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Was Drafting Stamkos A Mistake?
by Paul on 12/18/08 at 03:08 PM ET
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from Adam Proteau of the Hockey News, .
..The Bolts ought to have drafted Doughty. Had they done so, they might even be challenging for a playoff berth right now.
Of course, it could be equally likely Doughty would be in the same predicament as Stamkos, laboring like the dickens along with the rest of his Lightning teammates. But take a gander at Doughty’s stats with the Kings and tell me he wouldn’t have greatly aided settle Tampa’s home-zone coverage.
As of mid-December, Doughty led all of Los Angeles’ skaters in ice time, averaging a rookie-best 23:40 per game. If he’d eaten-up that many minutes a night while wearing a Lightning jersey, odds are Tampa GM Brian Lawton might not have had to use up precious cap room and roster space on journeymen defensemen such as Marek Malik and Steve Eminger.
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