Stamkos Costly Injury

This came at the worst time for the Lightning, but their captain and star forward Steven Stamkos is out for 1-3 months with a blood clot by his right collarbone and will be having surgery on Monday to remove it. He can rejoin the Lightning during the second round at the soonest, but blood clots tend to take a while to recover from. He did not play against the Devils on Saturday, but did play against Montreal and that could be his final game in Tampa Bay. He's in the final year of his contract and will become a free agent this offseason unless the Lightning somehow resign him, but that seems to be unlikely. This is a devastating blow to the Lightning since they really want to win it all this year, but without their leading scorer, it just gets harder. Other good players have to step up like Nikita Kucherov, Ondrej Palat, Tyler Johnson, and Victor Hedman. This adds to their injury list along with Anton Stralman so it seems to be really bad without the Lightning. they can win games now, but hopefully they can win the playoffs. Will Stamkos return for the playoffs? Is this the last time Stamkos will play for Tampa Bay? Can the Lightning win without him? stay tuned....