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TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa Bay Lightning GM Julien BriseBois knows that not being able to keep Steven Stamkos makes him unpopular with Bolts fans. “It comes with the job,” BriseBois said. “If I agreed to the terms that he (Stamkos) wanted in order to get a deal done, I would not be putting ourselves in the best position to chase championships going forward.” Stamkos, who BriseBois called a first-ballot Hall of Famer, was reportedly asking for quite a bit more than the Lightning were willing to give. Stamkos ended up signing a four-year, 32-million-dollar contract with the Nashville Predators, which a…

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