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Lecavalier Needs A Fresh Start
by Paul on 12/07/09 at 11:43 AM ET
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from Elliotte Friedman of CBC,
Hotstover Pierre LeBrun’s weekly ESPN blatherings included more rumblings that Vincent Lecavalier is unhappy in Tampa. I have no doubt Pierre is correct. Lecavalier simply does not trust Lightning management/ownership after everything that happened last year. No matter what anyone connected with that franchise says - number four was available for trade.
That said, someone he trusts must tell him to get over his funk. He’s playing himself off the Canadian Olympic team. He’s hurting his reputation around the league. Rick Tocchet raised eyebrows by giving him less than four minutes in the first period in Philly on Nov. 2, but if you check his ice time since then, it’s been consistently around the 20-minute mark.
The Lightning outraged its fan base last winter as it turned L’Affaire Lecavalier into a fiasco. I never thought I’d write or say this, but I think it’s best for both the franchise and the player to sit down and figure out how to give everyone a fresh start.
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@w2j2
And what trade Drew Miller for him? 
Seriously though, would Vinny really fit in a Wings defensive minded system?
Posted by Simian on 12/07/09 at 01:59 PM ET
And what trade Drew Miller for him?
Hmm… I’d hate to give up on the kid at this point. Throw in Tuzzi too and you’ve got yourself a deal.
Posted by Nate A from Detroit-ish on 12/07/09 at 02:34 PM ET
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Vincent Lecavalier would look fine in a Red Wings’ sweater!
Posted by w2j2 on 12/07/09 at 12:26 PM ET