“Seen Stamkos?”
Before Steven Stamkos had even been drafted first overall by the Lightning back in 2008, that slogan was omnipresent in the Tampa area. It was splattered on T-shirts and on billboards. Indeed, Stamkos mania was alive and well long before he had ever laced up his skates for the first time as an NHLer.
Now, some seven years later, there are prevailing questions as to whether Tampa fans will have seen Stamkos decked out in a Lightning jersey for the final time when next summer arrives.
Stamkos is slated to become an unrestricted free agent 10 months from now, on July 1, 2016.