Player Discussion: Steven Stamkos - Part 8
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3 points last night, but it could have easily been 5. I had tempered expectations for him because of his recovery, but damn he didn't miss a beat.
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A Stamkos who trusts his shot is one of the best players in the world.. Right now it's in full swing
Sky04
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VinikToWinIt
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While obviously bittersweet, it would be sort of hilarious to win a Cup without Kucherov for the people that kept trying to discredit Stamkos since we won the Cup without him.
What agenda would they push next?
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Both Cups didn't count cuz COVID and "cap circumvention"
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Pretty amazing to think by the end of his career he's gonna be in the Hall of Fame AND in the "what could have been" column.
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What does a guy have to do to get Randorf to call it a "91-timer" for good measure? Will also settle for Randorf calling Kucherov "The Russian Standard"
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Provided no more random acts of God happen and lockouts I think we can still hold out hope for 600 goals by the end of his career. I don't know if he will drop off but it'll be close if even if he does. "What could have been" in a healthy career without lockouts would've been a question of if he made the 700 club
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Truth be told, I was being modest for the sake of that fact.
Age hits guys differently and for some it just smacks the f*** out of them. Like Lucic went from 24-18-20-23 goal seasons in 4 years to 10-8-6 goal seasons after he turned 29. Mike Richards was another REALLY bad example dude didn't get to like 28 before he was washed up. A healthy Stamkos at 47 goals a year average (not unimaginable in my book) by the end of year 12 has 564 goals and at 30 years old. But I'm not betting on him getting the last 136 goals for 700 if his body breaks down as rapidly as Lucic or Richards.
If that doesn't happen? Then yeah you're right and it's a matter of which giant he surpassed
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The one thing in Stamkos' favor is his commitment to training and conditioning off the ice. With Gary Roberts in his ear he'll always be one step ahead in terms of nutrition and training. We just have to hope the injury history doesn't catch up to him.
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lmao age isn't the reason either of those guys fell off.
He looks like he's just hitting his prime.
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Pleasant surprise so far. If he keeps playing like this we won't miss Kucherov as much.
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He could've just put the puck in himself when Delia turned it over as well. Passing it to Palat actually almost ruined it but it worked out in the end.
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No one was saying that once Kuch got injured. We solved it with his LTIR instead.
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Before the Kuch injury all I was reading (everywhere, not just Hfboards) was trade Stamkos, put him on LTIR, etc.
I think the fact that we won a cup without him might have pushed him in the off-season. He looks like he's in a different gear.
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