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Roberto Luongo to Tampa Bay? Uh, no... Brad Richards takes Manhattan and the NHL / NHLPA are actively meeting.

Victor Hedman visits the Mt. Vernon fourth-grade class and your weekly links from around the NHL and the rest of the sport of hockey.

It's always up for debate when someone tries to compile the best of anything. And The Hockey News all-time Tampa Bay Lightning team is no exception.

Some last thoughts and observations on the 2011 NHL All-Star Weekend before moving on to the stretch run.

The sounds of silence dominate Jeffrey Vinik's search for a CEO for the Tampa Bay Lightning... And he wouldn't like it better any other way. While the media shares speculation-as-fact with readers, Vinik does what he does best: Operating in the silence with a plan that only he knows for sure.

Vincent Lecavalier's name keeps popping up, tied to the potential sale of the Lightning to Jeffrey Vinik. Trade speculation is healthy, but trade speculation that is tied to a team's sale to make the numbers work is a disaster in the making.

The Hockey News is doing an pre-pre-season prediciton of where teams will finish in the NHL. Though expectations aren't high, Tampa Bay's predicted finish is a nice surprise.