Sunday, June 26, 2016

NHL teams' focus turns to 'Big Fish' in free agency: Stamkos (Yahoo Sports)

Tampa Bay Lightning's Steven Stamkos skates during a warmup skate before Game 7 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Eastern Conference Finals, Thursday, May 26, 2016, in Pittsburgh. Stamkos hasn't played in any playoff games this season. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

As team executives began gathering on the arena floor an hour before the start of the NHL draft's second round Saturday morning, a video highlighting former No. 1 selections began playing on the big-screen video boards. The first player featured just happened to be Steven Stamkos, the top pick in 2006. At a time when Arizona-born center Auston Matthews was selected first by Toronto, and on the heels of the buzz the league's expansion into Las Vegas created, the Tampa Lightning captain's presence during the two-day draft in Buffalo was hard to overlook.


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