TAMPA – When the Tampa Bay Lightning opened the season, they closed the book on another championship season watching a third banner rise to the rafters.
But the epilogue came on Thursday, four games into the regular season, when the symbolic reminder of what the players accomplished were presented to them at a private party at the home of team owner Jeff Vinik.
A special presentation and a special guest, with the belief that the book on last season is now closed and put on the shelf to be revisited at a later time.As the Lightning returned to the ice on Friday to prepare to face the Colorado A...
