Announcer: 'Reserve moving trucks' if Lecavalier is traded; Sharks bite Bolts

January 14, 8:23 AMTampa Bay Lightning ExaminerKen Carpenter

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Randy Hahn, the veteran play-by-play announcer for San Jose Sharks' television, was emphatic in his comments about trade rumors swirling around Lightning captain Vincent Lecavalier.

"If you trade Vinny Lecavalier, I think you might as well reserve the moving trucks, because he is the face of the Tampa franchise," Hahn said during the Comcast SportsNet Bay Area telecast Tuesday night. "In many ways he's the soul of what is left of this team through a tumultuous year.

"They get rid of him, it's going to be trouble."

Hahn, who has been behind the Sharks' microphone for 15 years, was incredulous as he and analyst Drew Remenda discussed the rampant speculation on the Internet and in Tampa Bay and Canadian newspapers.

"These Lecavalier to Montreal rumors, who knows if they're true or not, but the names that are being thrown around coming back from Montreal . . . (Christopher) Higgins, (Tomas) Plekanec, and (Josh) Gorges? Are you kidding me? For Vinny Lecavalier?

"If I'm Brian Lawron. the general manager of Tampa, the names Andrei Markov, Andrei Kostitsyn and Carey Price better be in that trade -- maybe all three of them," Hahn said.

"I just don't see it happening."

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THORNTON LEADS SHARKS OVER LIGHTNING, 7-1

Joe Thornton scored two goals and added an assist as the San Jose Sharks routed the Tampa Bay Lightning, 7-1, Tuesday night at the HP Pavilion.

Steven Stamkos had the lone Lightning goal, his fifth of the season. Tampa Bay's two-game winning streak was snapped, but the team finished a five-game road trip 3-2.

Thornton's three-point night moved him into a tie for fourth in the NHL scoring race with 52 points (11 goals, 41 assists). Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin leads the league with 66 points (17-49), followed by teammate Sidney Crosby (17-40-57), Washington's Alexander Ovechkin (27-27-54) and Boston's Marc Savard (14-38-52).

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