Steven Stamkos Should Go To A Team With a Creative Centerman
Anthony DiMarco of the Day by day Faceoff joined TSN Radio in Montreal to debate the potential for Steven Stamkos to be traded from the Nashville Predators and where the very best fit could be. Di Marco stated that if Stamkos moves, he must be with a creative centerman.
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Host: “I jump back to (Steven) Stamkos, since you guys were discussing Stamkos. To me, do you think that Stamkos, his game has type of tailed off a bit along with his age? He was a goal scorer. Goal scorers at later stages, you see the numbers dip unless your name is Alex Ovechkin.
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But when he’s put in the appropriate place, does he must go somewhere that really needs to be the right fit, or can he could just go anywhere and really help?”
Anthony DiMarco: “I mean, I believe he could at all times help indirectly. I mean, like, Nashville is just, like when your little brother took control of your Be a GM mode and screwed all the pieces up on July 1 when you were at college, or something. Like, that’s how I feel. Like what Barry Ttrotz did to the Nashville Predators and never attempting to throw shade at them, though I’m fully throwing shade at them, because there’s a number of good individuals who work in that organization.
But you only signed Steven Stamkos when he was probably the stylistically the player you needed the least. But you go searching the NHL, and if you happen to put Steven Stamkos on the wing of a creative centerman, I actually think that there’s potential here for him to attain a number of goals.
Like with Montreal. Like, I ponder about that bit, because you have got Nick Suzuki, but Cole Caufield already type of playing that role on that line and beyond that. Have they got a creative centerman to try this? I’ve often wondered about Toronto. Like, would it not work with him and potentially William Nylander and John Tavares? I believe that might be a fairly creative line.
And you then take a look at more across the NHL, like, I just think that you have got to place him with a creative facilitator down the center, or someone on his line who could get him the puck. And I believe that has been the issue with Nashville. That’s by far their weakest position is the middle ice, with the likes of it being Ryan O’ Reilly or the young kids like Fedor Svechkov, I imagine his name is.
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They simply don’t have that talent down the center to assist Stamkos really elevate his place. So, for any team acquiring Stamkos, I’m sure you could possibly assist in some capability, but just be certain you have got a robust center-ice group and a centerman who can assist from his game.
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