It used to be, Los Angeles Kings GM Dean Lombardi points out, that the story would be the contract. Over the weekend, the Kings locked up franchise center Anze Kopitar to an eight-year contract worth $80 million. A huge commitment to a great player.

And yet, the ink wasn’t dry and the conversation had already shifted. What’s next for the Kings? Will they be able to also keep Milan Lucic? And what does this all mean to Steven Stamkos?