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Originally Posted by KCtotheSB
I think Toronto is leading the Stamkos sweepstakes.....
If he wanted to stay with Tampa, I imagine that contract would have been signed already.
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I've been watching this closely. If Stamkos signs with the Leafs he'd be taking an enormous home town discount, (due to taxes), and risking the prime of his career to play for a team that just finished completing the "Scorched Earth" aspect of their rebuild.
On the Leafs end, they'd be committing 9+M per year on a long term contract to a guy who's had a recent blood clot issue.
There are risks on both sides but this has been the ultimate speculation/ dream scenario in Leafland for the past year. Stamkos must really want to come back to Leafland if this were to transpire as expected.
This has the potential to be magical or horrific. Anything other than a Stanley Cup win in the next 5 years would deem it horrific.