Jere Lehtinen officially retires, as another Dallas Star fades away

From Sergei Zubov to Mike Modano to Marty Turco, Dallas Stars fans have seen several players with storied ties to the franchise move on in the last few years. Jere Lehtinen had basically moved on as well, lingering in free-agent limbo after the Stars opted not to re-sign him last summer. There were strong indications in August that he was going to hang up the skates, but his decision only became official today: After 14 seasons, all with the Dallas Stars, the 37-year-old winger has retired from the NHL. From the Stars, here's Lehtinen: "First of all, I wanted to thank Joe Nieuwendyk and the Stars organization for giving me some time to come to this decision. They respected the fact that I wanted to be 100 percent sure prior to making this announcement, and I appreciated that."It's a tough decision due to the fact that you play hockey your entire life and then must decide to stop playing. However, I choose to focus on all the great times I had playing over the pas...