The Tampa Bay Lightning took a shot on Philippe Myers, acquiring the big defenseman from the Nashville Predators as a part of the Ryan McDonagh trade over the summer. The Lightning didn’t get much in return from the Predators for McDonagh, mostly due to his age and remaining contract. For all intents and purposes, it was a salary cap dump, with just Myers and Grant Mismash coming back to the Lightning in the deal.
The Lightning looked at Myers and saw something in his game that they liked and thought that they could build his confidence back up.