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Following successful shoulder surgery, Dany Heatley will miss the remainder of the 2012-2013 season. Should the WIld buy-out his contract in the off-season?

With a potentially unpredictable shortened NHL season, we asked Lightning bloggers and Raw Charge staff where they think the Lightning will finish the season in the Eastern Conference.

Nine months after the 2011-12 NHL season concluded in Winnipeg for the Tampa Bay Lightning, the franchise resumes its quest for Lord Stanley's Cup in its 2013 season opener against Washington.