The Nashville Predators are going to need some help from all sorts of places to bounce back from a disappointing 2024-25 campaign. And they have to look further than just Steven Stamkos after he had arguably the worst season of his career.
Stamkos was a disappointment in his first season with the Predators after signing a four-year deal with an $8 million annual price tag in the 2024 offseason. He scored 27 goals and 53 points in a full 82-game season in his first season in the Music City — not bad, but still his lowest totals since both injuries and COVID-19 shortened his 2020-21 campaign.
The 35-year-old superstar has not put up totals that low in a full season since his rookie year in 2008-09. He scored 23 goals and 46 points in 79 games that year before scoring 51 goals and 95 poi