When Steven Stamkos was restlessly squirming through his self-admitted “sleepless nights” this past week, just imagine the onslaught of thoughts that must have been clogging his mind as he mulled over his hockey future.
In his hometown of Toronto, mayor John Tory reportedly was trying to help lure him to the Maple Leafs.
A 90-minute drive down the QEW, moneybags Sabres owner Terry Pegula might have given Stamkos his own private jet to fly back to Markham on off-days to go see his family.
Some 420 kilometres west of the GTA in Detroit, he would have been the centerpiece of the Red Wings glistening new arena that is scheduled to open in time for the 2017-18 season.