Frank E
Active member
My position on this whole debate has shifted a bit to the point where I'm not sold either way.
1. A problem I'm identifying here is determining what the downside to not signing Stamkos is. I don't think this has been argued well by the pro-Stamkos-signing crowd...including me. It's tough to just argue that 40 goal guys don't become UFA at 26 very often as being the reason to sign him.
2. The team building template that some of the anti-Stamkos-signing group are proposing could be flawed given that there aren't any championship winning teams that have used it to the extent that it works in the post 2013 cba player contract structure. The only thing we do know is that there are elite players on those teams that are comparable to Stamkos, but hitting the cap a lot less so than he would in the years that they've won.
1. A problem I'm identifying here is determining what the downside to not signing Stamkos is. I don't think this has been argued well by the pro-Stamkos-signing crowd...including me. It's tough to just argue that 40 goal guys don't become UFA at 26 very often as being the reason to sign him.
2. The team building template that some of the anti-Stamkos-signing group are proposing could be flawed given that there aren't any championship winning teams that have used it to the extent that it works in the post 2013 cba player contract structure. The only thing we do know is that there are elite players on those teams that are comparable to Stamkos, but hitting the cap a lot less so than he would in the years that they've won.