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Author’s note: For those who noticed, my apologies for the four-plus month gap between articles in this ‘Mythbusters’ series. This piece has been about 80% complete since September, but between my day job and hockey consulting work, I have had limited time to write. While Stamkos’ contract negotiation is now very old news, the analysis herein remained meaningful, so I figured I would finish this up and publish regardless.