News Article: Stamkos favours tweet linking him to the leafs

[Byron Bitz]

http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/steven-stamkos-as-a-leaf-less-of-a-long-shot-than-youd-think/

I'v been saying for a long time that signing Stamkos is our best chance at a cup in the near future, its never been a popular opinion around here. He is probably gonna re-sign with tampa but there is a chance he could come home to toronto. My reasons why he might sign in toronto are:
- He grew up a die hard leafs fan
- He spends his offseason here and has many friends and family here
- He has better endorsement opportunities here
- The leafs have a stronger young core than tampa (minus stamkos), and he would have a better chance of winning here. Im sure some will argue otherwise.
- Now we can add him favouring the tweet to this list.

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[Cor]

breaking news....

 

[Community]

Man... If I was a famous athlete I feel like it would be so much fun doing stuff like this and screwing around with fanbases

All you have to do is favourite a tweet and it gets 100,000+ people discussing it!

 

[Swervin81]

Making something out of nothing. Our media, everyone!

 

[Stephen]

Make like Clarkson and come home to Toronto. But hold the suck.

 

[Peace Frog]

http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/steven-stamkos-as-a-leaf-less-of-a-long-shot-than-youd-think/

I'v been saying for a long time that signing Stamkos is our best chance at a cup in the near future, its never been a popular opinion around here. He is probably gonna re-sign with tampa but there is a chance he could come home to toronto. My reasons why he might sign in toronto are:
- He grew up a die hard leafs fan
- He spends his offseason here and has many friends and family here
- He has better endorsement opportunities here
- The leafs have a stronger young core than tampa (minus stamkos), and he would have a better chance of winning here. Im sure some will argue otherwise.
- Now we can add him favouring the tweet to this list.

Other than the last point, you could have said the exact same things about Rick Nash. He even made it to UFA status and chose to go elsewhere.

 

[Peace Frog]

Make like Clarkson and come home to Toronto. But hold the suck.

 

[EastVan]

http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/steven-stamkos-as-a-leaf-less-of-a-long-shot-than-youd-think/

I'v been saying for a long time that signing Stamkos is our best chance at a cup in the near future, its never been a popular opinion around here. He is probably gonna re-sign with tampa but there is a chance he could come home to toronto. My reasons why he might sign in toronto are:
- He grew up a die hard leafs fan
- He spends his offseason here and has many friends and family here
- He has better endorsement opportunities here
- The leafs have a stronger young core than tampa (minus stamkos), and he would have a better chance of winning here. Im sure some will argue otherwise.
- Now we can add him favouring the tweet to this list.

Tampa has a lot of young talent I think.

 

[Teeder9]

Man... If I was a famous athlete I feel like it would be so much fun doing stuff like this and screwing around with fanbases

All you have to do is favourite a tweet and it gets 100,000+ people discussing it!

#favorited

 

[Zaled]

Making something out of nothing. Our media, everyone!

Some articles (like this one) are just so ridiculous, that they really do make you facepalm.

 

[a a ron]

Might as well pencil him in as our second line centre

 

[Stephen]

Tampa has a lot of young talent I think.

Tampa's got a lot of young talent that could also be a lot of question marks. Last summer the Leafs and Sens looked pretty good too.

The Lightning have a goalie in Ben Bishop who just had a career year. Is he the real deal? Will Johnson and Palat fizzle out like so many Leafs sophomores? Is Drouin going to have a smooth transition into the NHL? What's the downgrade from St. Louis to Callahan going to look like over 82 games or two seasons? Garrison was overpaid and that's why the Canucks dumped him. Not sure I'd want to pay Anton Stralman $4.5 million a year.

 

[Kamal007]

Steve Stamkos, the boy wonder of the Sarnia Sting, wants to be a Maple Leaf. Badly.

"To be a Leaf would be a dream come true," said Stamkos, who already has 80 points in just 46 games. "I idolized the Leafs growing up. I've always been a Leafs fan.

"I'm not going to lie to you. I've checked out the NHL standings. I pay attention to where the Leafs sit. I know they're near the bottom of the standings. The chance of (getting picked by them) definitely is in the back of my mind."

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Columnists/Zeisberger/2008/02/11/4839861-sun.html

Never forget

 

[Kb21]

Keep dreaming. We won't sign a significant ufa until we get good.

 

[Territory]

http://slam.canoe.ca/slam/columnists/zeisberger/2008/02/11/4839861-sun.html

never forget

never forget!

 

[Pyromaniac3]

Why stop there? Why not Tavares and Subban as well?

Our centre depth would be amazing: Bozak-Stamkos-Tavares

 

[Mystifo]

Why stop there? Why not Tavares and Subban as well?

Our centre depth would be amazing: Bozak-Stamkos-Tavares

Somehow Bozak is our #1C still though.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Why stop there? Why not Tavares and Subban as well?

Our centre depth would be amazing: Bozak-Stamkos-Tavares

What's with the love for Bozak? If we ever got centres of that caliber, he wouldn't be playing ahead of them I'll tell you that much.

 

[htpwn]

Time until Stamkos is a Leaf:

 

[Maple Leaf]

What's with the love for Bozak? If we ever got centres of that caliber, he wouldn't be playing ahead of them I'll tell you that much.

You kidding right?

Bozak is number one, playing with Kessel.
Then Stamkos on 2nd line with Lupul.
Tavares on the 3rd line with Clarkson.

 

[Teeder9]

You kidding right?

Bozak is number one, playing with Kessel.
Then Stamkos on 2nd line with Lupul.
Tavares on the 3rd line with Clarkson.

Hopefully Stamkos and Tavares can support Bozak or we'll have to trade them for berglund

 

[EastVan]

Tampa's got a lot of young talent that could also be a lot of question marks. Last summer the Leafs and Sens looked pretty good too.

The Lightning have a goalie in Ben Bishop who just had a career year. Is he the real deal? Will Johnson and Palat fizzle out like so many Leafs sophomores? Is Drouin going to have a smooth transition into the NHL? What's the downgrade from St. Louis to Callahan going to look like over 82 games or two seasons? Garrison was overpaid and that's why the Canucks dumped him. Not sure I'd want to pay Anton Stralman $4.5 million a year.

Didn't they get a few 1st rounders in the St. Louis trade too?

 

[McMatthews]

We just need one superstar to come home.

Steve Stamkos (2016)
John Tavares (2018)

Either one. Just come home! Please!

 

[Blufreezy]

He'll play here I'm sure one day. But it'll be when he's 40 years old and washed up, 1 year before he retires.

 

[HockeyAndWings]

Hope the Leafs can do something similar to the Cavaliers and build the team up by obtaining a high 1st rounder(top 2) in 2014-2015, and developing the necessary pieces in order to make the Leafs a more attractive place to play once Stamkos' contract is up.