Stamkos is Roarin' Back!

[DFC]

Matthews was injured last year. He did well in his rookie season.

Common theme.

 

[A1LeafNation]

Sounds like he is soft and you are making excuses.

1 year of excuses vs. 10 years of excuses. LOL

 

[God King Fudge]

1 year of excuses vs. 10 years of excuses. LOL

Ok. I can't take it anymore. Stop saying 10 years. Your original (idiotic) comment was in response to someone saying his playoff PPG was higher than Matthews and McDavid.

Stamkos has seen the playoffs 5 times, one of those times was for 1 game when he tried to come back early from an injury, so let's just say 4. Argue that he's had more opportunity all you want, just do it correctly if you're going to spout off.

 

[A1LeafNation]

Ok. I can't take it anymore. Stop saying 10 years. Your original (idiotic) comment was in response to someone saying his playoff PPG was higher than Matthews and McDavid.

Stamkos has seen the playoffs 5 times, one of those times was for 1 game when he tried to come back early from an injury, so let's just say 4. Argue that he's had more opportunity all you want, just do it correctly if you're going to spout off.

10 years

 

[The Macho King]

10 years

51 years.

 

[God King Fudge]

10 years

If you want to just be willfully ignorant, that's on you.

Enjoy that, it'll get you far in life.

 

[OurlordAndSaviorKuch]

Leafs Fans always gotta try and come in and rain on our parade...... Must still be Salty Stammer Rejected them and came back home.

 

[CartographerNo611]

Yes, yes Tampa. Get hot now so we can see another early bounce in the playoffs. Yeeeeesssss. The window is closing, yall dont have the cap space to sign everyone.... yeeessssss

 

[Stammertime91]

51 years.

f***ing hell I'm not sure how anybody comes back from this.

 

[Stammertime91]

Yes, yes Tampa. Get hot now so we can see another early bounce in the playoffs. Yeeeeesssss. The window is closing, yall dont have the cap space to sign everyone.... yeeessssss

"Early"

1st round, SCF, ECF, missed, ECF. Yeah, a lot of "early" playoff exits.

 

[Sky04]

10 years

When was the last time you won a series? How many years?

hahahhaha

 

[VinikToWinIt]

Yes, yes Tampa. Get hot now so we can see another early bounce in the playoffs. Yeeeeesssss. The window is closing, yall dont have the cap space to sign everyone.... yeeessssss

2015? Is that you?

 

[These Are The Days]

It's fine boys. Mats Sundin can always say hello to the Stanley Cup for the first time from the HHOF

 

[dm1371]

Still don't think he's on burning villages level yet.

 

[mrv52]

Still don't think he's on burning villages level yet.

Burning villages is a young man's game. You cant roar unless you have already burned.

 

[LightningStrikes]

Burning villages is a young man's game. You cant roar unless you have already burned.

Roaring back quietly is key though.

 

[TampaBayLightning]

Yes, yes Tampa. Get hot now so we can see another early bounce in the playoffs. Yeeeeesssss. The window is closing, yall dont have the cap space to sign everyone.... yeeessssss

Early Bounce? when did that happen?

 

[DFC]

Early Bounce? when did that happen?

Yeah, and our window is closing when our oldest core player is 28... okay...

 

[These Are The Days]

Over or under 800 points had Stamkos not missed so much time with injuries and a lockout?

 

[LightningStrikes]

Over or under 800 points had Stamkos not missed so much time with injuries and a lockout?

 

[JoVel]

Over or under 800 points had Stamkos not missed so much time with injuries and a lockout?

That's 144 games missed and he's a career PPG player soooo.....

 

[DFC]

Over or under 800 points had Stamkos not missed so much time with injuries and a lockout?

Obviously over. Counting the lockout we're talking about like 150 games? More? Broken leg, blood clot, knee... I think that's close to 150 without even talking about the lockout.

And if he'd never broken his leg, those 60 and 70 point seasons would have been considerably higher. 900 might be the better line.

 

[waterboy65]

Stammer is a much better all around player than he was 6 or 7 years ago. He was darn near unplayable on a pk or protecting the lead back then. His goal scoring is down from his prime but TB doesn't need him to be only a cherry picking 50 goal scorer. That said, wish he had a little of Ovi's shooting mentality which we have seen these past few games.

 

[ElysiumAB]

Insightful OP! Good read!

 

[cg98]

10 years

Your team didnt make the playoffs for 10 years and hasnt won a series in 14 years. Where was Matthews this past April btw?