Will Tampa threepeat?

[MikeyMike01]

Tough to do

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[Nico Hughes]

Very unlikely

 

[notbias]

Voted no, it is unlikely they can convince enough people to sit for the season to solve their cap issues

 

[Shinjuku Calling]

I kind of hope so. An evil empire is good for storylines.

 

[Ezpz]

No, they literally don't even have the space to re-sign their "grit" guys who are currently UFAs. Unless they ship Stamkos and keep the team that won the cup last year, I doubt a threepeat is possible.

 

[mac nylander]

leafs in fo

 

[tapi]

Unlikely. They had a HUGE advantage this year, due to the special circumstances due to COVID-19 which allowed the gaming of the system to gain a 20% cap bonus. If next season is close to a normal one, they will have to play it fair. They will be a great contender, though.

 

[hamzarocks]

Yes, but it will be the hardest cup. Think they take 25-26 games in the next one with harder competiton.

 

[Johnny Tomala]

No, they will lose player in expansion draft, cap hell now happens, no way they will LTIR another star. Great run, it ends here.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

I’ll take the field, but they’ve got a damn good chance to pick up another Cup in the next three seasons to become an actual dynasty.

 

[613Leafer]

Need to see what happens in the offseason. They won't be able to LTIR Kucherov again for the whole season, so they're going to actually have to make some decisions on their ~4-5M players.

 

[Gurglesons]

No. There is a reason Edmonton couldn't do it. League is too competitive now.

Same thing happened to PIT. Injuries will take their toll and in the cap you can't prevent it from hurting you.

 

[dalewood12]

No, but I can see them winning three in four years.

 

[JumpierPegasus]

Can't see it, just too much cap restructuring they'll need to do and may need to make some tough moves. I think they'll spend a season or two not winning it, but their team is so young they'll do it again in 2-4 seasons

 

[treple13]

Even with losing some depth, they will be the favourites. That said, it's still way more likely that the field wins than they win so I voted no

 

[Del Preston]

No. There is a reason Edmonton couldn't do it. League is too competitive now.

...and his name is Steve Smith!

 

[Kcb12345]

Feels like they'll get hit hard this summer and lose several key players. So I don't think they will

 

[Ouroboros]

They're probably going to have a down year or two and need to re-load a bit, but as long as you have Point, Kucherov, Stamkos, Hedman, McDonagh, Sergachev, Cernak and Vasilevskiy as a core you'll probably still be a good team.

They may have another Cup in them but not next season.

 

[Some Other Flame]

Extremely unlikely, unless they can pull off another Kucherov injury situation. Without that, they're gonna lose a whole bunch of depth and that will likely set them back.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

I think fatigue is going to catch up to them. The short offseason isn't helping.

 

[makbeer]

Deep, experienced team in front of the best goalie in the league in his prime...they have as good a chance as any team next season unless they lose core pieces.

 

[Legend123]

I doubt they can keep their roster together

 

[Arto Kilponen]

Even if they would be able to make the team better, it would be hard because it is a massive amount of both physical and mental energy it takes especially now. Add there the odds that their team will be considerably weaker on paper, I don't think it will happen.

 

[displaynamehere61]

No. Even if they weren't staring into salary cap hell, I'd still say no. That said, the core 4 that they have (Vasilevskiy, Hedman, Point and Kuch) can get them deep again.

 

[AD1066]

I wouldn't bet on it. Still a top team, but repeated deep runs take a physical and mental toll. Players who make the finals spend roughly two months battling hard every few nights while players on other teams have been resting for some or all of that time. I'd guess they hit a wall next year and then bounce back in 2023.