This column should be read while listening to “A Little Help From My Friends” by George Burns (running time: 2 minutes,
10 seconds).

• Congratulations to Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman for landing his goalie of the future (or present, as the case may be) in 24-year-old Swede Anders Lindback. When the trade was announced, Yzerman also did the right thing in not appointing Lindback the No. 1 goalie, though the Lightning gave up a handful of picks for him.