Cliff Fletcher may want to get to know Jay Feaster. As in, real well.
Fletcher, or for that matter any GM willing to sell the farm, may be able to pry the #1 overall pick in this summer's NHL Entry Draft, also known as Steven Stamkos, out of the tight little grasp of Feaster and the Tampa Bay Lightning.
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By Angela Ayles
Tampa Bay Lightning forward Vincent Lecavalier may be an idol to thousands of aspiring hockey players, but his efforts off the ice have made him a hero to hundreds of families in dire need of support.
Somewhere in between profanity-laced tirades and calling out his goaltenders, John Tortorella must be wondering where the hell it all went wrong.
Just four years removed from a Stanley Cup parade in Tampa, the Bolts find themselves in the Eastern Conference toilet. An ugly ownership soap opera is getting comical. Goalies couldn't stop a runny nose. And The Big Three is suddenly The Only One.
How's this for a Hollywood horror movie?
The Tampa Bay Lightning franchise is for sale on the open market, again.
Did I just hear screams coming from the NHL executive offices?
Vincent Lecavalier could very well be the best hockey player on the planet.
Cue the ridiculing and start firing the daggers. Come at me cloaked in your Crosby and Thornton jerseys, ready to belittle my stance.
If you vehemently disagree with me without as much as a second thought, you may have just proved my point.
