PHILADELPHIA, PA - JUNE 28: Stever Yzerman, General Manager of the Tampa Bay Lightnint (L) speaks with a colleague on Day Two of the 2014 NHL Draft at the Wells Fargo Center on June 28, 2014 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
May 25, 2010. That was the day the Tampa Bay Lightning hired Steve Yzerman – Detroit Red Wings legend – to become their general manager. It was the very next year that the Lightning would reach the Eastern Conference Finals.
Yzerman flipped this team on its head in his time with them.