Bye bye immediate cap hell.

Yup

He’ll retire until the playoffs 😉

What if Brady tkachuk retires?

Never had injury issues.

He’s on Long Term Injured Reserve.

I mean next year lol

Watch if Marincin retires?

Ah yeah that’s possible then.

Does he have severe injuries that keep threatening his health?

I mean at least with Stamkos you know his injuries are legitimate as they occur pretty much yearly unfortunately.

At the very least , I don’t expect him to play all of next season. Solves the cap issues and he can solve his health question marks.

It’s sad to see what’s happened with him. Most of them have been flukes, but it seems to be never ending.

It just a casualty of sports. Lamarcus Aldridge just had to retire because of irregular heartbeats but that’s the right thing to do. Health first , sports second, always.

JT Miller didn’t wanna come back because he didn’t feel ready and now they canceled their games

There is a 0.0% chance of Steven Stamkos retiring in the near future. It isn’t worth discussing.

Are u close with his family?

I'd understand the potential retiring risk if his injuries were more towards the upperbody, say head or back injuries. They tend to end careers the most.

The current injury is undisclosed, but these rotten luck injuries Stammer has sustained throughout his career have been usually related to either core muscle injuries or lower body injuries.

Think his only sustained health hazard that might threaten his career was that blood clot in 2016, so if he has tendency of developing those, retiring might come to a question.

But as far as I know, I don't think there's nothing to suggest that would point out to him retiring. Nor would it be a good thing for Tampa either. Sure, they shed some cap, but they also lose their captain and one of their top forwards. Stamkos is an absolute elite player and top notch goal scorer. The only forward in the league who has managed to break 60 goals in one season from 2010s to this day.

I’m close with logic. Isn’t it a core injury? Imagine someone retiring from a core injury....

I don't know of any player that has ever retired with 3 full years remaining on his contract.

Or he takes a year off