The Steven Stamkos Sweepstakes has come to a screeching halt before Friday’s free agency frenzy opens. He’s staying with the Tampa Bay Lightning after all.
In a five-minute span where the hockey universe went a little haywire by way of transactions (Taylor Hall to New Jersey Devils LOL and PK Subban to Nashville OMG), TSN’s Bob McKenzie said Stamkos will return to Florida.
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) June 29, 2016
Earlier in the day, Steve Simmons had reported that Stamkos had met the Maple Leafs at MLSE headquarters in Toronto on Monday along with the mayor of Toronto and the CEO of Canadian Tire, presumably to talk endorsements.