So it’s Bye Week and the Tampa Bay Lightning players have scattered to various places farther south. But before we use all this spare time to study up for the Super Bowl (GO CHIEFS), take a moment to read through Bryan Burns’ transcription of Carter Verhaeghe’s recollection of his game against the Vancouver Canucks. What struck me about this interview is that despite the usual hockey cliches where a player thanks everyone around himself for his goals and doesn’t take credit for them himself — these cliches are quite literally true.
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