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Lightning to retire St. Louis' No. 26 on Jan. 13

Time does appear to heal all wounds.

The Tampa Bay Lightning announced Thursday that they plan to retire the No. 26 of Martin St. Louis, who forced his way out of town back in the 2013-14 season with a trade request to the New York Rangers.

Lightning owner Jeff Vinik himself made the announcement of the franchise's first-ever number retirement, which will take place Friday, Jan.