There’s nothing like a visit to Nashville to remind you that cap area isn’t at all times your finest good friend.
In case you want a reminder, the Predators received the July 1 championship a 12 months in the past, after they introduced in Steven Stamkos (4 years, $32 million), Jonathan Marchessault (5 years, $27.5 million) and Brady Skjei (7 years, $49 million). After six straight seasons with out a playoff collection victory, the Predators’ strikes echoed across the league like a bachelorette occasion on Broadway.
The hangover, sadly, was additionally loads like a type of.
Stamkos is at the moment 30 factors off his tempo from only one 12 months in the past, and is heading towards his worst plus-minus season ever and worst factors output over a completely wholesome season since 2008-09, when he was a rookie.
