Tampa Bay Lightning fans are pure class!! So many players who have devoted so many years of their careers to one team and worked so hard to raise them to the top just get booed insensitively nonstop by fans, but not Lightning fans! I salute Stamkos for his hard work and dedication to the Tampa Bay Lightning and making them go the extra distance, and I especially salute the Lightning fans for showing their appreciation so kindly and enthusiastically! Well done!
Steven Stamkos is and will forever be a Bolt in my heart. His number will hang forever in the rafters wherever the Lightning play. Thank you, Stammer, for everything you brought to the Lightning.
Even Coop and his best buddy Heddy were tear shedding as we expected them too. Stammer man was the Tampa Bay Lightning. He gave everything he had to the team and the city as he single handedly resurrected them in 2008 as they took the chance to draft him with the hopes to become the world class organization they'e been. I am not a bolts fan but my god stammer means the world to me cause of all he did for the bolts and the tampa community. He also made so many players around him better as the years went on and the bolts built around him. Even though I am not a bolts fan, i'll admit that dynasty they had from 2015-2022 was so much fun to see. Within his 16 yr tenure, 2 cups, 4 cup finals, 7 conference finals, franchise goal record, 2nd most goals in the 2010s decade, up there with crosby and ovi as one of the alpha dawgs of his generation and ruled the 2010s decade like it was no ones business and still going pretty strong today. Not only did he always come up clutch in the regular season but also in playoffs too. My 2 favorite moments of him as a bolt is his 60th goal on the last day of the 2011-2012 season on April 7, 2012 joining an elite company only the 20th to ever score 60+ goals in a season and the only player to hit 60 goals in the 2010s decade. I think he personally should've been the Ted Lindsay Winner in 2012 over Malkin. Ofc Daniel Sedin deserved the Lindsay the yr before and Malkin deserved the Hart in 2012 fair and square but man i feel like stamkos was robbed of the lindsay in 2012 i mean scoring 60 goals on a medicore team just insane. Anyway not the point, whether you're a bolts fan or not, this video sure is enough to make a grown man like myself cry like Coop and Heddy. Ofc everyone including myself, coop, heddy, and many others across the league thought he'd spend his whole career as a bolt including stammer himself and was willing to take a giant discount to make sure that occurred but sadly upper management didn't make enough effort or feel the same way. God bless stammer and his family through this roller coaster of a time!
All I can wish for now is for him to get traded to the bolts at the end of his deal or sign a one day contract to retire a bolt. People outside of Tampa don’t really understand his impact on hockey in the area. I became a hockey fan and Bolt fan because of Stammer. He is literally an icon in Tampa and regarded as one of, if not the best athlete in Tampa history. That’s why I’m always rooting for superstars to stay with their OG teams even though I understand the business aspect. In time things will be okay, Stamkos will go into the Hall of Fame and remembered as a Bolt, but right now it’s emotional for everyone. Dare I say it’s even emotional for JBB who let him walk, things will be fine. All I can say is Thank You! You gave me the best sports memories and I hope you kick ass still. I hope you make it to the Stanley Cup Final every year with Nashville….but if you’re facing us you lose. Nashville, I know he’s off to a slow start but please treat him and his family with the respect he deserves.
Lightning were in a downwards spiral. Shipping him off when his value was still high could be the difference between a simple retool and a long, arduous rebuild.
@@FirewagonHockey true although he was willing to take a big discount and if letting him walk was the plan all along they could've been better at communicating that to him and the public
i wouldn't worry about criticism from (esp a leaftard) someone i wouldn't seek advice from. leaftards do not know ANYTHING about winning stanley cups. unless they were alive when color TV was being rolled out in canada. in which case 1967 doesn't mean anything in 2024's economic and business environment. JBB 100% made the correct business decision. toodaloo! 🥳
@@ethanparker7900 obviously you didn't watch JBB's state of the address press conference on july 1st. steven had a "financial expectation" of what he wanted to be paid. so it was more than $4-$5m AAV. gotta love casuals swimming in the deep end of the pool with a lifejacket. 🥳
This has to be very surreal, imagine if you went back to an old McDonalds you used to work at and they just start playing your favorite memories on the menues
"It's a business", but Stammer deserved transparency. The lack of that by JBB is what bothered fans the most. Just be upfront about your intentions instead of being shady & playing games, especially with someone who has meant a lot to the Tampa Bay community.
Honestly, this year feels weird without number 91 on the bolts anymore. Forever a Bolt, Forever a NHL and Lightning legend, forever my favourite player thank you and welcome back Steven Stamkos!
Very nice to see, as a Chicago Fan, seeing Kane's tribute and ovation last year, this was fantastic to see as well. What a shame it was that both these organizations let go of their pillars.
Is there anyway they could get him back at the trade deadline? Whether they would or not isnt important. I'm just asking contractually could he come back?
is it just me.... (and i never noticed this until today), but ever notice that Kucherov and Hedman look exactly the same?? I thought the guy tearing up was kucherov but then i was like no wait thats Hedman.
3 *captains in a row burned by the organization Thought I was ready for Stammer to leave years ago. We made deep playoff runs more or less without him. I just hate the way this all went down despite understanding it from a (lay) financial perspective. Edit: *beloved
why? unless you have a rational argument, you seriously need to stay in your lane and root for whatever team(s) you like lol. tampa doesn't do "thank you for your service" deals like DET, CHI, PIT and WSH have done, and look where it ended up for them.
why? unless you have a rational argument, you seriously need to stay in your lane and root for whatever team(s) you like lol. tampa doesn't do "thank you for your service" deals like DET, CHI, PIT and WSH have done, and look where it ended up for them.
From a business stand point i get it. Is he worth 8 mil a year? No. Even Ovechkin learned to play some defense. But low balling him at 3 mil is insulting. Maybe he comes back like Mac when Nashville knows they overpaid. Im not sorry about the Guentzel signing though.
WHY WOULD a game break like 7minutes into it OR whatever into it do DO this?....Uhmmm why not do before game starts?---Am I missing something?----and 2) lol wake up people million $ athletes "ohh best team ever" etc etc but then easily change teams
why? unless you have a rational argument, you seriously need to stay in your lane and root for whatever team(s) you like lol. tampa doesn't do "thank you for your service" deals like DET, CHI, PIT and WSH have done, and look where it ended up for them.
They better put some letter on his jersey I do not think they realize in NSH who they brought to team still not over this trade in my opinion I would rather trade Kuch than Steven.
Damn I was expecting them to boo him out of the building like Tavares got when he returned to New York. The Islander fans were even booing DURING THE VIDEO TRIBUTE (which IMO is disrespectful. U can boo him during the game and after but dont boo during the video)
We love Stammer here. Absolutely disrespectful to boo Tavares during his return. I can tell you that if he scored a goal tonight, even if it was the game-winner in OT, the crowd woulda blown the roof off of Amalie Arena.
@@crispy2699 Didn't Amalie get hammered by the Hurricanes too? I remember seeing that Tropicana Field got WRECKED but I know that's St Petersberg not Tampa Bay (tech). Stay safe down there and know us Canadians are praying for u.
@@davidfitzpatrick6535 Downtown Tampa got very lucky with Milton. It could have been a cataclysmic storm surge event if its track was about 40 miles further north. The Trop had a fabric roof, which was not the best engineering decision in an area prone to hurricane-force winds. Still not a great situation, but thankfully, not a worst-case scenario.
spoken like a true canadian moron. TBL has had incredible attendance the last 10-15 years. do you even know anything about TBL since jeff vinik became owner in 2010?
Нашвилл верните Стэмкос домой и платите за него зарплату, Кубка вам всё равно нневидать ближайшие лет 100 а может и вобще а так хоть карму почистите для галочки возмите какой нибудь пик 6 раунда
Tampa Bay Lightning fans are pure class!! So many players who have devoted so many years of their careers to one team and worked so hard to raise them to the top just get booed insensitively nonstop by fans, but not Lightning fans! I salute Stamkos for his hard work and dedication to the Tampa Bay Lightning and making them go the extra distance, and I especially salute the Lightning fans for showing their appreciation so kindly and enthusiastically! Well done!
That is the difference between Hockey and other sports! Is a gentleman's game in the end
Steven Stamkos is and will forever be a Bolt in my heart. His number will hang forever in the rafters wherever the Lightning play. Thank you, Stammer, for everything you brought to the Lightning.
dude is washed
@@AlaborJinta Okay?
Even Coop and Heddy were tearing up
as we all expected
Even Coop and his best buddy Heddy were tear shedding as we expected them too. Stammer man was the Tampa Bay Lightning. He gave everything he had to the team and the city as he single handedly resurrected them in 2008 as they took the chance to draft him with the hopes to become the world class organization they'e been. I am not a bolts fan but my god stammer means the world to me cause of all he did for the bolts and the tampa community. He also made so many players around him better as the years went on and the bolts built around him. Even though I am not a bolts fan, i'll admit that dynasty they had from 2015-2022 was so much fun to see. Within his 16 yr tenure, 2 cups, 4 cup finals, 7 conference finals, franchise goal record, 2nd most goals in the 2010s decade, up there with crosby and ovi as one of the alpha dawgs of his generation and ruled the 2010s decade like it was no ones business and still going pretty strong today. Not only did he always come up clutch in the regular season but also in playoffs too. My 2 favorite moments of him as a bolt is his 60th goal on the last day of the 2011-2012 season on April 7, 2012 joining an elite company only the 20th to ever score 60+ goals in a season and the only player to hit 60 goals in the 2010s decade. I think he personally should've been the Ted Lindsay Winner in 2012 over Malkin. Ofc Daniel Sedin deserved the Lindsay the yr before and Malkin deserved the Hart in 2012 fair and square but man i feel like stamkos was robbed of the lindsay in 2012 i mean scoring 60 goals on a medicore team just insane. Anyway not the point, whether you're a bolts fan or not, this video sure is enough to make a grown man like myself cry like Coop and Heddy. Ofc everyone including myself, coop, heddy, and many others across the league thought he'd spend his whole career as a bolt including stammer himself and was willing to take a giant discount to make sure that occurred but sadly upper management didn't make enough effort or feel the same way. God bless stammer and his family through this roller coaster of a time!
Our Captain. We love and miss you Stammer
Only because am a life long REDWING fan I will say the second best player to ever wear 91
А первый #91 это Сергей Фёдоров
Both organizations need to retire 91
All I can wish for now is for him to get traded to the bolts at the end of his deal or sign a one day contract to retire a bolt.
People outside of Tampa don’t really understand his impact on hockey in the area. I became a hockey fan and Bolt fan because of Stammer.
He is literally an icon in Tampa and regarded as one of, if not the best athlete in Tampa history. That’s why I’m always rooting for superstars to stay with their OG teams even though I understand the business aspect.
In time things will be okay, Stamkos will go into the Hall of Fame and remembered as a Bolt, but right now it’s emotional for everyone. Dare I say it’s even emotional for JBB who let him walk, things will be fine.
All I can say is Thank You! You gave me the best sports memories and I hope you kick ass still. I hope you make it to the Stanley Cup Final every year with Nashville….but if you’re facing us you lose.
Nashville, I know he’s off to a slow start but please treat him and his family with the respect he deserves.
Aww im glad they did this! Us bolts fans aren’t mad he’s playing with Nashville, we just miss him so much.
He should have been a TBL his entire career.
Lightning were in a downwards spiral. Shipping him off when his value was still high could be the difference between a simple retool and a long, arduous rebuild.
@@FirewagonHockey true although he was willing to take a big discount and if letting him walk was the plan all along they could've been better at communicating that to him and the public
Agreed. He deserved it. Even if we became mediocre, he was still our captain.
i wouldn't worry about criticism from (esp a leaftard) someone i wouldn't seek advice from.
leaftards do not know ANYTHING about winning stanley cups. unless they were alive when color TV was being rolled out in canada.
in which case 1967 doesn't mean anything in 2024's economic and business environment.
JBB 100% made the correct business decision.
toodaloo! 🥳
@@ethanparker7900 obviously you didn't watch JBB's state of the address press conference on july 1st. steven had a "financial expectation" of what he wanted to be paid. so it was more than $4-$5m AAV.
gotta love casuals swimming in the deep end of the pool with a lifejacket. 🥳
that is the face of a man who didn't want to go.
As a Hawks fan, I enjoyed watching Stammer play for the Bolts during the fun playoffs years.
Thanks for Posting the Tribute Video of my favorite Hockey player.
This has to be very surreal, imagine if you went back to an old McDonalds you used to work at and they just start playing your favorite memories on the menues
One of the best captains NHL have ever seen! Was shaped by legends and shaped new superstars as he lead the team to champions
One of those moments
That’s pretty cool on behalf of the Lighting and their fans. Very respectable 👍
Так любого мужика до слез довести
We love you Stammer. Our captain, forever.
"It's a business", but Stammer deserved transparency. The lack of that by JBB is what bothered fans the most. Just be upfront about your intentions instead of being shady & playing games, especially with someone who has meant a lot to the Tampa Bay community.
im not ok but im gon be alright
In an era where guys who played 200 games with a team get a video tribute, it actually hits home to see a hall of famer get one
Honestly, this year feels weird without number 91 on the bolts anymore. Forever a Bolt, Forever a NHL and Lightning legend, forever my favourite player thank you and welcome back Steven Stamkos!
Stamkos will always be a lightning ⚡
As a Blues fan stamkos will for ever be a bolt
Я хоть и русский, но уверен что номер 91 в TBL навсегда закреплëн за Стэмкосом
В том, что выведут из обращения - вне всяких сомнений. Как и Хедмана, Кучерова и Василевского со временем.
Hockey is just different
We’re a family
It's always a wild emotional ride when you lose a captain..🍸🇨🇦
Выдающийся хоккеист и капитан!!!!
Excellent job ❤🎉
he was their captain well deserved
We miss you, Steven 🙁
Our Captain⚡️
Forever proud of my Markham classmate. Steven is the face of hockey.
At 1:52 you can hear the microphone start clapping for Stamkos
Makes me miss him even more.
Always our Captain.
Netflix: are you still watching?
1:44
Very nice to see, as a Chicago Fan, seeing Kane's tribute and ovation last year, this was fantastic to see as well. What a shame it was that both these organizations let go of their pillars.
So sad in Cooper's eyes
Legend
Dude is a pure winner and a Champion.. as a NYR guy, I wish this nothing but the best ..
Wow class all around is right! Awesome I love hockey so much
In the NFL they boo you. Another reason why hockey is the best sport.
once a lightning, always a lightning
The Lightning team crying hits hard in the feels
Well I just Love & Fkn Love it!
Is there anyway they could get him back at the trade deadline? Whether they would or not isnt important. I'm just asking contractually could he come back?
is it just me.... (and i never noticed this until today), but ever notice that Kucherov and Hedman look exactly the same?? I thought the guy tearing up was kucherov but then i was like no wait thats Hedman.
Стив стэмкос 👏👏👏👏
No emotions???? What the f**k were the announcers watching??
Why they playing Boston’s goal song?
3 *captains in a row burned by the organization
Thought I was ready for Stammer to leave years ago. We made deep playoff runs more or less without him. I just hate the way this all went down despite understanding it from a (lay) financial perspective.
Edit: *beloved
He probably gonna get traded back with 50% of his salary retained that’s gonna be more reasonable considering the term.
He'll be back. Even for 1 day to retire as a Bolt. Raise the flag and retire his number, well deserved!
Can’t believe he left TBL.
Sports is all business & greed now a days, both sides. Back in the day they played for the love of the game.😢
Not right , man so weird seeing Stamkos in a different Jersey
Still mad at Tampa for not re signing him
Great to see stammer back in Tampa. He had on the wrong jersey though
I put him back home on my NHL 25 rosters coz it just don't look right
Sportsnet is so hot
Not to change the subject but when Timo Meier came back to the sharks after the NJ trade the video of that is nowhere and that saddens me.
Ngl the crowd cheering on Patrik Laine are louder than that. Tampa fans still sad??
Даже не знал ,что его в Нэшвилл обменяли...жаль...
WASHED
Go troll somewhere else. Thanks
THE SARNIA BOY!
Embarrassing that tampa didn’t keep stamkos!!🙈🙈🙈
The fact that they let him go is a crime
why? unless you have a rational argument, you seriously need to stay in your lane and root for whatever team(s) you like lol.
tampa doesn't do "thank you for your service" deals like DET, CHI, PIT and WSH have done, and look where it ended up for them.
Not a Tampa fan be he should have been a bolt for life 😢
why? unless you have a rational argument, you seriously need to stay in your lane and root for whatever team(s) you like lol.
tampa doesn't do "thank you for your service" deals like DET, CHI, PIT and WSH have done, and look where it ended up for them.
No emotion on his face? That Ray F ruins hockey games with his constant BS.
Stamkos was visibly emotional. What planet are you on?
Get rid of him!
From a business stand point i get it. Is he worth 8 mil a year? No. Even Ovechkin learned to play some defense. But low balling him at 3 mil is insulting. Maybe he comes back like Mac when Nashville knows they overpaid. Im not sorry about the Guentzel signing though.
Why would they do it in the middle of the first period? Seems like an odd time to do that is all.
It was done at the point when there is usually a commercial / ice cleaning break.
That yellow sweater just doesn't look right on him.
Кинули они тебя Стиви
WHY WOULD a game break like 7minutes into it OR whatever into it do DO this?....Uhmmm why not do before game starts?---Am I missing something?----and 2) lol wake up people million $ athletes "ohh best team ever" etc etc but then easily change teams
What kind of franchise sends the Captain who led them to TWO cups off?
why? unless you have a rational argument, you seriously need to stay in your lane and root for whatever team(s) you like lol.
tampa doesn't do "thank you for your service" deals like DET, CHI, PIT and WSH have done, and look where it ended up for them.
Малкин выиграл три кубка Стенли.. его тоже хотели выгнать.. Кросби заступился.. дали доиграть до пенсии..
@@carpartheroor its because stamkos is a playoff choker
@@carpartherobro stop copy and pasting 💀🤣
This is why the NY Islanders fans suck! They drove over Tavares’s jersey when he returned!
Игрок хороший. Но не более.
They better put some letter on his jersey I do not think they realize in NSH who they brought to team still not over this trade in my opinion I would rather trade Kuch than Steven.
Damn I was expecting them to boo him out of the building like Tavares got when he returned to New York. The Islander fans were even booing DURING THE VIDEO TRIBUTE (which IMO is disrespectful. U can boo him during the game and after but dont boo during the video)
We love Stammer here. Absolutely disrespectful to boo Tavares during his return. I can tell you that if he scored a goal tonight, even if it was the game-winner in OT, the crowd woulda blown the roof off of Amalie Arena.
One big difference is that Stamkos wanted to stay and would have given a discount to TB to do so. Tavares wanted to leave.
@@crispy2699 Didn't Amalie get hammered by the Hurricanes too? I remember seeing that Tropicana Field got WRECKED but I know that's St Petersberg not Tampa Bay (tech). Stay safe down there and know us Canadians are praying for u.
@@davidfitzpatrick6535 Downtown Tampa got very lucky with Milton. It could have been a cataclysmic storm surge event if its track was about 40 miles further north. The Trop had a fabric roof, which was not the best engineering decision in an area prone to hurricane-force winds. Still not a great situation, but thankfully, not a worst-case scenario.
@@j.r.348 well said. you obviously know the truth, the history of what really happened. 💯
Class act, well deserved
That was dumb. He’s not retiring or dead. He may come back who knows. It doesn’t make any sense
Do they even know what hockey is down there.
spoken like a true canadian moron. TBL has had incredible attendance the last 10-15 years. do you even know anything about TBL since jeff vinik became owner in 2010?
Yes we do
Its still mistery for my why they didnt keep him
Coop looks so sad
Нашвилл верните Стэмкос домой и платите за него зарплату, Кубка вам всё равно нневидать ближайшие лет 100 а может и вобще а так хоть карму почистите для галочки возмите какой нибудь пик 6 раунда
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Enjoy your losing, Steven stamkos!
Thank u for all u did when playing for gods team tho, we will miss u
dude come on not the time to say "enjoy your losing"
What in the drunken hell?
Ngl the crowd cheering on Patrik Laine are louder than that. Tampa fans still sad??