News Article: Stamkos favours tweet linking him to the leafs

[HarryLime]

Clarkson and a 3rd. If they say no, we'll retain 250k and bump it up to a 2nd.

BRB getting my Stamkos Leafs jersey!!!

 

[The Winter Soldier]

Tavares is signed through the 17-18 season, so he is unlikely till at least the 18-19 season.

 

[HarrisonFord]

I actually know exactly how to get him to come here, and it involves the purchasing of Lays chips and threatening to halt production of their Ketchup chips.

 

[Bardown warrior]

REAAALLY hoping Stamkos ends up in a leafs jersey one day, and NOT past his prime.

A person can dream i guess.

 

[TheOriginalTiger]

Easy. Sign his buddy mike angelidis to a marliies contract and his cousin to a singing contract. #macedonianasssisan http://youtu.be/SImRi0rK-7g http://youtu.be/G_MpyWxowiQ

 

[LaPlante94]

I bet he'd actually take a hometown discount unlike that Bolland character

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

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

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

I wouldn't be surprised if this happened.

Almost a foregone conclusion really

Stamkos is just the icing!

 

[Pyromaniac3]

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.

But doesn't Bozak make Kessel better?

 

[Morbo]

Kind of pissed at Stamkos for trolling, tbh.

 

[Leafidelity]

Pretty sure Evander Kane did the same about him and Philly

 

[Hero]

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

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

lol stamkos or tavares on a 3rd line? nah.

Nylander - Tavares - Stamkos
JvR - Bozak - Kessel
xxxx - Kadri - xxxx

 

[Leaf Lander]

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.

Here here let's start with mcdavid this yr

 

[Sundinisagod]

Kinda hard to compete with Florida's income tax rates...

...been a Leafs fan far too long to get my hopes up about these types of things.

 

[ponder]

Remember that time that superstar free agent came to the Leafs in his prime?

Me neither.

 

[zoA]

Remember that time that superstar free agent came to the Leafs in his prime?

Me neither.

Clarks... ohhh I just noticed the superstar part

 

[Stephen]

Kinda hard to compete with Florida's income tax rates...

...been a Leafs fan far too long to get my hopes up about these types of things.

I like Tampa but it's not like Martin St. Louis stuck around, they dumped Vincent Lecavalier and Brad Richards never went back there...

 

[agropop]

Why everyone hates us.

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

Remember that time that superstar free agent came to the Leafs in his prime?

Me neither.

Yeah it's basically never happened.

But if you go back say.....near 15 years ago didn't we get some fairly good UFA's in Alexander Mogilny and Gary Roberts? Cujo?

Like give this franchise some credit man!

15 ****ing years ago since a good player wanted to pull on a Leafs jersey when they weren't completely finished.

I don't know, am I forgetting someone more recent?

 

[DoubleDouble*]

Superstars of that calibre don't leave their teams in their prime in the NHL. Last one I can think of is Chara.

 

[a a ron]

Superstars of that calibre don't leave their teams in their prime in the NHL. Last one I can think of is Chara.

Lebrun james did

 

[Daisy Jane]

Lebrun james did

twice.

 

[Territory]

Just imagine Stamkos and Tavares on the Leafs at the same time.

I believe in miracles.

 

[rdawg1234]

Kinda hard to compete with Florida's income tax rates...

...been a Leafs fan far too long to get my hopes up about these types of things.

If he chooses not to come here it definitely wont be because of that, already made 50 million in his career, losing a few million to come home cuz of taxes isnt gonna change his mind.

Its a pipe dream right now though guys, multiple factors, St Louis wanted out for a reason and went to NYR, maybe Stamkos will want out too eventually. Although Tampa looks fairly solid future wise.

 

[Schennsation]

Lebrun james did

Lebron James

 

[ponder]

Yeah it's basically never happened.

But if you go back say.....near 15 years ago didn't we get some fairly good UFA's in Alexander Mogilny and Gary Roberts? Cujo?

Like give this franchise some credit man!

15 ****ing years ago since a good player wanted to pull on a Leafs jersey when they weren't completely finished.

I don't know, am I forgetting someone more recent?

Not really. Even then, those guys were good, but not superstars in their prime, like signing a mid-20s Stamkos would be.

It's not absolutely impossible, but it's very, very, very unlikely. How often do we see superstars in their primes leave teams as UFAs? Maybe a couple times a decade? And there's 30 teams to go around, with maybe half of those being legit UFA destinations. Take an event that happens just once every 5 years across the whole league, multiply by about 15-30 teams, and you've got something that happens once every 65-130 years per team. Not something we should be pinning our hopes on, or even really considering at all.