- Any team that submits an offer sheet must have the salary cap space to sign him.
- A team can only go over $64.3M by 10 percent but only until the start of the regular season.
- A team must have the required draft picks to surrender for compensation (four first-round draft picks)
Essentially, a team is allowed to have their salary cap go as high as $70.73M and then try and get under the salary cap before the start of the regular season. Saying it and doing it are two very different matters.
Teams currently rumored to be in the hunt for Stamkos include Toronto, New York Rangers, and Calgary.
Toronto will not present an offer sheet to Stamkos because
- Burke will explore trade options first.
- Leafs do not have the assets to trade for Stamkos.
- Phil Kessel is already on the team, you only have one puck
- $5.8M in cap space with RFA Luke Schenn still waiting for an offer.
New York will not present an offer sheet to Stamkos because
- Sather tried to acquire Stamkos and admits now the opportunity is lost.
- New York has Richards and Stepan, they need help in other areas.
- Brad Richards is already on the team, you only have one puck
- $12.86M in remaining cap space with RFA Callahan, Boyle and Dubinsky still waiting for an offer.
Calgary will not present an offer sheet to Stamkos because
- Feaster will explore trade options first.
- Calgary does not have any assets Tampa would accept in a trade.
- Will not be able to convince any team to take Calgary's expensive player contracts.
- $3.816M in remaining cap space.
The biggest reason teams will not present an offer sheet to Stamkos is
- Tampa can match any offer! Tampa has $14.8M in cap space left and already have 20 players signed.
- why would ownership want to see him move elsewhere since he is big attraction for the fans?
Can we put the Stamkos offer sheet / trade rumors to rest now?
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