Is It Time To Trade Steven Stamkos? The Tampa Bay Lightning Can Win Without Him (NHL Trade Rumours)
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The Tampa Bay Lightning have been good. They've defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets in five games in their first round 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs matchup, they dethroned the Presidents Trophy Boston Bruins in five games in the second round, and they took a commanding 2-0 series lead over the New York Islanders in the Eastern Conference Finals earlier yesterday.
However, they did it all without their captain Steven Stamkos; their franchise centreman whose value to the team appears tremendous, until you realize that the team doesn't actually need him to win.
This is all coming off of the back of Brayden Point; one of the top prospects at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, and a guy who has taken over the Lightning by storm. He's currently the highest scoring active point producer in the entire Playoffs, and has shown a completely new gear as a hockey player.
With this in mind, as well as acknowledging the Lightning's salary cap problems, is it time to trade Steven Stamkos, and give the keys to Brayden Point as the team's number one centre?
The 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs are involving sixteen teams, which are the Boston Bruins, Tampa Bay Lightning, Washington Capitals, Philadelphia Flyers, Montreal Canadiens, Carolina Hurricanes, New York Islanders, and Columbus Blue Jackets in the East, and the Colorado Avalanche, St. Louis Blues, Vegas Golden Knights, Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames, Chicago Blackhawks, Arizona Coyotes, and Dallas Stars in the West.
The matchups are currently the Golden Knights VS Stars in the Western Conference Finals, and Lightning VS Islanders in the Eastern Conference Finals.
Of the Conference Semi-Final matchups, the Boston Bruins, Colorado Avalanche, Vancouver Canucks, and Philadelphia Flyers have been eliminated
The eliminated teams of the 2020 NHL Playoffs from the qualifying play-in series are the Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets, Nashville Predators, Minnesota Wild, Pittsburgh Penguins, New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, and the Florida Panthers.
Teams eliminated from the first round of the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs are the St. Louis Blues, Calgary Flames, Arizona Coyotes, Chicago Blackhawks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Montreal Canadiens, Carolina Hurricanes, and the Washington Capitals.
Brayden Point was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2014 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The first round of the draft went as follows:
1st - Florida Panthers, Aaron Ekblad
2nd - Buffalo Sabres, Sam Reinhart
3rd - Edmonton Oilers, Leon Draisaitl
4th - Calgary Flames, Sam Bennett
5th - New York Islanders, Michael Dal Colle
6th - Vancouver Canucks, Jake Virtanen
7th - Carolina Hurricanes, Haydn Fleury
8th - Toronto Maple Leafs, William Nylander
9th - Winnipeg Jets, Nikolaj Ehlers
10th - Anaheim Ducks (from Ottawa Senators), Nick Ritchie
11th - Nashville Predators, Kevin Fiala
12th - Arizona Coyotes, Brendan Perlini
13th - Washington Capitals, Jakub Vrana
14th - Dallas Stars, Julius Honka
15th - Detroit Red Wings, Dylan Larkin
16th - Columbus Blue Jackets, Sonny Milano
17th - Philadelphia Flyers, Travis Sanheim
18th - Minnesota Wild, Alex Tuch
19th - Tampa Bay Lightning, Tony DeAngelo
20th - Chicago Blackhawks (from San Jose Sharks), Nick Schmaltz
21st - St. Louis Blues, Robby Fabbri
22nd - Pittsburgh Penguins, Kasperi Kapanen
23rd - Colorado Avalanche, Conner Bleackley
24th - Vancouver Canucks (from Anaheim Ducks), Jared McCann
25th - Boston Bruins, David Pastrnak
26th - Montreal Canadiens, Nikita Scherbak
27th - San Jose Sharks, Nikolay Goldobin
28th - New York Islanders (from New York Rangers via Tampa Bay Lightning), Josh Ho-Sang
29th - Los Angeles Kings, Adrian Kempe
30th - New Jersey Devils, John Quenneville
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