Overview
- CHEK reporter Rick Dhaliwal says Vancouver has kicked the tires on Steven Stamkos as it canvasses options at center following Filip Chytil’s injury.
- Stamkos is in year two of a four-year, $32 million contract that includes a full no-movement clause, and there is no public indication he is considering a move.
- The 35-year-old’s production has fallen from 27 goals and 53 points last season to just two points through his first 13 games this season.
- Vancouver is nearly $2.8 million into LTIR, according to PuckPedia, so any trade would likely require matching money or salary retained by Nashville.
- The Predators have only one retained-salary slot left after using retention on Mattias Ekholm and Colton Sissons, a constraint that analysts say argues for caution on a multi-year commitment.