At the end of the the 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs Tampa Bay Lightning General Manager Steve Yzerman acknowledged that re-signing 2016 unrestricted Free Agent Steven Stamkos to a new long-term deal was his first and foremost priority. Now, nearly six months since having chased after hockeys greatest prize, the heralded Eastern Conference favourite Tampa Bay Lightning sit fifth in the Atlantic Division, two points out of the playoff picture, while franchise centre, and forty-plus