Once, the Flyers would have been first in that line. Chris Gratton, Jeremy Roenick, Danny Briere, Vinny Lecavalier - Ed Snider, Bob Clarke, and Holmgren were always ready to do and pay whatever was necessary, even if some of those splashy acquisitions didn't meet the measure of their hype, even if the move might cost the Flyers valuable prospects or salary-cap space. Like Giroux, Stamkos is a center. So signing him would mean that the Flyers would not only have $19-20 million in cap space each year tied up in two players at the same position, but they'd be banking that Giroux - their captain and a more complete player than Stamkos - would have no issues with sharing the spotlight.