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Ahh, the day has come. The day where NHL team scouts have the chance to prove that the years of studying, watching hours of hockey and breaking down individual skills of a teenager was all worth it. We call it draft day, but NHL franchise's call it the day to change their team by relying on 18 year olds to lead them to the Stanley Cup.

The ole story that "offense wins the story and defense wins the glory" is a known fact. A defenseman may base their skill on shutting down the opposition, brute size or as a pure scoring machine. To be the best blue liner, you must combine all of these attributes and much more.

The Nashville Predators NHL franchise was formed in 1998 and has already reached the Stanley Cup Playoffs in their short time.

The Tampa Bay Lightning hockey franchise was founded in 1992 as part of the expansion of the NHL.