TAMPA BAY — The “new normal” for Steven Stamkos seems to be producing a lot of the same old results.
Rocked by serious injuries for the past four seasons, the Tampa Bay Lightning centre admits he may never feel quite 100 per cent, physically, again.
But the guy’s so good that even an imperceptibly lesser-than Stamkos remains one of NHL’s most dominant and electrifying forwards.
Back from a knee injury that limited him to just 17 games last season, the Lightning captain is on a torrid run for the NHL’s premier team.