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they had been doing fine without him. How many other playoff games did they only score one goal? This was Steves last game in a bolt sweater.

Are you serious? Stamkos is one of the ten best hockey players on the planet, and he's the team's captain, playing an elimination game with the chance to go the Cup Finals. There's no sentimentality there. He gave them the best chance at winning, so they played him.

But of course we want Stamkos to come here so we have to fit everything we see into that narrative. The hockey universe revolves around Detroit, right? *sigh*

I'd guess that in about two weeks Yzerman will announce they've got Stamkos signed for life, and half the people here will implode under the weight of their own self-righteousness.

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Are you serious? Stamkos is one of the ten best hockey players on the planet, and he's the team's captain, playing an elimination game with the chance to go the Cup Finals. There's no sentimentality there. He gave them the best chance at winning, so they played him.

But of course we want Stamkos to come here so we have to fit everything we see into that narrative. The hockey universe revolves around Detroit, right? *sigh*

I'd guess that in about two weeks Yzerman will announce they've got Stamkos signed for life, and half the people here will implode under the weight of their own self-righteousness.

I think your issue is you generalize posters a bit too much. No where in his post did he speak of Detroit Red Wings or Stamkos coming here. The fact that Stamkos didn't sign an extention and rejected the Lightnings first offer has caused speculation of him possibly moving on to another team for months now. This isn't a LGW thing, or a "universe revolving around Detroit" thing, this is a hockey media thing. Almost all team forums and general forums from HFboard to hockeyfights.com have people talking about where Stamkos will sign (whether it's Tampa or Toronto or some other team). I think majority of posters here have assumed Stamkos will either re-sign with Tampa or go back home to Toronto (because Stamkos happened to "like" a Tweet they made about him going there). Just because people are hoping he hits free agency and Holland makes an offer doesn't mean much will happen. But speculation is speculation, EVERYONE from the media, his teammates, the Wings management and players (even Henrik Zetterberg in a recent interview mentioned "many free agents available and it will be interesting to see how it plays out") are either thinking or talking about this. And until he signs somewhere, speculation will continue to happen.

And even if he signs with Tampa - which he might as long as they offer him the max contract rather than the $8.5 million they offered (which he rejected) it wouldn't really be a "told you so" type of situation lol. Stamkos is one of the first big names out there that didn't sign right away with his team (unlike Kopitar, Toews, Kane, Corey Perry, Getzlaf) . This is sort of thing doesn't just happen. Also I'd like to think that fans (whether it's Detroit, Boston, Buffalo or whatever teams that need a superstar) are allowed to hope and be optimistic. It's okay.

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Thanks. Couldn't have said it better. I have my money on stammer being in blue next year, but not in Tampa. And my reasoning for my original comment was because all of the sudden he's healthy enough to play even though he's supposed to still be recovering from a serious condition. And he likely wasn't in game condition anyway. That is what makes me think playing him wasn't necessarily for his ability to help them win.

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