While the trade speculation hasn’t hit the Stammergeddon levels of 2016, there had been some minor talk that, if the Tampa Bay Lightning fell out of the playoff race, pending unrestricted free agent Steven Stamkos could be on the move. In his mid-season address to the media, general manager Julien BriseBois unequivocally squashed those rumors.
“Steven Stamkos isn’t getting traded. You can all write that. Steven Stamkos is not getting traded, so we can put that one to bed. If anyone was speculating on that, that’s not going to change between now and the deadline under any circumstances.