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Rookie Stamkos, cool and collected, says ice time, goals will come

By Pierre LeBrun
ESPN.com

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

TORONTO -- The large media horde, some 40 or so, arrived in the visitors dressing room at Air Canada Centre on Tuesday, waiting to grill the fresh meat that is 18-year-old Steven Stamkos. The 2008 first overall pick had arrived in his hometown without an NHL point, let alone a goal, in his first seven regular-season games. Like an NHL veteran 15 years his senior, however, Stamkos handled the media crush with impressive dexterity and coolness. At least on the outside, there were no visible sign ...

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