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Lightning offer Stamkos eight-year contract: report

Sunday, 01.24.2016 / 3:49 PM / News

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Lightning offer Stamkos eight-year contract: report
Steven Stamkos was offered an eight-year contract worth $68 million, with an annual salary-cap charge of $8.5 million by the Tampa Bay Lightning, Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman reported Saturday.

Forward Steven Stamkos was offered an eight-year contract worth $68 million, with an annual salary-cap charge of $8.5 million by the Tampa Bay Lightning, Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman reported Saturday.

Stamkos addressed the report Sunday during an appearance at the Lightning's family carnival at Amalie Arena.

"I'm not going to comment on that," Stamkos told the Tampa Times. "We haven't talked about that stuff in the media all season long, and I don't know how they get a hold of stuff like that. All the things that we've talked about, it's staying internally, and it'll continue to be that way."

Stamkos is in the final season of a five-year, $37.5 million contract with a salary-cap charge of $7.5 million, according to war-on-ice.com. He can become an unrestricted free agent July 1.

The 25-year-old center was the top pick in the 2008 NHL Draft, and is tied with Nikita Kucherov for the Lightning lead with 20 goals. He has 296 goals and 535 points in 540 NHL games, including a career-high 60 goals in 2011-12. Stamkos had 43 goals last season and helped the Lightning reach the Stanley Cup Final. He has 15 goals in 48 career Stanley Cup Playoff games.

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