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Slump? More like 'sophomore surge'

By Tom Awad
Puck Prospectus

Friday, October 2, 2009

At my office fantasy draft, the name of Tampa Bay Lightning F Steven Stamkos came up. "Don't take him!" someone yelled. "It's his second year. He's going to stink!" Someone then cited Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price as ironclad evidence that players dip in their second year. Except, of course, that this "fact" of sports lore is completely false; there is no such thing as a sophomore slump. This is not to say, of course, that some players do not drop off in their second year, but there is ...

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