Quoting: Rav
Works great, love having Howard or Conglaves on the 2nd line. So you are asking Stamkos to come back for less to play with a rookie. Just doesn't make sense man. JBB is going all in, hence why he just traded a 2nd for MAC. Its either Stammer does not come back, which I believe isn't even an option, or Cirelli goes. You can replace Cirelli's offense stats with a 3m player like Duclair, then replace his defense skills with a player like Motte for 800k and POCKET the remaining 3m you save... then use that 3m + Conglaves 800k to go get a veteran FWD for 4m to play with Stamkos. Thats when he will agree to take a massive paycut.
No I'm assuming he comes back because as he's said thousands of times "I WANT TO BE HERE MY ENTIRE CAREER" ALSO BECAUSE HE SAID "IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ME ANYMORE, I HAVE A YOUNG FAMILY WHO'S PLANTED ROOTS HERE. " ALSO "I LOVE THE AREA THIS HAS BECOME HOME"
He also remembers an 18/19 yo Steven Stankos playing regularly with Marty and Vinny.