He was the No. 1 pick in the 1998 NHL Draft. He was 18 years old when he made his NHL debut. But it is the No. 4 that Vincent Lecavalier will be remembered for, forever.

The former Tampa Bay Lightning forward who helped them win the 2004 Stanley Cup had his No. 4 raised to the rafters at Amalie Arena on Saturday.

Lacavalier meant everything to the Lightning, and the feeling was more than mutual, which he made clear during the ceremony before a 4-3 win against the Los Angeles Kings.

"It always seems like yesterday that I was drafted by the Lightning. I was that tall, very skinny teenager with a long French name that not many people could pronounce," Lecavalier said. "The Lightning became my team that day, but more importantly Tampa became my home. I was young at the time, but so was the Tampa Bay Lightning. I grew up alongside the organization and watched the city of Tampa rally around its hockey team."
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