After the Tampa Bay Lightning picked Steven Stamkos with the 1st overall pick in this years draft, there was all sorts of discussion on how he could be the new face of the Lightning. There were billboards around the bay area asking "Seen Stamkos?".

It appears to be a fairly legit question now.

Stamkos has averaged just 9 minutes, 47 seconds of ice time, has just three shots on goal and zero points. However, this is not entirely Stamkos' fault. So far the Lightning have been spending a lot of time with penalty killing, which Stamkos is not a part of yet. Barry Melrose has admitted to want Stamkos on the ice on average of 12 - 15 minutes per game. So far, that hasn't happened.

The Lightning are going to have to find a way to get Stamkos on the ice more so that he has the opportunity to contribute. This could be done by putting him on the power-play unit, but so far he hasn't seen any of that either, except in practice.

Plenty of time left, but the point is that the Lightning need to give Stamkos a chance to show what he can do.