They almost did. We can't always rely on other teams covering us. We HAVE to take advantage of bottom feeders because they will for sure be looking to play spoiler.
There's really no point in arguing with Pats "fans" dude. You'll never win. One of their players could break into someones house and kill a person who was living in it and be like "b-b-but it was self defense."
Yes or no: If we had the cap space and were in Benning's position, would you make Stamkos the highest paid player in the NHL? So $10.5-$11 million/year.