TAMPA - When Victor Hedman stepped away from the Tampa Bay Lightning, he knew a breaking point was reached. Back in front of the cameras and microphones with a hint of a smile as the Lightning held their final exit interviews, Hedman knew it was time on March 19 to find help in order to make himself feel whole again. "After the first period in Vancouver (that) was kind of the final straw,'' Hedman said. "It's obviously a thing that's been going on for a long time. (You) try and work through it and find ways to get around it. But I wasn't able to do that. That's where the decision came that (I)...
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