Is 50 in 50 a possibility?

Young Steven Stamkos has been lighting the lamp recently at a rate of just under a goal a game. Through 24 games with the Tampa Bay Lightning, Stamkos has amassed 21 goals. He is 3 goals behind the magical number of 1 goal a game, but a few multi-goal games are a definite possibility. The last time this rare and incredible feat was done was in the 1991-1992 season when Brett Hull netted 50 in 50. With Stamkos' current pace I really believe he can do this. Players like Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby are the best point scorers in the league, but Stamkos is by far the best pure goal scorer. Nobody is netting them faster or with more style. Even The Great One, Wayne Gretzky, has said he believes Stamkos can make this dream a reality and not only that, but he wants to be there to witness it. I think Stamkos is what the league and the Lightning organization have lacked. Recently, especially over the lockout year, the league has tried numerous ways to have more goals scored per game. They did things like make goalie equipment smaller and get rid of the two line pass rule (which was completely useless anyway) but what they really needed was another pure
sniper to put those pucks in the oven. And the Lightning have needed anyone to bolster up their goal scoring. In previous years Martin St. Louis and Vincent Lecavalier have been producing league leading amounts of points. But the one problem was that they had way more assists than goals. Do not get me wrong they had a solid amount of goals, but nothing outstanding. That's where Stamkos comes in. His superior goal scoring ability feeds of the work of St. Louis and Lecavalier. With combinations like this be ready for Stamkos to stay atop the NHL goal stat. And look for him to score 50 goals in 50 games.

-Ryan McDermott