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SportingNews.com:
PLAYERS:
Mattias Ohlund,
Vincent Lecavalier,
Mike Smith,
Antero Niittymaki,
Alex Tanguay,
Chris Pronger,
Nicklas Lidstrom,
Matt Walker,
Andrej Meszaros,
Paul Ranger,
Kurtis Foster,
Matt Smaby,
Matt Lashoff,
Steven Stamkos,
Ryan Malone,
Steve Downie,
Todd Fedoruk,
David Hale,
Drew Miller,
Stephane Veilleux,
Evgeny Artyukhin,
David Koci,
Vaclav Prospal,
Cory Murphy,
Richard Petiot,
Brandon Segal,
Radim Vrbata,
Jason Ward,
Noah Welch,
Martin St. Louis
TEAMS: Tampa Bay Lightning, Montreal Canadiens, Philadelphia Flyers, Detroit Red Wings, Anaheim Ducks, Colorado Avalanche, New York Rangers, New Jersey Devils, Chicago Blackhawks, Los Angeles Kings, Phoenix Coyotes, Winnipeg Jets
TEAMS: Tampa Bay Lightning, Montreal Canadiens, Philadelphia Flyers, Detroit Red Wings, Anaheim Ducks, Colorado Avalanche, New York Rangers, New Jersey Devils, Chicago Blackhawks, Los Angeles Kings, Phoenix Coyotes, Winnipeg Jets
Luke DeCock, Sporting News Yearbooks
Leading into the Oct. 1 season openers, Sporting News will preview one NHL team per day, counting backward from our preseason No. 30 ranked team to No. 1.
A year ago, the Lightning were spewing enough hot air to melt the ice at the St. Pete Times Forum. With new owners in movie producer Oren Koules and ex-NHL player Len Barrie, a new coach in ESPN analyst Barry Melrose and money flowing like cheap beer, the season opened to tremendous expectations and fanfare.
The good times lasted about a week. Melrose was fired in November, after only 16 games. Koules and Barrie got into a dispute over control of the team that required the intervention of NHL commissioner Gary Bettman. And the big moves flopped as the team improved by just one spot: from last in the NHL to 29th.
This summer, general manager Brian Lawton—Bettman's choice as the man who would make all hockey decisions for the franchise—is singing a different t...
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