While the Lightning's spat with Jonathan Drouin has dominated the news cycle in many ways and warmed the transaction wire, there's been an elephant in the room that's been craving attention for the duration of this spat, if not a little longer: one Mister Steven Stamkos and the status of his contract. Stamkos is a pending Unrestricted Free Agent and talk about a contract extension has lingered since this time last year.
It's been a long, long wait for some substance on the matter but at least a shred of info has come out.