Death via Dinosaur attack voids the contract as well
The Tampa Bay Lightning have locked up young superstar Steven Stamkos until his death. Stamkos, 21, has 96 goals in the past two seasons, easily leading the league. Lightning coach Guy Boucher said “we’re excited to keep Stamkos until his inevitable death. Hopefully he can put that off until his late 50’s at the earliest.” This follows the NHL’s current trend of locking up players for the long term: Alex Ovechkin, Rick Dipietro, Alexei Yashin among others are all signed for 10years or more.
Stamkos is also thrilled, “ever since I signed with this organization I knew I wanted to die here. On the ice or off, my death will be as a member of the Tampa Bay Lightning.”
The contract calls for an annual salary of $7 million, which then becomes $1 million plus incentives after the age of 40. If Stamkos is murdered, the contract is void and Tampa will be compensated with a first round draft pick.
During practice today Stamkos suffered a hard hit and was down for several momentsl; while he was perfectly fine and is expected to play today, the apparent injury was followed by a series of “are you f***ing kidding me?”
– Mike Sweeney
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