to a point to stay there. If he moves on he could likely sign with a cup contender almost in his back yard. But maybe somehow that doesn’t work either.
The Ducks literally did that with Scott Niedermayer and he got them a Cup the next season.
We have lots of guys under 30; what they need is to learn how to play like champions. Stamkos can teach that, just as Niedermeyer did.
Reinhardt or trade for a necas who fits our timeline. We already have enough vets. This top 6 right wing should fit our timeline and be a player we’re very excited to be adding. To get the fan base more than just excited for 2-3 seasons of elder play.
Yeah last time we handed the C to a former multiple cup winner UFA who never played for us it wasn’t very effective. Only made the WCF in year one and couldn’t even sweep our way to the cup the next year! We lost like 5 games that playoffs! Pathetic!
Reinhardt is going to happen and it shouldn't. Paying him 10+ mil would break our cap structure and honestly likely be an albatross at some point.
Carlsson is a pass first and second dude. Zegras doesn’t have the shot to be a 30+ goal scorer. Big Mac could be a 30 goal 70pt guy next season if things develop right for him. We desperately need a true elite goal scorer on this team. That’s not weak mental midget Terry. Terry is a 60-70pt guy that had 1 fluke high goal scoring season. None of the above players will make more or to much more than around what Terry makes currently for their next contracts.cap will keep rising The time is now for Reinhardt if he’s our guy. The forward verbeek brings in will help cutter develop properly maybe on the 2nd/3rd line instead of being rushed to top line duties
I'm impressed that you managed to fit so many separate terrible takes into a single post.
Ya sorry man. We just disagree on basically everything you have said.
Sure Zegras mac and carlsson at 8m per is reasonable, that means they kept maturing and developing their games as they should it’s on par with terrys 7m. I meant to infer they probably won’t be making Reinhardt money. Maybe in between Rein and Terry money. Zegras shot isn’t elite he’s more of a playmaker also. My point is, we definitely need another true goal scorer on this team. I also feel that verbeek is trying to build a culture of “ team friendly deals” so we can add a piece like Reinhardt and pay all the youngsters we still have.
I could see that. The player we bring in imho won’t be a player with any injury history and probably won’t be Stamkos or marchessault given their age. I think if he doesn’t find the right fit age wise he tries and trade for this player. Ie necas.
I like the player but that’s a very risky contract for someone that plays like he does while providing minimal offense.
The dollar amount given the offense is a bit concerning but stylistslly I think he's a great fit. That being said he seems pretty unique to them and not easily replaced so I have a hard time seeing them move him. Especially as his cap isn't exactly hurting them. I think it's fans wanting to keep their more expensive flashy players at the expense of their good depth role players. He's one of the players why Tampa isn't Toronto IMO.
Seriously. The Ducks can do stupid stuff as long as the contract end after the 2025-26 season it really doesnt matter.
If we are giving him that high of an AAV, there can’t be a 3rd year. Having 36 year old Stamkos take up ~10% of our cap when we have to give new contracts to Zegras, Carlsson, Gauthier, Zellweger, and Mintyukov is a risk that I don’t think we need to take. Stamkos isn’t my first choice, but if he’s willing to take a 2 year deal, then I would be more interested.
Yeah agreed. Offer him 2X10 and see what Happens…
