Player Discussion: Steven Stamkos - Part 9: 500 Goals & 1,100 Points and counting Edition

[MattM92]

Easily. 600 is well within reach as well.

It's a shame, really. Even a relatively un-injured Stamkos would've had a real chance to get to 700 and top 10 all time.

It really is a shame that injuries derailed a pretty big portion of his prime, starting with that injury in 2013 when he was legitimately looking like the best player in the world and a shortened season removed from his 60 goal year.

Considering he missed about 150 games between the 2013-14, 2016-17, 2019-20, and 2020-21 seasons, it's very reasonable to say he could've scored 57 more goals to be at 500 already. That's nearly two entire seasons worth of missed time for a guy that averages almost 43 goals per 82 games.

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[TheDaysOf 04]

Steven Stamkos - 60th most goals in NHL history.

Hall of Famer Doug Gilmour had 450 in 1,474 games. Stammer did it in 860. Only 35 more goals to reach Bellows.

50. Brian Bellows	485 goals
51. Darryl Sittler	484 goals
52. Sergei Fedorov	483 goals
53. Bernie Nicholls	475 goals
54. Alexander Mogilny	473 goals
Denis Savard	473 goals
56. Pat LaFontaine	468 goals
57. Alex Delvecchio	456 goals
58. Theo Fleury	455 goals
59. Rod Brind'Amour	452 goals
60. Steven Stamkos	450 goals
Doug Gilmour	450 goals
Peter Stastny	450 goals

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[DFC]

Shot at breaking the top 50 this year.

 

[DrMartinVanNostrand]

The odds of Stammer playing 82 games are slim and none and he probably should get some maintenance days (back-to-backs, etc.) if/when Kuch and Point get healthy, but right now he's actually on a 100 point pace.

We can just hope this is finally a season without more injury problems, but there's still 64 games for that to change.

 

[JoVel]

If he stays healthy we'll be on the 500 goal and 1000 point watch next year.

That's the biggest 'if' in the world though.

 

[Flat Ronnie]

If he stays healthy we'll be on the 500 goal and 1000 point watch next year.

That's the biggest 'if' in the world though.

Thats incredible considered injuries this dude had to get through.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

 

[Point21]

the things i would do to see 2012 Stamkos again

 

[Ajaton Azer]

Steven Stamkos - very nice!

 

[The Macho King]

He has more even strength points this season than he had in 38 games last season.

 

[The Gongshow]

I love this man! Stepping up this year with Kuch and now Point out.

 

[NatoGhost]

Still makes some bone head passes/giveaways but gotta love Stamkos anyways. He lays his heart on the line and has proved he will do whatever he can. Great person, player and captain.

 

[Lightning1995]

He’s been the Lightning best forward this year so far.

 

[MattM92]

Really happy that Stamkos has settled in this year and is looking comfortable. It really sucks he lost such a big portion of his peak years to injury but the guy just keeps sneezing points. Once we get Kucherov and Point back on PP1 then his production should get a sizable bump too. His year so far has been one of the many bright spots so far this season.

 

[LightningStrikes]

Stammer is now #5 in scoring league-wide behind only McDrai, OV and Kadri (lol).

 

[BowDownToVasilevskiy]

Stammer is now #5 in scoring league-wide behind only McDrai, OV and Kadri (lol).

Kadri is having an insane year

 

[Point21]

Stammer is only 2 points away from 900 in his career, to think next year we could be talking about point #1000 for the captain

 

[DaBolts]

A healthy Stammer is a dangerous Stammer.

He's one of the greats, no matter the stats.

 

[Lightning1995]

With Stammer playing so well at Center, what do the Lightning do when fully healthy?

 

[BoltzManConstant]

With Stammer playing so well at Center, what do the Lightning do when fully healthy?

I wouldn't mind trying the old line with Stammer at center and Cirelli on the wing. Just to see what we get.

 

[DFC]

I feel like he reached this level 3-4 years ago. The knock on Stamkos has always been his playoff performances, where, at best, he's been a solid secondary scorer. I would love to see him turn that around, like he has so many things in his career. Having Stamkos play elite-level, or near elite, hockey in the playoffs would make us damn near unstoppable for the foreseeable future.

 

[The Gongshow]

Remember when people on this sub wanted to trade him

 

[Hoek]

Remember when people on this sub wanted to trade him

I remember when people thought Tyler Johnson was the true franchise center between the two, lol.

 

[Peacefool]

I like his shooting mode. Hopefully he will continue with that

 

[JoVel]

Remember when people on this sub wanted to trade him

I mean it's an neverending cycle. Stamkos has a good regular season and people love him, then playoffs come around and people start wondering if we need this guy or not. I love Stamkos but I also think we could easily find player(s) for that 8.5m that would be a bigger help when playoffs start.

That said, love to have him here and I hope he retires a Lightning.