Lightning’s Steven Stamkos Achieves His Aim With Accurate Shooting
Posted by TheHockeyGuy on February 3rd, 2010
It was just as well the puck found its way back to Steven Stamkos after his blazing shot clanked off the post Sunday against the Capitals.
There was no time to fret missing a chance to tie the score because he immediately got another.
“I might have tried to shoot it a little harder,” the Lightning center said.
But not blindly.
“The most important thing,” he said, “is to hit the net.”
Stamkos picked a top, inside corner, right where he aimed; another display of one of the league’s most devastating shots, a one-time slap shot from the left faceoff circle that consistently finds the short side between goaltender and post.
“He has one of the best shots in the league from that position,” coach Rick Tocchet said.
It is a main reason Stamkos has a team-best 29 goals and entered Monday tied for the league lead with 12 on the power play.
The shot also is one of the best ways to measure how far Stamkos, 2008’s No. 1 overall draft pick, has come in confidence and production.
In the 87 games since Jan. 29, 2009, when he was benched for a third and final time as part of last season’s program to make him a smarter and stronger player, Stamkos has 83 points on 46 goals and 37 assists.
Compare that with six goals and 13 assists in 46 games prior, during which he admitted thinking, “My shot’s not as good. My hands aren’t as good,” and that he might be better off back in juniors.
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