Stamkos reacts to Kucherov trade request after Predators beat…

What BBN said about it

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorNikita Kucherov became the Lightning's all-time leading scorer, and the next day he told his teammates he wants a trade.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorOn the team flight to Nashville.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIs that bad? A flight is a very focused meeting.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorLook, you can't leave a flight. Nobody can walk out.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThey sat there at thirty thousand feet and heard it, and then they had to go play, and the Predators won it five to four in a shootout.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI'd say Kucherov gave his teammates early access to the news. That's a transparency flight.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorSteven Stamkos said, quote, you don't expect to see something like that. Stamkos knows that locker room.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWait, so the colours match? Predators gold, Lightning blue?

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorYes! Right on both! I'm overcome. That's the whole story. And the Lightning GM says, quote, we unequivocally have no intention of trading Nikita.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWhich is a strong statement from a man who wasn't on the flight. Kucherov was, and he still got the window.