Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik announced at press conference today that the team will retire the number of Martin St. Louis during a ceremony before the Lightning take on the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday, January 13, 2017, at Amalie Arena.
The decision to retire his number before fellow Tampa Bay Lightning great Vincent Lecavalier came to the surprise of many, even though both equally deserve to have their jerseys retired.
In response to that, Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times reported that Vinik said that the organization is “evaluating” Vinny very carefully and taking things one step at a time, which is a bit of an odd thing to say.