TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – After 16 seasons with the Tampa Bay Lightning and two Stanley Cup Championships, Steven Stamkos is transferring on, signing in free company with the Nashville Predators.
The Predators signed the Bolts longtime captain in free company after a yr of uncertainty relating to his future with the staff.
Stammer posted a goodbye to Tampa and the Bolts on Twitter quickly after he turned a free agent at midday on Monday.
The 34-year-old ahead has been the captain for the Bolts since 2014 and has solely performed for them since being drafted by them first general in 2008.
The Lightning made a separate transfer to amass winger Jake Guentzel from the Carolina Panthers.
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