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Lightning Star Steven Stamkos Deserves a Little More Faith from Coach Jon Cooper

If Tyler Johnson really is as hobbled by injury as some—such as Bleacher Report's Jonathan Willis—think and Ben Bishop is too hobbled to suit up in goal for the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday night, then the pressure on Steven Stamkos just became a hundred times greater.

Which is what Stamkos should welcome if he is to accomplish his most fervent of hockey dreams.

If the great ones always wanted ball in their hands or the puck on their stick in the most important times, then the 25-year-old captain of the Lightning should want the puck on every shift he takes in what will be the biggest game of his career to this point Saturday at Amalie Arena.