Stamkos not making the trip to Sochi

[mightysimi]

Big blow for Canada. He is an absolute goal scoring machine and I think perfectly suited to play on the big ice with his blazing speed and cannon of a shot. If you were Yzerman who would you get to replace him?

I would probably go with Giroux.

[Ginger Vitis]

Re: Stamkos not making the trip to Sochi

It's probably Giroux.. Darkhorses would be Marty St Louis..Taylor Hall..Tyler Seguin

[coastal]

Re: Stamkos not making the trip to Sochi

For Yzerman to snub St. Louis again... not a good dynamic for the Lightning team captain.

[jdaltroy5]

Re: Stamkos not making the trip to Sochi

Huge blow for Canada as he probably would've been Canada's leading goal scorer in the tourney.

I think Giroux, Staal, Skinner, Seguin, Hall, or St. Louis could be named to replace him.

My guess is that it comes down to Giroux and Staal with Staal having the slight advantage due to his prior Olympic experience.

[SkateZilla]

Re: Stamkos not making the trip to Sochi

if you saw the condition of that place, you'd not wanna go either.

[mightysimi]

Re: Stamkos not making the trip to Sochi

if you saw the condition of that place, you'd not wanna go either.

Haha I saw the rooms. Quite a bit different from luxury hotels for these guys. Maybe Staal as he did end up playing with Crosby in Vancouver but I think Giroux is faster and that will be the deciding factor.

[jdaltroy5]

Re: Stamkos not making the trip to Sochi

And St. Louis has been named to as the replacement.

[coastal]

Re: Stamkos not making the trip to Sochi

He had to name Marty.

Had to.

[mightysimi]

Re: Stamkos not making the trip to Sochi

Yeah it had to be. Probably all the other guys like Charelli, Lowe and Holland didn't want to put Yzerman through that again. Either way he's still a heck of a player playing with a chip on his shoulder.