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Stamkos not ready for prime time

By Victoria Matiash, Special to ESPN.com

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Hear that? That's the faint sound of a disgusted former head coach sputtering "told you so" with full justification. After being shown the door as Tampa Bay's bench boss earlier this season, Barry Melrose insisted Steven Stamkos was not ready for the NHL. He said the rookie wasn't strong enough yet. Most in the hockey world pooh-poohed this sentiment, countering that the first overall draft pick of 2008 was indeed ready and rarin' to go immediately. Yeah, well, maybe not. Young Steven was ...

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