Steven Stamkos said his final goodbye to the Tampa Bay Lightning in an essay written in The Players Tribune on...
‘I did everything I felt I could do to make it work’: Steven Stamkos pens farewell to Tampa Bay Lightning Credit: Apr 4, 2024; Montreal, Quebec, CAN; Tampa Bay Lightning center Steven Stamkos looks on against the Montreal Canadiens during the second period at Bell Centre. Mandatory Credit: David Kirouac-USA TODAY Sports
The former Lightning captain, who through 16 seasons scored 555 goals and 582 assists for 1,137 points in 1,082 regular-season games, won the Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy for most goals in a regular season twice, and helped lead the club to four Stanley Cup Finals, winning back-to-back championships in 2020 and 2021.
“I just said, like honestly, F–k it … I’m going to be with my wife. Nothing else mattered. She was staying outside Toronto, so I drove to see her,” he said. “I got to her, and the next few days were the most difficult we’ve ever been through. We lost our child. I took the next few weeks to be with her, to be with our family. I barely paid attention to much else.”
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