Don't get lost in how it ended in Tampa, Lightning fans, revel in the accomplishments achieved by the retiring forward.
How exactly do you react to the news when a player retires? Normally it's not a big deal, it happens all the time in sports without fanfare or without nostalgia, without weight in the history books at the feats accomplished. Joe Average decides to stop playing because his career doesn't get past a certain level, or he couldn't make things work to show his skill, or he couldn't catch the scout's eyes and actually get a shot to begin with.