(VOR News) – Steven Stamkos, who has been a member of the Tampa Bay Lightning for the past 16 seasons and has won two Stanley Cups during his time there, is leaving the organizational organization. Now, he will be playing for the Nashville Nationals.
According to Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet, Steven Stamkos has signed a contract with the Nashville Predators that will pay him $32 million over the course of four years. The contract will extend from free agency to free agency. Through the use of social media on Monday,
Steven Stamkos delivered the following message to Tampa residents:
As noted by NHL.com’s Corey Long, Steven Stamkos has previously voiced displeasure with the Lightning’s unwillingness to negotiate a contract prior to the 2023-24 season. As a result, Stamkos had expressed his displeasure at the Lightning’s unwillingness to do so.
Steven Stamkos’ legal representative sent this information to Pierre LeBrun of TSN on June 28. The statement said that Steven Stamkos had the intention of entering the free agency market on July 1. It was stated by Amalie Benjamin of NHL.com that the information was confirmed the next day by Julien BriseBois, who is the general manager of the Lightning.
Stamkos was unable to come to an agreement with the Lightning before he became eligible for free agency. This is in contrast to the circumstance that occurred in 2016, when the Lightning signed him to a long-term contract just two days before he went eligible for free agency.
Over the course of the previous season, Steven Stamkos played in 79 games and finished with 40 goals and 41 assists. The Predators will now count him as a part of their team.
In his career, he had scored forty goals for the seventh time, and it was the sixth time in seven years that he had a season in which he averaged points per game. In addition, he had scored forty goals for the seventh time.
The Lightning were ousted from the playoffs by the Florida Panthers in five games during the first round of the 2024 playoffs. As a result, Stamkos’ prior eight-year deal with the Lightning, which was worth $68 million, was terminated. At the beginning of the first round of the playoffs, the Lightning captain was the team’s leading scorer with five goals in five games. He had scored five goals in total.
The sharpshooter, who is 34 years old, will undoubtedly be a significant asset to Nashville’s offense, and there is little doubt about this.
The Lightning’s power play was the most effective in the National Hockey League (NHL) throughout the regular season, and Steven Stamkos was a huge contributor to the Lightning’s power play success. As a result of his deadly one-timer, he was able to record 39 points while the club was on the man advantage. He scored 19 goals and had 20 assists during that period. During his first 17 seasons with the Lightning,
One of the most prolific NHL producers is Steven Stamkos.
He has been able to successfully perform that shot, which is one of the reasons why this is the case.
At the completion of the 2023-24 season, Stamkos was one of just six active players in the National Hockey League who had accumulated more than 1,100 points throughout the course of their careers.
Only Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals and Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins have scored more goals than he has over the course of his career, making him the third most prolific current scorer in the National Hockey League. He has scored 555 goals throughout the course of his career.
Since his debut in the league as the first overall pick in the 2008 draft, Steven Stamkos has participated in a total of 1,082 regular-season games and 128 playoff games with the Tampa Bay Lightning team. In the first round of the draft, he was selected.
Despite the fact that the Lightning will definitely retire his uniform at some point in the future, Stamkos has the potential to become a part of the history of another team if he is able to lead Nashville to a playoff run in 2025. This is provided that he is able to lead Nashville to a playoff run.
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