Victor Hedman has had some time to digest a seismic summer for the Tampa Bay Lightning. That doesn't make seeing his former teammate — a friend he sat beside on the plane and shared road meals with for 15 NHL seasons — sporting yellow threads any less strange.
That doesn't make seeing his former teammate — a friend he sat beside on the plane and shared road meals with for 15 NHL seasons — sporting yellow threads any less strange.in unrestricted free agency July 1 after the now-former Lightning captain was unable to agree on a deal with the club that drafted him first overall in 2008.
Stamkos also twice won the Maurice Richard Trophy as the league's top goal-scorer, with a high-water mark of 60 in 2011-12. "We know exactly what he's accomplished," Hedman said."We're not going to forget about those memories we created together, but we have to look forward. It's important with training camp coming up that we get together quickly and bond as a group.Vincent Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis preceded Stamkos in the role — one Hedman wouldn't take lightly if asked to shoulder the burden.
"A lot going on at the same time," said the 2018 Norris Trophy winner as the NHL's top blueliner."It was whirlwind, emotional in all kinds of ways. Highs for myself to get to stay and hopefully finish out my career down there.The 33-year-old said despite the pain of seeing friends exit, his team must turn the page. Tampa inked prized UFA winger"The standards are always going to be high," Hedman said."We still have a great team.
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