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SEE A DIFFERENT GAME
One top prospect, a small-town Canadian teen, rides the unnerving waves of the draft day experience
Dan Hamhuis picks at a piece of imaginary lint on his brand-new suit. He shifts in his aisle seat at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Fla., then absently cracks his knuckles.
Hamhuis, 18, is a 6-0, 195-pound defenseman waiting for his name to be called by an NHL team at the annual entry draft.
A soft-spoken teen from the remote northern British Columbia outpost of Smithers, he is trying to contain himself on the official first day of what NHL scouts suggest--and his family hopes--will be a long career in ...