Steven Stamkos RUMORS & NEWS

Tampa Tribune "The Lightning can't hit with runners on. The Rays need better goaltending. Wait, that's wrong. I'm getting our lousy local teams confused. Back to the Bolts, and something I just can't get out of my head: Tampa Bay's Steven Stamkos and Marty St. Louis - or Marty St. Louis and Steven..." April 18

NHL.com "Tampa Bay Lightning center Steven Stamkos, Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby and Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Ray Emery have been named the NHL's "Three Stars" for the month of February. Stamkos posted 10-10—20 in 14 February games, tying for first in the League in goals (with..." March 01

Tampa Tribune "Steven Stamkos scores goals. A lot of them. No player has come close to the scoring prowess of the Tampa Bay Lightning all-star, who has scored 165 goals since the start of the 2009-10 season, 40 more than the closest player during that span, Washington's Alex Ovechkin. The team's success in..." February 19

Tampa Bay Times "The Lightning has lost two straight one-goal games to foes determined to forecheck, swarm in the defensive zone and play physically. In other words, as coach Guy Boucher has preached since training camp: This is not going to be easy. For a time it seemed almost too easy. Tampa Bay started..." February 07

Tampa Tribune "While submitting a formal proposal in the hopes of labor peace, the NHL Players Association showed strong solidarity Tuesday as some of the top names in the game showed their support. That group included Tampa Bay Lightning center Steven Stamkos, who stood front and center with Pittsburgh's..." August 15

Tampa Bay Times "Steven Stamkos said he missed playing for Canada at the world championship that wraps up today in Helsinki, Finland, but does not regret the decision to rest and rehabilitate his aching left shoulder. "It feels good," the Lightning center said of the irritated bursa sac with which he played the..." May 20

Tampa Tribune "The 60-goal season by Steven Stamkos did not go unnoticed when it came to MVP consideration for the 22-year-old center. Stamkos was named one of three finalists for the Hart Memorial Trophy, given to the NHL's most valuable player, the league announced on Friday. New York Rangers' goaltender..." April 28

Tampa Bay Times "There was one overriding theme for Steven Stamkos during his pursuit of 60 goals: He would much rather his success had propelled the Lightning into the playoffs. "You trade this stuff in a heartbeat for winning a championship," Stamkos said. "You don't play to score a certain amount of goals or..." April 08

Tampa Bay Times "Steven Stamkos heard the boos from the Jets fans Saturday night. It has become a tradition at the MTS Centre that the opponent's star player gets that treatment. So every time the Lightning center touched the puck, the boos rained down long and loud. That is, until Stamkos scored his 60th..." April 08

Tampa Bay Times "You know something is a big deal if Marty St. Louis won't talk about it. The Lightning right wing is superstitious that way — no need to jinx anything — so when asked what it would mean for teammate Steven Stamkos to reach 60 goals, the conversation was over. "I'm not going to talk about..." April 07

Tampa Bay Times "Tampa Bay Lightning star Steven Stamkos, with 58 goals, needs two in his last three games to reach 60. If he does, he will be just the second player in 15 seasons to reach the mark and the first since Washington's Alex Ovechkin scored 65 in 2007-08. Hall of Fame coach Scott Bowman, a Sarasota..." April 04

Tampa Bay Times "Mike Bossy has a simple piece of advice for Lightning center Steven Stamkos: "Never give up a shot." • "Goal scorers have to be selfish in an unselfish way," Bossy added. "Scoring goals is what helps your team win." • Bossy should know. The former Islanders wing and Hall of Fame player is one of..." April 04

Tampa Bay Times "To teammates who want badly to help Steven Stamkos reach 60 goals, the Lightning center has a message: Don't change your game. "I don't want guys passing up opportunities and looking for me and forcing it if it's not there," Stamkos said Monday. He is a realist, though. "No matter what..." April 03

Washington Times "Steven Stamkos isn't a secret weapon. At 56 goals through 78 games, he might've been the worst-kept secret around the Tampa Bay Lightning. He scores, seemingly at will, and the Washington Capitals knew they had to stop him to win Monday night. "He can shoot, he can skate, he can stick-handle...." April 03

Tampa Tribune "Fifty is nifty. But sixty? Well, there isn't a distinct adjective to properly describe what reaching 60 goals in a season might mean because it just doesn't happen much any more in today's NHL. Steven Stamkos has that opportunity. With four goals in the final four games of the season,..." April 02

Tampa Tribune "The Tampa Bay Lightning received a vintage performance from an old man Tuesday, and a standard (meaning stellar) job by a still young man. But neither could keep the Lightning from suffering a 5-2 loss to the Boston Bruins before 17,565 at TD Garden. Dwayne Roloson, the Lightning's..." March 28

Tampa Tribune "Steven Stamkos cut toward the slot and lined up what looked like the perfect-looking shot in search of setting history. What he found, instead, was the game-winning play. Already with two goals under his belt and needing one more to set a franchise single-season record, Stamkos dropped a pass..." March 25

Tampa Tribune "Hockey's magic barrier isn't breached very often. In the past five years, the 50-goal mark has been reached a total of 10 times by seven players. When Steven Stamkos scored his second goal of the night Tuesday against Boston, it marked the 11th time in six seasons a player reached 50 goals,..." March 15

Toronto Sun "On the night Markham's Steven Stamkos further entrenched his status as a bona fide NHL superstar at the tender young age of 22, a banner in the lower deck of the Tampa Bay Times Forum proved to be a real sign of the times. "I drove from Ontario to see Stamkos score 50," it blared. Good..." March 15

Tampa Tribune "With the puck on the stick of Marty St. Louis along the left wing boards, just a couple of strides outside the opposing blue line, Steven Stamkos streaked up center ice. After receiving a perfect pass right in stride, the Tampa Bay Lightning star looked up as he entered the offensive zone, saw..." March 14

Tampa Tribune "Last Saturday in Carolina, the Lightning were dead, down two goals near the end of the second period. Then Steven Stamkos said no they weren't. He picked up the puck in his zone, swooped down ice, fired a wrist shot home, unassisted — and there was life. Later, Stamkos won it in overtime, off a..." March 07

Tampa Bay Times "These are the liberties one can take with a friend: Lightning wing Marty St. Louis, when asked his reaction to Steven Stamkos scoring his league-best 40th goal Saturday night, looked at his teammate and said with a shrug of indifference, "He should have that many goals with his..." February 19

Tampa Bay Times "When it comes to the All-Star Game, Steven Stamkos said he still feels like a little kid. The Lightning center — Tampa Bay's only player in today's game at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa — said he will be star-struck hanging around "(players) I grew up watching and still watch today." "When they..." January 29

Tampa Tribune "Hockey takes a break from game action to assemble in Ottawa for this afternoon's NHL All-Star, a showcase to display the top talent in the game today. The spotlight will shine bright, highlighting some of the league's top players in Canada's capital city. With two of the most recognizable..." January 29

Tampa Tribune "Tampa Bay Lightning center Steven Stamkos will be on his own, so to speak, at this year's NHL All-Star Game in Ottawa on Jan. 29. Stamkos, the league's leading scorer, was chosen as the lone Lightning player on Thursday as one of the 36 players named to participate in All-Star weekend. This..." January 13

Tampa Bay Times "Lightning center Steven Stamkos' hat trick stole the show in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Hurricanes. His special scoring ability is a reason he is one of the game's brightest young stars. Stamkos is sizzling, having scored 10 goals in his past eight games to give him a league-leading 26. That..." January 03

Tampa Tribune "The sight of Tampa Bay coming to town must torment Toronto fans these days. Not because the Lightning have one more Stanley Cup title in the past 44 years than the original-six Maple Leafs, but the envy it inspires when Tampa Bay visits with native son Steven Stamkos, the reigning No. 1 star of..." January 03

Tampa Tribune "Tuesday's game with the Flyers won't exactly show up on the highlight tape for Tampa Bay. But two points are not handed out for artistry in the NHL, only for victories. And though the Lightning's 5-1 victory against the Flyers looked ugly — even weird — at times, Tampa Bay will take the two..." December 28

Tampa Tribune "The Lightning finally found some closing ability. After seeing early leads erased in recent weeks, Tampa Bay played well with the lead in defeating the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2 in front of an announced crowd of 16,108 on Saturday night at Nationwide Arena. Steven Stamkos scored his..." December 18

Tampa Bay Times "For Lightning center Steven Stamkos, the equation was pretty simple. With star wing Marty St. Louis out for who knows how long with facial fractures, a leadership void had to be filled. Stamkos said he knew it would be a team effort. Even so, "I told myself I had to step up, whether it was..." December 17

Tampa Tribune "Since entering the NHL as an 18-year-old rookie, Steven Stamkos had never known what it was like to play a hockey game without Marty St. Louis. Whether it has been with the Lightning, for Team Canada at the World Championships or in the All-Star game, the two had shared the same ice surface for..." December 17

Tampa Tribune "The Tampa Bay Lightning seemed set to live through another Groundhog Day moment, seeing defeat again snatched from the jaws of victory despite strong play. But before the shadow could cast itself over another somber Tampa Bay postgame locker room, Steven Stamkos made sure it was the Tesla coils..." December 16

Tampa Tribune "Steven Stamkos pulled back his stick, closed his eyes and hammered a feed from Marty St. Louis as hard as he could. Before Stamkos could open his eyes, the puck that had just rocketed off his stick was already in the net and the red light was flashing. Stamkos one-timed a shot for his 12th goal..." November 26

Tampa Tribune "The sizzling stick of Steven Stamkos is once again searing hot. With four goals in his past two games and seven in his past six, Stamkos is back into familiar territory – at the top of the goal scoring leaders. Since going without a goal in the opening three games of the season, Stamkos has..." November 09

Tampa Bay Times "For Lightning center Steven Stamkos, Friday's victory over the Blackhawks "seemed like old times." The one-timer from the left faceoff circle with which he scored on a power play is now such a small part of his repertoire, ripping one as he did made him smile, even in retrospect. "It was fun..." November 06

Tampa Tribune "The Lightning were on a preseason trip last week in Canada, but baseball fan Steven Stamkos still managed to catch the final Rays game of the regular season on TV. He saw them come from seven runs down, and watched Evan Longoria circle the bases. "I got chills," Stamkos said. The Rays are..." October 07

Tampa Bay Times "The way Steven Stamkos sees it, the onus is back on the players to eliminate the dangerous head shots that have plagued the league. The Lightning center called it great to expand Rule 48 to allow minor or match penalties for hits in which "the head is targeted and the principal point of..." September 05

Tampa Bay Times "Star center Steven Stamkos knew all along he'd be staying with the Lightning and said his new long-term deal — a five-year, $37.5 million pact officially announced Tuesday — was pretty much wrapped up a couple of weeks ago. But considering Stamkos, 21, is in his hockey-crazed hometown of..." July 20

Tampa Tribune "TAMPA In a shocking move, the Lightning signed Steve Stamkos to a new contract. Have they lost their minds? The guy is creaky. He's pushing 21 years, 6 months old. He didn't even score 100 goals over the last two seasons, just 96. This was a breakaway no-brainer: Stamkos, five years, $37.5..." July 20

Tampa Bay Times "Here's the good news: By re-signing Steven Stamkos on Tuesday, the Lightning has ensured it will keep the core of its team together for next year and beyond. And the not-so-good news: By re-signing Stamkos on Tuesday, the Lightning has ensured it will be difficult to add to the core of..." July 20

Tampa Bay Times "Lightning captain Vinny Lecavalier doesn't claim to know all the ins and outs of what is going on in the protracted contract negotiations between the team and Steven Stamkos. But he does know this: "I know Stammer wants to be part of the Lightning." Besides, he added, "We're two months..." July 19

Tampa Bay Times "Tampa Bay Lightning GM Steve Yzerman said he doesn't listen to trade rumors. In fact, he said, "I don't feel I should be in a position to comment on somebody who simply has an idea." But Yzerman's protracted negotiations with Steven Stamkos has spawned, at various times, speculation, even among..." July 11

The Globe and Mail "They are two of the best and brightest young stars in the NHL, and both are locked deep in difficult contract negotiations with their teams after only their third season. One is Tampa Bay Lightning centre Steven Stamkos, the first overall pick in the 2008 draft who has already hit the 90-point..." July 09

Tampa Bay Times "It is your right to worry. It is your nature to obsess. As a devoted fan of a hockey team that only recently awoke from a five-year nap, you have every right to be concerned about free agent comings and — mostly — goings at the St. Pete Times Forum this summer. So gather your frustration,..." July 06

Tampa Bay Times "Lightning fans everywhere, Tampa Bay general manager Steve Yzerman feels your pain. He understands you want to know why center Steven Stamkos is unsigned. He gets that Stamkos' status as a restricted free agent open to offer sheets from other teams causes angst. He knows you want..." July 03

Tampa Tribune "While many around the hockey world waited with bated breath anticipating the next move in the Lightning's attempt to get superstar center Steven Stamkos under contract, Tampa Bay general manager Steve Yzerman continues to conduct business in other areas as well on day two of the free agent..." July 03

Tampa Bay Times "There is a subtle difference between the Hart Trophy and the Ted Lindsay Award. The Hart, voted on by members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association, is for the NHL's most valuable player. The Lindsay, formerly the Pearson Award, is voted by the players for the most outstanding..." June 22

Tampa Tribune "Lightning sniper Steven Stamkos never did catch fire the way he or his team hoped he would during the playoffs. Now we know one of the reasons why. Though he denied it was a hindrance to him, Stamkos admitted Monday that he spent the playoffs playing through a nagging left shoulder injury. "I..." May 31

Tampa Bay Times "Lightning C Steven Stamkos' name has been, and likely always will be, synonymous with scoring. Last year's co-winner of the Rocket Richard Trophy for being the league goals leader has tallied 45 or more in two of his first three seasons. Stamkos did pick up three points Wednesday in the 5-4..." May 26

Tampa Tribune "Lightning C Steven Stamkos stands out among his peers. And his peers in the NHL voted the third-year star one of three finalists for the Ted Lindsay Award, presented to the "Most Outstanding Player" as voted on by the members of the National Hockey League Players' Association. Anaheim's..." May 06