In a field chock full of qualified defensemen, the likely first overall choice in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft on June 20 at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa may well be a forward, namely Steven Stamkos of the Ontario Hockey League's Sarnia Sting.
"I want to get drafted as high as possible, but just getting drafted is a tremendous honor," Stamkos said. "Getting drafted is more like a bragging right. Once you get to camp, then everyone's on an even playing field and you're playing for a job. You can be a fourth-rounder, but if you outplay the first-rounder, they're going to take you."
Tampa Bay Lightning - Features: Decisions, decisions: Stamkos or a top defenseman? - 04/07/2008
Decisions, decisions: Stamkos or a top defenseman? (Lightning) 
