Steven Stamkos should go to a team with a creative centreman
Anthony DiMarco of the Daily Faceoff joined TSN Radio in Montreal to discuss the possibilities for Steven Stamkos to be traded by the Nashville Predators and where the best fit would be. Di Marco stated that if Stamkos moves, he should be with a creative centreman.
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Host: “I’m going to jump back to (Steven) Stamkos, because you discussed Stamkos. Do you think Stamkos, his game has declined a little bit with age? He was a goal scorer. Goal scorers in later stages, you see the numbers drop unless your name is Alex Ovechkin.”
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But if he is put in the right place, does he have to go somewhere that has to be a perfect fit, or can he just go anywhere and actually help?”
Anthony DiMarco: “I mean, I think he can always help in some way. I mean, Nashville is just, like when your little brother took control of your Be a GM mode and ruined everything on July 1st while you were in school or something. That’s how I feel about it too. Like what Barry Ttrotz did with the Nashville Predators and not trying to throw shade at them, even though I’m completely throwing shade at them, because there’s a lot of good people working in that organization.
But you just signed Steven Stamkos when stylistically he was probably the player you needed least. But look around the NHL, and if you put Steven Stamkos on the wing of a creative centreman, I really think there is potential here for him to score a lot of goals.
Like in Montreal. I’m wondering because you have Nick Suzuki, but Cole Caufield is already kind of playing that role on that line and beyond. Do they have a creative center man to do that? I’ve often wondered about Toronto. For example, would it work with him and possibly William Nylander and John Tavares? I think that could be a pretty creative line.
And then you look more around the NHL, I just think you have to give him a creative facilitator in the middle, or someone on his line that can get him the puck. And I think that’s been the problem with Nashville. That’s by far their weakest position: center ice, with something like Ryan O’Reilly or the young kids like Fedor Svechkov, I think that’s his name.
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They just don’t have the talent in the middle to help Stamkos really elevate his position. So for any team that acquires Stamkos, I’m sure you could help in some way, but make sure you have a strong center ice group and a center that can assist from his play.
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