Nine years ago, Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman signed Ferris State goaltender Pat Nagle of Bloomfield Hills to a two-year, $1.125-million contract.
Although the Lightning had just made the playoffs for the first time in four years in 2011 and lost in Game 7 against the Boston Bruins in the Eastern Conference final, the goaltending situation was unsettled with 41-year-old Dwayne Roloson and unproven Mike Smith sharing the duties during Yzerman's first year in Tampa Bay.
Nagle, an undrafted free agent after setting career highs in college with 18 wins, a 2.02 goals-against average and a .