In 2004, the Tampa Bay Lightning won their first Stanley Cup title in franchise history; in doing so, this represented the culmination of a lifelong dream for childhood friends and teammates Vincent Lecavalier and Brad Richards. From their days as teenagers playing junior hockey to being part of the same draft class with Tampa Bay and experiencing early struggles with the franchise before achieving individual and team success, the two players’ careers were always intricately interlinked; in fact, they would even retire in the same season (2016) with similar career statistics, leading to the inevitable natural comparison:
Who was better – Vincent Lecavalier or Brad Richards?
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