Steven Stamkos dnes v noci po prvýkrát nastúpi proti tímu, ktorému bol dlhé roky oddaným kapitánom a s ktorým dvakrát získal Stanleyho pohár (2020, 2021). Teraz, už ako hráč Nashville Predators, sa vráti do Tampy, kde strávil dlhých šestnásť sezón.
Po šestnástich sezónach v Tampe Bay Lightning bude pre Stamkosa tento moment výnimočný. Vo svojej bývalej aréne (Amalie Arena), ktorú dlho považoval za druhý domov, sa tentoraz predstaví ako hosťujúci hráč.
„Najťažšie bude vidieť známe tváre, najmä ľudí, s ktorými sme si vytvorili skvelé vzťahy,“ priznal 34-ročný Stamkos. „Sú to tí, ktorí pracujú pri ľade, a kamaráti, ktorých som si za tie roky našiel. To ma asi dostane.“
Po tom, čo Lightning jasne naznačili, že jeho éra v klube sa skončila, Stamkos v lete podpísal s Predators štvorročnú zmluvu na 32 miliónov dolárov.
Stamkos sníval o tom, že celú kariéru strávi v Tampe. Ten sen sa mu však nesplnil. Jeho bývalý spoluhráč Victor Hedman, ktorý po Stamkosovi prevzal kapitánske „C“, sa netají tým, že Stamkosov odchod bol šokom aj pre neho. Hoci obaja zostávajú v kontakte, pre Hedmana aj pre celý tím bola strata takého hráča a lídra náročná.
„Je jedným z najlepších hráčov, akí kedy nosili dres Tampy,“ povedal Hedman. „Okrem skvelých čísel bol aj výnimočným človekom, ktorý nám v kabíne veľmi chýba.“
Stamkos bol dlhé roky neoddeliteľnou súčasťou tímu. S viac než tisíckou odohraných zápasov (1082), vyše päťsto gólmi (555) a viac než tisíckou bodov (1137) sa zapísal do klubových rekordov. Jeho meno bude navždy späté s klubom, ktorý priviedol k úspechom.
Začiatok v Nashville však pre Stamkosa nie je jednoduchý. Tím sa trápi a Stamkos zaznamenal v ôsmich zápasoch len jeden gól. Na známom štadióne ho však určite čaká búrlivý potlesk. A možno by nebol proti, keby práve tam zlomil svoju aktuálnu streleckú smolu.
Autor: Adrián Glett
Zdroj titulnej fotky: nhl.com
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